irishrunner.bsky.social
@irishrunner.bsky.social
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Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.
If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.

www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Trump, Musk, Grok agus dúshlán práinneach d’ár rialtas agus don AE.
Mo cholún.
Náireofar rialtais an AE mura gcuirfear iachall ar Elon Musk a Grok Imagine náireach a chur as feidhm
Tá cosaint ar líne de dhíth ar mhná agus ar pháistí ach ní léir fós an toil chun déileáil go tréan le comhlachtaí móra Mheiriceá
tuairisc.ie
January 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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Some reading for your Sunday morning, especially if you are insisting on remaining on a platform that monetises CSAM.
Staying on Twitter doesn't make you special - let that sink in
philipoconnor.com/staying-on-t...
January 11, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.
January 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Thanks @conorom.bsky.social for writing this piece for us setting out the legal position on X and CSAM… in short, yes, they could be prosecuted.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Ireland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakes
The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies
www.irishexaminer.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Aldrich Ames the CIA turncoat has died in prison at the age of 84.

You can read the fascinating jailhouse interview I did with him in 1995 here:

www.thefreelibrary.com/A+talk+with+...
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Donald Trump returned to office vowing to be the peace president. Nearly a year later, he is embracing war on multiple fronts rte.ie/b/1551321
Bombs away for Trump, self-proclaimed peace president
Donald Trump returned to office vowing to be the peace president. Nearly a year later, he is embracing war on multiple fronts.
rte.ie
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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It’s that time of year again… and I’m sharing a photo of me from 1993. That’s how seriously I’m taking this.

Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.

All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.

idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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People in Gaza ask us to quote their posts because their accounts are deleted so fast by Bluesky that reposts are pointless. So if you quote, please put the gofundme in there too.
Can you help this family find €150?
gofund.me/5fd8abadf
December 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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‘There are young people dying in ­British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: ‘There are young people dying in ­British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring
It was late in the night when ­Kneecap began speaking about the Palestine Action hunger strike. The concert was last Tuesday at the 3Arena and with thousands of us packed in, I was to the right of the...
m.independent.ie
December 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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The Freedom Flotilla will sail again in 2026. Civil society will not stand by while Gaza is strangled and annihilated. We are preparing more vessels, more international participation and more coordinated actions than ever before to #BreakTheSiege of Gaza.
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.

It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Ronaldo left feeling sick as a Parrott as Ireland’s World Cup campaign finally ignites
Ronaldo left feeling sick as a Parrott as Ireland’s World Cup campaign finally ignites
Portugal get hit with the mother and father of all bangs on a magical night in Dublin
www.irishtimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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A real test for politicians and gardaí.

There's been a years-long campaign of arson/attempted arson at IPAS centres - even buildings rumoured to be considered for asylum seekers.

We've had far-right instigated riots in our capital, at CityWest and Coolock; arson at TD's property... (1/2)
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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A sitting Dublin city councillor has posted a call for "ethnic cleansing". Don't call them far right though
October 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Hudu Abu Naja, 12- before and after starvation. Like thousands of children in Gaza, she suffered from severe malnutrition. In the last two months, organizations and doctors tried to evacuate her without success. This morning, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra reported she has died reports
@nirhasson.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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New Gist: Trans rights are Data rights

An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act.

(Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin)

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
April 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM