Briany

One of the Malone brothers

[Sinéad O’Sullivan @SineadOS1]

The protests in Ireland are not about just fuel! They are about the distance between Ireland on this graph and every other modern and developed economy. Ireland is second wealthiest but gets waaaaay less than any other country for that wealth. By a golden mile.

That visual gap in this graph? That’s what people are protesting. It’s a lack of infrastructure and the everyday enshittification of services, the economy, and the additional difficulty of trying to live, relative to peers in any other country. It also highlights why people don’t get uniformly listened to! - because there is no government architecture to engage meaningfully across this huge gap.

That gap is a three hour drive to work in traffic, a 14 month wait for an MRI, buses that don’t arrive, trains that don’t exist, schools that have no places for your kids, houses that are unaffordable, pubs that close before midnight, €12 sandwiches, expensive fuel.

People feel this gap, even if they can’t explain it precisely. And that builds into resentment, and ultimately protest. Fuel just happened to be the next thing that could be pointed to, today.

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@jimhamilton4 U20 rugby is where it’s at #IrevEng #ballinhand

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@GerardAnthonyB Spare a thought for Mayo people #Cavan

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@GerardAnthonyB Be brave and fear not. #Martin and Saints in a similar but different scenario

[Prime Sport HQ @PrimeSportHQ]

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[Briany @brianmalone101]

@FergalLenehan @Meadowmgt Great piece my grandmother (not a guard) was a weights inspector in Nass Co Kildare in the 1980s

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@curiosityonx @PaddyMalone13 #Venus

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@PaddyMalone13 #nopunchbacks

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@andyfriend2011 Thank you Andy. Enjoy the next adventure #ConnachtForever

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@BourkeBalls @Shane45935970 That Mayo minor panel was a group of #ballers every bit as talented as Galway.

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@GerardAnthonyB See that 👏👏 great football ⚽ #beautifulgame

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@JenningsOllie 💚❤️ rest easy

[Inky Johnson @inkyjohnson]

Who are we when it goes south…

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@stevemagness The NFL must be home to the world's super athlete's. To have that spread of ability. A 46 400m and footballer!!

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@RussianCircles Any plans for Ireland

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@JCooney09 Delighted for you Big fans of you in our Connacht house. U cant beat doing THE WORK and enjoying it. #Rolemodel

[Inky Johnson @inkyjohnson]

The pain of regret is far heavier than the price of discipline…

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@McdaidCillian Small minds and small people Cillian we are very proud of you #ballers #rolemodel #sport

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@rhasidatadeleke @EugeneLeach What was the session? Itl be worth it #400club

[Briany @brianmalone101]

@GerardAnthonyB @howlongmayo Be nice! It's 26,011 #itlbeworthit #MayoForSam