Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil

Bahaha! I'm jealous! We just spooned and he gave the best hugs in my dream😭

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

Maybe Steen voters will turn out and vote after all if this gets more wind in its sails.

And Tánaiste? Very impressive!

But I agree, if you mention Taoiseach to anyone outside Ireland, they wouldn't have a clue.

I have seen some news outlets use the official title instead of PM.

Oh well😄

I know people call it PM to audiencs outside of Ireland, but I can't help twitch when I read it :)

The official title is Taoiseach (thee-shuck) in Irish, as prime minister in Irish is príomh-aire (preive-awrah).

We don't say the PM of Germany :) But Germany is Germany and Ireland is... smaller!

I had the most wonderful dream. I was dating Pedro Pascal🤩 I think he was about to propose when my alarm went off😭 My week is ruined before it even started.

Micheál Martin backed the wrong horse with Ger Gavin, is what plenty of Fianná Fáil members who will now say.

How different things would be had Billy Kelleher been nominated by the party.

I was just thinking this.

How many spoilt votes will this result in?

As my Mam would say, that's put the cat among the pigeons.

Its a street lamp poster for Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavij lying face up in someone's garden in Dublin, having been blown off during Storm Amy.

diva down #StormAmy

Twelfty!

Mad watching England turn into NI

Title: "Ní Shionnáin served her sentence - surely she is allowed to rebuild her life?" I want to clarify something – is it the view of the Taoiseach, and of commentators, that former prisoners should be denied opportunities to rebuild their lives away from violence or criminality, even after they have served their sentence? Given her qualifications, Ursula Ní Shionnáin was perfectly suited for the role of administrative support for a TD working on the Oireachtas Committee for the Irish language, and Catherine Connolly was in the right to give her a chance. I think it is much more concerning if our Government thinks that prisoners such as Ní Shionnáin should not be given the opportunity to rehabilitate when they demonstrate a willingness to do so. As a former employee of the Irish Prison Service, that seems to go against everything that I was told during my training. Tomás M Creamer, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim Published 4th October, 2025, on the letter section of the Irish Indepedent.

My earlier tweet about Catherine Connolly hiring a former prisoner, in the form of a letter to the Indo.

m.independent.ie/opinion/lett...

Hi. European here. I always tip, in Ireland, Europe, wherever. Being a waiter/waitress is a demanding job, regardless of what they're getting paid.

Tip early, tip often.

Delighted to report that one of my weekday Gym Boyfriends is here today.

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

This sounds like the kind of thing you'd do before a purge
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If we lower the threshold to be nominated in a presidential election, we're going to end up like an Irish European Parliament election, with over 20 random names on a ballot paper.

"“The Council just did what they usually do: keep the city grey, silent, and stripped of colour and voice.”

A swift and accurate summary of Dublin as a city to live in.

Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful

A reminder: she is not a military or security chef for the EU or NATO. She has no role in whether such action should be taken or not.

And an app like Grindr *is worse*

having fun interacting with my fans on the hellsite

Does anybody need 50,000 Maria Steen For President oven gloves?

A photo of five members of the deeply conservative Burke family dressed in suits / formal wear, all walking down steps outside a building, with what looks like Birkin (or Hermès?) bags photoshopped so it looks like their carrying them by hand.

The Birkin Burkes

We are all Hermès

This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.

Hup!

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

HAPPY NOMINATION DEADLINE (ESPECIALLY FOR STEEN)!

I am very surprised that Marian Harkin did this, nominated Steen, but stated she wouldn't be voting for her.

A former MEP (2004 - 2019), she spent her entire time in the liberal group in the European Parliament.

Yet she nominated a right-wing candidate?