Seamus Ryan
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Interesting how a response is framed by different news agencies... here the Bishop is stronger and actually reference it being condemned
Interesting how a response is framed by different news agencies... here the Bishop is stronger and actually reference it being condemned
“A central tenet of the Christian faith is to love your neighbour as yourself."
The Bishop of Limerick has condemned yesterday's arson attack on a mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre, calling it a "wake-up call" for the community. jrnl.ie/6956374
The Bishop of Limerick has condemned yesterday's arson attack on a mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre, calling it a "wake-up call" for the community. jrnl.ie/6956374
Bishop of Limerick condemns arson attack on mosque, says it's a 'wake-up call' to promote peace
One muslim man had a lucky escape after the building in Dooradoyle was petrol bombed in the early hours of the morning.
jrnl.ie
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Interesting how a response is framed by different news agencies... here the Bishop is stronger and actually reference it being condemned
Interesting how a response is framed by different news agencies... here the Bishop is stronger and actually reference it being condemned
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Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
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Abbey Theatre Bursary in Producing
The Abbey Theatre, Amharclann na Mainistreach and The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin are delighted to announce a new bursary, funded by the The Abbey Theatre…
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February 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
💡 #opportunity
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🗣To support a student participating in @theliracademy.bsky.social Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Theatre Producing.
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⏰Closing Tuesday 31 March
👉Theatre Bursary In Producing @abbeytheatre.bsky.social
🗣To support a student participating in @theliracademy.bsky.social Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Theatre Producing.
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⏰Closing Tuesday 31 March
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I’m fascinated yet again that opinion on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social as to “numbers on benefits” are out of control. Ireland had the same Covid but we didn’t attack our own people. The same for numbers in jail in GB vs the rest of us. It’s a toxic culture of attack on people.
February 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I’m fascinated yet again that opinion on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social as to “numbers on benefits” are out of control. Ireland had the same Covid but we didn’t attack our own people. The same for numbers in jail in GB vs the rest of us. It’s a toxic culture of attack on people.
My God, it’s almost always a balloon, innit.
Someone should write a song about that or something. With extra balloons.
Someone should write a song about that or something. With extra balloons.
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
My God, it’s almost always a balloon, innit.
Someone should write a song about that or something. With extra balloons.
Someone should write a song about that or something. With extra balloons.
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This guy sucks but he seems to be aware of how history will remember people in this era which sets him apart from nearly everyone in either major American political party
Massie: "She didn't answer anything. She came here ready to talk about the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, which seems kind of crazy to me."
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This guy sucks but he seems to be aware of how history will remember people in this era which sets him apart from nearly everyone in either major American political party
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I’m going to do the Fianna Fáil lads a solid here for once (you’re welcome) with a simple piece of advice regarding Micheal Martin’s continued position as party leader and Taoiseach:
Dump him. Quickly. He’s repeatedly coming across as an absolute nutter. Everyone can see it.
Dump him. Quickly. He’s repeatedly coming across as an absolute nutter. Everyone can see it.
The exchange between the Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin leader prompted Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy to appeal for a "respectful" debate, given that the visitors' gallery was full.
jrnl.ie/6953584t
jrnl.ie/6953584t
'You couldn't care less': Taoiseach gets defensive as rent reforms face criticism
His outburst prompted the Ceann Comhairle to warn TDs to be “respectful”.
jrnl.ie
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I’m going to do the Fianna Fáil lads a solid here for once (you’re welcome) with a simple piece of advice regarding Micheal Martin’s continued position as party leader and Taoiseach:
Dump him. Quickly. He’s repeatedly coming across as an absolute nutter. Everyone can see it.
Dump him. Quickly. He’s repeatedly coming across as an absolute nutter. Everyone can see it.
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She's right
Anne Hathaway wants us to watch this underrated kaiju movie from 2017, and who are we to deny her?
Anne Hathaway Wants You To Watch This “Wonderfully Insane” Kaiju Movie
Anne Hathaway wants us to watch this underrated kaiju movie from 2017, and who are we to deny her?
dlvr.it
February 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
She's right
I mean… even Hitler’s Brownshirts started wearing numbers to indicate their rank and unit.
