Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe)

Scenes as England score from pub in Dublin #FraEng #M6N #6nations #sixnations #Ireland #England

Why a popular British historian decided to write a short history of Ireland Irish identity really means something, so it rightly demands proof of real commitment

“It is a simple historical fact that from the Vikings onwards we find that incomers, even the ones who deliberately came as conquerors and settlers, start feeling within a generation or two that they aren’t just in Ireland, but Irish.”

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

#6nations #sixnations #FraEng #England #France #Ireland

I’m hearing that the drinkers in Kehoe’s Dublin are getting the lyrics to GSTK ready #FraEng #sixnations #6nations

British tourist among 20 charged in Dubai over videos of Iranian missile strikes UAE cybercrime law means sharing images or footage of war can bring jail, prison time and deportation

No doubt the Free Speech loving Isabel Oakeshott will be all over this and down the nick in Dubai protesting against it...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Narrator: Mr Starmer did not know what they stand for.

Reminder that this wasn't just an accusation, this was captured on film

Stars in night sky Arrowtown New Zealand

Stars in night sky Arrowtown New Zealand

Stars in night sky Arrowtown New Zealand

Stars in night sky Arrowtown New Zealand

Night sky in Arrowtown New Zealand 12//03/26.

GFSB will host its first cross-border business networking event next Tuesday

Promoting cross-border trade with post-treaty freedoms www.gbc.gi/news/gfsb-wi...

You’ll notice in every war since then the rich elite have been well away from action.

This is so true. Only time the rich elite got caught for a while was WW1. When they said “never again” they meant their sons & daughters, not yours.

The war in Iran is an American failure. What do we do now? | Robert Reich The most powerful nation in the world is now being led by a rogue president who rejects its longstanding values

Everything Robert writes may be true, yet the Generals went ahead anyway.

They didn’t say “this is a dumbass idea, no” or “what’s the aim, the end game, the exit plan” or “is it legal?”

They apparently went “cool, let’s go!”

For me, THIS is a big problem.

Badenoch denies calling for UK to join US-Israeli war on Iran Conservative leader accused of taking confusing position after she said Starmer should ‘do more than catch arrows’

At the most basic level of 'have some self-respect', Conservative MPs should not put forward someone who visibly is not intellectually equipped to be prime minister as their candidate to be prime minister.

My suspicion is that over the coming decades, those US state actors who don’t receive ongoing special security will have mysterious deaths as shadowy players enact revenge for attacks on Iran. Think they’ll leave the Israeli side out of it.

Every word of this

And people like Dan Hodges and his ilk really should sit the fook down and stop being so x brained

Yes, a triumph www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Iceland locks in on date for EU referendum | Euractiv As a member of the European Economic Area, Iceland is already aligned with much of the bloc's legislation

Just announced: Iceland has urgently moved up its referendum to join the European Union - to 29 August.

A reminder: 🇮🇸 is in many ways already a non-voting 🇪🇺 member because of the EEA. This would give them voting power to shape the laws they have to follow.

The Rightists currently trying to goad Starmer into joining the military attack on Iran will be the first (and loudest) to moan about displaced Iranians coming over here.

Ha ha me too

On the one hand, a clearly deranged lunatic in the White House starting a dangerous illegal war on Iran with already-serious repercussions for the region and world...

Or having a pop at Keir Starmer.

You just knew which side the Right would come down on.

Good luck.
I’m rather partial to staying in NZ 🇳🇿 for a while longer 😊

Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

Yep. But the majority of UK journalists think all this happened in the last 18 months!

Thanks. I’m in the safest place in the world right now. Loving the South Island. Very Alpine.

Friday 6th. Not sure what’s happening with my flight to UK on 22nd. It’s Qatar airlines transiting Doha!

What’s interesting about the US/Israel war attack on Iran is that in the UK those who have screamed loudest about Tony Blair being a war criminal because Iraq war illegal are now screaming for UK involvement in this current illegal war. 🤷 #USA #Iran #Israel #UK #War

Arthur’s Pass New Zealand

Ha ha it 5pm here.

Exactly, people have very short memories.

Needs saying when people talk about inferior naval capabilities of UK and blame current or even last government. The rot started under one Margaret Thatcher. Ask anyone the the naval cities. #Iran #Navy #Starmer