Watching European leaders handle Donald Trump brings to mind Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop

Soon all Americans will have the opportunity to get rich by buying and selling non productive assets, like Albania in the 90s.

There seems to be a level delusion in the upper tiers of FF about how a Bertie campaign would actually play out. independent.ie/irish-news/mar…

Why does Limerick Council want to remove the current streetlights on Nicholas Street and replace them with this generic slop?

Denmark has summoned the top US diplomat in the country over reports that American citizens with alleged links to President Donald Trump have been conducting covert influence operations in Greenland on.ft.com/3VipISq

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Bob Geldof mulls run at Áras, saying he is ‘flattered’ at speculation linking him to presidency independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

This is big news Google’s adtech fine pulled at last minute over EU-US trade tensions MLex reports that competition boss Ribera had to shelve announcement today because of lobbying from trade chief Sefcovic and the US DoJ mlex.com/mlex/articles/…

Bananas. A country descending into farce. JG Ballard was bang on the money.

I suspect the psychology isn't esp complex but it is fascinating to see CEOs more excercised about the NY mayoral race than by radical disruptions in global trade or US public administration. 'The psychology of CEO loyalty to Trump' - on.ft.com/4n06InO via Financial Times

Wtaf

To paraphrase Super Hans

A 15th century map of Ireland from Bodleian Library Oxford Ashmole 1352, fol3r. Note: south is to the top on this one. So, the east coast on your left here.

"The ambassador sent by the King of Peru to Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 at the insistence of the Jesuits". Lukas de Heere (Rijksmuseum)

70% of Europeans are ready to boycott the US market 76% oppose the investment part of the EU-US trade deal 52% felt "humiliated" by the tariff deal with Trump 60% want von der Leyen to resign Findings of a new survey by Le Grand Continent this morning legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/09/…

Entries will close in a week from now for the North-South Business Cooperation Awards Ireland. €500,000 in Grant Funding Now Available - Apply Today! Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, creator and owner of the easy family of brands - including easyJet.com,

The NUJ strongly condemns a previous decision by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to withhold details of two surveillance operations - which involved targeting journalists - from the investigating watchdog. Our full response: nuj.org.uk/resource/surve…

It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Professor Conor Gearty. The full obituary can be read on our website: lse.ac.uk/law/news/2025/…

#OnThisDay 1961 Comdt Pat Quinlan & 155 men of A Coy 35th Bn were attacked at Jadotville, Congo by 3000 enemy troops led by mercenaries. As UN peacekeepers they held out for five days until ammo & water ran out. They did not suffer a single death. #Ireland #History United Nations

WATCH: Live 95 has met with eighteen people living in a two-bedroom rental house in Limerick city- they say they were misled as to how many occupants the property would accommodate. Full story: live95fm.ie/news/live95-ne…