Paul O'Malley
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📰 News, sports, courts and all sorts with the Western People
🎙Creator and host of the Mayo Soccer Podcast
🟢🔴 Long suffering Mayo 🔵⚪️ and Spurs fan
📚 Avid reader, mainly of Sci-Fi/Fantasy
📰 News, sports, courts and all sorts with the Western People
🎙Creator and host of the Mayo Soccer Podcast
🟢🔴 Long suffering Mayo 🔵⚪️ and Spurs fan
📚 Avid reader, mainly of Sci-Fi/Fantasy
There was an utterly senseless act of criminal damage in Ballina last Friday. History quite literally left in shards
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Historic Mayo convent vandalised - news - Western People
Historic Mayo convent vandalised - news - Western People
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January 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There was an utterly senseless act of criminal damage in Ballina last Friday. History quite literally left in shards
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The ‘Western People’ is this week proud to reveal the winners of the 2024 Mayo Sports Stars Awards: www.westernpeople.ie/sport/reveal...
Revealed... 2024 Mayo Sports Stars Award Winners - sport - Western People
The ‘Western People’ is this week proud to reveal the winners of the 2024 Mayo Sports Stars Awards.
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January 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The ‘Western People’ is this week proud to reveal the winners of the 2024 Mayo Sports Stars Awards: www.westernpeople.ie/sport/reveal...
There have been multiple blasts of Metallica on this Michael Lynn documentary, this is why I pay my TV licence 🤘
January 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There have been multiple blasts of Metallica on this Michael Lynn documentary, this is why I pay my TV licence 🤘
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God what I would give to just live through precedented times.
January 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
God what I would give to just live through precedented times.
Unexpected visitor delivered tourism boom to Mayo village in 2024
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Unexpected visitor delivered tourism boom to Mayo village in 2024 - news - Western People
Unexpected visitor delivered tourism boom to Mayo village in 2024 - news - Western People
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January 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Unexpected visitor delivered tourism boom to Mayo village in 2024
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Author Sally Rooney among objectors to proposed Mayo Data Centre
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Author Sally Rooney among objectors to proposed Mayo Data Centre - news - Western People
Author Sally Rooney among objectors to proposed Mayo Data Centre - news - Western People
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January 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Author Sally Rooney among objectors to proposed Mayo Data Centre
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Why did the Star Wars movies come out as 4,5,6,1,2,3?
In charge of scheduling, Yoda was…
In charge of scheduling, Yoda was…
January 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Why did the Star Wars movies come out as 4,5,6,1,2,3?
In charge of scheduling, Yoda was…
In charge of scheduling, Yoda was…
Great time of year to watch and rewatch films. This Christmas I've watched:
True Grit (2010)
Wonka
The Grand Budapest Hotel
All superb 👌
True Grit (2010)
Wonka
The Grand Budapest Hotel
All superb 👌
December 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Great time of year to watch and rewatch films. This Christmas I've watched:
True Grit (2010)
Wonka
The Grand Budapest Hotel
All superb 👌
True Grit (2010)
Wonka
The Grand Budapest Hotel
All superb 👌
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I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
Sad to see the end of an iconic Galway institution
The Pálás cinema in Galway has announced it will close its doors next February.
In a statement today, the cinema said that "the stark reality is rising costs and the oversaturation of the Galway cinema market have made continued trading unviable".
In a statement today, the cinema said that "the stark reality is rising costs and the oversaturation of the Galway cinema market have made continued trading unviable".
Pálás cinema in Galway to close down in February due to 'stark reality' of costs and competition
The three-screen arthouse cinema and cultural space opened in 2018.
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December 18, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Sad to see the end of an iconic Galway institution
1,329 pages later and Wind and Truth is complete - I don't think I'll ever read a longer book...I actually finished this yesterday on Kindle, my physical copy had been lost in the post but like all great and wonderful things, it found its way in the end #StormlightArchive #BrandonSanderson
December 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
1,329 pages later and Wind and Truth is complete - I don't think I'll ever read a longer book...I actually finished this yesterday on Kindle, my physical copy had been lost in the post but like all great and wonderful things, it found its way in the end #StormlightArchive #BrandonSanderson
Approaching one year of home ownership and I've slowly but surely come to accept the fact that no matter how hard I try, there will ALWAYS be a light bulb somewhere that needs replacing
December 3, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Approaching one year of home ownership and I've slowly but surely come to accept the fact that no matter how hard I try, there will ALWAYS be a light bulb somewhere that needs replacing
Paul Lawless was first elected to Mayo County Council in June 2024. Now has been elected to the Dáil just over 5 months later. Surely one of the fastest rises from Local to National in the history books?
