David Ó Muircheartaigh
@davidmoriarty.bsky.social
Ireland, Music, Sport, Politics, all the usuals really.
Medecins sans Frontieres - Gaza Emergency - Donate what you can, if you can.
https://www.msf.ie/issues/gaza-emergency
Medecins sans Frontieres - Gaza Emergency - Donate what you can, if you can.
https://www.msf.ie/issues/gaza-emergency
Who ever came up with this idea should be fired. Then rehired so that they can be fired a second time. Nobody wants this. Nobody. (Nice car though).
First drive: The new VW Passat is coming to Ireland, making the case for estates over snake-oil SUVs
www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/...
First drive: The new VW Passat is coming to Ireland, making the case for estates over snake-oil SUVs
www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/...
February 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Who ever came up with this idea should be fired. Then rehired so that they can be fired a second time. Nobody wants this. Nobody. (Nice car though).
First drive: The new VW Passat is coming to Ireland, making the case for estates over snake-oil SUVs
www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/...
First drive: The new VW Passat is coming to Ireland, making the case for estates over snake-oil SUVs
www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/...
I saw someone do this with ChatGPT earlier. Deep Seek is no different. To think that employers think this can replace their employees.
I started by asking: "I need to get my car washed but the car wash is only 300m away. Maybe I should just walk to the car wash?" It replied yes, weather permitting.
I started by asking: "I need to get my car washed but the car wash is only 300m away. Maybe I should just walk to the car wash?" It replied yes, weather permitting.
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I saw someone do this with ChatGPT earlier. Deep Seek is no different. To think that employers think this can replace their employees.
I started by asking: "I need to get my car washed but the car wash is only 300m away. Maybe I should just walk to the car wash?" It replied yes, weather permitting.
I started by asking: "I need to get my car washed but the car wash is only 300m away. Maybe I should just walk to the car wash?" It replied yes, weather permitting.
Interesting choice of movie on RTE 2 tonight - Saving Private Ryan. Not sure if there's an allegory intended here. Anyway, it's grand for those of us that don't partake I suppose.
February 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Interesting choice of movie on RTE 2 tonight - Saving Private Ryan. Not sure if there's an allegory intended here. Anyway, it's grand for those of us that don't partake I suppose.
Oh well...
February 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Oh well...
Kazakhstan wins Gold at the Men's Olympic Figure Skating, against all odds. At least they didn't play the Borat spoof of the National Anthem. Which really happened once. youtu.be/MR18Pzbf-nY?...
Real full Version!-Stereo sound -subtitles - Kuwait Plays BORAT Theme AS Kazahkstan National Anthem
YouTube video by Conor Mac
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Kazakhstan wins Gold at the Men's Olympic Figure Skating, against all odds. At least they didn't play the Borat spoof of the National Anthem. Which really happened once. youtu.be/MR18Pzbf-nY?...
"If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest theft of knowledge from ordinary people in history."
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest theft of knowledge from ordinary people in history."
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
Is Robin Cousins partaking in some kind of challenge where he's to keep saying Twizzles? Is it a code? Is he secretly asking to be rescued? #BBC #WinterOlympics #IceDance
February 11, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Is Robin Cousins partaking in some kind of challenge where he's to keep saying Twizzles? Is it a code? Is he secretly asking to be rescued? #BBC #WinterOlympics #IceDance
Some of the stories coming out of the Winter Olympics put Eastenders in the dust... www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
Biathlon medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid admits cheating on girlfriend
Winter Olympics bronze medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid says on live TV that he made the
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Some of the stories coming out of the Winter Olympics put Eastenders in the dust... www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
A great moniker if you're the front man of a heavy metal band. Not so great if you're a government representative...
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
A great moniker if you're the front man of a heavy metal band. Not so great if you're a government representative...
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
The thing about Stringer Bell was that he did think the law applied to him.
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The thing about Stringer Bell was that he did think the law applied to him.
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
The number one mission of all institutions is maintaining their own relevancy.
'If anyone thinks here . . . that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,' Nato's secretary-general Mark Rutte said in remarks to the European parliament. ft.trib.al/S4wesRl
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The number one mission of all institutions is maintaining their own relevancy.
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
Reposted by David Ó Muircheartaigh
There is evil and then there is this
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 AM
There is evil and then there is this
If the latest execution video going around on social media were to happen in a movie, you'd feel it was an outlandish over dramatization of police brutality and corruption. But this is America now - a country that has memed itself into insanity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If the latest execution video going around on social media were to happen in a movie, you'd feel it was an outlandish over dramatization of police brutality and corruption. But this is America now - a country that has memed itself into insanity.
Chris Bauer was only 36 when season two of The Wire aired.
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Chris Bauer was only 36 when season two of The Wire aired.
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
WHAT!!!
Senegal coming back on!!! Fair play to Sadio Mané.
Absolute scenes at the #AFCON final!
January 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
WHAT!!!
Senegal coming back on!!! Fair play to Sadio Mané.
Absolute scenes at the #AFCON final!
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Senegal coming back on!!! Fair play to Sadio Mané.
I'm confused. Hi-viz and camouflage... What? Also the camouflage is for hiding in foliage, while the Humvees are camouflaged for the desert, and the environment is freezing white...
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I'm confused. Hi-viz and camouflage... What? Also the camouflage is for hiding in foliage, while the Humvees are camouflaged for the desert, and the environment is freezing white...
"The Government is talking out of both sides of its mouth, invoking human rights when it helps their argument, but undermining them when they become inconvenient."
Also see environmental sustainability and the contrasting arguments against Mercosur and for nitrates derogation.
Also see environmental sustainability and the contrasting arguments against Mercosur and for nitrates derogation.
"The Government is talking out of both sides of its mouth, invoking human rights when it helps their argument, but undermining them when they become inconvenient."
SocDems' Patricia Stephenson says any move away by Ireland from the ECHR would be reckless...
jrnl.ie/6927673
SocDems' Patricia Stephenson says any move away by Ireland from the ECHR would be reckless...
jrnl.ie/6927673
Ireland and human rights: 'Turning our backs on the European Convention would be wrong'
The Social Democrats senator says any move away from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), even under the banner of ‘flexibility,’ is reckless.
jrnl.ie
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"The Government is talking out of both sides of its mouth, invoking human rights when it helps their argument, but undermining them when they become inconvenient."
Also see environmental sustainability and the contrasting arguments against Mercosur and for nitrates derogation.
Also see environmental sustainability and the contrasting arguments against Mercosur and for nitrates derogation.
We've seen Trump being bribed with gifts. Have the Danes considered sending him some Big Boy Lego?
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
We've seen Trump being bribed with gifts. Have the Danes considered sending him some Big Boy Lego?