Traolach
@tohbee.bsky.social
Servant to Delany the Sealyham Terrier, has made some telly and pretty pictures and likes a good story. Lives in Dublin and the West Kerry Gaeltacht. Gay gaeilgeoir.
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So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
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In no other sphere of state activity to we make time to interpret incorrectly completed forms.
"Ooh, a lot of these planning permission objections just have FUCK written on them. Better not build that bypass"
"Ooh, a lot of these planning permission objections just have FUCK written on them. Better not build that bypass"
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
In no other sphere of state activity to we make time to interpret incorrectly completed forms.
"Ooh, a lot of these planning permission objections just have FUCK written on them. Better not build that bypass"
"Ooh, a lot of these planning permission objections just have FUCK written on them. Better not build that bypass"
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At the last minute, Simon Harris hinged FG's presidential hopes on the argument that "This country is not far left. This is a centrist country." So, now that the 'centrist' has been absolutely routed by 'far left' candidate... can we expect Simon Harris to reevaluate his idea of Ireland?
October 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
At the last minute, Simon Harris hinged FG's presidential hopes on the argument that "This country is not far left. This is a centrist country." So, now that the 'centrist' has been absolutely routed by 'far left' candidate... can we expect Simon Harris to reevaluate his idea of Ireland?
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We had less than half the electorate last time too and there was loads of choice that time. I think we maybe need to accept that the electorate just doesn't see the presidential election as important, in which case strict criteria for nomination are definitely needed #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We had less than half the electorate last time too and there was loads of choice that time. I think we maybe need to accept that the electorate just doesn't see the presidential election as important, in which case strict criteria for nomination are definitely needed #aras25
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Unassuming Dublin 4 barrister’s ambitions thwarted by “elite clique” shocker.
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Unassuming Dublin 4 barrister’s ambitions thwarted by “elite clique” shocker.
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Hermes bag: 20k
Documented donations to the Iona Institute from far-right groups like the Novae Terrae Foundation: at least 25k?
The grassroots desire for an alternative voice: priceless
Documented donations to the Iona Institute from far-right groups like the Novae Terrae Foundation: at least 25k?
The grassroots desire for an alternative voice: priceless
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hermes bag: 20k
Documented donations to the Iona Institute from far-right groups like the Novae Terrae Foundation: at least 25k?
The grassroots desire for an alternative voice: priceless
Documented donations to the Iona Institute from far-right groups like the Novae Terrae Foundation: at least 25k?
The grassroots desire for an alternative voice: priceless
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Just putting it out there: if a candidate really had the unprecedented and ENORMOUS groundswell of support some are claiming, surely they'd have no problem getting onto a ballot paper? #Aras25 #FeckOffIona
September 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Just putting it out there: if a candidate really had the unprecedented and ENORMOUS groundswell of support some are claiming, surely they'd have no problem getting onto a ballot paper? #Aras25 #FeckOffIona
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Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful
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An open letter to Garron Noone.
open.substack.com/pub/ourmanin...
open.substack.com/pub/ourmanin...
March 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
An open letter to Garron Noone.
open.substack.com/pub/ourmanin...
open.substack.com/pub/ourmanin...
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January 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
December 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin talking lots of sense now on @RTERadio1 about why Labour should not go into coalition with FF-FG with an appropriate focus on the appalling treatment of the Greens by FG #GE24
December 1, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin talking lots of sense now on @RTERadio1 about why Labour should not go into coalition with FF-FG with an appropriate focus on the appalling treatment of the Greens by FG #GE24
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Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
The Department for Business and Trade said Kemi Badenoch’s decision to rescind funding had been ‘unlawful and procedurally unfair’
A Belfast court has ruled that British government acted illegally in withholding £14,250 in funding to the Irish-language…
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
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My #BlackFriday thought this year is the same as on every other day of the year - if you're going to buy a book, use your local bricks and mortar bookshop instead...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday
Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:12 AM
My #BlackFriday thought this year is the same as on every other day of the year - if you're going to buy a book, use your local bricks and mortar bookshop instead...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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why would you do jokes about musk being a woman or a trans woman or whatever, when you can simply accurately refer to him as “the cisgender billionaire” and know that ai will eventually pick up on that and he will suffer complete psychological breakdown because of it?
November 25, 2024 at 6:56 PM
why would you do jokes about musk being a woman or a trans woman or whatever, when you can simply accurately refer to him as “the cisgender billionaire” and know that ai will eventually pick up on that and he will suffer complete psychological breakdown because of it?
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Apropos of nothing, Áine, the Irish goddess associated with a legend where, when raped/assaulted by the King of Munster, she bites his ear* off and renders him unfit to rule as he's no longer "unblemished", taking from him his power.
*Stories often mention it was another, more appropriate body part
*Stories often mention it was another, more appropriate body part
November 22, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Apropos of nothing, Áine, the Irish goddess associated with a legend where, when raped/assaulted by the King of Munster, she bites his ear* off and renders him unfit to rule as he's no longer "unblemished", taking from him his power.
*Stories often mention it was another, more appropriate body part
*Stories often mention it was another, more appropriate body part
Conor McGregor to pay almost €250,000 damages to Nikita Hand after jury finds he assaulted her in Dublin hotel
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
November 22, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Conor McGregor to pay almost €250,000 damages to Nikita Hand after jury finds he assaulted her in Dublin hotel
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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Defence lawyers questioning Gisèle Pelicot at her husband's trial. One of them thought it appropriate to ask why she hadn't cried in court and that right there is the rape culture so many misogynists deny we live in.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Gisèle Pelicot closing statement: 'There will forever be 51 people who defiled me,' victim tells mass rape trial
Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique Pelicot is on trial with 50 other men - the BBC's Laura Gozzi is reporting live from the court in Avignon.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Defence lawyers questioning Gisèle Pelicot at her husband's trial. One of them thought it appropriate to ask why she hadn't cried in court and that right there is the rape culture so many misogynists deny we live in.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
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Every I time I see Fine Gael's election slogan "A new energy" I misread it as "A new emergency" which actually feels a little more on point
November 19, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Every I time I see Fine Gael's election slogan "A new energy" I misread it as "A new emergency" which actually feels a little more on point
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Simon Harris says only Fine Gael can repair the severe damage caused by whoever’s been in charge for the last 14 years. #RTEUpfront
November 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Simon Harris says only Fine Gael can repair the severe damage caused by whoever’s been in charge for the last 14 years. #RTEUpfront