Pól Ó Duibhir
irlpol.bsky.social
Pól Ó Duibhir
@irlpol.bsky.social
Pól died 01/08/24, contact https://x.com/irldexter see https://rip.ie/death-notice/pol-o-duibhir-dublin-raheny-564623

Languages: English (mother tongue), Irish, French.
Fáilte roimh Gaeilge.
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Michael Gove: A political obituary iandunt.substack.com/p/michael-go...
May 25, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Tá na fógraí ar Raidió na Gaeltachta ag dul i ndonas. Focal ar fhocal ón mBéarla meamraiméiseach agus á léamh ag daoine nach bhfuil compordach leis an nGaeilge má tá sí acu in aon chor. Pianmhar.
May 8, 2024 at 9:55 AM
MENTAL HEALTH WALK
(photos: Eoghan Ó Duibhir)
May 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Available from 19 May 2024
brewsterbook.com
Invitation to launch below
May 2, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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The FDA union representing senior civil servants has launched a legal challenge against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan over moves to force officials to break international law to carry out deportations👏

inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Rwanda plan could be delayed as civil servants sue Government over law breach
Rishi Sunak accused of creating a conflict of interest for officials after 'fudging' Rwanda legislation to please 'competing factions' of Tory party
inews.co.uk
May 1, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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"Cuireadh cúig bheatha nuascríofa leis an mBunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge, www.ainm.ie, le deireanas.

Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021)
Joe Steve Ó Neachtain (1942–2020)
Caitríona Hastings (1952–2021)
Pádraig Ó hAoláin (1944–2021)
Anders Eric Olof Ahlqvist (1945–2018) "
An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge
An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge. The National Database of Irish-Language Biographies.
www.ainm.ie
April 30, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Go bhfóire Dia orainn.

Gaeltacht an Mhacaire, Co Dún na nGall.
April 27, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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My mum devoted much of her life to caring for the elderly. Her story is here. In memory of Mum: coppolacomment.substack.com/p/in-memory-...
In memory of Mum
I'm doing a 26-mile walking marathon in the Lake District to raise money for Alzheimer's Research.
coppolacomment.substack.com
April 14, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Hoping to send this to the printers next week.
April 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
SIR MUTTONJEFF

Never trusted that fella since he walked out on David Trimble in the middle of the Good Friday Agreement negotiations.
March 31, 2024 at 7:36 AM
GAEILGE BHACACH
March 29, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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Incredible post from the best writer on Boeing that we've got. The level of willful negligence from executives on something that carries human beings through the sky is astonishing and should be a crime. Sorry I forgot to make a joke. prospect.org/infrastructu...
Suicide Mission
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
prospect.org
March 28, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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Column. The struggle to define extremism at the fringe and radicalisation of mainstream Conservatism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a far bigger threat to Britain than fringe extremists: Tory radicalisation | Rafael Behr
If Michael Gove really wants to root out the forces threatening British society, perhaps his party should look in the mirror, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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Crazy idea but suppose that instead of proposing vague principles with little or no practical effect and replete with legal uncertainty in the Constitution…
and instead politicians concentrated on dealing with problems by getting our laws and policies right…
and fixing them fast if problems emerge.
March 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Fantastic read - I highly recommend. Beautiful blend of the personal & the political.

Though it didn’t actually cure me of my (occasionally toxic) political tendencies as I’d hoped, it’s aided my understanding of the world.

5/5
I haven't (yet) bombarded Bluesky with shameless plugs for my book - Politics, A Survivor's Guide. But paperback is out *today* and I have new followers who might be interested. More here, plus some of the nice things people have said about it: rafaelbehr.com/2023/05/20/p...
Politics, A Survivor’s Guide
The paperback is out! Updated and ready for deployment to keep you sane in an election year. Politics, A Survivor’s Guide is about the infuriating toxicity of politics, how it got that way and how to ...
rafaelbehr.com
March 7, 2024 at 8:07 PM
March 2, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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I’ve written about the Governance Project and our ideas of practical ways to improve
* ethical standards in public life
* machinery for vetting appointments to the House of Lords
* parliamentary scrutiny of legislation
* the law & oversight of elections
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/649...
We can save standards in public life. This is how
After a scandal-ridden few years, we still have time to restore trust in how the UK is governed. Implementing these changes would be a start
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Jesus was a Jew. He should have got out while the going was good.
February 25, 2024 at 6:57 AM
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Díoltar iad le Leabharlanna.
February 24, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Does anyone think this is kosher journalism?

bsky.app/profile/irlp...
This man should read this book and then consider his options.
February 23, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Today’s must-read

@drhannahwhite.bsky.social for @instituteforgov.bsky.social on last night’s mess in the Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, and what MPs’ political game-playing on procedure looks like to the watching world

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/part...
February 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM
This man should read this book and then consider his options.
February 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM