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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 5d

Bahaha! I'm jealous! We just spooned and he gave the best hugs in my dream😭

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 5d

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe Steen voters will turn out and vote after all if this gets more wind in its sails.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 5d

And Tánaiste? Very impressive!

But I agree, if you mention Taoiseach to anyone outside Ireland, they wouldn't have a clue.

I have seen some news outlets use the official title instead of PM.

Oh well😄

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 5d

I know people call it PM to audiencs outside of Ireland, but I can't help twitch when I read it :)

The official title is Taoiseach (thee-shuck) in Irish, as prime minister in Irish is príomh-aire (preive-awrah).

We don't say the PM of Germany :) But Germany is Germany and Ireland is... smaller!

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 5d

I had the most wonderful dream. I was dating Pedro Pascal🤩 I think he was about to propose when my alarm went off😭 My week is ruined before it even started.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 6d

Its a take on a Simpsons meme. Text reads: There won't be a PR-STV run off. I'll tell the children.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 6d

Micheál Martin backed the wrong horse with Ger Gavin, is what plenty of Fianná Fáil members who will now say.

How different things would be had Billy Kelleher been nominated by the party.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 6d

I was just thinking this.

How many spoilt votes will this result in?

The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 6d

Apparently it's too late to take Him Gavin's name off the ballot? Total chaos #Áras25

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 6d

As my Mam would say, that's put the cat among the pigeons.

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 6d

Breaking: Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 7d

diva down #StormAmy

Its a street lamp poster for Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavij lying face up in someone's garden in Dublin, having been blown off during Storm Amy.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 7d

Twelfty!

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 8d

Mad watching England turn into NI

Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 8d

Flags went up in Stirchley a few days ago & were taken down by local residents the same evening.

The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.

Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 7d

My earlier tweet about Catherine Connolly hiring a former prisoner, in the form of a letter to the Indo.

m.independent.ie/opinion/lett...

Title: "Ní Shionnáin served her sentence - surely she is allowed to rebuild her life?"

I want to clarify something – is it the view of the Taoiseach, and of commentators, that former prisoners should be denied opportunities to rebuild their lives away from violence or criminality, even after they have served their sentence?

Given her qualifications, Ursula Ní Shionnáin was perfectly suited for the role of administrative support for a TD working on the Oireachtas Committee for the Irish language, and Catherine Connolly was in the right to give her a chance.

I think it is much more concerning if our Government thinks that prisoners such as Ní Shionnáin should not be given the opportunity to rehabilitate when they demonstrate a willingness to do so.

As a former employee of the Irish Prison Service, that seems to go against everything that I was told during my training.

Tomás M Creamer, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim

Published 4th October, 2025, on the letter section of the Irish Indepedent.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 10d

Hi. European here. I always tip, in Ireland, Europe, wherever. Being a waiter/waitress is a demanding job, regardless of what they're getting paid.

Tip early, tip often.

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted to report that one of my weekday Gym Boyfriends is here today.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16d

This sounds like the kind of thing you'd do before a purge
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 17d

If we lower the threshold to be nominated in a presidential election, we're going to end up like an Irish European Parliament election, with over 20 random names on a ballot paper.

The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 17d

🗣️ "The political system doesn't work for us anymore," says Kieran Cuddihy, Host of The Tonight Show.
🗣️ "Might there eventually be a referendum where you can reanimate this discussion around whether politics is too exclusionary?" says Gavan Reilly, Political Correspondent.

#TonightVMTV

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 17d

"“The Council just did what they usually do: keep the city grey, silent, and stripped of colour and voice.”

A swift and accurate summary of Dublin as a city to live in.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 17d

One of Dublin's best-known street murals has been destroyed and replaced with NFL-themed graffiti ahead of an American football game in Croke Park this weekend
jrnl.ie/6825876

An iconic Dublin city mural has just been removed and replaced with 'gaudy' NFL graffiti

The ‘Do Not remove’ mural was removed to make way for the American football-themed artwork.

jrnl.ie

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 18d

Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful

Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 18d

Iona Institute leaflet

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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil @bearaboi.bsky.social · 17d

A reminder: she is not a military or security chef for the EU or NATO. She has no role in whether such action should be taken or not.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17d

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the option of shooting down a fighter jet that is intruding into NATO airspace is “on the table.”