Roger O'Keeffe
@rogerokeeffe.bsky.social
Shooting the breeze on Irish, EU and world affairs, history, language(s). #speirgorm
A bit of a pedant, advocate of colonic irrigation of sentences.
Location: 🇺🇸 shitshow to the left of us< 🇮🇪 > 🇬🇧 shitshow to the right
A bit of a pedant, advocate of colonic irrigation of sentences.
Location: 🇺🇸 shitshow to the left of us< 🇮🇪 > 🇬🇧 shitshow to the right
Hats off! I have to admit I laughed out loud at the idea of this deadline being met in present-day Ireland.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Hats off! I have to admit I laughed out loud at the idea of this deadline being met in present-day Ireland.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
"Developer" submits a sloppy application.
Required to do its homework it resubmits an application.
Gets approval (not "blocked"), then concludes that flipping the property is more lucrative and a lot less bother than building actual houses.
All this and more...
Required to do its homework it resubmits an application.
Gets approval (not "blocked"), then concludes that flipping the property is more lucrative and a lot less bother than building actual houses.
All this and more...
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Developer" submits a sloppy application.
Required to do its homework it resubmits an application.
Gets approval (not "blocked"), then concludes that flipping the property is more lucrative and a lot less bother than building actual houses.
All this and more...
Required to do its homework it resubmits an application.
Gets approval (not "blocked"), then concludes that flipping the property is more lucrative and a lot less bother than building actual houses.
All this and more...
Bleak but cogent.
I was well aware that Hitler's "eugenics" was directly inspired by USA advocates, but today I learned that he explicitly justified his less-discussed genocide of Slavs in pursuit of "Lebensraum" by invoking the US's genocide of native Americans.
I was well aware that Hitler's "eugenics" was directly inspired by USA advocates, but today I learned that he explicitly justified his less-discussed genocide of Slavs in pursuit of "Lebensraum" by invoking the US's genocide of native Americans.
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bleak but cogent.
I was well aware that Hitler's "eugenics" was directly inspired by USA advocates, but today I learned that he explicitly justified his less-discussed genocide of Slavs in pursuit of "Lebensraum" by invoking the US's genocide of native Americans.
I was well aware that Hitler's "eugenics" was directly inspired by USA advocates, but today I learned that he explicitly justified his less-discussed genocide of Slavs in pursuit of "Lebensraum" by invoking the US's genocide of native Americans.
TL,DR: Britannia waives the rules (yet again).
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
TL,DR: Britannia waives the rules (yet again).
This article could serve as the last word on anti-Irish #PoppyRage. But it probably won't.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This article could serve as the last word on anti-Irish #PoppyRage. But it probably won't.
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Like this? I followed a while ago, and can't remember all the steps, but if it doesn't appear, you can probably make it happen by tapping on the # at the top of your screen and choosing some menu option.
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Lads, are we going to have to start looking at recipes for salted cod for Christmas?
#speirgorm #BirdFlu #bacalhau
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November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Lads, are we going to have to start looking at recipes for salted cod for Christmas?
#speirgorm #BirdFlu #bacalhau
#speirgorm #BirdFlu #bacalhau
Staten has free public transport! Is that not communism?
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Staten has free public transport! Is that not communism?
This rang a French bell. Cognate?
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This rang a French bell. Cognate?
At last, someone challenging the usually-unquestioned description of Sinn Féin as a leftist party.
#speirgorm
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November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
At last, someone challenging the usually-unquestioned description of Sinn Féin as a leftist party.
#speirgorm
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Posted this in the other place.
I suggest others try to gather stragglers there with a message appropriate to their interests.
I suggest others try to gather stragglers there with a message appropriate to their interests.
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Posted this in the other place.
I suggest others try to gather stragglers there with a message appropriate to their interests.
I suggest others try to gather stragglers there with a message appropriate to their interests.
From today's #IrishmansDiary by @frankie49.bsky.social.
I don't know if it's been documented, but I believe the transition to the "Irish" spelling is due to the alliterative coupling "ceol agus craic"/"craic agus ceol" by various pubs or trad music sessions.
#GallivantingWithWords
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I don't know if it's been documented, but I believe the transition to the "Irish" spelling is due to the alliterative coupling "ceol agus craic"/"craic agus ceol" by various pubs or trad music sessions.
#GallivantingWithWords
#speirgorm
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
From today's #IrishmansDiary by @frankie49.bsky.social.
I don't know if it's been documented, but I believe the transition to the "Irish" spelling is due to the alliterative coupling "ceol agus craic"/"craic agus ceol" by various pubs or trad music sessions.
#GallivantingWithWords
#speirgorm
I don't know if it's been documented, but I believe the transition to the "Irish" spelling is due to the alliterative coupling "ceol agus craic"/"craic agus ceol" by various pubs or trad music sessions.
#GallivantingWithWords
#speirgorm
Strong agree.
But government needs to be honest and treat the public as adults.
But government needs to be honest and treat the public as adults.
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Strong agree.
But government needs to be honest and treat the public as adults.
But government needs to be honest and treat the public as adults.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Background to racist riots in Dublin.
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Background to racist riots in Dublin.
Still catching up with yesterday's Irish Times.
This is a good article.
Anyone know if there will be any exit poll results tonight?
#Áras25 #speirgorm
This is a good article.
Anyone know if there will be any exit poll results tonight?
#Áras25 #speirgorm
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Still catching up with yesterday's Irish Times.
This is a good article.
Anyone know if there will be any exit poll results tonight?
#Áras25 #speirgorm
This is a good article.
Anyone know if there will be any exit poll results tonight?
#Áras25 #speirgorm
