Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️

🇪🇺EU policy and queer history | Fish 🐟 & Ships 🚢 | All views are mine, unfortunately | Homo galore🏳️‍🌈 | he/him | Trans rights are human rights🏳️‍⚧️

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

😊I was thrilled to launch my report, "Moments of LGBTI+ Victories & Struggles in Europe & EU", last Thursday at the @RIAdawson at @EPinIreland's event🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺

It looks at moments of European integration and queer liberation.

👉@emireland: https://t.co/Hub1ebZpiP
📸@Khayden2412

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

After 15 years on Twitter, my time here is at an end. Its sad to leave what was once a wonderful, fun and creative place. But it is harder to be on here when... well, we all know the terrible reasons.

Maybe I'll return

Until then, you'll find me on #SpéirmGorm🦋

Slán a chairde

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

Loving this evening. Its just like being in a podcast. Your seats are so low I can only hear ye! #ITinsidepolitics

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

With 59.6% (-3.3%) turnout for #GE24, we're getting into Irish turnout for European Parliament election territory.

What has always underminded the EP's legitimacy is poor turnout, which was 50.7% both in Ireland and EU this year.

Is the Dáil heading towards a legitimacy crisis?

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

A very late addition to the register of electors for Cork South-West today🤩

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

@daithigor I've heard that some nuns leak it to some photo journalists that they're about to vote, ensuring that they're always in a national paper.

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

Once I reach my 15-year (!!!) anniversary on Twitter in January, I'll be more or less only on Bluesky.

As I go along, I'm following people there that I have here. Give me a follow over there if ya fancy :)

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

🔵🦋https://t.co/GnZgZw0dOs

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

Well. Might we hope that one day Orbán might be kicked out of office in Hungary?

[Europe Elects @EuropeElects]

Hungary, Publicus poll:

TISZA-EPP: 39%
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 38% (+1)
DK-S&D: 9% (+1)
MH-ESN: 5% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 3% (-1)
MSZP-S&D: 3% (+1)
Momentum-RE: 2%

+/- vs. 11-18 October 2024

Fieldwork: 14-19 November 2024
Sample size: 1,000

➤ https://t.co/67Z6tcP0ot

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

Any more opinion polling before polling day? #GE2024

I know there'll be an exit poll...

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

@daithigor Might he be the shortest serving taoiseach ever?👀

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

🔵🦋https://t.co/GnZgZw0dOs

[Carlow Weather @CarlowWeather]

That would blow a few elections posters! Long way out yet and other weather models not showing anything as severe but one to watch for the weekend.

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

A blissful time when its author had not fallen down the anti-trans right drain

[Pop Hive @thepophive]

'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' was released 23 years ago today, marking the official start of the Harry Potter saga.

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

🇮🇪Ireland is expected to have the second fastest growing economy next year in the 🇪🇺EU.

Bottom in the EU include its biggest economies: 🇮🇹Italy (1%), 🇫🇷France (0.8%) and 🇩🇪Germany (0.7%)

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Growth forecast for 2025 (%):

🇲🇹 4.3
🇮🇪 4.0
🇵🇱 3.6
🇭🇷 3.3
🇱🇹 3.0
🇧🇬 2.9
🇨🇾 2.8
🇷🇴 2.5
🇩🇰 2.5
🇸🇮 2.5
🇨🇿 2.4
🇬🇷 2.3
🇱🇺 2.3
🇸🇰 2.3
🇪🇸 2.3
🇵🇹 1.9
🇭🇺 1.8
🇸🇪 1.8
🇳🇱 1.6
🇪🇺 1.5
🇫🇮 1.5
🇧🇪 1.2
🇪🇪 1.1
🇱🇻 1.0
🇮🇹 1.0
🇦🇹 1.0
🇫🇷 0.8
🇩🇪 0.7

Autumn #ECForecast → https://t.co/2Fw58Zupjn

[emily north @north0fnorth]

one of the hardest roasts of all time holy shit

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

@power633 I've darkened the door of TikTok!😄

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

Austrian Airlines has left Twitter. Shouldn't you?*

*I'll be exiting off here come January.

[Austrian Airlines @_austrian]

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[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

🔵🦋https://t.co/GnZgZw0dOs

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

French politics is not done with the year of our lord 2024.

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

🚨 BREAKING: Prosecutors asked that far-right French lawmaker Marine Le Pen be found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison — a judgment that threatens to torpedo her expected presidential bid.

Full story: https://t.co/RsuZMw8S68

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

Reassuring to hear this at the national level from chancellor-in-waiting Merz as Germany's election approaches. But, if I'm not mistaken, the CDU has worked with the AfD at the state level previously.

[DW Politics @dw_politics]

Merz: There's no way, AfD!
Conservative chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz again says no to cooperation between his CDU/CSU and the far-right AfD party. The AfD is currently polling at second place, but so far all other parliamentary groups have ruled out any cooperation.

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

@EnyaMorricone That's the spirit!

[Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @bearaboi]

The exodus continues apace.

Come on, losers! Get off Twitter, and come join us in the calm and soothing waters of BlueSky💙🦋
https://t.co/nTRtqzljXA