Larry Finnegan

@CupittMatthew @JasonLawlor1003 We can't decline other EU citizens but we can perfectly decline people from Somalia. Why would we ever even consider allowing inward immigration from Somalia? We have no obligation to do so. Rape in Somalia often ends in forced marriage, good luck with educating that out of them.

I didn’t learn this either but I am no spring chicken and I’d suggest the school curriculum is different. If education changes behaviour then I think this is a good idea. If you are going to decline their entry then the question is how? We cannot really decline based on what people think. But if they’ve committed a crime based on this then sure.

Can anyone tell me, when the Irish migrated to America in the mid 1800's, did Irish men have to be given literal education classes on how not to rape? Because the "sure didn't the Irish go everywhere" crowd are quiet on this subject.

@DatFollowButton Yes, we were so rich that we continued emigrating in high numbers until the late 90's just for the craic

Ireland in 1913 was only 30% poorer than France and Germany. It was also much better off than Southern Europe It's a common myth it was particularly poor. Ireland has always been one of the world's richest countries

@CupittMatthew @JasonLawlor1003 I wouldn't over think it...If the person entering the country needs to be educated on why it's better not to rape women, then maybe it's best not to let them in in the first place? I don't remember having to learn this at school.

You do realise rape was more normalised back then? Even in my lifetime it has changed. 100% not saying Irish men raped (am sure some did) but I am saying society was much more tolerant of it (being misogynistic) making education not even be considered. Thankfully society has changed. Think too ... we as a society changed. Definitions of consent have changed through education. Same approach for people coming into the country. Education.

@TyrellMalaciia @ManUtd All the best Tyrell for the future.

Grateful for every moment, every challenge and every memory. ❤️ Thank you to the fans, my teammates, the staff and everyone at the club for the support throughout this journey. It’s been an honour to wear this shirt. Wishing the club all the best for the future. 🙏🏾

@gavpepper85 Rape is a form of courtship in his country believe it or not

The Ireland we now live in .

@Deiscirt Way more than that I would say, social welfare, accommodation, health care, dental bills, clothing etc and that's before we talk about the ones in IPAS centres.

@Sft12324 The average Somali costs the Irish payer over 400k over their lifetime

Ireland is still at the stage where there is zero public discourse on certain established facts. This - incredibly consequential fact - is simply not spoken of in the media. By anyone. Ever.

@slbsn Awful news, such a highly respected and reputable football club.

🚨 Chelsea's failure to make Europe means: - their briefed £700m revenue for 25/26 is now clearly impossible. Will be fortunate to have done £630m - 25/26 losses before player trading and intra group asset sales around £200m even with CWC and CL - 25/26 PSR compliance once again dependent on player trading profits and intra group asset sales (no idea what is left to sell) - 26/27 UEFA settlement compliance now looks impossible without vast player trading profits - 26/27 revenue is now likely to be £510m at best - 26/27 losses before player trading will exceed £250m again Very hard to see what Chelsea's financial plan is except to sell footballers. But those worth selling are the very players they won't want to sell. 🤷‍♂️

@Malachians Extremely happy

If the 3 midfielders Utd sign are Ederson, Tonali and Matheus Fernandes, how are we feeling about that? Personally, I’d be extremely happy at that.

@Malachians @MartinsCyn @Muppetiers Very true mate. Keep up the podcasts, really enjoy your insights and perspective on all things United.

@Sft12324 @MartinsCyn @Muppetiers I can’t speak for anyone else mate and any time I talk about it, it infuriates certain people that my opinion is not the same as theirs. When the human brain forms a belief about something it looks for things that confirm it and dismisses things that contest it.

