Katherine Nolan
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Vet turned web developer based in Kilkenny. Here for news, less rancorous political discussion, cute cats & dogs, tech stuff, experts on the many things I know nothing about. #FreePalestine
Also about 49 years ago I spent a year at an unusually diverse school for the time. We had someone like this. He spat racist and antisemitic insults at Jewish, Muslim and other pupils. Argued in favour of nazism in history class. Vile individual. No idea where he ended up but he won't have changed.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Also about 49 years ago I spent a year at an unusually diverse school for the time. We had someone like this. He spat racist and antisemitic insults at Jewish, Muslim and other pupils. Argued in favour of nazism in history class. Vile individual. No idea where he ended up but he won't have changed.
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This is not being discussed by anyone, except like two dozen guys in the UK MoD who have a colonial mindset about the whole thing, and maybe twice that number in Dublin - most Fine Gael-adjacent desperate for the big boy countries to like Ireland and/or them personally
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is not being discussed by anyone, except like two dozen guys in the UK MoD who have a colonial mindset about the whole thing, and maybe twice that number in Dublin - most Fine Gael-adjacent desperate for the big boy countries to like Ireland and/or them personally
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The idea that Ireland's "vulnerability" is a major headache for EU/NATO strategic planners is simply not factually accurate. I spend a lot of time reading the work of, speaking to, and listening at conferences to these people, and I have literally never heard this mentioned! It's not on their minds!
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The idea that Ireland's "vulnerability" is a major headache for EU/NATO strategic planners is simply not factually accurate. I spend a lot of time reading the work of, speaking to, and listening at conferences to these people, and I have literally never heard this mentioned! It's not on their minds!
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This is outrageously propagandistic
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is outrageously propagandistic
Take note @rte.ie. It's well past time.
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Take note @rte.ie. It's well past time.
Exactly what the industry needs, a constant stream of unskilled, uninterested and pissed off workers making a nuisance of themselves on building sites. Genius idea.
‘All school leavers should be required to work in the building industry for a period after Leaving Cert’
‘All school leavers should be required to work in the building industry for a period after Leaving Cert’
In a housing crisis, anything is worth a try
www.irishtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Exactly what the industry needs, a constant stream of unskilled, uninterested and pissed off workers making a nuisance of themselves on building sites. Genius idea.
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if Peadar Tóibín can understand that a high rate of successful appeals on refused disability payments means that lots of eligible people are being refused in the first instance, why can he not understand the same is true for asylum seekers
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Disability allowance appeals surge as thousands of rejected applications later approved
New figures show disability allowance refusals have climbed to unprecedented levels, with thousands later approved after lengthy appeals
www.irishexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
if Peadar Tóibín can understand that a high rate of successful appeals on refused disability payments means that lots of eligible people are being refused in the first instance, why can he not understand the same is true for asylum seekers
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
"Artificial Intelligence could be a game changer".
The idea that upgrading rate could rise because you'll want more of what your device does to be AI driven is wild. That's a really good reason NOT to upgrade.
Also we in Europe are bad consumers with our tardy upgrading. Oh the shame.
The idea that upgrading rate could rise because you'll want more of what your device does to be AI driven is wild. That's a really good reason NOT to upgrade.
Also we in Europe are bad consumers with our tardy upgrading. Oh the shame.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Artificial Intelligence could be a game changer".
The idea that upgrading rate could rise because you'll want more of what your device does to be AI driven is wild. That's a really good reason NOT to upgrade.
Also we in Europe are bad consumers with our tardy upgrading. Oh the shame.
The idea that upgrading rate could rise because you'll want more of what your device does to be AI driven is wild. That's a really good reason NOT to upgrade.
Also we in Europe are bad consumers with our tardy upgrading. Oh the shame.
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I know it's not the point but...the two guys presenting this?!
It's like two afternoon game show hosts or children's tv presenters. And this is CNN, supposedly serious news for adults. Christ
It's like two afternoon game show hosts or children's tv presenters. And this is CNN, supposedly serious news for adults. Christ
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I know it's not the point but...the two guys presenting this?!
It's like two afternoon game show hosts or children's tv presenters. And this is CNN, supposedly serious news for adults. Christ
It's like two afternoon game show hosts or children's tv presenters. And this is CNN, supposedly serious news for adults. Christ
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Dear lord in heaven, let me manage to cut something or someone to the quick like this just once before I die.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dear lord in heaven, let me manage to cut something or someone to the quick like this just once before I die.
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So, without much ado, we've kind of lost the first major city to climate change. (Tehran, metropolitan area 15 million people.)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: “When we proposed relocating the capital, we lacked the budget…
“People said it was impossible, but now it’s no longer optional.
“We can’t keep adding population and construction here. Expansion is possible, but the water problem cannot be solved.”
“People said it was impossible, but now it’s no longer optional.
“We can’t keep adding population and construction here. Expansion is possible, but the water problem cannot be solved.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So, without much ado, we've kind of lost the first major city to climate change. (Tehran, metropolitan area 15 million people.)
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A west of Ireland #painting. "Sligo Mountains" was finished and sold last year. It came out of cycle trips along the Sligo coast when I enjoyed being escorted by the Ox Mountains towards Ballysadare and Sligo town. I've also been up into them by those woods yonder. Beautiful. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A west of Ireland #painting. "Sligo Mountains" was finished and sold last year. It came out of cycle trips along the Sligo coast when I enjoyed being escorted by the Ox Mountains towards Ballysadare and Sligo town. I've also been up into them by those woods yonder. Beautiful. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear
The absolute irony of the HSE running ads advising that you talk to your kids about vaping, after the government failed to ban disposable vapes or significantly raise their price.
I suppose the tax the kids pay when they buy vapes will fund ads telling them not to buy vapes.
