Ré Dubhthaigh
@redubhthaigh.bsky.social
design / data / dad / dublin
@emmet.quiddity.ie hey. Just fyi that hunt for the house at the back of blaquere bridge came in handy yesterday as I able to direct a colleague the best way to get a look at it!
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@emmet.quiddity.ie hey. Just fyi that hunt for the house at the back of blaquere bridge came in handy yesterday as I able to direct a colleague the best way to get a look at it!
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The absolute obsession with marketing everything into a brand means no one can contribute an important resource to the commons without having to try and create a mini cult of personality around it, and I think that might have been *not great* for our society overall
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The absolute obsession with marketing everything into a brand means no one can contribute an important resource to the commons without having to try and create a mini cult of personality around it, and I think that might have been *not great* for our society overall
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Banal observation, sorry, but conversations in Prague really brought home to me that while countries come and go, cities have a historical existence and character that typically is far more resilient.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Banal observation, sorry, but conversations in Prague really brought home to me that while countries come and go, cities have a historical existence and character that typically is far more resilient.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
Catherine Corless is the absolute hero.
Make no mistake, this excavation wouldn’t be happening if Catherine Corless hadn’t stuck her neck out and defied people telling her to leave it alone.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Catherine Corless is the absolute hero.
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We had to listen to people talk about how terrified they are to walk through Dublin City, while also dismissing any significant rise in far right threat.
Why not focus on real threats rather than imaginary ones, see how that goes
Why not focus on real threats rather than imaginary ones, see how that goes
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We had to listen to people talk about how terrified they are to walk through Dublin City, while also dismissing any significant rise in far right threat.
Why not focus on real threats rather than imaginary ones, see how that goes
Why not focus on real threats rather than imaginary ones, see how that goes
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We've written about the 5 things that are needed in any scenario to create an organisation that can design and deliver services well
This is for all the people stepping into leading service design, whether it's in their title or not.
good.services/writing/comm...
This is for all the people stepping into leading service design, whether it's in their title or not.
good.services/writing/comm...
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We've written about the 5 things that are needed in any scenario to create an organisation that can design and deliver services well
This is for all the people stepping into leading service design, whether it's in their title or not.
good.services/writing/comm...
This is for all the people stepping into leading service design, whether it's in their title or not.
good.services/writing/comm...
Pace layers - or where / how do we store big files so we know we can access them in 10-30-50 years.
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pace layers - or where / how do we store big files so we know we can access them in 10-30-50 years.
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Timmy Dooley is a landlord and has declared income from properties in Rathfarnham and Ringsend. The cheapest one bed listed in daft in these places is 1600 a month. He also owns land in Co. Clare. #speirgorm
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Timmy Dooley is a landlord and has declared income from properties in Rathfarnham and Ringsend. The cheapest one bed listed in daft in these places is 1600 a month. He also owns land in Co. Clare. #speirgorm
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A major barrier to NHS productivity is that it thinks of cost cutting in silos not value adding across systems. This means that lower costs in one silo can cause huge waste in other silos making the whole system far less productive...
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A major barrier to NHS productivity is that it thinks of cost cutting in silos not value adding across systems. This means that lower costs in one silo can cause huge waste in other silos making the whole system far less productive...
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“Ireland is full” is something that people say in the only OECD country with a smaller population than it had in 1840
The men who tried to burn down a building where women and children were taking refuge have "legitimate concerns" according to Simon Harris.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Simon Harris defends comments that migration numbers in Ireland are too high
Politicians of the centre cannot ‘put fingers in ears’ on migration, says Tanaiste
www.irishtimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“Ireland is full” is something that people say in the only OECD country with a smaller population than it had in 1840
Lovely detail about DCC lands buried in a council report - "This plot...granted by its owner to the Monastery of All Hallows for pious purposes and then seized to the Crown by an Act of Parliament passed in the 28th year of King Henry VIII...
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Lovely detail about DCC lands buried in a council report - "This plot...granted by its owner to the Monastery of All Hallows for pious purposes and then seized to the Crown by an Act of Parliament passed in the 28th year of King Henry VIII...
One candidate literally couldn’t submit a form on time. If people can’t put in any effort - why should they get a shot. We all see the sheer graft tds & part time councillors put in years before a run but presidential candidates can rock up a few weeks beforehand. Total nonsense.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
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Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot
One in eighter people spoiled their votes.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
One candidate literally couldn’t submit a form on time. If people can’t put in any effort - why should they get a shot. We all see the sheer graft tds & part time councillors put in years before a run but presidential candidates can rock up a few weeks beforehand. Total nonsense.
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If Maria S started in good time, she’d probably have been on the ballot. She left it to the wire to get what she needed and, if she has that little respect for the job, she doesn’t deserve it. Her Respectable Veneer will be used to push this agenda, but scratch her and she’s just as bad as Conor Mc.
