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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 6h

A cynical person might suggest that - just as with the recent huge ecocide on the river Blackwater - nobody will ever face consequences for this www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

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Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · 6h

When life imitates art

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 6h

I enjoyed drinking the warm liquids in the warm shop.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 7h

Special plaudits to the Dept for Foreign Affairs fellow from the local Embassy for making good points on the play in the exact cadence of a lad tasked with providing sideline commentary on a schools final soccer match.

Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinating to learn of Brian Friel’s Translations being staged in Senegal.

Ireland's iconic play 'Translations' hits Dakar stage • FRANCE 24 English

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinating to learn of Brian Friel’s Translations being staged in Senegal.

Ireland's iconic play 'Translations' hits Dakar stage • FRANCE 24 English

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 7h

What should I say to a person? I will ask the box with the blinking lights.

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Alan Lawlor @alanlawlor.bsky.social · 22h

Catherine Connolly breeds seagulls and trains them how to rob sandwiches and chips, then releases them into Stephens Green
#smearTheBejaysus #speirgorm

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, he went *FULL* Monstrance.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Father Larry attempts to walk toward the detention center.

ISP prevent people from moving forward. Lieutenant Col Bradley says he's making a call and dialing the ICE facility, but also says people may be waiting a while.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 8h

Incidentally, it is nice to find one American with an obviously Irish surname who hasn’t actually been appointed to a baloney office by Trump.

Up until now, our distant relatives have not covered us in glory and see Ireland itself as “astonishingly progressive”.

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THE IRISH TIMES |•

This is not to report that Irish Chicago is a homogenous bastion of left-liberal values. While voting Democrat remains a relatively stable factor, we encountered a broad range of social and political opinion among our Irish interviewees, and also noted some significant differences between longer settled and newer emigrants.
A Chicago politician described new Irish emigrants as "astonishingly progressive" compared to the longer resident diaspora - a view that echoed the Irish Central survey where Irish American respondents thought Ireland "more liberal" than the US. Notably, the strong Irish presence in the immigration reform movement in Chicago and Illinois is led by Irish-born emigrants.

President Trump's advisers do not represent the sum of Irish

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 1d

🥳 ❤️ My UK instore tour ttikaram.lnk.to/InStores continues to celebrate the release of my new album 'LIAR Love Isn't A Right ' 🥳
Sunday 12/10 #Brighton 6pm Resident Records
Monday 13/10 @roughtrade1976.bsky.social London 7pm
Awesome Zosia Jagodzinska on cello ☀️👍 Say Hello 🙌❤️
📸 Jeff Simpson

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 8h

Bringing the Monstrance is a spectacular move.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 19h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 1d

All of this started with not executing Robert E Lee and the whole confederacy leadership after the civil war

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Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 1d

Catherine Connolly built the RTÉ Player #Smearthebejaysus

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

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Gray Frights! @clickgate.bsky.social · 1d

Shoutout to one of my fave tweets ever of all time

Martin Leahy tweets:

“There was a bus going through Béal na Bláth once and the bus driver announced to the passengers, 'This is where Michael Collins died' and someone on the bus said 'Tis a bad bend alright'.”

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

This Dirty Dancing sequel is underwhelming.

feral streep @seanpaulmahoney.bsky.social · 1d

i’m baby and do not leave me unattended 🥺

DO NOT LEAVE BABY UNATTENDED ON CONVENIENCE TABLE

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder as it is clear most of the population doesn't understand this.

BNEF: Renewables Are Becoming Cheaper than Natural Gas in Southeast Asia

Despite the large number of benefits, many countries in Southeast Asia are planning to expand their use of natural gas.

energytracker.asia

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 2d

A comedian trying to unsuccessfully donate their Riyadh Festival blood money like Adam West's Batman madly dashing around trying to unload a cartoonish bomb

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly how the Hungary plan went, and the December meeting went down to the wire.

Why is our Government supporting amass surveillance plan the German police minister said should be ‘taboo’ and the Dutch spy agency said was a threat to security?

Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 1d

Once again, this happens every time the Council/Parliament try to ram through Chat Control. They know this is a terrible idea.

At this point, the only reason they're trying to introduce it again is that they're hoping people aren't paying attention.

Alderik Oosthoek @alderik.bsky.social · 1d

“The EU Council has cancelled its vote, which had been due next week, on [..] a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

The Danish EU presidency [..] are now aiming for a new compromise for a ministerial meeting in December.” euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

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Claire Iníon BouliSneachta @claireissimo.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly composed the music for Glenroe.
#SmearTheBejaysus #SpeirGorm

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2d

I see they’re taking the genAI, ‘You’ve-committed-too-many-crimes-to-be-punished-properly’ approach to protecting the environment.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

US lawyer John Yoo wrote a series of memos for the Bush administration in order to create a legal cover for torture.

He suffered no negative consequences. He later was made Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.

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