In 1928.
Accountability aside, perhaps the American Sturmabteilung are being reassured that there’s no Night of the Long Knives coming as long as they keep murdering people.
In 1928.
Accountability aside, perhaps the American Sturmabteilung are being reassured that there’s no Night of the Long Knives coming as long as they keep murdering people.
Rep. Kennedy: Will you commit to immediately unmasking every ICE agent and requiring them to wear standard uniforms with identifiable badges?
ICE Chief Lyons: No.
Rep. Kennedy: Your answer is completely unacceptable.
ICE Chief Lyons: No.
Rep. Kennedy: Your answer is completely unacceptable.
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I mean… even Hitler’s Brownshirts started wearing numbers to indicate their rank and unit.
In 1928.
Accountability aside, perhaps the American Sturmabteilung are being reassured that there’s no Night of the Long Knives coming as long as they keep murdering people.
In 1928.
Accountability aside, perhaps the American Sturmabteilung are being reassured that there’s no Night of the Long Knives coming as long as they keep murdering people.
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The only reason you go to the mattresses to keep the masks on is because you know people are gonna find pardoned J6ers and guys on those sex offender lists who couldn't get jobs elsewhere amongst the ranks
Rep. Kennedy: Will you commit to immediately unmasking every ICE agent and requiring them to wear standard uniforms with identifiable badges?
ICE Chief Lyons: No.
Rep. Kennedy: Your answer is completely unacceptable.
ICE Chief Lyons: No.
Rep. Kennedy: Your answer is completely unacceptable.
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The only reason you go to the mattresses to keep the masks on is because you know people are gonna find pardoned J6ers and guys on those sex offender lists who couldn't get jobs elsewhere amongst the ranks
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isnt this the plot of the big short
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
isnt this the plot of the big short
Not even a hint of “sixth time’s the charm”?🤣
This has been the only thing I’ve been wondering about the Dublin Central by-election: if memory serves, there have been only two elections (the 2009 by-election and 1997 election) since 1987 that didn’t have Mary or her dad running in Dublin Central.
This has been the only thing I’ve been wondering about the Dublin Central by-election: if memory serves, there have been only two elections (the 2009 by-election and 1997 election) since 1987 that didn’t have Mary or her dad running in Dublin Central.
FF’s Mary Fitzpatrick has ruled herself out of the Dublin Central by-election. The senator, who has run in that constituency for the last five general elections, has written to FF members saying she wants to see out her term in the Seanad. Cabra-Glasnevin councillor John Stephens now likely to run.
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Not even a hint of “sixth time’s the charm”?🤣
This has been the only thing I’ve been wondering about the Dublin Central by-election: if memory serves, there have been only two elections (the 2009 by-election and 1997 election) since 1987 that didn’t have Mary or her dad running in Dublin Central.
This has been the only thing I’ve been wondering about the Dublin Central by-election: if memory serves, there have been only two elections (the 2009 by-election and 1997 election) since 1987 that didn’t have Mary or her dad running in Dublin Central.
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It'll be typical if *this* is the policy they actually manage to follow up on and deliver, as it's just actively harmful with no benefit to the public.
Happy Days for Musk, Thiel, Zuck and pals:
The Government is preparing a system where age verification for certain websites will be checked against an individual’s Personal Public Service Number
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
The Government is preparing a system where age verification for certain websites will be checked against an individual’s Personal Public Service Number
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
State age verification for websites an ‘important first step’, says Harris
The Government is preparing a system where age verification for certain websites will be checked against an individual’s Personal Public Service Number (PPSN)
www.irishexaminer.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
It'll be typical if *this* is the policy they actually manage to follow up on and deliver, as it's just actively harmful with no benefit to the public.
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I absolutely cannot abide this shite.
Here is the Czech pair dancing to their AI rip-off of You Get What You Give, replaced for the Olympics by an AI song with “original” lyrics that sounds pretty much the same
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I absolutely cannot abide this shite.
