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@Mick_Finnegan Wonderful news Mick. I am thrilled for you both. Congratulations and look forward to more news about your baby when born ❤️👶🏻

So, I've got some good news, I’m going to be a Dad. Still feels unreal saying it out loud. I'm counting down the days and soaking in this moment before everything changes. I already know this will be the most important role of my life.

@philipnolan1 You have had a massive life change Philip and it has been scary. But you are being positive and determined in your recovery. Hopefully you will continue to improve and perhaps, one day, you might drive again. You have so many people here cheering you on. ❤️

Tomorrow is the anniversary, but it was just before 11, Rome time, on Friday - today - that I had a massive stroke. Life never was, or will be, the same again, but adapting to change has brought as much reward as challenge. What a year it’s been! mol.im/a/15527637

Trump has done it again, tweeting another crazy Jesus post. Yes I confirmed on his Truth Social to be sure. Here’s the latest:

@philipnolan1 It’s a beautiful place. Enjoy Philip ❤️🚘🚗

It’s so nice to be away overnight at a car launch - especially when it’s only up the road! 😀 #MarlfieldHouse #Gorey #DS #No8

Just in case you’re having a bad day, remember this is how they weigh koalas 😍

@philipnolan1 So happy to hear this news!!!!

Brilliant news. Orbán is gone. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

@philipnolan1 Happy Easter Philip. Enjoy your lunch. You are looking good 🐣💛

I’m being taken to lunch. Looking forward not to having to cook. 🙂 #EasterSunday

💔💔THIS MORNING IN DUBLIN CITY CENTRE 💔 An innocent little mule was found tied to a fence, hidden behind flats in the heart of Dublin City. No water. No shelter. No care. He just stood there… confused, alone, and completely dependent on someone who failed him. Thanks to a kind member of the public who spoke up, and the quick response from the An Garda Síochána, this little boy is now safe. But the question is, how many others are suffering unseen? This is not okay. This shouldn’t be normal. And this cannot continue. Mules are intelligent, emotional animals. They feel fear, loneliness, and pain just like any other. A busy city is no place for them 💔💔 We are doing everything we can, but we can’t do it alone. 💔 Please help us continue rescuing animals like this poor little boy 💔 Please help us give them the care, safety, and love they deserve Every donation, no matter how small, makes a real difference. We don’t stop. We won’t stop. #AnimalWelfare #Dublin #RescueAnimals #SpeakUp #Donate donate.mylovelyhorserescue.com/one-off/ ❤️❤️ @gardainfo

@Shauns_Aviation Shaun glad the orals are over for you. Only a couple of months before you complete exams and leave school.

Leaving Certificate orals complete✅✅ My Spanish and Irish orals are finally behind me now!! Spanish went grim as expected. But the Irish went great, my posts in Irish definitely helped. I even got a chance in the oral to talk about my Twitter 🤪 Now to get the head down for the Papers beginning on June 3rd💪🏻 #aviation #School #Ireland #Dublin #LeavingCert

@Mick_Finnegan You have done yourself proud Mick. Truly an inspiration xxxx

From inner city Dublin to the cobblestones of the Netherlands. 958 days sober. What once felt impossible is now my everyday life. I fucking love the life I’m slowly building for myself. Sobriety gave me more than freedom. It gave me a future 😊 #nederland #holland #soberlife

May 16, 1963. Gordon Cooper was orbiting Earth alone inside a capsule barely big enough to turn around in, moving at 17,500 miles per hour. He had been up there for over a day. Then the warnings started. First a faulty sensor screaming that the ship was falling — it wasn't. He switched it off. Then something far worse: a short circuit knocked out the entire automated guidance system. The one that kept the capsule steady. The one that was supposed to bring him home. Without it, reentry was nearly impossible. Too shallow an angle and the capsule would bounce off the atmosphere back into space. Too steep and it would incinerate. The margin for error was razor thin — and every computer that was supposed to hit that margin was dead. Down on the ground, NASA engineers watched the telemetry in silence. They could see everything going wrong. They could fix nothing. Cooper didn't panic. He uncapped a grease pencil and drew lines directly on the inside of his window to track the horizon. He looked up at the stars he had spent months memorizing and used their positions to orient the ship by eye. Then he set his wristwatch. Because when you have no computers left, you become the computer. At exactly the right moment — calculated in his head, confirmed by the stars outside — he fired the retrorockets. The capsule shook. The sky turned to fire. For several minutes, no one on Earth could reach him as plasma swallowed the ship whole. Then the parachutes opened. Faith 7 hit the water just four miles from the recovery ship — the single most accurate splashdown in the entire Mercury program. The man with a wristwatch and a few pencil marks on a window had outperformed every automated system NASA had. We talk a lot about technology saving us. And it often does. But Cooper's story is a quiet reminder that behind every machine, there still has to be a human being who can look out the window, think clearly under pressure, and decide what to do next. The final backup was never the software. It was him.

The secret is not in always seeking to have more

@Shauns_Aviation What a view Shaun!

Delighted to share that Ill be back up in the Dublin Airport ATC tower next week✈️😃🙌🏻 I’ll be there as part of a 6th year careers programme! All going well I should be able to share some behind the scenes content such as myself on the radar simulator and the incredible views from the tower 📡 More to come!🙌🏻✈️ #aviation #avgeek #DublinAirport #Ireland #Airport #Dublin

@NiallHarbison Maybe F1 driver Alex Albon would help. As you know, having met him, he is a dog lover and has several dogs at home in UK. Many Formula 1 drivers fly in private planes. ❤️🐾

Trying so hard to get Sonny a home. Unfortunately he cannot travel as he hates small spaces like a crate. So unless someone has a private jet internationally he needs a good home in Thailand. A total gentleman of a dog. We'll keep trying everything

@philipnolan1 You are still here Philip and thankfully doing well after your last trip to Rome. ❤️

Thirteen years ago today, I arrived in Vatican City to report on the conclave to elect a Pope. Francis was eventually chosen. I was sent back to Rome last year for his funeral. That went well… 🤣

Every single person in NYC who voted for a jihadist mayor betrayed the memory of these people. New York City forgot them. But I never will.

@philipnolan1 It felt strange watching tonight. Hugh was someone I loved on the show. He created a void for so many of us. Thinking of his husband as this time xxx

Your 15-minute warning that Home Of The Year is back at 7pm on RTÉ One. Poignant this year as judge Hugh Wallace sadly died since filming.