The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government. www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

‘The Burkes are shouting’ is a colloquial phrase that came into common usage in Ireland in the 2020s and means, ‘everything is proceeding as normal’.

Ireland should be doing this too. There isn’t an alarm bell big enough to wake this government up. We should be in crisis mode, but instead it’s still shaking-developers’-hands-at-the-race-course, business as usual.

John Collison was talking utter garbage and it says so much that so many politicians fell over themselves to fellate him for writing a pack of lies

Eventually, long after it is needed and that need is clear to everyone, Ireland will switch to competing with other EU countries to attract migrants to choose it as a destination. By then, whole generations of then-forgotten politicians will have made careers of poisoning the well of our reputation

Bundee and the presidents. The love continues 💕 #IREvsRSA

Would help if I tagged her wouldn't it @enaghfarrellart.bsky.social

This beautiful collection of Irish tree cards arrived today & now my dilemma is to post them or frame for myself. Thanks Enagh they are fabulous 🌲 enaghfarrell.com/shop-prints-...

in one of the biggest hospitals in Budapest the doctors had to postpone at least 3 scheduled operations today because there's no heating in the hospital :) :) but hey at least we have new soccer stadiums so our soccer team can lose all their games in nice places

I know this all looks completely normal to the pol corrs but to the rest of us, it can look like a guy who followed orders, fucked his country but looked after the institutions, and is now being rewarded for his obedience.

Please help, these kids are freezing to death in their tents and winter is coming: gofund.me/5f2429cda

I don't see how anyone could imagine that refugees as a group are carrying significant wealth with them in the form of stealable possessions by the time they get to Ireland or the UK. Billionaire lads with a seat in the House of Lords and a few houses, on the other hand...

I love that this is expanding to include books, music etc. I’m not curating it or making any judgments, it’s not *my* preferences, anyone who makes stuff is welcome to reply to my original post. (Not this one, far fewer people will see it.)

Nesmaa and her children are forced to sleep in these horrific conditions, you can message her on whatsapp 00972599720141 or donate here: chuffed.org/project/1566...

👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?

Lookit...I'm just sayin...just doesn't feel like a coincidence is all. #COYBIG #Ireland #Leftie #Speirgorm #VoteLeft

Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in 5 years, data reveals. Armed forces & settlers used bombs, dogs, poison & machinery to attack people & infrastructure. It's "an important part of a genocidal strategy" says Pedro Arrojo-Agudo www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

If twenty or even ten thousand people showed up to Merrion square and chanted 'We want housing now' for a few weekends in a row, and started talking about how to strategically vote against any Government party, we would see sudden changes to this plan

A super speech. A defiant speech. A speech of hope. The government will be run ragged with our new president... #aras25 #speirgorm

Go on Catherine! Ate them without salt ❤️

We have had 14yrs without a toxic commentary on how our President dresses. I remember the slagging and commentary on Mary R. It would be great to think our media/society has evolved and that President Catherine Connolly will not be subject to that scrutiny.

"President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening."

If I were Catherine Connolly, I'd carry a big portrait of Lenin into the Áras, past the photographers, and tell them I was going to hang it in the foyer, just to see if I could get an Irish Times columnist's head to actually explode.

Israelis. Still scared of children after murdering tens of thousands of them.

They really are the most horrible people; so openly, blatantly racist.

A great article on some of Dublin's lost public houses from @3castlesburning.bsky.social - our Irish published Book of the Year - get a copy here - thebookshop.ie/donal-fallon... @newislandbooks.bsky.social

Bobby Ten Gaffs complaining about the system his party created over a century of dominating the political landscape? The sooner these gaslighting clowns are fired into the sun, the better.

Lads this is v emosh! I know the Áras is in good hands but am gonna miss Michael D & Sabina's lovely joyful energy so much.

I shamt name them,but this was the conclusion of one of my students about Ireland and Irish heritage. That's the future thank god.

2.5 years ago Micheal Martin told us Ireland were turning corner on house building but now its all the EUs fault He really is clutching at straws now #HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

For additional context 1) Over €100m of overpayments *was* recovered 2) 75% of the unrecoverable payments were to people who are now dead 3) the vast, vast majority of such payments are down to errors by the Dept, not fraud by the dead.

Setting fire to a building when people, children, are inside should be investigated like it's an attempted murder because that's what it fucking is.

My god, Colin Sheridan, you’re brilliant 🤩 💪🏾☘️ @irishexaminer.bsky.social #spéirghorm #IrishPol #Housing

Read. Weep. Act “We are a rich country masquerading as a poor one, run by people terrified of annoying people even richer. And yet, the true test of a nation is not how quickly it can get a planning application rubber-stamped…it’s how gently we hold the vulnerable…” #spéirghorm #IrishPol #Housing

Baraa lost her daughter and is trying to keep her surviving kids alive, meanwhile Bluesky keeps deleting her accounts. Please help her if you can or share if you can't: gofund.me/74c01145

Disheartened & disgusted that FFG would make these statements, but in no way surprised. These guys think they are smart & fall for far right playbook EVERY GODDAM TIME #Gowls

A secretive group lobbying government for the arms industry is working with Lockheed Martin to connect Irish businesses with international weapons manufacturers for 'partnering opportunities' One of its co-founders is a regular contributor to Irish media www.ontheditch.com/irish-lobbyi...

They should have a running total on how much he and his family have cost the state, indexed to how many surgeries etc it could have paid for.

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

When I started this Christmas card project in 2022 never did I think it would raise £50,000 for @womensaidni.bsky.social in just a couple of years but with your support that’s what we’ve done to this point. Looking forward to seeing what we add to that this year. Pre-orders are open… 1/

I’d encourage everyone to do the same and to tell every politician or prospective politician every time you have the opportunity to. We need to get “state housing on state land by a state builder” back on the table

Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in the history of the state. This kind of analysis is neither serious nor credible, and it has to stop. #Aras25

1 out of 8 people who voted spoiled their vote and you talking about a referendum? Over 4 out of 8 people voted for the opposition candidate, let's see you fix the issue that she talked about with same gusto? Vacuum of leadership & a petty person who is incapable of making Ireland better in anyway

"Wow, a landslide for a left president. Should we examine some of our policies and stop pandering to the far right?" MM: "Would you believe, we're actually going to go further right. For reasons."

Everyone should take 5 minutes to complain to Dublin City Council, this is horrific behaviour for a councillor and should see him fired and up in court for libel. www.dublincity.ie/council/abou...

Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.

Laytown. Perfect Saturday morning walk while checking #aras25 news. Delighted most voters chose Catherine Connolly as our new president. Comhghairdeas!