John Meehan
@johndmeehan.bsky.social
Left-Wing political activist, blogger, https://tomasoflatharta.com/
1. "Cristiano Ronaldo finally visited the USA, as he was part of a lavish White House dinner hosted by President Donald Trump for the visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday." www.firstpost.com/sports/footb... Ronaldo "paid USD 375,000 to a woman who had accused him of rape"
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November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
1. "Cristiano Ronaldo finally visited the USA, as he was part of a lavish White House dinner hosted by President Donald Trump for the visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday." www.firstpost.com/sports/footb... Ronaldo "paid USD 375,000 to a woman who had accused him of rape"
FIFA cleared Ronaldo to be available for all matches at the 2026 World Cup. "Ronaldo attended a dinner party.. with Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino." www.firstpost.com/sports/footb... Red card for violent conduct in nearly all other cases means a 3 match ban.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
FIFA cleared Ronaldo to be available for all matches at the 2026 World Cup. "Ronaldo attended a dinner party.. with Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino." www.firstpost.com/sports/footb... Red card for violent conduct in nearly all other cases means a 3 match ban.
Rugby Union "What will it take for things to change? Some fear only a televised death, God forbid, will force the sport to change when it comes to safety and player welfare" www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
Rugby’s dangerous self-delusion
As the Six Nations draws to a close, the sport looks increasingly in denial about its safety.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Rugby Union "What will it take for things to change? Some fear only a televised death, God forbid, will force the sport to change when it comes to safety and player welfare" www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
"World Rugby may as well put Test rugby in the bin. Saturday’s farce at the Aviva Stadium was a conflux of some ill-fitting laws, applied willy nilly with a canyon-sized variance in interpretation" - John O'Sullivan, Irish Times
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"World Rugby may as well put Test rugby in the bin. Saturday’s farce at the Aviva Stadium was a conflux of some ill-fitting laws, applied willy nilly with a canyon-sized variance in interpretation" - John O'Sullivan, Irish Times
Ex rugby ref Owen Doyle on Ireland V S Africa "The advertised menu was a far cry from the dire dish served up. From start to finish, the match was a torrid, toxic affair. It did nothing to convince any parent that rugby is a sport suitable for their child." 100 per cent correct
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ex rugby ref Owen Doyle on Ireland V S Africa "The advertised menu was a far cry from the dire dish served up. From start to finish, the match was a torrid, toxic affair. It did nothing to convince any parent that rugby is a sport suitable for their child." 100 per cent correct
Ex rugby ref Owen Doyle: "It’s madness, unattractive, boring and a danger to the brain health of players. it seems nobody cares. Once upon a time, rugby was a game of contact and evasion; on Saturday ..attritional brutality, poisonous stuff, with not a single ounce of love lost." Ireland V S Africa
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ex rugby ref Owen Doyle: "It’s madness, unattractive, boring and a danger to the brain health of players. it seems nobody cares. Once upon a time, rugby was a game of contact and evasion; on Saturday ..attritional brutality, poisonous stuff, with not a single ounce of love lost." Ireland V S Africa
I usually watch TV rugby games when Ireland play, but do not follow the sport too much. Yesterday's Ireland V South Africa match was an ugly display of brute and dangerous force. It was a very awful spectacle. A big turn-off for me - and, I suspect, many others.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I usually watch TV rugby games when Ireland play, but do not follow the sport too much. Yesterday's Ireland V South Africa match was an ugly display of brute and dangerous force. It was a very awful spectacle. A big turn-off for me - and, I suspect, many others.
Tankies misbehaving again!
As funny as it is to see the tankies fall over themselves to justify China and Russia’s actions at the UN with regard to Palestine, this should all be a reminder how genuine solidarity will never come from states but can only come from people
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Tankies misbehaving again!
The Trump-Putin chainsaw murderer method.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Trump-Putin chainsaw murderer method.
Who said "the buck has to stop with the manager. He has to go, ..the FAI should appoint a caretaker for the games in October and November. This campaign is dead so what's the point in hanging on to the Dentist for another couple of months. He is a bluffer who has promised much but hasn't delivered."
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Who said "the buck has to stop with the manager. He has to go, ..the FAI should appoint a caretaker for the games in October and November. This campaign is dead so what's the point in hanging on to the Dentist for another couple of months. He is a bluffer who has promised much but hasn't delivered."
Who said
"What is particularly bizarre is the fact that there is talk of Hallgrimmsson being in talks with the FAI for a new contract. What on earth is going on? I hope those talks are parked, and the Dentist can go back to filling in cavities many miles away from us."
"What is particularly bizarre is the fact that there is talk of Hallgrimmsson being in talks with the FAI for a new contract. What on earth is going on? I hope those talks are parked, and the Dentist can go back to filling in cavities many miles away from us."
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Who said
"What is particularly bizarre is the fact that there is talk of Hallgrimmsson being in talks with the FAI for a new contract. What on earth is going on? I hope those talks are parked, and the Dentist can go back to filling in cavities many miles away from us."
