Ritchie O'Farrell

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[Athletics Ireland @irishathletics]

50.52 400m PB and W for Sharlene in Savona! 😮‍💨

#IrishAthletics

[Athletics Ireland @irishathletics]

SHARLENE SHINES! ✨

Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) smashes her PB at the Savona International Meeting in Italy clocking 50.52 to take victory in a meeting record.

The Tipperary sprinters previous best of 50.71 had been set at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 🤩

Result ➡️ https://t.co/g2Ap9ZTZ29

#IrishAthletics

[Ritchie O'Farrell @eriuvation]

Does it get better than this?

[Ritchie O'Farrell @eriuvation]

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[Ritchie O'Farrell @eriuvation]

Take a look at this video, 'immortality bee gees and celine dion' https://t.co/vq9NeC68nE

[Ritchie O'Farrell @eriuvation]

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[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Trump’s approval rating is 34%. Let that number sink in.

Lower than Jimmy Carter at his lowest point.

As low as Herbert Hoover in the middle of the Great Depression before he got ousted.

He campaigned on ending wars in the Middle East. We have a new war in the Middle East.

He campaigned on lowering prices. Prices are up across the board: energy, tariffs, everything.

And the same people who were with him when he said he wouldn’t do it are still with him now that he’s doing it.

Here’s the real question: Does he care about any of this?

I would submit to everybody — he does not.

He’s entered the nihilistic stage of his political career.

The polls don’t matter. The people don’t matter. The consequences don’t matter.

That is the most dangerous version of this man.

And that’s exactly where we are.

[Público @publico_es]

ENTREVISTA | Gareth Gore: "El Opus Dei es solo una fachada que oculta el verdadero propósito del grupo: infiltrarse en los círculos del poder y usar su influencia para revertir el progreso"

✍ Por Raúl Bocanegra

https://t.co/X4K43jEyIH

[Annie McGinley @annie_mcginley]

🏆 Ireland takes the crown! 🇮🇪 With 52.4% of adults holding a degree, we’re officially the world’s most educated nation.

From tech hubs to creative sparks, our greatest asset is our brilliant minds.

Proud to see the Island of Saints and Scholars leading the way! 📚✨ #Ireland

[Ritchie O'Farrell @eriuvation]

Source: The Irish Independent https://t.co/RN9WtbizvD

[HustleBitch @HustleBitch_]

🚨 UNITED PASSENGER CATCHES INSANE NASA ROCKET LAUNCH FROM PLANE WINDOW — FLIGHT ATTENDANT LOSES IT MID-AIR

A United flight just turned into a front-row seat to history.

A woman captures the exact moment NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches… straight from her window at 30,000 feet.

And then you hear the flight attendant:

“15 years of flying… I’ve been praying to see something like this.”

• Rocket blasting through the clouds
• Crew calling it a “once in a lifetime” moment

He said he flew to Florida multiple times just to see a launch…

Canceled. Every time.

And then this happens midair.

What are the chances you randomly look out your window… and see history taking off?

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

We lost a legend this week. Olympic Gold medalist Ron Delany passed away at 91.

The summer before the 1956 Olympics, Delany ran a 4:20 mile at a meet in Dublin. Then, he got spiked badly in Paris and could barely race the rest of the season.

The press said he was burnt out.

The Olympic Council only confirmed his selection at the last possible moment.

As he was struggling with his form, John Landy pulled him aside.

He told him he looked strained, that his shoulders were too tense and he needed to relax.

Landy was the Olympic favorite, the 2nd man under 4.

The man he'd have to beat in Melbourne gave him the technical cue that would help unlock the run of his life.

Arriving at the Melbourne Olympics as an afterthought, he meets the British trio of 1500m stars in the village.

They want to do a friendly breakdown of the field. Who's going to do well?

Delany: "I'm going to win."

They looked at him like he was out of his mind.

Why was he so sure?

In his last training session before Melbourne, coach Brutus Hamilton pulled a piece of twine out of his pocket. Strung it across the track and had Delany run through it, arms spread wide, like a finish line celebration.

Then he said: "Now, son, we have practised everything."

They'd rehearsed winning, including winning.

In an era where there were no sports psychologist, Delany had a pre-race protocol.

Two hours out, he'd deliberately turn on the nerves. He'd let the anxiety build, get the adrenaline flowing.

Then an hour before, he flipped the switch.

Become what he called "the cold, calculated, tactician."

It was a threat-to-challenge conversion decades before we had a name for it.

On December 1st, 1956, there were 120,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a field that was one of the best in history.

At the bell, Delany was tenth. Six meters off the lead.

Then he started to move. He passed Landy with 180 to go. And closed his final 200 in 25.6, to break the Olympic record by four seconds.

"There is no pain...Into the home stretch and I feel the strength, as if running on air... legs flowing so easily, breathing so consistent and effortless, my mind so relaxed and concentrated."

After he crossed the line, Delany dropped to his knees in prayer.

Landy, the favorite who'd helped fix his form months earlier and just lost, "was the first over me — which is a great tribute to the closeness of sportsmanship. He thought I'd collapsed, sees my face, and sees I'm not even winded."

After the race, Delany sent a telegram to his first coach, Jack Sweeney, back in Dublin.

Three words: "We did it Jack."

He was 21, 10,000 miles from home, had just won the Olympic gold medal.

And his first instinct was to credit the man who taught him to race.

RIP Ronnie.

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

Joan Delany, wife of Olympian Ronnie Delany, dies two days after her husband’s funeral https://t.co/ZkWvOx53k1

[Wendie Malick @WendieMalick]

Redford was spot on:

[💪🎭..Rai ji..💪🎭 @Vinod_r108]

She touches the ball 4 times without it hitting the ground. ⚽👏

[National Ploughing @NPAIE]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day 🍀

Today we celebrate the people, communities and traditions that keep rural Ireland thriving.

Here’s to the farmers, families and generations proudly keeping Irish traditions alive.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The Washington Post is reportedly using readers' personal data to set subscription prices.

It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

[Frances Black @frances_black]

I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of Irelands finest singers Dolores Keane. Dolores had the most beautiful voice that touched our souls. My deepest condolences to all her family and friends. What a beautiful soul ❤️ codladh Sámh Dolores 🌻 Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis xxx

[The Academy @TheAcademy]

Jessie Buckley is just taking it all in 🥹 The Best Actress winner enters the photo booth, backstage at the #Oscars

[Paul Johnson @paul__johnson]

After the tariffs and the threats, the tantrums and the insults, Trump asks for help:

-Britain: We will not be drawn into war

-Germany: No

-France: No

-Australia: No

-Spain: No

-Italy - No

-Japan - No

-Norway - No

-Canada - No

-Netherlands - No

You reap what you sow