Orla McDermott
@orlamcdermott.bsky.social
In Dublin. A pretty big wheel down at the cracker factory. Dabbles occasionally in telecoms.
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Let's go Team Ireland! Cuir bród orainn ar fad! 🇮🇪🇮🇪 #WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina2026
February 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Let's go Team Ireland! Cuir bród orainn ar fad! 🇮🇪🇮🇪 #WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina2026
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An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
Where can we watch the Winter Olympics in Ireland? It's not on the player at the moment. Cormac Comerford is going to be on in a few mins!
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Where can we watch the Winter Olympics in Ireland? It's not on the player at the moment. Cormac Comerford is going to be on in a few mins!
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“The use of victims' counselling notes in trials for sexual offences is grotesque – yet the govt's new legislation doesn't ban the practice,”
Holly Cairns, Leader of Social Democrats
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
Holly Cairns, Leader of Social Democrats
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
The use of victims' counselling notes in trials for sexual offences is grotesque – yet the govt's new legislation doesn't ban the practice.
The Taoiseach says an outright ban is unconstitutional – the Social Democrats don't accept that excuse.
The govt needs to act stronger on this.
The Taoiseach says an outright ban is unconstitutional – the Social Democrats don't accept that excuse.
The govt needs to act stronger on this.
February 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“The use of victims' counselling notes in trials for sexual offences is grotesque – yet the govt's new legislation doesn't ban the practice,”
Holly Cairns, Leader of Social Democrats
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
Holly Cairns, Leader of Social Democrats
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
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Interesting to see Met Éireann now advising to check with local authority on potential flood risk. Just make the flood forecast info public. I’ve seen it, it really isn’t that technical!
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Interesting to see Met Éireann now advising to check with local authority on potential flood risk. Just make the flood forecast info public. I’ve seen it, it really isn’t that technical!
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Really?!
"SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X has been granted permission to appeal a High Court judgment that rejected its challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Grok #NoExcuses
"SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X has been granted permission to appeal a High Court judgment that rejected its challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Grok #NoExcuses
X granted permission to bring Court of Appeal case against Ireland's Online Safety Code
A judge said this morning that X had raised legal issues “of exceptional public importance”.
www.thejournal.ie
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Really?!
"SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X has been granted permission to appeal a High Court judgment that rejected its challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Grok #NoExcuses
"SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X has been granted permission to appeal a High Court judgment that rejected its challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Grok #NoExcuses
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Elon Musk just been labelled a 'creepy little slimeball' in the Dáil by Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Elon Musk just been labelled a 'creepy little slimeball' in the Dáil by Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.
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🕯️My cousin Brian passed away last night. After a courageous 3 wk stint with ICE. He slipped on a fellow agent’s frozen peepee puddle & somersaulted many times in the air, yelling “yabbada yabbada yabbada” & tragically aspirating (a different) agent’s pee he’d been gargling. He hated women🇺🇸💔
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🕯️My cousin Brian passed away last night. After a courageous 3 wk stint with ICE. He slipped on a fellow agent’s frozen peepee puddle & somersaulted many times in the air, yelling “yabbada yabbada yabbada” & tragically aspirating (a different) agent’s pee he’d been gargling. He hated women🇺🇸💔
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I keep having to remind myself that
ní mhaireann aon drochlá go deo
( no bad day lasts forever)
ní mhaireann aon drochlá go deo
( no bad day lasts forever)
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I keep having to remind myself that
ní mhaireann aon drochlá go deo
( no bad day lasts forever)
ní mhaireann aon drochlá go deo
( no bad day lasts forever)
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Less than 4 days ago, this same Minister said that child protection and online safety are more important than Irish citizens' human rights. Now he's saying, "Child Sexual Abuse Material what are you going to do, amrite?"
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Less than 4 days ago, this same Minister said that child protection and online safety are more important than Irish citizens' human rights. Now he's saying, "Child Sexual Abuse Material what are you going to do, amrite?"
