Thomas Geoghegan
@thomasgeoghegan.bsky.social
Comms strategist. Ex-NGO wonk. Former diplomat. Erstwhile graphic designer. My album’s on Bandcamp.
Naming rights is corporate branding, not government policy.
Bill introduced to rename Dublin Airport after Lemass
A bill to officially rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Seán Lemass has been moved to a second stage.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Naming rights is corporate branding, not government policy.
Rich pricks hold the entirety of Dublin to ransom.
These very same pricks probably support FFFG efforts to prevent access to judicial reviews over planning applications.
Pricks.
These very same pricks probably support FFFG efforts to prevent access to judicial reviews over planning applications.
Pricks.
Dublin’s MetroLink to face legal challenge from Ranelagh residents
Judicial review could delay planned 18.8km line running from Swords to Dublin Airport and through city centre
www.irishtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rich pricks hold the entirety of Dublin to ransom.
These very same pricks probably support FFFG efforts to prevent access to judicial reviews over planning applications.
Pricks.
These very same pricks probably support FFFG efforts to prevent access to judicial reviews over planning applications.
Pricks.
Govt's National Housing Plan 'deeply disappointing' www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Govt's National Housing Plan 'deeply disappointing'
The Government has been accused of "worsening the housing crisis" ahead of the publication of its National Housing Plan, which the Taoiseach has claimed amounts to "the most unprecedented investment i...
www.rte.ie
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Govt's National Housing Plan 'deeply disappointing' www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Irish government can fix housing crisis by wishing really, really harder.
Housing plan seeks to deliver 300,000 homes over 5 years
The Minister for Housing will brief the Cabinet this morning on the long-awaited National Housing Plan which is to be entitled 'Delivering Homes, Building Communities' and will be published tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Irish government can fix housing crisis by wishing really, really harder.
Why is a community still protecting her killer? Isn’t it known who did this?
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Jo Jo Dullard: Family and gardaí make renewed appeal to public on 30th anniversary of Kilkenny woman’s disappearance
Ms Dullard was last seen around 11.30pm on November 9th, 1995, in the village of Moone, Co Kildare
www.irishtimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Why is a community still protecting her killer? Isn’t it known who did this?
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
If only someone saw this coming.
Ireland faces falling tax revenues as population ages
Ireland faces a surge in the number of older people as a proportion of the population, falling tax revenues and increased fiscal deficits, according to a new report by the Department of Finance.
www.rte.ie
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If only someone saw this coming.
Anyone here know how debt collection and enforcement works in Ireland?
Like, how do companies typically retrieve outstanding money owed by a person or company?
Asking for a ‘friend’.
Like, how do companies typically retrieve outstanding money owed by a person or company?
Asking for a ‘friend’.
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Anyone here know how debt collection and enforcement works in Ireland?
Like, how do companies typically retrieve outstanding money owed by a person or company?
Asking for a ‘friend’.
Like, how do companies typically retrieve outstanding money owed by a person or company?
Asking for a ‘friend’.
‘Nonce’ Andrew has a ring to it.
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
‘Nonce’ Andrew has a ring to it.
Hard agree.
Works great in France.
Works great in France.
My opinion piece on why we need lower speed limits in urban areas
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
Opinion: We could make our towns safer for everyone by lowering speed limits to 30km/h
The government is dragging its feet on reducing the default speed limit in urban areas to 30 km/h, writes Councillor Feljin Jose.
www.thejournal.ie
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hard agree.
Works great in France.
Works great in France.
I had no idea I wrote this.
“The Trump presidency is a colossal setback to that constitution and its norms, but it is also an opportunity to change those norms for the better.”
@thomasgeoghegan.bsky.social
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Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan
States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theater
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I had no idea I wrote this.
Reposted by Thomas Geoghegan
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
Movie idea #99: Nuns on the Run meets Thelma & Louise meets The Sound of Music.
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Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Movie idea #99: Nuns on the Run meets Thelma & Louise meets The Sound of Music.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Thomas Geoghegan
Why is the media afraid to say it out loud?
September 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Why is the media afraid to say it out loud?
