Bláth McDonnell
@blathmcdonnell.bsky.social
Dublin, love to photograph local area and beyond. Interested in current affairs, national politics. Hoping the sky is bluer here!
@irishtimes.com this is my second day with no digital subscription- when do you hope to have this issue resolved. I miss my morning read !
June 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
@irishtimes.com this is my second day with no digital subscription- when do you hope to have this issue resolved. I miss my morning read !
@irishtimes.com I need to send you a dry cleaning bill/medical bill to recover the damage done when my breakfast came down my nose as I read Miriam Lord’s Dáil sketch this morning. Absolutely nailed it all!
May 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@irishtimes.com I need to send you a dry cleaning bill/medical bill to recover the damage done when my breakfast came down my nose as I read Miriam Lord’s Dáil sketch this morning. Absolutely nailed it all!
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This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
May 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
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Fun Tariff Facts: during the depression the US lost access to many imported paper products. They were replaced with an unusually tough paper stock made of hemp from the Philippines (then a US colony, and tariff exempt).
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
April 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fun Tariff Facts: during the depression the US lost access to many imported paper products. They were replaced with an unusually tough paper stock made of hemp from the Philippines (then a US colony, and tariff exempt).
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
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Ok. This morning in Dublin, the sun rose at 08:40:50, making it the latest sunrise of the winter. (Tomorrow's will be at 08:40:49, 1 sec earlier)
Now that we've sailed past the earliest sunset (14th Dec), the solstice (21st) and the latest sunrise, we are well and truly on the way to brighter days!
Now that we've sailed past the earliest sunset (14th Dec), the solstice (21st) and the latest sunrise, we are well and truly on the way to brighter days!
December 29, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Ok. This morning in Dublin, the sun rose at 08:40:50, making it the latest sunrise of the winter. (Tomorrow's will be at 08:40:49, 1 sec earlier)
Now that we've sailed past the earliest sunset (14th Dec), the solstice (21st) and the latest sunrise, we are well and truly on the way to brighter days!
Now that we've sailed past the earliest sunset (14th Dec), the solstice (21st) and the latest sunrise, we are well and truly on the way to brighter days!
TBT 2021, it’s hard to imagine the restrictions we endured for so long.
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Festive Cheer - Roger Harvey l Vox Amicum Brass
YouTube video by Vox Amicum Brass
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December 21, 2024 at 10:04 AM
TBT 2021, it’s hard to imagine the restrictions we endured for so long.
m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
Sunrise 3/12/24
December 3, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Sunrise 3/12/24
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:22 AM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
Mixing my Christmas puddings now, to my late mother’s recipe. I have it in her own lovely handwriting and it’s my favourite part of the run up to Christmas, I can feel her beside me. This year all my chicks have flown the nest so the wishes were done over WhatsApp, and then stirred in by me.
November 22, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Mixing my Christmas puddings now, to my late mother’s recipe. I have it in her own lovely handwriting and it’s my favourite part of the run up to Christmas, I can feel her beside me. This year all my chicks have flown the nest so the wishes were done over WhatsApp, and then stirred in by me.
Lovely pampas grass against the blue blue sky. It was soooo cold!
November 22, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Lovely pampas grass against the blue blue sky. It was soooo cold!
Morning walk, wooden bridge to the Bull Island, Dollymount
November 21, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Morning walk, wooden bridge to the Bull Island, Dollymount
Another pookie
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Another pookie
Blue blue sky, on Bluesky. A gannet gliding at Great Saltee during the summer.
November 17, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Blue blue sky, on Bluesky. A gannet gliding at Great Saltee during the summer.
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
Last of the mushroom pics for now. Spending an afternoon in the quietness of a forest is highly recommended.
November 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Last of the mushroom pics for now. Spending an afternoon in the quietness of a forest is highly recommended.
More fungus, there’s something so magical about mushrooms and moss, brings me back to childhood fairytales 💝
November 16, 2024 at 1:11 AM
More fungus, there’s something so magical about mushrooms and moss, brings me back to childhood fairytales 💝
I spent today photographing mushrooms in Donadea Forest. A mild November day, in beautiful surroundings. Glad to be alive!
November 14, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I spent today photographing mushrooms in Donadea Forest. A mild November day, in beautiful surroundings. Glad to be alive!