Seamus Ryan
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The casting call for that advert might even have included an “Oona Chaplin or Cristin Miloti* look” in the notes to complete the Black Mirror feel.
*both of whom are fabulous and fabulously talented, but that’s by the by.
*both of whom are fabulous and fabulously talented, but that’s by the by.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The casting call for that advert might even have included an “Oona Chaplin or Cristin Miloti* look” in the notes to complete the Black Mirror feel.
*both of whom are fabulous and fabulously talented, but that’s by the by.
*both of whom are fabulous and fabulously talented, but that’s by the by.
Small correction to the above (thanks Farron): when I typed "John Sheahan" above, I meant "John O'Donoghue". Happy to correct as always (helps when pointed out)
Sometimes fat fingers from me, sometimes fat brain. I probably typed it more than once.
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Sometimes fat fingers from me, sometimes fat brain. I probably typed it more than once.
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Farron Flaherty 🇮🇪 🇹🇼 on X: "@meanderingtripe Fact check: That was John O'Donoghue no?" / X
@meanderingtripe Fact check: That was John O'Donoghue no?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Small correction to the above (thanks Farron): when I typed "John Sheahan" above, I meant "John O'Donoghue". Happy to correct as always (helps when pointed out)
Sometimes fat fingers from me, sometimes fat brain. I probably typed it more than once.
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Sometimes fat fingers from me, sometimes fat brain. I probably typed it more than once.
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All quotes from this meeting are basically the same.
That's bad scripting, councillors, you can surely do better with your pre-meeting meetings in the wee party rooms.
Anyway, that's it, meeting over, bugger off.
That's bad scripting, councillors, you can surely do better with your pre-meeting meetings in the wee party rooms.
Anyway, that's it, meeting over, bugger off.
a person is standing in front of a wind turbine in a field .
ALT: a person is standing in front of a wind turbine in a field .
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November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
All quotes from this meeting are basically the same.
That's bad scripting, councillors, you can surely do better with your pre-meeting meetings in the wee party rooms.
Anyway, that's it, meeting over, bugger off.
That's bad scripting, councillors, you can surely do better with your pre-meeting meetings in the wee party rooms.
Anyway, that's it, meeting over, bugger off.
Much as I would never EVER😂 suggest that a meeting was called out of some need to be performative, this meeting could have been an email except that emails only get reported in the local paper and read by people if they're leaked.
Everyone got the chance for their little quote.
Everyone got the chance for their little quote.
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Much as I would never EVER😂 suggest that a meeting was called out of some need to be performative, this meeting could have been an email except that emails only get reported in the local paper and read by people if they're leaked.
Everyone got the chance for their little quote.
Everyone got the chance for their little quote.
That's it now.
The Special Windmill Meeting.
Councillors (pretty much all of them rural) adamant that they don't want That Sort Of Thing in their area.
It'll be added to the submission (as an addendum), one assumes.
Exciting, innit.
The Special Windmill Meeting.
Councillors (pretty much all of them rural) adamant that they don't want That Sort Of Thing in their area.
It'll be added to the submission (as an addendum), one assumes.
Exciting, innit.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
That's it now.
The Special Windmill Meeting.
Councillors (pretty much all of them rural) adamant that they don't want That Sort Of Thing in their area.
It'll be added to the submission (as an addendum), one assumes.
Exciting, innit.
The Special Windmill Meeting.
Councillors (pretty much all of them rural) adamant that they don't want That Sort Of Thing in their area.
It'll be added to the submission (as an addendum), one assumes.
Exciting, innit.
"I'm not going round the house", again says Cllr Collins M, before calling Eddie Ryan and Liam Galvin, both of whom have already spoken, so by definition he seems to be going round the house (again).
At least he isn't shouting in this meeting.
At least he isn't shouting in this meeting.
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"I'm not going round the house", again says Cllr Collins M, before calling Eddie Ryan and Liam Galvin, both of whom have already spoken, so by definition he seems to be going round the house (again).
At least he isn't shouting in this meeting.
At least he isn't shouting in this meeting.
