Exploring the border: One of the most violent border crossings on the #IrishBorder during the Troubles was Lifford Bridge. Local newspapers recorded: Bombs: 6 Shootings: 5 Arson Attacks: 1 Fatalities: 3 Likely just a sample of incidents that occurred. https://t.co/EJcWHSiA2k

And how that terror in the UK compared with the rest of Europe. Every fatal terror attack across Europe since 1970 - the size of each red circle represents the scale of loss. Hover on a circle (desktop) to see the details of each attack. Made with D3 & data from @START_UMD

How violence spread over 30 years of The Troubles - every scaled red dot is a fatal terror attack. No part of Northern Ireland was left untouched. D3 map developed from previous code with @cboutaud, data from @START_UMD. Read the full story here: https://t.co/NVH33D0Tey

I can’t help remark to myself, at this time when the Magdalen Laundry survivors are meeting in Dublin, that it’s not as if women were impregnating themselves or each other. So where were the Laundries for ‘fallen men?’ #DublinHonoursMagdalens

If Boris Johnson is going to quote Kipling, he should quote the poem old Rudyard wrote for him

White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests, and They're Not Liking What They Find https://t.co/tiFtX5f8ba

Hey @justingatlin these Brits do have a sense of humour.

Brendan Foster with the usual blinkers on in 'The Times' yesterday

Why American flags do not belong in church:

Give prisoners a second chance https://t.co/j0OTB99ndy via @IrishTimesBooks

Imagine our next generation benefiting from the implementation of something like this, says @eletourn. #TEDMED

Words we should understand better before using them on social media: 1. Capitalism 2. Socialism 3. Common Sense 4. Racism 5. News

International: Angela Merkel confirms intention to stand for 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th terms

"We need to take a whole of community response" to offending - @VGeiran #ppag2016

"'Paedophilia is not curable but it can be treated"

Here's the only photo evidence needed to validate the existence of the selfie stick.

Three generations stand outside their stone cottage, Ireland, 1927. Photo: Clifton R. Adams/National Geographic

Just spotted over Dublin. People looking up in amazement. What is it?