Author of 'Posh Mackers' a book about poverty snobbery and OCD in Dublin Ireland from 78-88. Available via the QR code above this and a bit to the left ๐ค
My youngest (9) informed me yesterday that he won't go to McDonald's anymore because they support what Israel is doing to Gaza.
I don't talk politics around the kids.
His decision is based off what the school kids were talking about in the school yard. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
GameStop offered my eldest โฌ1 exchange or โฌ0.80c cash on a playstation game they had for sale for โฌ25.00 in the shop ...
A man in the queue behind us offered him โฌ10.00.
The deal was done at the shop counter.
Everyone a winner except GameStop.
#SweetJustice
@Liam_Geraghty
I was one of the applicants at the time, just getting a reply was the bounce I needed for another decade (of time).
Thank you for posting this x
A tiny taste of the thousands of people in Dublin supporting Palestine.
Dear Irish media, don't try and reduce the numbers in your reports later.
#FreePalestine
My past cannabis use has come back to bite me with regards to getting passed garda vetting.
25 euro worth of cannabis ffs.
And so the job offer I had in the bag is now gone.
I'm gutted.
I've another interview tomorrow over the phone but inevitably will face the same problem.
This old man snapped on the jammed full Luas.
5 screaming teenagers beside me ...
I snapped.
I bellowed "SHUT THE FUCK UP WILL YOU PLEASE JUST STAY FUCKING QUIET FOR A MINUTE!?"
You could have heard a church mouse squeaking in the void of silence that my shout left behind.
Rest In Peace Olive Ross-Magahy. She went peacefully this afternoon aged 87 years.
She was a very difficult mother to have because of her ocd, but she was also the only mother I'll ever have, so my heart is broken.
Rte news says there's a number of Jewish families in Ireland complaining that Educate Together is preparing to declare Israel as an apartheid state ...
I understand why they would feel embarrassed by apartheid but surely it's best to face reality rather than aim for denial?
The bottom rung for accommodation in Victorian England was access to bend over a rope for the night. It cost a penny.
Mainly used by drunken sailors who'd spent all their money on booze.
If you've ever wondered about the source of the word 'hungover', now you know too.
Does Ireland really need to see Kathryn Thomas pretend to haul her young child in a tv camera stuffed campervan across the country?
I did a poll of the nursing home sitting room and "ask my arse" got a unanimous majority.
Anyone else think a 17 euro full Irish breakfast is going above and beyond the limits of taking the complete piss?
They can shove it up their bad ass cafe is what they can do.
These smack dealer lads started throwing bottles at me earlier. I think they felt I was a threat to their open dealing because I was standing there holding a tour guide umbrella getting ready to do a tour.
Thet usually deal from Aston quay but Garda presence moved them on.
The accidental landlord's are leaving in their thousands because they know the property market has reached peak price and they're selling at peak price.
The landlord's are not leaving the market for reasons other than maximum return on investment.
Denis redacted O'Brien, former long term employer of Hugh O'Connell had a HUGE D4 house with no kitchen 25 years ago so he could 'legally' avoid it being described as a residence which would mean he'd have to pay tax here.
Holly Cairns โ who said ministers donโt understand the cost-of-living crisis because they can โpay for everythingโ โ has sought planning permission to build a home twice the size of an average 3-bed house
Ireland's lockdown was delayed because
@LeoVaradkar
wanted to make the lockdown announcement in a dramatic fashion from Washington with the global press watching.
He could have stayed home and advised against going to Cheltenham but he craved global PR instead.
#COVID19ireland
The mother of a man who would give everything to replace Ryan on the radio is giving her morning radio advice that Ryan needs a minimum of another six months sabbatical.
No names mentioned...
If you know you know...
I'm a Dubliner.
Protestant background.
Atheist cos I was shown how light works...
I've always run a million miles away from the Protestantism up North because it's utterly alien to the Dublin Protestantism I grew up with.
Plus I've always been
#think32
.
This is a funny video.
I've been a
@sinnfeinireland
and
#Socialist
voter all of my voting life. Which is about 25 years now.
I never joined a political party that whole time.
The recent rush to join a PP made me re-evaluate that position.
So I've just joined
#SinnFein
.
Woohooo!!! ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
I made the luas carriage laugh.
Blind man with his dog got on. We started talking about his dog. He said that his dog would be retiring next year aged 10. I said he's lucky FG are no longer in power or it would be 13.
The carriage laughed.
Woohoo.
