Joe Culley
@therealculls.bsky.social
Writer, editor (ex Irish Times, ex History Ireland - nearly ex altogether).
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with [email protected].
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with [email protected].
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
🎶You tell me I can go this far - but no more
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
🎶You tell me I can go this far - but no more
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Cathal Brugha Way?
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Cathal Brugha Way?
Great image from @sportsfile.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Great image from @sportsfile.bsky.social
Yet again @IrishTimes
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yet again @IrishTimes
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
Really interesting image on the front of today's @IrishTimes by Alan Betson. I'm not sure how it was done. And I say "image", and not photograph, because - well, here's the question: is an image taken from a drone a photo? I'd love to hear what professionals think.
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Really interesting image on the front of today's @IrishTimes by Alan Betson. I'm not sure how it was done. And I say "image", and not photograph, because - well, here's the question: is an image taken from a drone a photo? I'd love to hear what professionals think.
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
So, additional years have been added.....
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So, additional years have been added.....
I look forward to revisiting the Library Bar.
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I look forward to revisiting the Library Bar.
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
Actually, this looks like what you'd get if you asked A I to draw a Naz a figure.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Actually, this looks like what you'd get if you asked A I to draw a Naz a figure.
"conveyed"
Lazy lazy lazy journalism
@IrishTimes
Lazy lazy lazy journalism
@IrishTimes
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"conveyed"
Lazy lazy lazy journalism
@IrishTimes
Lazy lazy lazy journalism
@IrishTimes
Warning: me being me
"later" is superfluous.
"later" is superfluous.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Warning: me being me
"later" is superfluous.
"later" is superfluous.
For a dead guy, Jeffrey gets around.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
For a dead guy, Jeffrey gets around.
An appropriate if subliminal Ulysses reference in @frankie49.bsky.social's Diary today.
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
An appropriate if subliminal Ulysses reference in @frankie49.bsky.social's Diary today.
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
#Throwaway
@samslote.bsky.social
Better get the washing in.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Better get the washing in.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
May I please ask any of you who might have known Belfast in the bad times: is it in even the very least possible way credible that a Catholic family pub would be frequented by British soldiers?
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
May I please ask any of you who might have known Belfast in the bad times: is it in even the very least possible way credible that a Catholic family pub would be frequented by British soldiers?
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
@martindoyle.bsky.social
#Trespasses
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
Looks like Eddie's going to have to go mighty low this week:
No, it fucking doesn't.
It reflects elite corruption.
It reflects elite corruption.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
No, it fucking doesn't.
It reflects elite corruption.
It reflects elite corruption.
Batten down the hatcheries
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Batten down the hatcheries
From today's @IrishTimes
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
From today's @IrishTimes
This is one of several hills I might die on:
Dear @IrishTimes, if a pedestrian is hit by a motorised vehicle it is NOT a collision.
Dear @IrishTimes, if a pedestrian is hit by a motorised vehicle it is NOT a collision.
November 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is one of several hills I might die on:
Dear @IrishTimes, if a pedestrian is hit by a motorised vehicle it is NOT a collision.
Dear @IrishTimes, if a pedestrian is hit by a motorised vehicle it is NOT a collision.
Here's one for you:
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's one for you:
Does AFP now use bots to write its reports?
* still, remarkable story
* still, remarkable story
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Does AFP now use bots to write its reports?
* still, remarkable story
* still, remarkable story
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM