Taking a break from the Middle East this weekend – I’ve been seconded from the Foreign Desk and will be reporting on the @RTEDublinBayNth constituency from the RDS. With 20 candidates and just two outgoing TDs standing, this 5-seater will return 3 first-time TDs (at least) #GE24
Yesterday, my wife tweeted a single line about a local Dublin Bay North election candidate Barry Heneghan, pretty mildly expressed, and received a weird defensive blast reply from him.
He wasn’t going to get my No 1, but now he’s not getting single digits.
Voters in Dublin Bay North should be aware that independent candidate, Barry Heneghan is Finian McGrath’s protege and he’s having a very bad day, imho.
@Viriconia It’s actually the archive of fun posts and past chats that has held me here in amber for the last few years.
But the Terrible Person has poisoned the well.
@Viriconia Hello! Good morrow to you!
I will shortly be exploding my Twitter account and your posts are one of the few remaining bright spots I would miss.
Can I extend a personal invite to you to come on over to, say, Bluesky as an alternative (Or https://t.co/qsARL0NJXu even)
New @EchoChambersPod with Digital Rights expert, Simon McGarr (@Tupp_Ed) on the Digital Safety Act and how good ideas badly legislated are doomed to failure.
Apple: https://t.co/P3V80ShLH6
Spotify: https://t.co/iGpr4euYAa
@dermotcasey You have to tell us your forwarding address- where are you decamping to? I have a foot in both Bluesky and Mastodon, so I will hunt you down. Nowhere is safe.
“Over the last five years the tide came in for Sinn Féin and then it went out again, and they never got the good of it... I can’t see the moon pulling the votes in SF’s favour again this year.”
The Gist 13/6/24
https://t.co/keKNOk3jBi