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Vicky Phelan

PhelanVicky

In defence of Ruth MorrisseyHaving listened to the Tánaiste's @LeoVaradkar attempt (below) at excusing the way that Ruth Morrissey was treated on the @TodayRadioRTE with the brilliant @SarahAMcInerney, I have

Richard Chambers

newschambers

Breaking: John Hume has diedNews confirmed by his family in a statement. The civil rights campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize winner and SDLP stalwart died at Owen Mor nursing home in

Domhnall Ó'Dubhda

DODubhda

1/ Thread (Covid-19):New York- 453332 cases- 32887 deaths- 6400 Nursing Home Deaths (after Cuomo ordered Covid-19 patients into nursing homes)- Blame healthcare workers for spread- Highest Death Toll on per

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

There are white lies, black lies and multi-coloured lies…Small lies, big lies and global lies… Lies that come in different shades of deception... Lies that harm and lies that kill. 1/n

Brook Bay Pirate

BrookBayPirate

What did Irish independence mean, in the end?Would these guys have been happy today?https://amzn.to/2REPxME https://twitter.com/CSquireMagazine/status/1233285957014691840 To be fair to Sinn Fein of the 1960s, commentators like Roy Johnston and

Jonathan Victory

VictoryFound

Leo Varadkar's response to Mary Lou McDonald's completely calm and reasonable statement in the Dáil was so brazenly irrational it makes him seem unhinged.Let's do a deep dive on how

Irish History Bitesize!

lorraineelizab6

#Otd-8 April 1941: 1st night of Belfast Blitz. 13 killed. De Valera authorised 71 firemen from Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin & Dún Laoghaire to assist. There would be 3 more nights.

The Irish Story

theirishstory

So it is now alleged that Sean MacStiofain, founding Provisional and IRA Chief of Staff, was an informant of the Garda Special Branch. Amazing. A few tweets on this.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ira-chief-of-staff-tipped-off-gard

Simon McGarr

Tupp_Ed

Hello and welcome to my PSC thread entitled“I told ye so, so I did.” Here is the Irish Times report on that bombshell #PSC set of findings by the DPChttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/irish-state-told-to-delete-unlawful-data-on-3-2m-c

Linda 'Scooby Doo' Hayden 🧜🏻 she/her

LindaOkaythen

Let's have a little look at some of the scandals we have had over the last 5 months. Just to refresh our memories as to how much failure we have

Dr Maeve O'Rourke

maeveorourke

A thread in response to the Govt's plan to allow the Mother and Baby Homes Commission's archive to be sealed for 30 years (except for a database on mothers and

Tadgh Murphy

TadghMurphy10

So, #sinnfein and @mattcarthy want to note that MacElwaine was killed in his own country. So were many others. Sydney Agnew was a Protestant bus conductor from Belfast. His 6

Comhrá Dublin

ComhraDublin

Thread:Dr Umar Al-Qadri - The Oxymoronic Imam. This week's #LaughNotHate thread looks at the Islamic theologian who can simultaneously hold two contradictory positions, embrace two opposing ideas and maintain two

Gavan Reilly

gavreilly

FG and FF parliamentary parties have been sent the framework document on govt formation, which outlines ten “missions” for the new govt: Mission 1 includes a commitment to introduce a

Sinead O'Carroll

SineadOCarroll

Well! That was quite the 24-ish hours. We don’t quite know the full ramifications it all yet but it feels important to remember and document everything. So… a thread: 7pm

Emer O’Toole

Emer_OToole

1/ Can’t stop thinking about the Mother & Baby Homes bill, feeling sad & angry. Sad, because I can't believe it's gone through in spite of all the outcry. And