I wish we had a party leader as coherent as this in Ireland. Zack is unflappable and consistent which is why he is getting so much attention. Love to see it.

There was a creeping sense of the universe bending inevitably towards Donald Trump winning the last election in the US: the Biden malaise, surviving the assassination attempt etc etc.

That same sense of arcing towards an inevitable, once unthinkable outcome, is happening in the UK now.

Post an unusual sign if you feel like it

Outside a pub in Dublin I saw Ray Winstone having a smoke. As he walked past I said hello, that I didnt want to bother him but was a big fan and hoped he had a good night. He said "Don't be facking silly". Had a drink with us and he pulled Iwan Rheon outside to chat and take a photo. He's a legend.

Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.

I think the one of the biggest arse ups he has done is claiming the Irish built the white house. The execution was mainly by black trans-atlantic slaves, the architect himself being a slave owner and Irish. A really horrific self-own

my favourite bit from johnny Logan’s beef with dickie rock was him clarifying that his performance for princess Diana was not to her corpse

The visceral reaction I had to this, I was back in Cashel hospital visiting my Aunt as a 6 year old.

A few years ago I made a series of mini drawings of interesting Irish women (available as a print here www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...) - this thread is a little information on the women featured, partly because it's useful, but mostly because I'm trying to be sustainable by recycling content.

BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or trolling on my page.

You will not build up by tearing others down here.