Michael Coughlan

@SeanDubIreland Fair enough, but it was a considerably bigger project than anything done in the last 20yrs... The first time boring a tunnel in Ireland. Was one of the biggest in Europe at the time.

That’s just the power of social media. The tunnell was as bad. I guess MSM just kept it quiet for them Prices are incorrect here for explanation. Govt were offered three light types. Waterproof €50, Water Resistant €40 and standard €30. They chose the €30 light and a full year was spent putting them in up and down all four lanes. Then they started noticing from mix of minor leaks and condensation, the bulbs were blowing. The had to pay an additional €30 to have every light removed and another €50 for install of waterproof light. So it ended up €110 a light instead of €50 and took 18 months longer than was supposed to, JUST FOR LIGHTING.

Don’t fall for the spin. BAM are not the bad guys. They’re a business responsible to shareholders, out to make a profit. Their model may be distasteful, even immoral, but they’re only taking advantage of public service workers who can’t compete against the private sector in the boardroom, a court room or a building site. Simon Harris signed the contracts without a design because he wanted the big headline. That’s it. Everything after that was a snowball.

@SeanDubIreland Seriously though, how did we build so much infrastructure from circa 1997-2007? The current civil servants and politicians are just not capable of that anymore....imagine giving this bunch the Dublin Port Tunnel or the Luas. What has changed for things to go so wrong?

@MikeRockfield Or a massive success for politicians and media convincing public BAM are the bad guys?!

@GAAjuggernaut @PRO_Galway_Ball @pfc9302 It's always been that way in Galway for football and hurling. Senior, intermediate, Junior A etc. But your seconds don't go straight to Intermediate, they have to get promoted through winning Junior first. Its all changing this year, tho.

@PRO_Galway_Ball @pfc9302 Weird to me as I’m used to the northern system of every club having a senior and reserve teams. It’s not a negative, it works differently in each county. If it’s not broke don’t fix it.

Interesting addition to the Corofin intermediate team programme last night, Gary sice returning after a one year hiatus and from what I’m hearing, he’s not planning on sticking around for too many more intermediate caps. Have Corofin seniors found the problem to their free taking issues from last year? 👀 jugger

@ElisDavies5 How does a British province have a national football team anyway?

They’re always desperate to be talked about the Irish. Main character syndrome

@OrdnancePackard x.com/i/status/20367…

1. Air superiority nearing air supremacy. We're flying B-52s, A-10s, and F/A 18s over the country like it's an early 90's air show in Topeka. The only thing missing is "Rock you like a hurricane" blasting out of some shitty mobile DJ's speakers. 2. GBU-57 3. The 31st MEU *just* finished training for this very thing in Iron Fist 26, and has the USS Tripoli in its group

@StonefishMarc @AlasdairGold It's the hope that kills you!

@AlasdairGold The way they responded at Liverpool and Madrid gives me hope they can do it again. I’m worried that I’m not more worried… Come on you Spurs!

Fascinated to see how the Spurs players and fans react if something goes against them today, and it invariably does. That's going to be the real test during the game. Sticking together is going to be huge.

@kenxo_xiv People out there actually think Lewandowski was better than Kane....daft stuff! Kane scored 92 goals in his last three seasons in the Premier league, in an absolutely dire Tottenham team!

Call me crazy but Harry kane is better than Lewandowski...

@Jihooncrypto It can travel more than double the distance estimated....but it failed mid flight. Says the "world's highest IQ holder" 😂😂

@mccuejury You actually used a former RUC/Para Reg member as evidence...have you any idea of how clueless that was.. Like, any at all?

PRESS STATEMENT: McCue Jury and Partners on behalf of John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock

@JamieBrysonLLB Their case collapsed the moment they used "evidence" from a former member of the RUC/Paras. That's how bad the case was and how out of touch they are that they stood there and presented that with a straight face.

This sheds quite a different light on what really occurred in the Adams case.

@keira_con They had originally applied for a very large house of over 3000 sq/ft. If they had gone ahead and built that, I'd nearly be sure a resolution could have been found. But they went and built a house well over 6000 sq/ft. They were taking the piss!

