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This 2018 tweet has been going constantly viral for the past week..it’s almost as if people have suddenly realised there’s some sort of connection 🧐

Great pic of the MV Matthew take down. Hang it in the Louvre. Because when every second counts, you can count on the Defence Forces…👍

After a $1.6 billion investment and years of hard work, the Seine River, which was once heavily polluted, is now clean enough for swimming for the first time in over a century. The city has also invested in three public swimming locations. 📍 Paris 🇫🇷

MIT philosophy professor Alex Byrne (COI:Alex Byrne = my husband) was recently the target of an open letter, originating from within his own department. (His reply is below.) It accused him of perpetuating "harm toward the trans community"; violating "professional academic ethics";

Rachel Reeves needs to explain the trade-offs behind the difficult decisions that she is about to make: The Independent Editorial independent.co.uk/voices/editori…

I survived the attack on Kyiv. Ukraine will stand, but people will die. Patriot missiles shipment halt, which were in Poland, adds to aggravation. Trump and Putin made no progress is also upsetting. It's a difficult time. I gave interview to CNN. 1/

Have any major British broadcasters this weekend followed up this shocking FT story on Boston Consulting Group, beyond perhaps mentioning it in their newspaper reviews?

Marvellous win by Tipperary GAA today. Delighted for them as down to 14 & battled-battled. What a final prospects-both Cork & Tipp can score goals. Credit to Kilkenny too-great match

If there’s fire on the mountain Or lightning and storm And a god speaks from the sky That means someone is hearing The outcry and the birth-cry Of new life at its term. It means once in a lifetime That justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. Seamus Heaney The Cure at Troy

In this #MooneyOnPolitics episode I explain why #Aras2025 is tough for Sinn Féin & Fianna Fáil, debunk rumours of Micheál Martin running (a cigar is just a cigar!), and what the #collegefees reveals about govt coherence. Listen now! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/moone…

Much commentary lately about the shoestring budget on which Irish Naval Service conducts counter-narcotic operations on our behalf. LE Eithne photo from the 1990s below (when 🇮🇪 was a poorer country) illustrates how the already meagre capability has reduced even further since then…

What a bizarre tweet. Norway and Iceland are in the single market; Switzerland is integrated into the single market for most goods. All three are in Brexiteer terminology "rule takers"

Sobering analysis from Financial Times Martin Wolf of British malaise-failing politics, a failing state & a failing economy. The latter the root cause of other ills driven by stagnant productivity

A wise person seeks progress, not perfection.

Fascinating and important for our future: the European Space Agency ESA plans to monitor changes in the Atlantic Ocean Circulation #AMOC from satellite with a new gravity mission. That is important since the AMOC may be approaching a #tippingpoint. esa.int/Applications/O…

A major achievement for Paschal Donohoe -reelection to Chair of the Eurogroup which gives Ireland a seat at global tables/meetings. A third term is an endorsement of how Paschal Donohoe has managed the Group, a key node in EU Finance & Economic policy

Congratulations to Paschal Donohoe on his appointment as Eurogroup Chair for a third term.

Congratulations Paschal Donohoe on your re-election as President of the Eurogroup for a third term! Terrific to see an Irishman in a key EU role leading an agenda to make Europe more competitive and prosperous. 🇮🇪🇪🇺 EU Commission in Ireland

Europe must act now to seize Russia’s frozen assets on.ft.com/4lDO1Fo

New statue of Daniel O’Connell for Leinster House to mark 250 years since birth irishtimes.com/politics/2025/… via Irish Times Politics