Brian Dwyer

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After Roy Keane's mother Marie sadly passed away yesterday aged 79, he's posted a touching tribute on Instagram today. Our thoughts are with the Keane family. ❤️

UK Athletics is saddened to hear of the death of Olympic, European and Commonwealth champion Mary Rand, at the age of 86. She became the first British woman to win three medals at a single Olympic Games at Tokyo 1964 and blazed a trail for women in the sport.

Yes, Brexit is widely cited by industry leaders and officials as a significant contributor to the current crisis in London's nightlife. While it is not the sole cause, it created specific structural pressures that have made the sector more vulnerable to other shocks like the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.   London City Hall   The "knock-on" effects of Brexit on the nightlife industry include: •Severe Staffing Shortages: The end of EU freedom of movement has led to a major shortfall in the hospitality workforce. Data from The Independent suggests Brexit contributed to a shortfall of roughly 330,000 workers across the UK, predominantly in low-skilled sectors like hospitality. •Rising Operational Costs: Higher recruitment costs and the need to offer higher wages to attract a smaller pool of domestic workers have squeezed profit margins. Additionally, Brexit-related trade barriers and supply chain disruptions have contributed to rising food and drink prices. •Economic Contraction: Research commissioned by City Hall indicates London’s economy is billions of pounds smaller than it would have been if the UK had remained in the EU, reducing the overall disposable income available for leisure and nightlife. •Regulatory Complexity: New immigration rules and increased "red tape" have made it more expensive and time-consuming for venues to hire international talent, such as specialist DJs or hospitality managers.

This is a complete joke. London is going to end up with the night life of Zurich and the economy of Albania (sorry Zurich). They’ll be nothing to do for London tourists but walk around hoping to see the PMs Chief of Staff having his phone nicked.

Remembering the one and only Ian Dury, who passed away 26 years ago today. ❤️🕊️

Marie Keane - The mother of Roy Keane has passed away. Thinking of you Roy 💚

Piffle Andrew you have a very selective memory. Under the previous Conservative government, Stuart Machin M&S CEO was equally outspoken. His comments about "bureaucratic madness" and "utterly pathetic" were directed at Michael Gove, who was then the Secretary of State for Levelling Up. The criticism was a response to Gove’s July 2023 decision to block M&S’s plans to demolish and rebuild its flagship Marble Arch store on Oxford Street. He also repeatedly criticised the previous Conservative government for failing to reform business rates and the apprenticeship levy.

Business leaders don’t often speak out publicly. So when they do, you know they are badly hurting. And for every big business suffering, there are countless smaller ones quietly dying. Ruinously high energy costs are killing British businesses every single day. They can't compete and its driving up the cost of your shopping too. Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband just don’t get this. We need action today.

Adam Clayton presented the Arts Awards to students at St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin. Adam was a student at St. Columba’s before he transferred to Mount Temple Comprehensive. #AdamClayton #StColumbasCollege

Andy Burnham hails 'landmark moment' as Greater Manchester to get even more power - Manchester Evening News manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

@beverleyturner @WhiteHouse @GBNEWS Why haven’t all the Trump Epstein files been released? Why have no male co conspirators been charged in the US? Why was the President gloating over the death of Robert Mueller? A highly distinguished US veteran of the Vietnam War.

I'm about to go into the @whitehouse cabinet meeting. What would @gbnews followers like me to ask?

@Nigel_Farage BBC Question Time is in Clacton this evening. Will you turn up or avoid it? What do the Russians suggest Nigel?

The election on May 7th is a referendum on Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.

Our Kilkenny member David who is very excited to cheer on Ireland in their World Cup play-off tonight🇮🇪 🍀 C'mon the Boys in Green☘️ ☘️ #WorldCupPlayOff #IrishSoccerTeam #Ireland #KilkennyIWA

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The street crime hit that everyone is talking about....though Starmer would rather you didn't.

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@griffitha Some new research from Oxford University.

@griffitha Are you any relation of Arthur Griffith the founder of Sinn Fein?

Tory outraged by a phone, is it because he’s wrong sort of Irish for the Conservatives Andy? Have we had any of the money given to Conservative friends including Michelle Mone & Doug Barrowman during Covid-19 returned? VIP Lane PPE Contracts (2020–2022): The government was accused of operating a "VIP lane" to award contracts worth billions for PPE to firms with political connections to the Conservative party, many of which were deemed unusable.

What does Morgan McSweeney have to hide? Besties with Peter Mandelson and Keir Starmer… and his phone goes missing. If Labour were serious, they’d order him to hand over his personal phone to clear this up once and for all.

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Rachel Reeve’s just ‘topped’ another league table. The most downgraded set of growth forecasts. Expect her to blame Iran, AI, ‘global warming’ and the ‘wrong kind of leaves’ on the tracks. But the data doesn’t lie.

@griffitha I’ve got you typecast as a weasel. Sneaky, untrustworthy, deceitful, cowardly. I do think you could work with Putin, Trump, Netanyahu quite easily.

Labour have destroyed young people’s chances in Britain. The group once most likely to vote for them is now also the most likely to be unemployed. They’re waiting months to get a single interview, applying to hundreds of jobs, and still 1 in 6 can’t find one. Rejection after rejection. Hundreds of thousands of young Brits are now fleeing the country to try their luck elsewhere. That’s because socialism comes at a price and it’s never the politicians who pay. These tinpot class warriors attacked business at every turn and killed the golden goose. Rachel Thieves hit them with a £25 billion jobs tax and more than doubled business rates. Who was going to pay for that? Angela Rayner, before she resigned for unpaid taxes, hit them with 330 pages of red tape that make it harder to hire anybody. Why would anyone hire? Windmill fetishist Ed Miliband is making energy more expensive with his obsessive opposition to oil and gas. Who can afford to make anything at those prices? Thousands of business are being forced to close each month. Jobs have cratered. Almost 2 million are now unemployed. On April 1st another tax rise hits and it will only get worse. Labour just don’t get it. These muppets have never run a business. They don’t understand that jobs aren’t created in Whitehall. If you don’t have successful businesses you don’t have a country. What this lot have done is economic suicide. Why should anyone trust them when they talk about “growth” ever again?

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