Wild Horse Nine is probably McDonagh’s finest work. Rich in metaphors & melancholic meaning as it is in pleasing 70’s-filtered landscape. Stunning - prefect last film in the trilogy of “grumpy fellas figuring out life” #Speirgorm
Louise Troy
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Practicing Barrister 🇮🇪 -Horse Girl- Former Archaeologist-Leix
MAGA media is freaking out about the democratic socialists en-route to DC. But, in a positive development for American democracy, they have accepted the election results and are not calling for a coup!
I’m living for it! Make it happen America! 🍿
Shane Glackin@eltorosolo.bsky.social · 7d agoEven better; Dr. Senator Abdul El-Sayed questioning a subpoenaed RFK Jr.
Talk about an underdog - everything was against this man from the start! Stunning achievement - I genuinely look forward to seeing him in action in government!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.El-Sayed: "Michigan, we did it! My name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. And I am so proud and honored to stand here as your senator-elect."
Elon Musk Wasted Nearly Half a Billion Dollars on Major Midterm Defeats
Elon Musk Wasted Nearly Half a Billion Dollars on Major Midterm Defeats
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I’d never be nervous about a US mid-term election, but with all the stockpiling chatter, this seems like one to be nervous about! #Speirgorm
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last wk.Polling data points to a 'blue wave' in tomorrow's US midterm elections, with Democrats leading in nearly all seven battleground Senate races. Here are the key races to watch: ft.trib.al/9hN2kV0
NEW: Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the US, one day after Brazilian authorities asked him for his passports, US officials say. He lost the election to Lula and is being investigated over ties to a lawyer accused of laundering more than $1 billion. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...
Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for the. U.S. After Election Defeat (Gift Article)
Mr. Bolsonaro was trying to get to the United States after the Brazilian police asked him to hand over his passports because of his links to an investigation.
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Tbh totally honest, I just don’t have the energy for all this stockpiling craic. If the ship is going down, I’m just going to waiting for it, in my garden with a G&T in my slippers & dressing gown. #Speirgorm
I want to know more about the haunted shopping centre in Laois!
Darach Ó Séaghdha@darach.bsky.social · last mo.I’m asking the important questions this week in @thejournal.ie this spooky season. Was WB Yeats a vampire? The proof is in the poetry jrnl.ie/7188070
€22 million euro for the Ryder Cup is madness! I practise in a courthouse which has a rat problem & no consultation rooms. 22million would go a long way to building proper facilities. #Speirgorm
Nothing short of torture. The brutality of this makes no sense. #Speirgorm
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.Randy Spivey, an attorney for Pike, said he counted at least seven needles inserted into her left arm during the execution, adding that one of them appeared bent when it was withdrawn. Read more here:
Horrific & unnecessary. #Speirgorm
Nashville Banner@nashvillebanner.bsky.social · last mo.Christa Pike, who was supposed to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after the state tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday. TDOC officials refused to comment after the state’s second failed execution this year. nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...
The Justice System in Ireland is in a full-on crisis & the Department is sitting on its hands refusing to engage meaningfully #Speirgorm Prosecutions of serious crimes could be affected as Office of DPP faces industrial action www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Prosecutions of serious crimes could be affected as Office of DPP faces industrial action
Solicitors will refuse emergency calls from gardaí seeking advice on detention and charges, among other tasks
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Marie Keenan: Blaming defence solicitors for justice woes is unfair. Research shows that blaming defence solicitors for the ills of the criminal justice system, including adjournments and delays, seems to be grossly unfair. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Marie Keenan: Blaming defence solicitors for justice woes is unfair
Our research shows that blaming defence solicitors for the ills of the criminal justice system, including adjournments and delays, seems to be grossly unfair, writes professor Marie Keenan
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Uhh, last I checked, the courts had held that it was very much against the law to grant temporary release to someone just so you could deport them. www.thejournal.ie/ireland-depo...
GENEVA (AP) — UN-backed human rights experts find 'reasonable grounds' to believe US committed war crimes in 2 deadly strikes on Iran.
Instead of encouraging people onto public transport, they are driving people off it! Lowering fares and moving to free public transport should be a no-brainer, instead they're doing the opposite. In one fell swoop they are worsening the cost of living and climate crises!
Given the manner in which geo-politics is moving, this is a great idea!
Euronews@euronews.com · 2mo agoCanada invited to become first 'associate member' of the EU ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/3BBg
Ed Sheeran has made some eejit of himself. He has more money than he could spend in a lifetime & yet, he bows to the suppression of an artist right to express an important political view, for I assume money. #Speirgorm #FreePalestine I’m sure he could afford to cancel the tour! 🙄
Amazing. A Cuban dance instructor living in Russia recruits random people to carry out acts of arson and terror in Europe, on behalf of the Russian state www.dw.com/en/cuban-dan...
Cuban dance teacher ordered EU sabotage attacks from Russia
In 2024, a Cuban man coordinated a series of arson attacks in four EU countries while operating on behalf of Russian intelligence services. DW Investigations tracked him back to a Latin dance studio i...
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