Nicola McKenna

[Really Unofficial @KildareFan2025]

Just look at this from the photographer Donal Harrison with the brilliant caption "when you score a huge goal, win Leinster and Nan slips you a sly 50 on the pitch". 😭😭

[LBC @LBC]

‘Why are we on the sixth generation of Viagra but women are sent home with a paracetamol after a miscarriage?!'

Myleene Klass wants answers from Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

[Stefan Moore ★ @2StefanMoore]

A final piece of advice from Holly Butcher - written the day before she passed away from cancer at just 27:

“It’s a strange thing knowing you’re going to die young.

At 26, I thought I had time…
To fall in love.
Start a family.
Grow old.

But cancer doesn’t care about plans.

Now, I understand how fragile life really is. Every single day is a gift, not a guarantee.

I’m not writing this to scare you. I’m writing to remind you: really live.

Stop stressing over little things. Be kind to your body- move it, nourish it, stop criticizing it. One day you’ll wish you had appreciated it.

Go outside.
Look at the sky.
Feel the sun.
Just be.

Spend less time chasing “stuff” - more time making memories. Don’t skip moments with people you love.

Laugh more.
Write a note.
Tell someone you love them.

Complain less.
Give more.
Helping others brings more joy than anything you can buy.

Be present.
Put your phone down.
Show up - really show up.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You don’t need a perfect body, or a perfect life.

Just follow what makes your heart light up. Say no to what drains you. Make changes when you need to.

And please - donate blood. I wouldn’t have had that extra year without it. And that year gave me memories I’ll hold close… forever.

Thank you for reading this.
Live your life well.

And maybe… we’ll meet again someday.”

Holly 🩷

Repost & share Holly’s important advice. ❤️

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Northern Ireland has become the first part of the UK where a woman and her partner are entitled to two weeks of paid leave if they experience a miscarriage at any stage of pregnancy.

https://t.co/BC3948VV4k

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

“A toddler in Gaza released from Israeli custody has been returned to his family with suspected torture wounds.”

Read that again.

[Darran Marshall @DarranMarshall]

In a first for 2026 - there’s no rain expected today! 🌧️ ☔️

[Nicola McKenna @nicmcken]

They are gonna f**k this up and vote Jade aren't they??? #traitorsuk

[Thomas @t2h2o2m2a2s]

None of the traitors are English #thetraitors #TheTraitorsUK

[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

We've had a new report out into maternity and neonatal care and honestly... there's not a single surprise in it.

It's still - and I don't use these words lightly - a total disgrace. We've had multiple reports telling us this. And yet the same problems keep happening.

Women not being listened to - mums and babies being harmed or even dying - when they shouldn't be. So many people have their own stories - I'm sure if you're listening to this right now you might have your own story - or know someone who does.

There's one thing I wanted to pick out from the report by Baroness Valerie Amos.

The investigation heard cases of women who had lost babies being placed on wards with newborns.

This might seem like a little thing. But can you imagine losing a baby. The worst moment of your entire life. All those hopes and dreams for your child's future. Carrying the baby inside you - feeling it grow - and then the blood, the desperation that maybe it's going to be ok, surely it's got to be ok, and then the reality that you've lost your child.

And then what happens? You're put on a ward full of other mothers just like you... but these mums have their little babies in their arms.

That is not just negligent. It is cruel.

And it also happens systematically throughout the NHS. Having a miscarriage? Go to the maternity unit. Just had a scan where you'd hope to see your baby kicking but actually find out it doesn't have a heart beat? Go and sit down with all the happily pregnant mums.

This is symptomatic of a system where women are treated like vessels not like people who should be heard and listened to.

Because bringing life into the world can be the happiest time of your life. But it can also be the worst time of your life.

Either way - it's the most important moment. And that's why we've got to get this right.

[Éirevision Podcast 🇮🇪 @EirevisionPod]

🚨 Latest: Full statement from @rte confirming Ireland's withdrawal from Eurovision 2026.

[Niecy O'Keeffe @NiecyOKeeffe]

The whole country, tonight.☘️
#COYBIG

[Sara O'Neill 🐚 @SaraONeillArt]

I’m not surprised to see these kind of posts from the DUP, but from the Dept of Education??

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

The people on the flotilla are the best of us.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

To be clear what happened here.

Israel bombed a hospital.

They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.

Then they bombed it again.

This is known as the 'double tap'.

You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.

[cassie 🇻🇦 @CatholicCassie]

Cardinal Zuppi read the names of every child who died in Gaza. It took him 7 hours.

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

A beautifully heartwarming exchange between Sham and her father Anas Al-Sharif about his work at Al-Jazeera and her ambitions for the future.

How can we forgive or forget?! We will never ever.

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

Israel has just murdered Anas Al-Sharif.

The most prominent journalist in Gaza.

Everyday he showed his 1.5 million followers the truth of Israel’s genocide.

So they killed him to bury the truth.

Israel allow no journalists in and murder all those who remain.

War criminals.