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Advocacy, research & comms. Politics & Music. GAA hobbyist. Mayo interloper in Dublin

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Morrissey mocked after cancellng Valencia gig for ‘ridiculous’ reason Controversial former Smiths frontman said lack of rest has left him in ‘catatonic state’

I was looking for a hotel and then I found a hotel, but ....

Oh Morrissey 🙈
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

13.03.2026 09:54 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Jean Claude Trichet should also raise a few eyebrows among those countries worst affected by the 2008 debt crisis.

10.03.2026 16:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not sure how my teenage self would have reacted to that 😂

27.02.2026 18:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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IRMA warns of AI threat to €1 billion Irish music industry | Hotpress They're demanding 'a commercial licensing market that guarantees fair remuneration for creators'

In a career first, I have been quoted in @hotpress.com after organising an event on #AI #policy and #music in the @oireachtasnews.bsky.social. My teenage self would be overjoyed! www.hotpress.com/opinion/irma...

27.02.2026 17:40 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

If you get a reputation for being an early riser, you can sleep in for the rest of your your days and keep that rep. These guys had their “charm” narrative fed by other powerful people and compliant journalists. It didn’t even need to be remotely true once it became received wisdom.

07.02.2026 13:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s true they’re less craic than the alternative.

29.01.2026 19:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It appears he is was schooled in London for a few years of his secondary education.

29.01.2026 01:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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#vinyl #music | Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) We continue to receive very positive coverage of our 2025 music market report, and the great news for homegrown talent. RTÉ Radio 1 ran a piece on 'Morning Ireland' yesterday morning, which highligh...

I had my first appearance on @rte.ie Radio 1 yesterday, speaking on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association on Morning Ireland. It was a really positive segment on the surge in sales of #vinyl records in Ireland. A good news story in these crazy times.

www.linkedin.com/posts/irish-...

22.01.2026 15:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to garda Circuit Court judge James O’Donohoe was fined €600 in Galway in 2012 after pleading guilty to failing to comply

🤷🏼‍♀️
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

13.01.2026 19:27 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2

The Westport taxi drivers, who hated each other, shouting “I made no phone call!” gave us the pinnacle of that genre.

10.01.2026 08:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Homegrown revolution: Irish artists triple market share as streaming hits record highs The Irish music industry is celebrating a landmark year as domestic talent reclaimed the charts in 2025. According to the latest figures

It's been a fun week at the Irish Recorded Music Association, launching the 2025 music market report for Ireland,

We got a lot of coverage and it was especially nice to see the reaction of international press. Here is the piece in @musicnewsweb.bsky.social.

www.music-news.com/news/Undergr...

08.01.2026 17:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.

28.12.2025 01:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Please help. This maniac stole my bus.

04.12.2025 21:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like I’ll need to check the record for that Mayo under-12s handball doubles runner up medal, just in case I become Minister for Finance.

02.12.2025 22:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This sounds like an argument in favour of you becoming a pol corr.

07.11.2025 16:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him

30.10.2025 19:10 👍 18324 🔁 4053 💬 170 📌 186
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You don’t “engage”, you amplify, mainstream and normalize.

Don’t pretend you do this for anything else than 💰💰💰

23.10.2025 23:18 👍 176 🔁 40 💬 12 📌 9

Genuinely saddened to hear this morning that Seán Rocks has passed on. I was something of a latecomer to Arena but greatly valued it in recent years, always learning so much from his interviews and really enjoying his warm banter with guests.

31.07.2025 10:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UK to recognise Palestine unless Israel meets conditions Britain will recognise the state of Palestine in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the "appalling situation" in Gaza and meets other conditions, British Prime Mini...

Do I have this right? The UK will do what it should do anyway unless Israel stops doing what it shouldn't be doing in the first place?

#Gaza #CeasefireNow #Palestine

www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

30.07.2025 10:55 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I had a very enjoyable afternoon in Athlone, providing a training workshop on effective communications to @forsatradeunion.bsky.social representatives.

As expected, they were a very engaged and committed group who care a lot about what they do.

#communications #messaging #training #union

10.06.2025 17:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Complacency on the basis of poor public support is the equivalent of correctly storing the deckchairs on the Titanic.

Polls don’t matter a curse when the powerful irrevocably shift norms of governance.

LA is a now a testing ground.

10.06.2025 14:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mayo Pride apologises for 'Child of Drag' post and has reviewed social media policy The joke image was posted “in a spirit of fun, not mockery”, Mayo Pride told The Journal.

People sent abusive comments over this? I guess some snowflakes just can’t take a joke. #UpMsyo

Mayo Pride apologises for 'Child of Drag' post and has reviewed social media policy jrnl.ie/6722851

05.06.2025 23:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's right! I went to some pretty happening parties when I lived in Belgium 😂

04.06.2025 10:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good luck to everyone starting the Leaving Cert today. It’s not the be all & end all (and other cliches). But …

A decade or more later, when you live in another country, there will still be a gobshite who asks you how you did.

04.06.2025 07:08 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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From Gary Lineker’s instagram in the last 24 hours.
Thank you for keeping on 🙏

27.05.2025 08:24 👍 183 🔁 63 💬 2 📌 2
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Two Irish diplomats among delegation fired at by Israeli army in the West Bank Two Irish diplomats are safe after they were fired at as part of a delegation working in the West Bank earlier today.

Israel is a rogue and hostile state, deserving of EU sanctions. The double standard can't be allowed to continue. www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

21.05.2025 16:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UN warns thousands of babies in Gaza could die in next 48 hours without aid as Israeli air strikes kill at least 50 people Tuesday’s fatalities bring toll to more than 500 people in last eight days since Israeli military campaign intensified

The sheer obscenity of Israel's actions goes from bad to worse. In what kind of civilization is a headline like this unsurprising, let alone possible?
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

20.05.2025 13:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Has the Camogie Association stated its position on the new Pope yet?

09.05.2025 11:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Camogie Association could be brought before Oireachtas Sports Committee over skorts ‘own goal’ The row over camogie players’ right to wear shorts could result in the ­Camogie Association being called before the Oireachtas Sports Committee.

I presume the Camogie Association representatives will be told what to wear in advance of their appearance.

“Camogie Association could be brought before Oireachtas Sports Committee over skorts ‘own goal’”

05.05.2025 08:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Brendan McDonagh withdraws name for housing czar role following days of controversy The Business Post revealed last week the Nama boss was expected to be named head of the new Housing Activation Office

There's something very strange about using the word "tsar" or "czar" to denote someone who can take care of business. The tsarist regime in Russia was marked by greed, incompetence, inbreeding, corruption & cruel indifference. Hardly a source of inspiration. www.businesspost.ie/news/breakin...

02.05.2025 13:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0