The Guinness Book of Records record holder for the world's longest running Guinness Book of Records is the Guinness Book of Records.
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Guinness Book of Records record holder for the world's longest running Guinness Book of Records is the Guinness Book of Records.
Re-wilding as warfare!
How to keep Putin out of Europe: refill the swamp
The ‘peatland pope’ hopes investing in bogs will block the Russian army and stave off climate change
www.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Re-wilding as warfare!
Far from perfect, and it glosses over a *lot*, but Gillian Tett's sketch of an emerging world order is worth reading. www.ft.com/content/762c...
The new age of geoeconomics
Donald Trump’s tariff threats are just part of a much wider shift. Gillian Tett explains why commerce is being subordinated to statecraft — and how we can adapt
www.ft.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Far from perfect, and it glosses over a *lot*, but Gillian Tett's sketch of an emerging world order is worth reading. www.ft.com/content/762c...
JD Vance is a key advocate for the Trump regime’s view of the EU as an enemy
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Opinion: The EU is seen as the enemy of the Trump administration’s new values
JD Vance is at the heart of this world view, which prises imperial strength, tradition, faith and hierarchical order over the liberal internationalist regime across the Atlantic
www.irishtimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
JD Vance is a key advocate for the Trump regime’s view of the EU as an enemy
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Reposted by Thomas Geoghegan
"There may be no single mass act of non-cooperation that everyone can participate in, that is more than momentary, and that paralyzes The Situation. It may be that diversity of non-cooperation is itself an essential part of the mood," writes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org in The Situation.
The Situation: Confronting the Corrupt State
Contemplating strategies of non-cooperation.
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"There may be no single mass act of non-cooperation that everyone can participate in, that is more than momentary, and that paralyzes The Situation. It may be that diversity of non-cooperation is itself an essential part of the mood," writes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org in The Situation.
People saying this is a ‘man-made famine’ as if famines are rarely man-made is 🤯
Was the Bengali or Irish famine entirely natural?
Was the Bengali or Irish famine entirely natural?
July 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
People saying this is a ‘man-made famine’ as if famines are rarely man-made is 🤯
Was the Bengali or Irish famine entirely natural?
Was the Bengali or Irish famine entirely natural?
The attempt to pin the blame on three men to save an entire sectarian ideology is shocking, but not surprising.
The Corrupt Bargain Behind Gaza’s Catastrophe
Israel’s far right wants to take over Gaza. Netanyahu wants to stay in power.
www.theatlantic.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The attempt to pin the blame on three men to save an entire sectarian ideology is shocking, but not surprising.
Reposted by Thomas Geoghegan
For decades, Lesotho relied largely on remittances from migrants working in South Africa for foreign income. A garment sector fostered by US trade preferences allowed local manufacturing to spring up, while Pepfar helped blunt the AIDS pandemic. Now, casual malice is destroying both.
"We are on our knees": U.S. tariffs devastate Lesotho's garment workers
The government of the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho has declared a two-year state of disaster, as its once-thriving garment industry unravels in the wake of Trump's tariffs threats.
www.npr.org
July 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
For decades, Lesotho relied largely on remittances from migrants working in South Africa for foreign income. A garment sector fostered by US trade preferences allowed local manufacturing to spring up, while Pepfar helped blunt the AIDS pandemic. Now, casual malice is destroying both.
Waging a war to win a peace prize is the worst form of pump-and-dump I've ever seen.
Pakistan says it will nominate Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
US president has said many times that he deserves the award
www.irishtimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Waging a war to win a peace prize is the worst form of pump-and-dump I've ever seen.
But what would a part-time cadaver dog smell on its days off?
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Garda not planning to invest in full-time cadaver dog, despite Minister’s preference
Specialist animal required on just three occasions during his near seven-year term, says Commissioner Drew Harris
www.irishtimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
But what would a part-time cadaver dog smell on its days off?
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Reposted by Thomas Geoghegan
Optimistic Researchers Say There Still Time To Head Off Climate Change Before It Starts Killing Rich People theonion.com/optimis...
May 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Optimistic Researchers Say There Still Time To Head Off Climate Change Before It Starts Killing Rich People theonion.com/optimis...