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Ben Walsh

@bwalsh.bsky.social

One of Dublin's great pintmen

636 Followers  |  302 Following  |  2,657 Posts  |  Joined: 09.10.2023  |  1.8896

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Per RTÉ "The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said that she is aware of a small number of people in situations similar to Irish man Seamus Culleton" but she didn't say a dicky bird about them until the @klillington.bsky.social story ran.

10.02.2026 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"IGNORE THE SMEARS, I WAS NEVER A CLOSE FRIEND OF PETER MANDELSON," I scream as I pull myself up and out of the toilet bowl of your upstairs bathroom, having climbed through 50 metres of pipe, Shawshank Redemption style, just to get into your house to tell you I'm a really normal man

10.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Gilbert O'Scott-Heron" was right there.

10.02.2026 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s very good of Prince William to distance himself from his horrific uncle Andrew, while on a visit to hang out with journalist-murdering bastard Mohammed bin Salman. I

09.02.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 778    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 6
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Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state' The British health secretary privately admitted last year that the Israeli government 'talks the language of ethnic cleansing'

In now publicly available text correspondence between the British health secretary Wes Streeting and former British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, Streeting admitted that Israel was committing war crimes, conspiring to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and that the UK should sanction the government.

09.02.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 401    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 9

Has there ever been someone who did a life coaching session and *didn't* say "hey, I could be a life coach!" ?

08.02.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

08.02.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

COUNTRY PERCENTAGE
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Austria 6.63%
πŸ’ƒBelgium 114.99%
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Bulgaria 9.53%
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Croatia 6.61%
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Cyprus. 6.27%
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Czechia 2.67%
🌱 Denmark 73.66%
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Estonia 3.73%
πŸ’ƒFinland 115.26%
πŸ’ƒFrance 333.86%
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Germany 15.47%
πŸ™πŸ»Greece 23.55%
πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Hungary 1.53%
πŸ’ƒIreland 106.22%
🌱 Italy 95.24%

08.02.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks more like the Before than the After

08.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The response to Bad Bunny's inclusion shows just how racist our society is. Racists are angry about the halftime show? Good! Everything about our society should make racists feel alienated. How do we make racists feel even more alienated from even more of society?

πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

08.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure the cat appreciates your efforts.

08.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone know what TheJournal is meant to be because they're always asking me to support their courageous independent journalism but it ends up looking like English football scores and recycled hackery.

08.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If RTE bring this thieving prick back I will do a violence, and I will expect some of you to join me.

08.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Against a corrupt, exhausted, unlucky Government, which under-estimated the threat from Reform, trying for its fifth General Election in a row, Morgan McSweeney delivered 33.7% of the vote. And he then made Starmer the most unpopular PM ever. That's the measure of the man's 'genius'.

08.02.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 765    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 10

A more innocent time...

08.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Journalist: "What do you say to reports that you were aware these deportation airplanes stopped in Shannon?"

MicheΓ‘l Martin & Simon Harris, in unison: "That's an absolutely reprehensible assertion, how dare you, what a repugnant claim, you're not giving us any credit for the work we've done"

08.02.2026 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

Refuelling in Ireland.

www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...

08.02.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What is the point of TheJournal exactly?

08.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.

08.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1391    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 9
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Concentration camps:

β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

08.02.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6328    πŸ” 3536    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 199

My friends visiting from the states were mad for our cheap supermarket white bread. They can get all the best posh sourdough and so on, but their cheap stuff is muck.

07.02.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
07.02.2026 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 637    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0
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Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.

The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism

06.02.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 996    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 186
Finneas and Billie

Finneas and Billie

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

06.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 40213    πŸ” 9247    πŸ’¬ 354    πŸ“Œ 274

Pluviôse, le mot juste 🌧️

06.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo shows a young girl with her cat

Photo shows a young girl with her cat

This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.

She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.

Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/

06.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3429    πŸ” 1578    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 184
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Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full

🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK

We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full πŸ‘‡

06.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 515    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 144

This is exactly correct. Biden (out of genuine ideological extremism) and Harris (out of generic cowardice) both were extremely pro-Israel, to the displeasure of their party's voting base, and pro-Israel groups didn't credit them at all. 100% factually true.

06.02.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1565    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 7

There are literally 100s of flood relief schemes in place, and only a handful have been judicially reviewed. Enniscorthy hasn't even got planning permission but judicial review is being blamed for delay.

06.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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JUSTIFIED β€œFUCK ICE” CHANTS #AEWDynamite

05.02.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9882    πŸ” 2664    πŸ’¬ 182    πŸ“Œ 645

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