Margaret Cahill
@margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social
Nature, gigs, books, art & theatre lover.
Short story writer: Irish Book Awards 2025/Irish Independent/Frazzled Lit/The Argyle/Idle Ink/Roi Fainéant/Bending Genres/Blood+Honey/Epoque Press/The Milk House/Turn & Work
https://linktr.ee/margaretcahill_
Short story writer: Irish Book Awards 2025/Irish Independent/Frazzled Lit/The Argyle/Idle Ink/Roi Fainéant/Bending Genres/Blood+Honey/Epoque Press/The Milk House/Turn & Work
https://linktr.ee/margaretcahill_
I've just updated the RTE app so I could watch the last 2 minutes, only to find there's 7 more to go. It is a momentous occasion to get me watching soccer for the first time in at least 25 years.
Yous must all be exhausted with the nervous energy.
Yous must all be exhausted with the nervous energy.
I don't follow soccer & didn't know there was a match on but I was delighted for every fan in the country to see on the RTE text feed that we scored against Portugal, with Ronaldo playing, then scored again, then he got sent off.
The mass excitement with the fear of it going wrong is something else.
The mass excitement with the fear of it going wrong is something else.
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I've just updated the RTE app so I could watch the last 2 minutes, only to find there's 7 more to go. It is a momentous occasion to get me watching soccer for the first time in at least 25 years.
Yous must all be exhausted with the nervous energy.
Yous must all be exhausted with the nervous energy.
I don't follow soccer & didn't know there was a match on but I was delighted for every fan in the country to see on the RTE text feed that we scored against Portugal, with Ronaldo playing, then scored again, then he got sent off.
The mass excitement with the fear of it going wrong is something else.
The mass excitement with the fear of it going wrong is something else.
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I don't follow soccer & didn't know there was a match on but I was delighted for every fan in the country to see on the RTE text feed that we scored against Portugal, with Ronaldo playing, then scored again, then he got sent off.
The mass excitement with the fear of it going wrong is something else.
The mass excitement with the fear of it going wrong is something else.
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
“This narrative on judicial reviews is to create a distraction from Government’s ongoing failures by scapegoating the public and the courts.”
- Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social #Oversight
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social #Oversight
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“This narrative on judicial reviews is to create a distraction from Government’s ongoing failures by scapegoating the public and the courts.”
- Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social #Oversight
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social #Oversight
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
I'm very sad to see Silke's in Limerick is closing. That back room of theirs is an Aladdin's cave of crafty bits and bobs. I love wandering through it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm very sad to see Silke's in Limerick is closing. That back room of theirs is an Aladdin's cave of crafty bits and bobs. I love wandering through it.
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
This evening after work I got into my car and discovered I'd left a window open a couple of inches all day. (Thankfully it wasn't the driver's side.)Tonight I left my umbrella behind somewhere I won't be able to go back to for a week.
🤞 the rain stops by the morning or I fear a third watery mishap
🤞 the rain stops by the morning or I fear a third watery mishap
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This evening after work I got into my car and discovered I'd left a window open a couple of inches all day. (Thankfully it wasn't the driver's side.)Tonight I left my umbrella behind somewhere I won't be able to go back to for a week.
🤞 the rain stops by the morning or I fear a third watery mishap
🤞 the rain stops by the morning or I fear a third watery mishap
A fantastic photo which shows the size difference between these species so well.
Great White Egret and Little Egret at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A fantastic photo which shows the size difference between these species so well.
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Lad who works remotely from Lear Jets, tax-free Monaco and his Carribean compound has some views on the rest of us ...
Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien
Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed there has been a "marked decline" in the efficiency of all parts of the Government due to remote working.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Lad who works remotely from Lear Jets, tax-free Monaco and his Carribean compound has some views on the rest of us ...
The councillors are getting a briefing about the Parklets this week, behind closed doors.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The councillors are getting a briefing about the Parklets this week, behind closed doors.
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
📣 Can you help two @Stripe_YSTE students with a diabetes project?
Donnacha & Dylan from CBS Mullingar are building DiaCare+, a new app to support people living with diabetes.
#SpeirGorm #IREDOC #Diabetes #Ireland #ScienceWeek #Type1Diabetes #T1D #LADA
Donnacha & Dylan from CBS Mullingar are building DiaCare+, a new app to support people living with diabetes.
#SpeirGorm #IREDOC #Diabetes #Ireland #ScienceWeek #Type1Diabetes #T1D #LADA
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📣 Can you help two @Stripe_YSTE students with a diabetes project?
Donnacha & Dylan from CBS Mullingar are building DiaCare+, a new app to support people living with diabetes.
#SpeirGorm #IREDOC #Diabetes #Ireland #ScienceWeek #Type1Diabetes #T1D #LADA
Donnacha & Dylan from CBS Mullingar are building DiaCare+, a new app to support people living with diabetes.
#SpeirGorm #IREDOC #Diabetes #Ireland #ScienceWeek #Type1Diabetes #T1D #LADA
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
** New story **
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
Short story "The Lure" by Margaret Cahill
“As the door swung open, the bell above the door tinkled as usual. Something pulled me inside, propelling me forward involuntarily.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
“As the door swung open, the bell above the door tinkled as usual. Something pulled me inside, propelling me forward involuntarily.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
the lure — Blood+Honey
by Margaret Cahill “As the door swung open, the bell above the door tinkled as usual. Something pulled me inside, propelling me forward involuntarily.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
** New story **
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
The before photos with the marks on wet clay are quite beautiful too.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The before photos with the marks on wet clay are quite beautiful too.
