Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪

Middle East crisis live: Trump calls on China, France, UK and others to send ships to keep strait of Hormuz open US president earlier warned strikes on Kharg Island oil facilities would follow hit on military targets if Tehran did not allow maritime traffic through key channel

Middle East crisis live:
Trump calls on China, France, UK and others to send ships to keep strait of Hormuz open in War he started,
and cannot finish?

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Near Three Bullet Gate?

And they are our allies still

Brill win Ireland!
43-21

(and Triple Crown🏆 is a plate, of course)
#IREVSCO #IrishRugby #6Nations ##SixNations
#TripleCrown

The lake has the right to be Irish, or British or both.
Like me & Tayto crisps.

(Unfortunately, the DUP/Sinn Féin duopoly doesn’t bother to tackle any real issues as they can both get re-elected just by banging their respective Orange/Green drum the most loudly).

Agree, main issue is to clean the lake

Company owned by Coolmore fined €100,000 for destroying over 1km of hedgerows Judge Deirdre Browne issued her ruling in Clonmel Circuit Court this morning.

Company owned by Coolmore fined €100,000 for destroying over 1km of hedgerows jrnl.ie/6984210

- Ireland's largest lake

- Ireland's largest lake

‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s (!!!) largest lake
- Ireland's largest lake
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Company owned by Coolmore fined €100,000 for destroying over 1km of hedgerows Judge Deirdre Browne issued her ruling in Clonmel Circuit Court this morning.

Company owned by Coolmore fined €100,000 for destroying over 1km of ancient hedgerows first grown in the 1700s

jrnl.ie/6984210

How not to win war.

Worst war ever?
Wars awful, some make more sense than others.
Not this one?

Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

How does this war look when judged on its own terms and in the most generous possible light? Not good. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

How Not to Win a War?
Lies, inconsistency and incoherence - and a lifeline to Putin

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

European accreditation body reviews İstanbul University over annulment of Erdoğan rival's diploma - Turkish Minute A European higher education accreditation agency has launched a review of İstanbul University’s business administration faculty over the controversial annulment of diplomas belonging to 28 graduates, ...

European accreditation body AQAS based in Cologne reviews İstanbul University over politically motivated annulment of Erdoğan rival’s diploma,
Persecution of opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu continues in Turkey.
www.turkishminute.com/2026/03/13/e...

Medical logistics drone delivery test for Rotunda Hospital with Manna - Irish Tech News A flight simulation of medical drone delivery has taken place in Dublin, demonstrating the potential for rapid aerial transport of blood and other life-saving

Led by the clinical expertise of Rotunda Hospital and enabled by Manna’s drone delivery platform (software and drones built in Ireland) the demonstration simulated a delivery to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown
irishtechnews.ie/rotunda-hosp...

Yes!

Guerre en Ukraine : des pêcheurs bretons remerciés par Volodymyr Zelensky pour avoir donné des filets de pêche utiles à la guerre Des pêcheurs bretons ont donné à l'Ukraine 280 kilomètres de filets usagés qui permettent à Kiev de lutter contre les drones russes.

Yep, useful defence, low tech
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe...

Seeking clarity, and safety, in a war marked by incoherent leadership and a momentous goal Work and worry under missile attack * Searching for truth in a sea of misinformation * Intellectual problems for Israel-haters * Is Trump all-in?

We all wait on 'the endlessly creative incoherence of the president of the US.
What does Trump mean when he says,as he did on Monday, that “the war is very complete, pretty much”? Or, also Monday, that “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough”?
www.timesofisrael.com/seeking-clar...

Political adviser told redundancy payment only available if MEP loses seat Leinster House job made redundant in 2024 when adviser and politician moved to European Parliament

Why pol advisers are liable to special payments when their TD moves on leaves me speechless?

Political adviser told redundancy payment only available if MEP loses seat

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Former minister Alan Shatter sues TD Paul Murphy over tweet wrongly linking him to Jeffrey Epstein Alan Shatter has initiated a defamation case against People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy over a tweet that wrongly claimed the former justice minister had met Jeffrey Epstein.

Former minister Alan Shatter sues TD Paul Murphy over tweet wrongly linking him to Jeffrey Epstein

www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Opinion: Ireland’s ‘power class’ has a colonial attitude to the Irish language A language revival oblivious to the erasure of its existing speaker communities is a contradiction in terms

Ireland’s power class has a 'colonial attitude' to the Irish language!
Gaelgeoirs blame everyone else for failure to revive the Irish language
100 years after independence, chip on shoulder is stii there

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

‘He’s entitled to his opinion’ – Andy Farrell plays down Scotland’s Darcy Graham’s ‘there for the taking’ jibe Andy Farrell says he has no qualms with Scotland winger Darcy Graham saying that his Ireland team are “there for the taking” in Saturday’s Triple Crown decider.

‘He’s entitled to his opinion’ – Andy Farrell plays down Scotland’s Darcy Graham’s ‘there for the taking’ jibe

www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/...

Townsend plays down talk of historic first Six Nations title for Scotland Scotland take on Ireland in the mix for the championship, with their head coach saying: ‘It would be great to finish with a win and on a high’

Arrogant Scots talk of win in Dublin, after beating France
- have lost last 12 games!
Townsend plays down talk of historic first Six Nations title for Scotland
Scotland take on Ireland in mix for championship

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Irish firms lose €720m to failed AI projects | ThinkBusiness Irish enterprises have spent €720m on failed AI projects, with most unable to explain AI decisions to customers or regulators, new research from Saros shows.

More PR AI spin?
Irish enterprises lose €720m to failed AI projects

Every 'expert' talking about AI now
www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/iri...

New organic fertiliser from Oz could solve emissions issue for farmers A new organic fertiliser product from 'Down Under' looks set to be the answer to the prayers of hard-working farmers across the country.

New organic fertiliser from Oz could solve emissions issue for farmers www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

Brussels calls for justice as ex-Albanian deputy prime minister avoids arrest The European Union warns of the implications for Albania’s EU membership bid as former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku faces corruption charges.

EU calls for justice as ex-Albanian deputy prime minister avoids arrest.
& warns of the implications for Albania’s EU membership bid as former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku faces corruption charges.
www.politico.eu/article/brus...

The battery plant scandal that could scuttle Viktor Orban's election campaign Accused of endangering public health and the environment with toxic discharges, a Samsung battery factory north of Budapest reportedly received special treatment from the Hungarian authorities. The sc...

Battery plant scandal that could scuttle Viktor Orban's election
Accused of endangering public health and the environment with toxic discharges, a Samsung battery factory in God, north of Budapest received special treatment from the Hungarian authorities
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

My granny used to make crab apple jelly, that was good!