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Monaghan man, temporarily displaced to Meath and Donegal.
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After two failed visits to local hardware stores today, I remembered McMaster-Carr.

If you ever want to buy an exact thing and avoid the Amazon flea market dumpster fire: mcmaster.com

omg I love their website + search. I've probably raved about them before, but here's your regular reminder again.
October 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Breaking: President Trump revokes visas of European Ryder Cup players, declares victory.
September 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Brexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done' - Michael Bloomberg.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Brexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done'
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has told an audience in Dublin that Brexit was the single stupidest thing any country has ever done, adding that "it's hard to believe how they did it."
www.rte.ie
July 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Because we all need to laugh.
Clothesline Animals
www.helgastentzel.com/collections/...
June 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Hey there. Some great accounts to follow here if you're interested in Brexit, the European view on Brexit, and what happens next.

Enjoy

go.bsky.app/4uNDGqF
May 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Do yourself a favour and follow this. The best sporting coverage you will get ⛳📻
#masters
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 5 Sports Extra - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Walking the Portuguese Camino: a journey of purpose and remembrance

Leeds man to walk the Camino de Santiago in honour of a loved one and raise funds for motor neurone disease research

By Tracey Waite for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Walking the Portuguese Camino: a journey of purpose and remembrance
Leeds man to walk the Camino de Santiago in honour of a loved one and raise funds for motor neurone disease research
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Apple to appeal against UK government data demand at secret high court hearing
Apple to appeal against UK government data demand at secret high court hearing
Guardian understands tech company’s appeal against Home Office request for encrypted data is to be heard by tribunal on Friday Apple’s appeal against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data will be the subject of a secret…
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Todays jaunt was a trip to Slieve League, a mountain that was taller than I imagined #Donegal #VisitDonegal #MyPoorKnees
March 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Afternoon all! I’ve been busy …Please spread this far & wide before it gets taken down! youtu.be/mHcPnkmEOiQ?...
Back in the USSA
YouTube video by Kev Moore
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March 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Faber to publish definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Faber to publish definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry
Edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis, it will be published on October 9th
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Paradox of Victimhood: 'No Form of Brexit Will Ever Satisfy Brexit Ultras'

Chris Grey explores the political psychology behind the increasingly extreme demands made around Brexit that satisfy one primary desire: not for sovereignty but of the constant need to feel robbed
Paradox of Victimhood: No Form of Brexit Will Ever Satisfy Brexit Ultras
Chris Grey explores the political psychology behind the increasingly extreme demands made around Brexit that satisfy one primary desire: not for sovereignty but of the constant need to feel robbed
bylinetimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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I don’t envy Dan, who had to wait today’s consistently brilliant show down to just one hour of ‘best bits’! 😉
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
James O'Brien Daily - Podcast Episode | Global Player
How did the UK fall for Brexit?
www.globalplayer.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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“The IRA had to weigh Robert’s life against protecting those who murdered him, and they chose the murderers.”

20 years after the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney, his sisters tell Suzanne Breen how they will never give up on justice.
Robert McCartney murder 20 years on: ‘IRA weighed his life against protecting those who killed him’
It was the birth of Robert McCartney’s first grandchild which broke the heart of his sisters all over again.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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At John Prescott's funeral the hearse and the limo for the family were both Jaguars and I am still laughing quietly to myself. Rest in peace, John.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
Tony Blair pays tribute to 'guardian' of Labour Party John Prescott at funeral
Sir Keir Starmer, previous PM Gordon Brown and several government ministers were among those at the service at Hull Minister.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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News UK admits ‘unlawful activities’ at Sun in settlement apology to Prince Harry pressgazette.co.uk/news/prince-...
News UK admits 'unlawful activities' at Sun in settlement apology to Prince Harry
Sun publisher News Group Newspapers has admitted "unlawful activities" took place at the newspaper in a legal settlement with Prince Harry.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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When you’re more popular than the “seriously popular” MSM 😏

Thank you to all 70k of you who follow us.
We are Bylines
We are Powerful Citizen Journalism
January 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith has resigned!
January 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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A powerful interview with the journalist who was first to report on the grooming gang story.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The journalist who exposed the grooming scandal breaks his silence
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 07/01/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Spectacular sunset in Rathmullan this evening
January 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Since Wikipedia is in the news, I wrote a piece a few months ago about how, in a sea of disinformation, Wikipedia remains astonishingly accurate: www.forkingpaths.co/p/in-a-sea-o...
In a sea of disinformation, why is Wikipedia so accurate?
Wikipedia was once an unreliable source, used as a tool for advancing biased agendas. Today, it's extraordinarily accurate, a modern wonder in a world defined by disinformation. How did that happen?
www.forkingpaths.co
December 26, 2024 at 4:39 PM