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A pub at the Dublin Airport when Troy Parrott scored the late winner against Hungary (This is probably where that Social Media worker was 😅)

UN peacekeepers shot at by IDF in Lebanon, says UNIFIL The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has said that Israeli soldiers shot at its peacekeepers this morning from a tank near an army position in the country's south.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has said that Israeli soldiers shot at its peacekeepers this morning from a tank near an army position in the country's south

Irish Fan Mocking Ronaldo Immortalised in New Statue Replacing the Spire DUBLIN city awoke today to a welcome new O’Connell Street memorial depicting an unknown Irish football fan mocking Portuguese striker Ranaldo, which will now replace the Spire. The 50-foot monument was commissioned late last night shortly …

Irish Fan Mocking Ronaldo Immortalised in New Statue Replacing the Spire
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/14/irish-fan-mocking-ronaldo-immortalised-in-new-statue-replacing-the-spire/

Great work from the camera man to pick this out 😀

Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID “We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.” We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administration’s near-total dismantling of USAID. Gawande,...

“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.” We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administration’s near-total dismantling of USAID.

www.democracynow.org/2025/11/13/u...

Catherine Connolly playing keepie uppies with some kids

Lookit...I'm just sayin...just doesn't feel like a coincidence is all.
#COYBIG #Ireland #Leftie #Speirgorm #VoteLeft

..anything but study..Cant believe THIS is the one Ireland match I have watched fully in many years. #spéirghorm

"Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam"💚🇮🇪☘️

Uachtarán Catherine Connolly🙌
@president.ie

Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed there has been a "marked decline" in the efficiency of all parts of the Government due to remote working.

Why is RTE uncritically reporting this bullshit ? What evidence has Denis O'Brien, tax exile in Portugal, produced ? What commercial property does Denis O'Brien own that might influence what he says on working from home ? Since when did he care about the civil service ?

www.rte.ie/news/busines...

President Connolly urges dignitaries to learn Irish The Irish language has been a central part of President Connolly's political life and of her election campaign for the presidency.

The Irish language has been a central part of President Connolly's political life and of her election campaign for the presidency

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Picture of Michael D and his dog.

M'Uachtarán uasail. Slán go fóill leat. Go raibh míle maith agat as ocht do t'seirbhís. Táim an bhrodúil asat. #spéirghorm

A photo of Declan Ganley and the President of Argentina cosying up together at Mar-a-Lago, captioned: Me and my Argentinian homie here at Mar-a-Lago tonight. Great to see President Milei fresh from his phenomenal and well deserved mid term election victory. Javier Milei is truly 'walking the walk' and doing the hard tasks to finally unleash the enormous potential of Argentina.

#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

New Yorker article very much worth reading: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Screen shot from social media of Kerron Ó Luain commenting on Alison O'Connor's article.

Irish people are embracing the language, the music, the heritage etc. from a place of deficit forced on them by colonialism. They are reclaiming what's theirs, which is healthy & shows a maturing society, distancing itself from colonial attitudes towards native culture.

Think Alison needs to go home from the RTE studios and take a rest for a few months. Must be hard to have a new opinion every show and for every daily article in MSM. #spéirghorm

https://archive.ph/flRku It’s impossible not to look at this in the context of how nationalism in various forms seems to be sweeping the globe. It is expressed varyingly. We see it with the weaponising of the tricolour in neighbourhoods as an anti-immigrant symbol. Clearly wanting to see more Irish spoken is of an entirely different order. Yet, given the times we live in, there were high levels of zealotry in the recent campaign. Whether people like to admit it or not, the shaming of Humphreys on the language front fed the sectarian abuse that was fomented by some during the campaign. Those who wish to speak or relearn Irish should feel entirely free to do so. Some are doing it in ways that attempt to be inclusive. It would, I think, be a matter of regret to almost every Irish person if the language disappeared. But there is a danger of it being talibanised. There are so many of us out there who simply don’t understand it, no matter how beautiful the Irish being spoken. Some might even consider it rude to continue at length in a language in which statistically over half of those present in the room will not understand what is being said.

In fact, if I think about the learning of Irish at all, there is usually an accompanying shudder in memory of feeling totally at sea during Irish lessons at school. If one of my children had asked in secondary school to give up Irish in favour of another more useful subject, I wouldn’t have objected. But, as we all know, that is not an option because the subject is compulsory. What a recipe for success — force-feeding it to students. Last Saturday evening, once all the votes had been counted, Catherine Connolly stood at the podium in Dublin Castle and gave a speech. Alongside her were her family, as well as Micheál Martin, the taoiseach, and Simon Harris, the tanaiste. Our new president began her speech in Irish, which is what often happens on such occasions in Irish public life. Usually the speaker then reverts to English, making a broad translation of what was just said. However, unlike on most other occasions, the Irish here really did continue for quite some time before she spoke in English.

Context: Someone sat down and, honest to god, wrote a column about the fact that last weekend the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (President of Ireland), Catherine Connolly, spoke *too much* Irish during her acceptance speech, and this made the columnist uncomfortable.

Snap! I was having that exact thought.

🧵 Wisdom I have obtained after a whole decade of learning Irish (i mBéarla toisc go bhfuil sé ceadaithe uaireanta)

CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released

So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.

www.thetimes.com/article/0887...

Finlay is the Irish version of Morgan Sweeney. On 3 successive occasions he attemped to block Michael Ds candidacy for president.

Just waiting for @news.rte.ie to interview Dustin the Turkey who also got his name written on very many spoiled ballots and then Homer. #aras25 #spéirghorm

Sensible analysis from Theresa.

Genuinely O Callaghan couldnt stop herself promoting him yesterday.

Listened to a fascinating intervew with J Bowman and Erskine Childers during the 1973 presidential campaign. Erudite, thoughful and in part visionary from Childers. A lesson for our comtemporary broadcasters in interviewing from Bowman. #aras25

Ah sure they wouldnt want to weaponise it😀

I see Alison has rambled over from the camp bed again. #aras25 #spéirghorm #rte