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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 21h

She facilitated two weeks of filming on Skellig Michael for the Star Wars movies, during the height of the breeding season for the resident seabirds, despite objections from An Taisce and other environmental groups. Chicks from vulnerable species were blown into the sea by helicopter #spéirgorm 5/n

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 21h

Don't trigger Pat or he'll run to his trophy home in tears.

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 22h

Didn't get tickets 😢

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Rewilding Ireland @rewildingire.bsky.social · 23h

I have many thoughts but muting myself until I get an op-ed.

Why should I give out my bad opinions for free when others are making bank?

Journos, DMs open

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 23h

Teal Party not taking the hint. So many hurty feelings.

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 1d

It's an appeal to good auld Catholic Ireland.

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Indigenous People’s Day.

Columbus was a piece of shit, his contemporaries thought so, and the USA is continuing its founding settler-colonial genocide against Indigenous peoples.

Amy Lonetree (2012, Decolonizing Museums) argues that we must contextualize

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 1d

Seen in Donnybrook. #FreePalestine #SumudFlotilla

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 2d

They hate Paul Murphy so much they think everyone else must do likewise.

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 3d

The monster!

Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 3d

I heard that Catherine Connolly puts the after eight wrappers back in the box.

#SmearTheBejaysis

Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 4d

Someone told me Catherine Connolly replies to long text messages with a '👍'

#SmearTheBejaysis

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 5d

Well this is just jawdropping - have a listen, the smear campaign by FG on Catherine Connolly is really their only tactic. Also has anyone (other than a niece/nephew) ever called Heather Humphreys ‘Auntie Heather’? #speirgorm #aras25

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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 6d

Yesssss!! #Aras25 #VoteConnolly

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 6d

Paddy Power has paid out early on bets backing Catherine Connolly to become the next President of Ireland.
The election takes place on 24 October but the bookmaker claimed it has 'seen enough' to call it.
http://jrnl.ie/6838922

‘Can’t keepie up’: Paddy Power pays out early on bets for Catherine Connolly to become president

Paddy Power said there is ‘always the Ballon D’Or’ for Connolly if she fails to win the presidential election.

jrnl.ie

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 6d

Clare Balding, too, get rid.

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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 6d

#ThisDayinHistory - The forces of Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde and Ivan III, Grand Duchy of Moscow, stand off on the Ugra River in 1480.
Curious about modern relations between Central Asia and Russia? Give one of our 2021 episodes another listen.
patreon.com/posts/russian-conquest-55726989

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 6d

Hope Stephen Fry gets the boot in an early episode. #CelebrityTraitors #TraitorsUK

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 7d

Loving the attention she is.

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 7d

Stock phrase I always use "something always goes wrong in a demo, that's how you know it's real."

Took me a long time to get over that stress.

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Kevin Kibble @kevinkibble.bsky.social · 8d

Another catastrophic gaff at the Conference nobody is talking about

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

Dear Gods of all that is stupid...

IT'S REAL.

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 8d

There is an outstanding issue for Fianna Fáil.

When did Fianna Fáil become aware of the issue?

I have since been told that contact was made with Fianna Fáil early in September...

#TonightVMTV

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 8d

Always very telling what data they collect and do not collect.

Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 8d

So when the primary candidates were being asked would they visit you know where first, Eric was thinking "fuck that, ALBANIA BABY!"

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 12d

There is a real story here Niall if you'd care to write about it, someone is leaking Garda vetting information for political gain. Breaching confidentiality and GDPR requirements. Every underage coach, every volunteers data is not secure. Confidence in vetting undermined. That's the story. #Aras25

Niall O’Connor @nialljournal.bsky.social · 13d

Gardaí blocked Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime jrnl.ie/6830299

Gardaí blocked Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime

The presidential candidate sought to hire Ursula Ní Shionnáin, a former Éirigí member who was sentenced to six years in jail by the Special Criminal Court.

jrnl.ie

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 9d

Yep, his interview backing Gavin but saying he could be wrong was all in the hope of a bad result; this implosion is beyond his wildest dreams.