Alan Dunne
@aldunne.bsky.social
Arts appreciator • Bad runner • Follower of unsuccessful sports teams • Climate action, sustainable transport, unhealthy levels of Laois content
🌍 Dublin
🌍 Dublin
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This is outrageously propagandistic
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is outrageously propagandistic
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Three unrelated things
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Three unrelated things
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Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
A vulgar roast is what you tuck into in Treacys in The Heath when you're driving down the M7 after a big match in Dublin
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A vulgar roast is what you tuck into in Treacys in The Heath when you're driving down the M7 after a big match in Dublin
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Not a fan of the "You won't believe the insane replies my normal post got on Twitter!" engagement bait I see here.
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Not a fan of the "You won't believe the insane replies my normal post got on Twitter!" engagement bait I see here.
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
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why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
Spent the weekend playing tunes and acting the maggot in aid of a great cause. Welcome any donations or reposts, all funds raised will help families and individuals with Down Syndrome
#spéirgorm
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#spéirgorm
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/4...
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www.idonate.ie
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Spent the weekend playing tunes and acting the maggot in aid of a great cause. Welcome any donations or reposts, all funds raised will help families and individuals with Down Syndrome
#spéirgorm
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/4...
#spéirgorm
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/4...
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For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
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This isn't the last we'll hear of Gareth Sheridan or Maria Steen you can be sure of that. Next week they'll be back in their communities, tirelessly working to make Ireland better from the ground up, rolling up their sleeves up with local voluntary organisations, running for local election.
#Áras25
#Áras25
Defeated Áras hopeful Gareth Sheridan believes a "well-orchestrated" campaign to keep out Independent candidates will result in an "underwhelmingly low turnout" next month.
Maria Steen misses out on nominations to get on the Áras ballot
The socially conservative campaigner failed to get the support needed to contest this year’s election.
www.thejournal.ie
September 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This isn't the last we'll hear of Gareth Sheridan or Maria Steen you can be sure of that. Next week they'll be back in their communities, tirelessly working to make Ireland better from the ground up, rolling up their sleeves up with local voluntary organisations, running for local election.
#Áras25
#Áras25
Beidh Enoch amárach i bPríosún Mhuinseo
Judge orders ‘grotesque’ Enoch Burke be sent to prison for fourth time www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Judge orders ‘grotesque’ Enoch Burke be sent to prison for fourth time
A judge has ruled that anti-transgender schoolteacher Enoch Burke should be sent to prison for a fourth time for contempt of court orders requiring him to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School.
www.independent.ie
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Beidh Enoch amárach i bPríosún Mhuinseo
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Do they mean white straight Anglo American masculinity?
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: putting masculinity back at the centre of literary fiction | Editorial
Editorial: David Szalay’s Flesh breaks from a decade of female-centred interiors and reopens a genre many thought closed to men
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Do they mean white straight Anglo American masculinity?
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2020 Scottish gay man
2021 South African man
2022 Sri Lankan man
2023 Irish man
2024 Woman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bring back the John Player Tops of the Town with 2020s companies. I want to see a team from Salesforce doing a rendition of All That Jazz facing off against a Bradys Ham Book of Mormon medley
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Bring back the John Player Tops of the Town with 2020s companies. I want to see a team from Salesforce doing a rendition of All That Jazz facing off against a Bradys Ham Book of Mormon medley
Jesus. Have watched this goal back around two dozen times and goosebumps every time. Absolutely savage 🇮🇪
Troy Parrott. Echos of Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in 2002. What a moment. #COYBIG 🇮🇪
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jesus. Have watched this goal back around two dozen times and goosebumps every time. Absolutely savage 🇮🇪
Newcastle Airport has a very spartan, functional bus station vibe. I like it
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Newcastle Airport has a very spartan, functional bus station vibe. I like it
Bring back the John Player Tops of the Town with 2020s companies. I want to see a team from Salesforce doing a rendition of All That Jazz facing off against a Bradys Ham Book of Mormon medley
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Bring back the John Player Tops of the Town with 2020s companies. I want to see a team from Salesforce doing a rendition of All That Jazz facing off against a Bradys Ham Book of Mormon medley
Fear not folks. Endless economic growth, which is definitely a thing we can achieve without destroying societies or the environment, is the solution to our housing shortage
“as incomes catch up, houses will become more affordable” - TCD Economist Barra Roantree on RTE Primetime
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Fear not folks. Endless economic growth, which is definitely a thing we can achieve without destroying societies or the environment, is the solution to our housing shortage
RTÉ's Technology Correspondent interviewing Jason Kwon from OpenAI on the news just now, and either (a) he doesn't know enough about the tech and the business to ask a meaningful question (b) it was a deliberately softball interview. Either way, FFS
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RTÉ's Technology Correspondent interviewing Jason Kwon from OpenAI on the news just now, and either (a) he doesn't know enough about the tech and the business to ask a meaningful question (b) it was a deliberately softball interview. Either way, FFS
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A lot of examples in this, it's been a long time since I read it, 'How the Irish became White'... should anyone want a thoroughly depressing read, full book: thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/u...
thecharnelhouse.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A lot of examples in this, it's been a long time since I read it, 'How the Irish became White'... should anyone want a thoroughly depressing read, full book: thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/u...
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They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
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the Pope is outflanking the US government on every single social issue. like, it’s not ambiguous: even without him making any meaningful concessions on trans rights (or abortion or anything else), he’s still to the left of every US federal government policy
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
the Pope is outflanking the US government on every single social issue. like, it’s not ambiguous: even without him making any meaningful concessions on trans rights (or abortion or anything else), he’s still to the left of every US federal government policy
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
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The Irish fossil fuel industry welcoming a politician on board as their paid lobbyist.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Irish fossil fuel industry welcoming a politician on board as their paid lobbyist.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
Forced emigration as a handy solution to Ireland's problems: a hard drug to kick for every generation of our ruling duopoly
The thing about this "housing plan" is that it feels completely disingenuous. In the past, we might have blamed incompetence, but it feels very clear that neither FG nor FF truly view this as a crisis; they are quite satisfied by the fact that it has benefited a large proportion of their own voters.
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Forced emigration as a handy solution to Ireland's problems: a hard drug to kick for every generation of our ruling duopoly
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30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
ANNOUNCING their fourth housing plan in just twelve years this morning, the Irish government has pledged to once again fail to meet the housing demands of Ireland’s ever-growing population, promising to build only a fraction …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/