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The thing about football clubs and authorities treating fans as mere consumers is this: You really, really won't like it when the fans start behaving accordingly.

20 years of DNA findings: who are the Irish? The history books have been completely rewritten over the last 20 years - more than once DNA advances have separated fact from fiction What do they teach us on Irish & European arrivals? (1)

Suicide. I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis. You take a rope. You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away. You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck. Then you drop. Some are decapitated. Some aren't. All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them. A son. A daughter. A brother. A sister. A mother. A father. I know 2 men who hung themselves. One was found by his Mom. One was found by his brother. Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on. A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something. So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"? A segway for a moment. I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group. After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is.. "Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue". Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling. "Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom. After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle". Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard". And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying. Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag. If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention. They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up". They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them. If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine. Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out. So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are. You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked. For those who struggle, you're not alone.

Diego Maradona Barcelona 1982-1984 Transfer from Boca for world record fee. 58 apps, 38 goals, 23 assists. CopadelRey, Copa de la Liga. Hepatitis. Broken ankle. Massive fight in 1984 CopadelRey Final v Bilbao. Transfer to Napoli for new world record fee

They keep tweeting it Jim and you keep putting them right. #FreePalestine #Genocide

@SchoolBondLib Nope, thats not what happened. Perhaps try using that library

@belfastbhoy1961 The US has had an Economic & Financial Blockade of Cuba for 60+ years.During that time the US backed a failed invasion,carried out terror & sabotage attacks. The result has been a degradation of infrastructure. Lift the Blockade & Cuba will fly. But the US do not want that. 🇨🇺

1. 6th Photo thread from my 3 month stay in Havana. Largest monument to Lenin in Latin America. Situated in Parque Lenin on the outskirts of Havana. The Parque is massive. Beautiful natural nature to wander around in for miles and miles. 😎🇨🇺

Fab and Dan breaking football stories since........ #football #arsenal #ShamrockRovers

Never stop talking about #JusticeForNoahDonohoe 😎

@FourFourTwo Let's go people educate yourselves about this fat drug lord newrepublic.com/article/159252…

Tells you everything you need to know about the genocidal apartheid state of Israel. One of the most atrocious barbaric regime of all times. One of the most horrific genocides of all times.

A video documents a Palestinian man returning carrying a body instead of a bag of flour to feed his starving family. Since May 27th, Israeli forces have continued targeting Palestinians seeking aid, resulting in 1,838 deaths and 13,409 injuries.

This video is 34 years old. Nothing started on Oct 7. x.com/Partisan_12/st…

Yvette Cooper claims she has “secret proof” that Palestine Action are a “violent organisation” — while her Labour government continues to arm a genocidal apartheid state that is massacring and starving Palestinians every single day. The real terrorists are the Israeli state.

The leader of a gang of vigilantes who film themselves confronting people perceived to be migrants is known to police for his alleged involvement in animal cruelty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

❗️Martyred journalist Mohammed Al-Khaldi once shared the harsh reality of life in Gaza during the genocide. When asked what he had eaten that Friday, he answered, “Nothing. There’s nothing, all the shops are closed, the stores are closed, there is no food, no drink, no flour.” He recalled finding a single loaf of bread for 8 shekels, adding a few falafel pieces to make his only meal of the day. When asked what he would do first when the war ended, he smiled faintly and said, “Eat shawarma. Extra tahini.” Last night, Mohammed Al-Khaldi was martyred along with his fellow journalists in an Israeli occupation airstrike that deliberately targeted them, silencing yet another voice committed to telling Gaza’s story to the world. nahed_hajjaj99 (IG)

NUJ members self-organised this protest in Dublin yesterday to condemn the targeted killing of reporters in Gaza by Israel. thesun.ie/news/15676580/…

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"A nationally significant water shortfall is gripping England". You'd never believe water companies have had 35 years to plan for this but then again there's always been a plan, the one that was cheapest for WCs, drain ever river in the country dry, and now they're running out of river, "the Wye and the Great Ouse at Ely, were at their lowest on record for July". And the biggest scandal of all, the @EnvAgency sat back and approved all of this. theguardian.com/environment/20…