#ge2020
Others have probably already speculated. I'm gonna to speculate too. I'd say the chances are 90% that those young Dubliners who beat up a Ukrainian and American in Dublin were deeply influenced by the anti foreigner hatred coming the
#IrelandIsFull
scumbags.
Throw your Irish surname into this, or throw your ancestors Irish surname into this and behold ...
A map of Ireland with where your Irish surname was in 1901 and 1911.
Barry Griffin is the mapping genius behind it.
Nursing home got back. Thanked me for being upfront with them. Told me their HR department are happy to proceed to interview stage based on the information I gave in advance.
In other words, if they offer me a job based off interviews, I'll have secured the job!
Onwards! โ๐ฟโ๐ฝโ๐ป
They think enough time has passed since the priests got fiddly and the nuns got kidnappy and the bishops and archbishop's kept moving then around to spread the morality based 'love' ...
Make Ireland a Catholic stronghold again!
The rejection of wokeism by the Irish people, despite the strong campaign for a yes vote by mainstream Irish parties and NGOs, indicates a glimmer of hope. The monthly Rosary rallies organized by Catholic men across the country areโฆ
@donlav
@williamhboney1
If there ever existed a rightwing reply it is yours Don.
Pls feel free to enjoy your journalist juice anytime.
Today I'm 103 days drink a smoke free.
All tweeted.
Pls take your take responsibility RW view and your lack of research & deposit it deep inside your ex Spindo arse. โ๐ฟ
Important Reminder.
The IDF was one of the first state sponsored terror organisations to set up troll farms during the Arab Spring.
The IDF still use troll farms today ...
Lots of the pro Israeli trolls you've been arguing with are ...
A man died in front of me today.
Nobody could save him.
Massive heart-attack.
Not sure how I feel but apparently it's something that I won't get used to but will experience again.
May he rest in peace.
Would you like some good news?
I have received my green light and I am officially working for this company!
I can't possibly condense my feelings into any form of sentence that would do descriptive justice to those feelings.
Thank you for your support!
WE WON!
John Connors is an absolute wanker.
I told him recently in a tweet.
Now I'm telling you and him again.
He is an absolute wanker absolutely.
W A N K E R F A S C I S T W A N K E R
@johnconnors1990
What does a man who inherited half of north kildare and a chunk of east meath know about what is affordable in housing?
Genuine Question Mr Bruton!
@drivetimerte
In june 2018 Ireland's biggest bank robberย wasย sentencedย to 6 years in jail for his role in a โฌ7.2 billion robbery perpetrated at the peak of the banking crisis in 2008.
He served 3 years and is released today.
FGFF know how to properly treat the suited and booted.
#DavidDrumm
America based Irish landlady still wants us out by the end of May.
I stopped looking at Daft about 3 weeks ago.
I hope she comes to her senses about selling this apartment on June 1st.
If she doesnt, I hope it's value halves.
I hope property prices plummet.
BURN BABY BURN.
I've had offers of potential interviews via dm.
Twitter is a wonderland.
I'm blown away by the kindness and I'm delighted with myself for being very open with you about my situation.
@caulmick
@fiannafailparty
Facilitating vulture funds is treasonous.
Destroying the economy before that is treasonous.
These fuckers. They throw the worst of themselves onto others and say 'they did it!'.
I got blocked by a longterm follower yesterday for pointing out that they are about to come at SF with antisemitism bullshit because SF are outspoken defenders of Palestinian rights.
Didn't take long eh?
It's how they fucked Corbyn. They twist Palestinian support into AntiS.
Car Insurance last year was 460.
Renewal of 568 just arrived in post.
What could the justification for a 25% hike given the world economy has done fuck all for 3 months?
My car has barely moved in 3 months.
Gonna give it a day before making calls.
#InsuranceRipOff
No phone access all day which was an unexpected psychological hurdle I cleared. 12 hour shift has my legs complaining. Otherwise...
I really really enjoyed my first day.
And I absolutely love the job!
I threw a tenner away with the tesco receipt.
Got home.
Noticed i'm tennerless.
Drove back to bin.
Found tenner wrapped in receipt.
Woohoo.
I'm home and washed and so is the tenner.
I missed this. It's astonishing. Why would FFG
#Ireland
vote against a draft resolution to combat the glorification of nazism and neo nazism?
What? Wait? WHAT??
Why did any country vote against it? Look at the list.
Can someone explain this pls?
'this is a private tour where everyone booked and paid in advance!"
"THIS IS MY REPUBLIC AND IM FREE TO JOIN YOUR GROUP IN A REPUBLIC!"
#IrelandisFull
numbskull at start of my tour.
