Phew 👏

Y'all are gonna lose your minds when you hear about horses.

It’s brilliant and she’d be excellent in it I think, Fontine was good practice

I’m listening to Yesteryear on audio book and it is quite something. Sharp sharp sharp

Have a listen to the pod - some good suggestions proposed by the emergency services

Why drink drivers aren’t getting caught – with Liz Dunphy

Latest episode - why Ireland’s drink drivers are getting away with it, with Liz Dunphy

open.spotify.com/episode/7FRi...

"The one thing saving our society from chaos is that none of these other suffering groups would conduct a similar blockade because they are committed to an ethic of care."

Are you doing this every day Gareth because this is a a real public service!

The Strait of Hormuz: closed

The tricolour is a powerful symbol of inclusion so let's reclaim it from those who use it to sow division In recent days, the Irish tricolour has been raised, waved, and worn by individuals and groups who claim to speak for the people, even as they challenge the very democratic processes through which the...

I’m writing in today’s Irish Examiner about the need to reclaim our flag from those who seek to divide us, rather than unite us.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Amazing writing from Jennifer Horgan”: Angry men's blockades stopped my mother being with her dying brother-in-law last week. She was not the only vulnerable person whose needs were trampled on” #speirgorm

Jennifer Horgan: We have set a new standard for what angry men can achieve. It's terrifying Angry men's blockades stopped my mother being with her dying brother-in-law last week. She was not the only vulnerable person whose needs were trampled on

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

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Ukraine Has Written Off the United States Zelensky has stopped pretending that Trump might be an ally.

Latest in @theatlantic.com The Ukrainians are now longer pretending that Donald Trump's USA is their friend. Their honesty is important as they seem to understand how much Trump is helping Putin and how important it is that Europe stick together. Gift Link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

#DIBLives In December 1919 the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was passed, allowing women admission to the legal & other professions. 46 days later Dorothea Heron became the 1st woman apprenticed as a solicitor & #OTD 1923 she became the 1st woman solicitor in Ireland. www.dib.ie/biography/he...

This is a genuinely mindblowing combination. 1) Deliberately false information, 2) promoted in schools, 3) using public money, 4) in the service of private profits, 5) at the cost of our collapsing ecosystem.

🤣🤣🤣 this is why Cork people don’t welcome the motorway idea. Hordes of climate refugees from Limerick

Nope, having lived in both, Limerick rain doesn’t come near Galway rain. Frank McCourt would’ve had it way worse further up the west!!! West Kerry I am unable to comment on but I will say ALL the fuss about Cork is justified on the simple basis of less rain

Who among us…

Eamon Ryan used to talk about it all the time. But wolves were a better stick to beat him with

DAVIS: Coachella & Complicity The biggest stars in the world are currently either bound for or departing from the small city of Indio, California, where the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival kicked off...

The Coachella festival, one of the biggest pop culture phenomenons in the world, is currently occurring in California -- and pouring millions of dollars into the pockets of right-wing billionaire Phil Anschutz in the process.

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/04/davi...

Does this work with sideways rain?

(Asking for Galway)

President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak on Crime, Also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ

A+ headline.

defector.com/president-ex...

It take weapons grade arrogance to invent popesplaining.

Here a grandmother is forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire? What are we celebrating here?

Nooooo

There is living in a social media bubble and there is "pretending that a small business would ever chance refusing a guard."

"[...] an agricultural model that has become narrow in its focus and operation. The pressures are structural; they are not going away any time soon.

There is a need to focus on the deeper issues facing agriculture and land use in Ireland."