Deirdre O'Shaughnessy

Bilbo and Paddington!

Early start for a tv pre record means I am out of the house before the WBD related hysteria begins… their costumes are ready. I have done my part … *slips away*

(I feel like Gandalf)

Cartoon Saloon Reveals Trailer for ‘Kindred Spirits’ Feature Tomm Moore was at Cartoon Movie to tease his upcoming animated film about an Irish refugee and a Choctaw boy on a magical journey across 1840s America.

EXCLUSIVE: Watch the first teaser for Cartoon Saloon's 'Kindred Spirits,' the new animated feature in development from studio co-founder Tomm Moore ('The Secret of Kells,' 'Song of the Sea'). www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

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ai is driving people to suicide, but it also destroys the wages and working conditions of multiple industries without adding real value, so it's impossible to say if it's bad or not

Delighted to hear Ronan Collins on @rteradio1.bsky.social with Oliver Callan. Reminds me of lunchtimes at home with my Dad as a kid and all the lunchtimes since - I really felt my Dad was gone, gone when he retired.

Important to remember that the people most enthusiastic about bombing Iran are almost always the people most hateful towards refugees.

Latest podcast is a primer on what’s happening in the Middle East, with our correspondent former UNIFIL officer Colin Sheridan, and Dubai based reporter John Hayes. A good starting point for anyone who doesn’t know where to start! Find it at the link in bio
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When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Middle East air strikes — What it means for Irish in the region Irish officials monitor risks as Iran targets US bases in Gulf states where thousands of Irish citizens live

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Middle East air strikes — What it means for Irish in the region

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We are deeply concerned by reports that military commanders are framing the Iran war as “God’s plan” and invoking Armageddon in official briefings.

Service members swear an oath to the Constitution — not to any religion.

We are reviewing these reports and will demand accountability.

This statement by Marco Rubio is a thing of beauty. No notes. It can be taken exactly as is and dropped into Orwell's 1984. I believe the correct Homeric adjective for military reasoning like this is "Hell-kissed."

Get thee to the Smithsonian, war crime-speak.

If you want to know how the British print news industry ends (which is, de facto, amazingly still what supports most newspaper websites) it's the distribution channels getting banjaxed. When you lose "TG Jones" etc even people who want a paper can't get one. That'll be the real start of the ending.

This is an excellent way to plan your time. It’s time honoured. What matters more?

I have to say the Post chose a hell of a moment to lay off all their foreign correspondents

BroadcastER, even

Today’s podcast will be on (what else!) the Middle East, with my colleague Colin Sheridan who served with UNIFIL in Lebanon and lived there for a number of years afterwards, and an Irish broadcasting working for Saudi owned Al Arabiya in UAE… some interesting takeaways

Bessborough planning decision shocking for mother and baby home survivors The Bessborough Mother and Baby Home Support Group and Labour Party councillor Peter Horgan say they intend to appeal Cork City Council’s decision to grant planning, writes Donal O'Keeffe

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I still believe he’s trying to distract from Epstein

That sound you hear is irony dying.

Caitríona Redmond: We’ve had enough jargon — why do we feel like we have less money? The terms negative consumer sentiment, Vibecession, Boomcession, and K-Shaped Economy don’t quite describe that bad feeling when we struggle with the cost of grocery shopping. It’s time to debunk the ...

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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Love that one of their Irish names is lil' Siobhán of the road, they just love da streets

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

Okay I feel like this is going to come up a lot in the next 24 hours so let's just clear this up:

Ayatollah Khameini, the Iranian supreme leader allegedly killed today, is/was *not* the same person as Ayatollah Khomeini, the supreme leader who came to power in the 1979 revolution.