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If Maria S started in good time, she’d probably have been on the ballot. She left it to the wire to get what she needed and, if she has that little respect for the job, she doesn’t deserve it. Her Respectable Veneer will be used to push this agenda, but scratch her and she’s just as bad as Conor Mc.
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I 100% endorse this message. The spoiled votes are a 3rd or 4th order story in this election and disproportionate attention and airtime is a measure of the level of editorial discomfort with talking about Connolly’s success and FF/FG failure.
Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in history - any pol corr or commentator trying to convince you that the story is actually the spoiled votes is showing you their whole arse, and should be treated accordingly.
October 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I 100% endorse this message. The spoiled votes are a 3rd or 4th order story in this election and disproportionate attention and airtime is a measure of the level of editorial discomfort with talking about Connolly’s success and FF/FG failure.
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Yes.
There is a very big difference between potential candidates who fail to get nominated and think “I must prepare better next time” and those who think “The system must change to meet the level of effort I’m willing to put in”.
There is a very big difference between potential candidates who fail to get nominated and think “I must prepare better next time” and those who think “The system must change to meet the level of effort I’m willing to put in”.
Remember that it is now easier than it has ever been for a candidate to get nominated for the Áras, because there are more Oireachtas members now than ever before!
We don't need to change the law to facilitate some entitled shithead cogging their homework on the bus to school. Just prepare better!
We don't need to change the law to facilitate some entitled shithead cogging their homework on the bus to school. Just prepare better!
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Yes.
There is a very big difference between potential candidates who fail to get nominated and think “I must prepare better next time” and those who think “The system must change to meet the level of effort I’m willing to put in”.
There is a very big difference between potential candidates who fail to get nominated and think “I must prepare better next time” and those who think “The system must change to meet the level of effort I’m willing to put in”.
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The correct response of course would be to see this as a wake up call that more needs to be done to combat the rise of the far-right. Build civic literacy, media literacy, and most importantly build a fairer society so people aren't drawn to the politics of hate and resentment.
#speirgorm #aras25
#speirgorm #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The correct response of course would be to see this as a wake up call that more needs to be done to combat the rise of the far-right. Build civic literacy, media literacy, and most importantly build a fairer society so people aren't drawn to the politics of hate and resentment.
#speirgorm #aras25
#speirgorm #aras25
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Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
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As Barney's body lay out in the street in a pool of blood, the Derry Civil Rights Association banner held by marchers that day was used to cover him.
Damien O'Kane's father (@mckanedj on Twitter) kept it and donated to the Museum of Free Derry, where it is now on permanent display.
Damien O'Kane's father (@mckanedj on Twitter) kept it and donated to the Museum of Free Derry, where it is now on permanent display.
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As Barney's body lay out in the street in a pool of blood, the Derry Civil Rights Association banner held by marchers that day was used to cover him.
Damien O'Kane's father (@mckanedj on Twitter) kept it and donated to the Museum of Free Derry, where it is now on permanent display.
Damien O'Kane's father (@mckanedj on Twitter) kept it and donated to the Museum of Free Derry, where it is now on permanent display.
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As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
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“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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It's very hard to fathom the strategy of the Humphreys campaign and the newspaper commentariat here. Is there no-one in the room advising damage control, restraint, looking to the future, trying to behave with maturity, sense, and decorum? Folks, there's a song by Kenny Rogers you should listen to.
October 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's very hard to fathom the strategy of the Humphreys campaign and the newspaper commentariat here. Is there no-one in the room advising damage control, restraint, looking to the future, trying to behave with maturity, sense, and decorum? Folks, there's a song by Kenny Rogers you should listen to.
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That quote is exactly why slop-trough lovers will never be creatives.
they dont understand the first and most fundemental poitn of being creative in the first place.
they dont understand the first and most fundemental poitn of being creative in the first place.
Legendary Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s never used generative AI, and never will.
"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."
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"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."
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October 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
That quote is exactly why slop-trough lovers will never be creatives.
they dont understand the first and most fundemental poitn of being creative in the first place.
they dont understand the first and most fundemental poitn of being creative in the first place.
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In practical terms, if you live in Dublin and have any interest in what is going on in the city, get a subscription to the @dublininquirer.com and support real independent journalism.
Seeing complaints about the dominant right-wing media and its increasingly naked racism and fascism, and folks wondering where the alternative is.
Newsflash - you have to pay for it. There's a LOT of progressive journalism and journalists out there, but if no-one pays for it, it can't cut through.
Newsflash - you have to pay for it. There's a LOT of progressive journalism and journalists out there, but if no-one pays for it, it can't cut through.
October 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In practical terms, if you live in Dublin and have any interest in what is going on in the city, get a subscription to the @dublininquirer.com and support real independent journalism.