@RobLooseCannon@DerekHolly7 Why did Queen’s University Belfast announce that it was the largest prehistoric nucleated settlement in „Ireland or Britain“? Were they confused as to which country it was situated in?
@thejournal_ie Going on what I have observed in recent years (decades) it is apparently acceptable to have turned O‘Connell Street into, among other things, a Dublin Bus transport hub.
@itsjohncrotty@TheBurkeanIE This is an example of what this tedious trope about „needing a new flag“ leads to.
Put plainly, we don’t. We already have an excellent one.
Douglas Ross Hyde (1860-1949) known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn. He was instrumental in saving the Irish language from extinction as co-founder & President of Conradh na Gaeilge, which was also a nursery for Irish patriotism (Pearse, Collins & De Valera)
Thread: With an election for the President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann) ongoing, it’s worth considering the lives of the prior holders of the office. People have generally seen the role as symbolic of their vision of the nation. Hyde, Higgins, Robinson & McAleese) #Aras18
@Archidub1 The Centre of Dublin is horribly clogged with buses. An increase would not be a good thing.
It’s simply a disgrace that there is no train connection between the airport and the city centre.
It’s also a poor show that Dublin still doesn’t have a metro system.