Derek Higgins
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The 17:25 Cork/Heuston service this afternoon is currently stopped at Charleville awaiting the arrival of the 16:00 Heuston/Cork service - MH
Iarnród Éireann@IrishRail
Services operating between Limerick Jct/Charleville will experience delays this afternoon due to a reported track fault in the area. Only one track will be available until the issue is resolved. Update to follow - MH
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@IrishRail Hi, I booked a seat on the Dublin - Sligo train at 7.30pm, when I found the seat reservation it was over a bike rack. So basically I've no seat booked now
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Update:
18:50 Connolly to Belfast departed Clongriffin +9 minutes delayed.
-AP
Iarnród Éireann@IrishRail
18:50 Connolly to Belfast held at Clongriffin awaiting an ambulance. Update to follow. -CL
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@WillKingston @_ConnieShaw So bookshops should only sell books by authors they approve of? Most bookshops in Ireland sell Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. You go into Eason in Dublin and see it on the shelf
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@_ConnieShaw There’s a difference between cancelling someone for their beliefs (i.e. cancel culture), and ending a business relationship with someone who falsely said a recently murdered man advocated stoning people to death.
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I find Stephen King repulsive. But I am concerned at this response, along with the campaign to remove or even expel George Abaraonye, Oxford Union president elect.
You may find their speech highly offensive, as I do. But it is not unlawful.
Please, let’s not use leftist woke tactics and start cancelling or boycotting people. Draw attention to their comments yes, but let people decide whether to democratically remove him, or whether to buy the books.
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Even Buckingham Palace is using “passed away”.
All is lost.
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@ReadoutNoise @nuhUHuhpal @DonaldClarke63 Undermine!? The South Park guys love musicals! As do the Simpsons creators! As does Mel Brooks! Trey Parker - "There's just nothing more perfect in the universe to me than a good musical"
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@nuhUHuhpal @DonaldClarke63 The only fun musicals (to me) are those which parody/undermine the very concept of musicals.
"Gay!" in the IT Crowd
"Planet of the Apes" in The Simpsons
"The Producers" by Mel Brooks
"Jerry Springer: The Opera"
"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut"
...etc
GIF
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First half of Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is m*sterpi*ce stuff. Oily Rembrandtesque images summoning up a Manchester of industry and religious fanaticism. The second half is a little less focused. But this epic musical remains standout of the #Venice2025 comp so far.
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Derek Higgins retweetledi
Teachers are loving our brand-new Leaving Cert Biology resource, and they’re excited to start using it this September to teach the new specification!
📖 Clear, concise chapters mapped to the new spec
🔬 Inquiry-led approach to develop research & lab skills
📝 Step-by-step support for the Biology in Practice Investigation
🧪 Visual experiment guides + step-by-step videos
🎯 End-of-chapter assessments following Bloom’s Taxonomy
Contact your local rep to learn more! gilleducation.ie/post-primary/e…
#edchatie #LCbiology #gilleducation
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Derek Higgins retweetledi
What’s inside Evolution? Let the authors take you through it! 🚀
@humphreyjones & @YvonneHigginsV break down how Evolution supports the new #LCBiology specification.
Watch now to see how Evolution helps you navigate the new course with confidence! Contact your local rep for more: gilleducation.ie/post-primary/e…
#edchatie
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Derek Higgins retweetledi
Using ‘Evolution’ PowerPoints and videos with my fifth-year class this morning - bringing Biology to life!! @humphreyjones @GillEducation #LCBiology
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@Flinchwave__ @junkyj64 @dollarbillbluez Mormons go to every country, I've seen them here in Ireland. The famous English economist Gary Stevenson's parents are Mormon, they knocked on his parents door in London and that's how they converted to Mormonism
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@junkyj64 @dollarbillbluez They really think so low of us it's crazy
Ecuador is a fully modernized nation. Why would we suddenly become Mormon because Vanilla Ice over here tells us about Joseph Smith?
We are Catholics already
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@RachelMoiselle @loiste_mona @sharonsabo11 This is a self portrait of the cartoonist Martyn Turner, with similar nose
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@loiste_mona @sharonsabo11 The Jewish caricature has a hooked nose specifically. That is a trope.
And who’s a ‘victim’ here. A Hezbollah martyr?
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Irish Times.
‘They hate us’: well, yes. Hezbollah has launched rockets into civilian areas for months.
If the IT used as much ingenuity paying respects to the 12 Druze children murdered by Hezbollah as they do publishing antisemitic cartoons, Ireland would be a better place.
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@EO_Halloran @Sarahjdublin This is a self portrait of the cartoonist Martyn Turner, also with big nose
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@Sarahjdublin Look at the nose on that Israeli soldier? Why was it drawn like that?
We wouldn't think it was acceptable to draw Rwandans like minstrel show characters during the Rwandan genocide, so we shouldn't accept this either
Criticism of Israel does not require any antisemitism
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It pains me to say it but it's dumb to claim we don't have an antisemitic problem in Ireland now
No reasonable person would accept labeling all Muslims as terrorists because of ISIS
But more and more Irish people seem incapable of doing the same with their criticisms of Israel
Dan O'Brien@danobrien20
We Irish have a problem. We need to face up to it. What the state of Isreal does is one thing, but the small Jewish community in Ireland needs solidarity and protection.
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@joelcardwellX @simon_schama @adamboultonTABB And he's just as representative of Ireland as Mel Gibson was of Australia after his anti semitic rant
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mask off, pretext gone. Watch the way he enjoys saying " The Jew" - he just loves it; the telling smirk
David Collier@mishtal
Raw, unfiltered antisemitism. This is Dublin - the capital of Ireland - the most antisemitic nation in Europe - and what you see is the result of decades of anti-Israel demonisation pushed out by parts of the Church, Irish media and Irish politics.
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@simon_schama That guy's a drunk moron, he does not represent us
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this is insane if you confirm a date and then for some reason (anxiety? insanity??) need ANOTHER confirmation then you need to sort that. dating is hard why are you making it harder
Brooke Lin@Brooke_Lin1
From a friend and for context the previous convo was sunday night but who is in the wrong here?
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@DerekHiggins101 I’m afraid it vanished in the great pile of unread books that sits in the middle of my office .. I got six (!) more today.
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@DerekHiggins101 Hi Derek, there are delays currently. Delays are expected to ease. 19:05 Sligo to Connolly is expected to depart on time, with possible delays en route to Connolly. -CL
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Update:
11:05 Sligo to Connolly held in Boyle awaiting bus transfers from Sligo.
09:05 Connolly to Sligo +46 minutes delayed.
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Iarnród Éireann@IrishRail
Update: 11:50 Maynooth to Connolly has been cancelled due to a mechanical issue on the train. 12:10 Maynooth to Connolly will operate. 11:05 Connolly to Sligo departed Maynooth +19 minutes. Update to follow. x.com/IrishRail/stat…
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