Niall Ó hAodha
@hoosay.bsky.social
- anything happening today?
- not much
- will we get roll out the old strawberry farm might be aliens or aurora borealis story?
- ah sure we might as well
- not much
- will we get roll out the old strawberry farm might be aliens or aurora borealis story?
- ah sure we might as well
No, the mysterious glow over Dublin Airport last night was not the Northern Lights jrnl.ie/6840729
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
- anything happening today?
- not much
- will we get roll out the old strawberry farm might be aliens or aurora borealis story?
- ah sure we might as well
- not much
- will we get roll out the old strawberry farm might be aliens or aurora borealis story?
- ah sure we might as well
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
No, the mysterious glow over Dublin Airport last night was not the Northern Lights jrnl.ie/6840729
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
No, the mysterious glow over Dublin Airport last night was not the Northern Lights jrnl.ie/6840729
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
How does a story about the lights in Keelings fruit farm become national news every few weeks?
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How does a story about the lights in Keelings fruit farm become national news every few weeks?
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Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about leaders and readers, and the occasional intersection of literature and politics on this island.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about leaders and readers, and the occasional intersection of literature and politics on this island.
Burkey’s on the lam!
Gardaí have been unable to locate Enoch Burke after twice calling to his house yesterday to imprison him for contempt of court.
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
Gardaí can't find Enoch Burke after calling to his house to imprison him for contempt of court
Burke was ordered back to prison by the High Court on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Burkey’s on the lam!
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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The way Ireland experiences Black Friday without Thanksgiving always reminds me of Narnia enduring winter without Christmas.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The way Ireland experiences Black Friday without Thanksgiving always reminds me of Narnia enduring winter without Christmas.
I was on a ferry that had to wait outside Holyhead for about 3 hours because of stormy weather. It’s even less enjoyable than being stranded inside Holyhead.
John Reilly from Mayo was aboard a Stena Line ferry from Dublin to Holyhead in Wales with his wife and three-month old baby when his ship came to an abrupt stop mid-journey
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
‘The port closed without any notice’ – Ferry passenger on being ‘stranded’ in middle of Irish Sea during Storm Claudia
An Irish man has described how he was “stranded” in the middle of the Irish Sea on Friday when his ferry was forced to stop sailing due to a nearby port closure.
www.independent.ie
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I was on a ferry that had to wait outside Holyhead for about 3 hours because of stormy weather. It’s even less enjoyable than being stranded inside Holyhead.
“Prolific” seems like an unusual choice here
Prolific Chinese sex offender jailed for life in UK reut.rs/4i2obdU
Prolific Chinese sex offender jailed for life in UK
A Chinese national said by London police to be one of the most prolific sex offenders they had ever investigated was jailed for life after admitting to a series of rapes, sex attacks and voyeurism on six women.
reut.rs
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Prolific” seems like an unusual choice here
What am I supposed to do with the container load of “Dublin: The city with two cathedrals and no more” t shirts and fridge magnets that I ordered from the lads in China?
You’d think there would be more waving incense around and singing and stuff .
Seems a bit anticlimactic. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Seems a bit anticlimactic. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What am I supposed to do with the container load of “Dublin: The city with two cathedrals and no more” t shirts and fridge magnets that I ordered from the lads in China?
You’d think there would be more waving incense around and singing and stuff .
Seems a bit anticlimactic. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Seems a bit anticlimactic. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You’d think there would be more waving incense around and singing and stuff .
Seems a bit anticlimactic. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Seems a bit anticlimactic. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together.
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together.
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
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I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
“Brooklyn’s got a winning team”
Dick Cheney dead AND New York gets a new mayor?
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Brooklyn’s got a winning team”
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@fotoole.bsky.social is spot on with this. the maths isn't even that complicated.
Not a good look. And doesnt fill me with confidence about where the public discourse is heading.
Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
#speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Not a good look. And doesnt fill me with confidence about where the public discourse is heading.
Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
#speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
@fotoole.bsky.social is spot on with this. the maths isn't even that complicated.
