Samhain Healy-Rae Nua

Ah, you go out of your way to be obnoxious to people who need #AltText - gotcha!

#LaziestAltTextEver though :-(

Our flight back last night was delayed. So we relaxed in the airport. Then it suddenly and with no explanation got undelayed and I'm very lucky I just happened to notice the notification!

One of these things... is not like the other...

Oh friends, I have just received a very interesting email about the government pay gap portal and when I tell you I'm going to read them for filth, I worry that you are underestimating me...

#genderPayGap #payGap

I'm no legal expert but cancellation of a presidential election due to the withdrawal of a candidate has no basis in law, and would appear to be unconstitutional. Surely Maria Steen has a copy of Bunreacht na hÉireann in her handbag? Bernie Linnane Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.

Irish Examiner...
#FeckOffIona

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

An application for a table and chair licence for noted tip robbers The Ivy

Anyone familiar with Dawson St will know how much space The Ivy has taken up with its outdoor tables it doesn’t use and the planters around it. Now it wants more but at the Luas stop. If you’d like to be able to walk down the street and not be in over by trams please think about objecting

Saw a lovely post by @sharrow.bsky.social earlier: "Voting isn’t marriage, it’s public transport. You’re not waiting for “the one” who’s absolutely perfect: you’re getting the bus, and if there isn’t one to your destination, you don’t not travel- you take the one going closest."

It would be nice if this weren’t true but when it comes to politics reality tends to muscle in, and you usually have to accept less than perfect* or check out altogether, which helps no one

*red lines not withstanding though

#WarRavagedPortland

I bring these, Intervention, and the Galactic Milieu Trilogy out for a re-read every few years. Love them!

#Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Convention, was in Dublin in 2029 (we're looking to host it again in 2029!) and there was a 'Group Green' cosplay team, I'll see if I can find a photo!

Mastodon. There is no owner. There is no algorithm.

"But it's complicated! There are all these different servers!"

Yes. And when I didn't like yahoo for email, I moved to gmail. I could still send to and receive mail from yahoo.

Anyone got an recommendations for good coffee places in Smithfield, preferably on the square? #coffee #Dublin #SpeirGorm (not for right now! I mean, for regular coffee-drinking times!)

“The Office of Public Works spends around €1.2 million every year leasing car parking... spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100,000 annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage”

Because, regardless of the candidate helped or hindered , it is very bad news if the police intervening in elections by leaking intelligence or operational data passes without comment.

I just updated my seasonal username here and on Mastodon!

How much have they spent on spraying that notice on footpaths and putting up 'bin the poo' signs every 100 metres in housing estates? _Maybe_ they could have not done that, and hired a couple of litter wardens instead?

"Excessive" fines? It's €150. Two such fines last year. Two! They don't enforce any fines!

Dublin City Council outlines first locations for public EV charging hubs But why are so many of them in the south-east area of Pembroke? asked one councillor.

Dublin City Council has outlined the first locations for public EV charging hubs in the city. But why are so many of them in the south-east area of Pembroke? asked one councillor.

There's very little out now grabbing my attention. I've seen The Long Walk (the short story stayed with me for ages, I had to go see it - recommended if you can put up with more dystopia) and - that's it. There's an Emma Thompson thriller I've not seen a trailer for. And that's it! 😔

I searched for his slogan, "Make crime illegal".

PayGap.ie - Irish Gender Pay Gap Portal A portal cataloguing gender pay gap reports from Irish companies.

We do this all the time, though. Gender pay-gap reporting? The absolute best source of info on this is @zenbuffy.bsky.social 's paygap.ie, because the gov - despite legislating it - hasn't bothered doing anything with the reports. We're relying on one person's (awesome!) passion project!

I mean, during the presidential nominations run-up, I went back to the ad of some non-entity whose name I can't even remember now, who ran in the locals here with the memorable slogan of "Make crime illegal", and I was only doing it for the sake of a cheap-shot social media post.

A quick tally of who was responsible for killing each failed Irish presidential campaign:

Nick Delehanty ❌ Kieran Cuddihy
Joanna Donnelly ❌ Kieran Cuddihy
Conor McGregor ❌ Nikita Hand
Peter Casey ❌ too much Jameson
Gareth Sheridan ❌ his own hubris
Maria Steen ❌ Gerard Craughwell
Bertie Ahern ❌ CMAT

#Steen claims the grassroots want someone who flaunts a handbag costing almost 50% of the median income (seriously - it's apparently €20,000 worth of a bag!) as their "in-touch with family values" president.

The #IonaInstitute is not for the likes of thee or me.

#IrishPresidentialElection #ffs

IS THE GRASSROOTS DESIRE IN THE ROOM WITH US NOW, MARIA?

People have been able to get nominated in previous elections, those tended to have a record of doing something in the community or are known. So the process works.
It just doesn't work if you're an extremist or have no record of doing anything positive for the community. #aras25

A bowl of sugar cubes, each individually wrapped in plastic.

Why?! #waste #sustainability #plastic #microplastic #ffs

What this guy ultimately wants is for you to work in his shop and pay back half your wages to him in rent in one of the 11 gaffs he owns.