Ciara O’Brien

On it.

BRB. 3D printing a boat.

I tried this a couple of years ago; it’s the least safe I’ve ever felt on Irish roads and I cycle regularly.

I love this.

Co-Stars and Fans Pay Tribute to Catherine O’Hara Videos and photos filled social media as fans shared their favorite scenes from O’Hara’s acting career and co-stars memorialized her.

Comedians, co-stars and fans shared memories and favorite scenes featuring Catherine O’Hara, the prolific actress and comedian who died on Friday. “Mama. I thought we had time. I wanted more,” Macaulay Culkin, who played O’Hara’s son Kevin in the “Home Alone” movies, wrote on Instagram.

River Burren in Carlow Town is very high and still rising at 12:30pm Friday as drone video shows.

Won’t even give Elon a normal moustache.

FYI, Google Gemini won’t even entertain the request to change clothing to shorts or a skirt, let alone a bikini

So shutting off the easy sharing (the X app doesn’t allow it) and making it… slightly less easy.

People keep trying to make AI more human. Why? For all the technology and computing power behind it, it seems the one thing AI lacks is a good dose of cop-on

You can still create bikini images for free on grok’s website, app and on X.com’s grok tab. Confirmed as of five minutes ago. It’s more than tech that needs a good dose of cop on. www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...y/

Stagnation is a bad look though.

Significant loss in market share and a decline in sales versus a rise for the others. Elsewhere the picture is even worse.

You do not want to see my office. The cables are breeding, despite a regular WEEE clear out

This is giving “For All Mankind” vibes.

Toy story: 15 fads of Christmases past From Raggedy Ann Dolls to Tamagotchis, toy fads have certainly evolved

Toy fads by @conorpope.bsky.social I still have a (working) Tickle Me Elmo from 1999, I think. It was a present from an ex; it now lives in the pile of toys on my eight year old’s bed.

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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Why yes, my Spotify Wrapped/Apple Music Replay *is* an absolute dumpster fire of tween favourites, thank you for asking.

Toy Show: This is Child 1

Ireland: I would die for Child 1

Toy Show: Goodbye Child 1. Now welcome Child 2

Ireland: Never mind, Child 1 is dead to me. I love Child 2 now.

#Toyshow #LateLateToyShow

Jo Jo Dullard: Family and gardaí make renewed appeal to public on 30th anniversary of Kilkenny woman’s disappearance Ms Dullard was last seen around 11.30pm on  November 9th, 1995, in the village of Moone, Co Kildare

Jo Jo Dullard: Family and gardaí make renewed appeal to public on 30th anniversary of Kilkenny woman’s disappearance

A small black kitten sits on a fleece blanket.

New addition to the house.

😶😶😶😶😶😶

There is a wider article to be done for sure - I have been compiling a list of people to speak to this morning.

Try Gemini. ChatGPT did much better than it used to but it was dodgy at times. Plus when I got it to translate something, it added random things in that definitely weren’t in the conversation.

To the people saying it’s undemocratic that their preferred candidate didn’t get a nomination for president: local and national elections are and always have been an option for them. And arguably more effective than the role of president when it comes to deciding policy and affecting daily lives.

ICCL warned watchdog about sale of Irish sexual abuse survivors’ data in 2020 — but DPC and minister did nothing In 2020, ICCL went undercover and purchased data identifying 200 Irish people tagged as survivors of sexual abuse. The findings were handed to the Data Protection Commission and the Minister for Justi...

On @antonsavage.bsky.social NewsTalk Radio this morning:
We warned Helen McEntee (then Minister for Justice) five years ago about Data Protection Commission's refusal to stop the flow of data about Irish people to data brokers - as now exposed by RTE Prime Time.

www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-wa...

How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’ Rising food costs, challenging wages, and expensive leases – restaurants are facing a perfect storm. Can they thrive or simply survive

How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’

www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/09...

Interesting. iPhone Air is eSIM only. Will this push Irish networks into wider adoption? #appleevent

Lovely new design for the iPhone Air. Which I’ll immediately slap a case on. #appleevent

Why did An Garda Síochána give money to Cognyte, an Israeli surveillance company? Payments may have been disclosed inadvertently

Why did An Garda Síochána give money to Cognyte, an Israeli surveillance company?

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Mary Robinson on CNN and VM News.

Mary Robinson: "The entire Israeli cabinet should be sanctioned."

She contrasts the positive role of the EU and US in bringing a settlement to the north of Ireland with their posture here.

@virginmedianews.bsky.social