Alan Kinsella
@electionlit.bsky.social
Collector of political ephemera, Shamrock Rovers fan
Tagabow in Whelans tonight were class. First time I've seen a band play with the drummer on the stage and the band playing in front of him in a circle. Great if you had a good vantage point like myself.
February 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Tagabow in Whelans tonight were class. First time I've seen a band play with the drummer on the stage and the band playing in front of him in a circle. Great if you had a good vantage point like myself.
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Still looking for people, if you regularly use an e-scooter, please get in touch #escooters
Do you use an e-scooter to get around?
I’m working on a feature about the people behind the growing number of e-scooters on our streets - why people ride, how it’s changed daily life, and how riders are navigating new rules, safety risks etc
Replies, DMs, or email: [email protected]
I’m working on a feature about the people behind the growing number of e-scooters on our streets - why people ride, how it’s changed daily life, and how riders are navigating new rules, safety risks etc
Replies, DMs, or email: [email protected]
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Still looking for people, if you regularly use an e-scooter, please get in touch #escooters
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Virgin media rugby pundits just did a half time analysis as if they had just witnessed the 1916 leaders being executed if you're wondering how the Ireland France game is going
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Virgin media rugby pundits just did a half time analysis as if they had just witnessed the 1916 leaders being executed if you're wondering how the Ireland France game is going
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Spain’s PM: “The time of hiding behind servers is at an end.”
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Spain’s PM: “The time of hiding behind servers is at an end.”
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This is terrifying: A group of Palestinian students and teachers who are citizens of Israel were brutally attacked by Israeli settlers during a school trip.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This is terrifying: A group of Palestinian students and teachers who are citizens of Israel were brutally attacked by Israeli settlers during a school trip.
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An investigation by a German outlet has found that in German supermarkets, wines from illegal settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank are labelled as "from Israel".
This violates both EU regulations and the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling on the occupation of the oPT.
This violates both EU regulations and the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling on the occupation of the oPT.
Wie der deutsche Weinhandel Israels Siedlungen mitfinanziert
Weine aus israelischen Siedlungen werden in deutschen Supermärkten,
Online-Shops und auf Fachmessen als „israelisch“ vermarktet –
und normalisieren so die illegale Besatzung der palästinensischen Ge...
www.fr.de
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
An investigation by a German outlet has found that in German supermarkets, wines from illegal settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank are labelled as "from Israel".
This violates both EU regulations and the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling on the occupation of the oPT.
This violates both EU regulations and the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling on the occupation of the oPT.
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Spectacular power on display at the pier in Wicklow town.
February 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Spectacular power on display at the pier in Wicklow town.
Teach yourself.......
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Teach yourself.......
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What a wildly stupid idea.
Mandatory helmets and high viz is a proven remedy to reduce the number of people cycling. It effectively kills off things like Dublin Bikes.
That's why no other EU country does anything like this. Pure madness.
Mandatory helmets and high viz is a proven remedy to reduce the number of people cycling. It effectively kills off things like Dublin Bikes.
That's why no other EU country does anything like this. Pure madness.
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms
— Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…
irishcycle.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
What a wildly stupid idea.
Mandatory helmets and high viz is a proven remedy to reduce the number of people cycling. It effectively kills off things like Dublin Bikes.
That's why no other EU country does anything like this. Pure madness.
Mandatory helmets and high viz is a proven remedy to reduce the number of people cycling. It effectively kills off things like Dublin Bikes.
That's why no other EU country does anything like this. Pure madness.
At some hearing in the US on Free Speech!
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irishelectionliterature.com/2011/07/08/l...
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
At some hearing in the US on Free Speech!
irishelectionliterature.com/2011/07/08/l...
irishelectionliterature.com/2011/07/08/l...
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Israel just 'broke' a world record for kidney donors - but where did all the organs come from?
Forensic evidence and human rights organisations reveal, beyond doubt, organ theft from Palestinians detained in Israel's prisons. Yet this?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Forensic evidence and human rights organisations reveal, beyond doubt, organ theft from Palestinians detained in Israel's prisons. Yet this?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Israel just 'broke' a world record for kidney donors - but where did all the organs come from?
Forensic evidence and human rights organisations reveal, beyond doubt, organ theft from Palestinians detained in Israel's prisons
www.thecanary.co
February 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Israel just 'broke' a world record for kidney donors - but where did all the organs come from?
Forensic evidence and human rights organisations reveal, beyond doubt, organ theft from Palestinians detained in Israel's prisons. Yet this?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Forensic evidence and human rights organisations reveal, beyond doubt, organ theft from Palestinians detained in Israel's prisons. Yet this?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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Another season starts in Tallaght!
January 31, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Another season starts in Tallaght!
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I mean he's only one of thousands
An FBI report in the files alleges that Trump was “compromised by Israel.”
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I mean he's only one of thousands
Happy Holidays....
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Happy Holidays....
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Lambs Cross on EnnisKerry road, south Dublin / Sandyford - #stormchandra #Ireland
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Lambs Cross on EnnisKerry road, south Dublin / Sandyford - #stormchandra #Ireland
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#StormChandra
Firefighters are currently attending flooding incidents at
Stocking Avenue
Nutgrove Avenue
M50 J13 Ballinteer Northbound
Lambs Cross
We've taken motorists to safety in Kilmacud and Rathfarnham after they became trapped in floods.
Firefighters are currently attending flooding incidents at
Stocking Avenue
Nutgrove Avenue
M50 J13 Ballinteer Northbound
Lambs Cross
We've taken motorists to safety in Kilmacud and Rathfarnham after they became trapped in floods.
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM
#StormChandra
Firefighters are currently attending flooding incidents at
Stocking Avenue
Nutgrove Avenue
M50 J13 Ballinteer Northbound
Lambs Cross
We've taken motorists to safety in Kilmacud and Rathfarnham after they became trapped in floods.
Firefighters are currently attending flooding incidents at
Stocking Avenue
Nutgrove Avenue
M50 J13 Ballinteer Northbound
Lambs Cross
We've taken motorists to safety in Kilmacud and Rathfarnham after they became trapped in floods.
#stormchandra Daylight showing my Garden flooded. Never seen it like that before.
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 AM
#stormchandra Daylight showing my Garden flooded. Never seen it like that before.
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Dodder Park Road
Four people have been taken to safety by water rescue trained firefighters using an inflatable sled.
Fire engines from Dolphins Barn and Tara Street fire stations on scene.
#StormChandra
Four people have been taken to safety by water rescue trained firefighters using an inflatable sled.
Fire engines from Dolphins Barn and Tara Street fire stations on scene.
#StormChandra
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Dodder Park Road
Four people have been taken to safety by water rescue trained firefighters using an inflatable sled.
Fire engines from Dolphins Barn and Tara Street fire stations on scene.
#StormChandra
Four people have been taken to safety by water rescue trained firefighters using an inflatable sled.
Fire engines from Dolphins Barn and Tara Street fire stations on scene.
#StormChandra
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Dodder Road Dublin
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Dodder Road Dublin
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@electionlit.bsky.social there is the smell of a bye election in the air
January 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM
@electionlit.bsky.social there is the smell of a bye election in the air
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Walz having to basically plead with Minnesotans not to take up arms against the federal government. That’s the extent of the breakdown of political authority in the United States.
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Walz having to basically plead with Minnesotans not to take up arms against the federal government. That’s the extent of the breakdown of political authority in the United States.