Deirdre O'Shaughnessy
@deshocks.bsky.social
Opinion Editor, Irish Examiner |
Host, The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast | Mother of three.
Interested in news, books, politics, culture, science, climate and life in Ireland - and everywhere else. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
Host, The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast | Mother of three.
Interested in news, books, politics, culture, science, climate and life in Ireland - and everywhere else. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
Very clever publicity stunt removing the Stockton’s wing jingle and replacing it with shite elevator Muzak, then bringing on Mike Hanrahan to ask about it.
Cue “public outcry”, cue petition, cue RTÉ management “folding”, cue return of Stockton’s Wing jingle… #justiceforstocktonswing
Cue “public outcry”, cue petition, cue RTÉ management “folding”, cue return of Stockton’s Wing jingle… #justiceforstocktonswing
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Very clever publicity stunt removing the Stockton’s wing jingle and replacing it with shite elevator Muzak, then bringing on Mike Hanrahan to ask about it.
Cue “public outcry”, cue petition, cue RTÉ management “folding”, cue return of Stockton’s Wing jingle… #justiceforstocktonswing
Cue “public outcry”, cue petition, cue RTÉ management “folding”, cue return of Stockton’s Wing jingle… #justiceforstocktonswing
What is happening to this country. This is so awful
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
Local TD Peter Roche organised town meeting, where gardaí addressed small Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What is happening to this country. This is so awful
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
Lovely evening launching Susan’s new novel The Planter’s Daughter - I’m looking forward to reading it!
All order details for The Planter's Daughter
Plus endorsements from Maybelle Wallis, Ronan McGreevy, Byddi Lee, Awais Khan and Michelle McDonagh!
susanlanigan.com/the-planters-daughter
Plus endorsements from Maybelle Wallis, Ronan McGreevy, Byddi Lee, Awais Khan and Michelle McDonagh!
susanlanigan.com/the-planters-daughter
Susan Lanigan
The Planter’s Daughter “Contentious subjects are handled with a lightness of touch and a humanity rare in public discourse…an impressive achievement.” — Ronan McGreevy, the Irish Ti…
susanlanigan.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Lovely evening launching Susan’s new novel The Planter’s Daughter - I’m looking forward to reading it!
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Facebook have their European HQ in Dublin - would it be too much to ask for the Irish Gov to at least raise this with Meta?
Oh my god I’m crying
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Facebook have their European HQ in Dublin - would it be too much to ask for the Irish Gov to at least raise this with Meta?
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I’ve written an opinion piece about the Tracker Scandal in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today. Many thanks to @deshocks.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Caitriona Redmond: I know what a tracker mortgage is, I had to fight to keep mine
We held the phone between us on speaker in that hospital room, worrying over our baby who was struggling to breathe, while we were suffocating under our obligations, writes Caitriona Redmond
www.irishexaminer.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I’ve written an opinion piece about the Tracker Scandal in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today. Many thanks to @deshocks.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Gemma Collins never featured in my life before but has been all over my Instagram lately because she doesn’t read the books she, erm, produces and kind of doesn’t give a s*** and a bit of me very much admires her. She’s on who do you think you are now & I’m fully invested
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Gemma Collins never featured in my life before but has been all over my Instagram lately because she doesn’t read the books she, erm, produces and kind of doesn’t give a s*** and a bit of me very much admires her. She’s on who do you think you are now & I’m fully invested
It’s been three and a half years and today there have already been two things I wanted to ring my mother about.
(Both of them indirectly concerned her being dead, which isn’t ideal either mind)
(Both of them indirectly concerned her being dead, which isn’t ideal either mind)
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It’s been three and a half years and today there have already been two things I wanted to ring my mother about.
(Both of them indirectly concerned her being dead, which isn’t ideal either mind)
(Both of them indirectly concerned her being dead, which isn’t ideal either mind)
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I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
Watching @rteprimetime.bsky.social about DJ Carey and the multiple myeloma bit is quite upsetting. My mother died with MM and so did my uncle. Very cruel disease. He is despicable.
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Watching @rteprimetime.bsky.social about DJ Carey and the multiple myeloma bit is quite upsetting. My mother died with MM and so did my uncle. Very cruel disease. He is despicable.
My colleague Liz Dunphy has been covering the arson attack on sleeping families in Drogheda on Halloween night.
But what happened in the area before the attack? And what has the response been? All this and more on today's podcast.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
But what happened in the area before the attack? And what has the response been? All this and more on today's podcast.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: An arson attack on sleeping children in Drogheda
Our writers take a detailed look at the important issues of the day
www.irishexaminer.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My colleague Liz Dunphy has been covering the arson attack on sleeping families in Drogheda on Halloween night.
But what happened in the area before the attack? And what has the response been? All this and more on today's podcast.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
But what happened in the area before the attack? And what has the response been? All this and more on today's podcast.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
He’s quite happy enough with himself already thank you!!!
Tuesday’s Irish Examiner #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
He’s quite happy enough with himself already thank you!!!
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Like nearly everything he's ever said, this is a weird stupid delusional lie. Nobody should listen to Elon Musk. If he hadn't lucked into nauseating amounts of money, nobody ever would.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Like nearly everything he's ever said, this is a weird stupid delusional lie. Nobody should listen to Elon Musk. If he hadn't lucked into nauseating amounts of money, nobody ever would.
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The Caiseal Mara Hotel in Donegal was set on fire in 2018 - it was supposed to house asylum seekers. There have been dozens of arson attacks since, and only now a security review?
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack
A security review of all IPAS centres will take place speedily in the wake of an arson attack on a facility in Drogheda, the Minister of State for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has said.
rte.ie
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Caiseal Mara Hotel in Donegal was set on fire in 2018 - it was supposed to house asylum seekers. There have been dozens of arson attacks since, and only now a security review?
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Simon Harris said this week that 80% of asylum applicants fail, but as Mick Clifford points out here, that is a highly selective figure cherry picked with a very obvious agenda.
Read this.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Read this.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Mick Clifford: Simon Harris should weigh his words about immigration more carefully
In the social media age we must speak carefully on topics about which a flood of misinformation is already being used to stir up outrage
www.irishexaminer.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Simon Harris said this week that 80% of asylum applicants fail, but as Mick Clifford points out here, that is a highly selective figure cherry picked with a very obvious agenda.
Read this.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Read this.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Arson attack by racists on women and children’s home in Ireland. Five hospitalised. No fatalities this time.
November 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Arson attack by racists on women and children’s home in Ireland. Five hospitalised. No fatalities this time.