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@thejournal_ie They mean sweet f all

One of the world’s leading credit rating agencies has upgraded its estimation of Ireland’s rating from AA to AA+, putting the country within one notch of a triple-A rating for the first time since 2009. thejournal.ie/ireland-credit…

@dublinbypub Fuck sake

BREAKING: It's our sad and regrettable duty to report, tonight, that - for reasons yet unidentified - The Flowing Tide has removed one of its snugs.

@A6788C I mean it's your fault, all your tips should come in 100% of time.. jeez 😂

Just to remind everyone these ain’t tips, I post my bets to save my dms getting flooded. Some people back them some don’t 2 days with no winners after hitting a 70/1, 16/1 and a 11/2 in 1 day is some cheek to be saying bad patch right enough🙈🙈😭😭

@SpainGary @ExtremeFootbal4 A bit of blue scattered here and there in a sea of green

@ExtremeFootbal4 There were at least 50K Irish fans in the Giants Stadium for the Italian game.

In 1994, over 30,000 Irish fans travelled to the USA for the World Cup, making Ireland one of the most supported nations at the tournament.

@EmilyTaylorTips @playbook bet365

The BEST bet builder for Liverpool vs Tottenham? 😍 If this wins I'll give £100 to one person who ♥️ this post

@RobLooseCannon Or the temple of Isis on Google maps!

Pompei folly

Visited the ruins in St Anne’s Park today. It takes its name from a nearby holy well dedicated to Saint Anne, once a small pilgrimage site in what was then open countryside. In 1835 the estate, then called Thornhill, was purchased by Benjamin Lee Guinness and his brother Arthur of stout fame. Over the following decades the Guinness family quietly bought up surrounding farmland until their demesne stretched across more than 500 acres of north Dublin. At the centre of this expanding estate stood St Anne’s House, a grand Italianate mansion built in the 1830s and later enlarged into something approaching a palace. Exotic trees were planted, long avenues laid out, ornamental lakes dug, and curious structures scattered across the landscape. The estate reached its most theatrical phase under Arthur Edward Guinness, better known as Lord Ardilaun. Like many wealthy Victorians who had toured the ruins of Europe, he filled the park with architectural follies, ornamental buildings designed to look ancient and mysterious. Even today, along the winding banks of the Naniken River, a Roman-style tower rises unexpectedly among the trees and there's a classical temple once used as a teahouse stands beside the water. The Annie Lee Tower and Bridge commemorate the birth of a Guinness daughter in 1837. Other remnants of the estate still survive. The Red Stables, built in 1885 from distinctive Portmarnock brick, once housed the horses and carriages of the Guinness household. Today the building is an arts centre, with studios, exhibitions and a café. The great house itself did not survive. After the death of Lord Ardilaun in 1915 the vast estate became difficult to maintain, and in 1939 Dublin Corporation purchased much of the land for public use. Then, on Christmas Eve 1943, disaster struck. A fire broke out in St Anne’s House and tore through the enormous building. The blaze burned for days, leaving the mansion a hollow ruin. For a generation the blackened shell stood in the park until it was finally demolished in 1968. The foundations of the mansion have recently been excavated. Here's some pics of the site from today.

@IrishTimes People with money could afford more expensive items than people with less money... Wow who would have thought.

A “green divide” has emerged among Irish households with electric vehicles, solar panels and heat pumps strongly concentrated in affluent areas irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

@griptmedia Here illegally and now the taxpayer will have to foot the bill for his legal fees and possibly jail time.. lovely 😒 Parents should sue the state for negligence

A former Deliveroo driver, who is charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, has been denied bail. gript.ie/deliveroo-driv…

@fhsperformance What about bio banding.. very interesting

Should youth GAA players be grouped by ability? Many clubs use “streaming” — dividing players into A, B or C teams. A recent study explored how players, parents and coaches experience streaming in youth Gaelic games. Here are some of the key findings 🧵

@jb48654 @thejournal_ie As high as 65% with levies included, absolute joke. Ministers pointing blame at everyone for the high coat of fuel

@thejournal_ie Oh yes they’re on it hey government over 50% of the cost is tax. More rubbish by state funded media the only thing these people seem to do is tax them tax and then tax the tax its now ridiculous

Minister Peter Burke has called in fuel industry representatives for a meeting on Friday over the rapid price hikes in home heating oil, petrol and diesel jrnl.ie/6974617

@jimfitzpatrick @CiardhaMorgan Never heard that, interesting and not surprising

@CiardhaMorgan Correct. Watch as nothing ever changes. Next on their list is the beautiful Stephens Green Center due for demolition. Hardly historic but absolutely unique and imaginative. Bitcoin and Cayman accounts already open I'll bet. PS: Design based on Speer's Berlin Flak Towers.