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Oh my god. Open it, click thru until you see it, and then keep going at least another eight photos
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Oh my god. Open it, click thru until you see it, and then keep going at least another eight photos
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CALLING ALL ZOGLINGS!
In case you didn’t know- we’re up and running over on Patreon with the Zig and Zag Fan Club! Go check it out and sign up!
Can’t wait to start posting the crazy fun stuff from (almost) forty years of #zigandzag mayhem! 🙌
#zigandzag #fanclub #zigandzagfanclub #patreon
In case you didn’t know- we’re up and running over on Patreon with the Zig and Zag Fan Club! Go check it out and sign up!
Can’t wait to start posting the crazy fun stuff from (almost) forty years of #zigandzag mayhem! 🙌
#zigandzag #fanclub #zigandzagfanclub #patreon
January 11, 2026 at 1:11 PM
CALLING ALL ZOGLINGS!
In case you didn’t know- we’re up and running over on Patreon with the Zig and Zag Fan Club! Go check it out and sign up!
Can’t wait to start posting the crazy fun stuff from (almost) forty years of #zigandzag mayhem! 🙌
#zigandzag #fanclub #zigandzagfanclub #patreon
In case you didn’t know- we’re up and running over on Patreon with the Zig and Zag Fan Club! Go check it out and sign up!
Can’t wait to start posting the crazy fun stuff from (almost) forty years of #zigandzag mayhem! 🙌
#zigandzag #fanclub #zigandzagfanclub #patreon
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'What is that supposed to mean? That the law is obsolete in the face of a white supremacist sexual exploitation material-generating machine?'
It's the first column of the new year and it's grimmer than ever before, my friends.
It's the first column of the new year and it's grimmer than ever before, my friends.
Surrealing in the Years: We're entering a new era of lawlessness. Don't expect much help from our leaders
Am I going completely insane?
www.thejournal.ie
January 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
'What is that supposed to mean? That the law is obsolete in the face of a white supremacist sexual exploitation material-generating machine?'
It's the first column of the new year and it's grimmer than ever before, my friends.
It's the first column of the new year and it's grimmer than ever before, my friends.
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Dolphins swimming in the River Lee today
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Dolphins swimming in the River Lee today
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Taoiseach highlights that the phone pouch scheme will stop children from accessing CSAM during school hours
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Taoiseach highlights that the phone pouch scheme will stop children from accessing CSAM during school hours
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Funny that this argument hasn't washed with them when children's rights groups are telling them age-gating social media access is a bad idea. But now...
I've been saying from the start that age-gating is a cop out on regulating platforms properly. Feeling validated (and furious, frankly).
I've been saying from the start that age-gating is a cop out on regulating platforms properly. Feeling validated (and furious, frankly).
My word.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
January 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Funny that this argument hasn't washed with them when children's rights groups are telling them age-gating social media access is a bad idea. But now...
I've been saying from the start that age-gating is a cop out on regulating platforms properly. Feeling validated (and furious, frankly).
I've been saying from the start that age-gating is a cop out on regulating platforms properly. Feeling validated (and furious, frankly).
My Nollaig na mban tradition. Last night with the wonderfully smelling tree 🎄
January 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
My Nollaig na mban tradition. Last night with the wonderfully smelling tree 🎄
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Nollaig na mBan shona daoibh! 👯🍸🎄
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Nollaig na mBan shona daoibh! 👯🍸🎄
Lads. Go out now and look at the MOON.
January 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Lads. Go out now and look at the MOON.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan has just started on Film4
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Muppets Take Manhattan has just started on Film4
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They should invent tiny speakers that can fit inside a person’s ear so that person can watch videos without other people having to hear everything.
December 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
They should invent tiny speakers that can fit inside a person’s ear so that person can watch videos without other people having to hear everything.
It is time for us all to sit down with a winter milk coffee and read the greatest Christmas story that was ever told about Christmas… bsky.app/profile/rich...
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It is time for us all to sit down with a winter milk coffee and read the greatest Christmas story that was ever told about Christmas… bsky.app/profile/rich...