Very disappointed that there's no input from Don Quixote - the vengeful archenemy of windmillls - himself, Adam Teskey.
I don't know if he's even in attendance.
His moment of, well, not triumph, but what he's been shouting about for years, & no input.
Kill the windmills, etc.
I don't know if he's even in attendance.
His moment of, well, not triumph, but what he's been shouting about for years, & no input.
Kill the windmills, etc.
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Very disappointed that there's no input from Don Quixote - the vengeful archenemy of windmillls - himself, Adam Teskey.
I don't know if he's even in attendance.
His moment of, well, not triumph, but what he's been shouting about for years, & no input.
Kill the windmills, etc.
I don't know if he's even in attendance.
His moment of, well, not triumph, but what he's been shouting about for years, & no input.
Kill the windmills, etc.
Vincent Murray (Director Of Some Stuff But Also For Adare-Rathkeale, Where Our Story Lies) pops in to let everyone know that they won't be changing the DG's planning report but they'll include this stuff as an addendum.
Nobody reads addenda, lads.
Nobody reads addenda, lads.
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Vincent Murray (Director Of Some Stuff But Also For Adare-Rathkeale, Where Our Story Lies) pops in to let everyone know that they won't be changing the DG's planning report but they'll include this stuff as an addendum.
Nobody reads addenda, lads.
Nobody reads addenda, lads.
Acting Temporary Interim Priomh-Wotsit Michael Collins pipes up, saying that he's not going "to go around the house for the next hour" if everyone's saying the same stuff.
I'll give him a C- there due to letting that run for the past hour.
I'll give him a C- there due to letting that run for the past hour.
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Acting Temporary Interim Priomh-Wotsit Michael Collins pipes up, saying that he's not going "to go around the house for the next hour" if everyone's saying the same stuff.
I'll give him a C- there due to letting that run for the past hour.
I'll give him a C- there due to letting that run for the past hour.
Lest I be perceived to be completely one-sided on this (mainly due to that being true), I live in the middle of a small city, lads. With shit drivers. Any idea how noisy that is compared to a few turbines?
Oh, I'm also near a fire station.
You get used to it, lads.
Oh, I'm also near a fire station.
You get used to it, lads.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Lest I be perceived to be completely one-sided on this (mainly due to that being true), I live in the middle of a small city, lads. With shit drivers. Any idea how noisy that is compared to a few turbines?
Oh, I'm also near a fire station.
You get used to it, lads.
Oh, I'm also near a fire station.
You get used to it, lads.
Jerome Scanlan adds his voice to the "Flicker is bad when you can see it on the road" case briefly mentioned above.
I dunno, lads: if you're distracted that easily, you probably shouldn't be driving.
I dunno, lads: if you're distracted that easily, you probably shouldn't be driving.
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Jerome Scanlan adds his voice to the "Flicker is bad when you can see it on the road" case briefly mentioned above.
I dunno, lads: if you're distracted that easily, you probably shouldn't be driving.
I dunno, lads: if you're distracted that easily, you probably shouldn't be driving.
Liam Galvin suggests that people are suggesting this is tantamount to sterilising the entire land within a kilometre of this erection. No building, no cows, no chickens.
He mentions that cows are grazing under the turbines in Templeglantine.
Maybe they like it.
He mentions that cows are grazing under the turbines in Templeglantine.
Maybe they like it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Liam Galvin suggests that people are suggesting this is tantamount to sterilising the entire land within a kilometre of this erection. No building, no cows, no chickens.
He mentions that cows are grazing under the turbines in Templeglantine.
Maybe they like it.
He mentions that cows are grazing under the turbines in Templeglantine.
Maybe they like it.
Perhaps* you don't have to be comical when you've already won the day** and nobody's speaking against you and there's no argument in the room.
*always, in fairness. Take the w.
**I mean, actual decision lies with Planning.
*always, in fairness. Take the w.
**I mean, actual decision lies with Planning.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Perhaps* you don't have to be comical when you've already won the day** and nobody's speaking against you and there's no argument in the room.
*always, in fairness. Take the w.
