Cormac
@cormacos.bsky.social
All manner of nerdery and geekery. Gaming. TTRPGS. Dogs. Environment. History. Dubliner. Queer.
Trying to use more Irish - please feel free to correct me if I make mistakes!
Apparently I talk a lot about folk music.
Trying to use more Irish - please feel free to correct me if I make mistakes!
Apparently I talk a lot about folk music.
The levels of absolute filth and depravity I witnessed up on stage in The Button Factory tonight was great.
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The levels of absolute filth and depravity I witnessed up on stage in The Button Factory tonight was great.
Merchy Christmas is great. Support your favourite acts directly. Bankrupt your family buying vinyl. Maybe hear a song or two.
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Merchy Christmas is to return to Dublin this December | Nialler9
Taking place across two days that Christmas weekend from 11am- 7pm, Merchy Christmas is a market where you can buy merch and records (and CDs?) from Irish
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Merchy Christmas is great. Support your favourite acts directly. Bankrupt your family buying vinyl. Maybe hear a song or two.
nialler9.com/merchy-chris...
nialler9.com/merchy-chris...
Lunch of champions (or at least the lunch of someone whose paper on flooding and the cost of lending has been accepted by a journal)
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lunch of champions (or at least the lunch of someone whose paper on flooding and the cost of lending has been accepted by a journal)
Another major get for the sad dads.
Kings of Leon for Limerick and Belfast outdoor shows
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Kings of Leon for Limerick and Belfast outdoor shows | Nialler9
The rock'n'roll band who recently headlined a night at Electric Picnic return for two outdoor Irish shows.
nialler9.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Another major get for the sad dads.
Will bribe cllrs to reduce the speed limit outside my house to 30km. Call me.
Now that the government has abandoned a plan to make city speed limits 30km/h by default, the Dublin City Council is returning to the slog of doing it bit by bit. At a meeting Wednesday, councillors and council managers expressed frustration with the long road ahead.
After government abandons plan to make city speed limit 30km/h by default, council returns to slog of doing it bit by bit
At a meeting of Dublin City Council’s transport committee on Wednesday, councillors and council managers expressed frustration with the long road ahead.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Will bribe cllrs to reduce the speed limit outside my house to 30km. Call me.
What do you mean, "bandwagon"? I have always been a strong supporter of the Republic of Ireland football team. Name two players? Easy. Robbie Keane and Packie Bonner.
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What do you mean, "bandwagon"? I have always been a strong supporter of the Republic of Ireland football team. Name two players? Easy. Robbie Keane and Packie Bonner.
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First time seeing Perfume Genius, one of the major crushes of my life.
Fellas, I swooned.
First time seeing Perfume Genius, one of the major crushes of my life.
Fellas, I swooned.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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First time seeing Perfume Genius, one of the major crushes of my life.
Fellas, I swooned.
First time seeing Perfume Genius, one of the major crushes of my life.
Fellas, I swooned.
Nice overview of what is in the new housing policy. Several significant shifts in rhetoric re: home ownership and homelessness.
I've put together this video going through the new housing strategy in detail. My analysis of what's new & what matters @tonygroves.bsky.social @hlinehan.bsky.social @davidmurphyrte.bsky.social
theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/new-housin...
theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/new-housin...
New housing strategy: overview & analysis
Special post on the Government's new housing strategy
theweekinhousing.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nice overview of what is in the new housing policy. Several significant shifts in rhetoric re: home ownership and homelessness.
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Ireland-France trade up 30% since Brexit
Ireland-France trade up 30% since Brexit
Irish-French trade rose from €31 billion in 2019 to €49 billion this past year
www.irishtimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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RÓIS, Huartan and Dani Larkin among winners at last night’s NI Music Prize in Belfast
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RÓIS, Huartan and Dani Larkin among winners at last night's NI Music Prize in Belfast | Nialler9
The annual Northern Irish Music Prize awards were held and announced in Ulster Hall last night.
nialler9.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
RÓIS, Huartan and Dani Larkin among winners at last night’s NI Music Prize in Belfast
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See, the reason all the other housing plans failed was because we set targets. This plan will succeed, because we won't have targets.
“Why is there no annual targets in this plan?”
“Because we are focused on activation,” Minister for Housing James Browne says.
“We want to get away from yearly targets,” he adds.
@thejournal.ie
“Because we are focused on activation,” Minister for Housing James Browne says.
“We want to get away from yearly targets,” he adds.
@thejournal.ie
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
See, the reason all the other housing plans failed was because we set targets. This plan will succeed, because we won't have targets.
Would be mad if the Epstein files don't take out Trump but do take out Starmer.
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Would be mad if the Epstein files don't take out Trump but do take out Starmer.
