Just had the loveliest experience while getting my watch strap resized at Silver Phoenix in Bray. They’re a tiny, independent two-person jewellers – Martin and Joleta – and they took such care (Martin resized it three times and did a micro-adjustment and then undid it until we found the perfect fit).

In a world of faceless corporations you forget sometimes how lovely people can be.

So if you’re looking for jewellery, a watch, wallet or pen (or repairs/sizing/etc.), give them a shout and support a tiny local business that’s been going for five years now.

💕

silverphoenix.ie

#SilverPhoenix #Ireland #jewellery #watches #wallets #pens #repair #sizing #Bray #online #independent #shopLocal #shopIrish #local

Bray Goldsmith, Gold & Silver Jewellery | Expert Repairs

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^{SilverPhoenix (Silver Phoenix Jewellers)}

Looks like poor MeHole kissed Trump’s arse and fellated his ego on live TV for nothing.

“Singling out Ireland while discussing the proposed tariffs, Trump said that the tariffs would ‘bring pharmaceuticals back’ to the US, adding that ‘we don’t make anything here’”

thejournal.ie/high-risk-tariff…

#Ireland #USA #MeHole #Trump #tariffs

'Ireland was very smart': Trump namechecks Ireland as he pledges tariffs on pharma imports

Unemployment and inflation are forecast to rise under proposed US tariffs against the EU.

^{TheJournal.ie}

Ireland issues travel warning for the US.

newsweek.com/ireland-issues-tr…

#USA #fascism #EU #Ireland

Ireland Issues Travel Warning For US

Ireland's government website issued a specific update to its transgender citizens that may be traveling to the US.

^{Gabe Whisnant (Newsweek)}

Local Climate Activist Issues Stark Warning Ahead of Talk This Week
Michael Bergin
1–2 minutes

In the last 50 years in Ireland, we’ve lost two-thirds of our farmland birds, that’s according to a local climate activist, ahead of a major talk on the topic this week

kclr96fm.com/local-climate-act…

#Ireland #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Local Climate Activist Issues Stark Warning Ahead of Talk This Week

In the last 50 years in Ireland, we’ve lost two-thirds of our farmland birds, that’s according to a local climate activist, ahead of a major talk on the topic this week.

^{Michael Bergin (KCLR 96FM)}

"Hey Trump leave our homes alone"

Dublin, Ireland, February 15. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

@palestine
#Gaza
#Ireland
#protest

"Mar-A-Gaza"

Dublin, Ireland, February 15. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

#Ireland
#protest

#Dublin 'at a standstill' as hundreds stage protest in support of #Palestine on O'Connell Bridge

#Gaza #StopIsrael #StopUSA #StopGenocide
#IPSC #Ireland

jrnl.ie/6654117

Dublin 'at a standstill' as hundreds stage protest in support of Palestine on O'Connell Bridge

Commuters are being advised to avoid the area.

^{TheJournal.ie}

My “not a book review” of Careless People – the book Facebook doesn’t want you to read.

With highlights on Ireland’s complicity and the lengths people farmers (as I call them) will go to to appease authoritarian regimes like China.

ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-peop…

It’s clear from this that Ireland should be stripped of the authority to enforce GDPR and, really, people farmers – and the business model of people farming in general – should be banned in the EU.

(Don’t hold your breaths.)

#carelessPeople #facebook #peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #USA #fascism #technofascism #EU #Ireland #tax #GDPR #tech #humanRights #democracy

Careless people

Notes from “Careless People: A story of where I used to work: Power. Greed. Madness.” by Sarah-Wynn Williams

^{Aral Balkan}

Do not visit the USA unless you have no other option.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

Third German detained by fascist US regime.

Via @fonecokid

#USA #US #travelWarning #EU #Germany CC folks in #Ireland

Germany investigates after national with green card arrested at US border

Berlin checking if US immigration policy has changed after Fabian Schmidt becomes third German to be detained

^{Jennifer Rankin (The Guardian)}

Fanad Lighthouse, County Donegal, #Ireland

via s-usans-blog

@photography
#lighthouse

Tell me Ireland is America’s bitch without telling me…

Micheál Martin: Can’t I just show you on live television instead?

m.independent.ie/opinion/comme…

#MicheálMartin #Ireland #EU #Trump #OvalOffice #USA #fascism

Fionnán Sheahan: Micheál Martin ducked, weaved and didn’t defend Donald Trump’s victims in Oval Office octagon

There were cringe moments, there were awkward instances, there were times when the Taoiseach could have said more and couldn’t get a word in edgeways.

^{Fionnán Sheahan (Irish Independent)}

I could only bear to watch so much of this cringeworthy, spineless, groveling performance. I hope Irish me holes come pre-lubed because he’s going to be very sore in the morning otherwise.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=C8t1Ovuc…

#MicheálMartin #MeHole #yesSir #ofCourseSir #thankYouSir #whateverYouSaySir #howWouldYouLikeMeSir #Ireland #USA #Trump #fascism

Did you know that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue?

A historian explains how the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green:
#ireland #england #holidays
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How the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green

The holiday used to be a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue.

^{The Conversation}

Low sun and light showers making rainbows 🌈 while Fiadh and myself stick to the shadows.
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #rainbow #dog #dogslife #Ireland

Bloody fucking Virgin Media FFS…

Looks like the sporadic horrendous packet loss could be linked to a third-party monitoring service called SamKnows RealSpeed that they have on their proprietary routers which you cannot turn off (because fuck you). Technical support wait times? 40 minutes. Cancellation info wait time? 30 minutes.

• community.virginmedia.com/disc…
• community.virginmedia.com/disc…
• community.virginmedia.com/disc…
• blog.cloudflare.com/the-samkno…

#VirginMedia #Virgin #broadband #Ireland #SamKnows #RealSpeed

Packet loss | Virgin Media Community - 5489734

Been getting packet loss for at least 4 months now consistently ,  Currently on hub 5 router mode, upgraded plan to Gigabit broadband, changed ethernet... - 5489734

^{Virgin Media Community}