I did some digging in to the house that is being demolished and I am rather miffed as to what I have seen in from the planning office. I am miffed though because looking at satellite images shows me that the area in question is very well populated with housing and large agricultural buildings. It is not like this house was built in a isolated area impacting a nature reserve or a national heritage site. Judging by the trees on the site I doubt the house could even be seen. Given the number of houses and buildings in the are including new Agricultural building I am at a loss as to how should agreement could be achieved between Meath Co Co and the owners. The refusal was issued 03/05/2007 by the planning manager the reasons given were as follows. Reasons for Refusal – Guidelines 1. Having regard to the location of the site in an area defined as being under strong urban influence in the ‘Sustainable Rural Housing – Guidelines for Planning Authorities’ issued by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in April 2005, and in a rural area under strong urban influence in the Meath County Development Plan 2007-2013, it is considered that the development which is proposed to be retained would result in excessive density of development in an unserviced rural area, would seriously injure the visual amenities of the area and militate against the preservation of the rural environment. The development which is proposed to be retained would, therefore, be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. 2. Having regard to the limited size of the original landholding from which the application site is taken, the level of existing and permitted development, the development which is proposed to be retained will result in an excessive concentration of wastewater treatment systems in an unserviced rural area. The development will therefore be prejudicial to public health and be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. 2. Having regard to the limited size of the original landholding from which the application site is taken, the level of existing and permitted development, the development which is proposed to be retained will result in an excessive concentration of wastewater treatment systems in an unserviced rural area. The development will therefore be prejudicial to public health and be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. 3. The Planning Authority considers that the two-storey dwelling which is proposed to be retained is out of character in terms of its scale, height and design with the existing dwellings adjacent to the application site. The development which is proposed to be retained would represent an unduly prominent feature in the local landscape, would be visually incongruous and would establish an undesirable precedent for development of this kind. The development would therefore be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. 4. The proposed development would materially contravene Condition No. 3 of planning permission KA/406669 and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. Condition No. 3 of KA/406669 states that "Prior to the commencement of any development the owner of the landholding of which the site forms part as shown outlined in blue on the location map submitted on 23/12/05 shall have entered into a legal agreement with the Planning Authority under the provisions of Section 47 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 2000 providing for the sterilisation from any housing or non-agricultural development on the entire remainder of this landholding" and would also materially contravene condition number 3 of KA/40653 both of which permissions have been implemented which is in similar terms.

@Footballtweet Currently?? He has been the best number 9 in the world, for years now! As far back as when Lewandowski was at Bayern!

HARRY KANE IS COMING FOR ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI!! ▪️ Robert Lewandowski in his best season with Bayern Munich: 55 goals, 9 assists and 4 trophies in 47 matches played. 🇵🇱 ▪️ Harry Kane this season with Bayern Munich: 47 goals, 5 assists and 1 trophy (he could win 4 by the end of the campaign) in 39 matches played. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 A worthy successor to the legendary Polish striker at Bayern. Is he currently the best no.9 in the world? 🤔

@RafHM What a complete and utter load of nonsense! The mental gymnastics people in these "orders" go through must surely affect your mental health at some stage?

@OffitCuff @Frasier67Blank @ithacarising @SandyofCthulhu *The USA would like a word with their lap dog!😂

@MikeRockfield @Frasier67Blank @ithacarising @SandyofCthulhu At least we carried on and saved your asses in 1944 you ungrateful bitch.

One of the problems I always had while being the "history guy" for the Age of Empires series was that everyone always made jokes about how terrible the French were at war. Whereas in fact, France was such a force to be feared that during the 1600s and 1700s all of Europe usually had to band together to stop her. It all goes back to France's shameful performance in World War 2 (which was pathetic). That humiliating loss has echoed through the years. But I had to explain it again and again and again to people. Then they would say something like, "Well Napoleon lost." Even the somewhat historically literate, who knew of Agincourt and Crecy, were surprised when I explained that France not only won the 100 years war, but they won it stunningly, laying waste to British Continental pretensions. I blame France's abysmal performance in the Franco-Prussian War, WW2, and Dien Bien Phu. Get your act together France. Be the France that terrified all of Europe and fought literally every other nation to a standstill in 1697.

@MikeyHotspurs What an absolute cluster fuck!

We’ve conceded the Liverpool game and rightly so New manager pending ⏳ Once he’s appointed we stay up 100% FACTS

@Penchanski @bradleybob56 @SandyofCthulhu @prpic29 Nazis used the sea as a defensive barrier. The same way the British did after they retreated. But the British completely underestimated the task at hand and the warfare the Nazis brought. Luckily, the same barrier gave them a chance to regroup, an opportunity the French never had

@MikeRockfield @bradleybob56 @SandyofCthulhu @prpic29 The Nazi plan for the Battle of France absolutely relied on using the sea against the allies. Had it not been for that they would have had a much tougher time.

@doglovesbiscuit @Nic21121970 Oh, I mock them all. They're all a complete circus!

@MikeRockfield @Nic21121970 Men dressed up in long dresses ? Is it just Catholic priests wearing vestments for mass that you're mocking or all religious garb from major religions ?

Do people not wear shamrock for Saint Patrick’s Day anymore? When I was a child the Saint Patrick’s Day parade was a parade of reverence where shamrock was worn and the parade ended at a special mass said as Gaeilge. When did it become like a clown circus?

@Michael60774449 @bradleybob56 @SandyofCthulhu @prpic29 Thats my point. If the channel was an open plain like France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, Nazis would have rolled across it in days. The sea gave British an opportunity to regroup after total collapse in France. The French didn't have such a hold point against the Blitzkrieg

@MikeRockfield @bradleybob56 @SandyofCthulhu @prpic29 What a bizarre argument. Britain had deliberately built the largest navy in the world because of the sea barrier and had relied on naval dominance for over a century. France had the largest, most modern army in 1939 and lost abysmally.

@PeterRNeumann There can never be full closure in all this until the British state admits and recognises its role in the terrorist activity and crimes it committed. The Loyalist and Republican movements have done so and are open to what they did. This show trial is a complete waste of time.

The ongoing (legal) debate about whether Gerry Adams was a senior member of the IRA is bizarre. Everyone knows the answer. And the entire peace process only makes sense if he actually was. 👇 theguardian.com/politics/2026/…