Today marks the 10th anniversary of Anna Geoghegan.
RIP.
RIP.
August 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Anna Geoghegan.
RIP.
RIP.
You know the way we casually refer to the 'Dublin Mountains', despite most of the mountains being in County Wicklow? Well, there's history behind that. Before Co Wicklow was 'a thing', it was County Dublin. See attached John Speed map from 1611.
I for one want our territory back!
I for one want our territory back!
June 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
You know the way we casually refer to the 'Dublin Mountains', despite most of the mountains being in County Wicklow? Well, there's history behind that. Before Co Wicklow was 'a thing', it was County Dublin. See attached John Speed map from 1611.
I for one want our territory back!
I for one want our territory back!
Colin Barrett at his best, capturing the essence of “The Alps” brothers in his short story collection Homesickness.
March 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Colin Barrett at his best, capturing the essence of “The Alps” brothers in his short story collection Homesickness.
If you read one article about the war in Iran, read this by the prescient Nate Swanson in FA. "The bottom line is that the war Trump started has no good ending. And every day it goes on seems to delay a better future for the Iranian people". www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How America’s War on Iran Backfired
Seventeen years ago, while serving as an Iran desk officer in the U.S. State Department, I asked a more veteran colleague about the latest inflammatory statement by Mahmood Ahmadinejad, then the Irani...
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
If you read one article about the war in Iran, read this by the prescient Nate Swanson in FA. "The bottom line is that the war Trump started has no good ending. And every day it goes on seems to delay a better future for the Iranian people". www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Reposted by Dónall Geoghegan
The last thing the North Inner City needs is more casinos preying on our communities. A casino that is already in breach of their planning conditions should definitely not be allowed to expand further into a residential area.
March 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The last thing the North Inner City needs is more casinos preying on our communities. A casino that is already in breach of their planning conditions should definitely not be allowed to expand further into a residential area.
This is what happened when America switched sides:
February 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
This is what happened when America switched sides:
My faith in the future of humanity restored. Overheard in Ballymun Library, a boy going out the door with his mother, turns and says to the Librarian:
“Thanks very much”
“You’re welcome”
“This is the best place ever”.
“Thanks very much”
“You’re welcome”
“This is the best place ever”.
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM
My faith in the future of humanity restored. Overheard in Ballymun Library, a boy going out the door with his mother, turns and says to the Librarian:
“Thanks very much”
“You’re welcome”
“This is the best place ever”.
“Thanks very much”
“You’re welcome”
“This is the best place ever”.
RIP Noel Hawkins, barman at Mulligan’s. Great sense of humour, sound man. www.facebook.com/share/1cLwBh...
Redirecting...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:54 AM
RIP Noel Hawkins, barman at Mulligan’s. Great sense of humour, sound man. www.facebook.com/share/1cLwBh...
Opinion | The Coming Trump Crackup
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Reposted by Dónall Geoghegan
Stormont isn’t broken by accident. It protects wealth, sidelines communities and keeps failing on equality, public services and the future our children deserve. Thirty years of the same parties. Crisis after crisis. Managed decline sold as stability.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Stormont isn’t broken by accident. It protects wealth, sidelines communities and keeps failing on equality, public services and the future our children deserve. Thirty years of the same parties. Crisis after crisis. Managed decline sold as stability.
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Is Mark Carney right? And even if he is right about middle-sized countries like Canada or Germany or the UK, what about small countries like Ireland, how does it work for us? David McWilliams is on the money: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
David McWilliams: In a trade war between the EU and the US, what happens to a city like Galway?
Donald Trump may have made a U-turn on Greenland, but the rupture between Europe and the US is permanent
www.irishtimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Is Mark Carney right? And even if he is right about middle-sized countries like Canada or Germany or the UK, what about small countries like Ireland, how does it work for us? David McWilliams is on the money: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Reposted by Dónall Geoghegan
This new report shows that the bottleneck to greater #sustainability is not #motivation, but #agency: People don’t know which actions matter most; feel constrained by cost; and feel unsupported by our political and economic systems.
