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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 2h

Jim Gavin sits in his room thinking
*Well, I suppose it can't get any worse*
and then opens @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/cohost-sunda...

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 2h

Bono’s looking well

Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 14h

The greatest thing I own or will ever own is this old retail standee where Dracula casually reveals a coffin full of Doritos and Pepsi.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 7h

Same

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 8h

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

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E @elaineedwards.bsky.social · 21h

Got to love Dublin. #Speirgorm

Picture of a large junction box on the street at the top of Kildare Street at Stephen’s Green in Dublin, Ireland. On it is painted a very large, angry-looking seagull in front of two wooden gates. Two tiny people, dwarfed by the seagull, appear to be running from it, one on either side of the lower front of the image. The text over the gates reads St Stephen’s Green. The signature in the lower right of the image says M. Fitz 25.

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 15h

P D James stands for Portable Document James

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 15h

I call for PowerPoint to be permanently deleted from all the computers in the world

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 18h

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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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 19h

There’s a lot of photos of the patch of carpet where a cat once stood

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 19h

My phone is so decrepit that when I press the button in the camera app it takes between 5-15 seconds to actually take the photo. Ultimately I’m headed for glass plate photography speeds

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 19h

The Hook

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 19h

They tried to delete Howth. But Howth would not be deleted

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 20h

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 20h

Captain, I don’t want to worry anyone, but we’re losing piss fast

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 20h

Nice

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 20h

Absolutely. It’s like having your head held in place and being forced to look at yourself in the mirror

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 21h

disappointed to learn that Borgo is just a restaurant and not some kind of hallucinatory concept that I would have gotten a lot of mileage out of characterising.

Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 21h

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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cianmm.bsky.social @cianmm.bsky.social · 22h

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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rubot @rubot.ie · 22h

tax relief for amulet sellers but not for incantation bowls? bullshit!

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Oisín Kelly
Bird in Flight (1978)

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

It’s simple: invest in book burning

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Heartwarming to see Trinity doing absolutely nothing with the carcass of the Science Gallery

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

I wholeheartedly believe in the Irish people’s ability to do the funniest thing

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

The counting of votes will proceed as normal, the returning officer said, “in line with the rules for the counting of votes as set out in the 1993 Act”.

http://jrnl.ie/6837130

Jim Gavin will be on the ballot and votes will be counted as normal, returning officer confirms

Gavin made the shock announcement late on Sunday night to withdraw from the presidential election.

jrnl.ie

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Thank you Eris, I’m glad somebody understands my pain

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

I have to assume that this will usher in a new golden age of drink driving

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Also, and not to make this about me (making it about me) - I lived most of my life never seeing my surname bandied about in public life, and now it’s EVERYWHERE

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

I think this is the most credible take I’ve heard so far

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