Pádraig Lohan
@padraiglohan.bsky.social
Teacher, theatre maker and activist from #Limerick. Also found on @GooseChaseTheatre. #SpeirGorm (he/him)
Dave McSavage says grants for stand-up comics could destroy the industry: "Get funny or starve".
The guy who graduated Blackrock College, whose father was a Fianna Fáil Minister, whose brother was a Junior Minister...
I'm sure he was under plenty risk of starvation.
#irishcomedy #irishpolitics
The guy who graduated Blackrock College, whose father was a Fianna Fáil Minister, whose brother was a Junior Minister...
I'm sure he was under plenty risk of starvation.
#irishcomedy #irishpolitics
July 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Dave McSavage says grants for stand-up comics could destroy the industry: "Get funny or starve".
The guy who graduated Blackrock College, whose father was a Fianna Fáil Minister, whose brother was a Junior Minister...
I'm sure he was under plenty risk of starvation.
#irishcomedy #irishpolitics
The guy who graduated Blackrock College, whose father was a Fianna Fáil Minister, whose brother was a Junior Minister...
I'm sure he was under plenty risk of starvation.
#irishcomedy #irishpolitics
June 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers
June 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers
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me continuing to post on Bluesky despite the alleged death of Bluesky
June 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
me continuing to post on Bluesky despite the alleged death of Bluesky
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Very sorry to hear that former SocDems councillor June Murphy has passed away. When we started in West Cork, she was incredibly supportive and encouraging. Always with the kind word. A very decent human being. RIP.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
May 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Very sorry to hear that former SocDems councillor June Murphy has passed away. When we started in West Cork, she was incredibly supportive and encouraging. Always with the kind word. A very decent human being. RIP.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
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I've been up to something. If #SpeirGorm can lend a hand , even just by resharing, that'd be fantastic. We've been super busy, but like most small businesses these days, we need a bit of a helping hand to get things moving. All donations are welcome www.indiegogo.com/projects/rev...
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May 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I've been up to something. If #SpeirGorm can lend a hand , even just by resharing, that'd be fantastic. We've been super busy, but like most small businesses these days, we need a bit of a helping hand to get things moving. All donations are welcome www.indiegogo.com/projects/rev...
To people posting angrily on posts about #diversity or cultural celebrations in #Ireland:
What do you need? Why are you so unhappy? What would change that?
Because we both know getting rid of the people who don't look like you won't actually fix what's wrong with you.
#SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
What do you need? Why are you so unhappy? What would change that?
Because we both know getting rid of the people who don't look like you won't actually fix what's wrong with you.
#SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
May 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
To people posting angrily on posts about #diversity or cultural celebrations in #Ireland:
What do you need? Why are you so unhappy? What would change that?
Because we both know getting rid of the people who don't look like you won't actually fix what's wrong with you.
#SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
What do you need? Why are you so unhappy? What would change that?
Because we both know getting rid of the people who don't look like you won't actually fix what's wrong with you.
#SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
Peadar Toibin's #Aontú #ArdFheis speech has the air of "panel show comedian who can't hold their own as a stand up".
On #rtept, and during #GE24, he can get in his pithy lines when he has someone to respond to and attack.
But on his own he's a bit directionless.
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
On #rtept, and during #GE24, he can get in his pithy lines when he has someone to respond to and attack.
But on his own he's a bit directionless.
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
May 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Peadar Toibin's #Aontú #ArdFheis speech has the air of "panel show comedian who can't hold their own as a stand up".
On #rtept, and during #GE24, he can get in his pithy lines when he has someone to respond to and attack.
But on his own he's a bit directionless.
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
On #rtept, and during #GE24, he can get in his pithy lines when he has someone to respond to and attack.
But on his own he's a bit directionless.
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #irishpolitics
What #Starmer and #Labour are doing is more evil than what the #Tories did.
Labour's 2024 win was a swing away from the Tories. Starmer's actions since has been a slap in the face.
At least regressive Tory policies reflected regressive rhetoric winning a mandate.
#politics #ukpolitics #SpeirGorm
Labour's 2024 win was a swing away from the Tories. Starmer's actions since has been a slap in the face.
At least regressive Tory policies reflected regressive rhetoric winning a mandate.
#politics #ukpolitics #SpeirGorm
May 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What #Starmer and #Labour are doing is more evil than what the #Tories did.
Labour's 2024 win was a swing away from the Tories. Starmer's actions since has been a slap in the face.
At least regressive Tory policies reflected regressive rhetoric winning a mandate.
#politics #ukpolitics #SpeirGorm
Labour's 2024 win was a swing away from the Tories. Starmer's actions since has been a slap in the face.
At least regressive Tory policies reflected regressive rhetoric winning a mandate.
#politics #ukpolitics #SpeirGorm
Impressive that #KeirStarmer won a majority in Commons because of how abjectly shit the #Tories were, and has spent the last 10 months dragging #Labour to the right on every piece of culture war bullshit he can find.
What's the point of Labour if they're anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT?
What's the point of Labour if they're anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT?
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Impressive that #KeirStarmer won a majority in Commons because of how abjectly shit the #Tories were, and has spent the last 10 months dragging #Labour to the right on every piece of culture war bullshit he can find.
What's the point of Labour if they're anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT?
What's the point of Labour if they're anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT?
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I did get some very good advice once from my uncle Simon, which was about getting work as a musician but I've applied to all my arts endeavours - be the nicest, most fun and memorable person to work with and people will both remember and want to work with you again.
