Ben Walsh

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One of Dublin's great pintmen

Carly Rae Jepsen song cover, "After All"
Ghastly AI flyer about some Eddie Jordan related racing event in Dublin
Me saying "OMFG Oh FUCK Oh" on the chat when Lopes scored that goal
A small red dog
Chester J. Lampwick from The Simpsons
A small red dog draped over a barstool.
Irish Times: "In the composition section of the paper, Coleman said most students would have opted for questions one and five. "Students were tested on their knowledge of both big and minor tonalities, with a big melody featured in question one and a minor harmony featured in question five."
A man playing records in a beer garden
Snippet from Irish Times review at showing the Tom Robinson Band's "Power in the Darkness" and Massive Attack's "Blue Lines" visible in the DJ booth of Allta na Farraige restaurant, source https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/16/fourteen-great-new-restaurants-to-try-in-ireland-this-summer/
A hideous, incoherent, AI-generated poster about some event in Dublin
A large beardy man wearing an Aloha shirt, holding a very large and distinctly unimpressed black cat
Beardy man in link cowboy hat
Guardian football headline: "Kang’s spending fuels resentment but Barcelona are far from a model club"
Colourful grouped bar chart of poll vs tally Election day tally Ennis (SD): 19.6% Boylan (SF): 17.8% Hutch (IND): 11.7% Horner (GP): 11.6% McAdam (FG): 10.4% Steenson (IND): 9.5% Ó Ceannabháin (PBPS): 6.7% O'Dea (LAB): 5.8% Stephens (FF): 4.1% IPSOS B&A poll 7-12 May Ennis (SD): 18% Boylan (SF): 21% Hutch (IND): 14% Horner (GP): 8% McAdam (FG): 13% Steenson (IND): 7% Ó Ceannabháin (PBPS): 3% O'Dea (LAB): 6% Stephens (FF): 4%
Butterfly meme: Dublin City Returning Officer asking "is this Cabra?" about literally anywhere in Dublin Central
A large black cat sprawled out
A small red dog waits outside a polling station
By 9.30am, a sample of five polling stations in Dublin Central had turnouts of between 2 and 4 per cent. Glasnevin National School near Dublin’s Botanic Gardens had a 4 per cent turnout, while St Paul’s CBS school near Smithfield had seen just 2 per cent of constituents in to vote. In Galway West, some polling stations were reporting turnout of between 3 and 5 per cent by 9.30am.
Dr Margaret Connolly arriving in Istanbul
Italian newspaper La Repubblica leading with the abducted Simud Flotilla hostages held in barbaric conditions
Beardy man w election poster of beardy man eile
Grave of Roger Casement, with lillies
A large black cat on my knee
Bearded Outlaw Country singer David Allan Coe
A small red dog wearing a Foxford blanket
Headline: Security alert in Dunmurry after car ‘explosion’ outside Northern Ireland police station Photo featuring a car that has exploded
Editorials The Irish Times view on the two byelections: a snapshot of the public mood When the ballot boxes are opened on May 23rd they will provide a partial answer
My fantasy football score is bigger than Rónán's
Feng Yuan's LinkedIn journey to goose farming
Phil Hartman as NewsRadio's Bill McNeal, holding a cane.
Paul McCartney with Jim Callaghan
A post-operative knee featuring livid bruising, hospital compression stockings, and a massive dressing
A small red dog lying on a beardy man's chest
A small red dog lying on a man with one leg wrapped and elevated
Moe: And then they realised they were no longer little girls, they were little women
Ad for the IT's "Daily Eight" crossword showing a perplexed young woman holding a pencil to her chin.
Irish Times headline "More than 1,300 who left direct provision in last two years sought emergency accommodation" illustrated with a photo of a hand holding a key at the front door of a red brick house
Ralph Wiggum: MRS. KRABAPPEL AND PRINCIPAL SKINNER WERE IN THE CLOSET MAKING BABIES AND I SAW ONE OF THE BABIES AND THE BABY LOOKED AT ME.
A small red dog lying on a freshly made bed
The partial bog body known as Cloneycavan Man
Moe: And then they realised they were no longer little girls. They were little women.
A small red dog sitting attentively in the food preparation area
Three grey, dead-behind-the-eyes morons in badly-fitted suits
Homer with the cymbal-playing monkey in his head
DAMN. THEY'RE VERY SLOWLY GETTING AWAY.
Bart: can't sleep, clown will eat me
Communist banners and red flags
Irish Times photo, Garda as protesters take part in a blockade at the Whitegate Oil Refinery in Co Cork, on Friday: Photograph: Brendan Gleeson/PA Wire Garda as protesters take part in a blockade at the Whitegate Oil Refinery in Co Cork, on Friday
Italian graffiti saying "SUCK MY BIG DICK HOE"
Listing for Turandot at La Scala
Alexei Sayle as a Pot Noodle shilling vampire
An old yellow-and-white wood-framed team in Milan
A canal side caffè in Milano with a "NOMAFIA" sign
A canal side caffè in Milano with a "NOMAFIA" sign
A print of a puffin with a mouthful of fish
Book launch poster for "Have I Got Your Attention?"
Traditional mediaeval Dublin coat of arms with supporters and decorations and Latin motto