I suppose the tax the kids pay when they buy vapes will fund ads telling them not to buy vapes.
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The absolute irony of the HSE running ads advising that you talk to your kids about vaping, after the government failed to ban disposable vapes or significantly raise their price.
I suppose the tax the kids pay when they buy vapes will fund ads telling them not to buy vapes.
I suppose the tax the kids pay when they buy vapes will fund ads telling them not to buy vapes.
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Best way I can sum her up is it's extremely easy to imagine her at a resident's association meeting complaining about kids drawing on the path in chalk
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Best way I can sum her up is it's extremely easy to imagine her at a resident's association meeting complaining about kids drawing on the path in chalk
Really disappointed with Lidl Ireland. They've stopped allowing exchange of points for vouchers till the new year, so no getting any Christmas stuff with your points. I'm sure I'm not the only one that saved them up for Christmas, lots will be more in need of them than I am. Really mean spirited.
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Really disappointed with Lidl Ireland. They've stopped allowing exchange of points for vouchers till the new year, so no getting any Christmas stuff with your points. I'm sure I'm not the only one that saved them up for Christmas, lots will be more in need of them than I am. Really mean spirited.
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I was in IKEA earlier - they had a display set up to commemorate Harris’s elevation
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I was in IKEA earlier - they had a display set up to commemorate Harris’s elevation
A "baleful and malign presence, an intruder, stalking the school, its teachers and its pupils".
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School
High Court orders Enoch Burke to be imprisoned
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away fro...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A "baleful and malign presence, an intruder, stalking the school, its teachers and its pupils".
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
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USED TO BE COYS: Troy Parrott post-match interview after Hungary vs Ireland
‘There’ll be a statue on Sheriff Street for Troy Parrott’
‘There’ll be a statue on Sheriff Street for Troy Parrott’
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
USED TO BE COYS: Troy Parrott post-match interview after Hungary vs Ireland
‘There’ll be a statue on Sheriff Street for Troy Parrott’
‘There’ll be a statue on Sheriff Street for Troy Parrott’
Birthday in the house today and instead of a cake this favourite apple tart was requested.
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Birthday in the house today and instead of a cake this favourite apple tart was requested.
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“as incomes catch up, houses will become more affordable” - TCD Economist Barra Roantree on RTE Primetime
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“as incomes catch up, houses will become more affordable” - TCD Economist Barra Roantree on RTE Primetime
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
..I’m not an economist, but wanting wage inflation in order to put more money into housing, & damaging Ireland’s competitiveness in the process? Very high risk & very unnecessary #Speirgorm
The whole concept of a 'starter home' is problematic in itself. It is based on maintaining a rising price market where you buy, wait a few years, sell at a profit and take the equity to another home. Rinse, repeat.
Anyway, a whole generation have bypassed the starter home, stuck renting.
Anyway, a whole generation have bypassed the starter home, stuck renting.
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The whole concept of a 'starter home' is problematic in itself. It is based on maintaining a rising price market where you buy, wait a few years, sell at a profit and take the equity to another home. Rinse, repeat.
Anyway, a whole generation have bypassed the starter home, stuck renting.
Anyway, a whole generation have bypassed the starter home, stuck renting.
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Regarding the #Ryanair policy on its app: www.gibiris.org/eo-blog/post...
Ryanair's totally unnecessary app
www.gibiris.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Regarding the #Ryanair policy on its app: www.gibiris.org/eo-blog/post...
"Apartment specifications".
So, I'm guessing, smaller apartments, more studios, more single aspect apartments, more apartments with no balconies. They'll cost the same of course - builders have to live you know.
You'll live in a box, you'll be lucky to do it and you'll bloody well like it.
So, I'm guessing, smaller apartments, more studios, more single aspect apartments, more apartments with no balconies. They'll cost the same of course - builders have to live you know.
You'll live in a box, you'll be lucky to do it and you'll bloody well like it.
Opposition parties have accused the government of “reheated” and “re-packaged” housing proposals, ahead of the coalition’s new housing plan.
It’s due to be published tomorrow, with the Taoiseach calling the investment “the most unprecedented ever.”
#VMNews
It’s due to be published tomorrow, with the Taoiseach calling the investment “the most unprecedented ever.”
#VMNews
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Apartment specifications".
So, I'm guessing, smaller apartments, more studios, more single aspect apartments, more apartments with no balconies. They'll cost the same of course - builders have to live you know.
You'll live in a box, you'll be lucky to do it and you'll bloody well like it.
So, I'm guessing, smaller apartments, more studios, more single aspect apartments, more apartments with no balconies. They'll cost the same of course - builders have to live you know.
You'll live in a box, you'll be lucky to do it and you'll bloody well like it.
This is no kind of a joke anymore; it's getting properly dangerous now.
"The court heard that it has had to engage new security services at increased expense after multiple workers said they were unwilling to take up the work “due to the issue of online abuse”."
"The court heard that it has had to engage new security services at increased expense after multiple workers said they were unwilling to take up the work “due to the issue of online abuse”."
A judge is to decide next week whether Enoch Burke should be sent back to prison for contempt of court over breaches of an order preventing him from attending at Wilson’s Hospital School. jrnl.ie/6872515
Judge to decide next week whether Enoch Burke should return to prison
Burke has previously been sent to prison for contempt of court over the legal dispute with Wilson’s Hospital School.
jrnl.ie
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is no kind of a joke anymore; it's getting properly dangerous now.
"The court heard that it has had to engage new security services at increased expense after multiple workers said they were unwilling to take up the work “due to the issue of online abuse”."
"The court heard that it has had to engage new security services at increased expense after multiple workers said they were unwilling to take up the work “due to the issue of online abuse”."