Séan Ó Conghaile ᚛ᚄᚕᚅ᚜
@shaneconneely.bsky.social
Overly ernest; Policy nerd; Award winning writer;
That fucking guy 🙄
Take your pick
That fucking guy 🙄
Take your pick
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Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
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On this, the last day of Michael D. Higgins' presidency, I think it's important to acknowledge that a 5'3 man deciding to be followed everywhere by two enormous Bernese Mountain dogs was a great bit.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On this, the last day of Michael D. Higgins' presidency, I think it's important to acknowledge that a 5'3 man deciding to be followed everywhere by two enormous Bernese Mountain dogs was a great bit.
Client confidentiality...
I knew a guy who did Yates's training and the impression i got was that it was a boozey lunch and a half day of yarns/shite talking (with some light networking) for €3k each, on the company account.
I suppose, he could hardly say that the training was bollocks, could he?
I knew a guy who did Yates's training and the impression i got was that it was a boozey lunch and a half day of yarns/shite talking (with some light networking) for €3k each, on the company account.
I suppose, he could hardly say that the training was bollocks, could he?
‘Golden rule’ - Ivan Yates cites client confidentiality as reason he didn’t disclose media training of presidential candidate Jim Gavin
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Client confidentiality reason for non-disclosure - Yates
Former broadcaster Ivan Yates has said client confidentiality was the reason he did not disclose the fact that he gave media training to former presidential candidate Jim Gavin.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Client confidentiality...
I knew a guy who did Yates's training and the impression i got was that it was a boozey lunch and a half day of yarns/shite talking (with some light networking) for €3k each, on the company account.
I suppose, he could hardly say that the training was bollocks, could he?
I knew a guy who did Yates's training and the impression i got was that it was a boozey lunch and a half day of yarns/shite talking (with some light networking) for €3k each, on the company account.
I suppose, he could hardly say that the training was bollocks, could he?
The smarter half is doing a bioinformatics course at the moment, and a slide earlier pointed out that any two unrelated humans will share 99.9% of their genes, and that the average between is is about 3.5 Mb
If the billionaires ever make it to space within a century they'll be equivalent to pugs
If the billionaires ever make it to space within a century they'll be equivalent to pugs
Startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics | Discussion
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The smarter half is doing a bioinformatics course at the moment, and a slide earlier pointed out that any two unrelated humans will share 99.9% of their genes, and that the average between is is about 3.5 Mb
If the billionaires ever make it to space within a century they'll be equivalent to pugs
If the billionaires ever make it to space within a century they'll be equivalent to pugs
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One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”.
This is what I call value for my tax money
This is what I call value for my tax money
Pentulive 24/7 | Pentulive
Pentuliven pikkuiset kehittyvät vauhdikkaasti ja jokainen pentu on saanut nimensä! Kahdeksan viikkoa kestävässä suorassa lähetyksessä seurataan englanninspringerspanieli Murua ja tämän pentuetta.
areena.yle.fi
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”.
This is what I call value for my tax money
This is what I call value for my tax money
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the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!
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Old cyanotypes revisited 03
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 03
Resetting all the filters to "I'm an adult who has no fear of cursing", has resurrected many of the Irish #Speirgorm that'd vanished from my feed
this thing hides posts it judges as ‘rude’, by some US standard. Thereby silencing most of the conversations in Ireland and Scotland, at least.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Resetting all the filters to "I'm an adult who has no fear of cursing", has resurrected many of the Irish #Speirgorm that'd vanished from my feed
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
*for an extremely narrow definition of "general", and a low opinion of what constitutes human intelligence.
The row-back on the hype re: AGI suggests that the Samhain of AI is past us and the Winter is coming
The row-back on the hype re: AGI suggests that the Samhain of AI is past us and the Winter is coming
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here on.ft.com/3JERVRg
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here
Tech leaders say systems now rival human intelligence in key tasks, further fuelling the superintelligence debate
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
*for an extremely narrow definition of "general", and a low opinion of what constitutes human intelligence.
The row-back on the hype re: AGI suggests that the Samhain of AI is past us and the Winter is coming
The row-back on the hype re: AGI suggests that the Samhain of AI is past us and the Winter is coming
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“Interrogating the arguments for small homes as a solution to the Irish housing crisis
“The paper critically interrogates main justifications & argues role of small homes as a potential solution to Irish housing crisis is overstated”
new research-Dr Mark Jordan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The paper critically interrogates main justifications & argues role of small homes as a potential solution to Irish housing crisis is overstated”
new research-Dr Mark Jordan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interrogating the arguments for ‘small homes’ as a solution to the Irish housing crisis
From 2015 onwards, successive Irish governments have promoted the proliferation of smaller homes through a range of measures including reductions in minimum floor size requirements and the removal ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Interrogating the arguments for small homes as a solution to the Irish housing crisis
“The paper critically interrogates main justifications & argues role of small homes as a potential solution to Irish housing crisis is overstated”
new research-Dr Mark Jordan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The paper critically interrogates main justifications & argues role of small homes as a potential solution to Irish housing crisis is overstated”
new research-Dr Mark Jordan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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he literally did the meme
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
he literally did the meme
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Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.
