Josef O'Shea
@josefoshea.bsky.social
Stories and whatnot from the South Coast of Ireland
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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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The Rest is Weather coming soon
January 27, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Rest is Weather coming soon
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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
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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?
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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'
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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 4:56 PM
Micro nazi from the land of formerly free speech, Bovino says if you call federal agents “kidnappers” or “Gestapo,” there will be “consequences.”
Illegal and incredibly dangerous use of often stolen motorbikes is just one of those things that some communities in Ireland had to put up with - Gardai and justice system apparently powerless.
This has to change
This has to change
Hundreds of people gathered in Finglas this evening for a vigil for 16-year-old Grace Lynch.
Her mother gave an emotional statement, pledging to fight to get scramblers off the streets after Grace was killed when struck by a scrambler near her home at the weekend.
#VMNews
Her mother gave an emotional statement, pledging to fight to get scramblers off the streets after Grace was killed when struck by a scrambler near her home at the weekend.
#VMNews
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Illegal and incredibly dangerous use of often stolen motorbikes is just one of those things that some communities in Ireland had to put up with - Gardai and justice system apparently powerless.
This has to change
This has to change
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RIP Sly Dunbar
Saw Sly & Robbie at The Town & Country Club in 1986 and thought my ears were going to explode.
But in a good way.
youtu.be/VVIsTZPp0iM?...
Saw Sly & Robbie at The Town & Country Club in 1986 and thought my ears were going to explode.
But in a good way.
youtu.be/VVIsTZPp0iM?...
Sly And Robbie - Boops Here To Go [1987] Official Music Video Remastered @Videos80s
YouTube video by 80's 90's Music Video's Remastered @Videos80s
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January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
RIP Sly Dunbar
Saw Sly & Robbie at The Town & Country Club in 1986 and thought my ears were going to explode.
But in a good way.
youtu.be/VVIsTZPp0iM?...
Saw Sly & Robbie at The Town & Country Club in 1986 and thought my ears were going to explode.
But in a good way.
youtu.be/VVIsTZPp0iM?...
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How come Scotland get absurd, half-arsed gestures like this but Wales gets nothing? If he's not in a bonnet, apron, & shawl on Dydd Gŵyl Dewi I say we kick off.
I do not say this lightly when I tell you, as a proud Scot, that this is the funniest thing Keir Starmer has ever done.
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
How come Scotland get absurd, half-arsed gestures like this but Wales gets nothing? If he's not in a bonnet, apron, & shawl on Dydd Gŵyl Dewi I say we kick off.
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learn to code, losers
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
learn to code, losers
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I do not say this lightly when I tell you, as a proud Scot, that this is the funniest thing Keir Starmer has ever done.
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I do not say this lightly when I tell you, as a proud Scot, that this is the funniest thing Keir Starmer has ever done.
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Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room