May 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I did get some very good advice once from my uncle Simon, which was about getting work as a musician but I've applied to all my arts endeavours - be the nicest, most fun and memorable person to work with and people will both remember and want to work with you again.
This. If you have actual expertise / experience worth listening to, point to that, not just the fact that you've been around a while.
Age is a poor measure of the viability of advice.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This. If you have actual expertise / experience worth listening to, point to that, not just the fact that you've been around a while.
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Getting in touch with Dublin City Council to tell them the bin on the corner was only used 14 times today so they need to get rid of it
May 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Getting in touch with Dublin City Council to tell them the bin on the corner was only used 14 times today so they need to get rid of it
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The Green Party don’t get as much media coverage as Reform because the continuation of civilised human life on the planet isn’t as interesting as cunts.
May 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Green Party don’t get as much media coverage as Reform because the continuation of civilised human life on the planet isn’t as interesting as cunts.
A lesson from the last decade of Western #politics --
of #Dems running to the right and losing, of #Labour running to the right and falling in the polls, of FF/FG teaming up to keep SF out
-- is that they're not moving right to win.
They're moving right, because they'd rather lose than go left.
of #Dems running to the right and losing, of #Labour running to the right and falling in the polls, of FF/FG teaming up to keep SF out
-- is that they're not moving right to win.
They're moving right, because they'd rather lose than go left.
May 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
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Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu
May 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu
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*me reading Busy at Maths*
"Wow they need to start teaching this stuff in schools!"
"Wow they need to start teaching this stuff in schools!"
April 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
*me reading Busy at Maths*
"Wow they need to start teaching this stuff in schools!"
"Wow they need to start teaching this stuff in schools!"
I understand why #clickbait headlines get engagement for non-stories.
But is there data that shows that burying the story does the same?
Will "Iconic 00s Boyband Coming to #Limerick" get more clicks than "Blue to Perform in Limerick"?
I feel I'd be more likely to read the second one?
#SpeirGorm
But is there data that shows that burying the story does the same?
Will "Iconic 00s Boyband Coming to #Limerick" get more clicks than "Blue to Perform in Limerick"?
I feel I'd be more likely to read the second one?
#SpeirGorm
April 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I understand why #clickbait headlines get engagement for non-stories.
But is there data that shows that burying the story does the same?
Will "Iconic 00s Boyband Coming to #Limerick" get more clicks than "Blue to Perform in Limerick"?
I feel I'd be more likely to read the second one?
#SpeirGorm
But is there data that shows that burying the story does the same?
Will "Iconic 00s Boyband Coming to #Limerick" get more clicks than "Blue to Perform in Limerick"?
I feel I'd be more likely to read the second one?
#SpeirGorm
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This Carney victory is going to launch a thousand think pieces and I WANT ALL OF THEM
April 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This Carney victory is going to launch a thousand think pieces and I WANT ALL OF THEM
FG suggest that older people should "downsize" and move out of their homes to free up larger houses for young families.
But would never suggest landlords just not price gouge young families for every cent they can get.
#SpeirGorm #Dáil #FGFF #IrishPolitics
But would never suggest landlords just not price gouge young families for every cent they can get.
#SpeirGorm #Dáil #FGFF #IrishPolitics
April 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
FG suggest that older people should "downsize" and move out of their homes to free up larger houses for young families.
But would never suggest landlords just not price gouge young families for every cent they can get.
#SpeirGorm #Dáil #FGFF #IrishPolitics
But would never suggest landlords just not price gouge young families for every cent they can get.
#SpeirGorm #Dáil #FGFF #IrishPolitics
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Women’s Social Hours
Thursday April 24th | 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm
This month we are meeting on Thursday April 24th, at our offices on 28 John Street, Limerick City, V94 K5N5, and we are doing vision boards!
Thursday April 24th | 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm
This month we are meeting on Thursday April 24th, at our offices on 28 John Street, Limerick City, V94 K5N5, and we are doing vision boards!
April 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Women’s Social Hours
Thursday April 24th | 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm
This month we are meeting on Thursday April 24th, at our offices on 28 John Street, Limerick City, V94 K5N5, and we are doing vision boards!
Thursday April 24th | 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm
This month we are meeting on Thursday April 24th, at our offices on 28 John Street, Limerick City, V94 K5N5, and we are doing vision boards!
Is it just me, or have the options for #EasterEggs in #Ireland really gone downhill over the last few years?
Obviously #Easter weekend is a bad time to be buying, but even in March the range is just a lot smaller.
#SpeirGorm #LimerickCity #Limerick
Obviously #Easter weekend is a bad time to be buying, but even in March the range is just a lot smaller.
#SpeirGorm #LimerickCity #Limerick
April 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Is it just me, or have the options for #EasterEggs in #Ireland really gone downhill over the last few years?
Obviously #Easter weekend is a bad time to be buying, but even in March the range is just a lot smaller.
#SpeirGorm #LimerickCity #Limerick
Obviously #Easter weekend is a bad time to be buying, but even in March the range is just a lot smaller.
#SpeirGorm #LimerickCity #Limerick
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Just ran straight from the Bernie / AOC rally (actually had to miss some of Bernie!) to my 18 month oncology check up annnnnd STILL CANCER FREE!!
April 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just ran straight from the Bernie / AOC rally (actually had to miss some of Bernie!) to my 18 month oncology check up annnnnd STILL CANCER FREE!!