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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 3h

Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 14h

Every Irish politician needs to get off this racist’s website *immediately*. There is no excuse.
#speirgorm

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14h

Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"

"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"

"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15h

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.

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My name is Declan @mynameisdeclan.bsky.social · 15h

It really is a bag o’ shite.

My name is Declan @mynameisdeclan.bsky.social · 16h

Hate that.
No advice. Just hope you’re feeling better soon.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 20h

I am saying there is a direct link between the two, and the opposition needs to have the courage to say that too.
This is far too important to not call things by their proper names, or to couch things in political niceties.

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 21h

Nash: “I'm in no way saying that there's any causal link between remarks made by politicians last week and a criminal act here at Drogheda, but people need to be sensitive with their language…. They need to be responsible.”

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Councillor Oisín O'Connor @oisinoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

This is not what someone does if they are a "concerned local".

And every "protestor" at asylum seeker accommodation is part of the road leading up to something like this being done.

Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 1d

So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.

www.thetimes.com/article/0887...

CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children

Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released

www.thetimes.com

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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 1d

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

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My name is Declan @mynameisdeclan.bsky.social · 2d

@bsky.app NOPE!

Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 2d

Bluesky is now testing dislikes. If you see a post you dislike you're in the beta techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b...

Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch

Bluesky is looking to a new signal — "dislikes" — to personalize users' feeds.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Invasive American mink are a dire threat to native ground-nesting birds and other wildlife, so this initiative is good news.

It's insane to think the presence of mink in Ireland is largely down to animal rights activists releasing them from fur farms.
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Donal Hickey: Mink eradication pilot programme underway in the Midlands

American mink were first recorded in the wild, in Ireland, more than 60 years ago, and have spread countrywide since then. The current population is descended from animals which either escaped, or wer...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

Misogyny is the biggest red flag when identifying a likely terrorist, mass murderer, fascist or other regressiveness. A man who hates women will always hate society and try to control or destroy it. They are defective and hold back our civilization and species.

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 2d

While we all condemn the U.S. strikes on boats off South America without due process, let’s also remember Somalia.

The U.S. has carried out more than 51 airstrikes there since Trump took power in January 2025. ⚖️🌍🌎

#HumanRights

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 2d

Remember - the Irish government was told years ago when the total was still well under 10,000 how to eradicate homelessness by the man who did so in Finland, and it just ... didn't bother.
And since then, the majority of you kept voting for them.
Well done, everyone. Well done. 👍

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2d

The number of people in emergency accommodation increased last month to 16,614.

According to the latest figures from the Department of Housing, 11,376 adults and 5,238 children were in emergency accommodation in September.
jrnl.ie/6861181

Number of homeless people reaches new record of 16,614 including 5,238 children

It’s an increase of 261 people compared to the previous month’s figures.

jrnl.ie

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 3d

Following Prince Andrew’s titles being removed, Prince Edward becomes the Duke Of York. Basically, it all shifts up one. For instance, I’m now my next door neighbour, Pauline Cathcart.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 4d

This pile of riot-appeasing baloney can roll right down the beach and cheerfully sink beneath the waves.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Govt should reconsider immigration policies, says Harris

Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way".

www.rte.ie

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 15d

Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 3d

This is all that remains of now occupied Toretsk. Not a living soul. Just dead ruins. Russia destroys everything.

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My name is Declan @mynameisdeclan.bsky.social · 4d

It’s pronounced “Saoirse”.
How else would it be pronounced?

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Truthout @truthout.org · 4d

At least 46 children were among the 104 killed by Israeli strikes, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said. Gaza’s Civil Defense teams were forced to use small tools and their hands in attempts to dig through the rubble for survivors and bodies.

Israel Kills 104 in Gaza in Major Ceasefire Violation, Accusing Hamas of Killing 1 Soldier

The barrage of airstrikes killed at least 46 children, Gaza health officials reported.

truthout.org

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4d

A bunch of people from the forestry industry replying to or quoting this post along the lines of, 'Don't believe your own senses, plantations of alien trees are actually great.'

My response?

"It's hard to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 5d

We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.

One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.

They could not be more different.

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My name is Declan @mynameisdeclan.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s be honest, there is some whining.

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 5d

Strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say. 💔🕊️

🔗 apnews.com/article/isra...

Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 in the most serious challenge yet to the truce

Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children. That’s according to local hospital officials on Wednesday.

apnews.com

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 6d

'openly sympathizes with the Palestinians' is a pretty gross way of trying to make human compassion with civilians murdered in their tens of thousands sound problematic

politico screenshot reading:

Unapologetically outspoken
Like Higgins, Connolly has been outspoken in condemning Israel for its two-year war in Gaza — a certain vote-winner in a country that openly sympathizes with the Palestinians and has wretched relations with Tel Aviv.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 7d

Ireland elects an independent, socialist woman to the position of president.

Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’

#SpeirGorm #Áras2025

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My name is Declan @mynameisdeclan.bsky.social · 7d

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