A wee bit of swanning around in Belfast this morning for the essentials: 📚 No Alibis on Botanic Avenue 🎶 Hectic Records 📚 Keats & Chapman
Aidan Curran
@aidancurran17.bsky.social
Runner. Bookeater. Francophone. Kerryperson. Presentable (He/him) #SpéirGhorm Writing about every song to top the Irish charts at irishnumberones.com and @irishnumberones.bsky.social
I lived in Paris for the most of a decade and saw a few "warzones". One time, a whole car was set on fire #WarZone www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...
Irish couple say Paris riots were 'like seeing a warzone'
An Irish man and his girlfriend who were caught up in the riots in Paris at the weekend have said what they witnessed was "like seeing a warzone" after protesters looted shops and destroyed vehicles.
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Tonight's Belfast pub: The Garrick, where they have their Halloween decorations up.
He's back again! Coming next in Ireland's chart-topping singles of 1974 at Irish Number Ones irishnumberones.com
A wee bit of swanning around in Belfast this morning for the essentials: 📚 No Alibis on Botanic Avenue 🎶 Hectic Records 📚 Keats & Chapman
The Crown, Belfast. Didn't do the splitting the G because obviously, but this is still the most touristy thing I've done here today.
"I spent 14 years in a British jail! For a book I never read!"
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7d agoSally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in the UK because of Palestine Action support
I miss Yes, That's The Joke from the old place:
Leah Reich@leahreich.com · last wk.Who’s gonna tell him
Here's an episode of RTE's early-'00s Celtic Tiger drama-comedy series The Big Bow Wow. Enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_1...
The Big Bow Wow (Complete Episode)
YouTube video by VHS Archiever
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Sherlock, though even the 'good' first two series seem a bit silly now.
Nev Fountain@nevfountain.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat TV show got so bad it effectively destroyed your appreciation for the show when it was was good?
Never too early for a Halloween tune set to classic horror movies: youtu.be/l2PoSljk8cE?...
Monster Mash
YouTube video by Tamara Baum
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Italy looked decent against France tonight, and their jerseys are still absolute class #Analysis #FRAITA
Corriere della Sera@mm-corriere-bot.bsky.social · 3w agoFrancia-Italia: pareggio di Bastoni, Donnarumma salva su Rabiot | Diretta 1-1 Nations League, terza partita per gli azzurri dopo ... https://www.corriere.it/sport/calcio/nations-league/diretta-live/26_ottobre_02/francia-italia-diretta-risultato.shtml
You know the new U2 single is bad when they have to do other stuff and play the oldies to distract from it: www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
U2 play to packed Grafton Street crowd from Bewley's
U2 have played a surprise gig from the balcony of Bewley's on Dublin's Grafton Street as the band marked 50 years together.
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Big news for a chemist's shop in Clonmel:
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 4w agoSebadoh’s 1996 album Harmacy is being reissued by @subpop.bsky.social The updated release will feature 16 bonus tracks, including alternate versions, rare B-sides, BBC radio sessions, and live material from the Harmacy era buff.ly/968zNEK
They're showing the Foster & Allen leprechaun episode again, I guess #totp
__________@jenbren.bsky.social · 4w agoBEST #TOTP APPEARANCE EVAh
Not that I'm a football hipster, but I'm watching Italy v Belgium with a matching Italian wine:
Another new U2 single passes unnoticed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mCN...
U2 - Silencio
YouTube video by U2VEVO
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[Cold open] - Captain! Suspect spotted 40 yards away in a slight crosswind with a suspicious device shaped like a Golden Delicious balanced on their head! - Christ! [looks wearily to camera] Get Tell. Now.
Aidan Curran@aidancurran17.bsky.social · last mo.Remember the William Tell TV series? Every episode they had to contrive the plot so that at the end he had to shoot an apple off someone's head: www.imdb.com/title/tt0140...
Remember the William Tell TV series? Every episode they had to contrive the plot so that at the end he had to shoot an apple off someone's head: www.imdb.com/title/tt0140...
Ah, just heard Catherine Ringer has died. One for all the francophiles and francophones: youtu.be/1zWlnzFXcKY?...
Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baïla (Clip Officiel)
YouTube video by Les Rita Mitsouko
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Things I was frightened of as a child: Electricity pylons The intro to Scooby Doo & Scrappy Doo The chance of a car bomb exploding and blowing my legs off as I walked past a random parked car Cap guns
Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel@alisoneales.com · last mo.Things I was frightened of as a child: Escalators Smurfs Rabies Childbirth Smurfs The whites of my own eyes reflected in the bathroom mirror before turning the light on The Hanna-Barbera swirly star Smurfs
I doubt anyone is surprised by which Irish TV pundit decided to try this on: www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
Kenny Cunningham: ‘It would be a good thing to see the Israeli team come on to the pitch in Dublin’
‘It would be a good thing to see the Israeli anthem respected inside the Aviva, it would send a signal from the Irish people to the Israeli people who have suffered as well in this conflict’
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Tiafoe v Medvedev: what a match! Looks like a possible Tiafoe v Alcaraz semi-final on Friday: can't wait! #USOpen