Not a good look. And doesnt fill me with confidence about where the public discourse is heading.
Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
#speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Not a good look. And doesnt fill me with confidence about where the public discourse is heading.
Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
#speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The year is 2025 and Terry Prone has discovered cashless transactions and inflation.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Terry Prone: Digital payments are fine but, like most of us, I still prefer to carry cash
Flexible as my phone payment system is, it won’t talk to supermarket trolleys
www.irishexaminer.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The year is 2025 and Terry Prone has discovered cashless transactions and inflation.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Can’t beat the old classics and nothing is more classic than a public representative looking around incredulously wondering aloud “how can we possibly be in this state, surely this is not the fault of me a longtime TD/Senator/councillor and lifelong party hack?”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: The Fianna Fáil I joined was the party that got things done. What happened to us?
Presidential election debacle will soon fade but not delivering urgently on matters impacting people’s lives will not
www.irishtimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Can’t beat the old classics and nothing is more classic than a public representative looking around incredulously wondering aloud “how can we possibly be in this state, surely this is not the fault of me a longtime TD/Senator/councillor and lifelong party hack?”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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This is absolutely disgusting! I speak for many that live in Drogheda or are from Drogheda, that we condemn this behaviour completely!! I am sickened by this, truly sickened. 😡 #SpeirGorm #FarRight
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Children rescued after fireworks thrown into IPAS centre
Four children, including a baby, were among five people rescued from the top floor of an IPAS centre in Drogheda, after fireworks were thrown into the building causing a fire.
www.rte.ie
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is absolutely disgusting! I speak for many that live in Drogheda or are from Drogheda, that we condemn this behaviour completely!! I am sickened by this, truly sickened. 😡 #SpeirGorm #FarRight
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Micheál on the phone to Macron: “I know a fella you can have.”
France’s new prime minister resigns hours after appointing cabinet
France’s new prime minister resigns hours after appointing cabinet
Unexpected resignation of Macron’s fifth prime minister in two years is another deepening of political crisis
www.irishtimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Micheál on the phone to Macron: “I know a fella you can have.”
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The last time Ireland had a presidential election with just two candidates was 1973.
Childers beat O'Higgins 52:48, the closest result in Irish politics until the 1995 Divorce Referendum (50.2:49.8).
Childers beat O'Higgins 52:48, the closest result in Irish politics until the 1995 Divorce Referendum (50.2:49.8).
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The last time Ireland had a presidential election with just two candidates was 1973.
Childers beat O'Higgins 52:48, the closest result in Irish politics until the 1995 Divorce Referendum (50.2:49.8).
Childers beat O'Higgins 52:48, the closest result in Irish politics until the 1995 Divorce Referendum (50.2:49.8).
It is a truth universally acknowledged that for any video online where an American or British person discovers that hurling exists there will be someone in the comments saying “it’s the fastest field sport in the world “.
September 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that for any video online where an American or British person discovers that hurling exists there will be someone in the comments saying “it’s the fastest field sport in the world “.
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One of the few times I ever got in big trouble in primary school was before then-president Mary McAleese, was due to visit. I was one of a troupe chosen to dance a little jig for her welcome.
September 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One of the few times I ever got in big trouble in primary school was before then-president Mary McAleese, was due to visit. I was one of a troupe chosen to dance a little jig for her welcome.
There was a general election less than a year ago and she wasn’t concerned enough with this silent unrepresented grassroots to stand in that, or in either the local or European elections a few months earlier.
The fact that she couldn’t get 8.5% of the Oireachtas to support her shows
The fact that she couldn’t get 8.5% of the Oireachtas to support her shows
Steen claims the political consensus has never been so out of kilter with the grassroots desire for an alternative voice
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There was a general election less than a year ago and she wasn’t concerned enough with this silent unrepresented grassroots to stand in that, or in either the local or European elections a few months earlier.
The fact that she couldn’t get 8.5% of the Oireachtas to support her shows
The fact that she couldn’t get 8.5% of the Oireachtas to support her shows