Gavin Barrett

@brianmoore666 You paid a wonderful tribute to your friend. Deepest sympathies on your loss

Scott Hastings, a man of integrity, honesty and empathy. A player who never gave below his maximum. There is nothing more you can ask as a legacy. RIP

@CarlowWeather cool double rainbow just now in Carrickmines, Dublin

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Of course we will never, ever see a replay of the French knock on off a scrum that was deemed not deliberate just before that try

@adrianweckler Terrible news. Deepest sympathies to his family and friends

The well-known entrepreneur, John Purdy, has died. It happened just a day after completing a sale of Ergo, the Irish IT services business he co-founded in 1993 and where he was non-executive chairman. independent.ie/business/techn…

Just a kind reminder to all our American friends. That shit that happened in Minneapolis today, never ever happened in the EU, never would, never will. If a mother of three (youngest child of age 4 or 6) got point blank shot in the head by an officer here, no matter the circumstances, no matter the reasons, no matter the driving directions, or intentions, even if she were the worst human on the planet, governments would fall, elections would be called, and the offending officer would end up serving a horrible jail sentence (and his superiors wouldn’t fare much better). Oh, and in the EU politically mandated militias, such as ICE, are strictly illegal. Instead of fantasizing about gunboating your way to build an empire by sizing the territories of your allies, you may wanna consider scraping that medieval constitution you have and joining us as the 28th member of the Union.

@paulg @StefanFSchubert @pablogguz_ Pensioners vote, kids don’t

@StefanFSchubert @pablogguz_ Yes, good point.

This graph from @pablogguz_ of Spanish fiscal contributions by age demonstrates an important fact. The 40 and 50 year olds are carrying both their kids and their parents. And not just economically. This is why it's hard to be middle-aged.

Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services." The other 97% of finance is *gambling*. 7/

My column: Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize. nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opi…

Thank you Jeff, for solving the mystery of why people interested in making toys no longer visit my website. It was a puzzle why, recently, traffic fell to zero - since my website had always been a helpful resource to answer questions about toy making. The interested individuals would read a few Q and A's and often email me and I could work with them to make toys. Now all that is gone. I didn't know where it went or why it disappeared. It's because you scraped my website and used my work to build an AI based system that cuts me off. Thanks!

@sdublincoco where on SDCC.ie??

For pitch playability for W/E of 08th and 9th November 2025 please refer to SDCC.ie

Google: "We just made $100 billion in 3-months for the first time ever!" SMBs: "Ok, but you got there by stealing all of our traffic and content, are you going to pay us?" Google: "AI is BETTER for websites than normal old Google clicks! (and also no, we steal and you get nothing)." SMBs: "Ok, let me check my traffic chart and see how this is helping me who has been creating original content for 15 years in my niche and considered the number one source on the topic" Small business traffic chart in GSC:

Humans need purpose and social interaction. Without them, despair rises and lifespans fall. This is already being seen among young men in US and UK. Such an important piece from ⁦@jburnmurdoch⁩ via @FT on.ft.com/47lh62V

@martylyricfm Would you not be tempted yourself Marty? #ShoeIn

Another day another contender!

🗳 | Retweet this if Evan Ferguson was your Player of the Match against Bologna! 🐺 Presented by @ComAve_Official #ASRoma #RomaBologna

Buses blocked across the city but no comms from @dublinbusnews

@oasis My 16 year old son and all his mates were there. True fans!

Meanwhile outside the stadium... 🇮🇪

Like I said yesterday -> Google needs to stop the BS and just explain that AIOs and AI mode are causing drops in traffic to a number of sites. Sure, I have some clients that are not being impacted by AIOs at all (yet), but many are being impacted. All of the GSC screenshots of decoupling show that. It's ridiculous they would not admit that is going on. Liz Reid did say some sites are decreasing traffic-wise, but that was late in the article and not directly attributed to AIOs. It's not a good look for them. People are not dumb, they have eyes, and can read charts and interpret the data. :)

@MichaelsCoDub Free offer?

That classic Scotch Egg Wine Pairing

@adrianweckler Google, for example

@gavinbarrett From who?

Are you getting any ‘likely scam’ labelled texts? Are any of them real companies or legitimate services?