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November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Very happy that Catherine Connolly is just about to be inaugurated as the tenth president of Ireland #Spéirgorm
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
this is a feature of Ireland having an excruciatingly centralised system of government. Not only is there effectively zero power in local authorities, but central government is concentrated in the executive. Let's face it, the Dáil just guillotines whatever MM says it should #speirgorm #aras25
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
despite incessant bleating of pol scientists that 'the President can't do that', it seems that the electorate do prefer candidates who are willing to push the boundaries of the role, just a little bit. Higgins, frankly, had the govt scared every time he spoke #aras25 #speirgorm
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Two things strike me over the last 30 years of #aras25 races: a) we are consistently electing lefty/progressive presidents while sticking with conservative governments. #speirgorm
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Bweeng, Co. Cork.

From the Irish 'Na boinn', 'the coins'.

I'm sure it's full of lovely human bweengs.

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November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM

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November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just dropped by to check. It's a concert grand. I said you'd tune it.

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November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Stock images used in DCC presentation planning PR campaigns to promote active travel and use of cycle lane (left), vs images of actual cycle infrastructure in the city. "Only 36% of respondents felt safe cycling in Dublin City". Hmmm.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
One of the best things about today's presidential inauguration is that we won't have to hear the Irish language being butchered by Heather screeching "tuar dom an caica milis"
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November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
'the question of potential undocumented burials at the site, and the positive obligation to
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they are buried...' @jfmresearch.bsky.social #Cork #speirgorm
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November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We are pretty unusal afaik to have the combination of a largely ceremonial yet directly-elected President. Add in the usual 7+7 year terms, and you get a constitutional monarchy in all but name. The entire election campaign has become a discourse entirely centred character
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November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It would have been facile for some continental princeling to be installed as the 'old man in the Park', do the needful, sign whatever was put in front of him and otherwise not embarrass the government of the day. The history of the 'republic' would have been otherwise effectively the same #speirgorm
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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We need an Irish word for when there are weather warnings for the country, and your county is not included in them, but you get the weather anyway.

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November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Think how things might have been different - no effort has been made to remove the trappings of the British Empire from Dublin Castle. It has been meticulously restored. No one thought to raze the place to the ground given all it represents, and everything that happened therein #speirgorm #aras25
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This may be fake, but it made me giggle anyway! 😆 Florence + The Machine rocks!!! I think she would be happy with this review! 😅

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Read this psycho review and marvel at the depths of evangebabble.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I don't think it's controversial to suggest that the way that Ireland has developed a particular culture around the Presidency doesn't exactly look particularly republican. We would have handled a constitutional monarchy just fine #aras25 #speirgorm
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Dread is a good GM and rather good at Actual Play work. 👍

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Since I'm still finding my feet here, how about a little throw back to a couple years ago... To the only time when I could trick everyone into thinking I might be intimidating... Right back to @hearthfiretales.bsky.social's Wizard Of Wildspace!
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November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Do we have a # for Inauguration (oirnithe) of Catherine Connolly as 10th President of Ireland today???
Stormy wet day in Cork, so happy to be sitting on my red couch, all set to watch it all on RTE
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
One of my fav occasions of the Decade of Centenaries wasthe 2014 commemoration of the founding of Cumann na mBan at Glasnevin. President Michael D gave a wonderful speech paying tribute to the women & I was the respondent as Pres of the @whaireland.bsky.social #speirgorm president.ie/en/media-lib...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM