Seán McPartlin
@sean-mcp.bsky.social
Edinburgh Leitrim Southport
Education in Sport consultant; former Depute Head. Teacher, writer, reader, socialist republican, music fan.GAA CricketScotland, Hibs and Southport FC. Family 🇮🇪🫶🏴
Education in Sport consultant; former Depute Head. Teacher, writer, reader, socialist republican, music fan.GAA CricketScotland, Hibs and Southport FC. Family 🇮🇪🫶🏴
A tense watch and a brave effort from @thehibees.bsky.social U19 v Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA youth league. 1-1 on the night 1-2 aggregate. Lads can be proud, a great credit to themselves, coaches, families, club and country. 💚
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A tense watch and a brave effort from @thehibees.bsky.social U19 v Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA youth league. 1-1 on the night 1-2 aggregate. Lads can be proud, a great credit to themselves, coaches, families, club and country. 💚
Sorry to hear of the death of Martin Parr - a favourite photographer, whose seaside photography was wonderful. 🙏📷
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sorry to hear of the death of Martin Parr - a favourite photographer, whose seaside photography was wonderful. 🙏📷
Delighted to have a story again in this year's #leitrimguardian - approval from Leitrim folk the most important to me. Another great edition - for Leitrim folk everywhere.
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Delighted to have a story again in this year's #leitrimguardian - approval from Leitrim folk the most important to me. Another great edition - for Leitrim folk everywhere.
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'A ceasefire in name only': On the front page of The National we publish a full timeline of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza since a 'ceasefire' was agreed
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
'A ceasefire in name only': On the front page of The National we publish a full timeline of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza since a 'ceasefire' was agreed
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“In a furious letter to Starmer, Welsh Labour members of the Senedd said the UK Government’s use of the Internal Market Act… was “at best deeply insensitive, at worst a constitutional outrage”.
Meanwhile there’s not a peep from UK Labour’s North Britain branch office.
WHERE IS SARWAR?
Meanwhile there’s not a peep from UK Labour’s North Britain branch office.
WHERE IS SARWAR?
Where's Scottish Labour's outrage over Keir Starmer's devolution 'rollback'?
Scottish Labour are unable or unwilling to stand up to their London bosses and all signs are showing they are about to pay a heavy price
www.thenational.scot
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“In a furious letter to Starmer, Welsh Labour members of the Senedd said the UK Government’s use of the Internal Market Act… was “at best deeply insensitive, at worst a constitutional outrage”.
Meanwhile there’s not a peep from UK Labour’s North Britain branch office.
WHERE IS SARWAR?
Meanwhile there’s not a peep from UK Labour’s North Britain branch office.
WHERE IS SARWAR?
Another really solid piece of investigative journalism from @mandy_McAuley and the #Spotlightni team on safeguarding failures in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Heartening to see these broadcasting standards! 🙌
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Another really solid piece of investigative journalism from @mandy_McAuley and the #Spotlightni team on safeguarding failures in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Heartening to see these broadcasting standards! 🙌
Sick of watching smug faced bastards produce reasons for avoiding prosecution of those responsible for #Hillsborough The state of English justice.#JFT97
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sick of watching smug faced bastards produce reasons for avoiding prosecution of those responsible for #Hillsborough The state of English justice.#JFT97
Oystercatchers ✅
Shinty goal ✅
Bacon and egg roll ✅
Sea view✅
Sands-A place with a View ✅
Aberdour ✅
Fear sonasach ✅
😊
Shinty goal ✅
Bacon and egg roll ✅
Sea view✅
Sands-A place with a View ✅
Aberdour ✅
Fear sonasach ✅
😊
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oystercatchers ✅
Shinty goal ✅
Bacon and egg roll ✅
Sea view✅
Sands-A place with a View ✅
Aberdour ✅
Fear sonasach ✅
😊
Shinty goal ✅
Bacon and egg roll ✅
Sea view✅
Sands-A place with a View ✅
Aberdour ✅
Fear sonasach ✅
😊
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Patrick Kavanagh 30.11.67 ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Patrick Kavanagh 30.11.67 ❤️
Scot Labour heard loud and clear: SNP propose action on two child cap = bad idea; Starmer tells them to vote for it = good idea. No self respect for themselves, never mind Scotland and its people.
a group of men are dancing in front of a yellow curtain with the letter n on it
ALT: a group of men are dancing in front of a yellow curtain with the letter n on it
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Scot Labour heard loud and clear: SNP propose action on two child cap = bad idea; Starmer tells them to vote for it = good idea. No self respect for themselves, never mind Scotland and its people.
A tribute to Irish broadcaster David Hanly and a reflection on broadcast news. "The most important part of questioning". open.substack.com/pub/senmcpar...
The most important part of questioning
Tribute to David Hanly
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A tribute to Irish broadcaster David Hanly and a reflection on broadcast news. "The most important part of questioning". open.substack.com/pub/senmcpar...
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I really enjoyed writing this piece for
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
'Win, lose or draw - here's why it's worth selling your soul to get to the World Cup'
Scotland fan Graeme Smith was at Italia 90 and France 98 - here's what the new generation of fans have to look forward to
www.heraldscotland.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I really enjoyed writing this piece for
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
Quite apart from moral issues, would Starmer or "advisers" explain how, if "Britain" is such a "world leader", 515K refugees are wrecking the economy for 65M? How's it "overrun" when it's 17th per population in Europe for refugees. Just chasing the "We hate foreigners" vote now.
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Quite apart from moral issues, would Starmer or "advisers" explain how, if "Britain" is such a "world leader", 515K refugees are wrecking the economy for 65M? How's it "overrun" when it's 17th per population in Europe for refugees. Just chasing the "We hate foreigners" vote now.
Míle buíochas An Uachtarán, Laoch Gael. A fabulous elected Head of State. It can be done!!! 🙏🙌🇮🇪
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November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Míle buíochas An Uachtarán, Laoch Gael. A fabulous elected Head of State. It can be done!!! 🙏🙌🇮🇪
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@liammcilvanney.bsky.social
Popped up on fb, iconic!!!
Popped up on fb, iconic!!!
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social
Popped up on fb, iconic!!!
Popped up on fb, iconic!!!
Sad to hear of the death of folk
music giant Archie Fisher - talented, generous and kind. Was very supportive to our band starting out back in the 70s and has done so much for the Scottish folk scene. #musicman
music giant Archie Fisher - talented, generous and kind. Was very supportive to our band starting out back in the 70s and has done so much for the Scottish folk scene. #musicman
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sad to hear of the death of folk
music giant Archie Fisher - talented, generous and kind. Was very supportive to our band starting out back in the 70s and has done so much for the Scottish folk scene. #musicman
music giant Archie Fisher - talented, generous and kind. Was very supportive to our band starting out back in the 70s and has done so much for the Scottish folk scene. #musicman
🙌🙏🇮🇪 Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🙌🙏🇮🇪 Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
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It's been a few years since I've seen the remnants of the 1788 Portobello harbour exposed. As you'd expect, there's an interesting thread on this export infrastructure of pottery and bricks by @threadinburgh.scot: threadinburgh.scot/2022/09/30/t...
October 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's been a few years since I've seen the remnants of the 1788 Portobello harbour exposed. As you'd expect, there's an interesting thread on this export infrastructure of pottery and bricks by @threadinburgh.scot: threadinburgh.scot/2022/09/30/t...
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The British press in all its ignorant, blinkered, navel-gazing, entitled glory here
Note to Metro fact-checkers: she’s Ireland’s third woman president, lads
Note to Metro fact-checkers: she’s Ireland’s third woman president, lads
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The British press in all its ignorant, blinkered, navel-gazing, entitled glory here
Note to Metro fact-checkers: she’s Ireland’s third woman president, lads
Note to Metro fact-checkers: she’s Ireland’s third woman president, lads
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"One of the reasons he matters so much to so many people in our disenchanted world is that, as in that rapture on the Flaggy Shore, he keeps open our back channels to transcendence." Late to it, but a terrific line from a terrific piece by Fintan O'Toole. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Seamus Heaney’s poems for a darkening age | The Observer
Collected in a landmark new edition, the late Irish writer’s work is attuned to wonder, replete with humanity and rooted in the tragedies of history
observer.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"One of the reasons he matters so much to so many people in our disenchanted world is that, as in that rapture on the Flaggy Shore, he keeps open our back channels to transcendence." Late to it, but a terrific line from a terrific piece by Fintan O'Toole. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Ireland elects an independent, socialist woman to the position of president.
Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’
#SpeirGorm #Áras2025
Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’
#SpeirGorm #Áras2025
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ireland elects an independent, socialist woman to the position of president.
Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’
#SpeirGorm #Áras2025
Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’
#SpeirGorm #Áras2025
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Andrew Ewing founder of the once famed Buttercup Dairy Co. bylines.scot/society/hist...
Andrew Ewing founder of the once famed Buttercup Dairy Co.
A story of a bygone era but also of an entrepreneur with a strong moral compass, compassion and generosity
bylines.scot
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Andrew Ewing founder of the once famed Buttercup Dairy Co. bylines.scot/society/hist...
Good summary of Labour after Caerphilly by senior Labour source: the party is part deluded part disillusioned. For Wales, also read Scotland.
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good summary of Labour after Caerphilly by senior Labour source: the party is part deluded part disillusioned. For Wales, also read Scotland.
Plaid Cymru victory, Connolly in Ireland, Radio Scotland meltdown. A reminder to those who control the media: when the people speak it's with their voice, not yours, and it's not Anglocentric.
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Plaid Cymru victory, Connolly in Ireland, Radio Scotland meltdown. A reminder to those who control the media: when the people speak it's with their voice, not yours, and it's not Anglocentric.