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Tip: if you're on here and it feels quiet, it's either because you're not following enough people or the voices in your head that pervade your every waking moment reminding you of future fears and past regrets aren't loud enough

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Taoiseach vows to hunt down "evil second Health Minister" who signed off on Children's Hospital deal. | ELECTION 2024

Imagine an app where you actually see posts from people you follow. I feel like I'm in 2016 again.

A #Limerick starter pack for any former Twitterers.

Yes, please!

To our influx of new followers:

Twitter arrivals:

If you’ve just joined me from the Other Place, HELLO!! 👋🏻

Can you think of anyone else who I probably used to follow there who’s now here?

Actually, who’s good to follow here in general?

Bluesky at night, poster's delight,
Bluesky in the morning, terminally online warning

We’ve all gone Gramsci, the old twitter is dying (again) and the new world (here) struggles to be born.

Otto from The Simpsons says "oh wow! Parking! I don't think I can afford this place"

Millenials trying to get a foot on the property ladder

I quite like the hashtag-in-bio being searchable. Seems like we could rebuild some regional social media spaces a bit easier.

Eh, #Limerick? Eh?

Journalism In Ireland, And How To Fix It I got a surprising invitation yesterday to be part of a TV panel to talk about media coverage of Sinn Féin, and it has opened up a very welcome discussion about the state of Irish journalism.

I was on Irish TV last night to talk about how Sinn Féin, one of the island's biggest political parties, are covered - it was only a couple of minutes but it sparked a lot of conversation, not least about the state of Irish journalism, so I wrote more here:
open.substack.com/pub/ourmanin...

Stage Frights! A Night of Spooky Plays A night of spooky comedy theatre, featuring vampires... demonic possessions... weddings... the housing crisis... all of your worst fears!

Tickets on EventBrite at this link:

www.eventbrite.com/e/stage-frig...

The old site hasn't been much good for promoting the arts for a long time. Hopefully here can be different!

We're running our Stage Frights Hallowe'en sketch comedy show for the fourth year in a row!

It's a fun night of spooky (not scary!) comedy by local #Limerick performers.

Ticket link below!

Hi!

Looking to connect with other #Limerick and #Ireland based #theatre and #comedy accounts, now that The Other Place has become completely uninhabitable 😬

Delighted to announce that Charlotte-Rose Millar, Andrew Sneddon and I are co-organising a conference in MIC Limerick next June on historical representations of ghosts 👻. CFP below: make sure and let us know of any questions!