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codonn.bsky.social
Father of three, husband of one, child of the universe Donegal native in the Great City of Derry
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Don't look back in irritation

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Crying out for someone on the waterside to open a Pink Pony Club here

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Chris Mason is very hard to listen to. Something about his delivery or phrasing that I can't put my finger on?

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Beastie Boys: "I'm intercontinental like..."

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

RefUK and Northern Ireland - no genuine friend of Unionism, to put it mildly. sluggerotoole.com/2025/05/03/f...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I enjoy driving round home in west Donegal with my northern reg, every time I do some mildly erratic manoeuvre I imagine the locals muttering "bloody northerners" under their breath... quite liberating

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I enjoy dipping my sandwiches in coffee prior to consuming them. Don't really mind what's in them, but prefer if there is lettuce or something crispy. I then enjoy drinking the coffee with the bits of food floating in it.

submitted 38 days ago • 35 comments

Conn O’Neill’s bridge, supposedly the oldest built structure in Belfast, across the Connswater just off the Beersbridge Road. Named for the early 16th century Earl of Tyrone.

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from experienced presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future. Here's what he got wrong... 🧵

submitted 45 days ago • 88 comments

PSG scored three sensational goals tonight with a combined total of 0.4xG 🙄 0.01 xG - Désiré Doué 0.05 xG - Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 0.34 xG - Nuno Mendes #AVFC | #UCL

submitted 49 days ago • 3 comments

What a fabulous find. #speirgorm www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

If you haven’t seen Life Story, the 1987 BBC version of the discovery of the double helix, it’s available on iPlayer. It’s a terrific account, in particular the portrayals of Franklin and Wilkins (Jeff Goldblum as Watson not so good). Wilkins was the main advisor. H/t @syntenicman.bsky.social 1/n

submitted 58 days ago • 6 comments

This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

submitted 61 days ago • 18 comments

Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?" Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union" "That's what I would do. If I was in charge, I'd beg to get back in again"

submitted 69 days ago • 30 comments

guys, that is just the going rate for someone with nick’s extraordinary talent

submitted 72 days ago • 8 comments

“The Trump administration is considering recognizing Ukraine’s Crimea region as Russian territory as part of any future agreement to end Moscow’s war on Kyiv, according to two people familiar with the matter.” www.semafor.com/article/03/1...

submitted 73 days ago • 36 comments

Two priorities for Government

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

when you say “duhh ai writing is good actually” you’re the yellow guy. this is u

submitted 76 days ago • 47 comments

How did the deliberative forums in Belfast and Athlone work? Our academic team explain the five possible models for government formation in the event of Irish unity that were presented to participants. 🗞️ read more: bit.ly/4hhjjzj @ria.ie @irishtimes.com @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Klopp loosened the City jar lid for Slot

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Epic 5km parkrun with the bro this morning on Narin beach. If you catch a decent day and can avoid the soft sand there's no better place to do it

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

At first glance, a quintessentially beautiful Irish landscape. But in reality, it's a deadzone. The graveyard of a once species-rich Atlantic rainforest wonderland, smothered under sheep and, in the distance, sitka. We are, however, waking to just how much has been stolen from us.

submitted 103 days ago • 9 comments

How UK unlawfully pursued journalists who exposed the truth about a mass murder Two journalists showed collusion between NI police and loyalist paramilitaries The UK’s response was to spy on them, and then arrest them By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

submitted 111 days ago • 11 comments

I'll be heading north next week to speak about Irish rainforests in Belfast + Derry at the @niscifest.bsky.social The Belfast event is already sold out, and Derry is fast heading in the same direction. So don't delay booking your tickets!! nisciencefestival.com/events/eogha...

submitted 111 days ago • 6 comments