Count Cormacula

Count Cormacula

@cormacos.bsky.social

All manner of nerdery and geekery. Gaming. TTRPGS. Dogs. Environment. History. Dubliner. Queer. Trying to use more Irish - please feel free to correct me if I make mistakes! Apparently I talk a lot about folk music.

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An Taisce
@antaisce.bsky.social

Longstanding failed maintenance of the Carraigglas Manor House and Gandon Yards has been the subject of repeated requests for action for Longford County Council to ensure Protected Structures do not fall into endangerment and take action if endangerment occurs. www.independent.ie/irish-news/a...

independent.ie‘A national heritage scandal’ — Irish manor home of Jane Austen’s real Mr Darcy lies derelict amid local controversyThe dereliction of the historical Carrigglas Manor in Co Longford is a “national scandal”, heritage group An Taisce has said.

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Gavan Reilly
@gavreilly.com

9,086 Brazilian citizens from across Ireland travelled to the RDS yesterday to vote in the country’s presidential election - an official turnout of 54.3%. Of those, Lula won 80.2%, a good deal higher than the 72.6% he took in the first round a fortnight earlier.

Count Cormacula
@cormacos.bsky.social

Listen, yes, I’m wearing Christmas socks. Despite owning approximately a million socks, this is somehow the only pair I can find. So jingle all the way off my back.

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Neil Mackay
@neilmackay.bsky.social

Torture, terror and extrajudicial executions: the Dirty War in Northern Ireland and my search for truth For decades I’ve investigated collusion between British military intelligence and terrorists One question has always remained: given the crimes committed how can Britain call itself a democracy?

heraldscotland.comStakeknife's Scottish spymaster: The dark secrets of Northern Ireland's 'Dirty War'Our Writer at Large has investigated Ulster's Dirty War for decades. Here, he talks to the veteran BBC reporter, John Ware, about the role of Scottish army officer Gordon Kerr
Count Cormacula
@cormacos.bsky.social

I hate Ken so much. So much.

Dean Buckley@deanbuckley.bsky.social

I had to read this a few times as I assumed I was just reading what he wrote ungenerously, but no, Ken O'Flynn has in fact come out against doing any public awareness campaigns about domestic or sexual violence at all

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Count Cormacula
@cormacos.bsky.social

I hate Ken so much. So much.

Dean Buckley@deanbuckley.bsky.social

I had to read this a few times as I assumed I was just reading what he wrote ungenerously, but no, Ken O'Flynn has in fact come out against doing any public awareness campaigns about domestic or sexual violence at all

Count Cormacula
@cormacos.bsky.social

The anger of Aontú, Minister O’Callaghan et al. at the DRCC ad is stemming from this same font of confected aggrievement. I’d bet a fiver on it.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

Count Cormacula
@cormacos.bsky.social

Just seen a RPG review for a 5e product that 1) credits the writers for havin an "eff you, WotC" attitude, and 2) praises them for churning out so many expansions for D&D. The product is AI. I could do the same in an afternoon. That would really stick it to WotC. What are we even doing here?

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Raven Books
@ravenbooks.bsky.social

If I was to write a haunted house story it would be about a techbro billionaire who buys an old castle, installs all the latest AI tech to make it a SmartCastle™, invites all his techbro billionaire cronies to a celebration party and the castle, in its ancient wisdom, destroys them all without mercy

Count Cormacula
@cormacos.bsky.social

“The contemporary sculpture is inspired by Dublin’s distinctive brand mark and creates a new visual landmark in the heart of the capital. It celebrates the people, places and qualities that make Dublin a dynamic, creative and welcoming region in which to live, work, invest, study and visit.”

Carl Kinsella@carlkinsella.bsky.social

"The primary disadvantage of the Dublin D, for the purposes of my specific research, is that there’s really no spot nearby where you can peep at it without looking like some kind of flasher." Here's my review of the Dublin D.

thejournal.ieThe Dublin D is a monument to our desperate desire to build monuments to thingsIt’s not much, but then again, it doesn’t have to be to impress tourists.
Count Cormacula
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I passed by the D yesterday. The person I was with said at least it’s providing a service to tourists who want to be photographed beside something identifiably Dublin. I pointed out the fact that it obscures the view of Fusilier’s Arch.

