Myles na gCup O'Lean.

Took Twitter a few years to get buzzy and good too but yeah, the juice-o-meter is hovering low.

Which is entirely untrue as it happens. Lots of former republican prisoners at Leinster House for example, in various roles and varying levels of responsibility.

Mmhmmm, and is a linguist who applied for temporary project based contract with a TD a "member of the Oireachtas"? Why list them at all?

Interesting list of former Oireachtas members who've served prison sentences helpfully appended to that article. I guess they simply mustn't have had space for all the Fianna Failers too.

Gardaí stopped Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime The presidential candidate sought to hire Ursula Ní Shionnáin, a former Éirigí member who was sentenced to six years in jail by the Special Criminal Court.

Putting aside the thorny question of whether prison sentences have any rehabilitative effect (clearly the state doesn't believe this when it suits it) it's interesting Ray Burke, Ivory Callely, Ned O'Keeffe etc etc aren't mentioned in the brief list of examples of Oireachtas members who served time.

Screenshot of a 2023 tweet from the Irish Aviation Authority quoting Jim Gavin saying that it's the responsibility of every drone owner to obey the applicable laws.

Whoops

The anti abortion right don't give a damn about being "consistently pro life" they care about being consistently anti-woman. This is pitiful stuff.

Aviation safety chief Jim Gavin filmed presidential running video using drone in ‘red zone’ A promotional video of presidential candidate and aviation safety chief Jim Gavin taking part in a Parkrun event was filmed using a drone a in a “red zone” without permission.

All the lads who spent the week screaming about a vote for Catherine Connolly putting us all at a grave risk of drone attacks from state actors seem to be eerily quiet this morning.

m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...

A mad little story of brazen food PR nonsense, and a wider indictment of media context collapse in Ireland and everywhere else.

Excellent work by @allthefood.bsky.social

Coolock Says Whoa!

It's just not nearly as fun when two thirds of them only think it in private.

Every day till election day is going to consist of journalists reporting on Catherine Connolly saying something eminently sensible that everyone you know agrees with instinctively and pretending that it's an absolute bombshell that should instantly disqualify her.

As I always say a "technicality" is the word you use for a bit of law you don't like.

If you fry up the chopped kimchi in butter and toss in a spoon of gochujang and a few fistfuls of chopped scallions you can have that with udon noodles OR pasta, and then dust it with sesame seeds, more chopped scallions and a raw egg yolk.

I only found out she was American a few weeks ago, had always assumed she was a Brit with family here-ish.

She has a fair few acting credits too! The most incredibly Cabra-coded face and energy.

Sabrina Carpenter.

They were very shrill in fairness. Maybe they should have smiled more!

Great name for a cat!

Now the entire establishment media can get together to try to ratfuck Catherine Connolly on behalf of Jim Gavin

She has clearly realised her candidacy is unviable and is exercising her choice not to carry it to term.

Committed Catholic pulls out.

What happens if a president is elected on a mandate to oppose the Government? Legislation to remove the triple lock will come before the Dáil in the near future. If Catherine Connolly was president, there could be a potential showdown

In which Stephen Collins wakes up in the middle of the night, slips on his bathroom floor, and forgets that Catherine Connolly was ever the Leas Ceann Comhairle.

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Back in the day, Rush Limbaugh would read names of gay men who died of AIDS while playing circus music.

It's really straightforward and comes together very quickly! An occasional weeknight favourite in this house.

If anyone ever curls a lip at your fish fingers, tell them about this and be saved:

www.nigella.com/recipes/fish...

Presume the septic tank will be subjected to all the necessary scrutiny.

Pulling into Eoin Hayes Plaza for a quick bite in Supermac's and a wee stretch of the legs.

The Social Democrats, being a new party, have clearly yet to learn the necessary skills for a proper cover-up.