Keith O'Neill

Still figuring things out....

[Dunne’s Farm Pastured Eggs @Dunnesfarmeggs]

Internet, Do your thing!!!

Help us name this "Smooth Criminal" so we can officially add him to the Dunne's Farm Wall of Shame.

He didn't get away with much, but the damage he caused will cost far more than anything he stole.

#dunnesfarmeggthief #smoothcriminal #thief

[Dan O'Brien @danobrien20]

Ireland's political class is getting dangerously out of touch with political and international realities. Now that they face consequences for this, some retreat into victimhood and accusations against others who take different positions. This is what happens when luxury values triumph over vital interests.
Today's column
https://t.co/CklhHcr5Eq

[Declan Ganley @declanganley]

I am purposefully not saying much if anything at the moment on the topic of what I have previously referred to as Ireland’s ‘Student Politics’ policy making. I warned about this last year and again a few months ago but the narrative on Ireland has changed in the U.S. I’m 57 now, I have never seen this before, bridges that took more than two centuries to build, are being burned. Burned with seemingly zero interest in the consequences in Ireland. It’s like watching children in a gasoline factory playing with matches. A treasure trove inheritance is being squandered.

[Dan O'Brien @danobrien20]

Ireland-US relations are moving towards major crisis. Text of yesterday's letter from 16 federal lawmakers urging the Trump administration to act against Ireland. Anyone in Ireland who thinks this is not serious or newsworthy doesn't know a lot about how the big bad world works.

[karldeeter ⭐ @karldeeter]

Should you ever find yourself in a decent position, with things going good for the team you help to run, never be afraid of f"£king it all up for reasons that don't benefit anybody who you lead... Irish politics in a nutshell.

[Keith O'Neill @eirekeefo]

Got @Ryanair ‘d again. Apparently the wheels are sticking out a few mm. 🤬They really are some shower of fuckers. Remind me why we put up with their shit? This really has to be the last time.

[Keith O'Neill @eirekeefo]

As an Irish person, this is deeply embarrassing. We have a long tradition (and like to view ourselves!) as a tolerant, balanced people - we have utterly abandoned it in this case. This will have dire consequences. https://t.co/KNvLO8FlIq

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

By setting up a telescope in exactly the right point on Earth and using an extremely fast shutter speed, I can capture the ISS against a specific backdrop. In this case, the Apollo 11 landing site.

This is cropped as a phone wallpaper for you. Enjoy! I’ll post another tomorrow.

[PizzaCzar @PizzaWanchovies]

Men’s emotional burden stems from this.

[Andy Goode @AndyGoode10]

Clear knock on from Fiji that leads directly to the winning try over the heart broken Ireland team. How was this not checked by the TMO in an Olympic quarter final? If the TMO isn’t allowed to check it’s even more ludicrous https://t.co/SIa4Gy1Dok

[Constantin Gurdgiev @GTCost]

Irish success: make households pay to drive empty bottles around.

[Michael McDowell @SenatorMcDowell]

My @IrishTimes column today: A yes vote on the family referendum is a vote for a foreseeable and avoidable mess https://t.co/5UeBO4ZrAS

[Keith O'Neill @eirekeefo]

@JohnOBrennan2 As a @MaynoothUni graduate - I am embarrassed that you are a faculty member at my alma mater. How can you call yourself an academic and simultaneously call for censorship? Free speech is critical for a functioning democracy.

[Michael McDowell @SenatorMcDowell]

My @irishtimes column today: Voting no is wisest option in upcoming blindman’s buff referendums https://t.co/12mX5S676t

[Joe Donnelly @kildarejoe]

1994 was a good year for music. All these will be turning 30 this year and I'm pretty sure they've stood the test of time and sound just as good today.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

New study shows that TikTok and Insta trap young people, who feel they MUST use the platforms because… everyone else does. But if offered the chance to PAY to have everyone in their college delete the apps, most on TikTok, and half on Insta, would pay.

Also: most students say they’d PREFER to live in a world with no TikTok or Insta. Even most active users of Insta say that.

Social media is not a normal consumer product. The negative spillover effects are enormous, not just on non-users, but on active users as well, the authors conclude.

The business models of Meta and TikTok require trapping young users in this way. The presence of major external costs imposed on others--especially children--is the textbook example of why societies impose regulations, and why class action lawsuits exist.

See the summary, and the full working paper, here:
https://t.co/cdTVWgXXwi

[Keith O'Neill @eirekeefo]

@NewDad 1

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

This is a brilliantly written article by Dr Alan Smith, explains both the strengths and limitations of cancer screening.

It also makes a point WHO recently made, that Ireland is the sole global outlier for the volume of screening litigation.

A few points discussed: /1

[Keith O'Neill @eirekeefo]

Critically important thread - silence from @rtenews

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

World Health Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today published long-awaited report on cervical screening.

It's 108 pages long.

Wow. Pretty much eviscerates the Irish legal system and the 'unfair' tactics of lawyers in Ireland 🧐 😳

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[Dan O'Brien @danobrien20]

Ireland was the most expensive country in the EU in 2022, according to today's @EU_Eurostat figures. Irish goods and services were 46% higher than the average across the bloc. Only non-EU Switzerland and Norway were more expensive.