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Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 2h

Wheeling out Mary Harney to smear Connolly.

Lol, lmao

Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 2h

🗣️“They Are Very Worried”

Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly questions the political figures being rolled out by rival Heather Humphreys camp.

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Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 19h

Two Palestine related films announced as part of the Cork Film Festival. The Voice of Hind Rajab and Palestine 36.

Full programme launch is tomorrow by the way.

corkfilmfest.org/tickets-for-...

More Irish Premieres Announced for 70th CIFF & On Sale Now - Cork International Film Festival

Tickets for two additional Irish Premieres on Sale for 70th Cork International Film Festival 2025.

corkfilmfest.org

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Peter Donaghy @peterdonaghy.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly concerning news for Sinn Féin? For nearly 3 decades, the SF share of the vote at Irish general elections has been correlated with the length of the title of Rob Zombie's most recent album. If the pattern continues, it could be ominous for SF at the next general election.

A chart showing the length of Rob Zombie album titles and the Sinn Féin share of the vote at Irish general elections.

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Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 1d

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Important to stay hydrated

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 2d

Vote for someone who takes their canvassers out for breakfast when they lose.

Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 2d

I'm from Galway and will be voting for Catherine Connolly in #áras25 I campaigned with her *against* the Lisbon treaty & for Marriage Equality & Repeal, I was there the day she lost a dail seat by 17 votes after which she brought us all out for breakfast and apologised for letting us down!

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Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 4d

The changed their route last minute to avoid walking past the Palestine group five times their size

Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 4d

About 200-250

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Ciarán @ciaraneile.bsky.social · 5d

Dúirt cara liom gur chuala sé óna chol ceathrar go roghnaíonn Catherine Connolly gluaisrothar i Mariokart.

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Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 5d

@hhumphreysfg.bsky.social

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 5d

Wasn't this fella blathering on about how government means making the tough choices, at the cost of popularity, while justifying a budget that rewards developers and screws middle income workers, people with disabilities,and the elderly just a few days ago?

#SpéirGhorm

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 5d

Batman reboots gone a bit far imo.

ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 5d

I thought the bird-munching deer was a bit much but 😱 "a final shriek was heard from the robin, followed by 23 minutes of chewing sounds from the bat"

Grisly recording reveals bat catching, killing and eating robin mid-flight

Before the Spanish study, some scientists had been sceptical about the mammals attacking migratory birds

www.theguardian.com

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Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 5d

solidarity

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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 6d

The British Pathe title card for this film of the 1920 burning of Cork describes it as a “mystery fire” 🤔

Ireland’s Agony

The Burning of Cork by British forces took place on the night of December 11th and 12th 1920 during the Irish War of Independence. It followed

ifiarchiveplayer.ie

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

Turns out that when Americans said "If it weren't for us you'd be speaking German now..." their objection was to learning a second language, not fascism.

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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 6d

I'm confident there are Radiohead cover bands with better posters than this.

(Read the alt text btw)

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 6d

This is one of the worst band posters I've ever seen. Why does Yorkie look like he's hosting the Weakest Link? Why does Selway look like a geography teacher who pretends to be a woman online? And why does Greenwood looks like a villager in a Hammer Horror film?

Radiohead are a band from England who were a very big deal in the late 1990s. In many ways they were the true successor to Nirvana in their combination of contemplative lyrics and hoofing guitar riffs. But as the years went by, pop music started to get really fucking good again and nobody wanted to listen to some pretentious Zionist complain about the price of avocados at the farmers market.

Also - they were sued by the Dad of the guitarist from the Strokes because they plagiarised one of his songs in "Creep".

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 6d

Do YFG not realise that they are the youth wing of Fine Gael?

Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 6d

Puerile nonsense #Áras25

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 6d

"I would smear the bejaysus out of her, simply because you've nothing to lose... you've got to create a fear... in my experience, nothing works like negative campaigning."

They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔

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Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 6d

Ah lads, it took two (2!) journalists to copy and paste the AI reviews summary and post an affiliate link?

Oíche Shamhna Regan @regrone.bsky.social · 6d

Sounds interesting, but is there some way to view online?

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 6d

When you hear disingenuous smears of Catherine Connolly's work as a barrister, please keep Seána's point here in mind.

#Aras25

Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 6d

It’s a disciplinary offence to turn work that you’re qualified to do, down. It is a fundamental principle to preserve access to good legal
Rep and protects people from the system ending up like *gestures at America*

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Eyepatch Wolf but like spooky or a ghost or something @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social · 7d

The irish presidential election is basically now between "dog fighting transphobe" and "woman who destroys children in soccer matches"

I will be voting for Connoly in support of her war on childrens egos.

Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 7d

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 6d

Voters: "The EU Parliament doesn't really seem to do anything, seems kinda useless"

EU Parliament: "Oh yeah? Could a useless parliament do this?!" *pants fall down, trips over, falls into orchestra pit and gets stuck head first in a tuba*

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 7d

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

www.euroveg.eu

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 7d

Got an email from Amazon to be part of their invite only "Brands of Ireland" campaign which apparently aims to help businesses for Black Friday, Christmas etc. Sounds nice but Amazon is a killer of small businesses and they can fuck Black Friday. Buy independent and buy local when you can.

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 7d

Offering an olive branch to our American social media colleagues, in the form of this little slice of knowledge:

If you're disgusted by a brand claiming a day as their own & getting away with, simply encourage 2 men to strip off & strum each other's penis like a guitar in the middle of the street.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 8d

Fianna Fáil: He's a landlord. What were we supposed to do? Not believe him? Come on now. That's silly.

Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 8d

Fianna Fáil asked Jim Gavin several times if he had difficulties with tenants, Taoiseach says

On RTÉ’s 'Six One News', Micheál Martin said he proposed Mr Gavin as the party needed a 'broad-based candidate who could have the potential to garner a significant degree of support across society'

dlvr.it

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