Seán de Búrca
@sean-de-burca.bsky.social
As seen on radio, and as discussed in Terryland | Sé/É | nuig college poser | general nuisance | <1% bicycle as certified by Sergeant Pluck
On sale here: socs.universityofgalway.ie/shop/?id=MTI...
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
On sale here: socs.universityofgalway.ie/shop/?id=MTI...
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Wrote about the student accommodation crisis in Ireland.
Una Mullally: Welcome to college, kids: long commutes, couch-surfing and four bunks to a room
Students have passed their exams, but Government has failed to act on housing them
www.irishtimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wrote about the student accommodation crisis in Ireland.
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Desperately seeking accommodation: Galway students appeal for public’s help
Homeowners being asked to use the rent-a-room relief scheme in an appeal from University of Galway students’ union
Homeowners being asked to use the rent-a-room relief scheme in an appeal from University of Galway students’ union
Desperately seeking accommodation: Galway students appeal for public’s help
Homeowners being asked to use the rent-a-room relief scheme in an appeal from University of Galway students’ union
www.irishtimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Desperately seeking accommodation: Galway students appeal for public’s help
Homeowners being asked to use the rent-a-room relief scheme in an appeal from University of Galway students’ union
Homeowners being asked to use the rent-a-room relief scheme in an appeal from University of Galway students’ union
Girls,I'm excited...
June 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Girls,I'm excited...
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If students are allowed or enabled or encouraged to compose text using AI, they will not learn to compose text. It’s that simple. All of the rest is waffle and bullshit propagated by philistine con artists and swallowed by craven PMC cadres
May 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If students are allowed or enabled or encouraged to compose text using AI, they will not learn to compose text. It’s that simple. All of the rest is waffle and bullshit propagated by philistine con artists and swallowed by craven PMC cadres
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It always makes me so depressed when I see that even in Ireland, where you can count Zionists on one hand, the politicians have somehow been bought off. But at least the Irish people fight back
May 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It always makes me so depressed when I see that even in Ireland, where you can count Zionists on one hand, the politicians have somehow been bought off. But at least the Irish people fight back
'How Woodrow Wilson and C.E. Trevelyan are to Blame for the Leinster House Bike Shed: and what to do about it'
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How Woodrow Wilson and C.E. Trevelyan are to Blame for the Leinster House Bike Shed – and what to do about it
Perhaps one of the most striking recent instances of the mismanagement of public moneys is that of the Leinster House bike shed. For those...
blather-inparts.blogspot.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
'How Woodrow Wilson and C.E. Trevelyan are to Blame for the Leinster House Bike Shed: and what to do about it'
blather-inparts.blogspot.com/2025/05/how-...
blather-inparts.blogspot.com/2025/05/how-...
Oh he's running again
April 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh he's running again
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Tony Benn would have turned 100 today.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
April 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Tony Benn would have turned 100 today.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.
We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
Someone who I am NOT related to is running for SU. I think this is the last one of them
March 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Someone who I am NOT related to is running for SU. I think this is the last one of them
Submitted my first set of nominations today
While I only need 100 nominations to get on the ballot, I'm going to continue getting as many as I can, discussing the issues students are facing along the way, and what we can do to fix them
While I only need 100 nominations to get on the ballot, I'm going to continue getting as many as I can, discussing the issues students are facing along the way, and what we can do to fix them
I'm delighted to announce that I'm running to be the next Education Officer for CMLOnG. Over the next week, I'll be collecting nominations. If you see me around campus, feel free to come over and say hi or ask a few questions about my campaign.
Voting will open on yourspace on the 13th March 🗳
Voting will open on yourspace on the 13th March 🗳
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Submitted my first set of nominations today
While I only need 100 nominations to get on the ballot, I'm going to continue getting as many as I can, discussing the issues students are facing along the way, and what we can do to fix them
While I only need 100 nominations to get on the ballot, I'm going to continue getting as many as I can, discussing the issues students are facing along the way, and what we can do to fix them
I fear having to show up to work may be the straw that breaks this government's back
Opposition to withdraw Dáil ‘pairing’ arrangements as speaking rights row deepens
Opposition to withdraw Dáil ‘pairing’ arrangements as speaking rights row deepens
Opposition renews call for meeting with Martin and Harris after Government pushes through proposals at committee
www.irishtimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I fear having to show up to work may be the straw that breaks this government's back
I'm delighted to announce that I'm running to be the next Education Officer for CMLOnG. Over the next week, I'll be collecting nominations. If you see me around campus, feel free to come over and say hi or ask a few questions about my campaign.