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79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
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A chilling news story about council workers choosing to block a cycle lane with traffic signs at night, which resulted in the death of a cyclist who collided with it.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
Maurice Rice, 52, was cycling in to Sligo town on the night of 13 December 2023 when his bicycle collided with an 0.85m wide obstacle deliberately placed in a 1.2m wide cycle lane, to warn of malfunctioning traffic lights.
www.rte.ie/news/regiona... #cycling
www.rte.ie/news/regiona... #cycling
Verdict of misadventure over cyclist's death in Sligo
A verdict of misadventure has been returned at the inquest into the death of a cyclist who died as a result of multiple head injuries in Sligo almost two years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A chilling news story about council workers choosing to block a cycle lane with traffic signs at night, which resulted in the death of a cyclist who collided with it.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
We've seen this sort of thing from the council so many times in Limerick. This is a stark warning of how bad the consequences can be.
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🚨 Heads up, LinkedIn users!
On November 3rd, Microsoft will share your LinkedIn data to train AI models. And you’re opted in by default.
Here’s how to opt out:
Account -> Settings & Privacy -> Data Privacy -> Data for Generative AI Improvement -> Toggle OFF ✅
On November 3rd, Microsoft will share your LinkedIn data to train AI models. And you’re opted in by default.
Here’s how to opt out:
Account -> Settings & Privacy -> Data Privacy -> Data for Generative AI Improvement -> Toggle OFF ✅
September 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨 Heads up, LinkedIn users!
On November 3rd, Microsoft will share your LinkedIn data to train AI models. And you’re opted in by default.
Here’s how to opt out:
Account -> Settings & Privacy -> Data Privacy -> Data for Generative AI Improvement -> Toggle OFF ✅
On November 3rd, Microsoft will share your LinkedIn data to train AI models. And you’re opted in by default.
Here’s how to opt out:
Account -> Settings & Privacy -> Data Privacy -> Data for Generative AI Improvement -> Toggle OFF ✅
Having made a fuck of housing policy for over a decade resulting in hardship for tens of thousands of families, Harris decides to keep pointing at brown people.
Because it's easier to bait racists than tackle any of the real problems that they've been trying to ignore
Because it's easier to bait racists than tackle any of the real problems that they've been trying to ignore
The men who tried to burn down a building where women and children were taking refuge have "legitimate concerns" according to Simon Harris.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Simon Harris defends comments that migration numbers in Ireland are too high
Politicians of the centre cannot ‘put fingers in ears’ on migration, says Tanaiste
www.irishtimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Having made a fuck of housing policy for over a decade resulting in hardship for tens of thousands of families, Harris decides to keep pointing at brown people.
Because it's easier to bait racists than tackle any of the real problems that they've been trying to ignore
Because it's easier to bait racists than tackle any of the real problems that they've been trying to ignore
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Thinking of the poor postpartum mother who should be resting at home with her baby in her arms.
Whoever did this - I hate you. You're a fucking monster and you deserve to be friendless, abandoned, unsafe, hungry and alone. Fuck you.
#notinmyname
Whoever did this - I hate you. You're a fucking monster and you deserve to be friendless, abandoned, unsafe, hungry and alone. Fuck you.
#notinmyname
Four kids, including a baby, were rescued from the top floor of the building.
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Thinking of the poor postpartum mother who should be resting at home with her baby in her arms.
Whoever did this - I hate you. You're a fucking monster and you deserve to be friendless, abandoned, unsafe, hungry and alone. Fuck you.
#notinmyname
Whoever did this - I hate you. You're a fucking monster and you deserve to be friendless, abandoned, unsafe, hungry and alone. Fuck you.
#notinmyname
There's a lot of projection in this piece. I struggle to think of someone who was running for election and and recieved push back because of their religious beliefs in recent years, with two broad exceptions
Notably absent from this piece is any description of the alleged "sectarian storm" Humphries suffered. I speak as a Presbyterian elder, accredited preacher, and Barthian theologian: I do not experience sectarianism (1/3)
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Newton Emerson: Fine Gael’s own anti-British rhetoric came back to bite Heather Humphreys
Presidential election: Never again should Fine Gael send a Protestant candidate out, unprepared, into a sectarian storm
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There's a lot of projection in this piece. I struggle to think of someone who was running for election and and recieved push back because of their religious beliefs in recent years, with two broad exceptions
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Notably absent from this piece is any description of the alleged "sectarian storm" Humphries suffered. I speak as a Presbyterian elder, accredited preacher, and Barthian theologian: I do not experience sectarianism (1/3)
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Newton Emerson: Fine Gael’s own anti-British rhetoric came back to bite Heather Humphreys
Presidential election: Never again should Fine Gael send a Protestant candidate out, unprepared, into a sectarian storm
www.irishtimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Notably absent from this piece is any description of the alleged "sectarian storm" Humphries suffered. I speak as a Presbyterian elder, accredited preacher, and Barthian theologian: I do not experience sectarianism (1/3)
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Vacancy Watch: The council has been sitting on the disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city. Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
Vacancy Watch: Council sits on disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city
Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Vacancy Watch: The council has been sitting on the disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city. Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
Back in my day any talk of AI got my grandparents all uncomfortable and my uncle would start complain about the AI man robbing him
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Back in my day any talk of AI got my grandparents all uncomfortable and my uncle would start complain about the AI man robbing him
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Don't get them wet.
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Don't get them wet.
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
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"I know writers who use subtext and they are all cowards"
We can now watch the United States explode and sink beneath the ocean live!
Sinking of SS United States to be livestreamed using drones and underwater cameras
The historic ship will be sunk off the Florida panhandle by the end of the year, but no date has been set.
www.phillyvoice.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"I know writers who use subtext and they are all cowards"