Diarmuid Doyle

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A short video of our new (used) bookshop in Templemore - The Book Temple. You'll find us at 48 Patrick Street in the middle of town. Call in if you're passing, we're very sound. #booksky #tipperary

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Best of 2024

A track each from my 20 favourite albums of 2024

open.spotify.com/playlist/5GF...

Yesterday, the Baron of Siberia posted my investigation into Tortoise on Twitter. I responded saying the Guardian is cancelling my contract after 19 years, so I'd be happy to go to the Indie to carry on investigating Evgeny's dad, the ex-KGB spy. This was a joke!

However, here are some facts..
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This would make a great Christmas present for the football fan in you life. Very well written, deeply researched, it’s the best account you’ll get of what ails football at the moment and how ill -equipped the game’s authorities are to do anything about it

As Leeds prepare to take on Swansea, a reminder of a previous victory #lufc

What happens next in the Conor McGregor case? The civil action taken by Nikita Hand against Conor McGregor and his friend, James Lawrence, will return to the High Court later this week when Mr Justice Alexander Owens will hear submissions on who ...

Great piece, this:

www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

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Independent Ireland election candidate for Dublin South Central Phil Sutcliffe has resigned from the party
(Sutcliffe is a big supporter of McGregor and was with him in the court yesterday)
Mr Sutcliffe is to run as an Independent (but will be listed to be with IndIreland on ballot paper) #G24

Well, isn’t that convenient? Musk gets named to the fake department of DOGE, and suddenly NASA’s future is up for debate—just as SpaceX is poised to cash in. Funny how “efficiency” seems to mean redirecting public funds straight into private pockets.

Through Today

If you’re looking for a loud, noisy, melodic album with demented drumming and some magnificent guitar playing, try Through Today by Chimers. Out of Melbourne, but with Dubliner Padraic Skehan front and centre, they’ll appeal to anyone who love, as I do, Sprints.

open.spotify.com/playlist/3N8...

An indication of how dull the election campaign has been is that there’s not a single mention of it -either in a story or a blurb - on the front page of the Irish Times.

Conor McGregor loses civil sexual assault case, latest in string of incidents Conor McGregor, the former two-division UFC champion, hasn’t fought in four years.

A jury in Ireland decided Friday that UFC star Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in Dublin in 2018 and must pay nearly $260,000 in damages in a civil case.

Until today, it had been a great November for sexual predators who wanted to be president

Two handfuls, for sure 😺

Occasionally.
Nice to hear from you. Hope all’s well.

1. Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
2. The Heart In Winter by Kevin Barry
3. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

The chislers:

Twitter account deleted; Bluesky up and running. Now let’s see what happens.