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Seán Keating @seanmk1.bsky.social · 2h

Suberb fact.

Now I know I can be happy for the rest of the day.
Safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 2h

My wife and I are off to see a special screening of the new Leonard and Hungry Paul TV series tonight. (Understatement alert) Looking forward to seeing how it turned out.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2h

Garret Fitzgerald probably never darkened the door of a bookies in his life. Unless he was expecting to find books inside.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2h

I heard a story which is probably a lie, but once I wish to be true, that Celtic Bookmakers went burst on account of one multiplier bet.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2h

I love this. That's like an early Bowie lyric.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2h

He went to the most expensive (at the time) boarding school in Ireland - that feels "of Fine Gael" to me.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2h

Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2h

Every time there's a Bruce gig in town there are jokes about divorced Dads. He's very popular but hardly "cool".

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 16h

If you live in Ireland or the UK, Absolute Dominion is available today on Google or Apple TV
www.rte.ie/video/id/28161

Absolute Dominion, the new film from Palestinian-American Oscar®-nominated director Lexi Alexander

This superb martial arts battle for humanity begins on October 9.

www.rte.ie

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2h

I recently read Muybridge by Guy Delisle (highly recommended) and was thrilled and fascinated to learn that the original design for the camera shutter was inspired by the guillotine.

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 17h

A little boy on the Tube is so worried about his soft-toy lion falling on the floor that he is saying to him 'Hold on tight Sycamore Jones!'

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2h

There is something reassuringly wholesome about contraptions in this era of data centres and AI slop.

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@BoltzmannBooty
Riding a bike is one of the few
activities left to modern man that gives the experience of operating a contraption, rather than a gadget or a
gizmo

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 3h

I wonder which uncool, unappreciated, obscure artist Jon Fasman will uncover next. Prince? Bowie? Nirvana?

The Wall Street Jour..

Compared to Dylan and
Springsteen, country-music
legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.
Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply

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Deirdre Assenza @deirdreassenza.bsky.social · 6h

I feel like the Wall Street Journal calling you uncool is the same as being on the cover of Rolling Stone

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Michael Carley @drmcarley.bsky.social · 3h

Johnny Cash used to guest star on The Muppet Show. You didn't get to do that if you were uncool.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 3h

You're right - my mistake

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Maitiú Ó Coimín @maitiuocoimin.bsky.social · 17h

"Heather Humphreys, what's your party piece?"

#áras25 #drivetime

Homer Simpson 'That woman has never been at a party in her life'

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 6h

The person who wrote this is chief culture editor for the Economist, and I have so many questions about what he does in that job and how he got it.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 11h

Century 100!

Mark Cagney and Marty Whelan were punished for years for daring to jump ship.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 12h

To clarify: the person who replaces D'Arcy will be someone who is already famous, not someone who becomes famous because they're perfect for afternoon radio.

RTÉ used to take the risks with new talent, but that ladder has been pulled up.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 12h

I'll be interested to see what he does next.

One thing that doesn’t sit well with me is that the breaks to start a career in broadcasting that D'Arcy had in the 1980s aren't there anymore, even though we have more TV and radio stations.

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 12h

Ray D’Arcy ‘hugely disappointed’ with how RTÉ handled his departure www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ray D’Arcy ‘hugely disappointed’ with how RTÉ handled his departure

Presenter returned to State broadcaster in 2015 and was at one stage its second highest paid star

www.irishtimes.com

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Jamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · 15h

I would like to remind Fine Gael politicians that arguably the most corrupt politician in the history of the state, possibly Europe, is currently a member of your coalition government

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 14h

Oíche mhaith 💤

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, I think we're already running out of content. I'd be curious to see how sharply the number of undecideds has dropped.

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