Seamus Ryan
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Limerick City & County Council's last full regular-schedule meeting of the year is today at 3pm.
Will be watching, entirely to get rid of outstanding reincarnation karma or whatever. Traditional commentary added: you are invited to follow along.🧵
#CouncilMeetingThread
Will be watching, entirely to get rid of outstanding reincarnation karma or whatever. Traditional commentary added: you are invited to follow along.🧵
#CouncilMeetingThread
a cartoon of a monkey holding a chandelier with the words `` be our guest be our guest '' written below it .
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media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Limerick City & County Council's last full regular-schedule meeting of the year is today at 3pm.
Will be watching, entirely to get rid of outstanding reincarnation karma or whatever. Traditional commentary added: you are invited to follow along.🧵
#CouncilMeetingThread
Will be watching, entirely to get rid of outstanding reincarnation karma or whatever. Traditional commentary added: you are invited to follow along.🧵
#CouncilMeetingThread
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I'm thinking tonight of her picketing her own play, rowing out to the island they lived on in Galway, Greenham Common, Armagh jail, her pirate radio work, her women's rights work, Shannon Airport, Limerick Prison, Shell to Sea...she was all over and did everything.
An unbelievable woman. ❤️
An unbelievable woman. ❤️
Margaretta fit more than a few lifetimes of living and activism into those years. Fearless and uncompromising in the pursuit of peace, justice and equality, she challenged everyone who met her to think outside themselves and act to make this world a better place.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy dies aged 91
Anti-war protester from Greenham Common to Shannon Airport had ‘life fully and purposefully lived’
www.irishtimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm thinking tonight of her picketing her own play, rowing out to the island they lived on in Galway, Greenham Common, Armagh jail, her pirate radio work, her women's rights work, Shannon Airport, Limerick Prison, Shell to Sea...she was all over and did everything.
An unbelievable woman. ❤️
An unbelievable woman. ❤️
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A "red beret in Waterford" moment.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A "red beret in Waterford" moment.
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Gee, it's a real headscratcher
Could the current racist who repeatedly makes racist claims currently also have been racist as a teenager? It's like the riddle of the fucking Sphinx, mate
Could the current racist who repeatedly makes racist claims currently also have been racist as a teenager? It's like the riddle of the fucking Sphinx, mate
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Gee, it's a real headscratcher
Could the current racist who repeatedly makes racist claims currently also have been racist as a teenager? It's like the riddle of the fucking Sphinx, mate
Could the current racist who repeatedly makes racist claims currently also have been racist as a teenager? It's like the riddle of the fucking Sphinx, mate
Good morning, fellow munchkins.
Limerick City (And, sodit, The County Too) Council's Annual Budget Meeting is today at 10am.
Will be watching 🧵, follow along if you like.
The joy of watching people learning to subtract in real-time.
#CouncilMeetingThread
Limerick City (And, sodit, The County Too) Council's Annual Budget Meeting is today at 10am.
Will be watching 🧵, follow along if you like.
The joy of watching people learning to subtract in real-time.
#CouncilMeetingThread
a woman in a pink dress is holding a book and smiling
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is holding a book and smiling
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Good morning, fellow munchkins.
Limerick City (And, sodit, The County Too) Council's Annual Budget Meeting is today at 10am.
Will be watching 🧵, follow along if you like.
The joy of watching people learning to subtract in real-time.
#CouncilMeetingThread
Limerick City (And, sodit, The County Too) Council's Annual Budget Meeting is today at 10am.
Will be watching 🧵, follow along if you like.
The joy of watching people learning to subtract in real-time.
#CouncilMeetingThread
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Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
It’s yielding some really funny results too, though 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s yielding some really funny results too, though 🤣
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imagine the sound of an entire generation of Americans turning in their graves
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
imagine the sound of an entire generation of Americans turning in their graves
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This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
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It's hard to express how problematic non-transposition, and non-implementation of environmental law is. It creates a legal vacuum that means decision makers don't know how to handle planning applications, enforcement agencies can't enforce, and the courts are often called in to plug the gap
The EU Court has found that we have failed to even bring in the laws we’d need to comply with our obligations to combat water pollution.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's hard to express how problematic non-transposition, and non-implementation of environmental law is. It creates a legal vacuum that means decision makers don't know how to handle planning applications, enforcement agencies can't enforce, and the courts are often called in to plug the gap
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He can't drive. His dad has to drop him to those school gates. He can't get that far on foot.
