Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Here in Spain, we are approving and advancing a process to regularise half a million immigrants. “And I want to say to the Right and the Far Right who oppose this: Spain is the daughter of migration and will not become the mother of xenophobia.”

what the hell is this framing

Spurs's league form in 2026 is the Crazy Frog song

in a way it'll be nice to get it over and done with #wwfc

As an aside , I still have some spare Material from the Marriage Equality Referendum should anyone want any.

incredible. he's like a Shit King Midas

posting the Drake meme as an image upload 😤✋🏻 posting the Drake meme with emojis 😏👉🏻

heard a bit on the radio just now about ‘what would an Irish Mount Rushmore look like’ and I wish it was more widely known that the equivalent project here would be Croagh Patrick featuring the faces of Henry VIII, Oliver Cromwell, Charles Trevelyan, and Thierry Henry

If you're ever bored by the bland sensibility of Bluesky have a look at threads for some of that social media derangement. Here's a yank thinking the reading of the 1916 Proclamation on Easter Monday is Ireland declaring itself independent from England today....

James Fintan Lalor: “Not to repeal the Union, then, but to repeal the Conquest - not to disturb or dismantle the empire, but to abolish it forever.” (1848)

found my two grandparents who had been born, and six of my great-grandparents, in #Census1926. the family is trying to track down the other two, who weren't yet married but had moved out of their respective family homes. great fun!

Fun to see the Irish idiom "make a hames of" in a national news headline: www.rte.ie/news/2026/04... I wrote about the expression in 2012: stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/m...

super initiative, isn't it about time we reclaimed our placenames of course, Laois did it in November 1920 when it chose to ditch the ‘Queen's County’ name, but in classic Laois fashion the significance of the occasion was marked with absolutely zero hullabaloo – it didn't even make the front page

It's something that's perhaps easier to see from a distance, but Ireland is run almost entirely by men, to an extent not matched in almost any other European country, and this has consequences.

Disappointing High Court judgment today suggesting deportation of a parent is less traumatising for a baby than it would be for an older child If only there was some history in Ireland of enforced separation between babies and parents that might have suggested a different conclusion #speirghorm

Despite the extreme and well-deserved unpopularity of the Catholic Church in recent decades, the fact that the pope acts like he’s not scared of Donald Trump and politely tells him to go fuck himself has made the pope very popular. I wonder if there is any lesson to learn from this.

Did you know you can pop a nice card in the post to a senator Eileen Flynn Via Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Or even just send her a supportive email [email protected] Cos messages of support help when dealing with gobshites lashing out. #speirgorm #Mná

nearly spit my coffee laughing at how disgusted the people of Meath are going to be about this

This is likely the eighth ICE flight to refuel at Shannon since last May. Previous flights sent third-country nationals to prisons in South Sudan and Rwanda, and forced repatriations to warzones of Russians, Ukrainians and Palestinians via a third country (Egypt, Poland, and Israel, respectively).

if it pleases the Tánaiste and Minister for Housing I wish to inform them that building more parking spaces means building fewer homes. you're not going to believe this but space is, in fact, finite the solution is building better public transport and active travel

if it pleases the Tánaiste and Minister for Housing I wish to inform them that building more parking spaces means building fewer homes. you're not going to believe this but space is, in fact, finite the solution is building better public transport and active travel

don't know much yet about these individuals or their politics but it's interesting that their generically-worded statement could just as easily be a social democratic statement of intent or a manifesto for populist conservatism

Join @paoloviscardi.bsky.social for insights into Ireland’s native wildlife, and the creatures that inspired Seamus Heaney's evocative poems. 🕒Saturday, 18 April 2026 | 2.00pm - 3.00pm 📍Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin, D02 VR66 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

bluesky today

Imagine if every story about cancer featured a picture of a hot nurse or doctor.

I need to stress again that requiring ID for age verification is technically unnecessary, and yet more evidence that the point of these laws is to end anonymity on the internet, not to protect children.

here in Ireland Wicklow County Council did it for the car park at county buildings back in 2022. no reason why we shouldn't have them everywhere

Bayern – Real. obviously both want to win but it's as if both teams are almost... showing off? brilliant to watch

this one's also for all the 'team pope' people out there ⤵️

Raelpolitik God damn I'm too proud of this joke

the father's workshop went on fire and myself and himself went back inside it to find and drag out two oxy-acetylene tanks that we thought were going to blow

new profile pic for the family group chat just dropped

From 1986

sad to report that I made a 'celtic mysticism' reference in conversation with a couple of younger Irish millennials recently and they had no idea what I was talking about nor had they seen Intermission

many people have described him as stupid or incompetent but the problem with O'Donovan is far worse than that. he holds a position of considerable influence and is dangerously keen to impress and protect people in power, whether it be his own govt colleagues or US tech companies

The annual road death figures in Ireland is a huge cause for concern, if our deaths are that high how bad are the injury figures? This prime time report on serious injuries resulting from road collisions sheds some light on the aftermath for those surviving road crashes www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

Pros of the fuel protests: -Irish govt facing no confidence vote -Motorists angry -people reminded protest can work -people reminded protest sometimes requires breaking the law Cons: -the most self-entitled gammony prick you know who'd see you dead thinks he's a Folk Hero now for driving a tractor

**CALL OUT** I’m looking to gather experiences of disabled people who have been criticised or harassed by the public about their Blue Badge or Motability car etc when out. Click on link to fill in our form. Please do share to reach as many people as possible. www.the-guardian.com/world/2026/a...

Michael Healy-Rae puts the leave in sleaveen

clearly all the bangs to the head and bumps to the nose have turned this guy's brain to mush

this is as devastating and clinical an assessment as I've read about the dysfunction of our state and its institutions. would almost recommend not reading it if you woke up in good form this morning and wanted to stay that way

sad to report that I made a 'celtic mysticism' reference in conversation with a couple of younger Irish millennials recently and they had no idea what I was talking about nor had they seen Intermission

this is a pretty good analysis as usual by FOT but that headline sucks in multiple ways

often wonder how many bedroom walls in 1975 were adorned with the Irish Independent's colour pull-out poster of St. Oliver Plunkett

much of it is fading now but hasn't the whitethorn blossom been only gorgeous this year

My Dub husband just called Coddle Willy-con-carne and that's what I'll be calling it going forward #SpeirGorm

The (roll a d6) 1. Pope 2. Moon 3. Grey Wizard 4. Mayor 5. Batman 6. Guy I Made Up In My Head To Get Mad At Is…. 1. Weak on 2. Vulnerable to 3. Eats only 4. In Known For 5. Dodges 6. Should Invest in 1. Fire attacks 2. Immigration 3. The strait of Hormuz 4. Nuclear weapons 5. Crime 6. Ninjas

Tabling a motion of no confidence off a movement of millionaire heavy vehicle contractors demanding a tax giveaway at the exact moment our far right are at their most organised, masterful gambit Sinn Féin