Anne-Marie
@amflynn.bsky.social
Columnist, board member, learner,
dreamer, scribbler, Gaelic Games fan, Left leaner, cat servant 🐈🐈⬛️
📍Mayo, Ireland
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dreamer, scribbler, Gaelic Games fan, Left leaner, cat servant 🐈🐈⬛️
📍Mayo, Ireland
👩🦰 She/her
🔐 Views my own
SBP has the head of the IDA stating that the US tech giants simply *must* have more data centres in Ireland.
To enable them to make billions and undermine global democracy off the back of our natural resources. What kind of idiots are we to just stand back and watch?
To enable them to make billions and undermine global democracy off the back of our natural resources. What kind of idiots are we to just stand back and watch?
January 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
SBP has the head of the IDA stating that the US tech giants simply *must* have more data centres in Ireland.
To enable them to make billions and undermine global democracy off the back of our natural resources. What kind of idiots are we to just stand back and watch?
To enable them to make billions and undermine global democracy off the back of our natural resources. What kind of idiots are we to just stand back and watch?
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Andrew McGinley is calling for a change to the law that would allow people to be involved in the mental health care of their partners when children are involved.
Nearly six years after his three children were killed by their mother, he is also urging the coroner to widen the scope of the inquest.
Nearly six years after his three children were killed by their mother, he is also urging the coroner to widen the scope of the inquest.
January 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Andrew McGinley is calling for a change to the law that would allow people to be involved in the mental health care of their partners when children are involved.
Nearly six years after his three children were killed by their mother, he is also urging the coroner to widen the scope of the inquest.
Nearly six years after his three children were killed by their mother, he is also urging the coroner to widen the scope of the inquest.
This is excellent
@justinemc.bsky.social
@justinemc.bsky.social
Justine McCarthy: Who decides what the common good is? The uncommonly privileged, that’s who
Justine McCarthy: Who decides what the common good is? The uncommonly privileged, that’s who
For most people, reality is a constant battle, but our masters of the universe are seldom spotted entertaining everyday hassles
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is excellent
@justinemc.bsky.social
@justinemc.bsky.social
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Broken social contract
Have no doubt this is down to Irish Government policy that not only lets wealthy owners sit on their assets, it actually rewards them for it
Hang your heads in shame Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael
How can you sleep at night?
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
Have no doubt this is down to Irish Government policy that not only lets wealthy owners sit on their assets, it actually rewards them for it
Hang your heads in shame Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael
How can you sleep at night?
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
January 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Broken social contract
Have no doubt this is down to Irish Government policy that not only lets wealthy owners sit on their assets, it actually rewards them for it
Hang your heads in shame Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael
How can you sleep at night?
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
Have no doubt this is down to Irish Government policy that not only lets wealthy owners sit on their assets, it actually rewards them for it
Hang your heads in shame Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael
How can you sleep at night?
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
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In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
www.thegist.ie
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
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A willow-weaving basket maker in Co Mayo, has said he feels a "responsibility" to keep aspects of the ancient tradition alive.
Mayo basket weaver takes craft around the world
A 31-year-old willow-weaving basket maker in Co Mayo, said he feels a "responsibility" to keep aspects of the ancient tradition alive.
www.rte.ie
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
A willow-weaving basket maker in Co Mayo, has said he feels a "responsibility" to keep aspects of the ancient tradition alive.
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Well done, what a pity Basketball Ireland doesn't also put it up to FIBA by refusing to play apartheid Israel due to its apartheid and genocide against Palestinians. #BanIsrael
Former Basketball Ireland CEO resigns from FIBA board due to Israel's involvement
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Former Basketball Ireland CEO resigns from FIBA board due to Israel's involvement
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Former Basketball Ireland CEO resigns from FIBA Europe board due to Israel's involement
"A small gesture but my conscience is clear. Please God, respite and reparation will come in 2026 to the children of Gaza," he said.
www.irishexaminer.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Well done, what a pity Basketball Ireland doesn't also put it up to FIBA by refusing to play apartheid Israel due to its apartheid and genocide against Palestinians. #BanIsrael
Former Basketball Ireland CEO resigns from FIBA board due to Israel's involvement
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Former Basketball Ireland CEO resigns from FIBA board due to Israel's involvement
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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Boom.
