canntoya.bsky.social
County Derry man, used to write for newspapers in Ireland. Worked in Central Govt for a few years at Dept for Business and Cabinet Office now Deputy Chief Exec at Healthwatch England. Based in Belfast
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Being so desperate to have a dig at the nationalist community as to characterise its ingrained anti-racist nature as performative is peak Mal O’Doherty. What an unutterable prick he is.
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Like we get this sporadic obsession with the fishing industry which is pretty small but absolute crickets chirping about the parlous state of Higher Education which is an exponentially bigger and more important driver of the economy.
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Third string QB is my dream job. I’ve could hold a clip board with great panache.
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youtu.be/sZA2gbUz77U?...
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Keep an eye out in case you bump into any celebrities, I’ll be expecting a photo.
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Cheers man, love your stuff on the Athletic and Heed the Call.
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Will this be available in Ireland Mike?
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All fun and games til Harold loses an eye
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Not really it could have cost us the game if France had scored a second try off the yellow
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It was brainless he deserves to be criticised
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Thanks for planting that seed in my pre-existing swirl of anxieties.
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How’s that working out for ya?
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Indeed
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That’s a pleasantly more measured response than I’ve gotten on the other site .
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I rattled out a few words on this for Derry v Galway match programme. hisurr.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/n...
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The new rules are a nonsense. The game has no structure it’s like watching Feile football. Football didn’t need fixed.
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Ah you didn’t miss much, ye wouldn’t have enjoyed any of the 3-20 the Dubs scored.
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I’m watching Derry getting hammered in Croke Park and fully prepared to furnish you with angry middle-aged male anti-Dub grievance if you feel nostalgic for the old place at any stage.