Josef O'Shea
@josefoshea.bsky.social
Stories and whatnot from the South Coast of Ireland
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
THIS is the last straw!!!
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
THIS is the last straw!!!
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
This is very timely and good, but the end tag on this made me literally cackle.
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is very timely and good, but the end tag on this made me literally cackle.
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
Ok - stealing a card machine from a pub is one thing (stupid) but pouring a pint into an open umbrella and walking off ? #wtf
Umbrella in a cocktail - or pint in umbrella❓ 🍺☂
Punter takes card reader from Cork pub - then fills umbrella with beer
CCTV caught it all on tape
www.corkbeo.ie
January 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Ok - stealing a card machine from a pub is one thing (stupid) but pouring a pint into an open umbrella and walking off ? #wtf
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
They won't be laughing when they're wrongfully arrested in connection with a 1970s pub bombing
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
They won't be laughing when they're wrongfully arrested in connection with a 1970s pub bombing
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
Whatever they are paying this genius - it's not enough.
People are saying the most embarrassing 14 seconds ever recorded
January 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Whatever they are paying this genius - it's not enough.
This is going to be ... interesting. Stark. Staring. Mad.
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is going to be ... interesting. Stark. Staring. Mad.
A troop of Girl Guides could take over Ireland on St Patrick's Day - and I, for one, want to see that
For the first time, literally every single minister has been listed for travel, as has the Ceann Comhairle and Attorney General.
In some previous years at least one minister had stayed at home.
The only holder of State office (other than the President) staying home is the Seanad Cathaoirleach.
In some previous years at least one minister had stayed at home.
The only holder of State office (other than the President) staying home is the Seanad Cathaoirleach.
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A troop of Girl Guides could take over Ireland on St Patrick's Day - and I, for one, want to see that
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
Dublin City Council, smugly: Bet it would be great to have some white water rafts right now, huh? It's almost like someone's great idea was shut down prematurely.
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Dublin City Council, smugly: Bet it would be great to have some white water rafts right now, huh? It's almost like someone's great idea was shut down prematurely.
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
Fake thumbnails for fake Youtube videos is a favourite genre of mine
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Fake thumbnails for fake Youtube videos is a favourite genre of mine
Why do they look like YouTubers who want us to follow their derelict Italian farmhouse journey?
Baftas 2026: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal nominated as Hamnet makes history
Baftas 2026: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal nominated as Hamnet makes history
The film, directed by Chloe Zhao, has broken the record for the most nominations for a female-directed film in Bafta history
www.irishtimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Why do they look like YouTubers who want us to follow their derelict Italian farmhouse journey?
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
What a hobby
January 27, 2026 at 12:43 PM
What a hobby
Great thread on how Dante hid from Monks, popes, Napoleon & the US Army Airforce 15th Bomber Group
It’s the 724th anniversary of Dante Alighieri being exiled from Florence, ostensibly for corruption, but really for saying the pope had too much power. Five centuries or so later, they built an enormous, elaborate cenotaph for him – which he’s not in, because he never went home... 🧵
January 27, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Great thread on how Dante hid from Monks, popes, Napoleon & the US Army Airforce 15th Bomber Group
My late mother - like many Irish ppl - associated Robins with messages and visitations from lost loved ones
An incredibly moving @theguardian.com country diary today by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social about how birds can bring comfort in moments of loss.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: In my moment of loss, birds came like gifts | Amy-Jane Beer
Ripon City Wetlands and Welburn, North Yorkshire: First a starling and then a robin arrived like visitations. I am truly grateful for them both
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
My late mother - like many Irish ppl - associated Robins with messages and visitations from lost loved ones
Feck sake, like.
Beamish and Murphys follow Guinness as Heineken flags pint price hikes
Anything up to 20c more at the bar for all Heineken daught drinks
www.corkbeo.ie
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Feck sake, like.
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
The Rest is Weather coming soon
January 27, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Rest is Weather coming soon
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
Reminds me of a very similar bit of training female members of the British secret service were given during WW2: "Don't ask a man who works for their government what's happening. Confidently tell him something you know to be inaccurate, and he will be forced to correct you".
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Reminds me of a very similar bit of training female members of the British secret service were given during WW2: "Don't ask a man who works for their government what's happening. Confidently tell him something you know to be inaccurate, and he will be forced to correct you".
Album title sounds like his family had to stage an intervention:
January 27, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Album title sounds like his family had to stage an intervention:
Pee Wee German - gone.
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Pee Wee German - gone.
This car can only see its kids under supervision.
The single “It is what it is” sticker is so fucking funny to me.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
This car can only see its kids under supervision.
You could tell there were a LOT of hippies/counter cultural types involved in Seasme St & The Electric Company
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
You could tell there were a LOT of hippies/counter cultural types involved in Seasme St & The Electric Company
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
Weird that hiring away a few checked-out Tory alcoholics from British dailies and emphasizing op eds about Why Your Boss Deserves A Tax Cut didn't deliver better results but what can you do? What, at the end of the day, can you do?
Jeff Bezos is putting the Washington Post into hospice: defector.com/jeff-bezos-i...
Jeff Bezos Is Putting The Washington Post Into Hospice | Defector
The Washington Post’s suicide-by-1,000-cuts business plan is going swimmingly. Word of the most recent act of self-harm came with a New York Times report on Friday on an internal memo informing the…
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Weird that hiring away a few checked-out Tory alcoholics from British dailies and emphasizing op eds about Why Your Boss Deserves A Tax Cut didn't deliver better results but what can you do? What, at the end of the day, can you do?
Reposted by Josef O'Shea
Normal thing for a major urban American newspaper to have to post.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Normal thing for a major urban American newspaper to have to post.
Kinda telling that this weird little man uses a German pronunciation of 'Gestapo'
Micro nazi from the land of formerly free speech, Bovino says if you call federal agents “kidnappers” or “Gestapo,” there will be “consequences.”
January 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Kinda telling that this weird little man uses a German pronunciation of 'Gestapo'