Adam Turner
@adamisreallyme.bsky.social
Dad, reluctant tech worker and a cyclist.
Wicklow.
Wicklow.
I cleaned up a laneway near my house over the weekend, as it's full of litter. Does anyone know if joining a tidy towns is worth it? They seem good but locally they're not very visible. #speirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I cleaned up a laneway near my house over the weekend, as it's full of litter. Does anyone know if joining a tidy towns is worth it? They seem good but locally they're not very visible. #speirgorm
I'm trying to be a more active citizen so I'm joining groups like @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social and my local town team. I still haven't felt brave enough to join a political party yet so staying outside for now. But I'm still contacting TDs and Cllrs about issues like lack of parks dept and litter.
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm trying to be a more active citizen so I'm joining groups like @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social and my local town team. I still haven't felt brave enough to join a political party yet so staying outside for now. But I'm still contacting TDs and Cllrs about issues like lack of parks dept and litter.
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I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
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🏗️“David McWilliams’s characterisation of lawyers as “talkers” rather than “doers”
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🏗️“David McWilliams’s characterisation of lawyers as “talkers” rather than “doers”
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
He decries legal process & points to Chinese projects. Four bridges collapsed in China in 2024 killing 42.. In 2024 Ireland recorded its lowest-ever number of workplace fatalities”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
It's fierce disappointing and disheartening to reach out to local councillors about issues and offer to get involved, then to hear nothing back. But I suppose I should join a party to get more involved.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's fierce disappointing and disheartening to reach out to local councillors about issues and offer to get involved, then to hear nothing back. But I suppose I should join a party to get more involved.
Looking at Denmarks local elections, with over 2,000 councillors elected. It really drives me mad how beholden we are to the county system in Ireland. Most of those borders do not make sense anymore. Baltinglass is closer to Carlow than Wicklow town or Bray.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Looking at Denmarks local elections, with over 2,000 councillors elected. It really drives me mad how beholden we are to the county system in Ireland. Most of those borders do not make sense anymore. Baltinglass is closer to Carlow than Wicklow town or Bray.
RTÉ's live thread really captures the moment
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
RTÉ's live thread really captures the moment
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I'm told one of youse made that rapist cry is that right
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm told one of youse made that rapist cry is that right
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Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
I've been cycling to the office in town and I do no understand how to turn right from Clanwilliam Pl to Grand Canal St, without almost knocking down everyone crossing the road? Does anyone know?
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I've been cycling to the office in town and I do no understand how to turn right from Clanwilliam Pl to Grand Canal St, without almost knocking down everyone crossing the road? Does anyone know?
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
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Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!
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Simon Harris is a coward and a bully who would rather scapegoat innocent communities of vulnerable people rather than face up to the failures of either his government or himself as a leader, a Cabinet minister and a human being. Couldn't think less of him and have no problem saying it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Simon Harris is a coward and a bully who would rather scapegoat innocent communities of vulnerable people rather than face up to the failures of either his government or himself as a leader, a Cabinet minister and a human being. Couldn't think less of him and have no problem saying it.
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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
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Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
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“If this was, as Harris framed it, a referendum on Ireland’s proud history of better-things-aren’t-possible centrism, then surely he must accept that his conceptualisation of Ireland is actually… wrong.”
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
Surrealing in the Years: Sorry Simon, maybe Ireland doesn't want to be a 'centrist' country
Hey, I didn’t make the rules.
jrnl.ie
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“If this was, as Harris framed it, a referendum on Ireland’s proud history of better-things-aren’t-possible centrism, then surely he must accept that his conceptualisation of Ireland is actually… wrong.”
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
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ff/fg “need to up their online game” isn’t a serious analysis of the campaign nor is any other analysis that talks about “young people and social media” without considering the actual (and extremely wide) political differences between one generally popular candidate and one generally unpopular one
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
ff/fg “need to up their online game” isn’t a serious analysis of the campaign nor is any other analysis that talks about “young people and social media” without considering the actual (and extremely wide) political differences between one generally popular candidate and one generally unpopular one
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Once again delighted that the Irish people went with the option that was cool af
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Once again delighted that the Irish people went with the option that was cool af
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Peadar Tobin is never going to shut up about these spoiled votes.
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Peadar Tobin is never going to shut up about these spoiled votes.
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We need to have a word, an offensive one, for these people who want to run for president but think the work of TD, Senator, Councillor, Mayor, MEP or party activist is beneath them.
Áras-holes?
Áras-holes?
David Quinn on Brendan asked if Maria Steen would run again, "Seven years is a long time". So there is nothing else for her except president? Predictable. #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We need to have a word, an offensive one, for these people who want to run for president but think the work of TD, Senator, Councillor, Mayor, MEP or party activist is beneath them.
Áras-holes?
Áras-holes?
I moved house recently so it's my first time voting somewhere other than my primary school. The nerves of figuring out where I'm going in a different primary school and figuring out the booths! #áras25
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I moved house recently so it's my first time voting somewhere other than my primary school. The nerves of figuring out where I'm going in a different primary school and figuring out the booths! #áras25
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What a graph 👇
"English-speaking countries have fared far worse at increasing housing supply than other developed nations, and have generally seen steeper price rises..."
"English-speaking countries have fared far worse at increasing housing supply than other developed nations, and have generally seen steeper price rises..."
Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What a graph 👇
"English-speaking countries have fared far worse at increasing housing supply than other developed nations, and have generally seen steeper price rises..."
"English-speaking countries have fared far worse at increasing housing supply than other developed nations, and have generally seen steeper price rises..."
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I enjoyed reading this thought-provoking essay on the #Aras25 campaigns by @benfraser.bsky.social
A Presidential Show
The campaigns testing the limits of our credulity
medium.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I enjoyed reading this thought-provoking essay on the #Aras25 campaigns by @benfraser.bsky.social
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Heists are the perfect solution to the male loneliness epidemic. Every fella wants to do a heist with the lads.
Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Heists are the perfect solution to the male loneliness epidemic. Every fella wants to do a heist with the lads.
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I want a journalist to ask HH if she has okayed this tactic of going after the cab rank rule and pretending they don't know about it. It's her campaign and she should be forced to answer for it
October 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I want a journalist to ask HH if she has okayed this tactic of going after the cab rank rule and pretending they don't know about it. It's her campaign and she should be forced to answer for it
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