Declan Smyth

Dublins Ohio, California, and Georgia; Antrims Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire; Belfasts Maine, Missouri, and Nebraska; Sligo, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland… and a whole lot more, all waving their hands.

In case you forgot what a U.S. president beloved by the world looks like. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Live in Manchester: An Evening with President Barack Obama. The arena holds up to 23,500 people with standing room, and the event was SOLD OUT.

Ouch

Several thousand people have gathered in Dublin City centre for a national demonstration in support of Palestine

It should never have taken this long

Danish artist Jens Galschiøt unveiled a sculpture depicting a naked US President Donald Trump surrounded by golf equipment. It was unveiled on the grounds of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg.

"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps

You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

Well done Gavin

Via IPSC 🧵1️⃣ "The Irish team has not showed up for training yet and their press conference has been pushed back as there are rumblings of unhappiness among the players with Gavin Bazunu telling the squad he doesn't want to play against Israel. There might be others too. There is time to pull out

Gavin Bazunu tells Irish squad he does not want to participate in games against Israel

Three young boys being burnt to death should have shamed the orange order from wanting to march down there again. That’s what is ringing in my ears. It’s a struggle for the exertion of supremacy - no matter the cost.

#DIBLives Captain Charles Boycott believed Irish peasants were prone to idleness and required firm handling. Following an attempt to evict tenants #OTD 1880 he was subjected to the ostracism advocated by Parnell, and the word 'Boycott' entered the English language. www.dib.ie/biography/bo...

From Aaron Rowe’s Instagram account. #Speirgorm

This take is conservative, Danish, and very much correct.

Well worth a read 👇

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

This is horrific

Hmmm the most incompetent military leadership in US history which spaffed away its missile interceptors, exhausted its navy, has no idea about strategy, and is presiding over an unfolding military debacle has "views" to share. Really? REALLY?

These people are profoundly evil

I wonder why the media didn't pursue THIS plagiarist so harshly? I can't qwhite put my finger on it 🤔

FIFA broke its rules to favour the US team. The @nytimes.com reports this happened after Trump called Infantino and pressed him on the issue. We will be submitting an updated complaint to FIFA's ethics committee on this matter. You can add your name to that complaint here 👇 rebootfifa.com/sign/

It's time for Fingal to take legal action to stop Manna drones flying from Coolmine base, a councillor says. The council rejected a planning application for the base, but that hasn't stopped Manna, which says it's still flying and "considering the next steps available to us".

💔 The fascists will probably try keep the violence and destruction going till way after the 12th of July. We must not let them ✊️💚

inter&co Stadium pitch under water before England v Costa Rica friendly and Thunderstorms around. Organising a tournament during the rainy season (also Hurricane season), who would have thought it.

open.spotify.com/episode/1RaV...

Well worth the subscription. Great in depth articles.

In honour of St Brendan the Navigator, today being his feast day “Inuit, Irish and Norse: the earliest explorers of the North Atlantic”. An online lecture, delivered as part of 'Virtually Shackleton 2020' by the Shackleton Museum, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland. youtu.be/wSRZuuKStsk?...

My dog when someone says the word “treat.”

An Irish Army team has won gold in the Sullivan Cup, an international competition run by the US Calvary Corps. They won the Bradley competition which is quite impressive given most of the participants probably never saw a Bradley until last month

Solar and wind versus fossil. No brainer

How was that not a penalty #BAYPSG and the earlier hanball by Mendes would have been a red card

100% on the first comment 😑

Well worth a read

A new Banksy, mocking nationalism and flag shaggers, has appeared in London. It's a man holding a flag that is covering his face while he walks blindly off the plinth. Well done ✊🏼

Proper game of football this #PSGBAY

Ballrooms for them. Thoughts, prayers and Kevlar backpacks for the rest.

A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge. “They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”

I think this is my favourite so far. Alice Knox in Blackrock, Co. Dublin who is very glad to be single. #1926census nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

A pretty comprehensive takedown of JD Vance by a Catholic priest, Msgr. Arthur Holquin open.substack.com/pub/liturgya...

This is a really interesting piece. #SpeirGorm