Barney Mc Neany

@FriarMario The banner is misspelled

St Enda of Aran (c. 5th–6th century) is considered the father of Irish monasticism. A former warrior, he founded a famous monastery on the Aran Islands, forming saints through prayer, austerity, and deep love of God.

@LegalGengar More power to your elbow

My journalism stands, demonstrably so after today's High Court hearing & judgment in my favour. Jack Monroe did not sue me. Simon Harris did not sue me. I hope you find the things I write about interesting, useful, and worth reading. I write in the public interest & for you all

Faces of the lads on Ireland's bench when Stu McCloskey dished his final try assist of the championship, and Tommy O'Brien did the rest Garry Ringrose like a kid on Christmas morning 😅

@IrishTimesSport Tadgh Beirne rating is a joke. Were you watching the same game?

Ireland player ratings: Stuart McCloskey stands out as Ireland beat Scotland dlvr.it/TRV6Y3

The Irish Fridge. 6 assists - most in the Six Nations 2 NFL-style assists 1 soul taken (Marcus Smith) Player of the tournament.

Tadhg Beirne is a one man wrecking crew. Made the tackle after the bump on Furlong and won the penalty in the Irish 22 with Scotland rumbling. He’s worth points on the scoreboard.

@sandraroche1973 Great to see you wearing the Green jersey Albert. C'mon Ireland

Six weeks, six teams #sixnations It’s Super Saturday pals and it’s all to play for 🐾 who will take home de trophy and who gets a wooden spoon 🏉 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🏉 good luck to all de teams 🐾

@IrishRugby Chapeau to whoever is choosing the tunes for these vids!

Stage is set. All in.

Final match day of the Championship.

I'm so immensely grateful to be given the time and resources to research and write. Journalism matters, yet is being deliberately undermined globally. The judges described the Belfast Telegraph's journalism as "world class". Thanks to our bosses, our sources, & you the readers.

@SJAMcBride Thoroughly well-deserved Sam. I look forward to your BelTel reports and weekly emails for their thoughts provoking insight.

Dogs are truly a man's best friend ❤️

And it will forever be appalling to me that a bunch of celebrities with influence over young people used their platforms to amplify unevidenced claims for the benefit of transitioning minors while smearing those urging caution as bigots.

@MartinSLewis @Ed_Miliband Thanks for focusing on Home Heating Oil. I know several people who will find this rise turn them insolvent. Low income families and individuals will find heating their home impossible.

Just got off the phone after @Ed_Miliband called to discuss in detail the problems people are facing with domestic energy bills and heating oil. Here's what I fed through - your feedback would be useful... 1. HEATING OIL: This is the most immediate concern as many, often in rural areas or N. Ireland, are refuelling their tanks. Prices have rocketed, a few even suggest they've nearly doubled in a week. My biggest concerns are... a) Those who can't afford the new price b) Lack of specific regulation as heating oil isn't covered by Ofgem (though that's a longer-term issue) c) Some have anecdotally reported existing booked-in orders being cancelled, and being asked to rebook at much higher prices. I want to firm up whether this is widespread... I'd like to hear specific examples of how much prices are rising, especially of point c) and will pass them through to the Department for Energy. 2. CONSUMER GAS & ELECTRICITY BILLS: This is less imminent, but a potential ticking cost time-bomb. I'm focused on the Eng, Scot & Welsh system here... - In the short term: Most bills are protected from the spike in wholesale energy prices as the Energy Price Cap is set based on a significant time-lag. In fact it is locked in to DROP 6.7% in April. Those not on the Price Cap are mainly on existing fixes (which, due to unprecedented prior policy changes, will see most suppliers cut existing fix rates on 1 April, typically by 7% to 9%) so are also price protected for now. One current concern is the lack of availability of cheap fixes. While that's frustrating, in the short term it means those whose existing fixes are ending, will just (hopefully temporarily) need to move on to the Price Cap. There are also a minority of homes who are immediately affected, eg, those on time-of-use tariffs. These include Octopus Agile & Tracker, which move half-hourly or daily with wholesale rates. These are sophisticated user tariffs, and if necessary people have the short term option to switch back to a Price Cap tariff (though do check for restrictions on how long before you can switch back). So while none of that is great, it isn't crisis point. - The end of May is likely crunch time: This is usually when the next Price Cap (July to Sept) is announced. It currently seems very likely it will rise, though just how much all depends on how long lived the current energy price spike is. Yet the key is whether wholesale rates have dropped back down or not by that point. If they have, while the Price Cap rise will annoy many, it won't be critical for most for two reasons i) The July to Sept Price Cap is usually the lowest use period. So, even if typical use rose £200/yr, in practice this'd just be, at a guess, an extra £30 to £40 paid over the period. If by then wholesale rates are down, a substantial cut would be expected for the next (Oct) Cap. ii) The rate new fixes are set at is based on wholesale rates, so if wholesale rates have dropped by then, the big push should be to get people off the Price Cap and onto fixes which could possibly look to be 20%+ cheaper, avoiding any price hike. That should then leave only those unwilling or unable to switch paying more - the latter is an issue the govt would need to concern itself with at that point. Yet if rates haven't dropped back down by May, and it looks like it'll stay high so the October Price Cap will rise too, and no cheap fixes are available, then things get into real problem territory. The government needs to be (and I suspect is starting to) planning now for that eventuality in case more hard-core intervention is needed. Martin PS I said I'd be off socials for the weekend, as normal, but thought this was worth coming back on for. I'm now resuming my weekend break from socials.

@AnnTravers6 Mechela Arenal. Great spot

So happy, enjoying a few days with my husband in Seville 💕 what a wonderful city . If you have any recommendations for Tapas please let me know in the comments 💕

@LukeDonald Great news

Truly a privilege to go again. With Adare Manor hosting and the 100th Anniversary of the Ryder Cup, it is going to be a very special week Let’s go! 🇪🇺🇮🇪

@AnnetteMckay15 Many happy returns of the day Annette.

Wow!! Thank you for all the fabulous birthday messages and good wishes. Today started so sad but it’s been amazing. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Enjoy the Blood Moon and some good tunes!

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Rory Gallagher 🥃🖤 #np Bullfrog Blues

Neil and his Grandson sing. You can tell Neil is so proud of him! Looks like it they enjoyed it!