Alan Dunne
@aldunne.bsky.social
Arts appreciator • Bad runner • Follower of unsuccessful sports teams • Climate action, sustainable transport, unhealthy levels of Laois content
🌍 Dublin
🌍 Dublin
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Who is the brillant teacher who found a way to get kids to listen to Beethoven’s 5th—and like it! #AMomentofJoy
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Who is the brillant teacher who found a way to get kids to listen to Beethoven’s 5th—and like it! #AMomentofJoy
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The Specials and the Beat played the Stardust a month before the fire, I had no idea
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Specials and the Beat played the Stardust a month before the fire, I had no idea
that design is more like Brutalstown amirite
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
that design is more like Brutalstown amirite
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🧵 As we look towards the #LateLateToyShow next week, it's time to remember that everyone - including the State - will expect us all to donate generously to the very worthy causes supported financially by the Toy Show Appeal. Let's think about this.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🧵 As we look towards the #LateLateToyShow next week, it's time to remember that everyone - including the State - will expect us all to donate generously to the very worthy causes supported financially by the Toy Show Appeal. Let's think about this.
Same, Penneys, same
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Same, Penneys, same
RSA and Gardaí strategising how to protect pedestrians and cyclists on our roads
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
RSA and Gardaí strategising how to protect pedestrians and cyclists on our roads
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Shameless Garda PR blitz links road deaths to visibility issues in cases where there is no link
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
Shameless Garda PR blitz links road deaths to visibility issues in cases where there is no link
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start if the Gardai enforced them, and people walking should take steps to be visible on unlit roads. I get it, nobody likes it when people are walking on unlit roads in the dark without lights and wearing dark clothing, and it's annoying when some cyclists think they are ninjas.
irishcycle.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Shameless Garda PR blitz links road deaths to visibility issues in cases where there is no link
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
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Seems like the government has given up any pretence of trying to hit -50% emissions by 2030, which will cost the country literally billions. And a massive AI bubble–related shock incoming as well.
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Seems like the government has given up any pretence of trying to hit -50% emissions by 2030, which will cost the country literally billions. And a massive AI bubble–related shock incoming as well.
Seems like the government has given up any pretence of trying to hit -50% emissions by 2030, which will cost the country literally billions. And a massive AI bubble–related shock incoming as well.
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Seems like the government has given up any pretence of trying to hit -50% emissions by 2030, which will cost the country literally billions. And a massive AI bubble–related shock incoming as well.
Who remembers this little kerfuffle from 20 years ago. Dartmouth Square forever trying to insert itself as a Main Character it seems
#spéirgorm
m.independent.ie/irish-news/s...
#spéirgorm
m.independent.ie/irish-news/s...
Square deal as park reopens
IT was a beautiful square that became a thorn in the side of people living around it in an upmarket city suburb.
m.independent.ie
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Who remembers this little kerfuffle from 20 years ago. Dartmouth Square forever trying to insert itself as a Main Character it seems
#spéirgorm
m.independent.ie/irish-news/s...
#spéirgorm
m.independent.ie/irish-news/s...
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This is outrageously propagandistic
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is outrageously propagandistic
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Three unrelated things
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Three unrelated things
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Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
A vulgar roast is what you tuck into in Treacys in The Heath when you're driving down the M7 after a big match in Dublin
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A vulgar roast is what you tuck into in Treacys in The Heath when you're driving down the M7 after a big match in Dublin
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Not a fan of the "You won't believe the insane replies my normal post got on Twitter!" engagement bait I see here.
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Not a fan of the "You won't believe the insane replies my normal post got on Twitter!" engagement bait I see here.
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
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why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
Spent the weekend playing tunes and acting the maggot in aid of a great cause. Welcome any donations or reposts, all funds raised will help families and individuals with Down Syndrome
#spéirgorm
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/4...
#spéirgorm
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/4...
Support 4G Conspiracy's Tour of Limerick in a on iDonate.ie
4G Conspiracy's Tour of Limerick in aid of Down Syndrome Limerick for Down Syndrome Limerick, created by 4G Conspiracy | iDonate.ie
www.idonate.ie
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Spent the weekend playing tunes and acting the maggot in aid of a great cause. Welcome any donations or reposts, all funds raised will help families and individuals with Down Syndrome
#spéirgorm
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/4...
#spéirgorm
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/4...
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For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
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This isn't the last we'll hear of Gareth Sheridan or Maria Steen you can be sure of that. Next week they'll be back in their communities, tirelessly working to make Ireland better from the ground up, rolling up their sleeves up with local voluntary organisations, running for local election.
#Áras25
#Áras25
Defeated Áras hopeful Gareth Sheridan believes a "well-orchestrated" campaign to keep out Independent candidates will result in an "underwhelmingly low turnout" next month.
Maria Steen misses out on nominations to get on the Áras ballot
The socially conservative campaigner failed to get the support needed to contest this year’s election.
www.thejournal.ie
September 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This isn't the last we'll hear of Gareth Sheridan or Maria Steen you can be sure of that. Next week they'll be back in their communities, tirelessly working to make Ireland better from the ground up, rolling up their sleeves up with local voluntary organisations, running for local election.
#Áras25
#Áras25
Beidh Enoch amárach i bPríosún Mhuinseo
Judge orders ‘grotesque’ Enoch Burke be sent to prison for fourth time www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Judge orders ‘grotesque’ Enoch Burke be sent to prison for fourth time
A judge has ruled that anti-transgender schoolteacher Enoch Burke should be sent to prison for a fourth time for contempt of court orders requiring him to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School.
www.independent.ie
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Beidh Enoch amárach i bPríosún Mhuinseo
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Do they mean white straight Anglo American masculinity?
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: putting masculinity back at the centre of literary fiction | Editorial
Editorial: David Szalay’s Flesh breaks from a decade of female-centred interiors and reopens a genre many thought closed to men
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Do they mean white straight Anglo American masculinity?
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bring back the John Player Tops of the Town with 2020s companies. I want to see a team from Salesforce doing a rendition of All That Jazz facing off against a Bradys Ham Book of Mormon medley
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Bring back the John Player Tops of the Town with 2020s companies. I want to see a team from Salesforce doing a rendition of All That Jazz facing off against a Bradys Ham Book of Mormon medley
Jesus. Have watched this goal back around two dozen times and goosebumps every time. Absolutely savage 🇮🇪
Troy Parrott. Echos of Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in 2002. What a moment. #COYBIG 🇮🇪
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jesus. Have watched this goal back around two dozen times and goosebumps every time. Absolutely savage 🇮🇪
Newcastle Airport has a very spartan, functional bus station vibe. I like it
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Newcastle Airport has a very spartan, functional bus station vibe. I like it