Please share this Poll to show the government how out of touch they are with the working citizens of this country. #ToneDeaf
Do you support the peaceful fuel protest happening throughout Ireland?
#FuelProtest#PeoplesPoll
Undefeated Irish prospect Max Lally stays winning at #CW200 with a first-round submission finish, but he’s in no rush to get to the UFC.
One step at a time for the SBG Charlestown fighter.
Owen Roddy has been there since the rise of Conor McGregor to #CW200 Dublin 👏💯
The legendary coach can't wait to be part of our biggest Irish fight night on Saturday!
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“Thank you, Lord, for life and all that’s in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour and for the minute.” – Dr. Maya Angelou 💛
Wishing you a day filled with gratitude, family, and love. Happy #Thanksgiving. 🕊️
#MayaAngelou#ThankYouLord#Gratitude
Max Lally vs. Ben Ellis was the best fight of the night. Think Lally’s done enough, solid test early in his career. Great to see him let his hands go late on.
Although Conor McGregor has withdrawn from the presidential race, his impact extends far beyond this election. He has expose the RIGGED presidential elections for what they are. The Irish people can no longer be under any illusion that the presidential elections are democratic, as the selection process is both RESTRICTIVE and UNDEMOCRATIC. The Government hold our presidential elections to ransom.
This is precisely why the 1998 Third Progress Report of the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution recommended that Article 12.4.2° procedures for nominating presidential candidate by 20 TDs or 4 councils was too RESTRICTIVE and in need of DEMOCRATISATION. The Committee proposed that POPULAR NOMINATION would give the people an opportunity to nominate candidates directly with tightly drawn up procedures that not less than 10,000 citizens could nominate a candidate for presidential elections.
This report was buried by successive governments.
On 18th July 2012 the Seanad voted in favour of a Presential Nomination Motion to call upon the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to bring recommendations to Government to implement the recommendations relating to the procedure for nominating a Presidential candidate.
It is over 13 years since this Motion was passed. It is over 27 years since the Oireachtas Committee made their recommendation that the Constitution be amended to ensure that the people of Ireland could freely vote in presidential elections for the candidate of their preferred choice.
It should be up to the people of Ireland to decide who they want to vote for in presidential elections. We need an overhaul of the nomination process, so that we can invoke our Constitutional right to directly vote for the President of Ireland. This is what the establishment, FEAR most. That the will of the people is heard.
The illusion that we are living in a society where people can freely express their opinions or hold different views to the left liberal world view is over. We have witnessed Cancel Culture, created by left liberals, leading to years of people being dehumanised, demonised, banned from social media platforms and losing their livelihood simply because they held opposing views. We now see the open celebration, cheering and twisted attempts to justify the public murder of a young man. Charlie Kirk's only crime was to believe that open debate and discussion of different opinions was crucial for humanity.
What they have failed to kill is the spirit that Charlie Kirk represented. That spirit lives on and will only get stronger.
This is a Turning Point in our history. Evil cannot win.
HUGE Fight SIGNED for #CW194 Dublin 🇮🇪🔥
Max Lally is back in The RDS for a scrap with the returning Ben Ellis on September 27th!
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*One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:*
**“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.”**
My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.
At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.
At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.
At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.
At 80, I took up watercolor painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.
Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.
**I’m writing this to tell you something simple:**
**Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.**
Let these years ahead be your *treasure years*.
You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.
You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.
*With love and gentleness,*
— Patricia Routledge