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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves

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Newly elected leader of lefty Irish Bluesky. Exiled leader of lefty Irish twitter, current Lord Mayor of Dublin and occasional podcaster. tortoiseshack.ie is my home.

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He lies so often he doesn't know the difference any more.

Republicans against Trump • @RpsAgai... • 1d
Trump: "If we didn't hit within 2 weeks, they would've had a nuclear weapon"

@campbellclaret He lies so often he doesn't know the difference any more. Republicans against Trump • @RpsAgai... • 1d Trump: "If we didn't hit within 2 weeks, they would've had a nuclear weapon"

Apropos of nothing: The Iraq Dodgy Dossier

06.03.2026 12:28 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kids in the Hind Rajab Centre playing football

Kids in the Hind Rajab Centre playing football

Children playing in the Hind Rajab Centre

Children playing in the Hind Rajab Centre

Kids in classes

Kids in classes

Kids playing

Kids playing

The Hind Rajab Centre is a collaboration between Dignity for Palestine, Adam SpiceBag Doyle and the tortoise shack. We are up and running. Nearly 100 kids in Gaza are getting back to school, receiving trauma therapy and having fun. Help us: www.patreon.com/posts/ionad-...

06.03.2026 11:28 👍 18 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0

You were there. Scarleh for yer ma!

06.03.2026 09:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Alistair war crimes Campbell leading a bunch of rugby dads in a singalong of the Fiemds of Athenry

Alistair war crimes Campbell leading a bunch of rugby dads in a singalong of the Fiemds of Athenry

“Hello, Dante. Yeah, it’s me.”

“No, no I haven’t got the money I owe you. No, sorry.”

“Look, honestly I wouldn’t call you if it wasn’t urgent. Listen...”

“Yes, really. No, really. It’s real. The tenth circle of hell has just opened.”

06.03.2026 09:41 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 1
LATEST | Housing Minister rejects claims of 'personal' ties to developer behind Wexford evictions

LATEST | Housing Minister rejects claims of 'personal' ties to developer behind Wexford evictions

Totally cool and fine that the Minister for (Un)Housing has had to deny that he’s pals with the developer behind the mass eviction process. lol.

06.03.2026 08:11 👍 26 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0
Beautiful Coddle

Beautiful Coddle

06.03.2026 08:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Forward to the great victory of another heroic defeat!

06.03.2026 07:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I once got a wink from Enda Kenny. You’d miss him so you would

06.03.2026 07:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

People often ask me ‘how have I managed to remain the leader of the Irish left for so long?’
It’s simple really. I’ve built a coalition that is so inept and unsuccessful that nobody wants to be seen to be a part of it, let alone leading it.

06.03.2026 07:41 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Jessie Buckley’s anti-cat stance exposes a weakness in Ireland’s military capabilities and that is music to Vladimir Putin’s ears | the Irish Times view on the upcoming Oscar Awards ceremony

06.03.2026 07:19 👍 32 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

Cool.

05.03.2026 21:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Peter hates Wemby.

05.03.2026 21:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How has no one who believes in democracy above party leaked this report? You know the pod save bro’s have it. Leak it!

05.03.2026 20:11 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hope everyone had a great #Summer2026
Yesterday.

05.03.2026 15:59 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

#JournoRequest
Looking to speak with Irish ex-pats who were/are trapped in the Dubai apocalypse and may have had their daily yoga latte yak milk mindfulness video posts interrupted for a piece I’m working on for newstalk.

05.03.2026 15:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Everyone from tenant advocacy groups to REITs is saying this will increase rents and lead to evictions, and if anyone puts this to the government they get mad because again their primary motivation is to avoid any form of accountability for their decisions

05.03.2026 14:10 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Made up. Yet some are responding to me in ways that…

05.03.2026 12:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Accidentally met one of his “team” last week. He kept referencing Grift media and the important work of citizen journalists. I (rudely tbf) told him that none of these people are journalists. He seemed perplexed.

05.03.2026 11:52 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

‘A credit note, Kieran. A CREDIT NOTE!’

05.03.2026 10:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

*RTE interview a couple who have escaped war torn Dubai*

‘And tell me what horrors did you see?’

‘Well Kieran, it got so bad that the Deliveroo driver refused to go back to the restaurant and change the fried rice he brought for the pilau rice we’d ordered’

‘I’m so sorry this happened to you.’

05.03.2026 10:21 👍 42 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
05.03.2026 08:41 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The bad news is that the good guys are doing bad things to the bad guys. This is also the good news.

Look mammy, I did a journalism.

05.03.2026 08:31 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
NEW: Prime Minister Mark Carney says that he will not "rule out" Canada joining the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

NEW: Prime Minister Mark Carney says that he will not "rule out" Canada joining the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Mark - what happens in Davos, stays in Davos - Carney

05.03.2026 08:24 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

‘Plans for the weekend? Oh just looking around at everything and wishing my untimely demise would hurry up and get here. You?’

05.03.2026 06:07 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you’d have told me that I’d be having lunch with a former member of the UDA, I’d have called you mad. If you’d said that I’d be good friends with the same guy I’d have been baffled. But people are not their past and Davy is a great guy and friend. The podcast is out now for tortoise shack fam.

04.03.2026 20:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hear you. It can be a bit off putting. But I’ve developed a 16pt plan that works in conjunction with my patented powdered unicorn urine power shake that’ll get you out of the funk you’re in. The even better news is that if you act now you get the first 4pts free and 15% off your first 10 sachets!

04.03.2026 18:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The food of the Gods, Coddle.

The food of the Gods, Coddle.

Coddle FTW

04.03.2026 18:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Picture of Davy Adams eating a sambo in front of a bowl of majestic Coddle

Picture of Davy Adams eating a sambo in front of a bowl of majestic Coddle

Brought the legend Davy Adams to the Gravediggers for a sambo and Coddle.
This is the new Ireland @cjharvey1.bsky.social warned me about.

04.03.2026 17:55 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

My nephew ate the Dairy Milk I had on the kitchen counter in what he has called a preemptive strike. I knew they were raising a Gaeler!

04.03.2026 11:12 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

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The position of the Government of Spain in the face of this situation is clear and consistent. The same one we have maintained in Ukraine and Gaza.
No to assuming that the world can only solve its problems through bombs.
Let us not repeat the mistakes of the past.
NO TO WAR.

04.03.2026 09:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0