marieT

Proud Roscommon woman

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A report into governance in Bord Bia has found that its chairman Larry Murrin is viewed positively by the vast majority of board members
https://t.co/qvHrdOp2GZ

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

The idea vaccines cause autism was invented by Andrew Wakefield in 1998 and was so thoroughly debunked he lost his license for gross malpractice

And here we are 27 years later RFK Jr dredging up the same nonsense

Such a tiresome waste of time

[Ciara Quill ☘️🇮🇪🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺 💚💛 @ciaraquill]

Interesting letter re: the increasing numbers of secondary students seeking exemptions in Irish from an experienced teacher of Gaeilge in @IrishTimes #edchatie #Gaeilge #Irish

[Michael Glaveys GAA @glaveys]

Massive congratulations to Darragh Heneghan on winning the GAA/GPA Player of the Month for May. Well deserved Darragh 👏🔥 🇯🇲
#gaa #rosgaa

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major cheat code for life: Master the art of the fresh start. From a bad morning. From a bad interaction. From a missed workout. From a poor decision. The goal isn't to avoid the fall. It's to shorten the time between the fall and the reset. Fast recovery compounds.

[blue @bluewmist]

My husband just told our son, who was picking on his little sister, "it is your job as a future man to listen and respect people's boundaries. You will often be bigger than others and it is unkind to use your size against them. She said stop. You will stop."
I've never heard another man, at least in my family, say anything like that
I hope we raise good humans.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Brian May's PhD thesis sat in the loft of his Surrey home for 33 years. In 2006 — he put everything in his life on hold for a full year, went back to Imperial College, and finished it. His professor said he had a mountain to climb reviewing 30 years of scientific work. Brian May climbed it anyway. The most extraordinary act of academic commitment in rock history.

In 1970 — Brian May began a PhD in astrophysics at Imperial College London.

He supplemented his grant with income from part-time teaching and playing in bands with Roger Taylor. Soon they were joined by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon. Queen was formed.

For four years — Brian tried to do both.

His doctoral thesis on interplanetary dust was taking shape. But the grant was running out. And music was beginning to take over his life.

In 1974 — before leaving — he co-authored two research papers based on his work at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain.

Then he made a decision.

He abandoned his thesis — or more exactly, as he put it himself — he put it on the back burner. And the rest is history.

The 48,000-word thesis — Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud — was stored in the loft of his home in Surrey.

It stayed there for 33 years.

Then in 2006 — something changed.

Brian told Time magazine — "Suddenly my subject became very in-demand again. I started talking about astronomy again to people who said — 'Why don't you still do it?' I put everything — and I mean everything — on hold for a year. And they put me in a little office in Imperial College and I got down to it."

His professor was honest about what awaited him.

Professor Rowan-Robinson said — "Brian brought along print outs of what he had written in 1974. It was then that I realised Brian was going to have a mountain to climb — reviewing 30 years of work."

Brian May climbed it.

He re-registered for his PhD in 2006. Less than a year later — he submitted it successfully.

In 2007 — Brian Harold May was awarded his PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London.

Thirty-three years after he first abandoned it.

For a band called Queen.

He sacrificed his academic career to play rock and roll.

Then sacrificed a year of his rock career to finish what he had started.

Some people simply cannot leave things undone.

[John Hand @johnhand_]

BREAKING: The man killed in a car crash in Limerick this week was a hired assassin on his way to carry out a hit.

Understand the hitman held a Swedish passport, loaded gun found in car & his driver who fled on foot left his phone behind.

More: https://t.co/i3sZJinSuu

[J Soze @JordanSoze]

In anesthesia you’re exposed to hundreds of surgeons throughout your training and career.

A hill I’ll die on is that the best surgeons came from workhorse community hospitals, not ivory tower institutions.

[Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 @Ireland2026eu]

On 1 July, Ireland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the 8th time.

In an uncertain world, our strength is reinforced when we stand together.

In Ireland, the seanfhocal or proverb “Ní neart go cur le chéile” reminds us that we have “Strength with unity”.

[L 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @InchOrInfinity]

The world is not set up for having children. I cannot figure out how I'm supposed to make going back to work work for us and make sure my baby gets family time, a home cooked meal, a bath, and a suitable bed time without dropping my hours, taking a pay AND later pension hit

[Ronan Coleman @coleman_ronan]

Uefa have appointed Omar Artan, the Somalian referee barred entry to the United States for the World Cup, as referee of Fridays match between @GalwayUnitedFC and @DundalkFC at Turners Cross

🎟️ https://t.co/nzTYb4AMnp

[marieT @Sportingmarie]

@AhernHerbe8277 @K4Climate But not in business interests to say migrants in receipt of social welfare. Your conspiracy theory dies not hold up

[Michael Verney @mlverney]

And then there was 6 BUT only four represented at the official launch - would love to know why Limerick and Clare reps were not there!

There must be consequences, something Jarlath Burns suggested at Congress so interesting to see if he follows through!

[Eugene Diamond @EDiamond136]

I was very ill in hospital last year and on my way to surgery I had a migrant nurse hold my hand and tell me she’d be praying for me I thought of her this morning when I heard of the nurse being chased in Belfast last night this is a total disgrace I feel ashamed this morning

[EU Council @EUCouncil]

🇪🇺 🇮🇪 Ireland will hold the Council presidency from July until the end of December 2026.

Ireland’s presidency website was launched today, unveiling its programme and priorities.

Curious to learn more? Visit the website now 👉 https://t.co/zZZUb86jRO

@Ireland2026eu

[Ronan McGreevy @RMcGreevy1301]

"We all deserve better. Not just a few of us, all of us. Stay with it, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill."
Brilliant by @kathysheridanIT
https://t.co/4uDJnWYmTn

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Kevin Maguire: "After the attack on the Liverpool football parade & it was a white guy, middle class, former royal marine, no-one went after other white, middle class former marines & set this person represents that entire group"

[Séamus Boland @EESC_President]

At the Irish Presidency's request, the @EU_EESC will deliver 8 Exploratory Opinions:

🏠 Affordable housing
⚖️ Equality & competitiveness
🌍 EU Livestock Strategy
👥 Inter-generational poverty
✂️ Simplification
🇪🇺 Single Market
🛡️ Digital Fairness Act
🗳️ Democratic participation

[Dan O'Brien @danobrien20]

Dublin airport ranks 187th out of 279 globally. Could do better?