Joe Culley
@therealculls.bsky.social
Writer, editor (ex Irish Times, ex History Ireland - nearly ex altogether).
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with [email protected].
History, Golf, Italia.
Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with [email protected].
Every Sports journalist who uses the phrase "Italian job" should be summarily executed.
February 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Every Sports journalist who uses the phrase "Italian job" should be summarily executed.
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I recently reread SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE. You should, too.
(Also, pure coincidence, yesterday I saw an account here of Kilgore Trout.)
(Also, pure coincidence, yesterday I saw an account here of Kilgore Trout.)
PHOTO OF THE DAY: A forlorn statue overlooks the devastated city of Dresden (1945). 📷 Richard Peter
February 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I recently reread SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE. You should, too.
(Also, pure coincidence, yesterday I saw an account here of Kilgore Trout.)
(Also, pure coincidence, yesterday I saw an account here of Kilgore Trout.)
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Have just discovered that Mixed Luge Relay - three words I would never have thought would appear in that order.
#winterolympics
#winterolympics
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Have just discovered that Mixed Luge Relay - three words I would never have thought would appear in that order.
#winterolympics
#winterolympics
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11,000 new listeners in one year, you say?!?! Hurray 🥳💃🎶🕺! And welcome to our new friends on the #FullScore, following the latest #JNLRs success. Meself, Linda McGlynn & Producer Áine Fay are delighted to have your company for the complete classical experience, 1-4pm Mon- Thurs @rte.ie lyric fm.
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
11,000 new listeners in one year, you say?!?! Hurray 🥳💃🎶🕺! And welcome to our new friends on the #FullScore, following the latest #JNLRs success. Meself, Linda McGlynn & Producer Áine Fay are delighted to have your company for the complete classical experience, 1-4pm Mon- Thurs @rte.ie lyric fm.
Forgive me, but this is such an utterly pointless "headline": every trainer does this every year.
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Forgive me, but this is such an utterly pointless "headline": every trainer does this every year.
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
More to the point: this is what happens when newspapers no longer employ specialists.
@irishtimes.com
Brian knew a thing or two about road crashes - he was in six or seven of them. Including being hit by a bus, which adds colour to the Brother's farewell: Begob, there's me bus.
@flannobriensoc.bsky.social
@maebhlong.bsky.social
@flannobriensoc.bsky.social
@maebhlong.bsky.social
The #MylesnaGopaleen Catechism of Cliche
Is man ever hurt in a motor crash?
No. He sustains an injury.
Does such a man ever die from his injuries?
No. He succumbs to them.
...
Is he dead when he gets to the hospital?
No, he is not dead. Life is found to be extinct...
cbladey.com/irish/HomePa...
Is man ever hurt in a motor crash?
No. He sustains an injury.
Does such a man ever die from his injuries?
No. He succumbs to them.
...
Is he dead when he gets to the hospital?
No, he is not dead. Life is found to be extinct...
cbladey.com/irish/HomePa...
Flann O'Brien was also known as the Count O'Blather,
George Knowall, Peter the Painter , Brother Barnabus, John James Doe ,
Winnie Wedge, An Broc, and most famously as
Myles na gCopaleen. His Real
Name was Brian O'Nuallain (Gaelic spelling)
cbladey.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Brian knew a thing or two about road crashes - he was in six or seven of them. Including being hit by a bus, which adds colour to the Brother's farewell: Begob, there's me bus.
@flannobriensoc.bsky.social
@maebhlong.bsky.social
@flannobriensoc.bsky.social
@maebhlong.bsky.social
This is going to sound a lot "heavier" than it is, but @johncreedon.bsky.social playing a couple of songs called Julia - which was the name my birth mother used on my certificate.
Everyone knew her by the Irish version.
No name for the father.
Everyone knew her by the Irish version.
No name for the father.
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This is going to sound a lot "heavier" than it is, but @johncreedon.bsky.social playing a couple of songs called Julia - which was the name my birth mother used on my certificate.
Everyone knew her by the Irish version.
No name for the father.
Everyone knew her by the Irish version.
No name for the father.
Putin has taken Newstalk off the air.
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Putin has taken Newstalk off the air.
Unless I'm missing something, Ed Power seems to be dismissing a four-part series on the basis that the first episode didn't tell the entire story.
I thought it was an excellent opener which promised great things.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
I thought it was an excellent opener which promised great things.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Lord of the Flies on BBC One review: Far too pretty to reflect the ugly side of humanity
You tune in expecting scorched earth insights into the fundamental ugliness of humanity – but instead it’s a glorified David Attenborough documentary
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Unless I'm missing something, Ed Power seems to be dismissing a four-part series on the basis that the first episode didn't tell the entire story.
