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Diarmuid Doyle
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Senior producer, The Last Word With Matt Cooper, Today FM. LUFC season ticket holder. Cat whisperer.
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July 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Reposted by Diarmuid Doyle
A short video of our new (used) bookshop in Templemore - The Book Temple. You'll find us at 48 Patrick Street in the middle of town. Call in if you're passing, we're very sound. #booksky #tipperary
April 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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February 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A track each from my 20 favourite albums of 2024

open.spotify.com/playlist/5GF...
Best of 2024
open.spotify.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Reposted by Diarmuid Doyle
Yesterday, the Baron of Siberia posted my investigation into Tortoise on Twitter. I responded saying the Guardian is cancelling my contract after 19 years, so I'd be happy to go to the Indie to carry on investigating Evgeny's dad, the ex-KGB spy. This was a joke!

However, here are some facts..
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December 23, 2024 at 2:44 PM
This would make a great Christmas present for the football fan in you life. Very well written, deeply researched, it’s the best account you’ll get of what ails football at the moment and how ill -equipped the game’s authorities are to do anything about it
My book, ‘States of Play’, is out now.

It is really a modern history of football, and how it has been transformed by three main forces: geopolitics, especially autocratic states; a very western capitalism; the game’s own greed and failures of authority

geni.us/StatesOfPlay
States of Play: How Sportswashing Took Over Football
Pre-order your copy today:
geni.us
December 8, 2024 at 8:43 PM
As Leeds prepare to take on Swansea, a reminder of a previous victory #lufc
November 24, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Diarmuid Doyle
#NEW
Independent Ireland election candidate for Dublin South Central Phil Sutcliffe has resigned from the party
(Sutcliffe is a big supporter of McGregor and was with him in the court yesterday)
Mr Sutcliffe is to run as an Independent (but will be listed to be with IndIreland on ballot paper) #G24
November 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Diarmuid Doyle
Well, isn’t that convenient? Musk gets named to the fake department of DOGE, and suddenly NASA’s future is up for debate—just as SpaceX is poised to cash in. Funny how “efficiency” seems to mean redirecting public funds straight into private pockets.
November 23, 2024 at 12:24 AM
If you’re looking for a loud, noisy, melodic album with demented drumming and some magnificent guitar playing, try Through Today by Chimers. Out of Melbourne, but with Dubliner Padraic Skehan front and centre, they’ll appeal to anyone who love, as I do, Sprints.

open.spotify.com/playlist/3N8...
Through Today
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:21 PM
An indication of how dull the election campaign has been is that there’s not a single mention of it -either in a story or a blurb - on the front page of the Irish Times.
November 23, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Reposted by Diarmuid Doyle
A jury in Ireland decided Friday that UFC star Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in Dublin in 2018 and must pay nearly $260,000 in damages in a civil case.
Conor McGregor loses civil sexual assault case, latest in string of incidents
Conor McGregor, the former two-division UFC champion, hasn’t fought in four years.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Until today, it had been a great November for sexual predators who wanted to be president
November 22, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The chislers:
November 17, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Twitter account deleted; Bluesky up and running. Now let’s see what happens.
November 17, 2024 at 6:45 PM