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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 13h

- Gavin ignoring registered post sent to his place of work and parents' house
- Still hasn't paid Donald back 'subject to issues'
- Chambers throwing Gavin under the bus first thing Monday morning

all very revealing of the type of people Martin champions. In some ways it's worse than Ahern's style

Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 13h

Micheál Martin's "decent man" persona is struggling to sync up with his "I haven't contacted Jim Gavin since he dropped out" persona

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 13h

Micheál Martin's "decent man" persona is struggling to sync up with his "I haven't contacted Jim Gavin since he dropped out" persona

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 14h

I mean that a journalist had major dirt on a highly popular public figure for 16 years, which was apparently well known by many of his colleagues in the industry and yet this lead only got acted on when said figure ran for President. What else do we not know about?

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 14h

it's going to be interesting to see which journalists are tweeting which sides of the FF PP meeting. Not long ago these meetings leaked like a sieve though more recently they have been more tightly controlled #speirgorm

Mícheál Lehane @fertha.bsky.social · 14h

The opening exchanges of the high stakes Fianna Fáil meeting discussing the presidential election are described as calm and mild so far. TDs voicing the hurt felt by party members across the country.

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 14h

when you think about it, it is very revealing of how certain personalities are protected by the media - until they decide to run for election

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 16h

hang on, have I not actually been eating Linda McCartney's flesh all these years? brb got to have a word with the wife

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 1d

It might be good if the department for culture and Minsiter Patrick O’Donovan made a statement expressing solidarity for the several Irish artists who were in flotilla ships who have been detained by Israel over recent days.

Fransglobal @fransglobal.bsky.social · 1d

Irish author and TD on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel jrnl.ie/6838266

Irish author and TD on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel

There are two Irish citizens aboard one of the flotilla boats, the Milad.

jrnl.ie

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 23h

If you're in Ireland, you're looking for a copy of The First Fire of Halloween and you don't want to order one from the Evil Empire, it's available from Antonia's Books, an indie bookshop, at antoniasbookstore.com/product/the-...

A púca comes to #Halloween Hill!

#SpeirGorm #PucaFestival #Samhain

Alt-Text: An image of the cover of the book set against a background similar to that used on the cover, a dark sky over a field. Under the words 'Here, why has he no trousers on? Why would someone take his trousers?'

The front cover itself features a púca, the mythical Irish shape-changer, as a muscular human figure with a goat's head. He's standing in a field in darkness, with a fire blazing in front of him. Inset in the dark sky above and behind him are a pair of yellow goat's eyes. The title is in orange against the sky, and my name is in black against the fire.

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

if anyone is listening to @rteradio1.bsky.social can you let me know if they read my text out? thanks #speirgorm

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

no, I have no further information - other than I'd be surprised if it doesn't re-emerge before polling day

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes a user will post a joke and then that very same user will post something sincere. And I as the reader am expected to understand this, using my brain?

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

It's an Aras race and the hacks are having fun

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

I'd be surprised if we don't hear about it soon though

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. Also to be fair, Connolly presumably knew she had issues that would take several weeks to air so she got on the road early. We have yet to hear about Humphreys animal cruelty stuff 🤷‍♂️

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

relatedly, Mairéad McGuinness's rent/landlord story dropped way back in July. I assume she leaked that herself to get it out of the way

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

from the same school of journalism that had the Eoin Hayes blackface story but only dropped it when his suspension ended

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 1d

Someone at the IT is having a 'mare rushing out the Budget coverage.

This was a sponsored post in my Insta Stories.

The social team needs a break and a hug maybe.

A post from Instagram stories with a swipe up link for the Irish Times. A composite image of Leinster House, Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe is titled "Budget 2026: Main Points" but the bullet points that follow comprise non-sensical filler text (Lorem ipsum) and snippets apparently borrowed from a restaurant review (One point reads: "Borgo review: Well-priced and welcoming", the next "everything a good neighborhood", and finally "restaurant needsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet")

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

you can also throw in SF there too

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Róisín Ní Neachtain @roisinnineachtain.com · 1d

This happened just now.

Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …

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Róisín Ní Neachtain - I, bird | Broken Sleep Books

Róisín Ní Neachtain's I, bird is a fragmented, lyrical reckoning with grief, trauma, and the porous boundary between body and voice. Structured in poetic prose and verse, the collection moves between ...

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 1d

lots of real Republicans in SF these days, they won't mind seeing the back of Gavin

Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 3d

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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Fort Evil Fruit @fortevilfruit.bsky.social · 3d

Only a Republican can defend the values represented by our Nation's flag. If the political elite have their way we'll end up with a President who can't even speak the frickin language!

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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 3d

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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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 2d

lolol the Indo are saying that they put it to FF *on Sept 8* that they wanted to question Gavin about a specific issue about a specific tenant when he was a landlord - directly contradicts what Chambers and Martin said yesterday #aras25
www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...

Fianna Fáil was told about tenant issue before Jim Gavin was selected to become candidate for Áras

Fianna Fáil was told there were questions for Jim Gavin about a specific issue with a tenant before he was picked as their candidate.

www.independent.ie

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 2d

really looking forward to tomorrow's op-eds in the IT and the Indo when the lads somehow manage to link Jim Gavin's collapse to Maria Steen #aras25

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 2d

every election gets a new catchphrase, 'buried somewhere in the recesses of his mind' is the new ine for #aras25

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said "very comprehensive due diligence" was done on presidential candidate Jim Gavin, but that an issue with a former tenant was "probably buried somewhere in the recesses of his mind".

Gavin was 'repeatedly asked' about tenant issue - Martin

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said "very comprehensive due diligence" was done on presidential candidate Jim Gavin, but that an issue with a former tenant was "probably buried somewhere in the rec...

www.rte.ie

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