Gerry Hoban
@ramblinghobo.bsky.social
TV director/writer. Opinions: personal, random, sweary. Latest: The Last Irish Missionaries; Shakes Versus Shav - a short, mad, puppet film; Through a Glass Darkly - The Geneva Window.
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Poolbeg sunrise
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Poolbeg sunrise
Very fine writing, and depressingly on the nail.
"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 1:04 PM
Very fine writing, and depressingly on the nail.
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RIP Gilson Lavis
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
Squeeze - Up The Junction
YouTube video by SqueezeVEVO
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
RIP Gilson Lavis
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
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At Home with Maria, exclusive by Barry Eager: ‘her fragrant tears clear a path through the ornate landscaped garden to her private chapel & sacrificial altar; we pray together but alas when we open our eyes, Connolly is still President and I am still ginger’
October 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
At Home with Maria, exclusive by Barry Eager: ‘her fragrant tears clear a path through the ornate landscaped garden to her private chapel & sacrificial altar; we pray together but alas when we open our eyes, Connolly is still President and I am still ginger’
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I just did the international sign for ‘Can I have the bill please?’ and the waiter brought me a stylophone.
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I just did the international sign for ‘Can I have the bill please?’ and the waiter brought me a stylophone.
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Whatever you think will be in this timeline, nope, try again.
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Whatever you think will be in this timeline, nope, try again.
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For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.
🎵 “I’m not in Louvre” 🎶
There has been a robbery at the famous Louvre museum in central Paris, according to the French culture minister.
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎵 “I’m not in Louvre” 🎶
Superb article, beautifully written...
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Superb article, beautifully written...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This image of Rat Island in New York looks eerily familiar, sideways... (from a great Guardian Photo Essay) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This image of Rat Island in New York looks eerily familiar, sideways... (from a great Guardian Photo Essay) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Oh do pay attention Bond. Now, this might look like a perfectly normal ball point pen, but by manipulating these controls it can write in FOUR different colours.
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Oh do pay attention Bond. Now, this might look like a perfectly normal ball point pen, but by manipulating these controls it can write in FOUR different colours.
The few times I met Manchán, he was a lovely, gentle man, and a uniquely funny & engaging polymath. Sympathies to Ruan & the family. RIP.
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The few times I met Manchán, he was a lovely, gentle man, and a uniquely funny & engaging polymath. Sympathies to Ruan & the family. RIP.
'One Battle After Another' - wow, absolutely amazing. And what a cast, especially Sean Penn. Still reeling from it all...
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'One Battle After Another' - wow, absolutely amazing. And what a cast, especially Sean Penn. Still reeling from it all...
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September 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Bye Run Lady (sorry, I’ll get my coat 😬)
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Bye Run Lady (sorry, I’ll get my coat 😬)
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I do enjoy that the country comes together to tell Maria Steen to fuck off every 5/7 years.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I do enjoy that the country comes together to tell Maria Steen to fuck off every 5/7 years.
Over on Instagram, the famous purveyors of knickers Seán & Máire are sadly having a 'retirement sale' and are selling off underpants... FFS
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Over on Instagram, the famous purveyors of knickers Seán & Máire are sadly having a 'retirement sale' and are selling off underpants... FFS
From the real expert & aficionado…
Through a Glass Darkly, the excellent documentary about Harry Clarke’s Geneva Window, is repeated tonight on RTE1. Presented by Ardal O’Hanlon and directed by @ramblinghobo.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the real expert & aficionado…
Our lovely doc on Harry Clarke’s ill-fated & exquisite masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is repeated on RTÉ1 tonight at 11.45pm. A midnight feast!
September 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Our lovely doc on Harry Clarke’s ill-fated & exquisite masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is repeated on RTÉ1 tonight at 11.45pm. A midnight feast!
Applied for new passport & passport card Friday afternoon. Both dispatched today. Great service, kudos when it's deserved...
September 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Applied for new passport & passport card Friday afternoon. Both dispatched today. Great service, kudos when it's deserved...
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#Aras25
And then.
After everyone with a phone and a bit of a profile declares themselves fit to be President. Everyone stops, turns and gasps as
the curtain is slowly pulled back
to reveal
that one guy you had all forgotten about
And then.
After everyone with a phone and a bit of a profile declares themselves fit to be President. Everyone stops, turns and gasps as
the curtain is slowly pulled back
to reveal
that one guy you had all forgotten about
September 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#Aras25
And then.
After everyone with a phone and a bit of a profile declares themselves fit to be President. Everyone stops, turns and gasps as
the curtain is slowly pulled back
to reveal
that one guy you had all forgotten about
And then.
After everyone with a phone and a bit of a profile declares themselves fit to be President. Everyone stops, turns and gasps as
the curtain is slowly pulled back
to reveal
that one guy you had all forgotten about
“I have succeeded in business/bog-ball/kicking people/Irish dancing/guessing the weather, therefore I will succeed in presidenting” ffs
September 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“I have succeeded in business/bog-ball/kicking people/Irish dancing/guessing the weather, therefore I will succeed in presidenting” ffs
This documentary on the great Martin Parr is on BBC4 tonight @ 9pm. Worth watching... youtu.be/AKEFfxXxbvk
I AM MARTIN PARR - International Trailer
YouTube video by Dogwoof
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This documentary on the great Martin Parr is on BBC4 tonight @ 9pm. Worth watching... youtu.be/AKEFfxXxbvk