Tony - Pod Guy - Groves
@tonygroves.bsky.social
Newly elected leader of lefty Irish Bluesky. Exiled leader of lefty Irish twitter, current Lord Mayor of Dublin and occasional podcaster. tortoiseshack.ie is my home.
Teachers, nurses and gardai should have studied harder and learned to be born into hereditary wealth. Simples.
“A teacher in their first year after qualifying will earn under €42,500, a nurse just over €37,000 and a garda less than €39,000, if not doing shift work… None of them will meet the minimum salary for a one bedroom apartment.”
Dublin jrnl.ie/6870044
Dublin jrnl.ie/6870044
Applications to open later this month for 99 affordable purchase homes and apartments in Dublin
One-bedroom apartments will range between €248k and €332k, while two-bedroom apartments will cost between €320k and €414k.
jrnl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Teachers, nurses and gardai should have studied harder and learned to be born into hereditary wealth. Simples.
Wrote this about the Sanctuary Runners a few weeks ago. This is Ireland at its best.
No paywall: www.patreon.com/posts/141588...
No paywall: www.patreon.com/posts/141588...
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wrote this about the Sanctuary Runners a few weeks ago. This is Ireland at its best.
No paywall: www.patreon.com/posts/141588...
No paywall: www.patreon.com/posts/141588...
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Got my wee sign ready #MarchForIvan
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Got my wee sign ready #MarchForIvan
I know it’s not the main story today, but just wanted you all to know that I’m one of only 8 people in Ireland over the age of 35 who haven’t had a picture taken with outgoing president Michael D. Higgins. It’s mathematically easier to win the lotto than avoid a Michael D. pic. #Proud #Groves2032
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I know it’s not the main story today, but just wanted you all to know that I’m one of only 8 people in Ireland over the age of 35 who haven’t had a picture taken with outgoing president Michael D. Higgins. It’s mathematically easier to win the lotto than avoid a Michael D. pic. #Proud #Groves2032
Giving a talk to RTE staff in the morning about how their unconscious bias jeopardises their credibility. Whereas I am fully conscious of my bias so my credibility is beyond reproach.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Giving a talk to RTE staff in the morning about how their unconscious bias jeopardises their credibility. Whereas I am fully conscious of my bias so my credibility is beyond reproach.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ON MY PODCAST?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
HI, HOW ARE YOU? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ON MY PODCAST?
Russian-Irish, US-based Prof Constantin Gurdgiev on the AI bubble, Trump’s attacks on economic data and the failure of politics to uphold the social contract
Don’t miss it
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Don’t miss it
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AI Bubbles, Infrastructure Deficits and the Fraying of Society
Podcast Episode · The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack · 10/11/2025 · 1 sec
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Russian-Irish, US-based Prof Constantin Gurdgiev on the AI bubble, Trump’s attacks on economic data and the failure of politics to uphold the social contract
Don’t miss it
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
Don’t miss it
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Myself, Noel Kelly, Miriam O’Callaghan and Seamus Dooley are organising the #MarchForIvan this coming Sunday. Assemble 12pm at Bauer Media, Marconi House, marching to RTE Donnybrook. If you can’t make it, please send cash to myself and or Ivan. Many thanks
#JournoRequest
#JournoRequest
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Myself, Noel Kelly, Miriam O’Callaghan and Seamus Dooley are organising the #MarchForIvan this coming Sunday. Assemble 12pm at Bauer Media, Marconi House, marching to RTE Donnybrook. If you can’t make it, please send cash to myself and or Ivan. Many thanks
#JournoRequest
#JournoRequest
‘And I can assure my fellow Democrats, Resistance is Feeble!’
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
‘And I can assure my fellow Democrats, Resistance is Feeble!’
It’s the Pod Save crew who are the real victims here :(
After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...
Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic Leader at the Worst Possible Time
The soon-to-be top elected Democrat might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face for opposition to Donald Trump.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
It’s the Pod Save crew who are the real victims here :(
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After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...
Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic Leader at the Worst Possible Time
The soon-to-be top elected Democrat might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face for opposition to Donald Trump.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...
All this over a kebab?
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
All this over a kebab?
In keeping with the vampiric tradition, Bram Stoker’s family home in Marino is available on Air BnB.
Yesterday was Bram Stoker’s 178th birthday! 🎂 Author of THE LADY OF THE SHROUD, THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, and, of course, the iconic DRACULA. 🧛
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️
archive.org/details/drac...
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️
archive.org/details/drac...
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In keeping with the vampiric tradition, Bram Stoker’s family home in Marino is available on Air BnB.
Remember me when I am gone away,
Far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Remember me when I am gone away,
Far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
This is an attack on Access to Justice, championed by the “abundance bro’s” and media insiders who peddle government talking points in lieu of actual journalism
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is an attack on Access to Justice, championed by the “abundance bro’s” and media insiders who peddle government talking points in lieu of actual journalism
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From Eamonn Sweeney’s sports column in the Indo 👏
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
From Eamonn Sweeney’s sports column in the Indo 👏
A look through a window into our capacity for evil.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A look through a window into our capacity for evil.
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Photo evidence of the massive flag pole earlier
Ulster's Iwo Jima
Ulster's Iwo Jima
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Photo evidence of the massive flag pole earlier
Ulster's Iwo Jima
Ulster's Iwo Jima
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Irish Twitter never died
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Irish Twitter never died
Excited to be giving* the keynote speech at the Pro-Anti-Peace Summit this evening.
*heckling Dan O’Brien, Larry Donnelly and Brigid Laffan
*heckling Dan O’Brien, Larry Donnelly and Brigid Laffan
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Excited to be giving* the keynote speech at the Pro-Anti-Peace Summit this evening.
*heckling Dan O’Brien, Larry Donnelly and Brigid Laffan
*heckling Dan O’Brien, Larry Donnelly and Brigid Laffan
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Starmer, Macron, and Martin walk into a bar. That was last weekend. They’re still waiting for the focus groups to deliver a clear consensus on what they should order. After a month, they leave without ordering, and blame immigrants.
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Starmer, Macron, and Martin walk into a bar. That was last weekend. They’re still waiting for the focus groups to deliver a clear consensus on what they should order. After a month, they leave without ordering, and blame immigrants.
Just back from the Centrist Rally. So inspiring. Hundreds of people holding hands chanting “Better Things Aren’t Possible!”
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Just back from the Centrist Rally. So inspiring. Hundreds of people holding hands chanting “Better Things Aren’t Possible!”
The darkest part of human nature is man’s inhumanity towards mankind.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The darkest part of human nature is man’s inhumanity towards mankind.
The timing of this is interesting. A Post are currently fighting in court to deny Post Masters their rights (bogus self employment contracts) and McRedmond is well-got within FG.
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The timing of this is interesting. A Post are currently fighting in court to deny Post Masters their rights (bogus self employment contracts) and McRedmond is well-got within FG.
The Ivan Yates debacle doesn’t mean that journalists are too close to politicians. And everyone on the Pol Corr-Govt WhatsApp group agrees with me. So ha!
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The Ivan Yates debacle doesn’t mean that journalists are too close to politicians. And everyone on the Pol Corr-Govt WhatsApp group agrees with me. So ha!