New year, same reminder: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Boom.
The care and thought that goes into this newsletter is wonderful. Sign up, it's a beaut. Also, there's a sale! Finally bought the little print I've been hankering after for ages, but had been holding off on til I got the keys to the little house I've nearly bought. (Haven't got em yet, but feck it)
Final newsletter of the year is in inboxes now, featuring the deaf Limerick woman who fought for emigrant welfare, how Irish people used cow dung to predict death, and why a Corkonian skull makes a great cocktail glass. Sign up for the next one FREE here: www.ciaraioch.com/newsletter #SpéirGorm
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The care and thought that goes into this newsletter is wonderful. Sign up, it's a beaut. Also, there's a sale! Finally bought the little print I've been hankering after for ages, but had been holding off on til I got the keys to the little house I've nearly bought. (Haven't got em yet, but feck it)
‘The debate Simon Harris claims was shut down is still wide open. It is he who has yet to show up for it.’
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
‘The debate Simon Harris claims was shut down is still wide open. It is he who has yet to show up for it.’
‘Tánaiste was not silenced. He made a brief, loaded remark on his way into a Cabinet meeting’
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
‘The debate Simon Harris claims was shut down is still wide open. It is he who has yet to show up for it.’
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
Sinn Féin is not left wing. No matter how much we'd like them to be, or need them to be.
Calling for a “rules-based” immigration system is a “classic left-wing position” for a party that supports the working class, Mary Lou McDonald has said.
Sinn Fein leader contests claim her party is not left wing
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Sinn Fein leader contests claim her party is not left wing
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Mary Lou McDonald says left should support ‘rules-based’ system on immigration
‘We are not a kind of a luvvie outfit,’ says Sinn Féin leader of her party’s approach to policy
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Sinn Féin is not left wing. No matter how much we'd like them to be, or need them to be.
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Fianna Fáil is such a fundamentally misogynistic party, they've deluded themselves into believing that a Dáil without women can still represent their interests. It's dangerously deluded. We need better representation. That inclusion needs to go beyond gender. #spéirgorm
December 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Fianna Fáil is such a fundamentally misogynistic party, they've deluded themselves into believing that a Dáil without women can still represent their interests. It's dangerously deluded. We need better representation. That inclusion needs to go beyond gender. #spéirgorm
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My letter in today's Examiner. I'm really fired up about this. A Dáil without gender parity will always fall short when it comes to representing women. That applies to their healthcare but also extends to labour that tends to be dominated by women such as providing care. #spéirgorm
December 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My letter in today's Examiner. I'm really fired up about this. A Dáil without gender parity will always fall short when it comes to representing women. That applies to their healthcare but also extends to labour that tends to be dominated by women such as providing care. #spéirgorm
25 years on, the questions should also be why, after all we have apparently learned, planning is a dirty word among the current government, and why it apparently hasn't even occurred to them to have a vision for the future.
‘We all partied’ was never the truth about the Celtic Tiger and Ireland is still paying the price
Twenty-five years on, Ireland is still living with the consequences of mistaking rapid growth for lasting economic success
www.irishexaminer.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
25 years on, the questions should also be why, after all we have apparently learned, planning is a dirty word among the current government, and why it apparently hasn't even occurred to them to have a vision for the future.
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The fact that eight councils have passed motions in favour of keeping the triple lock is not just a matter of 'local' interest but more evidence of a democratic deficit in Ireland and a need for a referendum on neutrality.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Local authorities won't follow party line on the triple lock
Although the Irish State is praised for having a strong and healthy democracy, the reality is that there are very few actual democratic mechanisms available to the Irish public — and they are often ig...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The fact that eight councils have passed motions in favour of keeping the triple lock is not just a matter of 'local' interest but more evidence of a democratic deficit in Ireland and a need for a referendum on neutrality.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
This is a fabulous and really enjoyable series so far, I highly recommend listening. Some incredible women whose stories and legacies haven't been acknowledged or remembered in Ireland as they should.
