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Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · 2d

Flew from Dublin to Chișinău Moldova recently. I am almost certain that I was the only Irish person on the flight. This was all explained by this poster that I saw all over Chișinău.

Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · 6d

Norway fishes 40,000 to tonnes of mackerel in one week. This is equivalent to Ireland's annual quota! Surely this ravaging of fish stocks can't be allowed to continue.

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Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · 6d

Love it !!!

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Peadar Ó Catháin @peadar2753.bsky.social · 6d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 7d

THE WEAVE: How Trump’s Chaos, Cruelty, and Gibberish Get Sold as Genius. Every meltdown, every mistake, every incoherent rant is now branded “The Weave” — a desperate attempt to reframe delusion as design, and insanity as intellect. 👇

THE WEAVE: How Trump’s Chaos, Cruelty, and Gibberish Get Sold as Genius

Every meltdown, every mistake, every incoherent rant is now branded “The Weave” — a desperate attempt to reframe delusion as design, and insanity as intellect.

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Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · 7d

This is so good !

Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · 13d

This take on the Jim Gavin affair and the Irish Presidential Election from @tullmcadoo.bsky.social on www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie is absolutely on the ball and a brilliant read.

The Irish Politics Newsletter | Substack

Welcome To Statistics, Strategy, Analysis And Irreverent Observations From Irish Politics. Click to read The Irish Politics Newsletter, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16d

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 17d

Have I mentioned that this ebook is FREE for the next five days?

I know that the web is littered with free books, but this one normally costs money.

#PucaFestival #Halloween #Samhain #SpeirGorm #Octocon2025

Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 17d

HALLOWEEN MADNESS!

The ebook of The First Fire of Halloween is available for FREE for the next five days. A whole novel inspired by the earthy origins of #Halloween? For FREE?! Have I lost my mind?

#SpeirGorm

Amazon UK: www.amazon.com/First-Fire-H...

Amazon US: www.amazon.co.uk/First-Fire-H...

An image of the cover of the book set against a background similar to that used on the cover, a dark sky over a field. Under the words 'Punish him slowly, and make sure he is alive when you bury him?' The front cover itself features a púca, the mythical Irish shape-changer, as a muscular human figure with a goat's head. He's standing in a field in darkness, with a fire blazing in front of him. Inset in the dark sky above and behind him are a pair of yellow goat's eyes. The title is in orange against the sky, and my name is in black against the fire.

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 17d

This might be my favourite historical ad

Ad in a magazine comparing the efficacy of mowers to Napoleon’s campaigns across Europe, with the mowers coming out on top

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17d

Why on earth is Badenoch so confident even when she's totally wrong?
It's quite impressive.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17d

The English pay no attention to Northern Ireland - Part 3094

George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 18d

Kemi Badenoch saying “the last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave” is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit

In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the

www.bbc.co.uk

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19d

Are we great yet?

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 20d

Been at Labour conference for the last couple of days. The phrase that keeps on reverberating around my mind is John Hume saying ‘you can’t eat a flag’

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 23d

My brain floated off from my body like Homer at the cider mill when I read this

Sarah Carey: A fear of ‘Mná na hÉireann’ may have spooked Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, but Maria Steen deserved a go
Grace was in short supply among our liberal elected representatives, and democracy is poorer because of it

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23d

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

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Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · 24d

Grew up with UTV (or Ulster as it was known then). We lived so far north in Co. Donegal that Irish tv didn't reach us till about 1979. This was the only channel we had , no BBC either.

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Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · 25d

Is the country not officially called Czechia now?

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Peter @pajjr.bsky.social · 25d

Archives Released Too Much of Sherrill's Military Record politicalwire.com/2025/09/25/a...

Archives Released Too Much of Sherrill's Military Record

"A branch of the National Archives released a mostly unredacted version of Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill's military records to Nicholas De Gregorio, an ally of Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent in t...

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 28d

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

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Liam Harkin @liamharkin.bsky.social · Sep 14

Well researched and well written article on Charlie Kirk, what he stood for and what it may mean for us all.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · Sep 14

Sunday reading: On the awfulness of Charlie Kirk's murder, his opinions and the responses to his death - why the real crisis of political violence is our inability to tell ourselves the truth.
philipoconnor.com/the-crisis-o...

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · Sep 14

Some performance by the Irish women's rugby team - an incredible first-half performance, only to come unstuck in the second, but that was amazing.

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