Diarmuid MacShane
@macshane.blog
Senior Business Analyst working in Technology and Process Change, currently in Public Transport.
Mayo GAA, Connaught Rugby, Liverpool, and the teams my kids play for.
In Dublin, but would prefer Donegal.
macshane.blog for more.
Mayo GAA, Connaught Rugby, Liverpool, and the teams my kids play for.
In Dublin, but would prefer Donegal.
macshane.blog for more.
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Conditions change.
Knowing where you’re headed always matters.
Knowing where you’re headed always matters.
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Conditions change.
Knowing where you’re headed always matters.
Knowing where you’re headed always matters.
Reposted by Diarmuid MacShane
We deserve a world-class fully integrated public and active transport app for Dublin!
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
Opinion: The people of Dublin deserve a proper public transport app
It’s frustrating to have to switch between different apps for one journey instead of it all being in one place, writes Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum.
www.thejournal.ie
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We deserve a world-class fully integrated public and active transport app for Dublin!
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
Reposted by Diarmuid MacShane
A short piece from Vivienne Baillie about a campaign to try publish a new Pat Ingoldsby collection. Currently,15 days left & the Kickstarter looking likely not to succeed. This would be really disappointing. Please share.The man's work is one of the great loves of my life.
youtu.be/FZEeEYYw8R0?...
youtu.be/FZEeEYYw8R0?...
Pat Ingoldsby - a very brief account of his life, his endeavour, his poems & a book
YouTube video by Vivienne Baillie
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A short piece from Vivienne Baillie about a campaign to try publish a new Pat Ingoldsby collection. Currently,15 days left & the Kickstarter looking likely not to succeed. This would be really disappointing. Please share.The man's work is one of the great loves of my life.
youtu.be/FZEeEYYw8R0?...
youtu.be/FZEeEYYw8R0?...
Reposted by Diarmuid MacShane
Reposted by Diarmuid MacShane
‘We rattled it out in 20 minutes’: how Kingfishr made a hurling team song into an Irish folk smash hit
‘We rattled it out in 20 minutes’: how Kingfishr made a hurling team song into an Irish folk smash hit
Thanks to its sense of romance and camaraderie, Killeagh went viral on TikTok and spent 18 weeks in the Irish Top 10. The band explain how a studio jape has united Ireland
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
‘We rattled it out in 20 minutes’: how Kingfishr made a hurling team song into an Irish folk smash hit
I am calling on the Government to ban cruel Greyhound racing. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ba... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
Ban Greyhound Racing now
I am calling on the Government to ban cruel Greyhound racing. Will you do the same?
my.uplift.ie
May 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I am calling on the Government to ban cruel Greyhound racing. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ba... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
Reposted by Diarmuid MacShane
I have no vote but having looked at the island as a whole, Panti Bliss seems like the only successor to Michael D that is worthy of it.
March 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I have no vote but having looked at the island as a whole, Panti Bliss seems like the only successor to Michael D that is worthy of it.
From Team 21 Tots, in honour of World Down Syndrome Day 2025, they are thrilled to share their song with everyone, reminding us that:
Each person shines brightly
Each person is unique
They are celebrating, with all of us:
Connection & Unity
Bonds, friendships
Love & pride
youtu.be/6jSJnGUXZQQ
Each person shines brightly
Each person is unique
They are celebrating, with all of us:
Connection & Unity
Bonds, friendships
Love & pride
youtu.be/6jSJnGUXZQQ
World Down Syndrome Day 2025
YouTube video by Team 21 Tots
youtu.be
March 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
From Team 21 Tots, in honour of World Down Syndrome Day 2025, they are thrilled to share their song with everyone, reminding us that:
Each person shines brightly
Each person is unique
They are celebrating, with all of us:
Connection & Unity
Bonds, friendships
Love & pride
youtu.be/6jSJnGUXZQQ
Each person shines brightly
Each person is unique
They are celebrating, with all of us:
Connection & Unity
Bonds, friendships
Love & pride
youtu.be/6jSJnGUXZQQ
Reposted by Diarmuid MacShane
My take on the latest greyhound injuries stats - 1 in 8 racing greyhounds injured in 2024. About 1 in 15 killed. The State subsidised the sport with €19.8m in funding last year:
Time to re-evaluate exactly what greyhound racing contributes to Irish life
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Time to re-evaluate exactly what greyhound racing contributes to Irish life
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Time to re-evaluate exactly what greyhound racing contributes to Irish life
A survey ahead of last year’s election showed that 70% of the electorate either oppose or strongly oppose the State’s funding of greyhound racing
www.irishexaminer.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My take on the latest greyhound injuries stats - 1 in 8 racing greyhounds injured in 2024. About 1 in 15 killed. The State subsidised the sport with €19.8m in funding last year:
Time to re-evaluate exactly what greyhound racing contributes to Irish life
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Time to re-evaluate exactly what greyhound racing contributes to Irish life
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Reposted by Diarmuid MacShane
Just more reasons to support the calls to Ban Greyhound Racing here in Ireland ✊️
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ba...