"What is particularly bizarre is the fact that there is talk of Hallgrimmsson being in talks with the FAI for a new contract. What on earth is going on? I hope those talks are parked, and the Dentist can go back to filling in cavities many miles away from us."
Perhaps of interest tomasoflatharta.com/2025/11/07/f...
From Ukraine, Galina Rymba’s Open Letter to Westminster MP Zarah Sultana – a feminist, anarchist and poet delivers a personal and political address to a leader of the British “Your party”
I am addressing you personally also because I see how people like you — those who appear on the global political stage — become a source of hope for many of the oppressed, whose voices and cries ar…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Perhaps of interest tomasoflatharta.com/2025/11/07/f...
Simply hilarious. The first victim of the Fianna Fáil review of its disastrous Jim Gavin presidential campaign is the former Fine Gael Agriculture Minister Ivan Yates.
Ivan Yates has been axed from a podcast he co-presented with Matt Cooper after it was revealed today he was involved with Fianna Fáil's presidential election campaign.
Cooper said in a statement he was unaware of this and believes it should have been disclosed to him jrnl.ie/6862164
Cooper said in a statement he was unaware of this and believes it should have been disclosed to him jrnl.ie/6862164
Ivan Yates axed from podcast with Matt Cooper over revelations he coached Jim Gavin
Cooper and Yates began podcast Path to Power together in December 2023 as co-hosts.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Simply hilarious. The first victim of the Fianna Fáil review of its disastrous Jim Gavin presidential campaign is the former Fine Gael Agriculture Minister Ivan Yates.
This is hilarious. Thanks Brian Hanley for bringing this to our attention.
If you're one of The Adults In The Room™ in Ireland you can be on a fat state pension in your 40's while arguing for welfare cuts, go bankrupt running a bookies, FF will still pay you to banjax their presidential run, and you'll still be invited on the airwaves to talk shite forever
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November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is hilarious. Thanks Brian Hanley for bringing this to our attention.
3. We see sympathy, protests, boycotts for others, but for Ukrainians it’s always about “reducing costs” and “sending them back.”
It feels like Ukrainians became second-class victims. Same war crimes, same suffering — but different treatment.
That’s not neutrality, that’s hypocrisy. 💔
It feels like Ukrainians became second-class victims. Same war crimes, same suffering — but different treatment.
That’s not neutrality, that’s hypocrisy. 💔
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
3. We see sympathy, protests, boycotts for others, but for Ukrainians it’s always about “reducing costs” and “sending them back.”
It feels like Ukrainians became second-class victims. Same war crimes, same suffering — but different treatment.
That’s not neutrality, that’s hypocrisy. 💔
It feels like Ukrainians became second-class victims. Same war crimes, same suffering — but different treatment.
That’s not neutrality, that’s hypocrisy. 💔
2. When it comes to Palestine or Afghanistan, Irish politicians speak loudly about “justice” and “human rights.” But when it’s Ukraine — suddenly it’s silence, bureaucracy, and excuses.
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
2. When it comes to Palestine or Afghanistan, Irish politicians speak loudly about “justice” and “human rights.” But when it’s Ukraine — suddenly it’s silence, bureaucracy, and excuses.
1. So Ireland expels the Israeli ambassador, calling it “a stand against genocide” — but somehow still keeps the Russian one, after two years of bombing, torture, executions, and mass deportations in Ukraine? How’s that not genocide too?
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
1. So Ireland expels the Israeli ambassador, calling it “a stand against genocide” — but somehow still keeps the Russian one, after two years of bombing, torture, executions, and mass deportations in Ukraine? How’s that not genocide too?
Epstein Pressure Incŕeases
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Epstein Pressure Incŕeases
The rest of the left must reject SF's racist lurch
Immigration numbers are too high. We have to listen to the people in this country. The increase is too high.
- Simon Harris, via @news.rte.ie
Welcomed by Aontu.
Matt Carty says SF has been saying this for some time.
- Simon Harris, via @news.rte.ie
Welcomed by Aontu.
Matt Carty says SF has been saying this for some time.
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The rest of the left must reject SF's racist lurch
I read that Catherine Connolly's supporters have formed a new political party - VOICE - which will contest the Galway West West by-election caused by Connolly's presidential victory. Do any readers know more about this?
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I read that Catherine Connolly's supporters have formed a new political party - VOICE - which will contest the Galway West West by-election caused by Connolly's presidential victory. Do any readers know more about this?
bsky.app/profile/news... The Lady Donaldson excuse - too ill to appear in court - is used by serial fraudster DJ Carey, due for sentencing in a Dublin court today.
Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey, who was due to be sentenced today for defrauding people by pretending he had cancer and seeking money for treatment, is in hospital, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been told.
DJ Carey in hospital, sentencing hearing told
Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey, who was due to be sentenced today for defrauding people by pretending he had cancer and seeking money for treatment, is in hospital, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has ...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
bsky.app/profile/news... The Lady Donaldson excuse - too ill to appear in court - is used by serial fraudster DJ Carey, due for sentencing in a Dublin court today.
