This reporting was possible because of funding from the Simon Cumbers fund and the Irish Times' commitment to foreign reporting. The latter shouldn't be taken for granted. It's hugely expensive and doesn't make much commercial sense but it's really important.

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Tá leagan seanċló curṫa le ċéile agam anois ċoṁ maiṫ, mar tá an-ċion agam ar an bponc séiṁiṫe.

Back working today

KAGURABACHI - SINS OF THE FATHER (Wip) #kagurabachi #bachiart

Tá mé gafa leis an tsraith seo, Kagurabachi le Takeru Hokazono. Rith smaoineamh fánach liom gur breá liom leagan Gaeilge a fheiceáil. Tiontaigh sé ina fhonn mallaithe ina dhiaidh sin, ┐ bhí orm rud éicint a dhéanamh chun é a dhíbirt. 🚨Rabhadh🚨 - ábhar fuilteach, ┐ léitear manga ó dheas go clé.

Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh go léir a chairde! Tá mise lán go béal le bia blasta ⁊ ag tabhairt faoi na milseoga anois.

Go rabh Nollaig mhór mhaith agaibh. Comhairle stuama/sláinte daoibh inniu 😄⭐️🎄

Nollaig shona, an bhliain seo chugainn casfaimid an streachailt i gcoinne an faisisteachas go bua.

I was just going to repost this as another example of genAI being used to devalue the work of artists, but actually, there's more to talk about here. This article is in response to an ad (which I can't find now), for an Irish-language genAI film competition. 1/ www.thejournal.ie/udaras-na-ga...

Excellent piece by Professor Cathryn Costello @profccostello.bsky.social of @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social in today’s Irish Times: Ireland should resist cheap and tough talk on migration…

Tá an iomarca drochvadhbannaí ar an amlíne inniu - seo chugaibh cárta Nollag a fuair mé ar maidin ó chomhghleacaí liom as an Éigipt.

Once again, if you believe that FF&FG would only love to give us a well-resourced, world beating welfare state but it’s just those pesky immigrants won’t let them, you are a gobshite. You have a loyalty card with your local bridge salesman. You were, in fact, born yesterday.

Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again

Custaiméirí an tsiopa chráite

This is the malaise in Ireland’s democracy. A Democracy where politicians are in constant office, but do not respond to citizens’ wishes (or even just their own voters’ interests) but just advance the policies that suit monied lobbies is a disaffection machine. Because people lose hope.

Phioc mé cúpla iontráil chun triail a bhaint astu ⁊ cé gur thuig mé an cur síos ⁊ an coincheap seo gan stró, ní raibh mé in ann cuimhneamh ar an bhfrása as Béarla. Tá sé ag oibriú. 🤙😎👍

“Is é pobal na teanga i ndáiríre a mhúnlaíonn an teanga. Má úsáideann an pobal focal nó nath cainte, tá spéis againne ann agus ba mhaith linn é a chlúdach.” www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/scea...

The prophecy spoke true. Not an iPod in sight yet the children yearn for the PSP.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

from a state party director

Cuid an-luachmhar den fhoclóir nua is ea an míniú a thugtar ar roinnt seanfhocal agus nathanna coitianta. Súil agam go mbeidh múinteoirí go háirithe in ann leas a bhaint astu sa seomra ranga.

Dé hAoine Bandcamp atá ann, a chlann. Agus tá ceol nua ag Huartan agus Amano.

Sínígí, le bhur dtoil!

The Victorian insistence on fencing away help from the undeserving is a mental trap that causes misery for everyone, including its advocates. Basic Income looks this in the face and says “Cash for all. No questions asked.” It is why it works. It is why the evidence for it is never enough for them.

coinnígí súil ar focloir.ie an tseachtain seo chugainn 🤠

pluralistic.net/2025/12/01/e... Incredibly, Ireland has found a way to make this awful situation even worse. They've appointed Niamh Sweeney, an ex-Meta lobbyist, to the role of Irish Data Protection Commissioner. ~ Cory Doctorow

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

It's a GREAT game. You should get it! So chuffed that my #irishlanguage localisation team worked on this.

The Tories are named for an Irish word, 'Toraidhe'/'Tóraí' meaning highwayman, or robber. So we could help you out again by renaming UK Labour the "Sleeveens" from 'Slíbhín', meaning conman, honourless person or habitual liar.

He admits "causing grievous bodily harm with intent, affray, wounding with intent and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm", while "victims include two babies and six other children". But it's still a "crash" and not an "attack", because whiteness.

@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️‍⚧️ www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Comhartha "Táimid sa Ghaeltacht anseo" i siopa Faherty's (péint srl) i mBarr an Chalaidh so labhair mé as Gaeilge leis agus tugadh lascaine 10% dom 👍 Níor cheannaigh mé ach rolla téip ach mar sin féin.

This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag

To add to this (aye, Gaeltacht investment gets MASSIVELY overlooked), we should take notes from te reo Māori revival in NZ. Have Irish heard everywhere in the media, not just on TG4. Refer to it as an everyday language for everyone. Promote an Irish Language Week/Month to really encourage usage.

An Saol Nuair a bhuaileann tú faoi rud éicint Ní balla atá ann Ach doras

The real issue isn’t immigration, it’s the feedback loop: platforms amplify anxiety → voters feel it → politicians chase it → hollow policy follows. Until we break that cycle, we won’t get functional decisions or functional democracy.

An labhrann tú Gaelainn age baile/ cad í teanga do thí? An í do chéad teanga í? Minicíocht úsáide (atá ann anois go pointe ach doiléir), cumas labhartha agus suíomhanna úsáide. An firic is tábhachtaí ná oibriú amach cén líon cainteoir laethúil atá ann is dóigh liom agus conas cur leis sin

Is é ar a trí ar maidin ⁊ le braon ar bord agat an t-am foirfe le teacht ar an mbop seo.

those who obsess over irregular immigration simply oppose all immigration and won’t say so, and appeasing this position invariably means either applying more pressure on a small and highly pressurized scapegoat group, with no effect on the numbers, or attacks on law-abiding regular immigrants

Under new plans to be unveiled by Labour, UK citizenship test has a whole section on Northern Ireland. If you get any of them right, you don't get citizenship.

huartan.bandcamp.com/album/huartan Albam amuigh ag Huartan. Cuirfidh mé meabhrúchán dom féin don gcéad Aoine bandcamp eile...

Ireland scoring against Portugal

Catherine Connolly’s inaugural speech spoke of inclusivity - but what of those of us with only the cúpla focal, destined for the Gael-gulags? My latest in The Sunday Times.

Cù Chulainn nuair a thachair e ri Sgàthach

"When The Sunday Times columnist Alison O’Connor warned that the rise of the Irish language might be “creating a them-and-us situation,” she revealed less about the language than about the anxieties of Ireland’s establishment commentariat." substack.com/@senmacbrdai...

Déardaoin an tseachtain seo chugainn. Bhí faitíos orm anuraidh agus an teideal 'Léachtóir in Oideachas STEM' orm go hoifigiúil nach mbeinn in ann do na ceisteanna agus go mbeinn náirithe, ach bld tháinig neart stuif ón Ardteist ar ais chugam, agus bhí an-craic againn. Bígí linn!