Patrick Michael Barrett
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Tonight , we'll be doing a reading of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake for anyone with any interest. Tune in dogsreadingfinneganswake.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Tonight , we'll be doing a reading of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake for anyone with any interest. Tune in dogsreadingfinneganswake.com
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Met Éireann have updated the timing for today’s rainfall warnings.
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Met Éireann have updated the timing for today’s rainfall warnings.
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🎤 What is wrong with Ireland’s #housing & #planning system
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
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My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
What is wrong with Ireland’s housing and planning system?
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November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🎤 What is wrong with Ireland’s #housing & #planning system
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
Jacob Stack ©️
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Jacob Stack ©️
Was Ronnie Whelan even happy on his wedding day ?
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Was Ronnie Whelan even happy on his wedding day ?
The Dublin taxi driver lookalike holding the ball when Ronaldo goes down the tunnel . Classic .
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Dublin taxi driver lookalike holding the ball when Ronaldo goes down the tunnel . Classic .
If these 3 are the answer, what's the question ?
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If these 3 are the answer, what's the question ?
Remixing/imagining a track for @brenberry.bsky.social with a glass of proseco . I mean , what could go wrong ?
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Remixing/imagining a track for @brenberry.bsky.social with a glass of proseco . I mean , what could go wrong ?
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"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
Starter homes .
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Starter homes .
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If you're looking for a gift, what about a Dublin Inquirer subscription? For the curious, the involved, the engaged, the newcomer, the old-timer – for anyone you think would want to read about the city.
Gift a journalism subscription this Christmas
For the curious, the involved, the engaged, the newcomer, the old-timer – for anyone you think would want to read about the city.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you're looking for a gift, what about a Dublin Inquirer subscription? For the curious, the involved, the engaged, the newcomer, the old-timer – for anyone you think would want to read about the city.
The housing policy.
two men are standing next to each other and one is wearing a green jacket
ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one is wearing a green jacket
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The housing policy.
" News "
New figures show there has been a 23% increase in the number of visitors to Irish whiskey distilleries compared to last year.
Rise in number of visitors to whiskey distilleries - IWA
New figures show there has been a 23% increase in the number of visitors to Irish whiskey distilleries compared to last year.
www.rte.ie
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Trackers : The people versus the banks . Its Irelands version of The Big Short with ordinary people impacted . A cesspit of greed allowed to happen .
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
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Trackers: The People v The Banks S01E01
Billed as the biggest consumer banking scandal in the history of the State, the Tracker mortgages scandal has left some of its victims facing financial ruin. Watch Trackers: The People v The Banks S01...
www.rte.ie
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Trackers : The people versus the banks . Its Irelands version of The Big Short with ordinary people impacted . A cesspit of greed allowed to happen .
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
I'm late to the Jacob Alon record. It's really lovely.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'm late to the Jacob Alon record. It's really lovely.
Couch to 5k, week 1 ,day 3 . I am proud of my 57 year old body . It has genuinely surprised me .
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Couch to 5k, week 1 ,day 3 . I am proud of my 57 year old body . It has genuinely surprised me .
Let's get the magpies to deliver a new social housing strategy.
Kid loses ball in tree branches in park. Magpie sees opportunity and builds nest on top.
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Let's get the magpies to deliver a new social housing strategy.
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Again if you find yourself wondering about things like Judicial review because politicians and some right wing journos say this is the reason we can’t get things done, just remember this is complete bollix and the real reason is lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists and politicians who become lobbyists.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Again if you find yourself wondering about things like Judicial review because politicians and some right wing journos say this is the reason we can’t get things done, just remember this is complete bollix and the real reason is lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists and politicians who become lobbyists.
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We had an opertunity to place a Berlin style license agreement on short term lets, you can’t put a property on the site or similar, without the number being approved by local council. Placing the onus on the landlord and Airbnb to self police. Under intense lobbying from Airbnb this idea was dropped
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We had an opertunity to place a Berlin style license agreement on short term lets, you can’t put a property on the site or similar, without the number being approved by local council. Placing the onus on the landlord and Airbnb to self police. Under intense lobbying from Airbnb this idea was dropped
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All Airbnbs being rented year round are in contravention of planning laws. Houses built for private residential tenancy need to apply for change of use. If you built a house without following the rules it could be torn down. We could solve this Airbnb problem overnight, there’s no political will.
Rental crisis to intensify as ‘starved of supply’ housing stock dips below 2,000
Rental crisis to intensify as ‘starved of supply’ housing stock dips below 2,000
Housing stock is now less than half of the average available supply between 2015 and 2019
www.irishtimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All Airbnbs being rented year round are in contravention of planning laws. Houses built for private residential tenancy need to apply for change of use. If you built a house without following the rules it could be torn down. We could solve this Airbnb problem overnight, there’s no political will.
Every time I hear the Jack Lynch tunnel in Cork mentioned on the traffic news, it makes me laugh . If you were to have something named after you , what would you like it to be ? I'd like a bench on Bull Island named after me , just FYI . 😀 .
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every time I hear the Jack Lynch tunnel in Cork mentioned on the traffic news, it makes me laugh . If you were to have something named after you , what would you like it to be ? I'd like a bench on Bull Island named after me , just FYI . 😀 .
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“Indeed, our experience of colonisation and resistance, of a catastrophic man-made Famine and forced emigration gives us a lived understanding of dispossession, hunger and war and a mandate for Ireland to lead.”
A powerful inauguration speech from the new President of Ireland.
A powerful inauguration speech from the new President of Ireland.
Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly | President of Ireland
A Thaoisigh, A Phríomhbhreithimh, Airí, Baill Chomhairle an Stáit, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasadóirí, Ceannairí Eaglaise, agus dhaoine...
president.ie
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“Indeed, our experience of colonisation and resistance, of a catastrophic man-made Famine and forced emigration gives us a lived understanding of dispossession, hunger and war and a mandate for Ireland to lead.”
A powerful inauguration speech from the new President of Ireland.
A powerful inauguration speech from the new President of Ireland.