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].
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
Well, at least I'll die laughing.
Reposted by Joe Culley
🎶You tell me I can go this far - but no more
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
🎶You tell me I can go this far - but no more
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
🎶You tell me I can go this far - but no more
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
🎶You tell me I can go this far - but no more
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Try to show me heaven and then slam the door🎶
Gorgeous piece from Colm Keena. And I might well have been standing beside him, because (as the piece suggests) the Jazz section was there too.
Smug in the snug: Why November brings me back to early evening pints in cosy Dublin pubs
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
Smug in the snug: Why November brings me back to early evening pints in cosy Dublin pubs
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
Smug in the snug: Why November brings me back to early evening pints in cosy Dublin pubs
I was obviously not the first person to think like this
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Gorgeous piece from Colm Keena. And I might well have been standing beside him, because (as the piece suggests) the Jazz section was there too.
Smug in the snug: Why November brings me back to early evening pints in cosy Dublin pubs
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
Smug in the snug: Why November brings me back to early evening pints in cosy Dublin pubs
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
Cathal Brugha Way?
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Cathal Brugha Way?
To cheer you up.
We’re off until February! But that doesn’t mean we can’t find a reason to talk about the Air Bud franchise and post it on our YouTube channel. Yet again. As long as this story keeps unfolding, it is our duty to keep reporting on it. youtu.be/dm5IwjiGT80
Air Bud Pt. III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
To cheer you up.
Great image from @sportsfile.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Great image from @sportsfile.bsky.social
Yet again @IrishTimes
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yet again @IrishTimes
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
PEDESTRIANS DO NOT COLLIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES.
When the @#€& will you show some professionalism?
Interesting image
Dublin City Council moves towards deploying AI tools to “increase staff productivity”. If this will have any material impact on workers, or jobs, the council’s management will be held to account, says a representative for the union Fórsa. www.dublininquirer.c...
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Interesting image
Reposted by Joe Culley
'Manhunt' - he's not Harrison Ford in The Fugitive, FFs.
22 Nov 2025 -- 3-day manhunt continues for Irish teacher Enoch Burke previously imprisoned for contempt for "stalking" his former school ground after his dismissal for refusing to use student's name and pronouns. Burke claims this violates his religious faith. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Manhunt for teacher at centre of a row over transgender student
Enoch Burke contends he is being jailed for his religious beliefs, and has become a cause celebre among many on the far-right.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
'Manhunt' - he's not Harrison Ford in The Fugitive, FFs.
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The former leader of Reform in Wales - who went to a bilingual school on Ynys Môn - gets ten and a half years for accepting bribes from Russia.
And have I seen *one* "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Dai" reference? Just the single, solitary *one*?
The game is gone completely.
And have I seen *one* "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Dai" reference? Just the single, solitary *one*?
The game is gone completely.
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The former leader of Reform in Wales - who went to a bilingual school on Ynys Môn - gets ten and a half years for accepting bribes from Russia.
And have I seen *one* "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Dai" reference? Just the single, solitary *one*?
The game is gone completely.
And have I seen *one* "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Dai" reference? Just the single, solitary *one*?
The game is gone completely.
Is this the most shameless, self-promoting bollox in the Cabinet now? Discuss:
The OPW and Kerry County Council have completed advanced flood-relief works in Clieveragh, Listowel. The €2m OPW-funded project protects 57 properties and forms part of the wider flood-relief plan for the town.
Learn more: https://cutt.ly/ZtrAS0qC
Learn more: https://cutt.ly/ZtrAS0qC
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Is this the most shameless, self-promoting bollox in the Cabinet now? Discuss:
I see DELIVERANCE is on the Beeb tonight.
On my 14th birthday my parents brought me to see the newly released film. We didn't really discuss it on the way home.
SOOOO-EEEEE!
On my 14th birthday my parents brought me to see the newly released film. We didn't really discuss it on the way home.
SOOOO-EEEEE!
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I see DELIVERANCE is on the Beeb tonight.
On my 14th birthday my parents brought me to see the newly released film. We didn't really discuss it on the way home.
SOOOO-EEEEE!
On my 14th birthday my parents brought me to see the newly released film. We didn't really discuss it on the way home.
SOOOO-EEEEE!
Really interesting image on the front of today's @IrishTimes by Alan Betson. I'm not sure how it was done. And I say "image", and not photograph, because - well, here's the question: is an image taken from a drone a photo? I'd love to hear what professionals think.
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Really interesting image on the front of today's @IrishTimes by Alan Betson. I'm not sure how it was done. And I say "image", and not photograph, because - well, here's the question: is an image taken from a drone a photo? I'd love to hear what professionals think.
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
@adrianweckler.bsky.social
Lazy @IrishTimes
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Lazy @IrishTimes
So, additional years have been added.....
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So, additional years have been added.....
"Ja-ala" sounds like a Rasta Muslim (which can't be accidental).
Jaala Burke here
Sha-la-la-la-lah
Sha-la-la-la-lah
Your Burke name is the first name on this list you've never seen before (with the same first letter as your actual name) + Burke.
Link in alt text. Signed, Dabbasheth Burke.
Link in alt text. Signed, Dabbasheth Burke.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Ja-ala" sounds like a Rasta Muslim (which can't be accidental).
Jaala Burke here
Sha-la-la-la-lah
Sha-la-la-la-lah
Your Burke name is the first name on this list you've never seen before (with the same first letter as your actual name) + Burke.
Link in alt text. Signed, Dabbasheth Burke.
Link in alt text. Signed, Dabbasheth Burke.
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Jaala Burke here
Sha-la-la-la-lah
Sha-la-la-la-lah
I look forward to revisiting the Library Bar.
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I look forward to revisiting the Library Bar.
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
But surely crime books should be bought "by the Yard"?
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
Actually, this looks like what you'd get if you asked A I to draw a Naz a figure.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Actually, this looks like what you'd get if you asked A I to draw a Naz a figure.
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