Seamus Ryan
@seamusryan.bsky.social
Found this droll little bit in the report from the October Climate Action, Biodiversity, Etc SPC meeting though.
I mean, come on, lad, wtf.
I mean, come on, lad, wtf.
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Found this droll little bit in the report from the October Climate Action, Biodiversity, Etc SPC meeting though.
I mean, come on, lad, wtf.
I mean, come on, lad, wtf.
I'm sure there were plenty of negotiations over the past few weeks, even in advance of the proposed budget (and not just among the council civil service to get money by department.
Its a massive increase in the housing budget for one thing.
Here's the table I posted hours ago.
Its a massive increase in the housing budget for one thing.
Here's the table I posted hours ago.
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm sure there were plenty of negotiations over the past few weeks, even in advance of the proposed budget (and not just among the council civil service to get money by department.
Its a massive increase in the housing budget for one thing.
Here's the table I posted hours ago.
Its a massive increase in the housing budget for one thing.
Here's the table I posted hours ago.
...and here's your guide to the lower raise in rates for some SMEs until you're sent an actual guide.
Final page of the mayor's intro speech this morning.
That'll do.
Final page of the mayor's intro speech this morning.
That'll do.
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
...and here's your guide to the lower raise in rates for some SMEs until you're sent an actual guide.
Final page of the mayor's intro speech this morning.
That'll do.
Final page of the mayor's intro speech this morning.
That'll do.
I'm not reading this section of the budget.
It's very important. But I'm old and I'm not turning my neck sideways to read non-selectable text.
It's very important. But I'm old and I'm not turning my neck sideways to read non-selectable text.
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'm not reading this section of the budget.
It's very important. But I'm old and I'm not turning my neck sideways to read non-selectable text.
It's very important. But I'm old and I'm not turning my neck sideways to read non-selectable text.
Some of you will have a big interest in the affordable housing schemes (even recognising that they're not that affordable).
Here are the future projections, which seem optimistic or aspirational based on past form.
Here are the future projections, which seem optimistic or aspirational based on past form.
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Some of you will have a big interest in the affordable housing schemes (even recognising that they're not that affordable).
Here are the future projections, which seem optimistic or aspirational based on past form.
Here are the future projections, which seem optimistic or aspirational based on past form.
In recent weeks (all year if you've been paying attention), some of the metro councillors have been complaining loudly that rural councillors get a bigger GMA (councillor personal grace & favour slush fund) allocation to dole out.
I'd half expect to hear a whine about this.
I'd half expect to hear a whine about this.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In recent weeks (all year if you've been paying attention), some of the metro councillors have been complaining loudly that rural councillors get a bigger GMA (councillor personal grace & favour slush fund) allocation to dole out.
I'd half expect to hear a whine about this.
I'd half expect to hear a whine about this.
Some of the non-small print on the Grants & Subsidies section above.
I'm sure some of the councillors would like more money for roads.
You have to raise the budget amount if you want that, folks.
YOU PAY NOW, etc etc.
I'm sure some of the councillors would like more money for roads.
You have to raise the budget amount if you want that, folks.
YOU PAY NOW, etc etc.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Some of the non-small print on the Grants & Subsidies section above.
I'm sure some of the councillors would like more money for roads.
You have to raise the budget amount if you want that, folks.
YOU PAY NOW, etc etc.
I'm sure some of the councillors would like more money for roads.
You have to raise the budget amount if you want that, folks.
YOU PAY NOW, etc etc.
Still waiting...
Hey, here's another chart, so.
Hey, here's another chart, so.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Still waiting...
Hey, here's another chart, so.
Hey, here's another chart, so.
That’s it: I’m eating the moderately-priced Aldi pastries I bought, not having any current interest in making my own.
There’s also a kilo of chocolate: lads, the shorter you make this meeting with few adjournments … the faster you pass a budget, the less fat I am tomorrow.
There’s also a kilo of chocolate: lads, the shorter you make this meeting with few adjournments … the faster you pass a budget, the less fat I am tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
That’s it: I’m eating the moderately-priced Aldi pastries I bought, not having any current interest in making my own.
There’s also a kilo of chocolate: lads, the shorter you make this meeting with few adjournments … the faster you pass a budget, the less fat I am tomorrow.
There’s also a kilo of chocolate: lads, the shorter you make this meeting with few adjournments … the faster you pass a budget, the less fat I am tomorrow.
Here's the income pie chart.
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here's the income pie chart.
So where's this proposed wad of money proposed to come from?
Glad you asked.
Here's the income table.
Glad you asked.
Here's the income table.
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
So where's this proposed wad of money proposed to come from?
Glad you asked.
Here's the income table.
Glad you asked.
Here's the income table.
That's why - on the very next page - the charts exclude HAP when outlining expenditure.
They're not trying to mislead.
A pie chart would be nice here, folks. There's one for income, and people like pies.