Read the report at lnkd.in/eZie97Zj
Read the report at lnkd.in/eZie97Zj
January 22, 2026 at 11:10 AM
This new report shows that the bottleneck to greater #sustainability is not #motivation, but #agency: People don’t know which actions matter most; feel constrained by cost; and feel unsupported by our political and economic systems.
Read the report at lnkd.in/eZie97Zj
Read the report at lnkd.in/eZie97Zj
Spelling Bee better get with the programme.
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Spelling Bee better get with the programme.
I welcome the withdrawal of the motion to rename Herzog Park in Dublin. I hope the concept is buried for good as a misguided move that Dublin’s Jewish community regard as an assault. Us non-Jews have a duty of care to the community, as we all do to other minorities.
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I welcome the withdrawal of the motion to rename Herzog Park in Dublin. I hope the concept is buried for good as a misguided move that Dublin’s Jewish community regard as an assault. Us non-Jews have a duty of care to the community, as we all do to other minorities.
I hope Dublin City Councillors, including @greenparty_ie Cllrs, vote NO to the misguided proposal to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar. He is no hero of mine, but as the most historically prominent member of Dublin’s Jewish community, it would be a significant slap in their face.
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I hope Dublin City Councillors, including @greenparty_ie Cllrs, vote NO to the misguided proposal to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar. He is no hero of mine, but as the most historically prominent member of Dublin’s Jewish community, it would be a significant slap in their face.
"MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN". The writing is on the White House wall, as Trump flounders in his "peace keeping" efforts in Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Palestine.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
What exactly does Vladimir Putin hold over the cowardly Donald Trump?
And what has Russian leader said or threatened to prompt US president’s volte-face on Ukraine?
www.irishtimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN". The writing is on the White House wall, as Trump flounders in his "peace keeping" efforts in Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Palestine.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Reposted by Dónall Geoghegan
We’re deeply saddened to hear of Manchán’s passing. A candidate for the party in 2016, he was more importantly a passionate and skilled advocate for Irish language and culture, and an appreciation for the beauty and importance of nature.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
www.rte.ie
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
We’re deeply saddened to hear of Manchán’s passing. A candidate for the party in 2016, he was more importantly a passionate and skilled advocate for Irish language and culture, and an appreciation for the beauty and importance of nature.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
There’ll be celebrations in Moscow tonight as Babiš wins Czech vote. The populist right and the far right continue to build throughout Europe.
www.politico.eu/article/babi...
www.politico.eu/article/babi...
Babiš triumphs in Czechia, sending ripples through the EU
The right-wing populist vows to slash support for Ukraine, challenge increased military spending and confront Brussels over the Green Deal.
www.politico.eu
October 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There’ll be celebrations in Moscow tonight as Babiš wins Czech vote. The populist right and the far right continue to build throughout Europe.
www.politico.eu/article/babi...
www.politico.eu/article/babi...
“How you die does not redeem how you lived”
September 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“How you die does not redeem how you lived”
Getting through Donnacha Ó Beacháin’s great book on the history of Russian colonialism of Ukraine, other former Soviet ‘members’ & conquests within Russian borders. Let it be said @DonnachaDCU pulls no punches. It’s what The Donald should have read before meeting Putin
August 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Getting through Donnacha Ó Beacháin’s great book on the history of Russian colonialism of Ukraine, other former Soviet ‘members’ & conquests within Russian borders. Let it be said @DonnachaDCU pulls no punches. It’s what The Donald should have read before meeting Putin
Trump: China’s BFF www.ft.com/content/d10e...
Trump is the gift that keeps giving to China
The US president is upending a quarter of a century of American policy in the Indo-Pacific
www.ft.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump: China’s BFF www.ft.com/content/d10e...
What's the plan for our relationship with the EU? @GerardHowlin challenges us to get our act together www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Gerard Howlin: The EU status quo Ireland prospered in for 50 years is over
Being at the centre in Brussels requires new credentials we have yet to acquire.
www.irishtimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What's the plan for our relationship with the EU? @GerardHowlin challenges us to get our act together www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Margaret Atwood at her funniest and most poignant: “Airborne”, from her collection of stories Old Babes in the Wood.
July 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Margaret Atwood at her funniest and most poignant: “Airborne”, from her collection of stories Old Babes in the Wood.