Kieran Ryan

Mayo continuing its streak of having more people winning the Lotto than women getting elected to public office.

A screengrab from the Irish Independent newspaper showing a photo of Patrick O'Donovan and Micheál Martin in front of a large FAI logo. The headline reads, Flares controversy: FAI agrees to CCTV and sniffer dogs at stadiums after minister's funding threat.

Trying not to be too cynical, but in the wake of the Ireland v Israel draw, this government really didn't waste any time in trying to put the FAI - and its upstart clubs - back in its box.

Imagine such a swift government response to, say, a genocide?

Subsidising.

We're *subsidising* data centres with sky-high residential energy charges.

A photo of frog spawn in a pond with Kieran's welly for scale. It's a lot of frog spawn.

A photo of Kieran's little pond, reflecting the sky.

We have a decent gloop of frog spawn in our little pond 🐸

You forgot the tiny little pause just before the final comment, where the brain glitches slightly while scrambling to find another subject to discuss. The eyeballs twitch a little.

I can't envision housing bodies or local authorities combined accounting for more than a quarter of the purchases TBH.

Only small fraction of new homes in cities ending up on the open market for sale The gap between what’s built and what’s sold is most dramatic in Dublin and Cork.

Only 4% of newly-built homes in Dublin last year ended up on the open market for sale.

This is bonkers. The market is completely rigged in favour of "investors" (hoarders).

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Boomer Irish Dad whatsaap is going shtone wild with not-prince andrew memes.

Trump Suffers Setback Unrelated To Child Rape

Trump Suffers Setback Unrelated To Child Rape

Tis narrow but heavy here in West Mayo.

The 'W' in OPW stands for "What have they done this time?"

Hey I wonder if all this stress-testing and depleting of US military resources in places that aren't Ukraine is beneficial to anyone in particular?

Norovirus Can Spread Through The Air — Clean Air Advocacy Ireland Here are some tips for avoiding it.

Did you know that Norovirus can be spread through the air? It occurs when infected people 🤮

There is a surge in noroviral infections in Ireland right now, so we've published this blog with tips on how to avoid #airborne transmission of Norovirus.

www.cleanairadvocacyireland.org/clean-air-bl...

I wonder when that was tacked on? Given the recent windfarm ruling...

Head 12 Exemption from the Act of 2015 Provide that: Any function or exercise undertaken under this Act shall be exempt from the provisions of section 15 of the Act of 2015. Explanatory Note This Head provides that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 do not apply to any functions or exercises undertaken under this Bill.

An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.

People who send voicenotes in to radio stations.

They're going on my list.

Love that an English hotel chain sets up in Dublin and five minutes later is going to the courts to try and shut down a long-running staple of our nightlife.

Hoxton? More like Poxton, amirite?

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

I think they know and still don't care: Look at M*sk and all his offspring from different mothers - the rich are playing the numbers game.

Irish celebrity issues health update after 'ignoring the problem' for roughly a year Muireann O'Connell has opened up about her health after "ignoring the problem" for roughly a yea

Sources:

www.limerickleader.ie/news/nationa...

www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

A news clipping reads, Irish celebrity issues health update after ignoring the problem for roughly a year.

Every part of me was unwell. McGuinness recalls illness in run up to presidential race

Is the Covid-19 pandemic over, or did we just stop mentioning it by name?

Based on the evidence we're seeing more & more frequently these days, the ruling class doesn't care about the future, or is actively betting on a future where the "underclass" is increasingly maligned and weakened through famine, disease, and war.

Yep, went canvassing in Louisburgh in Mayo during the winter one year and the estates were so grimly quiet - only around 10% occupied I estimate.

Volunteers?

All those private jets & helicopters ferrying people in to an Irish billionaire's golf course, and the wealth is trickling down to...volunteers?

Just switch your devices to Night Mode and you'll be fine.

Our 18-month-old learned the word bodhrán before wheelbarrow, so she calls it a wheel-bodhrán and I'll probably never correct her on it.

Historically, all of the best tools have reached widespread adoption through force.

Hurling strongholds and nitrates levels in water bodies are also strongly connected! 😅

Rule of thumb:

Never *EVER* buy a home that was built on a former sportsground.

I'd say the vast majority of playing fields in Ireland are on historic floodplains or marsh ground - it's why they are there: Land that was traditionally too wet to farm or build on, but dry for a few months in summer.

HARMONIE model continues to show up to 80mm on Wicklow mountains by 6pm Friday with up to 50mm falling in 24 hours. Over 30mm at lower levels in Southeast too. Sadly this will cause further flooding if it verifies.