#Irish

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

As of Saturday 11 April, there have been 6.5 deaths per 100,000 people in Ireland.There have been 14.81 deaths per 100,000 people in the UK.Guys, people have been dying at

Kevin Hargaden

kevinhargaden

Last night my colleague, Peter McVerry, went on the tv to talk about his life. The response has been fairly overwhelming. Even a prominent Fine Gael MEP couldn't resist agreeing

Erica Buist

ericabuist

Hubs’s uncle is a musician and he’s doing daily tunes to cheer people up. Sharing here as he does them, with his permission. Here is yesterday’s. And here is today’s.

🩸The Miraígan 🐍🐺🐮

LostWolfling

I've never watched Married at First Sight but there's a season on Netflix set up in Charlotte, NC & I got two brain cells left, let's go. "I don't think

Southern Cross Crime

cross_crime

Okay, just for fun and to kickstart the week, an impromptu, off-the-top-of-our-head A to Z of #SouthernCrossCrime (Oz & NZ crime writing). If we did it tomorrow it'd be different,

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

As of today, there have been 320 deaths from the coronavirus in Ireland, and 9,875 deaths in the UK. Ok, ok, but the UK has a ginormous population, right? Especially

Andy Arthur

cocteautriplets

I retweeted earlier about the "Great Michael", a warship launched on this day in 1509 for the Royal Navy of King James IV of Scotland. It's an intriguing tale of

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

#TheWeekInTory returns for the second time in 4 daysThe weeks grow shorter, but the days last foreverAnyway: don your athletic support, lower your visor, drink heavily, and start with some

Darren Naish

TetZoo

Here’s a thread on another famous/infamous bit of modern #monster lore… the so-called Muppet #LochNessMonster photo, taken on 21st May 1977 by Mr Tony Shiels. As usual, it has a

Andrew Jackson

AndrewLRJackson

THREAD on €100m+ peatland restoration Huge kudos to all for this. Important to put decision in full context as there are vital lessons & cautionary notes• Access to justice for

Gemma GraceWOOOOOOOd

gemmagracewood

For Hallowe'en, a thread on writing the definitive history of my favourite witch story of all time... Last year, @TheSaplingNZ asked if I'd write a wee piece on how New

Christopher Desira

cldesira

Thread: The @ukhomeoffice published further details on the ‘UK’s [2021] Points-Based Immigration System’ today (https://bit.ly/32kiJxU ). There’s been a few excellent threads on this today, here’s my take: It’s worth saying

Yoram Hazony

yhazony

Catholic friends have been urging me to read Waldstein on the common good. So I finally did. I won’t comment on the theology. But as political theory this essay is

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

I don't understand the British media. I really, really don't.Basic things: Ireland and the UK started this pandemic with roughly the same number of ICU beds (6.5 per 100,000 for

😷 alt - DUP

dup_online

Today the DUP leader said she was against the NI Protocol from the start. As most will already know this is untrue. Here's a walk through the DUP's position on

Kill your heroes.

umbrosious

In which I focus on how black nationalism and white nationalism are often falsely equivocated, due to implicit reliance on a faulty and often America-centered definition of nationalism -- one