Mark O Donahue

Put my #lgbt #rainbow flag out over the weekend for @Belfast #pride 😊 important for #equal #marriage 🏳️‍🌈#gay #equality #NorthernIreland

twinks are so powerful like wym you bagged Taliban trade

Did you know there are almost twice as many Polish speakers in Ireland (135,895) as there daily Irish speakers (71,968). credit: @Zbiesu More about the use of Irish in Ireland: brilliantmaps.com/daily-irish-sp…

Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes bbc.in/4seAibO

At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks poll - 01/03/26 The majority of those polled (66pc) are in favour of Ireland remaining a neutral country. ▫️24pc of voters said Ireland should abandon its long-held stance of neutrality #Neutrality #Poll

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Andy Burnham this morning

an astounding victory by an incredible candidate and now fifth green mp @GreenPartyHan! a win built by work of thousands of volunteers and activists. clear that people across the country are crying out for real change and hope, and it’s the greens that will continue to offer it!

This can’t be true! My good lord!

Irish people when they see #AbolishTheMonarchy trending in Britain

One of the richest countries in the world is cutting funding for children with disabilities. Literally billions in extra revenue and they decide to go after disabled children and the most underfunded education system in Europe.

Wow!

The British Museum has removed the word “Palestine” from its Ancient Middle East displays — despite the term appearing in Herodotus, Roman records, medieval maps, Ottoman sources, and even Shakespeare. Erasing a word erases a people. I’ve written about why this matters, and what we can do next. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/1taghrid/p… #HistoryIncludesPalestine @21WIRE @AsaWinstanley @s_m_marandi @alon_mizrahi @FranceskAlbs @guychristensen_

Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus. After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish authorities are now pivoting back to paper-based learning. Official data and recent studies cited by the Ministry of Education show that prolonged screen use in class has been linked to shorter attention spans, weaker reading comprehension, and reduced critical-thinking abilities. Research consistently finds that reading on illuminated screens requires greater mental effort and invites more distractions compared to the calm, linear experience of physical books—factors believed to have contributed to declining academic outcomes in recent years. Under the new plan, every student will receive printed textbooks for all core subjects, restoring books as the central learning tool. Digital devices and online resources will remain available as supportive tools, but they will no longer dominate daily instruction. This bold €100+ million investment signals Sweden’s leadership in rethinking the role of technology in education. It underscores a broader, growing recognition worldwide: while screens provide speed and access, the hands-on, distraction-free engagement of physical books supports deeper concentration, stronger memory retention, and more effective long-term learning. By choosing paper over pixels, Sweden is charting a path toward a more balanced, evidence-informed classroom future—one that puts proven pedagogical principles ahead of unchecked digital trends.

Not very democratic.

Not everyday you see 4 elderly nuns taking selfies in Assisi.

Isn’t this what they all say? They then get into power, they bullshit on how it’s much more complicated it is and “will work with” energy companies to “resolve issues” and the people continue to suffer.

‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September. Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/…

#Germany - Referee Pascal Kaiser, who proposed to his partner before the Cologne-Wolfsburg match, was attacked at his home. It was reported that prior to the assault, Kaiser’s home address had been leaked on social media and he had received direct threats. According to reports, the attack is seen as directly linked to the homophobic backlash and cyberbullying that escalated following the proposal.

By the power vested in me by twitter dot com, I proclaim this Wednesday, March 4th, 2020, to be #CatherineOHaraDay!