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Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸
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Graphic Designer. Rushbrooke, Cork, Ireland. Part of the choir to whom you are preaching. Occasional reposts. Almost no original content. https://donate.unrwa.org/-landing-page/en_EN
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josefoshea.bsky.social
Exciting times for Chapel Celing painters...
October 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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seamas.bsky.social
And, as I wrote over a year ago, this kind of ethnographical skull-measuring will always lead to outright racism and - in the attempt - utter absurdity.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
When, this week, the Telegraph printed a rabidly scaremongering report that “White British people will be a minority in 40 years”, they clarified this cohort as “the white British share of the population — defined as people who do not have an immigrant parent”. Leaving aside how garbled that formulation is — there are millions of non-white Brits who meet that definition perfectly — it carried with it a parallel consequence. I myself do not have an immigrant parent. In fact, every single pale and freckled ancestor of mine since 1800, Irish farmers to a soul, was born and raised in something called the United Kingdom. This is true for a large number of Irish people in the North. And since the late Prince Philip was himself a Greek immigrant, it gives me great pleasure to point out that they’d settled on a definition of ‘White British’ which includes Gerry Adams but excludes King Charles III.
October 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
A gut-punch of a statistic, reflective of what's happening throughout the entire natural world.

But using the word "stocks" to describe a wild population of one of Earth's most breathtaking, magical species indicates precisely why we've reached such a predicament.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Ireland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970s
Public consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers
www.irishtimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
kieranoconnor.com
I started following @hellscapenavigator.bsky.social because they have the best avatar on the entire internet
October 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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saveourbrideotters.bsky.social
An otter swims right by me as I waded the River Bride in Blackpool this morning. I was so caught by surprise that I could not get my phone camera working. The OPW and Cork City Council plan to bury this entire stretch of river underground. Jack Chambers gave it the go ahead. #cork
October 1, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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kevinwmoore.bsky.social
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
September 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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oliver.ie
Thanks Donal O’Keeffe and the Echo for reporting the fire that broke out at Spring Lane — and how close we came to another Carrickmines.

Fire started in an empty bay and spread to the bay next door, making a family homeless. Firefighters and gardaí are investigating, but no foul play is suspected.
'You could have had another Carrickmines': Blaze raises safety concerns at Cork city halting site
The blaze, which has left a family homeless, began in an unoccupied caravan at the overcrowded Spring Lane site in Ballyvolane in the early hours of ...
www.echolive.ie
October 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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nposegay.northsky.social
Google has retained the old street layouts for neighborhoods in Rafah that no longer exist at all. Not even ruins. Dystopian.
Satellite image of a yellow sandy wasteland in eastern Rafah. A Google Maps overlay shows where the streets of a residential neighborhood used to be, but there are no homes or even ruins of homes visible along them.
October 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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swimsure.bsky.social
"Ending Fossil Power", the latest report from Stop Climate Chaos Ireland.
–Data shows Ireland far off track from meeting climate commitments so urgent action needed.
–Climate Action Plan is now long-overdue
–Government is actively evading climate obligations.
www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2026/09...
Ending Fossil Power | Stop Climate Chaos
Stop Climate Chaos launch their latest report Government must urgently act to close Ireland’s widening emissions gap, new report warns Recent data shows that Ireland needs urgent change of tack to &#8...
www.stopclimatechaos.ie
September 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
There are reportedly 100s of feral goats – as well as countless sika deer – in Glengarriff's upper reaches.

Both are highly invasive alien species, devastating what remains of the natural rainforest ecosystem, promoting rhodo infestation, and spreading Lyme disease.

How is all this still ignored?
October 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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freelancewebdev.bsky.social
Just got this in WhatsApp.
September 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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ernekid.bsky.social
This story has really annoyed me. These tech billionaires LARPing as aristocrats bestowing their noblesse oblige on the local peasants.

Just think about how many sports clubs you could fund if you taxed Facebook properly.
September 29, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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mbazzi.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
September 29, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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joenoonan.bsky.social
September 28, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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joenoonan.bsky.social
Europe: Sale of Israel Bonds finally ends in Europe
Reacting to the Central Bank of Ireland’s confirmation that on the expiry of the Israel Bonds’ prospectus their sale in Europe has ended Stephen Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Europe Director, said...
www.amnesty.org
September 28, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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limerick4inarow.bsky.social
Lads….

#speirgorm
September 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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hleehurley.com
There was no COBRA meeting when masked and organised fascists were burning people out of their homes in Belfast in the summer
dismalchips.bsky.social DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 4d
Calling a COBRA meeting after they've bailed the guys seems a bit like overkill.

Burnham sat in the captain's chair all like "so I called my first COBRA meeting for a bunch of doggers in a transit? I'm gonna look like *such* an arsehole."
September 28, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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paul-nash.bsky.social
The Ypres Salient at Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/the-ypres-salient-at-night-1918
"The Ypres Salient at Night" by Paul Nash depicts soldiers navigating the trench-riddled landscape of World War I under the ominous glow of flares and searchlights. Nash's dramatic use of light and shadow conveys the eerie and relentless environment faced by those on the front lines.
September 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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paulodonovan.eurosky.social
Lithuania is considering halving the price of rail and long distance bus fares as a response to the fuel price crisis
September 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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ohshitcircuit.bsky.social
this is the best piece of food writing I've read since Backpacker magazine's article about the s'mores on Great British Bake Off
bylinesnetwork.co.uk Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 7d
M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food

One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint
@willyandbill.bsky.social
M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint
centralbylines.co.uk
September 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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memorialdevice.bsky.social
Gavin Bazunu has heard it 🙏

www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/spo...
Ireland star explains decision to refuse to play against Israel
www.independent.co.uk
September 27, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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jerilryan.bsky.social
You know what to do, gang…
Share this far and wide!
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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paulbernal.bsky.social
This is good.
joenoonan.bsky.social Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 6d
Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad
Posts gavin_bazunu く Statement - Gavin Bazunu Representing my country means everything to me. I have the utmost respect for every single one of my team mates, the Manager, his staff and the Irish people However I have reached a decision that I have hot taken lightly. I am a man of strong faith and try my best to be a person of character and principle therefore 1 feel it would be wrong to participate in the upcoming fixtures against Israel. My decision is based purely upon my personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong. It is important to note that my stance is not in opposition of the Israeli people or the Jewish community but against the atrocities in the region. There are few times where you get a chance ir ife to stand up for something bigger and strongly believe that this is one of them gavin_bazunu
September 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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defendourjuries.bsky.social
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue.

The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
September 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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takeithandy.bsky.social
The respect I have for Gavin Bazunu is immense. 24 years old with his career ahead of him and he made a decision that every other person in safer positions of power above him failed to have the courage to make themselves. A true representative of Irish people everywhere
September 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM