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Jim O’Toole

@jimotoole.bsky.social

Belfast man 40 years exiled in England, Sportsbiz. Sport. Man City. Rugby. Ireland fan. Family, food , fun and travel. Ta me sa bunrang.

73 Followers  |  182 Following  |  101 Posts  |  Joined: 13.11.2024  |  2.1234

Latest posts by jimotoole.bsky.social on Bluesky

We need fit for purpose Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) for our young people. We need to talk about boys and men's exposure to, and engagement with, pornography. We need healthy relationships, online and IRL, promoted as a public health priority. #ENDVAWG

12.06.2025 07:43 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Our ethnic minority community plays an integral role in the life of our club, enriching us with their passion, culture, and commitment. We are stronger and better because of them.”

A Portadown GAA club sends a message of solidarity to its ethnic minority members.

13.06.2025 08:50 — 👍 140    🔁 40    💬 1    📌 1
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Kudos to the geniuses at @CrokePark for training the herd of gulls to sweep down and clear every chip , crisp and pie crusts left in the seats. An eco friendly military operation of staggering efficiency.

09.06.2025 18:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What a game. #BathBristol

06.06.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In was in a fairly expensive seat. On the 18 yard line. Mostly blues. 5 mins before kick off the cops brought in a group of 30-40
Chelsea fans with. - I kid you not - full carry outs, cans and glass bottles. All hell broken lose

23.03.2025 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Me too Mad playing two days in a row. Not a very nice atmosphere on the day. Lots of bother

23.03.2025 16:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No shock. Makes you proud to be a Belfastman. #Belfast

20.03.2025 18:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So the BBC decided to leave some wallets lying around in Belfast to see how many were returned. All of them were, which is hardly surprising. In Belfast, it is not a lost wallet, it’s the missing piece in a social jigsaw that it is your personal responsibility to complete.

20.03.2025 18:39 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Now all they need is a Bluesky account. Mon lads, can’t
Be that hard

09.03.2025 07:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just recovering from Saturday’s double
Whammy of #mancity and #irishrugby, trying to remind myself that it’s only a game

09.03.2025 07:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Antrim #GAA standing up to the Ulster Council. Good

08.03.2025 07:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In order : Worked/lived, worked , visit often, born and lived

07.03.2025 20:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mainland?

07.03.2025 20:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Double pepperoni please.

02.03.2025 20:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bombs made in Belfast. What could possibly go wrong ?

02.03.2025 19:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s that lovely time of the day where you know Trump is in bed asleep and not causing any problems.
Let’s hope he has a lie in.

01.03.2025 09:25 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

‘Free speech’ latest.

01.03.2025 09:25 — 👍 1189    🔁 356    💬 66    📌 11

On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.

28.02.2025 18:56 — 👍 2480    🔁 1153    💬 52    📌 57

Just imagine Vance having to step up from VP.

01.03.2025 09:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What if #Zelensky walked away. What TV that would have made I’m sorry I came
For negotiations not an episode of the apprentice , my mistake , where’s the exit ?

01.03.2025 08:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Zelenskiy/Trump meeting went wrong when JD Vance got stuck in so aggressively. US Vice-Presidents have usually seen their job as trying to be emollient; Vance, by contrast, seemed actively to want to stir things up.

28.02.2025 19:22 — 👍 420    🔁 43    💬 36    📌 2

I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.

28.02.2025 19:15 — 👍 8465    🔁 1655    💬 271    📌 41

This is thuggery from Trump and Vance, plain and simple.

They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.

28.02.2025 18:42 — 👍 4569    🔁 1271    💬 155    📌 74

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

28.02.2025 18:05 — 👍 8402    🔁 2488    💬 200    📌 187

Explain the need for the masks

26.02.2025 12:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🇺🇸👀 CNN poll:

▪️8% of Americans view Russia positively;
▪️61% see Russia as an enemy;
▪️4% Russia as a partner.

▪️ only 9% like Putin!

▪️ 52% support Ukraine using U.S. weapons in Russia.

18.02.2025 20:40 — 👍 3055    🔁 710    💬 94    📌 65

They need to acknowledge the exodus and the options. Got a big enough comms team and it’s not like it’s a secret platform. Very frustrating
Following @AntrimGAA who could also get with the programme

17.02.2025 08:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Has the #GAA discovered #bluesky with things like county game score updates ? Asking as an exile. How hard can it be ?

16.02.2025 21:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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