A connected irk that I also have is the continued existence of British peerages derived from Irish places, like e.g. Charles George Yuill Seymour Dawson-Damer "8th Earl of Portarlington, in the Queen's County", who succeeded as Earl on 6th October 2024 www.thepeerage.com/p5459.htm#i5...

if there's a bright side to this, at least you and I don't live in Micheál Martin's world, utterly terrified of upsetting people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump, prepared to debase himself with spineless interventions like this, and everyone knows it

No Way To Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

Timelines given for Iran to develop nuclear weapons

If Minister Darragh O’Brien is looking for ideas to solve Dublin’s Congestion problems… we produced a document 18 months ago that’s a road map for doing exactly that!! www.dublincommuters.ie/post/a-commu...

if you could rename any street, road, square, park or place in the town or city where you live what would be top of the list? asking because I managed to ragebait myself reading about Dublin's quays: Victoria, George, Charlotte, Hanover, and Wellington could all get in the bin to start with

The NYT style guide

generals gathered in their masses popping corks and clinking glasses

there were laughs all around at the suggestion that the government might acknowledge the killing of Iran's head of state

so utterly predictable how quickly the "thank you for your service" crowd will line up compliantly to support any illegal imperialist war

the likes of this has been said for years in the context of Gaza but I'll say it again anyway. imagine if 57 students were killed in an unprovoked bombing on an American school

The US killing one and hundred fifty school children in a single attack on Iran has apparently been universally decided to be a non story by the Western press. Not front page news, not in the highlights, instantly memory holed. Profession and institutions worse than worthless.

disgusting statement. three whole paragraphs dedicated to reminding everyone that Iran deserves it

the year is 2026. civilians are murdered by the US and Israel on a daily basis and heads of state are now routinely kidnapped or killed, but you cannot say Free Palestine on the television

the year is 2026. civilians are murdered by the US and Israel on a daily basis and heads of state are now routinely kidnapped or killed, but you cannot say Free Palestine on the television

disgusting statement. three whole paragraphs dedicated to reminding everyone that Iran deserves it

I dk how to say this nicely but I don’t give a f- if your mass murdering government gets approval from your congress before burning our region while violating international law

Those school girls were soldiers and therefore deserved to be obliterated by a US/Israeli bomb, but also they're not dead but also it'd be good if they were dead

the likes of this has been said for years in the context of Gaza but I'll say it again anyway. imagine if 57 students were killed in an unprovoked bombing on an American school

"international law must be respected"

'family voting' is as nonsensical a term as 'family swimming'. obviously only one person can do it at a time, and if several people happen to do it simultaneously it doesn't change the individuality of the act

got blocked by someone when I had a rant about this stupid joke when the US was bombing Venezuela. no regrets

Tapping the fucking sign again

he had a good innings but it's sad to hear he's no longer with us. RIP Neil Sedaka, one of the last of the legendary Brill Building writer-singer-performers

Neil Sedaka dead at 86

HEATHCLIFFE IT'S ME YOUR COUSIN, MARVIN HEATHCLIFF

never in doubt 🐺 #WWFC

here's a flavour of the propaganda we can expect: the words of Israel's manager Ran Ben Shimon following their win over Estonia last June. these games will debase everyone involved in them

the thing that UK Labour fears most is the same as FF & FG in Ireland: a bona fide left alternative that represents the concerns of the working and middle classes, who happen to be the majority of voters in both countries. it's why all those parties are obsessed with the "extreme" (aka regular) left

thinking of the time I told an engineer from Cork that such-and-such a thing was standard practice everywhere else and he replied "I think you're forgetting the ABCD principle" "What's the ABCD principle" "Ah, But Cork is Different"

for some reason when Harris does his angry pantomime act in the Dáil he reminds me of the teacher from The Wall

this government is extraordinarily averse to international feather-ruffling (even for a FF-FG one) but with MM due to bend the knee in Washington in two weeks' time this was never not going to be the decision

First time I've seen this postcard of the Somali village at the 1907 Dublin Exhibition in Herbert Park. #dublin

lol, so the strategies former teacher Patrick O'Donovan has used so far to address the issue of the burned astro pitch have been: 1. one of you saw it I want to know who did it 2. until we find out what happened everyone is in trouble 3. never mind what the headmaster said this is my classroom

not the main point here but the absolute state of those stale gone-off prop pints

🫵 chill out

They keep doing this because they’re terrified Elon Musk will do a tweet about them

please…my stolen data…it’s been stolen www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

this is an excellent take on the BAFTAs controversy. my stomach is sick for everyone involved here, except the BBC and BAFTA. fuck them both that they can censor "free Palestine" out of a delayed recording but not *that* word

this is an excellent take on the BAFTAs controversy. my stomach is sick for everyone involved here, except the BBC and BAFTA. fuck them both that they can censor "free Palestine" out of a delayed recording but not *that* word

I think this article (from a black man and a father to a child with similar disabilities) is a good take on the incident. variety.com/2026/film/aw...

It’s hard not to sound unhinged when you describe to offline friends what these guys actually spend their time, money, and influence on; how they grew up; and how many people they are killing. That’s why Cheeky Pint interviews that vouch for billionaire madmen are appalling.

part of the problem with tackling the influence of billionaire madmen like Thiel is that the work they're doing to undermine democracies is not mainstream knowledge. if I asked 10 friends and family (outside of the chronically online amongst us) I guess maybe 1 would even know who he is

This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl. If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Christ on a bike what a question. When you consider that multiple (if not most) democracies in the world have elected mayors with executive powers, the pertinent question on the Limerick situation isn't 'is it workable?'. It's 'why isn't it working?', or 'why isn't it being allowed work?'

The response to this was fantastic last year, with the largest number of subscribers since IrishCycle launched. Greater support has been helpful, but subcribers number have plateaued again! As newspapers constantly prompt people to subscribe, I guess the same applies: If you can, please subscribe..