Phil Mac Giolla Bháin

Mr President what about the Minesweeper Gap?

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The F-35 was supposed to be unkillable. That was the whole point. Lockheed Martin spent thirty years and four hundred billion dollars, the most expensive weapons programme in human history, building an aircraft that the enemy simply could not see. Not on radar. Not on infrared. Not on anything. The F-35 was not just a fighter jet. It was a theological statement. America’s way of saying: we have moved beyond the reach of your missiles, your sensors, and your prayers. Iran apparently didn’t get the memo. Somewhere over Iranian airspace on March 19, 2026, an IRST system, infrared search and track, the kind of sensor your grandmother could probably explain, looked up, found the F-35, and locked on. Not because Iranian engineers are geniuses. Because the F-35, it turns out, is extremely hot. All that engine. All that thrust. All that carefully sculpted stealth geometry, and the bloody thing glows like a kettle. The heat signature data Iran now holds is not just embarrassing. It is a gift that keeps giving. To Moscow. To Beijing. To every procurement ministry on the planet that has been quietly wondering whether to spend the money on systems designed to kill this aircraft. The answer, as of this week, is yes. And here is the bit that should really worry the Pentagon. You can patch software. You can redesign coatings. You cannot reprogramme a pilot’s brain. Every F-35 driver who takes off from here on knows, actually knows, that someone down there might be able to see them. That changes everything about how they fly. Caution replaces aggression. Hesitation replaces instinct. Four hundred billion dollars. And in the end, it was done in by a heat sensor. Tremendous. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

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Absolutely fascinating answer. “War is always tragic. War always has consequences.” She then refused to provide a yes/no answer when asked if supporting the war, before approving some of its results. A reply that could be used by others re many conflicts, not least our own.

A fine book. I was shocked by some of its contents.

True photo of Micheál Martin admiring Winston Churchill's work in his native Cork around 1920. 😃

Should never have had to go to court, but well done to the residents.

The most moral army in the world? 🤔

Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions. But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken

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On this day in 1921, Tom Barry and the men of the 3rd West Cork Brigade break through an encirclement by a british force over ten times their size at Crossbarry

The Danish military sent explosives and blood supplies to Greenland in January as part of contingency planning for a US attack, as tensions with Donald Trump escalated over his push to take control of the Arctic island. ft.trib.al/PPgFBYf

Around 1,900 candidates sat the state-certified Irish-language exam in the 2021-22 academic year. In 2024-25 the number was nearly 40% higher economist.com/europe/2026/03…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the US-Israeli strikes on Iran: “We are against this war because it's illegal, there's no reason behind it and is causing a lot of damage.”

BREAKING: Reporter: Why didn’t you inform allies before attacking Iran? Trump: We wanted surprise who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

@IrishTimesOpEd The Irish Times has a columnist who thinks this is what a British diplomat sounds like. This got past an adult. Possibly several.

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#OnThisDay 1921 Tom Barry & the West Cork IRA was surrounded & outnumbered by the RIC & British Army at Crossbarry. Not willing to surrender, Barry & his men went on the offensive & fought their way out of the encirclement, killing 10 enemy & losing 4 men. #Ireland #History

Denmark was ready to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded ft.trib.al/jIefssx