This post from Marcus Rashford is honestly disgraceful. The complete lack of acknowledgment towards MANCHESTER UNITED the club that literally built his entire existence in football tells you everything you need to know about the kind of man he is. United took him in as a child. United developed him. United protected him. United paid him superstar wages through horrific form. United defended him while the football world criticized him. United fans backed him harder than most players ever get backed. Yet somehow: Barcelona gets mentioned. England gets mentioned. Managers get mentioned. Loan clubs get mentioned. But Manchester United? Silence....nah!.. That is not an accident. That is deliberate. And let’s tell the truth people are scared to say: if Rashford has 15 million fans, at least 14 million came because Manchester United fans embraced him as one of their own. The badge created the superstar. Not the other way around. What makes this even worse is the victim narrative constantly surrounding him as if the club abandoned him, when in reality the club kept standing by him long after his performances stopped justifying it. Meanwhile younger players get dropped, respond professionally, fight for their place again and move forward. But Rashford? Press leaks. Public sulking. Distance from the club. And now this passive-aggressive nonsense. This is exactly why no player should EVER be placed above the institution. Manchester United existed before Rashford. Manchester United will exist after Rashford. The club survives. The badge remains. The fans remain. Always 🔴

@Sunny_Skeptic @DaraghCassidy Sounds to me that they deliberately ended his life.

@DaraghCassidy Should the charge not be manslaughter?

I find it quite chilling that these young men were happy to casually kill a man, and film it, at 4 in the afternoon in a relatively built-up area. They really didn't appear to care...

@PsycheWizard I so miss my kids at that age, the teenage years suck

If you're a Dad, read this thread 🧵 (Before it's too late): 1.

@PeterPaulGuy We badly need more Somalian rapist pirates so this is really positive from that perspective.

🇮🇪 🚨 Asylum Arrivals for week ending 3rd/May/26. Somalis top list 🇸🇴 Top 10 (Total): 🇳🇬 Nigeria - 8,212 🇸🇴 Somalia - 3,164 🇵🇰 Pakistan -2,631 🇯🇴 Jordan - 2,205 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - 2,065 🇩🇿 Algeria - 1,851 🇬🇪 Georgia -1,763 🇦🇫 Afghanistan - 1,685 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - 1,679 🇿🇦 SA - 790

@UnitedStandMUFC I don't always agree with Scholes but he's 100% on the money here. Attitude, work ethic are the issues with Rashford, not ability.

🗣️ Paul Scholes on Rashford: “I just can't see a return to Manchester United. He looked like he didn't want to be there. He stopped working hard." "He has the speed and the quality, but if you're not willing to work hard... He almost became, not arrogant in a way, maybe he thought he was a little bit better than he was. That at Manchester United, it won't wash, and it didn't wash. I think people saw right through that.” [@talkSPORT] #mufc

@TobyJoyce14 @Deiscirt Fair point though I would counter that the Irish worked there to begin with & as you say were entitled to it. Is that the case here? How long have these people been working in Ireland? Also, the dole in the UK was and still is very little, not much left over for sending home

@Sft12324 @Deiscirt Fair play to your Dad. However, a lot of Irish emigrants fell back on the British Social Safety Net in hard times. They had paid their Social Insurance & were entitled. And of course some went to their families in Ireland.

Given a third of Irish dole recipients are not Irish, what is a good argument against implementing this in Ireland?

@TobyJoyce14 @Deiscirt My father was one of them, cash was sent over in the post regularly but it wasn't from UK social welfare, I can assure you. It was from hard graft on building sites up and down the UK.

@Deiscirt Unemployed people can dispose of entitlements, like savings or welfare as they wish. I grew up with some friends who seldom saw their fathers because they worked in places from London to Cleveland.

@nwnatur Great post, fascinating to contemplate. What would our lives be like today.

Ireland's tiny population is a staggeringly unnatural outcome given its rich soil. I am convinced that Ireland had at least 10 million people before the Great Famine. A thread on how Ireland's huge population losses after the events of the 1840s have been underestimated 🧵

@SamJDean It's not tennis or snooker mate, it's a team sport

With respect to my colleagues in the football writing industry, I am stunned that Bruno Fernandes has been named FWA Footballer of the Year instead of Declan Rice. Rice has literally won more matches this season (35) than Fernandes has even played (34). telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

@eliotranch So very well said

Whoever is making these decisions has never been a 13 year old girl with a heavy period and the attendant pain and diarrhoea that can come with it. Sorry to be indelicate, but having been that teen girl I can't imagine the misery of having all that going on while a group of lads stood outside. The ones I went to school with would never have let it go. I'm sure plenty of boys don't like this either. A lot of work in modern institutions seems to be unlearning things we learned long ago, in order to pursue some of the most stupid and incoherent nonsense the world has ever heard.