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#ForAlan RIP

@deirdrenugent4 West of Ireland posh!

@Cor1916 Look at you!! Living on a hill AND having a Radio and Tape Deck!!!🤣🤣🤣

My first car was a rusty Opel Astra. No power steering, broken radio. Today I was driving, guided by Google Maps, listening to Spotify and was able to take a call without taking my hands off the wheel or my eyes off the road. How things have changed!

@dunkingwithfish Congrats to Joe and all of you

Today we celebrated Joe receiving formal qualifications at school. Something we never anticipated. The staff at Ceara always go the extra mile and this one has surpassed everything.

Good evening everyone. The fund now stands at €7,500 which is quite remarkable. A real reflection of peoples affection for Alan. If you can please continue to repost, especially to your own followers. Thanks again. 💚 Helping the La Casse Family idonate.ie/crowdfunder/he…

@JohnKennyMedia @rtenews Rick is the best match for the slot

RTÉ has announced today that Rick O’Shea is the new presenter of Arena - RTÉ Radio 1's flagship weeknight arts and culture programme. Rick has been presenting the programme on an interim basis since the tragic loss of beloved presenter Seán Rocks last July.  @rtenews

@nialloloughlin Excellent.

Reposting this one for the day that’s in it. Every time I post anything about Enoch Burke or the Burke family , I get a world of abuse … so I’m sure today will be no different. Anyway, here it is again. Enjoy the comments section.

@AMLaCassePhoto Delighted to see this..best news of the day

I'm home!!

@AMLaCassePhoto Sending you best wishes Alan and wishing you and your family all the best in the coming weeks. I will include you the next time that I am lighting candles.

I was going to hold off telling ye all until the biopsy results were back, but ye are practically family. Last week I had some bowel issues, the wife insisted I go to A&E on Friday morning. Some poking, probing and scans have led to a rather shocking diagnosis. 1/2

23 theses on seomraí 1. The government should allow seomrai to be rented privately to non-family members. This point is currently under consideration. Banning seomrai for renters cuts their benefits off from the group most acutely in need of housing. 2.People base their general election vote not on headlines but on whether their lives feel like they are going well. Governing parties only got a polling bump when the 2022 winter fuel credit hit peoples bank accounts, four weeks after it was announced. 3.Banning renters from seomrai misses an opportunity to cultivate new voters. Every seomra rented out creates a grateful renter and a grateful homeowner. For these voters, seomrai are highly salient. 4.Seomrai will not appear all at once. Based on US, Swedish and Canadian experience, it is reasonable to expect 3,500 to 7,000 seomrai to be built per year. 5.That equals a 0.15 to 0.34 percent annual increase in housing stock, or roughly one new unit per 400 existing houses per year. 6.Every seomra creates about three big beneficiaries: two homeowners and one tenant. 7.That means 10,500 to 21,000 beneficiaries per year, or 42,000 to 104,000 by the next election in 2029. 8.Just 63,000 votes separated the three largest parties in the 2024 election. 9.Seomrai beneficiaries cut across age, geography and income. 10.A majority of the public support renting seomrai to anyone. In August polling, 51 percent supported open renting versus 34 percent favouring family-only use. 11.Voters of the Greens, Aontu, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein, Independent Ireland, Fianna Fail and the Social Democrats all preferred open renting. 12.Among Sinn Fein voters, 52 percent supported renting seomrai outside the family, versus 28 percent opposed. 13.Independents, Labour and PBP voters were the most evenly split. 14.The objections to seomrai are paper thin. One is drainage, but what solution to the housing shortage does not involve concrete being poured over grass. If strong uptake required remedial water works after some years in some places, that would be a good problem to have. Are we trying to solve the housing shortage or minimise capital spending on infrastructure? 15.Even in an extreme case where all 7,000 annual seomrai were built in Dublin, this would be about a 1 percent annual increase in housing stock. 16.Even assuming seomrai use as much water as houses, systems at 90 percent capacity would still have about a decade to plan upgrades. 17.Another objection is regulation. But what housing solution does not involve more people renting homes? 18.If the RTB needs more resources as a result, should it not get them? 19.Parking objections conflict with support for compact growth. One cannot favour compact growth while opposing modest suburban densification. 20.Seomrai sidestep high construction costs. A small A2-rated apartment costs about 500,000 euro to build, versus roughly 100,000 euro for an A2-rated seomra of similar size. 21.Seomrai also bypass much of the planning bureaucracy, delivering faster and less uncertain projects. 22.Seomrai place people as close as possible to existing jobs and public transport, piggybacking on existing infrastructure rather than requiring new networks. 23.There are few ideas that deliver the most needed unit sizes, in the most needed places, at scale, near transport, compatible with carbon goals, while benefiting homeowners.

There's a new cafe in Sligo town: magnumlady.com/2026/01/09/sli…

Congratulations to Kate O’Connor who is our 2025 Sportswoman of the Year! #ITSportswoman #WomenInSportIRE irishtimes.com/sport/2025/12/…

Congratulations to Cora Staunton who is our Outstanding Contribution to Sport winner. #ITSportswoman #WomenInSportIRE

King House, Boyle, Roscommon are giving a Free Christmas Dinner on Sunday 28th Dec, so if you know anyone who would like a lovely Christmas meal, some company and music, send a text 087 6430326. They are taking donations and anything they don't spend will go to St. Vincent De Paul.

Mocha Beans in Ballina, Mayo will open on Christmas Day from 11am-1pm, they welcome anyone in need; elderly, alone, or homeless in the community. They'll be offering free hot water bottles, blankets, sandwiches, soup, and of course tea and coffee - completely free. No questions asked.

@Ontheboldstep Highly recommend it, it’s excellent

Is broadchurch any good on Netflix ?

foam. has opened at The Model Sligo. Read all about them on the blog: magnumlady.com/2025/11/24/sli…

@deirdrenugent4 When my mother was in a nursing home I did this a lot. I was whoever they thought I was or wanted me to be. It was a local home and most residents were from the area so I had the added benefit of knowing them or knowing of them. Yes dementia is a cruel disease.

A lovely woman I know is in a nursing home with dementia. I met her when I was visiting Dad. Her husband died 5 years ago. I mentioned him, Eric. She pointed to a man and said, he's over there. I waved. You just go along with their world. It's a cruel disease. #Dementia

Sligo Samaritans are hosting a Fundraising night. With @nevenmaguire Lots of raffle prizes on the night. Tickets on sale now in Kate's Kitchen Sligo, Shells Sea Side Bakery Cafe and Sligo Park Hotel and on Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/cookery-demo…

@Killybegsgirl I stayed there one summer almost 30 years ago, beautiful region

I’m in beautiful Cornwall with my sister & niece. Visiting our cousin who lives over here. Staying in Falmouth. Such a beautiful area. (Missed election yesterday!) anyways, so much lovely food and wine. Love getting away, I do!