Caoimhin Björn Ó Laoghaire
@kbjornolaoghraigh.bsky.social
Daniel O’Connell “The Liberator” architect of Irish Catholic Emancipation and supporter of Indigenous people around the world. Abolitionist who refused to shake the hand of American Ambassador in London because he was a slave owner. Born 6th August 1775
This is a great article on the Enoch Burke “martyrdom” - not fired and jailed for standing against gender ideology. Fired for workplace harassment of the school principal, jailed for contempt of court when he creepily hung around his former place of employment.
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This is a great article on the Enoch Burke “martyrdom” - not fired and jailed for standing against gender ideology. Fired for workplace harassment of the school principal, jailed for contempt of court when he creepily hung around his former place of employment.
Oh if only
Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics? | Dustin Guastella
Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics? | Dustin Guastella
Maybe. Let’s hope it is not too late for Democrats to win back the working class and Washington
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Oh if only
As a Kerry resident I can categorically state that this is not true. There’s far more Dubliners and Yanks in any case…
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
As a Kerry resident I can categorically state that this is not true. There’s far more Dubliners and Yanks in any case…
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Have to say he’s not wrong
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Have to say he’s not wrong
While I’d agree on the tax regime everything else in this speech just reeks of ageing billionaire bullshit. If you need to commute from Portlaoise to Dublin across car, train, bus and back again you bloody well better get some days WFH.
What a cock
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
What a cock
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Ireland’s graduates ‘entitled’ and tax regime ‘digital colonialism’ – Denis O’Brien
Businessman also takes aim at Irish planning regime and warns economic downturn ‘likely to be soon’
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
While I’d agree on the tax regime everything else in this speech just reeks of ageing billionaire bullshit. If you need to commute from Portlaoise to Dublin across car, train, bus and back again you bloody well better get some days WFH.
What a cock
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
What a cock
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Well I guess if there’s a silver lining it’s that we will finally get to see the Epstein files right?…….right???!!
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Well I guess if there’s a silver lining it’s that we will finally get to see the Epstein files right?…….right???!!
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“What many miss about the Mamdani and Connolly campaigns is that those who energised them weren’t ignorant of policy, they were simply charged up by the idea that policy can meet optimism and not just bureaucracy.”
- @hosford.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #áras25 #Connolly
- @hosford.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #áras25 #Connolly
Paul Hosford: Zohran Mamdani and Catherine Connolly both won by offering hope to voters
Ireland's presidency and New York's mayoralty are very different. But the people newly elected to those roles share striking parallels, having run positive campaigns with a vision for the future
www.irishexaminer.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“What many miss about the Mamdani and Connolly campaigns is that those who energised them weren’t ignorant of policy, they were simply charged up by the idea that policy can meet optimism and not just bureaucracy.”
- @hosford.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #áras25 #Connolly
- @hosford.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #áras25 #Connolly
The man is an idiot when you consider that he a) he is pandering to the very people that have been threatening his and his family’s safety, and b) the momentum and votes are clearly with the more humane approach of the left wing parties
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The man is an idiot when you consider that he a) he is pandering to the very people that have been threatening his and his family’s safety, and b) the momentum and votes are clearly with the more humane approach of the left wing parties
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
This is probably the hardest game between the two teams to predict. Ireland will be very rusty but it’s a very strong team. ABs look a bit light in the forwards. It’s more likely The ABs will win, but it’s still an Irish team to fear.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Despite patchy form, Ireland retain fighting mentality for tough Test against All Blacks
Andy Farrell: ‘These lads are fit. The challenge is for them to be mentally sharp, to be ahead of the game’
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is probably the hardest game between the two teams to predict. Ireland will be very rusty but it’s a very strong team. ABs look a bit light in the forwards. It’s more likely The ABs will win, but it’s still an Irish team to fear.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Your yearly reminder that people go absolutely nuts on Halloween night in Ireland.
There’s lots of fun to be had of course - but also chaos and destruction
Oíche Shamhna!!!
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
There’s lots of fun to be had of course - but also chaos and destruction
Oíche Shamhna!!!
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Halloween night: More than 200 call-outs on fire brigade’s busiest night of the year
Live map of Halloween-related incidents showed more than 150 active fires by 9.30pm
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Your yearly reminder that people go absolutely nuts on Halloween night in Ireland.
There’s lots of fun to be had of course - but also chaos and destruction
Oíche Shamhna!!!
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
There’s lots of fun to be had of course - but also chaos and destruction
Oíche Shamhna!!!
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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:Just last week, Catherine Connolly, who explicitly rejected far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign secured 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any candidate in Irish history."
- Emily Duffy
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- Emily Duffy
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Any party that wants to win the next election must avoid the far-right trap
Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout th...
www.irishexaminer.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
:Just last week, Catherine Connolly, who explicitly rejected far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign secured 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any candidate in Irish history."
- Emily Duffy
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- Emily Duffy
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
Probably not as seismic as the Irish election given how almost all the parties have moved to the right in the Netherlands. All the same it shows that populist far right governments are a shambles, here’s hoping the message sinks in elsewhere in Europe.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Geert Wilders convinced Dutch voters the far right could run the country. What is their verdict now?
A failed two-year experiment has lessons for the rest of Europe about the appeal – and the limits – of populism • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Probably not as seismic as the Irish election given how almost all the parties have moved to the right in the Netherlands. All the same it shows that populist far right governments are a shambles, here’s hoping the message sinks in elsewhere in Europe.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Predictable mix of messages
There doesn’t HAVE to be a conservative candidate you know. If Steen had put some work in she would have been on the ballot.
