Cathal Malone
@cathalmalone.bsky.social
Corkonian-in-exile in the Pale. Lawyer. Liúdramán. He/him.
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3 weeks holiday begins tomorrow. might finish that music i started (sleep), scale down my game backlog (sleepy time), go exploring (big sleep), map out 2026 (can't make mistakey if no awakey)
December 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
3 weeks holiday begins tomorrow. might finish that music i started (sleep), scale down my game backlog (sleepy time), go exploring (big sleep), map out 2026 (can't make mistakey if no awakey)
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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Presume we’re also going to stop letting British xenophobia dictate our immigration and international protection policies?
Taking back sovereignty is it? So I presume we'll stop paying rent to British lords for Dublin Castle, the four courts and custom house in Cork then, among others?
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Presume we’re also going to stop letting British xenophobia dictate our immigration and international protection policies?
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We’re doing Brexit Bus slogans now.
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
Government moving ‘quickly’ on legislation to remove need for UN mandate for peacekeeping missions
www.irishtimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We’re doing Brexit Bus slogans now.
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If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists
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I would 100% be more afraid of these guys than I would of any trans woman in the restrooms
In order to "protect women" Texas made it so that women have to go through armed guards with an ID check. They literally created a potty police.
December 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I would 100% be more afraid of these guys than I would of any trans woman in the restrooms
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gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law
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A friend's quite-a-lot-younger brother was called Tim, they used to tease him that it was short for Timpiste.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A friend's quite-a-lot-younger brother was called Tim, they used to tease him that it was short for Timpiste.
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Redder and flaggier than any previously known red flag
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Redder and flaggier than any previously known red flag
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Minister O'Donovan appears to be a complete incompetent, far out of his depth, with no real understating at all of the technology he's attempting to regulate. It's just embarrassing. We're long past the time when you could just shove any old eejit into roles that need real expertise and knowledge
An age verification tool is being developed as part of the creation of a national digital wallet in a bid to keep children safe online.
Govt to develop tool to verify age of social media users
An age verification tool is being developed as part of the creation of a national digital wallet in a bid to keep children safe online.
www.rte.ie
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Minister O'Donovan appears to be a complete incompetent, far out of his depth, with no real understating at all of the technology he's attempting to regulate. It's just embarrassing. We're long past the time when you could just shove any old eejit into roles that need real expertise and knowledge
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The most powerful narrative device a game can deploy is "throw you back to the main menu but it's different"
December 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The most powerful narrative device a game can deploy is "throw you back to the main menu but it's different"
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You know when people have a couple of kids together and then another kid many years later. They should call the last one Kinder Surprise.
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You know when people have a couple of kids together and then another kid many years later. They should call the last one Kinder Surprise.
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my latest
Those opposed to the ECHR will never be satisfied by tinkering, just as Brexiters were never satisfied by the many opt-outs and rebates the UK received, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
my latest
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I don't think a lot of people get quite how bad the situation has got with targeted attacks on the migrants rights and refugee sector.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
When it's time to move on
It's toxic out there
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I don't think a lot of people get quite how bad the situation has got with targeted attacks on the migrants rights and refugee sector.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
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6/ "Those attacking the European Court of Human Rights for an over-reaching jurisprudence regarding migrants’ rights misconstrue the actual case law."
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
Migrants’ Rights Before the European Court of Human Rights
verfassungsblog.de
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
6/ "Those attacking the European Court of Human Rights for an over-reaching jurisprudence regarding migrants’ rights misconstrue the actual case law."
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
Sorry, Jim O'Callaghan wants to give the Circuit Court the power to hear Judicial Reviews? Has he finally lost it completely?!
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sorry, Jim O'Callaghan wants to give the Circuit Court the power to hear Judicial Reviews? Has he finally lost it completely?!
Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
December 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
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Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
December 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
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Here are a few more pictures of Ernie. He’s super friendly but he’s an indoor cat with a slight vision impairment and he must be terrified
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here are a few more pictures of Ernie. He’s super friendly but he’s an indoor cat with a slight vision impairment and he must be terrified
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It’s weird how insurance is always affected by ‘the level of claims‘ and ‘market forces’ and those things NEVER cause premiums to DROP. What are the odds, eh?
Companies say health insurance premiums are going up due to an increase in claims, but new figures from the health insurance watchdog show that this rise is now slowing sharply.
So why are we seeing so many health insurance price hikes?
jrnl.ie/6890322
So why are we seeing so many health insurance price hikes?
jrnl.ie/6890322
jrnl.ie
December 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It’s weird how insurance is always affected by ‘the level of claims‘ and ‘market forces’ and those things NEVER cause premiums to DROP. What are the odds, eh?
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
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"The British empire invented and commited crimes so heinous people had to invent new words for them" is a surprisingly large category 👀
The word dystopia was first coined by John Stuart Mill to describe the British governments rule in Ireland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia
"they ought rather to be called dys-topians... what they appear to favour is too bad to be practicable."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia
"they ought rather to be called dys-topians... what they appear to favour is too bad to be practicable."
Dystopia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"The British empire invented and commited crimes so heinous people had to invent new words for them" is a surprisingly large category 👀
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