My first batch of fired and glazed ceramics from this year's evening class are all imprints of plants and seeds, most to decorate a grey concrete wall at my back door. Crafty evening classes are the best fun, a brilliant way to clear the head and make nice things at the same time.
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
My first batch of fired and glazed ceramics from this year's evening class are all imprints of plants and seeds, most to decorate a grey concrete wall at my back door. Crafty evening classes are the best fun, a brilliant way to clear the head and make nice things at the same time.
** New story **
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
Short story "The Lure" by Margaret Cahill
“As the door swung open, the bell above the door tinkled as usual. Something pulled me inside, propelling me forward involuntarily.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
“As the door swung open, the bell above the door tinkled as usual. Something pulled me inside, propelling me forward involuntarily.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
the lure — Blood+Honey
by Margaret Cahill “As the door swung open, the bell above the door tinkled as usual. Something pulled me inside, propelling me forward involuntarily.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
** New story **
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
I love when fiction seemingly grounded in everyday normality take a surreal turn but I'm such a realistic, I always found myself reasoning the magic away. This was the first story that let the weirdness in.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for helping me keep the faith.
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A chilling news story about council workers choosing to block a cycle lane with traffic signs at night, which resulted in the death of a cyclist who collided with it.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
Maurice Rice, 52, was cycling in to Sligo town on the night of 13 December 2023 when his bicycle collided with an 0.85m wide obstacle deliberately placed in a 1.2m wide cycle lane, to warn of malfunctioning traffic lights.
www.rte.ie/news/regiona... #cycling
www.rte.ie/news/regiona... #cycling
Verdict of misadventure over cyclist's death in Sligo
A verdict of misadventure has been returned at the inquest into the death of a cyclist who died as a result of multiple head injuries in Sligo almost two years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A chilling news story about council workers choosing to block a cycle lane with traffic signs at night, which resulted in the death of a cyclist who collided with it.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
I know some people have good reason for needing one but the calls for people looking for cleaners on my local community Facebook group give me the ick.
Example:
someone looking for "two girls"
"my Brazilian lady has gone back home so..."
"attention to detail a must"
Example:
someone looking for "two girls"
"my Brazilian lady has gone back home so..."
"attention to detail a must"
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I know some people have good reason for needing one but the calls for people looking for cleaners on my local community Facebook group give me the ick.
Example:
someone looking for "two girls"
"my Brazilian lady has gone back home so..."
"attention to detail a must"
Example:
someone looking for "two girls"
"my Brazilian lady has gone back home so..."
"attention to detail a must"
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
The programme, speakers and panels for this upcoming conference in University of Galway is really impressive. If you’ve any interest in litigation in the public interest, you should check it out. Registration is free, you get to visit lovely Galway & hang out with the soundest of people!
Link below
Link below
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The programme, speakers and panels for this upcoming conference in University of Galway is really impressive. If you’ve any interest in litigation in the public interest, you should check it out. Registration is free, you get to visit lovely Galway & hang out with the soundest of people!
Link below
Link below
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
Limerick, the amazing The Breath, with Ríoghnach Connolly and
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Limerick, the amazing The Breath, with Ríoghnach Connolly and
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
Limerick's Theatre Royal closed the year after I came here so this institution everyone grew up with has always been a mystery to me. It was great to finally get a look inside while at this truly immersive theatre that brought an old star of the former cinema home
limetreebelltable.ie/events/connie/
limetreebelltable.ie/events/connie/
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Limerick's Theatre Royal closed the year after I came here so this institution everyone grew up with has always been a mystery to me. It was great to finally get a look inside while at this truly immersive theatre that brought an old star of the former cinema home
limetreebelltable.ie/events/connie/
limetreebelltable.ie/events/connie/
Limerick, the amazing The Breath, with Ríoghnach Connolly and
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Limerick, the amazing The Breath, with Ríoghnach Connolly and
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
Stuart McCallum, are coming to visit us again this Wednesday.
A night with them is one of the most healing, uplifting, entertaining experiences you can have.
www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-...
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
This is where validating “legitimate concerns” and “just asking questions” gets us. It’s where remarks by senior politicians gets us. It’s where unchecked fascist rhetoric gets us.
So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is where validating “legitimate concerns” and “just asking questions” gets us. It’s where remarks by senior politicians gets us. It’s where unchecked fascist rhetoric gets us.
Spent my Saturday night with Bea Brennan and Minced Oath in @ormstonhouse.com art gallery in Limerick. I love gigs in alternative, non-pub venues.
I've never seen someone play faders like they were an instrument the way he did. Loved their set.
I've never seen someone play faders like they were an instrument the way he did. Loved their set.
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Spent my Saturday night with Bea Brennan and Minced Oath in @ormstonhouse.com art gallery in Limerick. I love gigs in alternative, non-pub venues.
I've never seen someone play faders like they were an instrument the way he did. Loved their set.
I've never seen someone play faders like they were an instrument the way he did. Loved their set.
Reposted by Margaret Cahill
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*