They're not trying to mislead.
A pie chart would be nice here, folks. There's one for income, and people like pies.
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
That's why - on the very next page - the charts exclude HAP when outlining expenditure.
They're not trying to mislead.
A pie chart would be nice here, folks. There's one for income, and people like pies.
They're not trying to mislead.
A pie chart would be nice here, folks. There's one for income, and people like pies.
Here's a councillor-friendly (not too much reading, a chunk of them will be opening it for the first time round about now) summary of the 2026 proposed budget, compared with the 2025 actual.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Here's a councillor-friendly (not too much reading, a chunk of them will be opening it for the first time round about now) summary of the 2026 proposed budget, compared with the 2025 actual.
It’s yielding some really funny results too, though 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s yielding some really funny results too, though 🤣
Not aside, here's what google returns for "visit Limerick"
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Not aside, here's what google returns for "visit Limerick"
Here's the plan for Nicholas Street.
Don't be complaining about the quality of the map to me: that's exactly what's in the report. :D
www.limerick.ie/sites/defaul...
Don't be complaining about the quality of the map to me: that's exactly what's in the report. :D
www.limerick.ie/sites/defaul...
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Here's the plan for Nicholas Street.
Don't be complaining about the quality of the map to me: that's exactly what's in the report. :D
www.limerick.ie/sites/defaul...
Don't be complaining about the quality of the map to me: that's exactly what's in the report. :D
www.limerick.ie/sites/defaul...
... but Cllr Collins M has warned everyone ("even Pat Daly") that they won't be allowed to blather on.
That'll be a first. The Anti-Windmill councillors have been gagging for this meeting for YEARS
That'll be a first. The Anti-Windmill councillors have been gagging for this meeting for YEARS
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
... but Cllr Collins M has warned everyone ("even Pat Daly") that they won't be allowed to blather on.
That'll be a first. The Anti-Windmill councillors have been gagging for this meeting for YEARS
That'll be a first. The Anti-Windmill councillors have been gagging for this meeting for YEARS
Highly amused by the lads scribbling on their #Aras25 ballots to spoil them and then posting them on The Internet so that someone will actually see them.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Highly amused by the lads scribbling on their #Aras25 ballots to spoil them and then posting them on The Internet so that someone will actually see them.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
Mark Esper’s 2022 book claimed that Trump wanted to have the person who leaked that he hid in the bomb shelter under the East Wing tried for treason and executed.
Not aside, the site of the Führerbunker is, as y’all know, now a car park.
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/13/p...
Not aside, the site of the Führerbunker is, as y’all know, now a car park.
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/13/p...
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Mark Esper’s 2022 book claimed that Trump wanted to have the person who leaked that he hid in the bomb shelter under the East Wing tried for treason and executed.
Not aside, the site of the Führerbunker is, as y’all know, now a car park.
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/13/p...
Not aside, the site of the Führerbunker is, as y’all know, now a car park.
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/13/p...
Yeah, they'll write a letter.
Kieran O'Hanlon wants a letter written to the Minister, but they'll be writing to the operators.
Who'll presumably point to the NTA (see above)
Kieran O'Hanlon wants a letter written to the Minister, but they'll be writing to the operators.
Who'll presumably point to the NTA (see above)
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Yeah, they'll write a letter.
Kieran O'Hanlon wants a letter written to the Minister, but they'll be writing to the operators.
Who'll presumably point to the NTA (see above)
Kieran O'Hanlon wants a letter written to the Minister, but they'll be writing to the operators.
Who'll presumably point to the NTA (see above)
I didn’t know this presentation was coming, but here are some pics of Limerick laneways from yesterday.
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I didn’t know this presentation was coming, but here are some pics of Limerick laneways from yesterday.
*waves this tshirt in the air*
October 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
*waves this tshirt in the air*
I thought I’d have another few days to post this well-known John Gordon Thomson cartoon from 1880 featuring a Jim Gavin lookalike & actalike character as the #aras2025 race continued, but it looks like it’s post now or post never…
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I thought I’d have another few days to post this well-known John Gordon Thomson cartoon from 1880 featuring a Jim Gavin lookalike & actalike character as the #aras2025 race continued, but it looks like it’s post now or post never…
They'll be approving arts funding under the strategic fund later (10% of arts council awards to a limit of €5k). They'll zip through it, so here it is in advance.
Congrats, folks: make art.
Congrats, folks: make art.
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
They'll be approving arts funding under the strategic fund later (10% of arts council awards to a limit of €5k). They'll zip through it, so here it is in advance.
Congrats, folks: make art.
Congrats, folks: make art.
Obviously I don’t know what happened in the private Limerick councillor workshop to discuss nominating a presidential candidate, but I assume it went something like this:
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Obviously I don’t know what happened in the private Limerick councillor workshop to discuss nominating a presidential candidate, but I assume it went something like this: