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Ben Walsh
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One of Dublin's great pintmen
SOME OF YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY that Darach shouldn't have started this whole discussion of Seanad reform but seriously the whole thing where they multiply the actual votes by a thousand instead of
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
William Reville retiring from the Irish Times to spend more time with his phlogiston and humours
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Can we have an open and honest conversation about immigration and how fucking great it is
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Do you ever think you might be really bad at whatever it is you're trying to do?
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My dad would always quote J M Synge at this time of year, "It’s a great rest I’ll have now, and great sleeping in the long nights after Samhain"
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm in the paper today on the predicted voluntary hospital debacle
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Strap in, I'm taking Betteridge's Law to strange, new places.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I have a rescue street cat who would prefer not to go into the carrier.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The buddy cop movie the world needs right now
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I remember just a few short weeks ago when people were banging on and on about how the Orange Order is just a friendly social club that doesn't have a sectarian bone in its body. The Irish Times even got Patsy McGarry out of whatever home for the bewildered he's been retired to to say as much.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'm not proud
November 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"It is designed to break your heart" -- Bart Giamatti
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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@itysrpod.bsky.social

I Think You Should Read

"STARK"

by Ben Elton
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"That dream where they float in your window, sir?"
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Creature of the Night
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The "most conservative" path is based firmly on US stocks being a solid and reliable return, though! This is my Cassandra reallocation which now Zurich is telling me is too risky. We'll see.
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
People ask if Hallowe'en fireworks scare the dog, but as she has never experienced a moment's adversity in her life, when she hears an explosion she assumes it's some sort of celebration in her honour.
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy Halloween 🐈‍⬛🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Bréifne is CC all the way and finds these stereotypes unhelpful
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM