This is going to be the most entertaining election for decades.
Gerry Hutch plans to run in General Election as he eyes seat in Mary Lou’s patch sundayworld.com/crime/irish-…
Down with tokenism - Galway should send a few of their traffic engineers to help HEzbollah stymie the IDF advance in South Lebanon
Isreali Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been banned from the city limits by a vote of Galway City Council. advertiser.ie/galway/article…
A great lecturer way back in my undergraduate days. Enjoyed the odd pint with him too later. R.I.P.
Very sorry to hear of death of Prof Tom Garvin of UCD, one of the pioneers of Irish political science. Source of original ideas, supportive of younger scholars, brilliantly fused history and political science, a sad loss.
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Wonderful! Got an unexpected present from an old friend today. So looking forward to dipping into it.
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I sometimes write highly audacious verses in Greek
and these I circulate—surreptitiously, of course.
This is seismic.
BREAKING: Brian Stanley announces resignation from Sinn Féin laoistoday.ie/2024/10/12/a-b… via @LaoisToday
The biggest beast in Scottish politics by a mile. R.I.P.
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In newsrooms you cannot overvalue old heads on the desk who’ve experienced some terrible errors themselves, and who will look at a piece of copy like this and say: “Wtf were you thinking? That will not be seeing the light of day, not today, not ever”
Not sure what's to be gained by picking fights at this stage; Donnelly accepted it cd have been a mistake. Bad faith accusations won't get us anywhere.
FF are right
New - I hear there’s concern in Fianna Fáil ranks re the Fine Gael approach in seeking a Dáil debate on Sinn Fein & child protection. Sources suggest a serious issue could end up becoming a political circus. They’d prefer a SF statement, as per standing orders @rtenews
Isn't it great? One of the best around.
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Excellent leader; down with this kind of thing.
The Irish Times view on legal language: judging with a sense of style irishtimes.com/opinion/edito…
It sure is; if it's accurate our housing problems are set to persist, if not get worse.
Terrific analysis of the UK's stagnation, with many parts relevant to Ireland: ukfoundations.co/.
One of the finest portraits you will ever see..
John Count McCormack died at his home in Booterstown, Co. Dublin on this day in 1945, age 61.
Painted by Sir William Orpen (1923). Currently hanging in room 23 @NGIreland The image featured on the cover of Musical Courier 1924.
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What an incredible list of achievements in a single season. 👏👏
This is precisely the kind of government by silo that Harris is so vocal about. WI not competent or equipped for this: some other agency should have been tasked.
The introduction of 24-hour security patrols along the Grand Canal, to prevent homeless asylum seekers from pitching tents, is a "scandalous waste of public money" - @paulmurphy_TD
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