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Beyond The Pale

[Masu Zafi 🔥🔥 @masuzafi]

📢This is the clearest explanation of the Israel-Palestine conflict you'll ever hear.
Radio legend Mike Malloy flips the script with a simple house analogy that destroys every "it's complicated" excuse.
Watch till the end. Your brain won't let you unsee this.

[Irish History Bitesize! @lorraineelizab6]

In recent years I get locked out of my X account for posting on the feast day of the Irish Catholic M*rt-rs! And then I have my tweets blocked from view for weeks! Instead, this 20 June I recommend this book by Mary McAleese. It is out of stock, but you could buy it second hand!

[Munster Rugby @Munsterrugby]

Oli Jager has today confirmed that he will retire from professional rugby with immediate effect on medical grounds.

Everyone at Munster Rugby wishes Oli and his family all the best for the future.

Read his full statement: https://t.co/aFqEDS3eyh

#SUAF 🔴

[Leinster Rugby @leinsterrugby]

We're deeply saddened to hear the news today that Oli Jager has retired from rugby on medical grounds

A fierce competitor and a formidable opponent, Oli came up through the Leinster Rugby pathways with @NaasRFC, Newbridge College and @BlackrockColl before heading to New Zealand and eventually returning to Ireland with @Munsterrugby

We would like to wish Oli and his family all the best for the future ❤️💙

[TimeForScotlandtoLeave @Indyisamust]

@BeresfordSenga @ReformUKScot @reformparty_uk Fuck off Senga, Scotland voted to remain in the EU, England dragged us out 🙄

We will take our independence and we will be an EU member once again 🖕🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖕🏻

[Cian Tracey @CianTracey1]

Sad to hear that Oli Jager has been advised to retire on medical grounds but he is absolutely right to put his health first.

He will be missed at Munster.

Very nice fella, wish him all the best for the future.

[Grouse Beater @Grouse_Beater]

MARITIME

Recreation of the 'Comet' completed

A full-sized replica of a small Clydebuilt ship that revolutionised world shipbuilding will be formally unveiled later in the town where it was built more than 200 years ago.

The model of Henry Bell's Comet, Europe's first commercially successful steamship which was launched in Port Glasgow in 1812, will be inaugurated at the town's annual Comet Festival.

The ship, which offered passenger sailings between Greenock, Helensburgh and Glasgow, started a race to develop new technology that would later see the Clyde dominate world shipbuilding.

The new model replaces a previous replica built for the 150th anniversary in 1962, but which was removed three years ago as its timbers had rotted.

Retired merchant seaman Captain Murray Paterson has been involved in efforts to install the replacement - and he remembers watching the launch of the previous replica when he was aged 14. He told BBC Scotland it was hard to overstate Comet's historical significance.

"She was the forerunner of every mechanically powered ship that I've sailed in the merchant navy," he said.

In the early 1800s the improved steam engine of Greenock-born James Watt was powering the industrial revolution but applying the new technology to ships was lagging behind.

Another Scot, engineer William Symington, had a breakthrough with the steamboat Charlotte Dundas in 1803 on the Forth and Clyde canal. But fears that the wake from the paddles would erode the banks saw it mothballed.

Eight years later Henry Bell, who had studied Symington's boat, asked John Wood's shipyard in Port Glasgow to build him a steamship for the River Clyde.

Part of Bell's motivation was to bring guests to the Baths Inn in Helensburgh, which he ran with his wife, to enjoy the benefits of sea bathing, a health craze at the time.

Named after the Great Comet of 1811 which was visible to the naked eye for 260 days, the ship took to the water the following year, offering a passenger service between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh.

In August 1812, the first ever advertisement in the British press for a steamboat journey declared "the elegance, comfort, safety and speed of this vessel requires only to be proved".

Comet was about the length of a modern day bus and had an engine similar in power to a small petrol-driven lawnmower.

The funnel doubled as a mast so it could hoist a sail to supplement its propulsion, and the 23-mile journey from Glasgow's Broomielaw to Greenock took about six hours.

The service was an instant success, soon emulated by others and heralding a century of steamship innovation that would turn the Clyde into a shipbuilding powerhouse.

[Brett Igoe @brettruganalyst]

Leaving cert complete for daughter no.1…. Current Mrs. I & myself survived 😂

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

8 weeks ago Rocky was rescued just hours from death.

He was alone, incredibly sick and in agony.

Today he was getting a little special treat… (1/7) 🧵

[Pat McCarry @patmccarry]

Big one for the McCarthy brothers 💙

Paddy and Joe wait for Andrew to get out from all those streamers to lift the heavy-ass trophy 🏆 😅

[David Jazay @DavidJazay]

@NotHoodlum Meloni: "Next time you show up here, you better make sure to put on fresh diapers. We have noses, you know!"

[Ciaron Noble @CiaronNoble98]

Jerry Cahir, one of the most consistent players in the AIL for the last 3-4 years

Got a short-term contract with Leinster at the start of the season. Took his opportunities with both hands, making 16 caps

Now he’s just started and won a URC final.

A true AIL success story 👏

[paulwall1970 @paulwall1970]

Good luck later, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Someday, let's get back to this, America.

[The Lord of Lard. @bwj123penne]

Superb!

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

This song will transport you back to those wonderful years ✨

[SON LAİK BÜKÜCÜ 🇹🇷 @TheLaikYobaz]

İspanya Başbakanı Pedro Sánchez:

“Ukrayna’da uluslararası hukuku savunuyorsak, Gazze’de de savunmak zorundayız.”

İspanyollara helal olsun...

[Ika Ferrer Gotić @IkaFerrerGotic]

This is called great parenting! Start them young!

NO SCOTLAND NO PARTY!

| #SCOMAR #TartanArmy #Scotland

[caoimhín @okeydoke90]

@dubsoulrebel Reporter finding out if you don't get in on the joke you run the risk of becoming it.