Worst vandalism ever inflicted on Dublin in history. They, the safe keepers, destroyed almost complete early Irish Viking city site, complete with wattle walls+houses, for greed and comfort. Never forget. Dublin City Co move from Wood Quay... €670m irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin…

@Awtistek @IrishTimes Because we couldn't run a tuck shop in a local GAA club

@IrishTimes Why can't we save €1.7bn and run the trains ourselves? Why have we privatized everything. Same goes with the NCT centers & tolls. It costs Irish people more in the long run and kills a massive opportunity for local jobs. Stupid decisions

Transdev loses €1.75bn Luas contract after 22 years running tram service irishtimes.com/business/2026/…

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@FergalBowers @rtenews What's €97 million between friends ehh

Further €97m to complete children's hospital in HSE plan via @RTENews rte.ie/news/health/20…

@TheSundayGame @RTE2 @RTEplayer @RTERadio1 Nothing in that

37mins: TIP 0-07 LIM 0-20 Willie Connors gets a straight red for an off the ball incident right under the nose of Colm Lyons who doesn't hesitate in showing him off the pitch. 📺 @rte2 and @rteplayer rte.ie/player/onnow/6… 📻@rteradio1 📱Updates rte.ie/sport/hurling/…

@Tree_Folklore 3 also famous number is Irish history and mythology

In Irish myth, the number seven is the most magical of all...the face of The Dagda is hidden by seven cowls, people often disappear to the Otherworld for a period of seven years....and, for just one day, every seven years, an island named Hy-Brasil, normally shrouded in impenetrable mist, appears off Ireland's Atlantic coast 🌊 Belief in the "phantom" island, which, even on the day it is visible can still not be reached, was so strong that it appeared on a number of European maps from the 1300s until the 19th century ☁️ In modern culture the island is said to be inhabited by black rabbit but this was a 17th century addition to the myth and bears no basis in traditional folklore 🐰

@itsjohncrotty Look forward to reading it

Dublins oldest bookstore, Hodges Figgis, was founded in 1768 It is the longest running book shop in Ireland and considered the 3rd oldest in the world, mentioned in works by James Joyce & Sally Rooney No better setting for me to launch ‘The Irish Tricolour’, St Patrick’s Day eve, in this historic setting I’ll reveal the Dublin findings regarding: - Emilia Hamilton, the first to craft the symbol in her Fairview home - It’s first flight over a Dublin building, Dunsoghly townhouse - Other remarkable Dublin occasions, many previously unknown I’ll also share the latest understanding of Green for Ireland, Irish identity, the harp, shamrock & more, many of which are much older than you think! Expect to be informed, entertained and surprised Join us March 16th…

@paddyjogorman @Casey5122dark Amazing that she can just lie and spread misinformation with no consequences

@Casey5122dark McLysaght says: "Most of the mothers of boys I know have expressed hope that they might have a queer son." I'm 69 years old and I have never, ever heard a mother say that.

In a piece published in the Irish Times (19 February 2026) entitled “Mothers of boys are worrying the most about raising ‘good men’” [irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…], Emer McLysaght comments: “the responsibility of bringing up sons in the hope that they won’t continue the societal cycle of misogyny seems to me to be one of the greatest burdens a woman can carry in 2026.” For a phenomenon to continue is already has to exist, so the question that has to be answered is—what societal cycle of misogyny is she referring to? What circles does she move in in which a societal cycle of misogyny is the issue, the moral panic above everything else, that keeps her female friends with sons awake at night?

@KeithMillsD7 @Buseireann Need bollards there, possible would have saved that mans life

@griptmedia He claimed that a third party had sent him the files and that he was “taking responsibility as head of the household”

A Nigerian man, who pleaded guilty to possession of the most extreme category of child sex abuse material, has been spared jail. gript.ie/no-jail-for-ma…