L
I'm supposed to feel empathy for
#beeffarmers
, but do beef farmers show empathy for the rest of us by continuing to historically vote for FF and FG?
No, they fucking do not.
Farmers can go and ask my arse.
I will try acknowledge your responses with my own responses soon.
It's all a bag of shite at the moment and I am powerless to try do something about it until the morning.
But I'm really glad I shared with you.
You have given me hope when I was feeling hopeless.
Thank you :-)
Waited 20 minutes for the owner of the car who blocked me in to appear.
The most stupid man in Dublin today.
Why?
He left a note saying ring this number and he will be 30 seconds away.
HE LEFT HIS PHONE CHARGING ON HIS DASHBOARD.
Rightwingery has two answers for any opposition to their ideology.
The high brow answer is "Cultural Marxism" ...
Their low brow answer is "Paedo!" ...
That's as broad and wide and deep as they get.
The
#IrelandIsFull
brigade are stupidity radicalised.
This is a Dutch television broadcast about the cheap lives of Palestinians in Gaza.
I wish Irish television was as fearless when it comes to standing up for Palestinians.
Protest later in Dublin, I'll see you there. โ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ธโฅ๏ธ
A recording of last night when the gardai wanted to seize my car. My young fella got upset, you'll hear that. He was 100% afterwards. I edited out some of the start and finish where I give my name address etc.
Bon appetite!
#gardageddon
Insurance wanted 540 renewal so I did that trick where I pretended I rang other insurers and got a quote for 445 and asked my insurance company to match and they did.
Insurance costs are made up of fantasy numbers.
You too should leap through the back of the insurance wardrobe.
We are a blessed people here in Ireland...
We don't merely get one Irish Moses down from the Mount. We get a limited oversupply of them.
God stuffed his love into these men. Look at their faces. Feel the power ...
Of radicalised stupidity.
Of limitless
#IrelandIsFull
hate.
I bought a pair of shoes today. They are commensurate with what I could afford.
I saw no PR in the moment and so chose not to invite the media.
If you are among the many shoe journalists in Ireland, please feel free to retweet. Thank you.
Again I am being fucked by garda vetting.
Last time I lost a job.
This time I may lose another.
All because of a pending court case that says 'possession of drugs' (25 worth of grass).
Garda never showed up in court last time. Yet it still appears on garda vetting results!
NOBODY SHOULD SEEK TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM THIS CRISIS says the man whose political career was saved by the same crisis, says the man who is using our money on
#scu
PR to maintain his saved by a pandemic political career.
#COVID19ireland
#coronavirus
It's a pending case. Because its pending and might lead to a conviction it shows up on the garda vetting.
Was 2 years ago and the court case isn't until September. Was a 25 bag of grass!
I have the name and number for the garda charging me and I'll be ringing him in the morning.
VERY proud that my revolutionary paperwork was waiting when I got home.
I am now a card carrying Shinner!
Come and have a go if you think you're politically aware enough!
Onwards to Government and a United Ireland!
I am a Protestant Republican United Irishman!
Hear me ROAR!
Tanaiste Micheรกl Martin has accused Sinn Fรฉin of โinfecting a new generation of young peopleโ.
Ah yes the rhetoric of โdiseaseโ and โinfectionโ - the go to rhetoric of respectable political leaders.
Remember the 25 worth of marijuana pending court case SURPRISE that appeared on my garda vetting and led to me losing a job offer?
Case date was today ...
The noise I made about how unfair it was moved the garda withdraw the charge.
Case withdrawn.
I am the eventual winner!
My past cannabis use has come back to bite me with regards to getting passed garda vetting.
25 euro worth of cannabis ffs.
And so the job offer I had in the bag is now gone.
I'm gutted.
I've another interview tomorrow over the phone but inevitably will face the same problem.
Young Leo d'bollix was never selected
As leader of Ireland he was not elected
He's Taoiseach by default until we decide
To burn him by ballot & redden his hide
His PR department will seek out our love
Spin weaving his grace into Jesus above.
Don't fall for it.
#GE18
#Ireland
Break out the fireworks!
Arrange a socially distanced parade!
Order a giant gold star!
Buy in a load of exclamation marks!!!
I have today reached one hundred days of sobriety after almost 30 years of none.
No tobacco, grass, hash (turf in ireland) or alcohol for 100 days!
I went onto the housing list 15 years ago. A few weeks ago I applied for a choice based letting. Got a phone call earlier from DCC.
I've been approved... ๐คฏ
Some minor hurdles to clear BUT it looks like I'm getting really close to the top of a 15 year queue.