Norma Casey NCY

Are we the only household in the country that didn’t get the Be Emergency Ready booklet?#doomed #goners #FeelingLeftOut

Bit of positive news to start the week: the online voter registration system voter.ie is now live nationwide (having previously worked only for Dubliners) - now anyone in the State can register or update their details on the electoral register in a couple of minutes using only their PPS number.

Tonight at St Anne's: Blessed are the Cheesemakers. Free talks and tastings, 7:30pm to 8:30pm, part of the new Old Butter Roads Festival with @thebuttermuseum.bsky.social. ⠀ #Shandon #Cork #OldButterRoads

Ed Gamble is great. But he’s no Kevin McGahern. And Claudia is great. But she’s no Siobhán. That opening game though shows the size of the BBC budget. But we got… sheep in a field. And we LIKED it! Also, wouldn’t you miss the swearing. C’mon Joanne. #CelebrityTraitors #SpéirGorm

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023

That BBC doc about the Bayeux tapestry is fascinating.

#TraitorsIRL should be how RTÉ justifies the license fee. Lower budget moments (last year’s cattle trailer death row, this year’s sheep task) aside, it’s otherwise monumental water cooler TV showcasing the best bits of Ireland: Craic, diversity, cute hoorism, ár gcultúr, and Siobhán. ‘Mon season 3!

Another hugely entertaining series of #TraitorsIrl. Such a satisfying climax. Comhgairdheas to all the contestants. But seriously lads, Siobhán! utterly magnificent. Her wardrobe! divine. Not forgetting Kevin McGavern, killing it on Uncloaked. Bualadh bos mór to all involved.

Stunned! And thrilled! #TraitorsIrl

What I really don’t understand is, why did Anna and Diego not talk to each other all along??? #TraitorsIrl

There’s an idea.

Last October, Israel agreed to a ceasefire. Israeli attacks since have killed more than 1,300 people according to the Gaza health ministry, whose figures are considered generally reliable by the United Nations.

Release of Cork Luas submissions “contrary to the public interest” -- Release of submissions from TDs, councillors, sports clubs, schools and residents' associations rejected. Transport Infrastructure Ireland has rejected a request for submissions on the planned Cork Luas tram line and active…

Croke Park looking amazing. Well done Katie. I hate boxing🙈

Dad of Twins married to Diego??? #TraitorsIRL #TraitorsIRE

Ah lads. What about when yer one put her foot through the “giant dolmen stone” #TraitorsIRL #TraitorsIRE

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Ah lads! Sonia Rob Derv Paul and David. You’d have to love the athletics.

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There’s a lot of running away in The Odyssey. Kinda reminded me of Monty Python.

Anyone know of a dog charity which accepts dog beds, blankets toys etc in good condition, in the Cork area?

Excellent comment by Gavan Cooney on the News at One on @news.rte.ie “he has lost the support of his sheep” on Infantino. So apt #FatherTed the gift that keeps on giving.

The birds aren’t only ones that need a drink #bees

So happy for the 90 year olds, 80 year olds and 70 year olds in Mayo. Great for the kids too but fantastic for the older citizens. #Mayo #Sam #AllIreland hope we’re not waiting that long for Liam McCarthy to return to Cork. Mayo abú. Cmon the Rebels

Best days. #BackGarden

Carrigaline Lido

Pico!

Birdbath doing overtime this morning

#otd On this day in 1912, Hannah Sheehy Skeffington smashed some windows in Dublin Castle "as an act of suffrage". I love this plaque at the castle for its Irish translation; "a rinne smidirini de na fuinneoga seo". One of my favourite Irish words, #speirgorm * #smidiríní *

"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

Chinese Lantern tree is humming! 💤 🐝

The legend @cmatbaby.bsky.social said a lot more in her acceptance speech than what RTÉ are reporting. (Video posted by Lisa McLoughlin on Instagram - www.instagram.com/reel/DYnTKR3...) #Speirgorm

Congratulations to Adam Sweeney, Padraig O'Hora and Eanna McGowan and their respective Sherpa Pemba, Milan and Sona who have reached the summit of Everest tonight. They are the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Irish summits of Everest this season and the 86th, 87th & 88th Irish summits of Everest overall.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Helen McEntee, is with us live in studio tonight on #MondayGR to discuss this and more. We’re live at the slight later time of 10:15pm on Virgin Media One, and online on Virgin Media Play.

Mount Congreve looked magnificent today. Had never been and mid May seems like the optimal time to visit. Highly recommend you go immediately before these blossoms fade.

The Taoiseach wants consideration of nuclear. I made a programme that did that. Long story short: an Irish nuclear power plant wouldn’t generate any electricity until 2066 at the very earliest. Link at end of thread.

The public has been advised not to feed garden birds during the summer months because of the threat of disease.

On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.

The Department of Justice keeps Its own bees on the roof of St Stephen’s Green and labels their produce ‘Just Honey’

For the third year in a row, a cuckoo has landed in Killarney National Park after flying over 9,000 kilometres from Ghana. Cuach Cores had not been heard of since last Autumn after he’d successfully crossed the Sahara. jrnl.ie/7019857

The National Archives of Ireland has announced 48 'Centenarian Ambassadors' for the public release of the 1926 Census records.

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Very happy to donate to the Muslim Sisters of Éire who feed the unhoused week in week out. Only takes a minute msoe.ie/donate/

You may feel powerless to respond to hate but you are not. One small thing you can do, which will make a real difference, is donate to the Muslim Sisters of Éire. I just did it, and it only takes a moment. These incredible women show up day after day to feed unhoused people. msoe.ie/donate/

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