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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 11h

Protect Willie Nelson too, at all costs

Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 11h

Ah lads no, with everything going on in the world at the moment I don't think I could cope with this

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dolly Parton's sister asks fans to pray for singer over 'health challenges'

The message comes a week after the 79-year-old musician postponed gigs due to health issues.

www.bbc.com

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 21h

FARAGE (verb)
Media over-amplification of the opinions of an extremist minority

example:
They're faraging the hell out of this Maria Steen one aren't they

#Áras25

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 22h

Maria Steen calls for presidential election to be cancelled over Jim Gavin’s departure

Conservative campaigner missed out on required signatures to make the ballot

www.irishtimes.com

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

More Gavingate revelations in today's Indo.

I believe the technical term for Jack Chambers' and Mícheál Martin's situation is "caught rapid"

#spéirgorm

www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...

Screenshot from the article linked in the post.

Text reads:

"In an email from the Irish Independent on September 8, before Mr Gavin’s selection, the party was notified of questions about these issues.

Following on from the request for an interview, would you mind letting me know when Jim Gavin will be responding to media queries,” the email said.
“I have some specific questions I wish to put to him about property interests and a particular issue arising with a tenant when he was a landlord.”

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

Spotted by a mate in Phibsborough today. Regrettably, I now have an awful version of a Justin Timberlake song stuck in my head

#Áras25

street graffiti that says "BRING BERTIE BACK"

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

Our many Republican Senators are doing a fine job, I'm sure all democrats will agree with me

Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 1d

have we started messing with them by throwing the word 'republican' into the mix yet?

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 1d

have we started messing with them by throwing the word 'republican' into the mix yet?

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

More Gavingate revelations in today's Indo.

I believe the technical term for Jack Chambers' and Mícheál Martin's situation is "caught rapid"

#spéirgorm

www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

symptomatic of the disorganisation surrounding the campaign itself if they can't even manage a proper cover-up

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder how much of the $21b goes straight back to the bottom line of US arms manufacturers.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Israel would not have been able to sustain its wars across the Middle East, including the genocide in Gaza, without Washington’s financial support, which has exceeded $21 billion since October 2023, according to new reports.

qudsnen.co/us-has-provi...

US Has Provided at Least $21 Billion in Military Aid to Israel Since Start of Gaza Genocide: Reports - Quds News Network

Israel would not have been able to sustain its wars across the Middle East, including the genocide in Gaza, without Washington’s financial support, which has exceeded $21 billion since October 2023, a...

qudsnen.co

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 1d

Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 2d

So Hulk Hogan, why are you a great candidate for the Administrative Assistant position?

Hulk Hogan:

An app icon of a printer/scanner combo and the app name "brother iPrint&Scan"

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

FF talking heads have been all over radio and TV today expressing sympathy for Jim Gavin, with barely a mention of the poor family that got shafted for thousands of euro

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2d

The tenant at the centre of the Jim Gavin rent payments issue contacted Fianna Fáil on Saturday but has not received any call back from the party or the former candidate since, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6836666t

Tenant yet to hear from Jim Gavin or Fianna Fáil about money owed

The tenant is none the wiser about whether work is underway for his €3,300 to be returned.

jrnl.ie

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Another aspect of Gavingate that's bothering me is that the reputational fallout could undo the good work of the Dublin Citizens' Assembly.

A directly-elected mayor for Dublin has tremendous popular support, aside from within certain political classes that will use any excuse to stop it happening.

Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · Apr 13

The 2022 Dublin Citizens' Assembly was so overwhelmingly in favour of a directly-elected mayor for the city that a vote on the proposal wasn't even deemed necessary. All the CAs to date have very accurately reflected public opinion and eventual referendum outcomes 1/4

The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · Apr 13

This is so stupid, man

www.thetimes.com/article/d49f...

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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent news for Ireland's artists 💃😀

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2d

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

How many people who were renters pre-RTB* never met their landlord but always dealt with a fella** who collected the rent for the landlord

* I'm assuming (maybe incorrectly) that this doesn't go on any more

** who was clearly the landlord

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not linking to the article but Heather Humphries thinks the Gender recognition act needs to be looked at, and trans women are not women. #Aras25 #SpeirGorm

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

All killer no filler

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Minister Kevin Boland, speaking in the Dáil on 30th October 1969:

"I therefore appeal to people who can do so to refrain from bringing their cars into the central area and in particular I would urge commuting motorists to travel by public transport"

www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/d...

Excerpt from an Irish government debate from 1969:

"This, and the inevitable jams, will continue as long as very large numbers of persons continue to bring their cars into the central area in a city whose street system is inadequate for such volumes of traffic, never having been designed for it. As I have said before we are all too familiar with the sight of long streams of cars pouring into the city each morning with generally only one or two persons in each car. Most of these cars are left on the streets all day long. One person in a private car occupies for more road space than a passenger in a bus.

I therefore appeal to people who can do so to refrain from bringing their cars into the central area and in particular I would urge commuting motorists to travel by public transport and thus reduce the morning and evening traffic peaks and the daylong obstruction to moving traffic created by parked cars."

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting clip from 1969 about Dublin's traffic and parking problems. One thing I was definitely not expecting to hear in it was mention of a Government Minister of the time recommending that people take public transport and leave their cars at home

#spéirgorm @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Parking and traffic problems in Dublin city 1969

YouTube video by Old Ireland Restored

youtu.be

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Surely Gavin newsom day this would come back to haunt him

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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 2d

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow's headlines:

Out on a Jim
It Wasn't Rent to Be
You're Gavin a Laugh

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

letting a former tenant chase you for months, going as far as knocking on your parents' door and emailing you at work, and still letting them swing for €3k in overpaid rent, sounds more like a feature than a bug to me

#Áras25

Fianna Fáil in turmoil after Jim Gavin quits presidential race over a mistake ‘not in keeping with my character’

Follow the latest developments in our live blog:

www.independent.ie

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Probably naive to hope that several dozen landlords are shifting uncomfortably in their Oireachtas seats today

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