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Marc Scully
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Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.
Maybe it’s my GAA background but I always get a lump in my throat when I stumble across a big rural funeral, and I see all the young fellas and girls providing a guard of honour in their zogabongs in the club colours.
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is from the HSE in Ireland. It seems to be from later in 2020, as opposed to the early days of the pandemic.

youtu.be/1bF_P3ZzDhQ?...
COVID-19 Information: Stay safe, protect each other
YouTube video by HSE Ireland
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November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For the craic, you should write a follow-up post along the lines of "APPARENTLY, all the Americans in my mentions haven't realised that I was referring to a different set of IRISH billionaires! Not everything is about you! Smdh."
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ah! Oddly enough, I've a clear enough memory of that match. I saw some of it while drinking red lemonade with my cousins and at least two uncles in a pub in New Inn, Co Tipp.
a blurry picture of a soccer player wearing a green jersey with the number 9 on it
Alt: Roger Milla dancing at the corner flag in celebration having scored for Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One of these days I'll actually act on my "we need a Memory Studies of Italia 90" idea - I can fold the early days of the Robinson Presidency into that, maybe.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Yeah, I was looking at this last night - up until Mary Robinson, it was more common than not for the incumbent President to also be the only living President. Post-Presidency lifespans used to be quite short!
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Correct! Give that man a frugal meal!
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Thinking back, was it maybe something she had said when she appeared on the Den the week before? I remember there being a lot of excitement about that.

"Collective memory of the Mary Robinson Presidency among Irish people who were in primary school at the time" would make for decent research!
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Here’s a quiz question: who was the first Irish President to live through the entirety of the presidency of their immediate successor?
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Also the phrase ‘lagging behind’ doesn’t actually appear in the article, it’s only in the headline, which may have been written by someone else.

This is happening more and more lately with the IT. And unfortunately #spéirghorm does incentivise it with the rage clicks.
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Anyway, I suspect this is one of those mythical figures that could be weaponised to justify very real research funding cuts, so let’s be careful out there, hah?
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Invoking Billig’s concept of the rhetorical power of ‘semi-magical round numbers’, it would be interesting to trace what work this 90% figure does on academic social media.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Both my boys have come home with homework so if it used to be a thing, it no longer is!
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I had a renewed sense of patriotism and faith in the future of our country when I saw the respect paid by our armed forces to their commander in chief and the dignified bearing of our president. Now, more than ever we should increase military spending!
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
But if you *must* read books, then it’s a comfort to know that you can return them to any library branch nationwide.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Gonzo is Bond.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM