I am so tired of fragile little men starting wars. I am so tired of fragile little men making policy decisions that harm us all. I am so tired of fragile little men doing horrendous harm to children and expecting us all to forget about it. I am so tired of fragile little men with their tantrums.
All sensible calls. I’d have McCarthy and Ryan in (former based on this being ‘the’ match for his form to come flooding back; the latter based on actual form). That would move Beirne to 6. I’d still have Sam on bench. Frawley had a nightmare recently.
If I had to describe the last 6 weeks in Ireland it would be that horrible feeling when your sleeve gets wet when washing your hands but for your soul.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
“No.”
So just second to the inside centre having made twice the tackles?
Had the highest success rate of any back…
Brilliant.
Three experts in the studio disagreeing with you there.
When you watch this back you’ll be surprised at how off the mark you are. He’s a high tackle completion rate. Try one is on Stockdale/system. Try two is system error and scrum under pressure.
Poverty is a major cause of crime.
Poverty is preventable.
That so many children in this country grow up in poverty is a choice by our government.
A fictional story written hundreds of years after a possible event with two fictional lines dedicated to Helen’s imagined appearance…as a demigod.
A young Claudette Colvin circa 1950s
A photo of Claudette Colvin in her 80s in black and a vibrant lime green and black floral top
"I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did."
Rest in power, Ms. Claudette Colvin.
The fight for equality continues.
❤️
There is zero chance to shape use. I’m coming from a different jurisdiction but I presume we’ll have overlaps - there has been close to zero shaping of the online world achieved through education. Until governments regulate capacity for AI to pursue endless profiteering the ‘net’ will be negative.
“Making a minimum wage contractual would be the death of common sense. Any compassionate employer…”
Cat paw print in a red brick wall.
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
🚨 RTÉ is to boycott next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after the EBU decided Israel can compete. The broadcaster says it will not compete or even show the TV event #Eurovision #Eurovision26
The UK's Supreme Court has ruled that the Christian religious education taught in schools in the North is unlawful.
It added that to teach pupils to 'accept a set of beliefs without critical analysis amounts to evangelism, proselytising, and indoctrination'.
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“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.”
― Edna O'Brien
To be fair the ‘nurse calling’ language was the only contemptible part of this thread. O’Toole is largely left leaning, incredibly frustrated by the labour movement and around long enough to see old failings reemerge.
I don’t really understand why no click hunting columnist isn’t just stating the obvious - Connolly’s landslide victory explains the general malaise in turnout. She was the best candidate by a country mile so many just stayed at home to let it play out. Opinion poles found this weeks ago.
But his analysis here is entirely accurate. A socialist president has never led to a leftist government. We continue to vote for a vision of ourselves for presidency but for hard nosed local gains in the GE.
Time to cop on to ourselves now. A campaign ran with dignity and empathy needs to be promoted and celebrated at every turn, not bastardised for column inches.
I have read this story umpteen times and it never grows old.
Clip from our most recent episode of The Basic Income Show where we talked about Ireland's basic income experiment results and how artists increased their incomes from doing art thanks to their income base and how it benefited the economy and reduced welfare spending. Essentially it was win-win-win.
Bookies shortening the odds on Humphreys….
If you go back and watch the debates from 14 years ago MDH performed similarly. Descending into slightly cerebral and broken thoughts like Connolly. At least it’s been grown up sounding.
