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Language learners! Currently combining Duolingo, Ella Verbs and Language Transfer to learn some Spanish. What might you recommend for spoken/writing practice? Good sources for teachers, whether zoom or IRL? And/or an app to will suggest topics and correct efforts?

How long before #Dublin has something like this @DublinAirport @IrishRail @AerLingus? 16 mins to the airport with luggage check-in available in the city centre?

@adrianweckler Meanwhile on ÖBB in Austria….

On a train in the Swiss Alps, this is the excellent mobile connection mostly throughout. The Alps! Imagine if Irish trains had good mobile connections across flat, accessible townlands in 2025

There’s a “hacker” currently doing well in the Alps Q-school! Gives hope to the rest of us hackers 😄 @kevinmarkham @NCG_com @amateur_info @IrishGolferMag @IrishGolfDesk

@CarlBovisNature A face and a walk that suggests its been following the election results 😬

Americans... if you need cheering up, here's a Puffin going for a little walk. 😁🐦😍

@timqueeney @militaryhistori I think, if my memory of old editions of Warlord is correct, they went after the Fw Condors, rather than U-boats?

@militaryhistori No doubt launching the Hurricane was delayed until they were sure they had a serious UBoat contact.

Hawker Hurricane & pilots on board a CAM (catapult aircraft merchant) ship. Before escort carriers or long-range aircraft, when threatened, for local defence, CAM ships could catapult a Hurricane. Once the mission or the fuel was over, the pilot bailed out to await rescue.

@droghedacycling @FredPLogue @meathcoco @sharontolan Lack of urgency and lack of quality - the philosophy seems to be “build anything & they will come” rather than “build it where people are already travelling” 🤷

@Davey_Lyons @FredPLogue @meathcoco @sharontolan Our group is considering ways to put pressure on the local authorities to accelerate the delivery of AT infrastructure, the more we engage with the relevant LAs the more we see a lack of urgency. Yes some good people working hard etc but obv there’s a lack of will from the top.

@droghedacycling @FredPLogue @meathcoco Not the clubs fault at all but with all the houses gone in, the school etc you’d think there’d be a safer way to access the largest sports club in the area? Instead it’s more mediocre infrastructure planning.localgov.ie/en/part-8/appl… @sharontolan

@FredPLogue They are indeed (although it’s not the clubs fault). Some parents using cargo bikes to drop kids to training now which is a positive but it must be made safer for others esp children to cycle to training @meathcoco

@frankmcdonald60 @DerelictDrawda @duineeigin @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco Difficult to know how “official” it is - I think it’s a statement from @Fergusodowd rather than @louthcoco facebook.com/share/p/YU3cWZ…

@DerelictDrawda @Davey_Lyons @duineeigin @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco Who is the author of that statement?

Just pure vandalism of one of the few remaining authentic shop fronts in the town Any ideas on what can be done @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @frankmcdonald60 @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd ? @louthcoco asleep at the wheel again!!

@frankmcdonald60 @DerelictDrawda @duineeigin @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco In short, nothing. The last at risk building in Drogheda was demolished by @louthcoco when it deteriorated. I don’t think anyone will be that surprised if there are no consequences or sanctions following on from this.

@DerelictDrawda @Davey_Lyons @duineeigin @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco What is the council doing about it? I presume the building is a protected structure, given that it’s included in NIAH. If so, enforcement action must be taken to compel its reinstatement.

@DerelictDrawda @duineeigin @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @frankmcdonald60 @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco Phenolic plastic 😉

@duineeigin @Davey_Lyons @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @frankmcdonald60 @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco Really? Suggestions please...

@DerelictDrawda @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @frankmcdonald60 @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco Depressingly, I think you are right - @Fergusodowd's statement that "The conservation architect is visiting....to see what original materials can be salvaged." Suggests no attempt will be made or required by @louthcoco to have the facade reinstated.

@Davey_Lyons @sharontolan @alisoncomyn @FredPLogue @frankmcdonald60 @AnTaisce @geraldnash @Fergusodowd @louthcoco My guess David is that there will be the initial furore, followed by a long vacuum, after which the people responsible will be met with a modest rebuke and told not to do it again.

@archiseek - looks like you’ll have to update your website Paul…… @louthcoco not doing a lot to protect our architectural heritage

This is happening now in Drogheda. A protected shop front being ripped up. Does anyone really care about heritage any more. ⁦@louthcoco⁩ ⁦⁦@alisoncomyn⁩ ⁦@anntmcveigh⁩ ⁦@BobbyMc2014⁩ ⁦@upstatetheatre⁩ ⁦@DrogCity⁩ ⁦@Love_Drogheda⁩

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