Mike Finnerty
@mikecjf.bsky.social
So-called journalist with Northside and Southside People. Sometimes entertainment guy, sometimes politico. Galwayman in Dublin. Nu-metal apologist. Manchester and Galway United fan. Words and views my own. He/him.
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Mike Finnerty
@mikecjf.bsky.social
· Jan 25
I had a running bit on Twitter where I talked about how much I hate the snare drum on Teenage Dirtbag and I will repeat it here. It sounds terrible and ruins the song! PANG! PANG! DONG!
My dad worked with a lad who had a beige coat, and he dubbed him "Columbo"
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My dad worked with a lad who had a beige coat, and he dubbed him "Columbo"
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
Gonna tell my kids this was Fleetwood Mac
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Gonna tell my kids this was Fleetwood Mac
When the "tír gan teanga, tír gan anam" hits in the inauguration speech
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
When the "tír gan teanga, tír gan anam" hits in the inauguration speech
8 years of Gaelscoil muscle memory flooding back watching the inauguration
a woman is standing in front of a mirror with the words it 's all coming back to me now
Alt: Celine Dion singing It's All Coming Back To Me Now
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
8 years of Gaelscoil muscle memory flooding back watching the inauguration
Embargoed on Running Man but can confirm that Glen Powell still has "It" and is bringing the kind of gruffness that Harrison Ford had circa The Fugitive
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Embargoed on Running Man but can confirm that Glen Powell still has "It" and is bringing the kind of gruffness that Harrison Ford had circa The Fugitive
Spending the evening running with Glen Powell
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Spending the evening running with Glen Powell
See you space cowboy..
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
See you space cowboy..
Perfectly normal and natural for Facebook to be promoting something pro-Confederacy in 2025, no sign of an ideological bias here. I never like or comment on Facebook, but this is the shit being pushed into my feed?
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Perfectly normal and natural for Facebook to be promoting something pro-Confederacy in 2025, no sign of an ideological bias here. I never like or comment on Facebook, but this is the shit being pushed into my feed?
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A genuine embarrassment and national shame that this man is still platformed by our media and in the pro-Palestine movement
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A genuine embarrassment and national shame that this man is still platformed by our media and in the pro-Palestine movement
Starting to tighten up my year-end 10, and can confirm that 28 Years Later, One Battle After Another and Materalists are out of the 10. The most stressful time of the year
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Starting to tighten up my year-end 10, and can confirm that 28 Years Later, One Battle After Another and Materalists are out of the 10. The most stressful time of the year
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Ok I had to go find the clip bc this is the energy I will be bringing when anyone ever asks me if I use this ugly nonsense
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Ok I had to go find the clip bc this is the energy I will be bringing when anyone ever asks me if I use this ugly nonsense
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
Have always been a big fan of the interactive drama/choose your own adventure kind of game, is Dispatch as good as everyone says? Was a huge fan of Tales From The Borderlands and Wolf Among Us back in the day
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Have always been a big fan of the interactive drama/choose your own adventure kind of game, is Dispatch as good as everyone says? Was a huge fan of Tales From The Borderlands and Wolf Among Us back in the day
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
Ask Dutch or German Labour how going to the right on immigration went for them? Disastrous own goal here, totally unforced
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ask Dutch or German Labour how going to the right on immigration went for them? Disastrous own goal here, totally unforced
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
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The Greens have a very robust prescence on here, some Soc Dems post on here, some Labour prescence, but it's very telling that Sinn Féin doesn't have a prescence on Bluesky yet the party + reps still actively post and engage on Twitter. No doubt, it's giving them a skewed view of the electorate..
A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The Greens have a very robust prescence on here, some Soc Dems post on here, some Labour prescence, but it's very telling that Sinn Féin doesn't have a prescence on Bluesky yet the party + reps still actively post and engage on Twitter. No doubt, it's giving them a skewed view of the electorate..
Cairns, O'Callaghan and Gannon have all used this line in the last week and it's clearly annoying Harris. Good to see an opposition party in the Dáil willing to push back on the language used by FG
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said it was a “dog whistle” for those in the Social Democrats to compare him to Nigel Farage.
He said other political parties are calling him names 'for stating a fact, in my view, that migration has risen at too high a rate'. jrnl.ie/6866587
He said other political parties are calling him names 'for stating a fact, in my view, that migration has risen at too high a rate'. jrnl.ie/6866587
Harris says it is a ‘dog whistle’ to compare him to Nigel Farage
Social Democrats TDs have accused Harris’s comments as coming straight out of ‘Farage playbook’.
jrnl.ie
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Cairns, O'Callaghan and Gannon have all used this line in the last week and it's clearly annoying Harris. Good to see an opposition party in the Dáil willing to push back on the language used by FG
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
18 degrees in the first week of November
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
18 degrees in the first week of November
The Greens have a very robust prescence on here, some Soc Dems post on here, some Labour prescence, but it's very telling that Sinn Féin doesn't have a prescence on Bluesky yet the party + reps still actively post and engage on Twitter. No doubt, it's giving them a skewed view of the electorate..
A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The Greens have a very robust prescence on here, some Soc Dems post on here, some Labour prescence, but it's very telling that Sinn Féin doesn't have a prescence on Bluesky yet the party + reps still actively post and engage on Twitter. No doubt, it's giving them a skewed view of the electorate..
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On Netflix from Friday: Mr Del Toro tackles Frankenstein, will likely annoy fans of the book in the process (I loved it) dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
Frankenstein rises again with bold Netflix adaptation
Mexican auteur Gullimero Del Toro brings Frankenstein back to life with a stellar big-budget Netflix adaptaion that will annoy fans of Mary Shelley's novel
dublinpeople.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
On Netflix from Friday: Mr Del Toro tackles Frankenstein, will likely annoy fans of the book in the process (I loved it) dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
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With the dust settled on the Connolly campaign, I analysed what the win could mean for the future of the Irish left and muse if Labour are back in from the cold after the austerity years. Also said that the Soc Dems were "the Claude Makélélé of the campaign"
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
Left finally unites to deliver knock-out blow to government
The left put their differences aside to put Catherine Connolly in the Áras - what's next, is the million Euro question
dublinpeople.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
With the dust settled on the Connolly campaign, I analysed what the win could mean for the future of the Irish left and muse if Labour are back in from the cold after the austerity years. Also said that the Soc Dems were "the Claude Makélélé of the campaign"
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
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Mused on the role a fragmented social media played in the presidential election. The vibes on here compared to Twitter for the general election last year and the presidential election were night and day. Back in 2018, everyone was basically under the same roof on social media, it has now fragmented.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Mused on the role a fragmented social media played in the presidential election. The vibes on here compared to Twitter for the general election last year and the presidential election were night and day. Back in 2018, everyone was basically under the same roof on social media, it has now fragmented.