Marc Scully

marcscully.bsky.social

17 October 2026 13:13

I feel like “I could go to bed, but there’s a chance that Cavan-Monaghan announces the results of the 11th count, and the transfer patterns have been unprecedented” is the #Spéirghorm version of this.

Eris Loves #DeadTeenagerMovie 🎃📚👻

erislovesmovies.bsky.social

16 October 2026 12:11

Personally I'd prefer more staff to me getting a pay rise but it isn't a binary thing!

Eris Loves #DeadTeenagerMovie 🎃📚👻

erislovesmovies.bsky.social

16 October 2026 12:11

I'm also taking part in industrial action because of working conditions in my own area and across the country. The consistent understaffing, failure to replace staff and underinvestment in services is wearing us all down

Eris Loves #DeadTeenagerMovie 🎃📚👻

erislovesmovies.bsky.social

16 October 2026 12:11

Generally speaking, I'm doing pretty fine financially due to the level I'm at and the years I've been in (except for the massive problem of the housing situation ofc) but anybody new in my job or anybody at a lower level would struggle with the cost of living even outside Dublin. I strike for them.

Dublin Review of Books

dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social

15 October 2026 12:43

I think it was Christopher Ricks who, responding to TS Eliot's leaping to the defence of Ezra Pound who had been attacked for his fascist 'leanings' (a good deal more than Pisan), wrote that 'this is a very rare example of the pot calling the kettle white'.