Voting will open on yourspace on the 13th March 🗳
Voting will open on yourspace on the 13th March 🗳
February 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm delighted to announce that I'm running to be the next Education Officer for CMLOnG. Over the next week, I'll be collecting nominations. If you see me around campus, feel free to come over and say hi or ask a few questions about my campaign.
Voting will open on yourspace on the 13th March 🗳
Voting will open on yourspace on the 13th March 🗳
Really proud of this piece I wrote about the company that run the catering services on campus in the University of Galway. Give it a read
'That's that me Sodexo - the Company Behind an Bhialann by Seán de Búrca'
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'That's that me Sodexo - the Company Behind an Bhialann by Seán de Búrca'
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That’s that me Sodexo – the company behind an Bhialann
We all are well acquainted with an Bhialann on campus. Some of us see the man who makes coffee there more than we see our own fathers. While their perfect hash browns may leave you thinking that th…
sin.ie
February 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Really proud of this piece I wrote about the company that run the catering services on campus in the University of Galway. Give it a read
'That's that me Sodexo - the Company Behind an Bhialann by Seán de Búrca'
sin.ie/2025/02/19/t...
'That's that me Sodexo - the Company Behind an Bhialann by Seán de Búrca'
sin.ie/2025/02/19/t...
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
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This is appalling. This is Matthew Shephard 26 years later. Has America learned nothing?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n...
Trans Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for More Than a Month, Police Say
The body of Sam Nordquist, 24, was found in a field after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death “beyond depraved.”
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is appalling. This is Matthew Shephard 26 years later. Has America learned nothing?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n...
Today's the only day you can listen to this song
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Valentine's Day Is Over
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February 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Today's the only day you can listen to this song
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Here's a really good cover of Lily Allen's Not Fair. Too good to gatekeep
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Not Fair
The Rosecaps · Modern Life · Song · 2025
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February 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here's a really good cover of Lily Allen's Not Fair. Too good to gatekeep
open.spotify.com/track/6kHI71...
open.spotify.com/track/6kHI71...
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"The barrister said that perhaps the defendant had learned a lesson and suggested a community service sentence. Judge McElholm said: "I wouldn't inflict this man on the community"."
Jail for 'racist' who posted threatening messages towards Mayor of Derry
Jail for 'racist' who posted threatening messages towards Mayor of Derry
A man described by District Judge Barney McElholm as 'a racist' has been jailed at Derry Magistrates' Court for posting threatening messages towards the Mayor of the city, councillor Lillian Seenoi-Barr. Kevin Barry McIntyre (31) of Miller Street in Derry…
www.derrynow.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"The barrister said that perhaps the defendant had learned a lesson and suggested a community service sentence. Judge McElholm said: "I wouldn't inflict this man on the community"."
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Irish people have become less literate in the past decade, with even graduates' reading skills getting worse.
Despite Ireland's literary reputation, only 9% have good enough reading skills to understand long, dense texts and grasp hidden meanings.
http://jrnl.ie/6614196
Despite Ireland's literary reputation, only 9% have good enough reading skills to understand long, dense texts and grasp hidden meanings.
http://jrnl.ie/6614196
Saints and scholars? Not really. Irish people are becoming less literate
Even graduates are worse at reading than a decade ago.
jrnl.ie
February 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Irish people have become less literate in the past decade, with even graduates' reading skills getting worse.
Despite Ireland's literary reputation, only 9% have good enough reading skills to understand long, dense texts and grasp hidden meanings.
http://jrnl.ie/6614196
Despite Ireland's literary reputation, only 9% have good enough reading skills to understand long, dense texts and grasp hidden meanings.
http://jrnl.ie/6614196
Can I have Guinness 0.0 after having my wisdom teeth out? (Urgent)
February 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Can I have Guinness 0.0 after having my wisdom teeth out? (Urgent)
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If you're travelling home for a visit from the land of youth where you live with your golden-haired lover after what you thought was three years but what transpired to actually be 300 years, do not, I repeat, do NOT accidentally fall from your horse and touch the ground
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
February 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you're travelling home for a visit from the land of youth where you live with your golden-haired lover after what you thought was three years but what transpired to actually be 300 years, do not, I repeat, do NOT accidentally fall from your horse and touch the ground
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Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to Westminster, was born on this day in 1868. She was a socialist, a feminist and a republican who dedicated her life to Ireland’s struggle for independence.
Constance Markievicz: The First Woman MP
The first woman elected to Westminster wasn't Nancy Astor – it was a socialist, feminist, republican and revolutionary named Constance Markievicz.
tribunemag.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to Westminster, was born on this day in 1868. She was a socialist, a feminist and a republican who dedicated her life to Ireland’s struggle for independence.