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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 1d

but at least it's generating revenue now and washing it's own face

_puts finger to ear_

excuse me some breaking news - it isn't

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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 2d

RTB staff waking up this morning #aras25

a cartoon says well my work is done here with a train in the background

ALT: a cartoon says well my work is done here with a train in the background

media.tenor.com

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 3d

Unfortunately for Jim Gavin, across all codes and creeds there are simply very few charges more universally sympathetic than "my ex-landlord owes me thousands of euro"

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I BIKE Dublin @ibike.ie · 5d

10 people are killed or seriously injured every week while walking or cycling in Irish roads .

An 18 month delay will see 780 deaths and serious injuries. We know that we could prevent at least 200 of those by reducing speed limits but this government refuses to act.

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I BIKE Dublin @ibike.ie · 5d

The response from the Minister's representative at yesterday's meeting in Leinster House was shocking.

It's very clear that this government is not taking road safety seriously and people will die as a result.

www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-n...

Jason Cullen from the Dublin Commuter Coalition said a response from a staff member from the Junior Transport Minister, Sean Canney's office, during that presentation, was alarming.

"The clear indication that we got from the Minister's staff member there, was that it would be at least 18 months before we see any form of instruction to local county councils.

'When I pointed out to him that within that time 20 to 30 cyclists will probably have been killed on our roads due to the current trends that we're seeing, the response from him was that it is 'regrettable' that that will happen.

"It really took my breath away."

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 5d

If the DPC isn't onto the question of the source of this leak (whether from the Gardaí or elsewhere) then I don't know what the purpose of its 'own volition' investigation powers are.

Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry, but this is some old baloney. But also, I have GDPR questions about the emergance of this story.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 6d

Counter-terrorism gardaí intervened to stop Catherine Connolly from hiring a woman convicted of a gun crime to work in Leinster House, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6830299t

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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 10d

What happened to the rapture people in TikTok? What are they saying now?

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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 10d

"The lack of urgency shown by the gardaí, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority in bringing in camera enforcement of bus lanes and red lights is extremely disappointing"
independent.ie/regionals/du...

Almost 100 cars an hour breaking traffic restrictions on Dublin’s quays

Almost 100 cars an hour are breaking traffic restrictions introduced on Dublin’s quays just over a year ago.

independent.ie

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.bsky.social · 15d

oh boy this is gonna get a lot of use in the group chats

rfk junior's stupid fucking face next to some big text that says "AUTISM ANNOUNCEMENT"

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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 15d

Just logged onto Twitter there for the first time in weeks? months? and the only people still posting there are journalists, politicians, and the dictionary. Why do they bother?

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Fei Wang @feiwang.bsky.social · 16d

Well I certainly didn't expect solar output record to be broken on September Equinox in Ireland!

Green Collective @greencollective.io · 16d

🚨 A new high for Irish solar today as output exceeds 900MW for the first time, beating the previous high of 864MW set in July.

It seems to have peaked at 943MW at 12.45pm, equivalent to approx. 19% of all-island electricity demand at that time ☀️

More to follow!

A stacked area chart of the electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland. There are eight fuel types: pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. There is also a black line showing electricity demand.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes domestic solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO

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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 17d

So one of the sustainable clothing brands I like quite a lot names their clothes after places. Generally sunny, beach places.

They have run out of ideas and are doing places in Ireland and it is like falling into an alternate dimension.

An orange sleeveless vest named Newtownards

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 17d

Maybe I’ll just walk.

ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE VENGABUS IS COMING
IT IS COMING FOR THEE

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Kev ó Mhaigh Eo @kevfrommayo.bsky.social · 18d

"I had a campaign ready, I had groups throughout the country, we probably had 200 or 300 people dedicated to the campaign. We were ready to go."

Pop-country singer, political campaign slayer, CMAT.

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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 18d

Wake up babe, new #Stoneybatter shared cargo bike dropped #Dublin

A Bleeper branded cargo bike locked at a bike rack on a road

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 19d

It’s being looked into.
Grand so.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 19d

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government and the Data Protection Commissioner are examining revelations about the sale of Irish mobile phone location data

Govt and watchdog examining phone data revelations

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government and the Data Protection Commissioner are examining revelations about the sale of Irish mobile phone location data.

www.rte.ie

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particle dogs @particledogs.bsky.social · 21d

may I speak with the primary poster in your household?

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Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social · 21d

For those who won't reach the end... Cllr Flynn added: "With all due respect, gentlemen, if this were your neighbourhood and all of a sudden there were two pedestrian crossings being sucked down the end without your consent...”

The council adding zebra crossings to neighbourhoods? The horror!

IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 22d

You don't have to read the full thing to get a sense of it, but given that I wrote it as a long read, I hope somebody reads it all.

I hope it gives insight into how some local area meetings spend their time, and why the council then takes longer than you'd expect to install zebras/cycle routes etc

IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 22d

Two painted zebra crossings and some planters need public consultation, insist some councillors

-- RCSI offers to fund most of the costs of minor works on York Street off St Stephen's Green. -- Owning a car park "contradicts" what RCSI "stand for as a health organisation."-- "It's hypocritical,"…

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 22d

truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
X.com

Convincing my left-wing former close friends on
Facebook that Charlie Kirk wasn't a Nazi or a
fascist is completely futile because I can't even
convince them that I'M not a Nazi or a fascist, and
many have known me since early grade school.
1:20 PM • 9/15/25 • 850K Views

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23d

Minister for Transport, Darragh O'Brien, has just been on @rteone.rte.ie news insisting on the need to grow Dublin Airport capacity from 36 million passengers per year to a potential 60 million, liberally sprinkling his speech with the word 'sustainably'.

These people are living on another planet.

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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 24d

Weapons (2025)

Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 25d

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 25d

Far right influencers, the US government and national media all colluded with malice to cook a story that would target all trans people with violence before any facts were available that could contradict.

You can’t call this tin foil hat thinking either b/c we all watched it happen in real time.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 25d

DPC finds the use of the biometric photos & facial recognition tech in the PSC card was was illegal.

Lists six different bits of the GDPR the Dept has been breaching.

Fines the Department of Social Protection €550,000.

www.dataprotection.ie/sites/defaul...

312. Taking into account all of the matters arising for consideration as part of the individual assessments required to be carried out pursuant to Article 83(2) together with the requirements of the Fining Guidelines, as detailed above, the DPC imposes fines totalling €550,000, as broken down below:
a. For the infringement of Article 5(1)(a) GDPR, a fine of €140,000.
b. For the infringement of Article 6(1) GDPR, a fine of €110,000.
c. For the infringement of Article 9(1) GDPR, a fine of €110,000.
d. For the infringement of Article 5(1)(e) GDPR, a fine of €60,000.
e. For the infringements of Articles 13(1)(c) and 13(2)(a) GDPR, a fine of €90,000.
f. For the infringements of Articles 35(7)(b) and (c) GDPR, a fine of €40,000.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 28d

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · 28d

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29d

every birthday message to epstein is like "dear jeff, you're so rich and so handsome but probably the thing about you i love most is that you're a prolific child predator. never change <3"

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29d

jfc

Jeffrey I remember in the mid 1970s you being a star salesman for our tax advantaged strategies and hedged option program. I was running an account for Bob Maxwell. You always had the ability to know everyone and be charming. Was that when you first discovered the Maxwell teen-age daughter... Happy Birthday
Elliot Wolk

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