@fionnulamac.bsky.social
Retired. Mental/physical health. Leftie. Atheist. #SpeirGorm
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Reading this magnificent book about the Stardust fire. So many familiar names and places, so many ordinary people let down and killed by greed, and such a long wait for justice.
I've wept with sadness and anger, and there will be more tears before I finish it.
www.kennys.ie/history/iris...
I've wept with sadness and anger, and there will be more tears before I finish it.
www.kennys.ie/history/iris...
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reading this magnificent book about the Stardust fire. So many familiar names and places, so many ordinary people let down and killed by greed, and such a long wait for justice.
I've wept with sadness and anger, and there will be more tears before I finish it.
www.kennys.ie/history/iris...
I've wept with sadness and anger, and there will be more tears before I finish it.
www.kennys.ie/history/iris...
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Health officials have issued an update on the norovirus outbreak and urged people to be vigilant for symptoms of the highly contagious bug
Nasty bug sweeping Ireland 'at high levels' as HSE issues warning
www.dublinlive.ie
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Health officials have issued an update on the norovirus outbreak and urged people to be vigilant for symptoms of the highly contagious bug
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Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
June 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
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I told ye all,
When we first put this dangerous stone a-rolling,
’Twould fall upon ourselves.
When we first put this dangerous stone a-rolling,
’Twould fall upon ourselves.
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I told ye all,
When we first put this dangerous stone a-rolling,
’Twould fall upon ourselves.
When we first put this dangerous stone a-rolling,
’Twould fall upon ourselves.
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If you are considering buying a Re usable mask,
I can absolutely reccomend Prescientx.
I have mine nearly 3 years, and recently got more filters.
prescientx.com/collections/...
#spéirgorm #WearAMask
I can absolutely reccomend Prescientx.
I have mine nearly 3 years, and recently got more filters.
prescientx.com/collections/...
#spéirgorm #WearAMask
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you are considering buying a Re usable mask,
I can absolutely reccomend Prescientx.
I have mine nearly 3 years, and recently got more filters.
prescientx.com/collections/...
#spéirgorm #WearAMask
I can absolutely reccomend Prescientx.
I have mine nearly 3 years, and recently got more filters.
prescientx.com/collections/...
#spéirgorm #WearAMask
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Awesome. 🫠 '“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.”' www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Awesome. 🫠 '“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.”' www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
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It's Day 15 of our Christmas Raffle and today we have a €100 voucher for haircuts and grooming at Cut + Sew barbershop in Dublin! 💈 Win amazing prizes while also supporting GCN! Buy a ticket before December 31 at buff.ly/m1ZtqIP. #GCNraffle
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It's Day 15 of our Christmas Raffle and today we have a €100 voucher for haircuts and grooming at Cut + Sew barbershop in Dublin! 💈 Win amazing prizes while also supporting GCN! Buy a ticket before December 31 at buff.ly/m1ZtqIP. #GCNraffle
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[3] profit from that the International Court of Justice calls a ‘plausible genocide’ & the ICC has accused Hamas & the Israeli PM of war crimes & the special UN reports as a genocide. There is no doubt that Israel, like Russia, is ethnically cleansing a foreign country.
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
[3] profit from that the International Court of Justice calls a ‘plausible genocide’ & the ICC has accused Hamas & the Israeli PM of war crimes & the special UN reports as a genocide. There is no doubt that Israel, like Russia, is ethnically cleansing a foreign country.
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OCD is wild because I'm constantly inventing a guy to get mad at but the guy is me
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
OCD is wild because I'm constantly inventing a guy to get mad at but the guy is me
Yay!
The first 50 bike bunkers have left the factory in The Netherlands bound for Dublin!
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yay!
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The implications for removing online anonymity & tracking people's online activity are profoundly serious. Article 8 of the ECHR establishes that EU citizens have a right to privacy from overreaching government monitoring and tracking.
Online ID verification is a fundamental threat to this right.
Online ID verification is a fundamental threat to this right.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The implications for removing online anonymity & tracking people's online activity are profoundly serious. Article 8 of the ECHR establishes that EU citizens have a right to privacy from overreaching government monitoring and tracking.
Online ID verification is a fundamental threat to this right.
Online ID verification is a fundamental threat to this right.
