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Dermot O Connor
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Animator & Designer. Irish, living in windswept Roscommon/Mayo.
Jesus Simon, smile, it won't kill ye.
Face like a smacked arse on him
Connolly inauguration under way at Dublin Castle
Follow live updates as Catherine Connolly is officially sworn in as the tenth President of Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We've got a very friendly robin in our garden. Do your bit!
Irish households urged to take action if they see robins in their garden
The popular garden bird needs our helpIrish households have been urged to take action if they spot a robin in...
www.joe.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This Buster Keaton reboot is not as much fun.
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The ratio on this grotesque human hotdog!
I condemn in the strongest terms the deeply disturbing incident at the IPAS centre in Drogheda. To put vulnerable families, including young children, at risk is abhorrent and has no place in our society.

Our thoughts are with those affected by this horrifying experience.
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Dermot O Connor
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here it is. First poll to put Greens in 2nd, ahead of Lab and Con, each on 16. (Very close to Yougov's latest, before the FindOutNow whatabouts).
And the Rachel Reeves story hasn't even shaken out yet. ouch
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
ah come on now this is getting silly
Chancellor Rachel Reeves admits breaking housing rules by renting out home
Rachel Reeves refers herself to the PM's ethics adviser after "inadvertently" renting out her family home without a licence.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Labour in 5th place in Scotland in YG's Scottish subsample.
Labour slump to FIFTH place in Scotland - and face an election catastrophe of BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS
YouTube video by James Kelly
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October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So Lucy Powell wins deputy leader of the Labour party with ~160,000 voting. In the previous election, 2020, total votes were 460,000.

I wonder what happened to those 300,000 members?

Probably just forgot to vote. I'm sure they're still out there.

Somewhere.
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is what passes for journalism now. Just making up facts. It was the centre-left Plaid Cymru who won, by a huge margin, stoping Reform AND Labour. The media are a thundering disgrace - incompetent, malevolent, or both.
Amazing
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reposted by Dermot O Connor
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October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Great stuff from Wales! Well done, Plaid!
Now to vote in the Irish pres election today, to stuff it to some more horrible people.
Caerphilly byelection result live: Plaid Cymru beats challenge from Reform UK to win pivotal Welsh parliament vote
Lindsay Whittle seized the Senedd constituency from Labour and resisted a fierce challenge from Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Uh oh. Jess Philips, one of the nastiest people in a deeply nasty government, has the "full confidence" of Starmer. We all know what that means, Jess, time to polish the CV.
Jess Phillips has full confidence of PM, says minister, after grooming gang survivors say inquiry will fail if she stays – UK politics live
The four survivors to quit the inquiry’s panel said they would only return if Phillips was removed
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Up yours, Mark. I've got my settlement!
October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I posted this weeks ago. I guess the patriots went to the wrong protest?

www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Five men jailed for torture of woman in Dublin flat
Five men who beat, burned, stabbed and tortured a woman for three hours in a Dublin flat last year have been jailed for between eight-and-a-half and 14 years.
www.rte.ie
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is traditional rural irish practice, according to the woman who would be president.
Just more crazy pills being rammed down my gullet. It never ends.
a cartoon man is riding on the back of a horse and saying , `` yoo haloo ! ''
Alt: a cartoon man is riding on the back of a horse and saying , `` yoo haloo ! ''
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Humphreys gets worse by the hour. She's going full Joe Jacob at this point.
What an absolute shitshow.
October 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Defamed a TD, slanders the Irish legal profession in toto, & let's see, hm, oh yes, is OK with animals torn limb from limb because us rural savages be cavemen, shur begor.
I cannot wait to vote for CC against HH, surely the most unpleasant contender for the Aras ever, including Gay Mitchell in that.
Imagine running for President without being solid on the "is animal cruelty bad?" question
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”

🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”

Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.

#TheBigInterview
October 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So HHumphreys is OK with hare-coursing & fox-hunting! Not a winning strat for modern ireland. Crash & Burn, but bear in mind as you head for the bedrock:

Presidential elections
A candidate can have up to €200,000 reimbursed to them if their vote tally is over 25% of the quota for the constituency.
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Let the blueshirt without Sin cast the first stone.
Goddamit Heather, I said "WITHOUT SIN"
Heather Humphreys was questioned by reporters today over the credit union that she formerly managed taking legal proceedings over loan defaulting during the time that she was manager.

jrnl.ie/6849520
Humphreys questioned about credit union that she managed taking debtors to court
Humphrey has been critical of her rival Connolly for representing banks in home repossession cases during the recession.
jrnl.ie
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Risks to human life". That's from the Israeli police, Keir, if you're paying attention, which you're not.
Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting
Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Good enough for a smear on Catherine Connolly, good enough for our Rat King.
A shocking picture has emerged from Syria of a senior politician meeting with a murderous dictator.
October 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I thought I couldn't hate Starmer and McSweeney any more than I already do, but here we go. Paul Holden (author of 'Fraud', a book which would put the entire Labour right in prison - in a just world) talking about a dying Jewish woman hounded to her grave by these warmongering maniacs. 41m09s.
Could THIS Bring Starmer Down? w/. 'THE FRAUD' author Paul Holden
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Total madness.
Big Tech Is Faking Revenue
YouTube video by Sasha Yanshin
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM