Deirdre O'Shaughnessy
@deshocks.bsky.social
Opinion Editor, Irish Examiner |
Host, The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast | Mother of three.
Interested in news, books, politics, culture, science, climate and life in Ireland - and everywhere else. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
Host, The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast | Mother of three.
Interested in news, books, politics, culture, science, climate and life in Ireland - and everywhere else. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
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There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
Er, poor them?
"We have built factories that could start making equipment tomorrow. But we can’t until an order is placed”
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Starmer promised to spend big on defense but Britain’s arms industry is still waiting
Six months after a major inquiry into how the U.K. would meet geopolitical threats, many in the industry complain they haven’t received the certainty they need about where the British government pl…
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Er, poor them?
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"Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors"
And this is why social media comps don't like transparency 😉
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
And this is why social media comps don't like transparency 😉
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors"
And this is why social media comps don't like transparency 😉
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
And this is why social media comps don't like transparency 😉
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
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There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I never fail to read anything about UK politics without reminding myself to be thankful that I don't live in a country where people are licensed to go around calling themselves "Lord" this and "Sir" that
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I never fail to read anything about UK politics without reminding myself to be thankful that I don't live in a country where people are licensed to go around calling themselves "Lord" this and "Sir" that
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ICE work for Trump, a man who has also called for the death of his opponents.
We have been here before...
We have been here before...
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
ICE work for Trump, a man who has also called for the death of his opponents.
We have been here before...
We have been here before...
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A least we have the new riverside walkway to look forward to. Oh wait...
📷 Cork/ Basel / Lyon / Chester
"Morrison’s Island flood defence plans to include new public riverside walkway"
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
📷 Cork/ Basel / Lyon / Chester
"Morrison’s Island flood defence plans to include new public riverside walkway"
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A least we have the new riverside walkway to look forward to. Oh wait...
📷 Cork/ Basel / Lyon / Chester
"Morrison’s Island flood defence plans to include new public riverside walkway"
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
📷 Cork/ Basel / Lyon / Chester
"Morrison’s Island flood defence plans to include new public riverside walkway"
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
The Bishop Lucey Park revamp has everyone talking... here's @mikemoynihanex.bsky.social's take (including a walkaround, if you haven't seen it yet)
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Michael Moynihan: Why, unlike other European cities, is Cork adding concrete to green spaces?
Cork’s revamped Bishop Lucey Park has drawn criticism for its concrete-heavy design, lack of greenery and failure to meet climate ambitions
www.irishexaminer.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Bishop Lucey Park revamp has everyone talking... here's @mikemoynihanex.bsky.social's take (including a walkaround, if you haven't seen it yet)
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Honoured to meet President Catherine Connolly at a climate event today at An Taisce in Dublin & present on transformative climate justice. Inspired that she referred to my recent article on #climatejustice in the Irish Examiner.
lnkd.in/eTnmvg5m
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eTnmvg5m
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Honoured to meet President Catherine Connolly at a climate event today at An Taisce in Dublin & present on transformative climate justice. Inspired that she referred to my recent article on #climatejustice in the Irish Examiner.
lnkd.in/eTnmvg5m
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eTnmvg5m
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
For the football results apparently.
Anyway he’s now happily in possession of an @irishexaminer.bsky.social and all is right with the world
Anyway he’s now happily in possession of an @irishexaminer.bsky.social and all is right with the world
Have just encountered a legendary arts / media figure and they are reading the Telegraph.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
For the football results apparently.
Anyway he’s now happily in possession of an @irishexaminer.bsky.social and all is right with the world
Anyway he’s now happily in possession of an @irishexaminer.bsky.social and all is right with the world
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I know from my easons years that it sells, the Saturday edition in particular, despite the rabid Toryism. Like the Playboy argument from many years ago, I've heard the 'I buy it for the arts/ books/ geopolitics'' argument, despite it being a frequently nasty paper.
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I know from my easons years that it sells, the Saturday edition in particular, despite the rabid Toryism. Like the Playboy argument from many years ago, I've heard the 'I buy it for the arts/ books/ geopolitics'' argument, despite it being a frequently nasty paper.
Should I give him my Examiner
Have just encountered a legendary arts / media figure and they are reading the Telegraph.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Should I give him my Examiner
Have just encountered a legendary arts / media figure and they are reading the Telegraph.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Have just encountered a legendary arts / media figure and they are reading the Telegraph.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
The Telegraph.
