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Phil- Dog owner, former nurse now working in cancer research. From and mainly in Leitrim.
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Six things we get wrong about sleep – and how to get better rest, according to experts

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My dad died on Tuesday night. He died peacefully with us all in the room with him, holding his hands. He was buried yesterday. It’s true when they say you find out very quickly who your real friends are. Turns out we have a lot & more that we didn’t even know existed. Makes the pain a little easier.

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Voted earlier in Kinlough, Co Leitrim. It was fairly ticking over. #ivoted #ge24

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Was on the 1am to 4am shift last night with my ill dad. As it’s payday I thought I’d have a look at 2am to see if I was paid. As I’m on unpaid leave I figured I’d get very little. I’m with #ptsb so we all know the answer to that now, don’t we? No idea if I’ve any money at all. #bankingisyourjob

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

"Congratulations! You didn’t die of measles." @laurahelmuth.bsky.social on the miracle of vaccines are, and the dangers of RFK Jr. slate.com/_pages/cm3qc...

submitted 98 days ago • 11 comments

With a very ill parent at home, it’s important to get out and get some exercise and fresh air. Lovely crisp evening.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

A real squeaky bum moment there. Had a power cut. Had lamps etc all ready. But dad is on a hospital air mattress. Even doing what we were told to do in the event of a power cut, in under 60 seconds, dad had already sunk quite a bit into the bed. Had a power pack. Power back in 5 mins.

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Simon Harris seeing another voter approaching with a question

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Re Simon Harris & his appalling treatment of the carer on the campaign trail yesterday, I’m now also a full time carer for a palliative care parent. Feck all support. Am on unpaid leave saving the government a fortune. Completely burnt out. FG won’t be getting any vote from me. #ge24 #simonharris

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Simon Harris apologises for his exchange with a carer in Kanturk. "It happened at the end of a long day pretending to care about ordinary people," he told reporters.

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Lovely views with the winter sun this morning. #leitrim #loughmelvin #Ireland

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Some photos of myself and Monty’s walk in the cold weather this morning. Was nippy but very scenic. Monty wasn’t too impressed with the donkeys

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submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

A battle of wits earlier. Monty now knows if he holds out I’ll give in and put peanut butter on top of his Kong. Otherwise the poor dog only has duck nuts, carrots, parsnips and mashed potato in it. #dogsofbluesky #dog #cutehoor

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

Sneachta! First snow of the winter. #sneachta #snow #arroo #truskmore #tievebaun

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

A few days on Bluesky and already received an unsolicited chat from what appears to be a bot account. Reported. Why can they not just feck off? They followed me, so I followed back though I was suspicious of them. My gut feeling was right.

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Monty after a long day of walks, treats, sniffing, cuddles and general rascaling #dogsofbluesky

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Love this. ‘Queue’ is from the French word with the same spelling (but pronounced as ‘kuh’) meaning an animal’s long tail. In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.

submitted 102 days ago • 62 comments

Very helpful! Thanks.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Can’t quite put my finger on what is missing from this forest… 🌳

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

@boldbitch.bsky.social Saw this, and also thought of you. I did actually think it was a joke. Comments are hilarious. 🤣

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

@boldbitch.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you! 🤣

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

In todays riveting dinner update, I’m trying to reduce use of plastics especially in cooking. Think I need to get a better technique for using stainless steel 🍳🧑‍🍳🙈

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve no allegiance to any political party. We’ve an election coming up. A lot of talk about housing, cost of living etc. Rightly so. My need right now is to have a night nurse to look after my terminally ill dad. Hospice can’t get us one for tonight. We are caring for him at home. We are exhausted.

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

Hopefully a wholesome first post to Bluesky. Made Mac n’cheese for the first time. Follow me for more riveting and exciting posts.

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments