Kev
@kevjhnstn.bsky.social
🎶 So if you care to find me, look to the blue sky! 🎶
Occasional actor, singer and writer. Almost always found in a theatre. I also produce plays (when I get around to writing them!). Tá Gaeilge agam
Occasional actor, singer and writer. Almost always found in a theatre. I also produce plays (when I get around to writing them!). Tá Gaeilge agam
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My letter in today's Clare Champion calling out the xenophobic dog-whistling from our local TD, Timmy Dooley, as well as Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy.
Immigrants are not the reason I've struggled to retain housing or buy my own home - Government policies are. Landlords like Timmy Dooley are. #Spéirgorm
Immigrants are not the reason I've struggled to retain housing or buy my own home - Government policies are. Landlords like Timmy Dooley are. #Spéirgorm
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My letter in today's Clare Champion calling out the xenophobic dog-whistling from our local TD, Timmy Dooley, as well as Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy.
Immigrants are not the reason I've struggled to retain housing or buy my own home - Government policies are. Landlords like Timmy Dooley are. #Spéirgorm
Immigrants are not the reason I've struggled to retain housing or buy my own home - Government policies are. Landlords like Timmy Dooley are. #Spéirgorm
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A reminder, with apologies to those who have read it before, that I wrote a short Gist in 2023 on the current AG’s arguments against individual citizens’ rights to compensation from the State, even where they have been wronged.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A reminder, with apologies to those who have read it before, that I wrote a short Gist in 2023 on the current AG’s arguments against individual citizens’ rights to compensation from the State, even where they have been wronged.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
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Ah...Fionnán Sheahan, impartiality personified in a 20ft forehead.
If a state construction company had been set up the 1st time it was suggested by PBP-Sol we'd have houses now....and jobs...and less emigration.
In an endless loop of people who don't want it done saying it can't be done.
If a state construction company had been set up the 1st time it was suggested by PBP-Sol we'd have houses now....and jobs...and less emigration.
In an endless loop of people who don't want it done saying it can't be done.
🗣️ "We need a state construction company," says People Before Profit–Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett.
"How many years would it take to set that up?" asks guest host Fionnán Sheahan.
#TonightVMTV
"How many years would it take to set that up?" asks guest host Fionnán Sheahan.
#TonightVMTV
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Ah...Fionnán Sheahan, impartiality personified in a 20ft forehead.
If a state construction company had been set up the 1st time it was suggested by PBP-Sol we'd have houses now....and jobs...and less emigration.
In an endless loop of people who don't want it done saying it can't be done.
If a state construction company had been set up the 1st time it was suggested by PBP-Sol we'd have houses now....and jobs...and less emigration.
In an endless loop of people who don't want it done saying it can't be done.
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At least four candidates declared food and drink expenses for campaign workers.
This included over €700 for various bars and restaurants across Dublin from one candidate.
Some told our team they paid for these expenses out of their own pocket.
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
This included over €700 for various bars and restaurants across Dublin from one candidate.
Some told our team they paid for these expenses out of their own pocket.
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
www.thejournal.ie
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
At least four candidates declared food and drink expenses for campaign workers.
This included over €700 for various bars and restaurants across Dublin from one candidate.
Some told our team they paid for these expenses out of their own pocket.
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
This included over €700 for various bars and restaurants across Dublin from one candidate.
Some told our team they paid for these expenses out of their own pocket.
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
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🎶I'm screaming of a white ghostmas...🎶
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🎶I'm screaming of a white ghostmas...🎶
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FRODO: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
GANDALF: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
IRISH GUY: I see someone did well with his slice of branbrack. 😒
GANDALF: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
IRISH GUY: I see someone did well with his slice of branbrack. 😒
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
FRODO: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
GANDALF: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
IRISH GUY: I see someone did well with his slice of branbrack. 😒
GANDALF: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
IRISH GUY: I see someone did well with his slice of branbrack. 😒
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I hereby announce two shows in the jewel of Co. Meath, RATOATH, at the magical Venue Theatre. Join me on Nov 22nd & Jan 9th. thevenueratoath.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hereby announce two shows in the jewel of Co. Meath, RATOATH, at the magical Venue Theatre. Join me on Nov 22nd & Jan 9th. thevenueratoath.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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Got my days wrong and ended up alone in a room with my boss and all the Presidents of Ireland while I was on ketamine
Presidents past and present 🇮🇪
President Connolly was joined at the Áras by her predecessors Mary McAleese, Michael D Higgins and Mary Robinson.