What’s clear is that if this is a representative sample there is no “movement” around spoiled votes.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
There doesn’t HAVE to be a conservative candidate you know. If Steen had put some work in she would have been on the ballot.
What’s clear is that if this is a representative sample there is no “movement” around spoiled votes.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Why I spoiled my vote: ‘I feel invisible to the Irish political classes’
Absence of choice proves to be overwhelming motivation behind record number of protest votes
www.irishtimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Predictable mix of messages
There doesn’t HAVE to be a conservative candidate you know. If Steen had put some work in she would have been on the ballot.
What’s clear is that if this is a representative sample there is no “movement” around spoiled votes.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
There doesn’t HAVE to be a conservative candidate you know. If Steen had put some work in she would have been on the ballot.
What’s clear is that if this is a representative sample there is no “movement” around spoiled votes.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Ireland's left-wing independent Catherine Connolly wins presidential election. 💙
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Ireland's left-wing independent Catherine Connolly wins presidential election. 💙
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And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.
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"Connolly’s election is counter-cultural in an EU increasingly moving to the right and a climate of racism, anti-feminism and militarism."
- Justine McCarthy #Áras25
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Justine McCarthy #Áras25
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Catherine Connolly’s election as president has added a new dynamic to Irish politics | Justine McCarthy
After a bizarre contest in which both government candidates blew their chances, the left has shown it can unite to win, says Irish Times columnist Justine McCarthy
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Connolly’s election is counter-cultural in an EU increasingly moving to the right and a climate of racism, anti-feminism and militarism."
- Justine McCarthy #Áras25
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Justine McCarthy #Áras25
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because it’s not about that at all is it?
People who turn up to cause mayhem don’t go home to put their feet up by the fire afterwards, they’re always looking for a word out of place or a sideways look - any excuse to inflict pain. Stranger or “loved one” hardly matters to them.
People who turn up to cause mayhem don’t go home to put their feet up by the fire afterwards, they’re always looking for a word out of place or a sideways look - any excuse to inflict pain. Stranger or “loved one” hardly matters to them.
@izzykamikaze.bsky.social was making this point only the other day: A huge number of men associated with these 'protect our women and kids' riots in the UK have convictions for abuse of women and children. #speirgorm
This bears repeating.
October 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Because it’s not about that at all is it?
People who turn up to cause mayhem don’t go home to put their feet up by the fire afterwards, they’re always looking for a word out of place or a sideways look - any excuse to inflict pain. Stranger or “loved one” hardly matters to them.
People who turn up to cause mayhem don’t go home to put their feet up by the fire afterwards, they’re always looking for a word out of place or a sideways look - any excuse to inflict pain. Stranger or “loved one” hardly matters to them.
I really am so relieved that Connolly won the election. Ireland is not immune to Russia’s hybrid war of misinformation and exploitation. The riots and attacks on asylum seekers and immigrants are due, at least in part, to their interference in our society. A result like this shows the best of us.
Russia’s pervasive and ongoing campaign against decency. Not sure what can be done to counter except to say that we should all be wary of things that trigger us. The truth is often not what you first think…
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
‘Do you have any friends in the IRA?’: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe
The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine
www.irishtimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I really am so relieved that Connolly won the election. Ireland is not immune to Russia’s hybrid war of misinformation and exploitation. The riots and attacks on asylum seekers and immigrants are due, at least in part, to their interference in our society. A result like this shows the best of us.
This is a very fair analysis. Turnout would have been better with more candidates and better ones from FF and FG. It accurately explains that the presidency is largely ceremonial. At the very least it shows Ireland is not (yet) overtaken by right wing voices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Catherine Connolly’s landslide shakes Ireland’s establishment – but not its politics
Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolic
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is a very fair analysis. Turnout would have been better with more candidates and better ones from FF and FG. It accurately explains that the presidency is largely ceremonial. At the very least it shows Ireland is not (yet) overtaken by right wing voices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Exciting times. We don’t do landslides in Irish politics, particularly for leftwing candidates/parties. This should be the beginning of something big, if we can unite the left behind this result.
We need a renewed republic to give our children a future in Ireland - this makes it possible
We need a renewed republic to give our children a future in Ireland - this makes it possible
October 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Exciting times. We don’t do landslides in Irish politics, particularly for leftwing candidates/parties. This should be the beginning of something big, if we can unite the left behind this result.
We need a renewed republic to give our children a future in Ireland - this makes it possible
We need a renewed republic to give our children a future in Ireland - this makes it possible
Maith thú Catherine Connolly! amazing result - Connolly will be a great president and continue the work of Michael D as the moral compass of Ireland.
Now let’s take this amazing result and build a coalition, for Ireland’s youth in particular, that builds hope and progress.
I’m ecstatic
Now let’s take this amazing result and build a coalition, for Ireland’s youth in particular, that builds hope and progress.
I’m ecstatic
October 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Maith thú Catherine Connolly! amazing result - Connolly will be a great president and continue the work of Michael D as the moral compass of Ireland.
Now let’s take this amazing result and build a coalition, for Ireland’s youth in particular, that builds hope and progress.
I’m ecstatic
Now let’s take this amazing result and build a coalition, for Ireland’s youth in particular, that builds hope and progress.
I’m ecstatic
So it looks like a landslide for the left in the Irish Presidential election. There’s never been a campaign to drive spoiled votes before and it seems to have been effective - it’s a worrying departure if the number is around 15% as it seems to be so far. Hard to know what how to interpret that tbh
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So it looks like a landslide for the left in the Irish Presidential election. There’s never been a campaign to drive spoiled votes before and it seems to have been effective - it’s a worrying departure if the number is around 15% as it seems to be so far. Hard to know what how to interpret that tbh