There was an utterly senseless act of criminal damage in Ballina last Friday. History quite literally left in shards
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There was an utterly senseless act of criminal damage in Ballina last Friday. History quite literally left in shards
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The βWestern Peopleβ is this week proud to reveal the winners of the 2024 Mayo Sports Stars Awards: www.westernpeople.ie/sport/reveal...
14.01.2025 12:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There have been multiple blasts of Metallica on this Michael Lynn documentary, this is why I pay my TV licence π€
13.01.2025 22:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0God what I would give to just live through precedented times.
10.01.2025 20:30 β π 776 π 83 π¬ 30 π 7
Unexpected visitor delivered tourism boom to Mayo village in 2024
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Author Sally Rooney among objectors to proposed Mayo Data Centre
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Great time of year to watch and rewatch films. This Christmas I've watched:
True Grit (2010)
Wonka
The Grand Budapest Hotel
All superb π
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
19.12.2024 18:51 β π 15067 π 1714 π¬ 500 π 223Sad to see the end of an iconic Galway institution
18.12.2024 18:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
1,329 pages later and Wind and Truth is complete - I don't think I'll ever read a longer book...I actually finished this yesterday on Kindle, my physical copy had been lost in the post but like all great and wonderful things, it found its way in the end #StormlightArchive #BrandonSanderson
16.12.2024 09:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Phew!!
15.12.2024 20:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0To be fully #COYS is to have the fear that this could still go either way βͺοΈπ΅
15.12.2024 20:03 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Approaching one year of home ownership and I've slowly but surely come to accept the fact that no matter how hard I try, there will ALWAYS be a light bulb somewhere that needs replacing
03.12.2024 17:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Paul Lawless was first elected to Mayo County Council in June 2024. Now has been elected to the DΓ‘il just over 5 months later. Surely one of the fastest rises from Local to National in the history books?
01.12.2024 20:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
5 seats now filled in Mayo:
Rose Conway-Walsh (SF)
Alan Dillon (FG)
Dara Calleary (FF)
Keira Keogh (FG)
Paul Lawless (AontΓΊ)
Manning the Western People #GE24 in Mayo live blog this morning
Regular updates and analysis from now until the end
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Very interesting state of play in Mayo at the end of Day 1. Sensational performance by Fine Gael's Keira Keogh, who has defied most punters predictions and is well positioned to take a Dail seat just months after failing to be elected to Mayo County Council
01.12.2024 00:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good man yourself Oedipus, howβre ye keeping these days, tell me now, do yβstill have the
28.11.2024 21:55 β π 4085 π 1001 π¬ 18 π 15Brennan Johnson π Kulusevski immense as always #COYS
28.11.2024 20:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 03-1 win π€ and another Archie Gray masterclass π
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25.11.2024 12:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I feel like videogames actually do provide a pretty accurate representation of real life right now because a lot of videogames are like βTHE WORLD IS ENDINGβ and then you just collect herbs and pretend nothing is wrong
23.11.2024 13:54 β π 8240 π 917 π¬ 132 π 43The cynical side makes me wonder if the short run-in time to #GE24 was intentional, with FG knowing just how quickly campaign trail blunders can go viral
24.11.2024 08:28 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Still absolutely reeling from this win, my word #COYS
Who knew that Kulusevski would be the Dembele successor we have longed for? πΈπͺ
Cracking open a cold can of sewage beer with the boys πΊ
23.11.2024 07:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!
23.11.2024 01:01 β π 29826 π 3814 π¬ 535 π 260
It's a disaster, so says Patches
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1) This is our system. Educate yourself on it.
2) A lot of the politicians I've seen this levelled at would have been "first past the post" in other countries
My pet peeve around Elections/Irish politics in general is being critical of someone because they were elected on the 10th/11th+ count.
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