Kieran Ryan

Mary MaAleese was from the North, had never been elected before - was an academic. As much of an outsider as you can get really.
She got two terms no bother - the system is fine

*Sandymount

The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.

A screenshot from an article in The Journal reads as follows: When Catherine Connolly was asked during the presidential election campaign on Virgin Media who she would be bringing with her to live in the Áras, she gave a memorable answer: "My current husband. " That current husband, of 33 years standing, is Co Clare native Brian McEnery.

I have a feeling our new Uachtarán is a @martylyricfm.bsky.social in the Morning listener.

Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse?

It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.

They are adopting the language of the far right wholesale. Yesterday, Ganley suggested there was no Centre-Right candidate - that HH was Centre-Left(!) and CC Far-Left.

They are actively trying to shift the Overton Window as rightwards as possible to normalise their hateful views. Fuck them.

As major hurricane #Melissa passes over #Jamaica - moving painfully slow - it will dump biblical rainfall on the island, super-charged by both the rugged mountains and coincidentally the hottest water in all the Carbbean right now (88-89F) focused specifically around the island… 1/

Every time a pundit says ‘woke’ they should be asked to define it. On the spot before anyone can move on with the discussion. Every single time

Already leaning into the fash vote, less than 24 hours after a big lefty win.

Aontú fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group Aontú has sacked the leader of its youth wing and dismissed five other members after it learnt of the existence of ­secret WhatsApp groups where some Ógra Aontú members posted racist and antisemitic c...

“Aontú has sacked the leader of its youth wing and dismissed five other members after it learnt of the existence of ­secret WhatsApp groups where some Ógra Aontú members posted racist and antisemitic comments.”

Be warned, the messages detailed in this article are absolutely vile.

"Party chief Peadar Tóibín ‘shocked and disgusted'..."

...that his politics and rhetoric attracted these types?

Oh Peadar...

Never thought Pro-Choice Maria Steen could be more painful than Anti-Choice Maria Steen.

000WTNT33 KNHC 260533TCPAT3 BULLETINHurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 19ANWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025200 AM EDT Sun Oct 26 2025 ...MELISSA RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING......LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDESEXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF JAMAICA AND SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA THROUGH MIDWEEK... SUMMARY OF 200 AM EDT...0600 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...16.3N 76.1WABOUT 125 MI...205 KM SSE OF KINGSTON JAMAICAABOUT 295 MI...475 KM WSW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITIMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...WSW OR 250 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...958 MB...28.29 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: None. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...* Jamaica A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with theDominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince* Cuban provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, andHolguin. A Tropical Storm Warning in effect for...* Southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with theDominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expectedsomewhere within the warning area. A warning is typically issued36 hours before the anticipated first occurrence oftropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outsidepreparations difficult or dangerous. Preparations to protect lifeand property should be complete. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possiblewithin the watch area. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions areexpected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. Interests elsewhere in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, thesoutheastern and central Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islandsshould monitor the progress of Melissa. For storm information specific to your area, please monitorproducts issued by your national meteorological service. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK----------------------At 200 AM EDT (0600 UTC), the center of Hurricane Melissa waslocated near latitude 16.3 North, longitude 76.1 West. Melissa ismoving toward the west-southwest near 5 mph (7 km/h). A slow westward motion is expected through tonight, followed by a turn to the north and northeast on Monday and Tuesday. On the forecast track, the center of Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica through Tuesday, and it could be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of the week. Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph (195 km/h) with highergusts. Melissa is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-SimpsonHurricane Wind Scale. Continued rapid intensification is forecast during the next day or so, followed by fluctuations in intensity. Melissa is expected to be a major hurricane when making landfall in Jamaica Monday night or Tuesday. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) fromthe center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160miles (260 km). The estimated minimum central pressure based on dropsonde data is 958 mb (28.29 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------Key messages for Melissa can be found in the Tropical CycloneDiscussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3 and WMO header WTNT43 KNHC. WIND: Tropical storm conditions are likely beginning in Jamaica, with hurricane conditions expected by Monday. Tropical storm conditions are expected in the warning area in Haiti today. The potential for hurricane conditions in the watch area in Haiti have diminished for today, but there is still a possibility of hurricane conditions occurring there on Tuesday. Hurricane conditions are possible in the watch area in eastern Cuba on Tuesday into Wednesday. RAINFALL: Melissa is expected to bring total rainfall of 15 to 30inches to portions of southern Hispaniola and Jamaica intoWednesday, with local maxima of 40 inches possible. Additionalheavy rainfall is likely beyond Wednesday; uncertainty at that timerange precludes exact storm totals. Catastrophic flash flooding andlandslides are probable across portions of southern Hispaniola andJamaica. For eastern Cuba, total rainfall of 6 to 12 inches, with localamounts to 18 inches, are expected into Wednesday resulting inlife-threatening flash flooding and landslides. Additional heavyrainfall is likely beyond Wednesday; uncertainty at that time rangeprecludes exact storm totals. For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated withMelissa, please see the National Weather Service Storm TotalRainfall Graphic, available athurricanes.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?rainqpf STORM SURGE: Life-threatening storm surge is becoming more likelyalong the south coast of Jamaica during the next few days. Peak storm surge heights could reach 9 to 13 feet above ground level, near and to the east of where the center of Melissa makes landfall. This storm surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. There is a potential for significant storm surge along thesoutheast coast of Cuba late Tuesday or Wednesday. SURF: Swells generated by Melissa are expected to affect portionsof Hispaniola, Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and the Cayman Islands during the next several days. Please consult products from your local weather office. NEXT ADVISORY-------------Next complete advisory at 500 AM EDT. $$Forecaster Berg/Hagen

