Joe Culley
@therealculls.bsky.social
Writer, editor (ex Irish Times, ex History Ireland - nearly ex altogether).
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with info@walkingtours.ie.
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with info@walkingtours.ie.
Often you look at the state of the world and you despair and ask, how could there be a God?
And then that scumbag gets sent off.
Mysterious yet wonderful ways.
And then that scumbag gets sent off.
Mysterious yet wonderful ways.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Often you look at the state of the world and you despair and ask, how could there be a God?
And then that scumbag gets sent off.
Mysterious yet wonderful ways.
And then that scumbag gets sent off.
Mysterious yet wonderful ways.
For a dead guy, Jeffrey gets around.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
For a dead guy, Jeffrey gets around.
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
EDDIE!!!
Please give him our congratulations. I know it means only limited access to the tour, but who knows?
What a finish!
EDDIE!!!
Please give him our congratulations. I know it means only limited access to the tour, but who knows?
What a finish!
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
EDDIE!!!
Please give him our congratulations. I know it means only limited access to the tour, but who knows?
What a finish!
EDDIE!!!
Please give him our congratulations. I know it means only limited access to the tour, but who knows?
What a finish!
An appropriate if subliminal Ulysses reference in @frankie49.bsky.social's Diary today.
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
An appropriate if subliminal Ulysses reference in @frankie49.bsky.social's Diary today.
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
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And here's the recent Waldorf Astoria renovation. This video is by the Instagram account oldegoodthings
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
And here's the recent Waldorf Astoria renovation. This video is by the Instagram account oldegoodthings
Number of post: 1,000.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Number of post: 1,000.
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Enjoyed reading an expert article in History Ireland Nov/Dec 2025 (33:6) by @eneclann.bsky.social's Fiona Fitzsimons about Grand Jury records (One of our favourite sources 🙂)
And very kindly linking to our free downloadable guidebook:
People, Place and Power www.virtualtreasury.ie/publications 😀👍
And very kindly linking to our free downloadable guidebook:
People, Place and Power www.virtualtreasury.ie/publications 😀👍
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Better get the washing in.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Better get the washing in.
This should be good - though I'm sure Denis was delighted to learn he now has to file a newsletter four days a week.
The Irish Times is the only Irish news organisation with a global network of full-time foreign correspondents.
Sign up for our new morning newsletter written by our Beijing correspondent joining the dots of world news Monday to Thursday:
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Welcome to the new Global Briefing newsletter
A new Irish Times newsletter connecting the dots between global events and making sense of the forces transforming the world
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November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This should be good - though I'm sure Denis was delighted to learn he now has to file a newsletter four days a week.
Brilliant news. An astonishing work, hilarious and ultimately heartbreaking.
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Brilliant news. An astonishing work, hilarious and ultimately heartbreaking.
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I did it a year ago and said at the time all journalists should too. There is no justification for "platforming" the platform.
Arguing "you need to see this terrible thing that this terrible person said here" ignores the whole point of the exercise.
Arguing "you need to see this terrible thing that this terrible person said here" ignores the whole point of the exercise.
Agree And politicians too
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I did it a year ago and said at the time all journalists should too. There is no justification for "platforming" the platform.
Arguing "you need to see this terrible thing that this terrible person said here" ignores the whole point of the exercise.
Arguing "you need to see this terrible thing that this terrible person said here" ignores the whole point of the exercise.
Reposted by Joe Culley
@iaincartergolf Go Eddie!
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@iaincartergolf Go Eddie!
Reposted by Joe Culley
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
May I please ask any of you who might have known Belfast in the bad times: is it in even the very least possible way credible that a Catholic family pub would be frequented by British soldiers?
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
May I please ask any of you who might have known Belfast in the bad times: is it in even the very least possible way credible that a Catholic family pub would be frequented by British soldiers?
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
Honestly, how many voices could deserve / carry three consecutive hours of television?
Annie Lennox is so special.
#BBCFour
#AnnieLennox
Annie Lennox is so special.
#BBCFour
#AnnieLennox
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Honestly, how many voices could deserve / carry three consecutive hours of television?
Annie Lennox is so special.
#BBCFour
#AnnieLennox
Annie Lennox is so special.
#BBCFour
#AnnieLennox
Just 50.
I don't think that ever struck me before.
I don't think that ever struck me before.
PERSON OF THE DAY. 7 November 1980. Steve McQueen known as “The King of Cool”, died (aged 50). Films include: The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, The Cincinnati Kid, Papillon, Le Mans, The Towering Inferno and The Thomas Criown Affair.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just 50.
I don't think that ever struck me before.
I don't think that ever struck me before.
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
No, it fucking doesn't.
It reflects elite corruption.
It reflects elite corruption.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
No, it fucking doesn't.
It reflects elite corruption.
It reflects elite corruption.
Batten down the hatcheries
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Batten down the hatcheries
Janey, this could be BIG.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Horse trainer alleges billionaire Luke Comer offered him bribe to take doping blame
Former training manager made claim in High Court proceedings over alleged defamatory allegations
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Janey, this could be BIG.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