In Ireland.
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Israel kills 13 Palestinians in refugee camp in Lebanon in strike - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-13-palestinians-refugee-camp-lebanon-strike
Israel kills 13 Palestinians in refugee camp in Lebanon in strike
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Israel kills 13 Palestinians in refugee camp in Lebanon in strike - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-13-palestinians-refugee-camp-lebanon-strike
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Mary Robinson and Janja Lula Silva, Brazil’s First Lady and the #COP30 Women Envoy, stand together for women-led climate leadership, in Belém. #GenderJustice
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mary Robinson and Janja Lula Silva, Brazil’s First Lady and the #COP30 Women Envoy, stand together for women-led climate leadership, in Belém. #GenderJustice
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New attraction? Come tour the drug ship. Get a ticket with your role on it - drug kingpin, or minion? At the end of the tour you find out if you're being repatriated or going to prison for 30 years. If you get the prison option, there's a 10% discount on the Cork Gaol tour.
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New attraction? Come tour the drug ship. Get a ticket with your role on it - drug kingpin, or minion? At the end of the tour you find out if you're being repatriated or going to prison for 30 years. If you get the prison option, there's a 10% discount on the Cork Gaol tour.
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🇮🇪 Ireland has effective moratorium on new data centres due to lack of capacity
Unrelated: Ireland’s govt plans emergency powers & limits on access to the courts
Unrelated: €3.5 billion budget for infrastructure
Unrelated: Meta & Amazon are building nuclear reactors to power data centres for AI
Unrelated: Ireland’s govt plans emergency powers & limits on access to the courts
Unrelated: €3.5 billion budget for infrastructure
Unrelated: Meta & Amazon are building nuclear reactors to power data centres for AI
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🇮🇪 Ireland has effective moratorium on new data centres due to lack of capacity
Unrelated: Ireland’s govt plans emergency powers & limits on access to the courts
Unrelated: €3.5 billion budget for infrastructure
Unrelated: Meta & Amazon are building nuclear reactors to power data centres for AI
Unrelated: Ireland’s govt plans emergency powers & limits on access to the courts
Unrelated: €3.5 billion budget for infrastructure
Unrelated: Meta & Amazon are building nuclear reactors to power data centres for AI
That was a fascinating chat with Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked) just now on Oliver Callan, didn't catch all of it but wow, yet again it's a writer of fairly dystopian fantasy fiction who sees best how things are going politically in the US
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That was a fascinating chat with Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked) just now on Oliver Callan, didn't catch all of it but wow, yet again it's a writer of fairly dystopian fantasy fiction who sees best how things are going politically in the US
Yes, definitely just plonk this enormous rust bucket right in the middle of one of Ireland’s most famous tourist destinations, no problem.
What’s the plan here @portofcork.bsky.social?
#MVMathew
What’s the plan here @portofcork.bsky.social?
#MVMathew
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Yes, definitely just plonk this enormous rust bucket right in the middle of one of Ireland’s most famous tourist destinations, no problem.
What’s the plan here @portofcork.bsky.social?
#MVMathew
What’s the plan here @portofcork.bsky.social?
#MVMathew
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Because we can all see how well Americans are doing with the less regulated tech world of the US 🫣. What is the EU thinking? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
Europe Begins Rethinking Its Crackdown on Big Tech
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Because we can all see how well Americans are doing with the less regulated tech world of the US 🫣. What is the EU thinking? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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"Her paternal grandparents moved to Nottingham from County Mayo in Ireland in the 1950s"
Labour MP Samantha Niblett tells Shabana Mahmood that "I cannot thank her enough for today's statement, because finally, at last, my constituents feel heard".
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Her paternal grandparents moved to Nottingham from County Mayo in Ireland in the 1950s"
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Interesting how determined our politicians are to ape the policies of parties who are nosediving in polls.
Even idiot kids know you're supposed to copy the popular kid in school, not the one everybody hates
Even idiot kids know you're supposed to copy the popular kid in school, not the one everybody hates
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Interesting how determined our politicians are to ape the policies of parties who are nosediving in polls.
Even idiot kids know you're supposed to copy the popular kid in school, not the one everybody hates
Even idiot kids know you're supposed to copy the popular kid in school, not the one everybody hates