Hurricane Melissa 5-Day Uncertainty Track Image

Hurricane Melissa 34-Knot Wind Speed Probabilities

Atlantic Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 19a issued at Sun, 26 Oct 2025 05:33:40 +0000
...MELISSA RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING... ...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF JAMAICA AND SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA THROU...
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"We had the opportunity to have our voice heard the only way available to us."

Says the man who is literally waffling on a national radio station.

I think they're claiming the Gavin votes too.

Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.

Their best-performing candidate of all time is quite literally a figment of their collective, yet limited, imaginations. Every single one of their various beliefs has been silently but full-throatedly confirmed with an astonishing 5%? 10%? of the ballot? Magnificent.

Podium meme show Catherine Connolly in first place, Heather Humphries in second place, spoil your vote crowd celebrating in third place.

Irish media not being able to help themselves today!!!
#Aras25 #speirgorm

This 10-year-old concrete Communist tower block is crumbling, water is seeping in, the lifts break down, and its residents worry about their creaking apartments...

Oh no, wait! Sorry. It's capitalism, so let's luxury-code the article.

This article is full of digs against horseshoe bats, planners & says “environmental goals have created stasis”. The @dublininquirer.com have already looked into the Collison backed Progress Ireland & identified links with US libertarian & Peter Thiel backed groups. We need independent journalism!

They vote early and often in South Mayo.

From pigs’ heads to arson plots: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine

Reporting this story, the same details kept appearing in police investigations around Europe: the perpetrators turned out to have been recruited and offered cash over Telegram.
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

Generative AI is a societal disaster Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society

The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.

But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.

Forget? never.

Outrage as Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief Civil society is outraged by Ireland data protection agency — the key one in the EU — picking a former Meta lobbyist as its new commissioner.

Shock in Brussels and outrage across civil society.
This story is not going away.

euobserver.com/digital/ar6c...

A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...

New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

What a graph 👇

"English-speaking countries have fared far worse at increasing housing supply than other developed nations, and have generally seen steeper price rises..."

*Withdraws*

I know they're trying to #SmearTheBejaysis out of her, but isn't the ability to carry out your legal duty professionally and objectively - in spite your personal or political beliefs - pretty much *exactly* the kind of quality that's needed in an Irish President? #Áras25

Perhaps they will adopt a strategy of not running candidates for every election?