**I mean, actual decision lies with Planning.
*always, in fairness. Take the w.
**I mean, actual decision lies with Planning.
Here we go now.
Stephen Keary finally has his go.
He reads out from a previous report, which is not what I'm watching this meeting for.
Say something about windmills being evil, Stephen, ffs.
Stephen Keary finally has his go.
He reads out from a previous report, which is not what I'm watching this meeting for.
Say something about windmills being evil, Stephen, ffs.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here we go now.
Stephen Keary finally has his go.
He reads out from a previous report, which is not what I'm watching this meeting for.
Say something about windmills being evil, Stephen, ffs.
Stephen Keary finally has his go.
He reads out from a previous report, which is not what I'm watching this meeting for.
Say something about windmills being evil, Stephen, ffs.
Eddie Ryan seems to be declaring that we now know the horrors and dangers of wind.
I dunno, maybe he means windmills.
Anyhoo, he makes wind OR windmill noises to demonstrate the problem ("whoooshuuuu, whoooshuuu"), so I can't not mention that.
I dunno, maybe he means windmills.
Anyhoo, he makes wind OR windmill noises to demonstrate the problem ("whoooshuuuu, whoooshuuu"), so I can't not mention that.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Eddie Ryan seems to be declaring that we now know the horrors and dangers of wind.
I dunno, maybe he means windmills.
Anyhoo, he makes wind OR windmill noises to demonstrate the problem ("whoooshuuuu, whoooshuuu"), so I can't not mention that.
I dunno, maybe he means windmills.
Anyhoo, he makes wind OR windmill noises to demonstrate the problem ("whoooshuuuu, whoooshuuu"), so I can't not mention that.
It's not like I need someone to argue pro-windmill here, I just want a bit of discussion rather than every passing numpty chiming in with making the same "roads small, turbines big, windmills noisy, floods common" speech one after the other, like a serial chorus.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's not like I need someone to argue pro-windmill here, I just want a bit of discussion rather than every passing numpty chiming in with making the same "roads small, turbines big, windmills noisy, floods common" speech one after the other, like a serial chorus.
I miss Kevin Sheahan*, long departed from this parish.
Came out solidly pro-windmill more than once, and possibly not just to annoy the two anti-windmill FG lads.
*look, I don't say it very often. The man was a, er, character. You'd hear him coming and all that.
Came out solidly pro-windmill more than once, and possibly not just to annoy the two anti-windmill FG lads.
*look, I don't say it very often. The man was a, er, character. You'd hear him coming and all that.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I miss Kevin Sheahan*, long departed from this parish.
Came out solidly pro-windmill more than once, and possibly not just to annoy the two anti-windmill FG lads.
*look, I don't say it very often. The man was a, er, character. You'd hear him coming and all that.
Came out solidly pro-windmill more than once, and possibly not just to annoy the two anti-windmill FG lads.
*look, I don't say it very often. The man was a, er, character. You'd hear him coming and all that.
Some time around 1995, Ireland draw 0-0 with Liechtenstein in Liechtenstein, with the primary excuse offered by some striker we had that every time they got near the goal, they looked up and saw a giant mountain.
That's Cllr Conway with the drivers & windmills.
That's Cllr Conway with the drivers & windmills.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Some time around 1995, Ireland draw 0-0 with Liechtenstein in Liechtenstein, with the primary excuse offered by some striker we had that every time they got near the goal, they looked up and saw a giant mountain.
That's Cllr Conway with the drivers & windmills.
That's Cllr Conway with the drivers & windmills.
Brigid Teefy says pretty much the same thing as John Sheahan (roads small, floods big), as does Gregory Conway, though Cllr Conway also suggests that the existence of turbines can be distracting to drivers and are therefore DANGEROUS.
He's also afraid they'll go on fire.
He's also afraid they'll go on fire.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Brigid Teefy says pretty much the same thing as John Sheahan (roads small, floods big), as does Gregory Conway, though Cllr Conway also suggests that the existence of turbines can be distracting to drivers and are therefore DANGEROUS.
He's also afraid they'll go on fire.
He's also afraid they'll go on fire.