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Séan Ó Conghaile ᚛ᚄᚕᚅ᚜ @shaneconneely.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland could build a new children's hospital every three years for the cost of the hospitality VAT reduction.

We could build a Galway sized luas system every year for the same cost

We'll invest less in the National Grid between now and 2030, than we will in €18 sandwiches in 2026

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 7h

So bloody useless

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 5h

"Ceasefire'

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5h

Al-Ahli Hospital tells Al Jazeera seven bodies recovered after Israeli attack helicopters swooped on east of Gaza City.

Gaza City residents set to return as Israel bombs before ceasefire starts

Al-Ahli Hospital tells Al Jazeera seven bodies recovered after Israeli attack helicopters swooped on east of Gaza City.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 5h

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

My sister @NaoiseDolan, alongside other members of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, has been abducted by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to break the illegal siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Please join me in urging the Irish government to demand their safe return.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 5h

In those 8 months he didn't hesitate to get straight to work getting the lads blowing human beings to bits regardless of the discussion

Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 6h

The life of a human being living in Afghanistan was worth $6,000 in Obama's eyes:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunduz_...

Kunduz hospital airstrike - Wikipedia

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 7h

"Ah but he was diplomatic"

Westerners who will never have to worry about some Yank teenager in fatigues pasting you from a drone are not invited to offer their "nuanced" opinions on why other people's lives are excusable collateral damage.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 7h

The Nobel Peace Prize has been meaningless for a long time considering they awarded it to Henry Kissinger. Giving it to Trump would follow the same tradition as giving it to Obama despite the whole "killed so many civilians with drone strikes there's statistics tables for annual totals" thing.

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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 25d

The mania that Willem Dafoe expresses in The Boondock Saints felt necessary to capture. Man really went through a journey acting his ass off.

Some studies while trying out some brushes on procreate.

#willemdafoe #illustration

A collage of illustrations of the Actor Willem Dafoe - poses and facial expressions referenced from the film 'The Boondock Saints'

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 10h

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 8h

if this was Belfast there'd be 17 Dundela stickers on that thing's head and dog shit at its feet within the first week

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 8h

Am I losing my fucking mind or is this a collective experience for our species

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Trent Martin 🇨🇦 @stellarvo.bsky.social · 17h

Do not let that Duol*ngo anime announcement cause you to forget that they laid off almost all their contractors and replaced them with AI :)

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 18h

Joe Brolly showing that no matter what you achieve - you’ll always be reduced to a piece of meat by some lowlife in a way men never ever are

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 1d

Steve's Pyke's Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writers 1985-2025 launches at Photo Museum Ireland tonight. It features over 100 portraits, inc. Naoise Dolan (who we're thinking of), Edna O'Brien, Colm Tóibín, Iris Murdoch, John McGahern @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.lilliputpress.ie/products/scr...

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Colin Harvey @cjharvey1.bsky.social · 18h

Maith sibh 💚

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 22h

He also has a Patreon where he's been posting photos from his time in Ukraine.

www.patreon.com/c/cocobongo6...

Get more from Cocobongo666 on Patreon

Freelance conflict videographer / photographer

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 22h

If you like Irish photojournalism then you can't go wrong with pre-ordering the latest edition of Chaos Stadt from Conall Kearney.

He's been recovering this year from a fractured spine courtesy of Russian artillery bulls-eyeing an APC he was in.

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(PRE ORDER) Chaos Stadt 3 - Belfast Zine

The third issue of Chaos Stadt (Chaos City) will focus on my hometown, Belfast. Shot between the years 2016 - 2025, this photo zine visually delves...

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 1d

Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys has avoided a property tax on her old constituency office after failing to declare she’s no longer entitled to an exemption.

For failing to make this declaration Humphreys could face criminal prosecution.

www.ontheditch.com/fine-gaels-h...

Humphreys has avoided a property tax on old office

She could face criminal prosecution under laws introduced when she was a government minister.

www.ontheditch.com

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 22h

Photo by @Kieroncg, a protester holds up a sign reading "shoot the fuck back" during heavy handed policing of George Floyd protests

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Hey! It's Bubblenoma Linda @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 22h

Affordable art space in Dublin City Centre, available now #speirgorm

A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 22d

We currently have 10 regular studio memberships available at A4 Sounds.

We are looking for artists from the following disciplines to join our studio community:
• Sculpture
• Print
• Photography
• Ceramics
• Textiles
• Media

Studio Memberships
10 available

Image is bright and colourful

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 1d

"Catherine Connolly, you reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?"

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 1d

They're going to move onto "MRS CORBYN IF RUSSIA FIRED NUKES WOULD YOU PUSH DA BUTTON?????" next week

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

The Minister for Health has described as "completely unacceptable", comments by presidential candidate Catherine Connolly that she "would have to think about" hiring a convicted rapist to work in the Áras

Connolly comments on rapist 'unacceptable', says Minister

The Minister for Health has described as "completely unacceptable", comments by presidential candidate Catherine Connolly that she "would have to think about" hiring a convicted rapist to work in the ...

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 1d

>Islington

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