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mickyquinn.bsky.social
Dublin. Music, running, films, books and utter shitetalk.
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Duval Timothy is back. This is where I learned that he only wears blue youtu.be/rFoENXtagJ0?...

Difficult morning for Irish politics: M Martin's refusal to say anything of note (especially of Gaza) to Trump closely followed by visit by very influential, odious McGregor and soon after, a US backed onslaught of Gaza. If nothing else it reveals the truly limited influence of Irish politics on US

People have been saying for YEARS that depending so heavily on a few US companies for so much tax was dangerous, they were dismissed as being unserious. It’s frustrating that now ministers are scrambling when a *crumb* of forward thinking would have helped us prepare better. See also climate change

Really brilliantly run panel conversation with such gold from each of the contributors. Very inspiring

Red = lowest ecological integrity. Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆

Redemption is a long and hard road

Incredibly powerful interview from Radie Peat and Dan Lambert on @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning Follows on from great piece on a horrific situation in the @irishtimes.com by @sorchapollak.bsky.social Link to article: www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/... #politicalwill #housing #autism

Treenity Collage wha

Joseph O’Connor: ‘I don’t know what modern Ireland is yet. I’m suspicious about the new sacred cows...' Great piece by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social

You know it's bad when we're told from eloquent WhatsApp groups that we should prioritise spurious notions of goodwill over courage. @finnmcredmond.bsky.social is right about one thing, tis an abyss... but he speaks from it, not into it www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Good podcast notwithstanding Horgan's insistence on pronouncing Kearney as Car-knee despite the Kearney fella pronouncing it in the correct northern fashion throughout. I'm not petty at all #stakeknife #cover

Five people have died after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Gavdos, according to Greece’s coastguard, with 40 others reported missing and 39 rescued ⤵️

As we move forward, Ireland will remain half American, half European In fact, a combination of both is the ideal trajectory McWilliams ode to Trump: Depressing analysis stripping identity & ethics for imagined GDP, living standards & FDI Thankfully just aul empty thought without meaningful context

If #ge24 was the highlight of your year, don't forget to make the memory eternal for a loved one with a very special Secret Santa gift #election #secretsanta

The greatest risk might be a majoritarian correction to Assad’s sectarian system: that would be to rediscover the underlying forces which produced the Assad state. Worth reading #syria #israel #russia www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/de...

Every radio station should have one of them bots that tells you the current track on social media

Meta mouthpiece Nick Clegg utilising all his political skill to defend the indefensible: misinformation on social media Plus he sounds suspiciously more refined than he did when chasing the labour vote... #rte #facebook

The Mourne moun-tanes hard to whack on a brisk Monday #ireland

So we're left with another blast of the rotating microwavable Taoiseach How rotten is that. #GE24

Also good Simple and effective

Dublin 1 Wednesday night Less is more

On health and emergency departments: There's further 'additionality' Micheal Martin talking utter scutter #GE24 #leadersdebate

If @news.rte.ie's intention with these debates is to put voters off casting their vote due to tedium & ennui, they do a fine old job #GE24 #leadersdebate

Harris has been told by someone to be polite and not interrupt. He's playing like the old Ronaldo when his knee got banjaxed #ge24 #leadersdebate

Simon Harris spits lines faster than Busta Rhymes #ge24 #leadersdebate

Shout out to the friendly man on the Waterford train checking tickets who decided to fuck his job off for about 25 mins and chat about people in Glasgow with Irish heritage, being able to restrain people with force in pub jobs, and the role of the assistant manager in cafes.

Lawyers Against Racism have compiled a fact sheet on asylum seekers and immigration rules in Ireland, to stem the flow of disinformation from far right groups during the general election. They are below:

Sunday evening, Dublin 8 Blowy but mild A polite night #dublin

6 authors i love: Pascal Quignard Jon Fosse Raymond Carver Olga Tokarczuk Maurice Blanchot Joë Bousquet