I’m sure they would be proud of the clutch of teachers, engineers, lawyers, nurses and public servants all their grandchildren became - all fearlessly travelling the world with university education in their back pockets! Some distance from life in rural Ireland 100 years ago! #census26
Fascinating to see my grandfathers, both teenage boys in 1926, working on their parents’ farms. Very different lives to all their grandchildren who, nearly all have third level qualifications & none of us farm! #Census1926
First Irish reporting that I'm aware of on bogus copyright claims to takedown Google results for news stories. Let's hope this Streisands the Rob Heneghan stories - www.irishtimes.com/tags/rob-hen...
The Supreme Court long relied on careful, time-tested procedures to issue decisions. But secret memos by the justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how the court decided to bypass those procedures and create its modern “shadow docket.” See key takeaways: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
The fact that Mamdani just seems like a cheerful normal guy who's policies are things like "we're going to tax second homes to fund pothole repairs" or whatever and yet this generates panicked responses like "This is basically Stalin's great purge turned up to eleven" is... telling. It tells things.
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“The Healy-Raes bowed out. "Sure they were going since the day they came in," shrugged a Government backbencher in the aftermath, before waspishly adding: "They said they would support the Government through thick and thin - now thick and thin have departed."
Ate and left no crumbs
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There are only 44 female TD’s in the Dáil. Each female Minister who stood up to speak during the confidence motion was heckled and shouted over during their speaking time by Independent Ireland. It is not acceptable.
Hope on the horizon!
Opposition leader PĂ©ter Magyar at a rally.
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise.
He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media.
The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
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Wow! Story worth watching here!
France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry.
The reason?
The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore.
Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
I don’t even like golf but can appreciate this! ⛳️
Especially if you have an interest and follow politics…. Such a depressing moment is the best way to put it.
Without a doubt, this will result in violent clashes with law enforcement who have to return function to critical infrastructure but for what purpose.
Average @ryanairofficial.bsky.social landing.
This is stepping way beyond a right to protest & holding the citizens of a country hostage especially in the face of discussions held.
Far down the news today but still important and terribly sad for the families involved.
Further 36 infant remains recovered at Tuam mother and baby home site
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Sorry, what now?
You want the carbon tax abolished and VAT and excise cut, but it transpires that you don’t actually pay your taxes.
Right so.
“WE ARE GOING to put a gun to the government’s head” -a fuel protest organiser
A price cap is an unquantifiable state subsidy in perpetuity
Lots of interests want state support
We can’t decide our national finances based on who has a gun - on who owns 15 ton truck & can hold the country to ransom
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BREAKING: We're suing Tennessee for planning to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 without considering critical DNA evidence that could prove his innocence.
Good example of how easy misinformation spins around - the petrol station is actually Spanish & the maths don’t actually add up!
The paid ads promoting the #IrishFuelProtests blocking Irish ports and streets are being funded by a tow truck company
At least the one we could find is; we can't know who else is putting money behind this because Meta "banned" ie. hides, political ads
www.thebriefing.ie/who-is-fundi...
This is very important journalism below 👇🏻👇🏻
