Yesterday I had the huge honour of being elected Mayor of @Fingalcoco for the coming year. Less than 6 hours later we welcomed this little guy 😍 into the world @RotundaHospital 4 weeks earlier than planned! Not your average Friday! Sleep is now needed! #Fingal#NewArrival
@rte taken his own life & trying to explain how difficult his life must have been, after his struggles with drugs and his diagnosis with HIV/AIDS. Seeing the programme and hearing the stories, I felt compelled to share this story. Pat Tierney was a special person, as was my Dad ❤️
I got home from a night with friends and switched on @rte to see Memorial - The Story of HIV/AIDS in Ireland. The programme sparked memories from my childhood that I had forgotten. My lovely dad, Padraig, used to regularly bring donations from the Vincent de Paul up to people 1/
@rte more than 7 or 8 at the time. Dad told me of what a special person Pat was. He also explained as best he could what HIV/AIDS was. Many in society shunned & stigmatised sufferers at that time. My dad showed compassion to his friend Pat. I remember Dad telling me that Pat had 3/
This is shocking.
At an EU Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, Lynn Boylan lamented that it was “a pity we can’t use our own language.” When it was pointed out that she could, in fact, speak Irish, she backtracked almost instantly: "I wasn’t prepared, so I’ll use English."
This month the drunk/drug driver that mowed down and killed my uncle on a Clare road was sentenced for her crimes. Today Clare Co. Co. effectively victim blamed uncle Mike for his death at the hands of a drunk/drug driver. Furious doesn't cover my emotions right now.
It talks to just how dreary and detestable Arsenal's brand of football is - led by a manager who is massively dislikeable - that they're making the vast majority of neutrals root for the biggest gang of cheats in the history of English football.
Chemical concerns: Former Air Corps staff allege toxic exposure. Documentary tonight at 9:35pm on RTÉ1 with producer @Sallyannegodson @RTE_PrimeTime #rtept https://t.co/aRuL9P209j
On March 22, 1996, after triumphing at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Noel Gallagher joined the studio of the Late Late Show to perform 'Live Forever'.
One of the most beautiful renditions of this song
Fianna Fáil is in crisis as Jim Gavin's withdrawal from the presidential race raises fundamental questions about Micheál Martin’s own judgement, writes Mícheál Lehane
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