Kevin McLaughlin

you just need to flesh the joke out more for them to get it.

Tipp FM Facebook post reading Kelly: I'm not sure what Catherine Connolly did to deserve our support Over headline that reads Labour TD Alan Kelly says he won't vote for Catherine Connolly for President

Tipp FM Facebook post reading Tipperary TD Alan Kelly says a number of recent comments from Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly are not acceptable Over headline that reads Kelly: Connolly comments not very becoming a Presidential candidate

Tipp FM Facebook post reading Deputy Alan Kelly has reiterated his opposition to the Labour Party backing Catherine Connolly for President Over headline that reads Kelly says by default he will be voting for Heather Humphreys

it's the 27th of August 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Connolly

it's the 26th of September 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Connolly

it's the 13th of October 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Con

U2 Live Crew

spitballing - kids pulling wheelies more likely to come a cropper when doing it on a cheap e-bike, than on acoustic bikes.

house the homeless in empty datacentres!

damn good chance that the AI bubble will burst long before they get built.

Imagine that

i think the general rule is that if a spider is big, it's a lady.

Brian Lenihan election literature where Bertie Ahern is spelt with an extra E

his name is Bertie Aherne

gilbert and sullivan and gilbert o'sullivan?

Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack & Womack

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

The Second Coming By W.B. Yeats Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that'd been away Haven't changed, hadn't much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy They were askin' if you were around How you was, where you could be found Told them you were livin' downtown Drivin' all the old men crazy [Chorus] The boys are back in town The boys are back in town (I said) The boys are back in town The boys are back in town The boys are back in town The boys are back in town The boys are back in town The boys are back in town

For National Poetry Day, a personal favourite of mine and one I think about more and more in these troubled times.

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

Well don't I feel stupid

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

it would have been interesting to see the case argued on its merits, rather than thrown out over a technicality.

he's just great.

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

DAVID AND VIC BECKHAM MEME WE'LL NEED OIL AND GAS FOR DECADES BE HONEST WE'LL NEED SOME OIL AND GAS FOR DECADES BE HONEST I WANT TO SELL OIL AND GAS FOR DECADES THANK YOU

Do I have this right

Why thank you for your sincere and unsarcastic response.

"The most substantial social gain came from improvements in psychological wellbeing, contributing almost €80 million to total benefits."
How was this quantified? And I speak as someone who thinks the scheme is a good idea anyway.

I have wondered if the resurgence of the pine marten would have any effect on mink but I guess they don't really inhabit the same sort of territory?

A friend works for Dublin city council and has fielded calls from people where they had to explain that they'd not only gotten the wrong Dublin council wrong, they'd gotten the county wrong. On two occasions to the ire of the caller, who were convinced they lived in Dublin (both lived in clonee)

News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.

Listen to Eoghan - you know he's right!

i'm always wary about claims using infographics which seem to have ropey bases. the link used to claim the average width of cars does not exist, and i have trouble believing the average width of cars in 2018 was 1.94m. that's the width of a bmw 7 series.

You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.

ah; i meant people who want to donate you unwanted furniture. 'the owner' not being the seller here, but the family friend who wants to unload shit furniture on you.