Count Cormacula
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It feels like we’re two different countries having two different conversations.

Irish Independent@independent.ie

Government scrambles to distance itself from ad telling grandparents not to hug grandchildren www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

independent.ieGovernment scrambles to distance itself from ad telling grandparents not to hug grandchildrenSocial Democrats TD says Justice Minister’s intervention in Dublin Rape Crisis Centre content sets ‘dangerous precedent’
Count Cormacula
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Most of my grandparents are no longer with us, but I absolutely cannot imagine any of them seeing that ad and thinking “they’re having a go at me”. They just weren’t that thin skinned nor self-absorbed.

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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social

We are heartbroken at the news of the death of Dónal Lunny, one of the most talented, influential & innovative musicians of the Irish music scene over the past 60 years. Irish music is the better for his influence & part in it as a composer, musician and producer. Suaimhneas síoraí dá anam uasal. 🕊

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Elaine Burke
@elaineburke.bsky.social

My mother and sister both have careers I would describe as requiring professional-grade empathy. I consider them both experts at it. Many times, I’ve seen them educate people on the importance of respecting the bodily autonomy of children, most often via the advice: do not force them to hug.

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TradTG4
@tradtg4.bsky.social

Tá laoch ar lár 🕊️ Suaimhneas síoraí dá anam ceolmhar 🤍 Déanaimid comhbhrón lena mhuintir, a chomhghleacaithe agus a chairde 🙏🏻

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Una Mullally
@unamullally.bsky.social

This, from the hugely experienced Irish courts reporter, Isabel Hayes, on the Minister for Justice’s performative outrage over an ad about children and consent, is worth reading.

Count Cormacula
@cormacos.bsky.social

If elected Minister of Justice, I will order the seizure of phones, laptops and other devices of anyone who attempts to stymie conversations around consent and children’s bodily autonomy.

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RTÉ News
@news.rte.ie

Scientists estimate that over 50,000 people died prematurely because of high temperatures across 854 European cities between June and August this year, making it Europe's deadliest summer heat on record.

rte.ieOver 50,000 heat deaths in European cities this summerScientists estimate that over 50,000 people died prematurely because of high temperatures across 854 European cities between June and August this year, making it Europe's deadliest summer heat on reco...
Count Cormacula
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Yeah, this. This is the one.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

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Gary Gannon TD
@garygannontd.bsky.social

It makes me deeply uncomfortable that the Minister for Justice has used his Twitter account to create an online pile on of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. It also appears to me a dangerous precedent that this minister, and his dept. have instructed the DRCC to remove content that he disapproved of.

Count Cormacula
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Someone went on a spending spree using my credit card details. I had no particular ill will for the scammers (had an expensive lunch, enjoyed a spa day, bought some flowers) until I found out they’d bought a pint in a Wetherspoons.

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Conor Gallagher
@conorgallagher.bsky.social

At the @iiea today, EU sanctions chief David O'Sullivan was asked about our investigation into Aughinish Alumina. He said Irish alumina “undoubtedly” ended up supplying, at least in part, the Russia's military. “I think there's no doubt the investigative journalists got it right”

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RTÉ
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An tAmhrán is Ansa Linn celebrates a selection of the 40 songs most loved by Irish speakers, as nominated by Raidió na Gaeltachta listeners. 📺 Saturday, 24th October at 9.25pm on RTÉ One | RTÉ Player https://www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2026/1021/1595372-oiche-dar-saol-an-t-amhran-is-ansa-linn/

rte.ieOíche dár saol: An t-Amhrán is Ansa LinnRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra staged a special concert in Teach Pobail Chríost Rí in Gort an Choirce in the Donegal Gaeltacht earlier this month.