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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Séamus Ó Conaill @conallach.bsky.social · 2d

’Drogall’ le Pauline Nic Chonaonaigh

(📖 Gearr Gonta: Céad Dán le Céad File)

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Hannah @hannahmonaghana.bsky.social · 5d

“While Fianna Fáil may well be aggrieved that their actions have had consequences, it’s the public at large who will have to suffer the consequences. So far, so Fianna Fáil.”

Éiríonn le Carl Kinsella tochailt go croí na ceiste agus é a tharraingt chun solais i gcónaí.

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Ó Raġallaiġ ᚑᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚂᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ @reallynahreilly.bsky.social · 7d

Tá an ceart agat mura bhfuil dul amú ormsa chomh maith, grma don bheirt agaibh!

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Ó Raġallaiġ ᚑᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚂᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ @reallynahreilly.bsky.social · 7d

Is ea iad! Grma

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Fintan @fintan-galway.bsky.social · 7d

Bhí orm sos a thógáil ó feilire.com théis na hOíche Cultúrtha, ach iarracht déanta agam anois mí DF a thabhairt suas chun dáta. Fáilte i gcónaí roimh sonraí eile.

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Ó Raġallaiġ ᚑᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚂᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ @reallynahreilly.bsky.social · 7d

Seoda gan dabht, ba mhór an cúnamh iad ⁊ mé ag athfhoghlaim na teanga. Más buan mo chuimhne bhí ceann amháin eile sa tsraith a bhain leis na treoracha suas/thuas/anuas, ⁊rl., ach níl sé faoi lámh agam.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Ó Raġallaiġ ᚑᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚂᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ @reallynahreilly.bsky.social · 8d

Tá sé ag cur an croí trasna ionam go bhfuil Mo Dhuine ag druidim le 15 uair an chloig anois lena dúbailt síos. Baois na bPostálaithe. 😔

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 9d

ok it's time to get to the crux of this campaign

@catherinegalway.bsky.social will you commit to using the office of president to push to put the animals back on the coins?

selection of coins with animals on them, fish, birds, deer, bull, greyhound, horse, hare

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Ó Raġallaiġ ᚑᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚂᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ @reallynahreilly.bsky.social · 9d

Mise chuile uair a fheicim an snáithe seo ar m’fhotha;

Cat ⁊ bean ag ligint scairt gháire astu.

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 9d

Delightful doodles of some pipe smoking Georgians found by Maddock Fellow Danielle Magnusson on the works of Ben Jonson, printed in 1616 #Readers #Epigrams

Bottom corner of a 17th century book showing drawings

Title page of 'Epigrammes' by Ben Jonson, showing doodles at the bottom of the page

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 9d

i know i'm just repeating what we all already know, but the side-by-side of a football manager candidate forefeiting his campaign while his 68-year-old opponent demonstrates preternatural keepy-uppy skills and wins unanimous praise for it is historically funny

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Úna-Minh 🔥 Play Eyes of Hellfire! @unaminh.bsky.social · 9d

Anyway, I'm super annoyed at Heather Humphreys this morning setting her prerequisite of being President as motivation to learn Irish, so here's a code 'creidimionat' to get my Irish language ebook of 150 resources for free. I've set aside 20 slots for that code.

payhip.com/b/bm0ZI

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 10d

This has been quite the evening online

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Hannah @hannahmonaghana.bsky.social · 10d

Arbh é an físeán seo an buille marfach a chur JG as an iomaíocht?

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 11d

My earlier tweet about Catherine Connolly hiring a former prisoner, in the form of a letter to the Indo.

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Title: "Ní Shionnáin served her sentence - surely she is allowed to rebuild her life?"

I want to clarify something – is it the view of the Taoiseach, and of commentators, that former prisoners should be denied opportunities to rebuild their lives away from violence or criminality, even after they have served their sentence?

Given her qualifications, Ursula Ní Shionnáin was perfectly suited for the role of administrative support for a TD working on the Oireachtas Committee for the Irish language, and Catherine Connolly was in the right to give her a chance.

I think it is much more concerning if our Government thinks that prisoners such as Ní Shionnáin should not be given the opportunity to rehabilitate when they demonstrate a willingness to do so.

As a former employee of the Irish Prison Service, that seems to go against everything that I was told during my training.

Tomás M Creamer, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim

Published 4th October, 2025, on the letter section of the Irish Indepedent.

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bródnodig 👻🕷️🦇 | werewolf tóin 🐺🍑 @kweenmedb.bsky.social · 11d

telling my kids that mo ghile mear is about bonnie princess charli & she's even got the roman numerals to prove it!

Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 12d

As Charli XCX and Taylor Swift are both descendants of the Scottish diaspora, this is actually a continuation of the Highland-Lowland divide, the eternal struggle between the Gael and the Gall, and as such

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Ó Raġallaiġ ᚑᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚂᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ @reallynahreilly.bsky.social · 14d

Braitheann sé ar an am gan dabht. Beidh orm lipéad a chrochadh thart mo mhuineál ⁊ mé ag taisteal go moch le ‘ná dúisigh mé, fiú má tá Gaeilge agat’ scríofa air.

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Ó Raġallaiġ ᚑᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚂᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ @reallynahreilly.bsky.social · 14d

Beidh orm a bheith ag faire amach do bhaill foirne le fáinne amach anseo!

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 14d

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Má tá duine le labhairt leo, labhraím!

‘An mbeifeá compordach ag labhairt Gaeilge ar an dtraein?’

Tá suirbhé faoi úsáid na Gaeilge ar thraenacha á reáchtáil ag Iarnród Éireann

tuairisc.ie

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 14d

www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2025...

Suirbhé @tusaite.bsky.social ar na meáin Ghaeilge

Cad é do mheas ar na meáin Ghaeilge?

Cad é do mheas ar TG4, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Tuairisc, An Páipéar, Seachtain agus na meáin Ghaeilge eile?

www.rte.ie

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 15d

While it's no surprise that the Irish Times' Pat Leahy is ratty about Catherine Connolly running for President, his assertion that 'military industrial complex' is a typical leftie term shows a surprising lack of awareness of that famous Commie Dwight D Eisenhower.

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