Mary Plunkett

Product manager with an interest in writing. Yet another Irish person abroad.

[Mary Plunkett @MaryPlunkett89]

Will be requesting this from senior Plunkett council for my next birthday.

[Mary Plunkett @MaryPlunkett89]

@anakinsella I was thinking about these guys today! I've had an on/off obsession with them since I heard of them as a teenager. Seeing Tollund Man in real life would probably be on my bucket list.

[Rory Hearne @RoryHearneGaffs]

The richest 10% in Ireland own 53% of the wealth. But half the country only owns 2% of the wealth. Ireland has a major inequality problem & COVID made it worse as Irelands billionaires increased their wealth. Rising housing inequalities making it worse
also @OxfamIreland

[Tara Gráinne Ní Chonghaile @TaraGrace_]

multiple young women being stabbed at random by a man on a bike in Belfast last year.

a young woman attacked and blinded in Dublin this week.

a young woman beaten and murdered in Tullamore yesterday.

this isn’t a one off. this is life for women, every single day.

[Jennifer O'Connell @jenoconnell]

She was going for a run. 💔

[Tina MacVeigh 🇵🇸 @TinaMacVeigh]

There are no words to describe the depths to which we have sank, but I have tried:
EMERGENCY MOTION - #ReclaimtheIveaghMarkets
In light of recent rumors and media reports that a 'deal' granting ownership of the Iveagh Markets to a private developer, this council agrees that:

[TG4 @TG4TV]

WOHOO #NollaigNamBan ✨✨✨

[Andy Zou @YoAndyZou]

Seinfeld Today: Elaine spends six hours in a testing line, Jerry finds his new girlfriend less attractive with a mask off, George attends an anti-vax rally so he can get "super-immunity," and Kramer hoards rapid tests.

[Dustin The Turkey @DustinOfficial]

PHEW.

#StStephensDay

[Mary Plunkett @MaryPlunkett89]

@KevDoyle_Indo The queue for the alter wine...

[Tim Mc Inerney @TimMacAndErny]

Six years ago I was lucky enough to be commuting to work when Paris metro workers discovered this secret treasure: a completely preserved metro station from 1959, hidden behind plastic hoardings for over half a century.
I hopped off the train to get a closer look … 1/

[William Sharp @BillSharph]

Tom Wambsgans is my Time Person of The Year #Succession

[The Blindboy Podcast @bbboatclub]

You know the way we're all really cautious about how we mention Santa Claus around Children in December? Can we have that? but for adults, on Twitter, about the plot of Succession.

[Mary Plunkett @MaryPlunkett89]

@OrrCollins @clerkster Another unfortunate reason why we shouldn't reboot old TV shows 😭🤦🏻‍♀️

[Mary Plunkett @MaryPlunkett89]

Such a wonderful, sympathetic balm of a read. ❤

[Ailbhe Rea @PronouncedAlva]

Beautiful column by @pippa_bailey yet again. I think we have been so lucky to have her writing with such raw clarity in the @NewStatesman this year.
https://t.co/YYOX0OIeKd

[The Blindboy Podcast @bbboatclub]

Climate change in Ireland means no more trampolines out back gardens. The last sad vestige of the celtic tiger

[The Guardian @guardian]

UK gender pay gap unaffected by government policy over past 25 years https://t.co/dI8ldVj0bU

[James Kavanagh @JamesKavanagh_]

You know the way they do Aftersun after Love Island or Little Big Brother after Big Brother, well I’d love one for the Toy Show straight after. Maybe called Put The Toys Away. A panel of gas people dissecting what happened. With wine.

[Mary Plunkett @MaryPlunkett89]

I wish I had been this ahead of the game as a teenager but I think I was just too sleep-deprived.