Diarmaid Coffey
@diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social
Anseo ar son na Gaeilge! Lonnaithe in Ōtautahi na Nua-Shéalainne
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
Those tax cuts for landlords don't just appear from thin air!
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
The staff cuts will see reductions to emergency management, pandemic preparedness and Māori health.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Those tax cuts for landlords don't just appear from thin air!
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No matter what issue, this government don’t listen to anyone but themselves. No wonder they’re so out of touch.
#nzpol #climatecrisis #climatechange #onetermgovernment
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#nzpol #climatecrisis #climatechange #onetermgovernment
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Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations | RNZ News
It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No matter what issue, this government don’t listen to anyone but themselves. No wonder they’re so out of touch.
#nzpol #climatecrisis #climatechange #onetermgovernment
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#nzpol #climatecrisis #climatechange #onetermgovernment
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Féach air sin! Teachtaireacht i nGaeilge ó chara liom nach bhfuil Gaeilge ar bith aige! Chuaigh sé go croí ionam.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Féach air sin! Teachtaireacht i nGaeilge ó chara liom nach bhfuil Gaeilge ar bith aige! Chuaigh sé go croí ionam.
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"An buairt atá ormsa nach bhfuil daoine ag tógáil a bpáistí le Gaeilge"
Croí na ceiste @osgurociardha.bsky.social
Sin an straitéis fiche bliain atá de dhíth.
Tógann sé fós gníomhaí teanga páistí a thógáil le Gaeilge lasmuigh den nGaeltacht. Cé nach mothaím gur gníomhaí mé, is dócha gurb ea.
Croí na ceiste @osgurociardha.bsky.social
Sin an straitéis fiche bliain atá de dhíth.
Tógann sé fós gníomhaí teanga páistí a thógáil le Gaeilge lasmuigh den nGaeltacht. Cé nach mothaím gur gníomhaí mé, is dócha gurb ea.
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"An buairt atá ormsa nach bhfuil daoine ag tógáil a bpáistí le Gaeilge"
Croí na ceiste @osgurociardha.bsky.social
Sin an straitéis fiche bliain atá de dhíth.
Tógann sé fós gníomhaí teanga páistí a thógáil le Gaeilge lasmuigh den nGaeltacht. Cé nach mothaím gur gníomhaí mé, is dócha gurb ea.
Croí na ceiste @osgurociardha.bsky.social
Sin an straitéis fiche bliain atá de dhíth.
Tógann sé fós gníomhaí teanga páistí a thógáil le Gaeilge lasmuigh den nGaeltacht. Cé nach mothaím gur gníomhaí mé, is dócha gurb ea.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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The NZ Endocrine Society have released a statement calling for "the repeal of this unethical ban at the earliest opportunity". If it wasn't political, the govt would be listening to these expert statements. www.endocrinology.org.nz/nzse-positio...
New Zealand Society of Endocrinology - NZSE position on the ban of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues for the treatment of gender dysphoria or incongruence
www.endocrinology.org.nz
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The NZ Endocrine Society have released a statement calling for "the repeal of this unethical ban at the earliest opportunity". If it wasn't political, the govt would be listening to these expert statements. www.endocrinology.org.nz/nzse-positio...
Chaitheas an lá ag snámh agus ag siúl, an dirty old town ag féachaint go maith! Ar mo bhealach ar ais chuig an samhradh anois, slán go fóillín
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Chaitheas an lá ag snámh agus ag siúl, an dirty old town ag féachaint go maith! Ar mo bhealach ar ais chuig an samhradh anois, slán go fóillín
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Bhí mé ar chlar Foram ar RTÉ inniu. Bhíomar ag plé cúrsaí cogaíochta, síochána agus caimiléireachta a bhaineann leis an Úcráin, Meiriceá agus an Rúis.
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Fóram S01E30
Plé bríomhar ar scéalta nuachta náisiúnta agus domhanda. Lively debate in Irish on national and global news stories. Watch Fóram S01E30 on RTÉ Player for free
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November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Bhí mé ar chlar Foram ar RTÉ inniu. Bhíomar ag plé cúrsaí cogaíochta, síochána agus caimiléireachta a bhaineann leis an Úcráin, Meiriceá agus an Rúis.
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www.rte.ie/player/serie...
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Geimhreadh ceoch,
Earrach reoch,
Samhradh grianmhar is
Fómhar breá biamhar.