December 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Paul Lawless was first elected to Mayo County Council in June 2024. Now has been elected to the Dáil just over 5 months later. Surely one of the fastest rises from Local to National in the history books?
5 seats now filled in Mayo:
Rose Conway-Walsh (SF)
Alan Dillon (FG)
Dara Calleary (FF)
Keira Keogh (FG)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Rose Conway-Walsh (SF)
Alan Dillon (FG)
Dara Calleary (FF)
Keira Keogh (FG)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
December 1, 2024 at 8:39 PM
5 seats now filled in Mayo:
Rose Conway-Walsh (SF)
Alan Dillon (FG)
Dara Calleary (FF)
Keira Keogh (FG)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Rose Conway-Walsh (SF)
Alan Dillon (FG)
Dara Calleary (FF)
Keira Keogh (FG)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Manning the Western People #GE24 in Mayo live blog this morning
Regular updates and analysis from now until the end
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Regular updates and analysis from now until the end
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LIVE BLOG: Mayo General Election 2024 - Day Two - news - Western People
The second day of the General Election in the TF is here!
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December 1, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Manning the Western People #GE24 in Mayo live blog this morning
Regular updates and analysis from now until the end
www.westernpeople.ie/news/live-bl...
Regular updates and analysis from now until the end
www.westernpeople.ie/news/live-bl...
Very interesting state of play in Mayo at the end of Day 1. Sensational performance by Fine Gael's Keira Keogh, who has defied most punters predictions and is well positioned to take a Dail seat just months after failing to be elected to Mayo County Council
December 1, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Very interesting state of play in Mayo at the end of Day 1. Sensational performance by Fine Gael's Keira Keogh, who has defied most punters predictions and is well positioned to take a Dail seat just months after failing to be elected to Mayo County Council
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Good man yourself Oedipus, how’re ye keeping these days, tell me now, do y’still have the
November 28, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Good man yourself Oedipus, how’re ye keeping these days, tell me now, do y’still have the
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Irish Times poll. Shaping up to be a humdinger of an election.
With all the caveats about polls et cetera.
With all the caveats about polls et cetera.
November 25, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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I feel like videogames actually do provide a pretty accurate representation of real life right now because a lot of videogames are like “THE WORLD IS ENDING” and then you just collect herbs and pretend nothing is wrong
November 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I feel like videogames actually do provide a pretty accurate representation of real life right now because a lot of videogames are like “THE WORLD IS ENDING” and then you just collect herbs and pretend nothing is wrong
The cynical side makes me wonder if the short run-in time to #GE24 was intentional, with FG knowing just how quickly campaign trail blunders can go viral
New Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll:
Four point drop for Fine Gael, with very little between the top 3 parties before election day
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Four point drop for Fine Gael, with very little between the top 3 parties before election day
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Poll reveals ‘Harris hop’ is now history, as Fine Gael falls four points in tight race
Support for Fine Gael and for Taoiseach Simon Harris has slumped significantly, with just five days to go until the country votes, according to this weekend’s Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll.
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November 24, 2024 at 8:28 AM
The cynical side makes me wonder if the short run-in time to #GE24 was intentional, with FG knowing just how quickly campaign trail blunders can go viral
Cracking open a cold can of sewage beer with the boys 🍺
The Singaporeans are giving out free beer made from recycled toilet water at the COP29 climate summit. “At first their eyes widen,” one of the leaders of Singapore’s youth delegation said. “Then we reassure them. They’re usually coming back the next day for another.”
At COP29, ‘Sewage Beer’ Is Just Fine
The hoppy pilsner from Singapore, where freshwater is scarce, is part of an effort to promote recycling solutions.
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November 23, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Cracking open a cold can of sewage beer with the boys 🍺
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Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!
November 23, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!