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ba...
Ban Greyhound Racing now
I am calling on the Government to ban cruel Greyhound racing. Will you do the same?
my.uplift.ie
February 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just more reasons to support the calls to Ban Greyhound Racing here in Ireland ✊️
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ba...
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ba...
Sometimes, hearing this can make the difference.
Remember it for yourself as much as for others ❤️💪
Remember it for yourself as much as for others ❤️💪
November 26, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Sometimes, hearing this can make the difference.
Remember it for yourself as much as for others ❤️💪
Remember it for yourself as much as for others ❤️💪
November 17, 2024 at 8:16 PM
So many goosebumps 😁
ICYMI the Pet Shop Boys on Strictly...
youtu.be/pVa5Q9qzWys?...
youtu.be/pVa5Q9qzWys?...
Opening Blackpool Week with the most ICONIC Pet Shop Boys dance! ✨ BBC Strictly 2024
YouTube video by BBC Strictly Come Dancing
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
So many goosebumps 😁
Nigella just posted a recipe for a curry that looked interesting.
Which reminded me of one of my most favourite baking recipes, from her too.
Simple, and absolutely gorgeous.
www.nigella.com/recipes/coff...
Which reminded me of one of my most favourite baking recipes, from her too.
Simple, and absolutely gorgeous.
www.nigella.com/recipes/coff...
Coffee and Walnut Layer Cake
Neither of my grandmothers, nor indeed my mother, was a baker but this cake is nonetheless the cake of my childhood. When I was little, I used to make it for my younger sister's birthday every year, b...
www.nigella.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Nigella just posted a recipe for a curry that looked interesting.
Which reminded me of one of my most favourite baking recipes, from her too.
Simple, and absolutely gorgeous.
www.nigella.com/recipes/coff...
Which reminded me of one of my most favourite baking recipes, from her too.
Simple, and absolutely gorgeous.
www.nigella.com/recipes/coff...
First Concert: the first Trip to Tipp, 1990
Last Concert: Stevie Nicks, The Point, 2024
Best Concert: The Cure, Hyde Park, 2002
Next Concert: Peter Hook, the Olympia, Friday night
Last Concert: Stevie Nicks, The Point, 2024
Best Concert: The Cure, Hyde Park, 2002
Next Concert: Peter Hook, the Olympia, Friday night
November 13, 2024 at 7:39 PM
First Concert: the first Trip to Tipp, 1990
Last Concert: Stevie Nicks, The Point, 2024
Best Concert: The Cure, Hyde Park, 2002
Next Concert: Peter Hook, the Olympia, Friday night
Last Concert: Stevie Nicks, The Point, 2024
Best Concert: The Cure, Hyde Park, 2002
Next Concert: Peter Hook, the Olympia, Friday night
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now.
1. Barman in nightclub before I was old enough to be in there
2. Operator in factory that made Ian Dempsey's jumpers on The Den.
3. Night shift in a bank where Batman was my job title
4. Helped create EuroDreams in Ireland
1. Barman in nightclub before I was old enough to be in there
2. Operator in factory that made Ian Dempsey's jumpers on The Den.
3. Night shift in a bank where Batman was my job title
4. Helped create EuroDreams in Ireland
November 13, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now.
1. Barman in nightclub before I was old enough to be in there
2. Operator in factory that made Ian Dempsey's jumpers on The Den.
3. Night shift in a bank where Batman was my job title
4. Helped create EuroDreams in Ireland
1. Barman in nightclub before I was old enough to be in there
2. Operator in factory that made Ian Dempsey's jumpers on The Den.
3. Night shift in a bank where Batman was my job title
4. Helped create EuroDreams in Ireland