President Connolly was joined at the Áras by her predecessors Mary McAleese, Michael D Higgins and Mary Robinson.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Got my days wrong and ended up alone in a room with my boss and all the Presidents of Ireland while I was on ketamine
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“A teacher in their first year after qualifying will earn under €42,500, a nurse just over €37,000 and a garda less than €39,000, if not doing shift work… None of them will meet the minimum salary for a one bedroom apartment.”
Dublin jrnl.ie/6870044
Dublin jrnl.ie/6870044
Applications to open later this month for 99 affordable purchase homes and apartments in Dublin
One-bedroom apartments will range between €248k and €332k, while two-bedroom apartments will cost between €320k and €414k.
jrnl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“A teacher in their first year after qualifying will earn under €42,500, a nurse just over €37,000 and a garda less than €39,000, if not doing shift work… None of them will meet the minimum salary for a one bedroom apartment.”
Dublin jrnl.ie/6870044
Dublin jrnl.ie/6870044
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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There are two classes of political party in the North, those who can wield a veto, and those who cannot. That means there are two classes of voter, one whose representatives have this power and another whose representatives do not. Short thread:
The Assembly voted no confidence in Education Minister Paul Givan, yet he stays in post. Why? 🤷🏻♂️
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
1/3
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
1/3
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There are two classes of political party in the North, those who can wield a veto, and those who cannot. That means there are two classes of voter, one whose representatives have this power and another whose representatives do not. Short thread:
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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I see the doc/dramatisation of Ann Lovett is on RTÉ 1 tonight at 9.55pm.
I honestly...
Every time I pass one of the many, many grottos across Ireland, I think of her. 😢
Yet just one of 1000s...10s of 1000s of experiences of Ireland's shameful past.
A shame that continues today.
#SpeirGorm
I honestly...
Every time I pass one of the many, many grottos across Ireland, I think of her. 😢
Yet just one of 1000s...10s of 1000s of experiences of Ireland's shameful past.
A shame that continues today.
#SpeirGorm
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I see the doc/dramatisation of Ann Lovett is on RTÉ 1 tonight at 9.55pm.
I honestly...
Every time I pass one of the many, many grottos across Ireland, I think of her. 😢
Yet just one of 1000s...10s of 1000s of experiences of Ireland's shameful past.
A shame that continues today.
#SpeirGorm
I honestly...
Every time I pass one of the many, many grottos across Ireland, I think of her. 😢
Yet just one of 1000s...10s of 1000s of experiences of Ireland's shameful past.
A shame that continues today.
#SpeirGorm
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i know he ate a texas
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
i know he ate a texas
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My letter regarding the Irish Government's lurch towards the far-right. We all need to redouble our efforts to protect our communities with compassion and anti-racism activism. #spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
My letter regarding the Irish Government's lurch towards the far-right. We all need to redouble our efforts to protect our communities with compassion and anti-racism activism. #spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
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Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
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"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
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Yes… Ha Ha Ha… YES.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Yes… Ha Ha Ha… YES.
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The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
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5. The trick to organising a night out where you get the gang together is to invite people one at a time. No debate on dates or venues.
If you send a message to 31 people it'll be chaos. But gradually assembling a crew, Oceans Eleven style, that guarantees a quality turnout.
If you send a message to 31 people it'll be chaos. But gradually assembling a crew, Oceans Eleven style, that guarantees a quality turnout.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
5. The trick to organising a night out where you get the gang together is to invite people one at a time. No debate on dates or venues.
If you send a message to 31 people it'll be chaos. But gradually assembling a crew, Oceans Eleven style, that guarantees a quality turnout.
If you send a message to 31 people it'll be chaos. But gradually assembling a crew, Oceans Eleven style, that guarantees a quality turnout.
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Who’s tracking the best crash out’s? I know one of you are making a thread
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Who’s tracking the best crash out’s? I know one of you are making a thread
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Same and normal reply to a post about road deaths in Ireland increasing
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Same and normal reply to a post about road deaths in Ireland increasing
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Shocking anti-Irish racism on Coronation Street. Carla just got back from two weeks in Ireland and said “I haven’t had a decent cup of tea in ages”
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Shocking anti-Irish racism on Coronation Street. Carla just got back from two weeks in Ireland and said “I haven’t had a decent cup of tea in ages”