I thought it was an excellent opener which promised great things.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
I thought it was an excellent opener which promised great things.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Lord of the Flies on BBC One review: Far too pretty to reflect the ugly side of humanity
You tune in expecting scorched earth insights into the fundamental ugliness of humanity – but instead it’s a glorified David Attenborough documentary
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Unless I'm missing something, Ed Power seems to be dismissing a four-part series on the basis that the first episode didn't tell the entire story.
I thought it was an excellent opener which promised great things.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
I thought it was an excellent opener which promised great things.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
I'm reading yesterday's newspaper and kinda watching the Olympics - but I just had to turn off the telly because I wouldn't want my neighbours to think I was watching the Curling.
#winterolympics
#winterolympics
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I'm reading yesterday's newspaper and kinda watching the Olympics - but I just had to turn off the telly because I wouldn't want my neighbours to think I was watching the Curling.
#winterolympics
#winterolympics
Feckin pagans. Never not at it.
@voxhib.bsky.social
@voxhib.bsky.social
Want to hear what I think of the neo-English word "Imbolc" for 1st February? Go down to the end of this article by Karl McDonald in the @irishtimes.com, where my opinion is cited beside that of other esteemed colleagues.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
@maynoothuniversity.ie
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
@maynoothuniversity.ie
Social Democrats TD misses out on €1m from Palantir share boom off the back of Ice contracts
Plus: Eamon Dunphy’s Michelin star mission; the Washington Post lays off a reporter in a war zone; and the pagans strike back
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Feckin pagans. Never not at it.
@voxhib.bsky.social
@voxhib.bsky.social
The drone shots of the Downhill work really well. Gives a real sense of the mad speed.
#winterolympics
#Italia
#winterolympics
#Italia
February 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
The drone shots of the Downhill work really well. Gives a real sense of the mad speed.
#winterolympics
#Italia
#winterolympics
#Italia
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Just making sure that @audacityofdespair.bsky.social has seen these amazing photos. Much respect to the protesters that came up with this.
At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Just making sure that @audacityofdespair.bsky.social has seen these amazing photos. Much respect to the protesters that came up with this.
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Albert Finney died on this day in 2019.
He had such a good time making Miller’s Crossing that he turned up on his day off to appear in drag when Gabriel Byrne bursts into the ladies room.
He had such a good time making Miller’s Crossing that he turned up on his day off to appear in drag when Gabriel Byrne bursts into the ladies room.
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Albert Finney died on this day in 2019.
He had such a good time making Miller’s Crossing that he turned up on his day off to appear in drag when Gabriel Byrne bursts into the ladies room.
He had such a good time making Miller’s Crossing that he turned up on his day off to appear in drag when Gabriel Byrne bursts into the ladies room.
February 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The top ad "for me" in the YouTube algorithm is to learn to speak English with A I.
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The top ad "for me" in the YouTube algorithm is to learn to speak English with A I.
I was lucky to see the opening run of the play Frank mentions, The Quiet Men, written and performed by Morgan Jones, who is in fact the grand-nephew of the Shields brothers.
It is utterly superb. I told Morgan he really must develop it into a full-length show.
@frankie49.bsky.social
It is utterly superb. I told Morgan he really must develop it into a full-length show.
@frankie49.bsky.social
Stage IRA Man – Frank McNally on the real and pretend 1916 Rising of actor Arthur Shields
Stage IRA Man – Frank McNally on the real and pretend 1916 Rising of actor Arthur Shields
He went to the Abbey Theatre to collect a rifle hidden under the stage and join the fighting
www.irishtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I was lucky to see the opening run of the play Frank mentions, The Quiet Men, written and performed by Morgan Jones, who is in fact the grand-nephew of the Shields brothers.
It is utterly superb. I told Morgan he really must develop it into a full-length show.
@frankie49.bsky.social
It is utterly superb. I told Morgan he really must develop it into a full-length show.
@frankie49.bsky.social
Conor Hunt on @news.rte.ie saying that the suicide bombing at a mosque was "an attack that was struck without warning".
Good to see a journalist put so much effort into a script.
Good to see a journalist put so much effort into a script.
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Conor Hunt on @news.rte.ie saying that the suicide bombing at a mosque was "an attack that was struck without warning".
Good to see a journalist put so much effort into a script.
Good to see a journalist put so much effort into a script.
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
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This is unbelievable. By which I don’t mean that I don’t believe it, just that I think it’s beyond the scope of what should be considered doable.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is unbelievable. By which I don’t mean that I don’t believe it, just that I think it’s beyond the scope of what should be considered doable.