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When you get visited by three Puerto Rican ghosts
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
When you get visited by three Puerto Rican ghosts
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The thing is he's not pitching this to people who work, he's pitching this to retired people who are furious that other people might get marginally better working conditions than they had.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The thing is he's not pitching this to people who work, he's pitching this to retired people who are furious that other people might get marginally better working conditions than they had.
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the ultimate expression of motornormativity is the degree of appeasement involved in building any infrastructure which might result in even the smallest change to current mobility patterns
(setting aside the fact that modal shift has been a target of national transport policy for the last 20 years)
(setting aside the fact that modal shift has been a target of national transport policy for the last 20 years)
The Taoiseach has called for greater engagement on cycle projects.
He then presents costs of active travel projects using people-focused and emotive terms: 'communities with older populations', 'uproar, 'against people's wishes', 'health and safety'
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He then presents costs of active travel projects using people-focused and emotive terms: 'communities with older populations', 'uproar, 'against people's wishes', 'health and safety'
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Taoiseach: Greater levels of engagement needed for active travel plans
Micheál Martin's comments come following controversy around active travel plans on Cork city’s northside.
www.echolive.ie
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
the ultimate expression of motornormativity is the degree of appeasement involved in building any infrastructure which might result in even the smallest change to current mobility patterns
(setting aside the fact that modal shift has been a target of national transport policy for the last 20 years)
(setting aside the fact that modal shift has been a target of national transport policy for the last 20 years)
“As I did stand my watch upon the hill,
I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought
The Wood began to move.”
I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought
The Wood began to move.”
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
“As I did stand my watch upon the hill,
I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought
The Wood began to move.”
I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought
The Wood began to move.”
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Genuinely didn't get that Skehan meant "policy goals will be imposed" to be a bad thing. Isn't that what policy is supposed to do?
February 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Genuinely didn't get that Skehan meant "policy goals will be imposed" to be a bad thing. Isn't that what policy is supposed to do?
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Very much enjoyed @irishnationalopera.bsky.social’s (English-language) production of Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen this evening.
It’s fun: you should go.
It’s fun: you should go.
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Very much enjoyed @irishnationalopera.bsky.social’s (English-language) production of Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen this evening.
It’s fun: you should go.
It’s fun: you should go.
Even ignoring John Stephens ignoring transport data in favour of what he thinks he sees (wtf, man, that’s idiotic), here’s the efficiency thing:
- if there IS congestion, you keep the bus lanes
- if there ISN’T congestion, the cars don’t need the slow formation space, so you keep the bus lanes.
- if there IS congestion, you keep the bus lanes
- if there ISN’T congestion, the cars don’t need the slow formation space, so you keep the bus lanes.
Dublin's deputy lord mayor says bus lanes not needed at weekends as he doesn't see congestion but claims bus lanes add to weekend traffic irishcycle.com/2026/01/22/d...
Dublin’s deputy lord mayor says bus lanes not needed at weekends as he doesn’t see congestion but claims bus lanes add to weekend traffic
Dublin City’s deputy lord mayor has said that the operating hours of 24/7 bus lanes should be reduced because they are not needed on weekends, as he doesn’t see congestion then, but in …
irishcycle.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Even ignoring John Stephens ignoring transport data in favour of what he thinks he sees (wtf, man, that’s idiotic), here’s the efficiency thing:
- if there IS congestion, you keep the bus lanes
- if there ISN’T congestion, the cars don’t need the slow formation space, so you keep the bus lanes.
- if there IS congestion, you keep the bus lanes
- if there ISN’T congestion, the cars don’t need the slow formation space, so you keep the bus lanes.
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Who would have guessed that powerful people see mindless scrolling, celebrity infatuation, reality TV, and even sports are a distraction for the masses much like Roman gladiators and similar entertainment were?
We go crazy with a lot of it, but we'd also go crazy without it.
We go crazy with a lot of it, but we'd also go crazy without it.
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Who would have guessed that powerful people see mindless scrolling, celebrity infatuation, reality TV, and even sports are a distraction for the masses much like Roman gladiators and similar entertainment were?
We go crazy with a lot of it, but we'd also go crazy without it.
We go crazy with a lot of it, but we'd also go crazy without it.