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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.
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.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
For a dead guy, Jeffrey gets around.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
@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!
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
An appropriate if subliminal Ulysses reference in @frankie49.bsky.social's Diary today.
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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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
Number of post: 1,000.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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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 😀👍
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Better get the washing in.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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:
www.irishtimes.com/world/2025/1...
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
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 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
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
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.
Agree And politicians too
Media outlets need to break ties with X

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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#RichardBurton100 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
@iaincartergolf Go Eddie!
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BRAVISSIMO (ANCORA) ALL'ITALIA

#ITAvAUS
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
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Honestly, how many voices could deserve / carry three consecutive hours of television?
Annie Lennox is so special.
#BBCFour
#AnnieLennox
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just 50.
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
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
No, it fucking doesn't.
It reflects elite corruption.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Batten down the hatcheries
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fascinating.
Mind you, $11 million for a three-bed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/r...
The Flatiron Building Enters Its Condo Era
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM