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@AncientArgonaut @flightradar24 That’s quite a stretch from zero jet incidents

@GanderNext @flightradar24 Zero fatalities ever since the jet age.

Qantas flight #QF7 made a U-turn near Fiji and is returning to Sydney.

@AncientArgonaut @flightradar24 Fake news: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Fl…

@flightradar24 Qantas are ranked as the safest airline on Earth, world leader in aviation safety development with zero jet incidents despite how long they have been operating. Likely this is a medical emergency to go back to Sydney.

@leinsterrugby @IrishRail Naturally x.com/olscrugby/stat…

@leinsterrugby @IrishRail no DARTS operating that weekend as usual?

💫 EPCR have confirmed that our Round of 16 Champions Cup clash with Edinburgh Rugby will kick off at 5.30pm on Easter Sunday!

@PCeee63 The drone hit was over a week ago and operations are running well since. He’ll be home before you know it!

@GanderNext He got the flights at a very reasonable price (only bought yesterday) - he says that was to encourage people to fly! Otherwise, avoiding the middle east was minimum £1550.

That's my lad in the air, on Emirates, on his way to Dubai 😬😬😬 then Dublin ( hopefully). He's braver than me...

@KeithMillsD7 @cuchulainn1 Canaries different time zone to mainland Spain

@cuchulainn1 Because it's part of the UK.

This probably makes a lot more sense than the current zones though it would makes for dark winter mornings on the west coast of Ireland.

@simonrug JLO

By touching down against Leinster on the weekend, Glasgow scrum-half George Horne became the eighth player to score 50 tries in the URC in its various guises. Fancy having a go at naming the other seven?

@fingalpimpernel It’s more to do with the winds on any given day. Some days they will, some days they won’t.

A lot of US to UK bound flights don't fly over Ireland - depends where they are going.

@racingblogger Is he in loafers or boat shoes?

Who is this man?

@Doggedpursuited @Acyn @SarahAMcInerney Doubtful. Clinton, Obama and Biden had massive public turnouts when they visited Ireland.

@Acyn @SarahAMcInerney Ironically and perhaps it’s lost on Mr Martin that the Americans were instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace process

Irish PM on Iran: We ultimately believe in diplomacy and dialogue because we had war ourselves.. it was a terrible 30-year conflict and we learned a lot in terms of how to resolve conflict. It took a long time.

@patmccarry It’s pro rugby. You’ll never have everyone fit and available. Interesting hypothesis though.

Took a swing at selecting Ireland's Best 23, if everyone was fit and available🍀 Full story here 👉 dirttrackersrugby.substack.com/p/tommy-darrag… ✍️ This class XV missed out⬇️ Boyle, Stewart, Bealham; Murray, Edogbo; Baird, Izuchukwu, Cian P; Doak, Sam P; Stockdale, Aki, Farrell, TO'B; Osborne 🫣🤯

@IrishRail No need to update the app lads. Like it’s not the place everyone checks 🙄

@GanderNext The 19.04 Malahide/Bray was cancelled and announced earlier today. -AD x.com/IrishRail/stat…

@IrishRail any chance you could give an update on Malahide originating Darts? Your app is saying on time but get to station and showing significant delays.

x.com/irishrail/stat… So this tweet from 3 hours ago is the only heads up that this train is cancelled? Note to self to cross check app times with your X feed 🙄

@IrishRail 1907 departure

@GanderNext DART services are operating with delays of up to +6mins. What service are you waiting on? -AD

@Shauns_Aviation Also worth pointing out that Shanwick traffic is ‘controlled’ from Prestwick and voice messages relayed from HF radio operators in Clare. With the advent of digital coms between aircraft and controller, majority of coms are now directly between aircraft and controller in Scotland

Update; The ditch have come back with a new article which outlines that military aircraft are not binded by ICAO standard in response to my tweet. That is in part correct, but there are cases where they regularly operate under ICAO standard are receive Air Traffic Services (ATS) when not operating with due regard and have a filed IFR flight plan, atc must provide ATS to them flights I am now aware that the aircraft they reference was operating with ‘due regard’ - meaning the military aircraft is taking responsibility for their own navigation and aircraft avoidance In this case It appears shanwick ATC was getting a courtesy position report from the USAF aircraft and a count of the aircraft in its flight (x3 B-1b’s en route to RAF Fairford), shanwick then requested the next waypoint to get a general idea of the aircraft’s path Military aircraft flights under due regard may still be asked for a courtesy position report when they are operating at the same altitude as civilian traffic to deconflict traffic - as the aircraft type usually cant be tracked by atc due to their Transponder mode and/or position in shanwick large portion of airspace. TL;DR Shanwick controller requested or received courtesy position report for deconfliction by a B-1b who informed them they were a flight of 3x B-1’s heading in a certain direction to the UK Quite a bit off from ‘irish air staff guided a USAF bomber on its way to Bomb Iran’

@LordBriani @tomdoorley Ire doesn’t “manage” Shanwick Oceanic. It’s controlled from Prestwick and voice messages relayed from HF radio operators in Co Clare. With the advent of digital coms between aircraft and controller, the majority of coms are now directly between aircraft and controller in Scotland

@tomdoorley Ireland’s *managed airspace is about 10 times larger than its land area due to its position. The Swiss is about the size of the country itself.

We could learn a lot from the Swiss…

@scottiebateman 14 flights every day between DXB and TLV before this kicked off.

If you don’t play nicely… the UAE will have to send the gang over to say hi. 👋🏻 … UAE government is clear that it may enter the fray if targeted again. The UAE and Israel on the same side against Iran is not on my 2026 bingo card. 😳

@NiallofEast @Ruggerbugger90 @RuaidhriOC ROG has a long way to go to match Mark McCall’s CV

@Ruggerbugger90 @RuaidhriOC Name an Irish coach with a better CV

IRFU face battle to retain Andy Farrell after the World Cup as Saracens offer €1.2m-a-year deal independent.ie/sport/rugby/si…