Eamonn Fitzgerald

Seoul and Tokyo have quarreled in the past, but their current feud has serious implications for U.S. interests in Asia, write Celeste L. Arrington and @AndrewIYeo. trib.al/Errmw2s

Weekend reading is In Praise Of Walking by Shane O’Mara: penguin.co.uk/books/111/1114…

The Brexit debate is being framed in a histrionic way that most likely yields victory for Boris Johnson, says Robert Peston specc.ie/2KX9iuh

Figuring out how to make Soviet-era apartments more energy efficient is proving difficult econ.st/2zcmkOU

Eleven years since the world’s last major financial crisis, there are growing fears that another recession is on the horizon. Browse our reading list on how the 2008 crash changed global finance and politics, and what lessons have and haven’t been learned: trib.al/BK22h6e

The futility of feeble UK police attitude to marijuana perfectly illustrated. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7… *Possession* of marijuana is a serious crime (max penalty 5 years in prison and an unlimited fine) Yet police behave as if it isn't. This is why marijuana use grows and grows.

@BernieSanders National Socialism, actually. A genocidal mix.

My father's whole family was wiped out by Hitler's white nationalism. We will go to war against white nationalism and racism in every aspect of our country.

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last…" slouched towards us to be born? Tens of millions of years before the Ice Age, this Alien-like imprint was formed and can be seen today in the Mitchelstown Caves: discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-H….

My latest on the need to better identify and understand the various tactics used by the regime to target civilians with bureaucratic or legal means, which is crucial to graspe the dangers people in #Syria, namely in regime areas, now face. syria.chathamhouse.org/research/look-…

Greta’s Titanic Hypocrisy order-order.com/2019/08/16/gre…

Israel was not wrong to ban US congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering, @Daniel_Sugarman writes thejc.com/comment/commen…

Norris has a questionable history on his finances and yet as a darling of our political/media/academia bubble, he's never held to account. He should be "doorstepped" until we get answers on what happened to our money.

#OnThisDay in 1975 the IRA murdered Siobhan McCabe, 4. Shot short distance from lower Falls home during shooting at soldiers. Mother: “She would have been 5 yrs old on Sunday next & was looking forward to her party” #OTD

The investigation around #Epstien now needs to be ramped up. A narcissistic bastard in life as well as death, he can’t be allowed to deny justice to his victims nor punishment for those degenerates that sexually exploited children.

A beautiful thing to see, and despite the terrible brutality of the past week. And a reminder that Putin, like every dictator, has no idea when or how his rule will end. Only that it will be sudden. twitter.com/maxseddon/stat…

After two weekends of extreme violence by Putin’s jackbooted stormtroopers, 47,000 brave Moscowvites have come out today to protest his undemocratic kleptocracy. This destroys the myth that Putin is still popular

@RayCornball You OK, Ray? Maybe it's time you took a break from the keyboard.

@sundaybusiness @gavreilly Slow news week?

He helped a battered country get back on its feet, albeit with many of its citizens still bearing the scars of the crash. @gavreilly writes about the legacy of Enda Kenny's years in power in this week's Sunday Business Post #portraitsinpower

@EuroCelt @DerSPIEGEL is mostly #FakeNews now driven by either hatred of the UK or the US: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Germany shines a spotlight on Eton, as we collectively try to figure out WTF is up in Britain spiegel.de/international/…

@MarianRTE The lunatics have taken of the #RTE asylum. Their talk of a united Irish is so far removed from reality that it's best this lot is kept confined to the studio for a few weeks until they sober up.