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Scandalously at 1am, the government has just pushed through a law with far reaching ramifications.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Scandalously at 1am, the government has just pushed through a law with far reaching ramifications.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
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How can we draw more attention to this? They're Palestine Action hunger strikers who are now in critical condition in the hospital and the UK is just letting them die. It also feels like there is a media blackout
Tomorrow's front page 📰
'The UK is letting these people die'
'The UK is letting these people die'
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
How can we draw more attention to this? They're Palestine Action hunger strikers who are now in critical condition in the hospital and the UK is just letting them die. It also feels like there is a media blackout
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Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
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Good on NHS leader, Daniel Elkeles, calling for a revival of mask-wearing during the current “tidal wave of flu.”
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
People urged to wear masks when they are ill as UK faces ‘tidal wave’ of flu
NHS Providers boss says those who are ‘coughing and sneezing’ should wear face coverings on public transport
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Good on NHS leader, Daniel Elkeles, calling for a revival of mask-wearing during the current “tidal wave of flu.”
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Is this enough to get our political parties, the government and the wider public sector to finally remove themselves from X?
I see Elon Musk is personally suing (along with X Holdings Corp) the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, in High Court proceedings filed yesterday. Hearing is due January 23rd.
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Is this enough to get our political parties, the government and the wider public sector to finally remove themselves from X?
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So a judge finally brought up their mysterious sources of income. Long overdue.
I suspect we’ll see the whole family become a lot more compliant and a lot less rowdy in court now. Enoch may even purge his contempt?
I suspect we’ll see the whole family become a lot more compliant and a lot less rowdy in court now. Enoch may even purge his contempt?
This judge has absolutely had it with Enoch Burke.
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Enoch Burke has 'something to hide' over income - judge
A High Court judge has said teacher Enoch Burke and his family could be using his court case to make money and that it was clear Mr Burke had "something to hide" about his income.
www.rte.ie
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So a judge finally brought up their mysterious sources of income. Long overdue.
I suspect we’ll see the whole family become a lot more compliant and a lot less rowdy in court now. Enoch may even purge his contempt?
I suspect we’ll see the whole family become a lot more compliant and a lot less rowdy in court now. Enoch may even purge his contempt?
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High tides on Dublin's Victoria Quay beside the Guinness brewery this afternoon, reducing traffic to one lane. Now's the time to prepare for future storms and rising sea levels. #StormBram
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
High tides on Dublin's Victoria Quay beside the Guinness brewery this afternoon, reducing traffic to one lane. Now's the time to prepare for future storms and rising sea levels. #StormBram
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Rory Rowan has good post up on IG about the response to our co-authored article (with @dondeniamh.bsky.social) in the IT three weeks ago. This is only part of it but touches on just how difficult it is now to have any kind of reasonable, objective discussion about Irish foreign policy at the moment.
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Rory Rowan has good post up on IG about the response to our co-authored article (with @dondeniamh.bsky.social) in the IT three weeks ago. This is only part of it but touches on just how difficult it is now to have any kind of reasonable, objective discussion about Irish foreign policy at the moment.
About 1 in 75 people suffer from OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD Ireland - a registered charity - run support groups for sufferers of OCD, and compulsive hair-pulling (trichotillomania as well as a support group for families and friends of sufferers. Check out the website OCDIreland.org
OCD Ireland – OCD Ireland
OCDIreland.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
About 1 in 75 people suffer from OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD Ireland - a registered charity - run support groups for sufferers of OCD, and compulsive hair-pulling (trichotillomania as well as a support group for families and friends of sufferers. Check out the website OCDIreland.org
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PTSB considering return of bankers’ bonuses in 2026
PTSB considering return of bankers’ bonuses in 2026
www.businesspost.ie
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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We know the dance:
-Amazon starts operating cheaper shipping
-Many start using Amazon Post instead of USPS
-The government eventually shuts down USPS
-Amazon hikes prices
Exactly as Uber did Taxis
-Amazon starts operating cheaper shipping
-Many start using Amazon Post instead of USPS
-The government eventually shuts down USPS
-Amazon hikes prices
Exactly as Uber did Taxis
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We know the dance:
-Amazon starts operating cheaper shipping
-Many start using Amazon Post instead of USPS
-The government eventually shuts down USPS
-Amazon hikes prices
Exactly as Uber did Taxis
-Amazon starts operating cheaper shipping
-Many start using Amazon Post instead of USPS
-The government eventually shuts down USPS
-Amazon hikes prices
Exactly as Uber did Taxis
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Breaking story:
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all withdraw from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
Irish broadcaster RTE has also confirmed that it will not air the competition.
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all withdraw from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
Irish broadcaster RTE has also confirmed that it will not air the competition.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Breaking story:
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all withdraw from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
Irish broadcaster RTE has also confirmed that it will not air the competition.
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all withdraw from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
Irish broadcaster RTE has also confirmed that it will not air the competition.