Jennie O’Sullivan
@jennieos.bsky.social
Former RTÉ Reporter from the People’s Republic of Cork with a visa for the Kingdom of Kerry. Poetry, my gang and rugby served with a dash of good humour - my recipe for a happy life x
All of Ed Sheeran's supporting acts, including two Irish groups, have pulled out of the singer-songwriter's US tour following the departure of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore said on Monday he was forced out for advocating for Palestinians. www.thejournal.ie/ed-sheeran-m...
All of Ed Sheeran's support acts, including two Irish groups, quit tour over Macklemore row
Macklemore said he was forced out of the tour after he advocated for Palestinians on stage while supporting Sheeran.
thejournal.ie
Heard a BBC vox pop (truly the bottom feeding of broadcast journalism) complain that the RNLI might not be able to get to ‘genuine people’ because they were busy rescuing from small boats. ‘GENUINE PEOPLE’. Imagine being that level of soulless d**k.
“Restoring Van Gogh's Ear & Mending His Broken Heart” 🎨 #asmr #satisfying #vangogh #papercraft #stopmotion IG: @paper_pepper (페이퍼 후추)
With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
Gloria Steinem, the American writer, lecturer, activist and organiser who fought for gender equality and women's civil and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died at 92
Feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem dies at 92
Gloria Steinem, the American writer, lecturer, activist and organiser who fought for gender equality and women's civil and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died, her foundation said...
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Two Reform UK officials have stepped down and the party has launched an investigation following allegations they breached political donation rules by having polling paid for by an overseas company
Reform UK officials step down over donation allegations
Two Reform UK officials have stepped down and the party has launched an investigation following allegations they breached political donation rules by having polling paid for by an overseas company.
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Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
Didn’t know I was drinking sewage for the past few months - and the EPA wouldn’t have known if our reporter Donal O’Keeffe hadn’t started asking questions. Real journalism is worth subscribing for. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Raw sewage flowed into Cork river feeding drinking water reservoir for five months
An apartment development was mistakenly connected to a storm drain, sending wastewater into the Butlerstown river
irishexaminer.com
If Microsoft is handing on private personal details to other parties, that surely means its products can’t be used for schools either. I say this as someone with two daughters using Microsoft for pretty much every class in school. #SpeirGorm
Holger Hestermeyer@hhesterm.bsky.social · last mo.This incident needs to be thoroughly investigated. If true, no public office in the EU or any member state can continue to run any microsoft products. nltimes.nl/2026/05/22/m...
Love the colour appearing on some of the buildings on Patrick Street. Is this part of @corkcity.bsky.social paint scheme? Looks so so much better 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #Cork Here’s to more following suit.
Ireland is the EU centre for regulating Microsoft’s use of personal data, and the DPC is the body required under statute to enforce it. The Minister for Enterprise, Peter Burke, was asked about relying on US tech companies for sensitive state info in Feb 26. He said it wasn’t on his radar.
Holger Hestermeyer@hhesterm.bsky.social · last mo.This incident needs to be thoroughly investigated. If true, no public office in the EU or any member state can continue to run any microsoft products. nltimes.nl/2026/05/22/m...
RTÉ News: Sexual Violence Centre calls for new legislation to tackle spiking "endemic"
The sun will rise in #Cork #Ireland tomorrow at 6:19, 97 seconds later than the day before. It will set at 20:57, 120 seconds earlier than the day before.
I've been haunted by the words of former Cumann na mBan women who led lives of quiet desperation in the state they helped to build. @lloislanel.bsky.social has done eye-opening & vital research laying bare the hardship faced by single women in Cork. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #SpeirGorm
Clodagh Finn: The Cork women who helped build the State were left with almost nothing
New research uncovers the poverty, neglect and quiet desperation faced by Cork women who fought during Ireland’s revolutionary period
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‘Then there was the casual, almost Muskian, manner in which minister Jack Chambers disbanded the climate division in the Department of Public Expenditure. In other words, the man holding the purse strings on big projects does not need any environmental inputs on their effects or improvement.’
The great green retreat: Is this Government done with trying to save the planet?
From pausing the carbon tax to scrapping the Dublin Airport passenger cap, the Taoiseach insists Coalition’s ‘pragmatic’ approach is the way forward while the Greens argue ministers are ‘defunding the...
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Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
Absent friend…. an empty chair unexpectedly jolts me backwards to happier times - gathered together in the snug where her quick witted observations and teasing had her devotees enthralled. We are bereft at her loss. What will we do? What to do? #AbsentFriend #Beloved #Loss
Now that the space at the end of South Mall has re-opened I'll come back to my old hobby-horse of where 'City' by Pat O'Sullivan has moved to? I've not seen the space in person but doesn't look like this Cork 800 work has made the cut. Any idea where it is? @oliver.ie @michaelwaldron.bsky.social
Matchday in the Women's Premier Division! 👋🏼✍🏼 Kick-off against Athlone at the Cross is at 3pm 👊🏼 CCFC.ie/tickets 🎟️
Technically, they’re Remains now.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 3mo agoA fifth of Leave voters have died.
RTÉ News: Women call for redress over historical abuse in Co Cork school
RTÉ News: Dancers and musicians lighting up Cork Midsummer Festival
