Justine Whately
@juswhat.bsky.social
Optometrist, mother, wife. Louth, Ireland
Food, drink, travel, politics
Food, drink, travel, politics
The winner of the thread hands down
Went for coffee with mate wearing short sleeve short under suit jacket. Took off jacket in cafe and my mate says to waitress, "I'll have a latte, I don't know what Sipowicz here wants though!"
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The winner of the thread hands down
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ah it’s ok everyone. They’ll be an inquiry. They don’t target journalists “as such”
Just medics and patients.
Must have accidentally killed all those journalists while attacking the last remaining hospital full of injured and starving Palestinians.
Shame! Absolute Shame.
Just medics and patients.
Must have accidentally killed all those journalists while attacking the last remaining hospital full of injured and starving Palestinians.
Shame! Absolute Shame.
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ah it’s ok everyone. They’ll be an inquiry. They don’t target journalists “as such”
Just medics and patients.
Must have accidentally killed all those journalists while attacking the last remaining hospital full of injured and starving Palestinians.
Shame! Absolute Shame.
Just medics and patients.
Must have accidentally killed all those journalists while attacking the last remaining hospital full of injured and starving Palestinians.
Shame! Absolute Shame.
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Finally someone at the Irish Times stands up to power.
![Ireland is in the cross-hairs of Washington's Maga brigade
Justine McCarthy
C ryptic crossword addicts will know the sensation when a word leaps from a page demanding to be the answer to a clue that has not been given. One word in particular has been doing it for nearly two years now. Fidelia or Dominic might give this clue: Without the artist this state only has its deceits. The answer is Israel. (RA subtracted from Israel=lies.)
The Israeli state has lied constantly throughout its ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza. Ireland cottoned on to the strategy early on. Being viciously branded Jew-haters in response to any criticism makes one wonder.
When Ireland joined South Africa's challenge in the International Court of Justice against Israel's genocide in Gaza, Binyamin Netanyahu's government attributed the move to anti-Semitism. It repeated the smear when Dublin an nounced it was recognising Palestinian statehood. For good measure, Israel shut its Irish embassy as its departing ambassa dor, Dana Erlich, fulminated about "pure hatred and obsession [being] directed to Israelis and the Jewish community".
Telling lies is the Israeli state's modus operandi. As the carpet-bombing, en-forced starvation and pulverising of Gaza have ground on and at least 61,000 men, women and children have been wiped off the face of the earth, other countries have come to realise it too. The glaring excep-tion is the only country with the power to stop it-the United States of America.
Being pilloried by Israel is a high price to pay for condemning war crimes, but Ireland is discovering it is not the only price. Anti-Irishness is having a field day in Donald Trump's America, which swallows Israel's lies and disinformation without compunction. US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has mused: "Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?" and
he suggested we should "sober up" because of the Occupied Territories Bill. Secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick has dubbed this country his favourite…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uikhh4ytkn7hivripzltye7z/bafkreicpn4apps52pu3gavydwjtyqp5mvjnh2jdeyvmnen234gkn54kfpm@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Finally someone at the Irish Times stands up to power.
Scottish humour at its best
July 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Scottish humour at its best
Santiago de Compostela #freepalestine
June 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Santiago de Compostela #freepalestine
Road trip from Cantabria to Asturias to Galicia. All the hills dotted with massive wind turbines. Great to see investment in renewable energy #spain #travel #galicia #cantabria #renewableenergy
June 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Road trip from Cantabria to Asturias to Galicia. All the hills dotted with massive wind turbines. Great to see investment in renewable energy #spain #travel #galicia #cantabria #renewableenergy
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Imagine being on the jury for the Russell Brand case, trying to remain objective and fair minded and he turns up in that ridiculous shirt unbuttoned with the sunglasses and the smirk. What a smarmy sleaze
May 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Imagine being on the jury for the Russell Brand case, trying to remain objective and fair minded and he turns up in that ridiculous shirt unbuttoned with the sunglasses and the smirk. What a smarmy sleaze
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@thejournal.ie reports that childbirth widens Ireland’s gender pay gap by reducing women’s earnings long-term
Ireland urgently needs stronger paternity leave & a public childcare system to close the gender pay gap & support women’s full participation in society
www.thejournal.ie/gender-pay-g...
Ireland urgently needs stronger paternity leave & a public childcare system to close the gender pay gap & support women’s full participation in society
www.thejournal.ie/gender-pay-g...
Analysis: The best way to reduce the gender pay gap is for fathers to have more paternity leave
It may take time, but it’s about changing societal expectations about childcare.
www.thejournal.ie
April 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
@thejournal.ie reports that childbirth widens Ireland’s gender pay gap by reducing women’s earnings long-term
Ireland urgently needs stronger paternity leave & a public childcare system to close the gender pay gap & support women’s full participation in society
www.thejournal.ie/gender-pay-g...
Ireland urgently needs stronger paternity leave & a public childcare system to close the gender pay gap & support women’s full participation in society
www.thejournal.ie/gender-pay-g...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/04...
“They brought a man over from Rome, 90-odd years of age to tell me I was telling lies, that I wasn’t beaten for an hour, non-stop, by two of them,"
A reminder why the Catholic Church is in decline in Ireland.