Gardaí have been unable to locate Enoch Burke after twice calling to his house yesterday to imprison him for contempt of court.
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
Gardaí can't find Enoch Burke after calling to his house to imprison him for contempt of court
Burke was ordered back to prison by the High Court on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
He can't drive. His dad has to drop him to those school gates. He can't get that far on foot.
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“Befehl ist aber Befehl!”
The US military has a track record of - rather ineptly, it’s true - hanging those who tried to rely on that excuse.
The US military has a track record of - rather ineptly, it’s true - hanging those who tried to rely on that excuse.
Lindsey Graham: "I don't think I've ever been on a show more unnerving than tonight. You've got US senators and members of the House suggesting to our men and women in the military that they should be disobeying unlawful orders issued by President Trump and his military."
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Befehl ist aber Befehl!”
The US military has a track record of - rather ineptly, it’s true - hanging those who tried to rely on that excuse.
The US military has a track record of - rather ineptly, it’s true - hanging those who tried to rely on that excuse.
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This cartoon gets more and more relevant with every passing day
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This cartoon gets more and more relevant with every passing day
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The misogyny is the point
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The misogyny is the point
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
Hi ho, Limerick City & County Council's Metro District November meeting is this morning at 9:45am.
Watching for your entertainment (and maybe even periodic useful information). Folly along if yiz like.
🧵 #CouncilMeetingThread
Watching for your entertainment (and maybe even periodic useful information). Folly along if yiz like.
🧵 #CouncilMeetingThread
kermit the frog from sesame street is wearing a hat and a coat
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media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Hi ho, Limerick City & County Council's Metro District November meeting is this morning at 9:45am.
Watching for your entertainment (and maybe even periodic useful information). Folly along if yiz like.
🧵 #CouncilMeetingThread
Watching for your entertainment (and maybe even periodic useful information). Folly along if yiz like.
🧵 #CouncilMeetingThread
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The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
Look, that man has been giving air handjobs at every rally when music has been played, so I’m half-willing to believe that Trump blew Ghislaine Maxwell’s horse and let them take pictures as keepsakes of a wild weekend.
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Look, that man has been giving air handjobs at every rally when music has been played, so I’m half-willing to believe that Trump blew Ghislaine Maxwell’s horse and let them take pictures as keepsakes of a wild weekend.
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“Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
..restricting access to justice unlikely to speed up housing & infrastructure. What it will do is undermine one of few tools left to hold govt to account in midst of climate, biodiversity & pollution crises”
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
..restricting access to justice unlikely to speed up housing & infrastructure. What it will do is undermine one of few tools left to hold govt to account in midst of climate, biodiversity & pollution crises”
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis. In recent weeks, journalists, developers, tech entrepreneurs, the Minister for the Environ...
www.irishlegal.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
..restricting access to justice unlikely to speed up housing & infrastructure. What it will do is undermine one of few tools left to hold govt to account in midst of climate, biodiversity & pollution crises”
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
..restricting access to justice unlikely to speed up housing & infrastructure. What it will do is undermine one of few tools left to hold govt to account in midst of climate, biodiversity & pollution crises”
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
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Crooked Hillary Clinton? Instant classic. Lil Marco Rubio? Devastating. Sleepy Joe Biden? Iconic.
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crooked Hillary Clinton? Instant classic. Lil Marco Rubio? Devastating. Sleepy Joe Biden? Iconic.
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
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We need to get rid of the 12 week limit to abortion access for many reasons. But forcing a teenage asylum seeker who is having mental health problems, possibly due to being pregnant, to go to court to access care is abhorrent
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
High Court sanctions termination of 15-year-old girl’s pregnancy
Girl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permitted
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We need to get rid of the 12 week limit to abortion access for many reasons. But forcing a teenage asylum seeker who is having mental health problems, possibly due to being pregnant, to go to court to access care is abhorrent
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
I mean… it’s called the Ulysses, so this was eventually going to happen… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
Spare a thought for those poor souls on the Irish Ferries MV Ulysses tonight, still circling around the Irish Sea near Holyhead after leaving Dublin just after dawn this morning.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I mean… it’s called the Ulysses, so this was eventually going to happen… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
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The significance here isn't that the Pope is groovy or progressive, but rather that the Pope sets the standard for mainstream conservative thought.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The significance here isn't that the Pope is groovy or progressive, but rather that the Pope sets the standard for mainstream conservative thought.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.