.i. Na trí cinn tosaigh do bheith mar sin do bheir Fómhar go
biamhar
(Seanfhocail na Muimhneach)
Earrach reoch,
Samhradh grianmhar is
Fómhar breá biamhar.
.i. Na trí cinn tosaigh do bheith mar sin do bheir Fómhar go
biamhar
(Seanfhocail na Muimhneach)
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Geimhreadh ceoch,
Earrach reoch,
Samhradh grianmhar is
Fómhar breá biamhar.
.i. Na trí cinn tosaigh do bheith mar sin do bheir Fómhar go
biamhar
(Seanfhocail na Muimhneach)
Earrach reoch,
Samhradh grianmhar is
Fómhar breá biamhar.
.i. Na trí cinn tosaigh do bheith mar sin do bheir Fómhar go
biamhar
(Seanfhocail na Muimhneach)
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I need somebody to make a video of all the royals and posh types being sabotaged on a foxhunt with H.O.O.D by kneecap playing over it
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I need somebody to make a video of all the royals and posh types being sabotaged on a foxhunt with H.O.O.D by kneecap playing over it
Gleann na Siúire
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Gleann na Siúire
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Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
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A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
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I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
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"To the medical community, we urge all our colleagues to resist the move toward authoritarianism over our work"
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
Civic Obligations in Medicine: Does "Professional" Civil Disobedience Tear, or Repair, the Basic Fabric of Society?
Professional civil disobedience can have benefits and risks to both medical professionals and patients.
journalofethics.ama-assn.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"To the medical community, we urge all our colleagues to resist the move toward authoritarianism over our work"
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
I'm reminded of this statement, from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics 2002-03: "In exceptional circumstances of unjust laws, ethical responsibilities should supersede legal obligations."
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Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy & Friends will return to the UK and Ireland September 2026 for nine shows, & tickets go on sale this Friday, November 28th at 10am UK time: concertedefforts.com/artist/micha...
Visit @jasonnarducy.bsky.social for updates…
Visit @jasonnarducy.bsky.social for updates…
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy & Friends will return to the UK and Ireland September 2026 for nine shows, & tickets go on sale this Friday, November 28th at 10am UK time: concertedefforts.com/artist/micha...
Visit @jasonnarducy.bsky.social for updates…
Visit @jasonnarducy.bsky.social for updates…
Trá na hInse inniu, gan phuth ghaoithe ann
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trá na hInse inniu, gan phuth ghaoithe ann
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Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
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November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm
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Tá na Normannaigh chugainn go deimhin — tá agus an leabhar is nuaí le Diarmuid Johnson tagtha chugainn ó na clódóirí! leabharbreac.com/ta-na-norman...
An Cláirseoir i gCló
Tá na Normannaigh chugainn go deimhin, agus tá An Cláirseoir, leabhar nua an scríbhneora, Diarmuid Johnson, tagtha ó na clódóirí.
leabharbreac.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Tá na Normannaigh chugainn go deimhin — tá agus an leabhar is nuaí le Diarmuid Johnson tagtha chugainn ó na clódóirí! leabharbreac.com/ta-na-norman...
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A chairde, tugaidh vóta do Bhódléar
Ó tá an iomaíocht seo faighte róghéar!
Mura bhfaighe sé bhur vóta
Ní bhainfidh sé an quota
Is ní bheidh aige luach an chaife, mo léar!
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social
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Ó tá an iomaíocht seo faighte róghéar!
Mura bhfaighe sé bhur vóta
Ní bhainfidh sé an quota
Is ní bheidh aige luach an chaife, mo léar!
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A chairde, tugaidh vóta do Bhódléar
Ó tá an iomaíocht seo faighte róghéar!
Mura bhfaighe sé bhur vóta
Ní bhainfidh sé an quota
Is ní bheidh aige luach an chaife, mo léar!
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
Ó tá an iomaíocht seo faighte róghéar!
Mura bhfaighe sé bhur vóta
Ní bhainfidh sé an quota
Is ní bheidh aige luach an chaife, mo léar!
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
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Digging into the archives, I discovered my grandfather was the first generation not to speak Irish as his mother tongue, and that he grew up with a famine survivor - his grandmother.
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
The best Irish stories are often about death. My grandfather stole his own funeral
The history of Ireland – the hunger, the loss of the language – was so much closer than I knew. The change had been so fast from my grandfather’s life to mine
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Digging into the archives, I discovered my grandfather was the first generation not to speak Irish as his mother tongue, and that he grew up with a famine survivor - his grandmother.
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
History was so much closer than I thought. My essay this weekend: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...