RIP
“They brought a man over from Rome, 90-odd years of age to tell me I was telling lies, that I wasn’t beaten for an hour, non-stop, by two of them,"
A reminder why the Catholic Church is in decline in Ireland.
RIP
Abuse survivor Michael O'Brien dies
Michael O'Brien, who spoke powerfully of his experiences of sexual abuse as a child on RTÉ's Questions and Answers in 2009, has died.
www.rte.ie
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
www.rte.ie/news/2025/04...
“They brought a man over from Rome, 90-odd years of age to tell me I was telling lies, that I wasn’t beaten for an hour, non-stop, by two of them,"
A reminder why the Catholic Church is in decline in Ireland.
RIP
“They brought a man over from Rome, 90-odd years of age to tell me I was telling lies, that I wasn’t beaten for an hour, non-stop, by two of them,"
A reminder why the Catholic Church is in decline in Ireland.
RIP
Then and now
Hope he’s not expecting a visit en route to see the Queen.
Hope he’s not expecting a visit en route to see the Queen.
April 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Then and now
Hope he’s not expecting a visit en route to see the Queen.
Hope he’s not expecting a visit en route to see the Queen.
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Send your answers in the comments below
March 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Send your answers in the comments below
If you’re wondering how Trump will affect tourism, check out the replies yesterday to an Aerlingus North America Sale
#Canada might see a bump from it though…
#Canada might see a bump from it though…
March 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you’re wondering how Trump will affect tourism, check out the replies yesterday to an Aerlingus North America Sale
#Canada might see a bump from it though…
#Canada might see a bump from it though…
Some Blue Skies for St Patrick’s Weekend. Blackrock, Louth
Sei chugat spéartha gorm do dheireadh seachtaine na Féile Pádraig
#speirgorm #snag
Sei chugat spéartha gorm do dheireadh seachtaine na Féile Pádraig
#speirgorm #snag
March 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Some Blue Skies for St Patrick’s Weekend. Blackrock, Louth
Sei chugat spéartha gorm do dheireadh seachtaine na Féile Pádraig
#speirgorm #snag
Sei chugat spéartha gorm do dheireadh seachtaine na Féile Pádraig
#speirgorm #snag
So the Burkes are now a close second in the national embarrassment chart after Conor McGregor who still proudly holds the title. #speirgorm #speirghorm
March 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
So the Burkes are now a close second in the national embarrassment chart after Conor McGregor who still proudly holds the title. #speirgorm #speirghorm
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AFRICAN GAZE was an exhibition showcasing the weird and wonderful art form that is the Ghanaian movie poster. On Ghana’s Independence Day, here are some of the best...
1/25 - Mrs Doubtfire
1/25 - Mrs Doubtfire
March 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
AFRICAN GAZE was an exhibition showcasing the weird and wonderful art form that is the Ghanaian movie poster. On Ghana’s Independence Day, here are some of the best...
1/25 - Mrs Doubtfire
1/25 - Mrs Doubtfire
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📢 MUST-WATCH: No Other Land on Channel 4 🎥
Tune in to Channel 4 at 11:15 PM on Tuesday, 4th March to watch No Other Land—a powerful.
Their stories shine a light on the harsh realities of occupation and resistance.
#NoOtherLand #FreePalestine #Channel4 #Solidarity #JusticeForPalestine
Tune in to Channel 4 at 11:15 PM on Tuesday, 4th March to watch No Other Land—a powerful.
Their stories shine a light on the harsh realities of occupation and resistance.
#NoOtherLand #FreePalestine #Channel4 #Solidarity #JusticeForPalestine
March 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📢 MUST-WATCH: No Other Land on Channel 4 🎥
Tune in to Channel 4 at 11:15 PM on Tuesday, 4th March to watch No Other Land—a powerful.
Their stories shine a light on the harsh realities of occupation and resistance.
#NoOtherLand #FreePalestine #Channel4 #Solidarity #JusticeForPalestine
Tune in to Channel 4 at 11:15 PM on Tuesday, 4th March to watch No Other Land—a powerful.
Their stories shine a light on the harsh realities of occupation and resistance.
#NoOtherLand #FreePalestine #Channel4 #Solidarity #JusticeForPalestine
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The media better stop calling the Zelenskyy press conference a “heated exchange”. Call it what it was, a crazy, inappropriate, unhinged, shakedown, by a madman and his lapdog.
February 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The media better stop calling the Zelenskyy press conference a “heated exchange”. Call it what it was, a crazy, inappropriate, unhinged, shakedown, by a madman and his lapdog.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Motion to revitalise the word “geebag” for use globally. Eg. “isn’t Trump and awful geebag?”
Any other ideas welcome
#speirgorm
Any other ideas welcome
#speirgorm
February 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Motion to revitalise the word “geebag” for use globally. Eg. “isn’t Trump and awful geebag?”
Any other ideas welcome
#speirgorm
Any other ideas welcome
#speirgorm
American “expensive egg” jokes = Irish “immersion” jokes
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
American “expensive egg” jokes = Irish “immersion” jokes
#speirgorm
#speirgorm