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@EwanMacKenna I think if the fans had have sung Irelands Call it would have inspired & gotten them over the line. 🍀

Nothing deflates like the Irish soccer team. Nothing can delflate like it. Spend yesterday in the Brazilian public health system and last night was even worse. But for those who truly care, today is worse again. We might get to a World Cup once or twice in a lifetime. Such opportunities passing means a lot of lifetime passes and you're old and still waiting. And that was the most open of goals meaning a wasting of endless years.

Arsenal fans - if you watch one thing on social media today, make sure it’s this. 📲 If this doesn’t give you goosebumps, nothing will. 💨

Hands down 💯🍀🤩

@EwanMacKenna Little wins, good to hear!

Yesterday was day one without agony, with solid food after months. Weight and energy scary low, still sore, not sleeping, mentally shattered, and can barely walk. But I've also 50 days to get myself built up to get on a flight to Brazil in some sort of safe share. Here's hoping.

@OTregub You do know we are already dealing with occupiers right? 🍀

Europe keeps shutting down airports because of Russian drones. Shocking. But the airport I worry about most is Dublin — the one place where a drone swarm could fly in, wave hello, and nobody would even notice. After all, Ireland “doesn’t need” defence. It has neutrality. And after Russian drones nearly hit Zelensky’s plane — with no early detection, no interception, just pure luck — I can’t say I’m surprised. I’ve been expecting exactly this for years. What I expect now is equally predictable: this news won’t even worry the Irish public or trigger any shift in policy. The reaction will be the same as always: “Ah sure, everything will be grand”. And that’s the frightening part. The threat is evolving, but Ireland’s security posture is not. For Russia, Ireland would be a very tempting target. The country is absolutely exposed — a black hole in European defence, with extreme vulnerabilities and virtually no protection against modern threats. Ireland has no meaningful air-defence, no counter-drone systems, no strategic surveillance, and extremely limited cyber and hybrid-resilience structures. It is not equipped to handle any form of contemporary warfare: information warfare, cognitive warfare, kinetic or hybrid operations. And yet those operations are already happening here. We can see it in the public space: • elements of the political class and parts of society openly amplifying Russian narratives; • cognitive-warfare campaigns targeting Irish information ecosystems; • hybrid activity designed to create social divisions, provoke extremism and weaken democratic cohesion. All of this is happening and almost nobody pays attention. The next logical step is not difficult to imagine: disrupting Irish infrastructure, targeting undersea cables, sending drones into Irish airspace. For the Kremlin, this would be a no-brainer — the cost is low, the vulnerability is extreme, and the potential strategic impact on Europe is enormous. Ireland is already under attack — already in a war — the problem is that Ireland hasn’t noticed.

@EwanMacKenna Soccer ball just as predictable… 🥱🍀

So just the two or so years out, the Rugby World Cup semi-finals are: South Africa/New Zealand v France England/Australia v Argentina/Ireland

@RyanCas08472289 Turned around from budget surplus’?

Very productive and intriguing gathering last night at Leinster House with a very talented, ambitious and genuine group of people. I look forward to the future and I am more optimistic that this country, with right people, can be turned around.

@EwanMacKenna Both issues are being dealt with very competently 🤷🏻‍♂️🍀

Why have we a two tier justice system where the minister is pushing double standards around offences?

@JoeBrolly1993 And after all this he STILL has not paid the guy back as per the SW Podcast. Unbelievable stuff, you couldn’t make it up! 🤷🏻‍♂️🍀

Oh dear

@Woolberto Why would he ever want to withhold a debt like that? Amazing he would even run knowing this was in his locker. Bye bye 👋🍀

Jim Gavin must surely regret his decision to run What was he thinking, he really lost the run of himself

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@elonmusk 🇮🇪 > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@reptracker A goal. You absolutely could have asked for a goal…

That was a successful Serie A debut for Evan Ferguson!🐺🇮🇪 Banked 70 minutes and shown his class from the first whistle. Looked as fit as we’ve ever seen him in a long time and moved superbly throughout. Showed that extra touch of quality so few No.9s possess - comfortable receiving on the turn while also using his size and strength to bully the Bologna defence. Even when tiredness kicked in, he used his football brain to pull the opposition in and win fouls get his side up the pitch. His performance was almost crowned with a magnificent assist but Kone unfortunately produced one of the misses of the season. Couldn’t have asked for much more from Ferguson on debut. Hopefully this is just the start.

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@EwanMacKenna Top drawer 🍀🤣

Let's be fair. I just had to.

@dom_gradwell Great photo 🫶🍀

Marching On Together. #LUFC

Just unplayable 🍀👏

@blahblaaahblaaa @AndyGoode10 Aye 🤷🏻‍♂️

@brenwalsh9 @AndyGoode10 Brittle? Eh?

Blair Kinghorn’s face told a sorry story at the end there, the hug from Sione Tuipolotu could confirm the fear that his tour is in jeopardy

@blahblaaahblaaa @AndyGoode10 Kinghorn very brittle, no way he starts & Keenan locks him out.

@brenwalsh9 @AndyGoode10 Keenan was woeful when he played. No chance of a test start if Kinghorn is fit