NOD⚽️🏖️🎬

In 2014, British swimmer Adam Walker was halfway through a brutal 16-mile open-water crossing of New Zealand’s Cook Strait when he glanced down. Lurking beneath him was a great white shark. Moments later, a pod of around 10 dolphins suddenly appeared, formed up around him like a security escort, and started guiding him forward. They stayed with him for over an hour until the shark finally lost interest and disappeared. Adam finished the swim in 8 hours 36 minutes. He was raising money for dolphin conservation at the time.

Life is way too short to hold grudges.

Think Michael Healy-Rae the wealthiest TD in the Dáil, is a man of the people? Lets have a gander at this cutest-of-hoors staggering finances and property portfolio.... He declared 14 houses for letting in Kerry, three guest houses, one rented commercial unit, a vacant premises, an apartment for letting, an unspecified number of apartments in a separate development, an unspecified number of rooms for letting, and student accommodation in Limerick. That's before you get to the rest. Based on CSO median property price data for December 2025, his residential and guest house portfolio is estimated to be worth around €5.6 million. Twelve properties in the Killarney, Kilgarvan, Kenmare and Barraduff area, where the median house price sits at €332,500, give a rough valuation of €3.99 million. Then his six properties in the Tralee and Castleisland area, with a median of €270,000, add another €1.62 million on top. The actual figure could be higher or lower. The register isn't that specific. On the rental income side, 14 Kerry two-bedroom houses at current market rents would generate €18,340 per month, or €220,080 per year. Daft.ie figures show listed monthly rents on two-bedroom houses in Kerry rose 7.3 per cent last year to €1,310, with four-bedroom houses up 8.8 per cent to €1,879. Then there's the land. He owns 100 acres of farmland and forestry in Kilgarvan, another 42 acres of forestry, and a further 4 acres of farmland elsewhere in the area. Based on the most recent Sherry FitzGerald assessment of €14,125 per acre for southwest farmland, the 100-acre holding alone could be worth around €1.46 million. The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers values Munster forestry at €6,960 per acre, putting the 40-acre forestry plot at approximately €278,000. His company Roughty Properties received €470,000 from the Department of Children in 2024 for Ukrainian accommodation, paid out month by month, €49,640 in March, €52,080 in April, and so on. He also draws income from Kerry County Council's rental accommodation and housing assistance payment schemes. He has been a landlord since he was 18. When he first entered the Dáil in 2011 he already owned 14 properties! The register shows 16 properties in 2016, 19 in 2018, 21 in 2020, 24 in 2022, and 28 for 2025, including his family home. Public records show none of the four companies he directs, Roughty Properties, Black Cap & Co, ML Healy-Rae Properties and Roughty Plant Hire, ever drew down a mortgage. The family plant hire business, now primarily run by his nephew Johnny Healy-Rae, recorded net assets of €4.6 million at the end of 2024. It received €501,000 for Kerry County Council work in 2025 and €384,000 in 2024. Cork County Council paid a further €334,135 across the same two years. Ah but sure begorrah, he doesn't care about money. He's a lovely wee hat and sure he only cares about de poor folk like you and me...

Me in the Strait of Hormuz fighting on China’s side because I accepted Temu’s terms and conditions without reading them

More jokers, just like Sinn Fein. Sorry we weren’t out earlier, we were in the studio all week. Fuck off, you were waiting to see if you could leverage this and kept the heads down until you could. Bluffers

The greatest two step verification of all time 🤣

Coppers accountants calling each other looking at all the farmers and guards in Dublin this weekend

100k on I Am Maximus to win at 8/1 My word 🤯🤯

Missing in Action.

New Zealand must be the safest place on Earth, far far away from all the geopolitical chaos across the globe.

This should be part of every curriculum.

Darth Vader playing golf… exactly as you’d expected😭

We’re about to witness the most devilish, nastiest and most evil park the bus of all time in the second leg.

Chuck Norris doesn't act in movies. He attacks them 🤣

joining a zoom meeting 1min early

Wonder if they'll talk about his failed move to Chelsea and the real reason behind it 🤞

How it feels to fall for a joke on April Fools Day

Tiger Woods’ life summed up

African warlord

The lunacy of 2 different football teams and associations on our small island laid bare once again tonight. All-Ireland football team now.