Over the past month my colleague Clodagh Finn and I recorded six podcasts about Irish women in history - a Christmas miniseries to replace my usual output. First one, Grizelda Steevens “the pig faced woman of Dublin” dropped today. Listen by searching for the Deirdre O’Shaughnessy podcast
December 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is a fabulous and really enjoyable series so far, I highly recommend listening. Some incredible women whose stories and legacies haven't been acknowledged or remembered in Ireland as they should.
Same. Every podcast I listen to that isn't ad-free. TV. Radio. Outdoor. Absolutely inescapable. I don't know how anyone who might be struggling with a gambling addiction could deal with this.
Gambling ads genuinely seem out of control at the moment. I'm inundated with them. And I don't gamble, so it isn't my algorithm. Well, maybe the DART one is
You tube this morning, Play Ojo.
A podcast this afternoon, Bet Victor.
DART station, just now
A podcast this afternoon, Bet Victor.
DART station, just now
December 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Same. Every podcast I listen to that isn't ad-free. TV. Radio. Outdoor. Absolutely inescapable. I don't know how anyone who might be struggling with a gambling addiction could deal with this.
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In today's Irish Independent (by Ali Bracken) Jonatan is talking about his life after the official trial has come to an and.
He is now on 'off label use' of this medication.
If there is any of you who can support and/or repost 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/happy-life...
He is now on 'off label use' of this medication.
If there is any of you who can support and/or repost 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/happy-life...
December 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In today's Irish Independent (by Ali Bracken) Jonatan is talking about his life after the official trial has come to an and.
He is now on 'off label use' of this medication.
If there is any of you who can support and/or repost 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/happy-life...
He is now on 'off label use' of this medication.
If there is any of you who can support and/or repost 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/happy-life...
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Reminder that among the Irish acts perfectly happy to play in apartheid-era South Africa in the '80s was Joe Dolan. The actual United Nations even had to ask him not to do it again: www.thejournal.ie/joe-dolan-un...
Joe Dolan was on a UN blacklist over a performance in South Africa
As were Foster and Allen.
www.thejournal.ie
December 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reminder that among the Irish acts perfectly happy to play in apartheid-era South Africa in the '80s was Joe Dolan. The actual United Nations even had to ask him not to do it again: www.thejournal.ie/joe-dolan-un...
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Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
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“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
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A fatal chintz overdose,
Colours that clash,
Precarious wall plates that threaten to smash
But without all these things, Yuletide isn’t the same
Your old bedspread shouldn’t inspire such shame...
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas? Of course we do, right?
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight.
Colours that clash,
Precarious wall plates that threaten to smash
But without all these things, Yuletide isn’t the same
Your old bedspread shouldn’t inspire such shame...
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas? Of course we do, right?
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight.
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A fatal chintz overdose,
Colours that clash,
Precarious wall plates that threaten to smash
But without all these things, Yuletide isn’t the same
Your old bedspread shouldn’t inspire such shame...
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas? Of course we do, right?
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight.
Colours that clash,
Precarious wall plates that threaten to smash
But without all these things, Yuletide isn’t the same
Your old bedspread shouldn’t inspire such shame...
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas? Of course we do, right?
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight.
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A spare room decked out like a bone china plate
A disgruntled cat as your brand new room-mate
A bulb with no shade from the ceiling does hang
In a bleak-looking prison of lemon meringue
A disgruntled cat as your brand new room-mate
A bulb with no shade from the ceiling does hang
In a bleak-looking prison of lemon meringue
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A spare room decked out like a bone china plate
A disgruntled cat as your brand new room-mate
A bulb with no shade from the ceiling does hang
In a bleak-looking prison of lemon meringue
A disgruntled cat as your brand new room-mate
A bulb with no shade from the ceiling does hang
In a bleak-looking prison of lemon meringue