Teacher, theatre maker and activist from #Limerick. Also found on @GooseChaseTheatre. #SpeirGorm (he/him)https://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3mmorb4f5hc2zLord my God, grant me the confidence of an angry Noel Thomas supporter incorrectly explaining the #Irish voting system. Amen. #Ireland #ByeElection #SpeirGhorm25 May 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmorb4f5hc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3mkngluqilc2vThis doesn't happen with every project BAM develops. This is the exception, and the government and department need to diagnose what's gone wrong. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkngluqilc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3mknfyc2vqc2jI know the #Limerick and #LimerickCity tags work here, but is there any space for #LimerickEvents I wonder? [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknfyc2vqc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3mknfwzyvd22jCalling all #Simpsons fans in #LimerickCity and #Limerick in general! We're running a Simpsons #quiz in 13/14 Jerry Flannery's on Thursday May 14th! Details and tickets at the link! We've sold out three of our last four quizzes, so book ahead to secure a seat! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/simpsons-table-quiz-tickets-198838946642029 Apr 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknfwzyvd22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3mkmwmslidc2uReally don't appreciate the word #NIMBY being thrown at a working class #Limerick community whose only green space was being taken away, rather than the dozens of middle class areas who object to new #housing near them before it ever reaches the papers. https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/property/2072082/mayor-of-limerick-suggests-opposition-to-modular-homes-may-be-pure-nimbyism.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=Iwb21leARewgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4_Z92fcSya74NpzVbSHnSt9rNf91R6uC0raxjcmNsp5iaxjFOJQk3uQSDCdA_aem_CKNMVPbu6Wn1HnQ0LFw-9g29 Apr 2026 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmwmslidc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3meqjhbctss2zThe social media response to the arson attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in #Limerick is appalling. The big platforms are rotten to the core with vile comments, conspiracy theories and zero moderation. I know it's not new but "😂" reacts under a post about an arson attack is just another level.13 Feb 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqjhbctss2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3memouuiibk2iI'm hearing BlueSky has become more and more active for Irish local and political news. Any more recommendations for #Limerick accounts? Especially #rural ones? #Ireland #SpeirGorm12 Feb 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3memouuiibk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3ltyf465hxk2xDave McSavage says grants for stand-up comics could destroy the industry: "Get funny or starve". The guy who graduated Blackrock College, whose father was a Fianna Fáil Minister, whose brother was a Junior Minister... I'm sure he was under plenty risk of starvation. #irishcomedy #irishpolitics15 Jul 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyf465hxk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3lsqnu355p22p#Mountshannon #Clare #Speirgorm29 Jun 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsqnu355p22phttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3lpzfhplggs2gTo people posting angrily on posts about #diversity or cultural celebrations in #Ireland: What do you need? Why are you so unhappy? What would change that? Because we both know getting rid of the people who don't look like you won't actually fix what's wrong with you. #SpeirGorm #irishpolitics25 May 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzfhplggs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3lpwpbj4xhk2lPeadar Toibin's #Aontú #ArdFheis speech has the air of "panel show comedian who can't hold their own as a stand up". On #rtept, and during #GE24, he can get in his pithy lines when he has someone to respond to and attack. But on his own he's a bit directionless. #Ireland #SpeirGorm #irishpolitics24 May 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwpbj4xhk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3loyoky2vf22xWhat #Starmer and #Labour are doing is more evil than what the #Tories did. Labour's 2024 win was a swing away from the Tories. Starmer's actions since has been a slap in the face. At least regressive Tory policies reflected regressive rhetoric winning a mandate. #politics #ukpolitics #SpeirGorm12 May 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyoky2vf22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3loygurursk2xImpressive that #KeirStarmer won a majority in Commons because of how abjectly shit the #Tories were, and has spent the last 10 months dragging #Labour to the right on every piece of culture war bullshit he can find. What's the point of Labour if they're anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT?12 May 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3loygurursk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3losm2z3oxk2rThis. If you have actual expertise / experience worth listening to, point to that, not just the fact that you've been around a while. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2025 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3losm2z3oxk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/padraiglohan.bsky.social/post/3lo7fmthyx22yA lesson from the last decade of Western #politics -- of #Dems running to the right and losing, of #Labour running to the right and falling in the polls, of FF/FG teaming up to keep SF out -- is that they're not moving right to win. They're moving right, because they'd rather lose than go left.02 May 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:cr2apfqg3mglintszvvjtxcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7fmthyx22y