Hadn't appreciated before the similarities between the videos for Perfume Genius' On The Floor and RÓIS' Did You Ever Get the Ride at the Wake-house.
Exhibit A:
youtu.be/ln4S83JeY2Y?...
Exhibit A:
youtu.be/ln4S83JeY2Y?...
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Hadn't appreciated before the similarities between the videos for Perfume Genius' On The Floor and RÓIS' Did You Ever Get the Ride at the Wake-house.
Exhibit A:
youtu.be/ln4S83JeY2Y?...
Exhibit A:
youtu.be/ln4S83JeY2Y?...
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Ireland has failed to achieve its emissions reductions target set under the first carbon budget cycle, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.
jrnl.ie/6872271
jrnl.ie/6872271
Ireland has failed to reduce its emissions to the target set out in first carbon budget
The Climate Change Advisory Council has called on the government to “urgently publish” a new plan to deal with energy poverty.
jrnl.ie
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Ireland has failed to achieve its emissions reductions target set under the first carbon budget cycle, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.
jrnl.ie/6872271
jrnl.ie/6872271
I read a book and enjoyed it! Finally! Huzzah!
It wasn't really "for me" in terms of the content (it's about journalism, mostly) but the satire is great, it's sharp and funny, and full of compellingly dislikable characters.
It wasn't really "for me" in terms of the content (it's about journalism, mostly) but the satire is great, it's sharp and funny, and full of compellingly dislikable characters.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I read a book and enjoyed it! Finally! Huzzah!
It wasn't really "for me" in terms of the content (it's about journalism, mostly) but the satire is great, it's sharp and funny, and full of compellingly dislikable characters.
It wasn't really "for me" in terms of the content (it's about journalism, mostly) but the satire is great, it's sharp and funny, and full of compellingly dislikable characters.
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Lost a shirt yesterday - the cuff is decoupling from the arm.
I am facing into having to do a Big Clothes Shop.
Sigh.
Hate this for me.
I am facing into having to do a Big Clothes Shop.
Sigh.
Hate this for me.
My jacket is down to 0 working pockets. I have to accept that it's time for to buy a new one.
If there's one thing I hate, it's buying clothes.
If there's one thing I hate, it's buying clothes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Lost a shirt yesterday - the cuff is decoupling from the arm.
I am facing into having to do a Big Clothes Shop.
Sigh.
Hate this for me.
I am facing into having to do a Big Clothes Shop.
Sigh.
Hate this for me.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Ireland's presidential inauguration chair was made from native oak, symbolic of strength and endurance
Here's some background from a beautiful book that I copy-edited in 2018 artisanhouse.ie/product/see-... #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
Here's some background from a beautiful book that I copy-edited in 2018 artisanhouse.ie/product/see-... #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ireland's presidential inauguration chair was made from native oak, symbolic of strength and endurance
Here's some background from a beautiful book that I copy-edited in 2018 artisanhouse.ie/product/see-... #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
Here's some background from a beautiful book that I copy-edited in 2018 artisanhouse.ie/product/see-... #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
Taking a moment to appreciate the Presidential Chair.
Commissioned back in 2011 by @opwireland.bsky.social from John Lee, based in Co. Meath.
She's a thing of beauty.
#speirgorm #áras2025
Commissioned back in 2011 by @opwireland.bsky.social from John Lee, based in Co. Meath.
She's a thing of beauty.
#speirgorm #áras2025
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Taking a moment to appreciate the Presidential Chair.
Commissioned back in 2011 by @opwireland.bsky.social from John Lee, based in Co. Meath.
She's a thing of beauty.
#speirgorm #áras2025
Commissioned back in 2011 by @opwireland.bsky.social from John Lee, based in Co. Meath.
She's a thing of beauty.
#speirgorm #áras2025
Love that I bought ticks to Madra Salach in Edinburgh cus they'd sold out their Irish tour (places I can get to, anyway) only for them to upgrade their Cork gig AND announce a big NYE party in Dublin.
Lads. Laaaads. I have so many Madras Salach ticks rn.
Lads. Laaaads. I have so many Madras Salach ticks rn.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Love that I bought ticks to Madra Salach in Edinburgh cus they'd sold out their Irish tour (places I can get to, anyway) only for them to upgrade their Cork gig AND announce a big NYE party in Dublin.
Lads. Laaaads. I have so many Madras Salach ticks rn.
Lads. Laaaads. I have so many Madras Salach ticks rn.
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Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
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For more on the lives of Douglas Hyde, Sean Thomas O’Kelly, Éamon De Valera, Erskine Childers, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh and Patrick Hillery click here: linktr.ee/royalirishac...
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For more on the lives of Douglas Hyde, Sean Thomas O’Kelly, Éamon De Valera, Erskine Childers, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh and Patrick Hillery click here: linktr.ee/royalirishac...