Dan Quinn

@normposter The more i learn about that guy the more i don't care for him.

Good morning ☀️

@LiamBoyle43 @SuzyJourno @LucidTalk @BelTel LucidTalk always underestimate SF support.

@Dq18bmore @SuzyJourno @LucidTalk @BelTel Better than 4 down

Claire Hanna is the most popular NI party leader in @LucidTalk poll for @BelTel. For the first time, she scores higher than Michelle O'Neill among nationalists. Jon Burrows is the second best rated leader, replacing Jim Allister as unionists' favourite. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

@LiamBoyle43 @SuzyJourno @LucidTalk @BelTel 2 points in 4 years. Wow.

@Dq18bmore @SuzyJourno @LucidTalk @BelTel Party support is up since 2022!!

@LucidTalk @SuzyJourno @BelTel And the margin of error is?

@LiamBoyle43 @Ireland_Votes LucidTalk always underestimates SF support. A long standing trend.

@Ireland_Votes Lowest poll for SF in quite a while

New polling high for Aontú at NI Assembly polling (3%).

@fesshole But was the teacher a cunt? Lots of them are.

Six y/o daughter fell and needed to get stitches. To distract her from the pain I showed her a summary of research on how swearing helps you endure pain. She went back to school the next days and called her teacher a cunt. Cue awkward telephone conversation.

@alexwickham If anyone believes this, i have some magic beans for sale. Get in touch via DM 👍👍

BREAKING: Sources say Olly Robbins felt bound by the rules of the security vetting process NOT to tell the PM, No10 or the foreign secretary about the concerns raised about Mandelson That means it appears No10 WERE in fact unaware he had issues with his vetting And sources say in fact Mandelson DID NOT simply fail his vetting. Instead issues were raised and the FCDO security team and ultimately Robbins had to make a decision on whether to grant him DV clearance. It was their decision and there was no “overturning,” sources say As @SamCoatesSky reports via former security official Ciaran Martin, Robbins was prohibited from sharing information about what happened with anyone outside the FCDO security team Sources say the point of the vetting process is that it is extremely invasive and people who go through it must be confident they can tell the whole truth and not have highly embarrassing information about their personal lives leak or be spread around colleagues That means the circle of people allowed to know about what happens in each vetting case is very small and the information is highly privileged The decision on whether to approve Mandelson’s clearance, according to the vetting rules, is taken by a small team of FCDO security officials and ultimately Robbins, sources say Under no circumstance is Robbins or that team able to share the details of the vetting case with No10 or anyone else, sources say. Robbins felt he could not share it with any minister or private office, sources say It appears the PM and No10 were unaware of how these rules were perceived by Robbins and FCDO, and think he should have told them. Allies of Robbins think it is unfair he was sacked But crucially it appears right now that Robbins did not tell No10 and they were actually in the dark about all this until Tuesday. What an unbelievable mess

@P_Soisialach FF +1

I’m very interested to see what the opinion polls will look like after the protests

@TonightVMTV This is the fella that said there wasn't going to be a crash?

🗣️ "The Government are going to need that money to deal with people with real problems." – Professor John Fitzgerald, Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin #TonightVMTV

@irish_news So? She is the minister.

Sinn Féin Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald went against advice from Invest NI officials to decline an invitation to a conference in the United States organised by one of her party’s former Stormont ministers. Read more: tinyurl.com/c2ddj444

@williamcrawley John Hunt's magnificent commentary of the final stages of the Grand National. A master at work.

Help me out? What’s the best 3mins of radio you’ve heard on the BBC this week (including last weekend)?

@MichaelPTKelly And this is not one of them 🤣🤣🤣

Wow - resignations on a point of principle in Irish politics are very, very rare. I can only think of a handful. independent.ie/irish-news/mic…

@MichealLehane Snake

Michael Healy-Rae resigns from Government.

@DanielleOShea32 After the last election SF called for a media review and FG were tripping over each other to call it sinister and chilling. Look at Minister O'Donovan yesterday.

@Dq18bmore And if it was an opposition TD, that would be the headline. No TD should be providing such character references and the media certainly shouldn’t be protecting the ones that do.

I know they're in FF or FG because they haven't been named, but who is the TD?

@Triggertrucker @Thelytokous What was this on i wanna hear it

@Thelytokous Linda went through him like he was made of smoke

Linda Dillon well able for Jonny Buckley! He just can’t handle the truth can he?

@TomasJHeneghan No President has ever refused a Taoiseach's request to dissolve the Dail.

You’d think we hadn’t had a presidential election 6 months ago with how people are declaring there’ll be a general election if the government loses a motion of no confidence this week. President Connolly may very well decide the current Dáil should try to form another government.

@pureMetatron Was?

The pope should take time off politics, to study the bible and learn who Jesus Christ was.

@Ireland_Votes @MichealLehane "His team"

NEW: Barry Heneghan TD (Independent - Dublin Bay North) has told RTÉ that he is “carefully considering his position and consulting with his team” ahead of the no confidence vote. Heneghan is part of the Independent group which supports the Government. Via @MichealLehane