Tom Dowling 🇮🇪

The spoil votes came from many traditional voters of FF,FG, and Labour because the entire election selction was a total farce. Sinn Fein must be kicking themselves. If Maty Lou was on the ballot, she would have walked in. Opportunities like that a few and far between

John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving The Stripe co-founder looks at how the State can get out of the government-by-agency corner into which it has painted itself

Excellent read.

John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving.

David Gillick: ‘I was angry and bitter but I also had fear - if I’m not running, what the hell do I do?’ The national men’s 400m record holder on the ‘cutthroat’ world of athletics, life after the track and his medal-worthy interviews with a new generation of Irish stars

David Gillick: ‘I was angry and bitter but I also had fear - if I’m not running, what the hell do I do?’

There were no protests following the sentencing on October 20 of a 22-year-old white Irish man who was found guilty of stabbing his ex-girlfriend Niamh Kelly 50 times in a brutal attack that has left her with lifechanging injuries.

Planning for €400m Limerick development to be submitted A planning application for a €400 million development at the former Cleeves factory site in Limerick city is set to be submitted by Limerick Twenty Thirty next week.

Good news, Limerick finally focuses on quality housing for the city centre.

Planning for €400m Limerick development to be submitted.

What a hero.

Photo of journalists Olena Gubanova and Yevheniy Karmazin

Press vests in the boot of the car targeted by Russia

Charred car of journalists Olena Gubanova and Yevheniy Karmazin

Petrol station where the killed journalists were located when hit by a russian drone.

🔴 Russia has killed two Ukrainian journalists in Kramatorsk today, our colleagues Olena Gubanova & Yevheniy Karmazin, working for Freedom TV.

They were in a car at a gas station when a russian drone hit.

Journalist Oleksandr Kolychev survived the attack with injuries.

Source: Kramatorsk News

This video of the aftermath of Russia's strike against a kindergarten in Kharkiv shows what Moscow does to civilians, including to children, everyday. One of the seven people injured had to have a leg amputated, another person suffered severe burns on 20% of their body.

📸 Source: DSNS Ukraine.

Prague and Dublin have similar populations. Prague has yes, 26 tramlines, and 3 metro lines. Anyone who has visited Prague will know all lines are busy. What dont people understand?

We have abjectly failed to deal with the far right in this country for the best part of a decade. Its been an obvious and growing problem for years before covid. This is the finding out part of fucking around and not taking this problem seriously.

Protestors gather outside RTE tonight...
#aras25 #rtept #speirgorm

Poster in Central Dublin #aras25

New-smart bus service launched in Limerick THE National Transport Authority (NTA) launched TFI Anseo, a new smart-demand responsive transport (DRT) bus service in Limerick...

Don"t you love the smart bus the Limerick post used for this article. 🤣🤣

Thankfully, all but a few of these vintage have been withdrawn from service.

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg "Russia's petrol shortage now 20% of standard monthly supplies”: Russian paper.

From today’s Russian papers it doesn’t sound like Russia's about to stop fighting in Ukraine. Today's edition of MK: “For us, a cessation of hostilities is inadvisable." Plus, Russia’s petrol shortage is now "20% of monthly supplies." #ReadingRussia

They truly believe their own BS.

Witkoff could not point to Dombas on a map, but he knows for sure where the Kremlin is.

Zelensky clearly annoyed with Steve Witkoff, who views the war as some sort of real estate transaction & pushes Kremlin talking points. Recently he pushed Kyiv to accept Putin's demand for the rest of the Donbas because "it was incorporated into [Russia's] constitution."

Read Zelensky's comments:

It should be said MRCB at Christchurch has a good selection of high-quality wallpapers.

After 53 years on Talbot Street, Dublin city’s last wallpaper shop prepares to close Gerry Keane Wallpapers will close down after Christmas

A shift in trends and styles. A shop I visited many times.

After 53 years on Talbot Street, Dublin city’s last wallpaper shop.

Modular home builder in Co Cavan closes factory, citing lack of work in Irish housing market Up to 20 full-time jobs and approximately 50 part-time contractor roles have been lost.

A modular home builder in Co Cavan is closing its factory, citing a lack of work in the housing market.

Dozens of full-time and part-time jobs will be lost as a result www.thejournal.ie/modular-home...

The IQ of a dead hamster.

Shock and horror, the Irish government has meetings with companies that manufacture defencive weapons. Sure, we are grand with bows and arrows. 🤣🤣 Éirígí will protect us.

He done in 24 hours, right? 😁

What could possibly go wrong.

Russia proudly shares this video from the Kherson region, where its forces struck vehicles marked with the UN emblem. The same Russia that sits at the table meant to protect peace — now targeting those who deliver it

A founding member of the United Nations, Ukraine, bleeds under fire from another👇

As I said, a broken clock is right twice every day. I would not make any decision based on BLs beliefs.

Yes, I think she did. The 2 roles are like apples and oranges.

I have had differences with Brian Leddin, but I'm with him on CC.

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

A broken clock is right twice every day. That applies to Brian Leddin. 😁

Yes I was on one earlier this year, an amazing service.