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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 4h

Champion gaslighter…

Atticus Flinch @atticuspeirgorm.bsky.social · 9h

Micheál Martin has come under fire for claiming homelessness figures are “a bit like hospital waiting lists” in that “it’s not the number on the waiting list; it’s how fast you get treated”.

#Irishpol

Clare FM @clarefmradio.bsky.social · 9h

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve often wondered if Ireland’s 65+ cohort is dominated by hurt people hurting people. The ones that came up through the “bad old days” (of their own) and are hardened to look after themselves and their own first. Never do the therapy, never reflect, never want better for others coming after.

Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 10h

There is such a lack of empathy and basic understanding of inflation and wages vs property prices. Over the last 30 years.

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 10h

At the last election I let govt parties onto my ballot paper for the first time ever, the bottom of it, just to keep the fash out. If the govt now wants to reconsider immigration policies, I'll consider them as the fash. #SpeirGhorm

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

Immigration numbers are too high. We have to listen to the people in this country. The increase is too high.

- Simon Harris, via @news.rte.ie

Welcomed by Aontu.
Matt Carty says SF has been saying this for some time.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 1d

Unserious people writing about unserious people in a national publication. You can see how the problem perpetuates.

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

‘Ireland’s failings’: Letter published in today’s @irishtimes.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

The Overlooked Gap

#Áras25
The Irish Times Oct 29. 2025

Election
commentary

Sir. - Much of the commentary on
the presidential election has focused
on trving to interpret the meaning be-
hind spoiled votes, and what they sug-
gest about the gap between parts of
the electorate and our political class.
Catherine Connolly's victory, how-
ever, points to an overlooked gap-the
one between voters and much of the
prevailing media consensus. More
than 900,000 people - the largest
number ever to support a presidential
candidate - voted for her despite
weeks of coverage often portraying
her views on neutrality, Nato, Pales-
tine, and prisoner rehabilitation as na-
ive. riskv or dangerous

Taken together. these results sug-
gest a public that feels misread from
the political and media spheres. Un-
less those gaps are honestly examined
as a whole, politicians and iournalists
may risk continuing to speak to each
other in circles. - Yours, etc.

LORCAN MYLES,
Drogheda,
Co Louth.

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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 2d

Very interesting analysis! Thank you @kevcunningham.bsky.social

Interesting to see that people who spoiled their vote were more likely to be right wing voters, more likely to be Twitter users, and more likely to be young males.

Political parties need to quickly find a way of reaching young men.

Kevin Cunningham @kevcunningham.bsky.social · 2d

I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future.

kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...

Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?

An initial analysis

kevcunningham.substack.com

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 2d

“I think what they've discovered is their thumb doesn't weigh anything.”

“Line up all the opinion pages of the Sunday Independent and Irish Independent… what’s it worth?”

podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 2d

Paywall lifted despite the complaints and thinly veiled legal threats from @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social and @tupped.bsky.social 👀

podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

President Catherine Connolly – Winners and Losers

Podcast Episode · The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack · 28/10/2025 · 1h 7m

podcasts.apple.com

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 2d

The past 48hrs has highlighted just how many disgruntled men of a certain demographic exist within Irish media outlets.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 2d

Why is Ed Power?

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 3d

Sum up #Aras25 media coverage in one pic.

The girl and the tuba meme, with me the girl against the wall, her head in the horn of the tuba, the Irish media as the girl holding the tuba, and presidential non-runner Maria Steen as the tuba being blared in my face ad nauseum.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 3d

This election has really shone a hard light on the state of “journalism” in Ireland.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 3d

Niche magazines are a beloved indulgence of mine. Forgotten joys of print, so many we never came close to matching with online equivalents.

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Bohdan &%@#ing Pavuk @bpavuk.neocities.org · Dec 26

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your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Dec 25

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia

Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.

www.newsweek.com

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 4d

For balance they should interview everybody who wasn't on the ballot

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karynormal activity @karynmoy.bsky.social · 5d

absolutely raging that philip sutcliffe represents my area and I’m so sickened by his horrible spoiled vote/fucking zodiac killer hate scrawl that I’ve made a complaint to the dcc ethics registrar. the info is at the link below and he’s in direct contravention of section 9.4 of the code of conduct

Original Pyrite Material @johnorthside.bsky.social · 5d

Here's where it can be reported that will have an effect www.dublincity.ie/council/abou...

Code of Conduct for Councillors

Find out about the standards of behaviour which councillors are obliged to meet and how to make a complaint.

www.dublincity.ie

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 4d

Anything to deflect from how FF and even FG selected their poor choice candidates

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 4d

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
jrnl.ie/6856687

Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot

One in eighter people spoiled their votes.

jrnl.ie

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 4d

Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 5d

Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in history - any pol corr or commentator trying to convince you that the story is actually the spoiled votes is showing you their whole arse, and should be treated accordingly.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 4d

Caught up on the goings on behind the scenes of the “united left” with a CC canvasser tonight. WhatsApp groups so large they had to be divided out into 3. Sitting TDs having to be told to STFU when offffff topic and then sliding into DMs. Wouldn’t be able, glad others are.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 5d

But the county final…

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 5d

President of Cavan-Monaghan, as per @tupped.bsky.social earlier

Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 5d

Clear your diary and suck it up, bish…

Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 5d

The Taoiseach is not coming to Dublin Castle for the official declaration of Catherine Connolly's victory in the presidential election.

Whether intended or not, it's going to look very confrontational for the head of government NOT to be there to congratulate the new head of state