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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 16m

Same around SCR in #Limerick. People who use the area as a rat run must be listened to intently. Me and my daughter trying to cycle to school safely are just 'being difficult'
Oh and 'kids these days spend too much time on their phones/in their rooms' - I wonder why?

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 54m

The way it works is that people who hate bike lanes and live anywhere are real new Yorkers but people who love bike lanes who live in the neighborhood don't count because reasons.

Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 13h

@quaybooks.bsky.social
#Limerick

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 13h

Ooh! Nice post arrived this morning.
@feltelabel.bsky.social

Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 23h

Is that blue handbag made of radioactive viagra or is there another explanation for the month-long horn the Irish Times have had for her?

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

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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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 1d

Just 2 sets of red light cameras in #Limerick City (Shelbourne Rd/Condell Rd + Dock Road/Ashbourne Ave) would pay for Riverfest, St Patrick's Day & a monorail.

IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 1d

Red light camera ready to go live at Dublin's Merrion Gates, "just awaiting" Garda approval irishcycle.com/2025/10/06/r...

Red light camera ready to go live at Dublin’s Merrion Gates, “just awaiting” Garda approval

A red light enforcement camera in Dublin is “just awaiting approval from the Gardaí” before it goes live. Brendan O’Brien, the head of traffic and transport in Dublin City Council…

irishcycle.com

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 3d

It's a marvellous book.

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 3d

Worth tracking down Alexander MacKendricks 'On Film-Making' which goes into a lot of detail on it.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 4d

This is fantastic. And I think the first new album I've bought on cassette since Neil Youngs 'Sleeps With Angels' a thousand centuries ago.

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Cruel Nature Records @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social · 5d

PRE-ORDER

Of One ‘Textures’

cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/textures

A veteran of the Dublin electronic underground, Alan O’Boyle serves up a masterclass in minimalist transformative techno built from drones, feedback and noise loops

@aoboyle.bsky.social

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 5d

I have huge respect for what Jim Gavin, Brian Cody & John Kiely have achieved with their counties. If any were running for Council in my area I'd think 'there's a good person to have in there' - but not enough for TD and especially not President.

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 6d

Really looking forward to the @limetreetheatre.bsky.social show
@micireland.bsky.social

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Edge Street Live @edgestreetlive.bsky.social · 6d

🇮🇪 @brianbilston.bsky.social IS HEADING TO IRELAND 🇮🇪

Catch the social media sensation in...
📖 17 Oct - Mandel Hall, Belfast
📖 18 Oct - The Ambassador, Dublin
📖 19 Oct - @limetreetheatre.bsky.social
📖 20 Oct - Millenium Theatre, Derry

🎟 Grab your tickets here: edgestreetlive.com/brian-bilston

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 8d

The #GlobalSumudFlotilla on its way to Gaza is an incredible sight. Hopeful, inspiring and terrifying for what might come in equal measure. Israel has killed people on similar flotilla in international waters before. The Spectre is @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and Chris Andrews' boat. Amazing people.

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 7d

Perfect.

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 7d

Tentacles instead of arms all day.
I'd allow the option of 5 smaller tentacles at the end as well so that existing gloves / keyboards / knuckle dusters etc don't go to waste.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 7d

“It shouldn’t have to cost €100,000,” said the Taoiseach during yesterday's Leaders' Questions, in reference to a tender for a bike shed at the National Maternity Hospital.

With that, we’re asking you: How much is okay for the State to spend on a bike shed?
jrnl.ie/6831827

How much is okay for the State to spend on a bike shed?

The cost of bike sheds came up again in the Dáil yesterday – this time over a €100,000 tender for one at the National Maternity Hospital.

jrnl.ie

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 7d

Is it ok for the State to spend €103,598 to rent 28 car parking spaces for a year? Is that good value?
Did i miss the hoo-hah about that? No, but giving out people on bikes is more popular isn't it?
(reposting as your original post got deleted somehow)

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 7d

Is €103,598 to rent 28 car parking spaces for a year good value?
Did i miss the hoo-hah about that? No, but giving out people on bikes is more popular isn't it?

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 8d

One or two people are complaining about the budget for providing safe parking to hospital staff who cycle to work.

In other news:

"€248,500 was spent on accommodation that was never used, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has said."

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 7d

How about €1.2M a year just to rent some car park spaces?
Just over €100k of that for 28 spaces for the Oireachtas. Another €100k for 30 spaces for the Revenue. But yeah, hospital staff on bikes are the problem.
share.google/GHSpWkkTE33m...

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, no.

NPR @npr.org · 9d

The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.

Scared of spiders? Some former arachnophobes now are keeping jumping spiders as pets

The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 9d

Age yourself with a movie you saw in theatres as a kid

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Eoin Buckley @eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social · 12d

Hopefully the interviews will be in The Hague and it's all a ruse to get him there.