In-groups who the law protects, out-groups who it binds…

Promotional poster for Cork Repair Café. At the top is a photo of four men standing indoors beside a “Repair Café” banner that reads “We help fix broken things.” Below, large text says “Cork Repair Café” with the tagline “Bring your broken items to be repaired by expert fixers!” The Cork Repair Café circular logo appears on the right. At the bottom, event details read: “The Lough Community Centre, T12VF5C” and “2–5pm, January 25th, 2025.” The design uses an orange background with white and black text.

At our Repair Café last weekend, we were delighted to be joined by some of the team from the Cork Repair Cafe.

If Dublin is a bit too far for your broken bits, these guys hold monthly Café's around Cork.

The next of these will be this Sunday in The Lough Community Centre.

The argument that USA wants Greenland to help in its defence from Russia and China is countered by the fact that the direction the USA is going, Europe might need Greenland to help in its defence from the USA.

Or cause distraction until the bad stuff can be destroyed

It only takes a couple of officers "following orders" to fire a missile at Greenland, which I think would be Trump's response.

The LOI ground in Limerick, Markets Field, is in the Garryowen area of the city, presumably where the rugby club was formed. BBC rugby commentator, Bill McLaren, had a very memorable way of pronouncing "Garryowen" 😄

You're right about a sizeable %of cricket/hockey participants in ROI being Protestant, possibly a majority.
Not so with rugby where fee paying Catholic schools have always provided the majority of players. Limerick City is an exception with some clubs having a distinctly working class background.

Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to garda Circuit Court judge James O’Donohoe was fined €600 in Galway in 2012 after pleading guilty to failing to comply

Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to garda

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McLeish ?
Though that would mean 3 of Fergie's Aberdeen team would be in the first XI

That screaming narcissist is slapping his name on EVERYTHING.

Thankfully yes. I must find a link re this

When Hyde died most of the Irish cabinet chose not to to attend his funeral service in an anglican cathedral because their Catholic upbringing taught them that would go to hell if they did. Even though he was a fluent Irish speaker and through his whole life was dedicated to Gaelic culture!

Der Spiegel's new cover

Two villains, one goal. How Trump and Putin attacking Europe.

They are not wrong.

Don't they show an animation of the offside decision sometimes ?

I think Wooden + Horse = Troy 🤗

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

Even with 26% of first preferences , which seems high to me, where would she get the transfers to win? Based on the General Election FF and FG will transfer to each other and she'll get very few from Catherine Connolly.

Complete guess based on spelling- Belenenses?

Talk about Sudan

He doesn't include any African countries. I wonder why that is.............?

Feel free to join the officially unofficial Bluesky FPL mini-league using the code: nnyjq0

I have 8 months to think of a good prize for the winner. May spin up a little custom feed of participants too.

Locals should take turns pretending to be tourists and repeatedly ask them for directions

Lynsey Addario and Anne Applebaum go inside Sudan - the ‘most nihilistic conflict on earth’ “I think the most important thing you need to know about Sudan is that it's a place where a group of countries that are sometimes called the middle powers – not superpowers, they’re not all big countries – are fueling the war for their own purposes,” says Atlantic staff writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum, after spending weeks in the country during its ongoing civil war, alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist Lynsey Addario. At the same time, the forces of peacemaking are no longer around – entities like the United Nations, the United States and the like. As a result, “The UNHCR was operating at a fraction of its budget because the donors just have not come through in recent years,” says Addario. “UNHCR didn't even have a budget to provide them with any shelter. They couldn't provide any hot meals. They couldn't provide anything, really, because they had no budget.”

With more people displaced than in Gaza and Ukraine combined & fading attention and money from the usual "peacekeeping" powers, @lynseyaddario.bsky.social & @anneapplebaum.bsky.social take us inside Sudan's "nihilistic" conflict and the "devastating" senseless violence being endured by civilians.

"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old"

Thanks to Mr & Mrs Bezos for a lovely wedding

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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At least BAM didn't get the contract !

Ireland's Down syndrome futsal team eyeing European glory Ireland's first national Down syndrome futsal team will depart for the SUDS European Championships in Italy tomorrow.

Ireland's first national Down syndrome futsal team heads to the SUDS European Championships in Italy tomorrow with high expectations.

@anntelnaes.bsky.social
Trump plans to attend ‘Les Misérables’ at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution