Michael Kelly ن
@MichaelPTKelly
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Views=My Own. Public Affairs for @Ireland_acn Broadcaster, author, media trainer, voiceover guy. Tyrone man.
Dublin/Omagh/Rome/Jerusalem
Joined March 2010
Very much looking forward to being in St Columba’s, Long Tower in Derry this Sunday at 6pm. Come along for some pre-Christmas hope in challenging times.
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I hear people in the Republic marvel at the ‘free’ NHS. For most people in the north, it is a theoretical organisation. Sure, appointments are technically free - but almost impossible to get. New hips are indeed free - but you wait six years. Careful what you wish for.
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Dear, oh dear - what a mess.
bbc.co.uk
The Scottish Episcopal Church says grounds for a risk assessment of Anne Dyer were considered before she returned from suspension.
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Despite how it might seem, it was not Transition Year kids on work experience who thought up this video...no, several people on high taxpayer-funded salaries (presumably not living in their childhood bedroom) thought this was a fantastic idea. It's almost gas-lighting...
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This story is peak Ireland 2025. It would be like the climate sceptics getting upset that they can't have a role at the Green Party conference...
irishtimes.com
Co Wicklow school later gave permission for use of hall, but parents involved have not decided whether to use it
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Analogue 3D - Funtastic - Limited Editions. Available in highly limited quantities. Perfectly color matched to the originals N64 models. $299.99 On Sale: Dec 10, 8am PST. Shipping: Dec 10 with Guaranteed delivery before Christmas.
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European bishops warn that a recent ruling forcing recognition of same-sex marriages between EU Member States "may fuel anti-European sentiments".
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An exciting day for the students and teachers of Ballyoran and Presentation Primary Schools as they joined Archbishop Eamon Martin and Archbishop John McDowell as they recorded their Christmas message for 2025. A day to remember for all the young people involved!” Thanks to
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Schools are literally falling down...but the debates in Stormont will continue to be about flags and other markers of identity politics rather than, ya know, ensuring kids have somewhere to go to school...
bbc.co.uk
More than 200 pupils of Nazareth House primary school in Derry are at home for a second day because of concerns over the building's roof.
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Middle class ‘respectable’ people with your drugs habit, this is the vast criminal network you’re part of. This is the kinda stuff you finance.
m.independent.ie
Detectives are investigating whether a firebomb attack that killed a four-year-old boy and his great-aunt (60) was ordered from behind bars.
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Thank you to the Italian Fire Service for preserving this beautiful devotional tradition. #ImmaculateConception #ImmaculéeConception #Immacolata #8Diciembre
#Roma, come ogni anno i #vigilidelfuoco hanno deposto all’alba la corona di fiori alla statua dell’Immacolata in Piazza di Spagna. A compiere il gesto il caporeparto Roberto Leo, il più anziano del Comando di Roma, salito a 27 metri sull’autoscala #8dicembre
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Middle class ‘respectable’ people with your drugs habit, this is the vast criminal network you’re part of. This is the kinda stuff you finance.
m.independent.ie
Detectives are investigating whether a firebomb attack that killed a four-year-old boy and his great-aunt (60) was ordered from behind bars.
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A blessed Feast of the Immaculate Conception to you from all at ACN Ireland ✝️
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These Taiwanese pineapple cakes are so good the Chinese Communist Party banned them. Beijing’s lawfare only makes them taste better! 😋
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Groupthink is a little bit like the wallpaper, the people who live with it don’t really notice it.
@DavQuinn You need a new reading list.
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My column in today’s Irish News.
"Young Gaels will one day play with other kids at that cricket club in Comber and logic dictates the Irish tricolour will soon also have its day above City Hall, in recognition of the national identity of the majority community within Ireland’s second city – and in recognition of
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This issue has taken up so much time and energy - now that it has been clarified AGAIN, can we get back to the real work of the Church?
reuters.com
A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's practice of all-male clergy, according to a report given to Pope Leo and...
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Between €200m and €500m? It’ll cost over a billion by the time our public sector does the sums…
The Government has allocated between €200m and €500m to a major upgrade of the GPO in Dublin's O’Connell Street https://t.co/JeiY3XtmD5
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Out now: Dromore Diocesan Pastoral Council Newsletter - Advent 2025 - Diocese of Dromore
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Eurovision won’t change its position, and I suppose it’ll be hard for RTÉ in the future to back down so that’s the end of a very long Irish history in the Song Contest…probably for the best given how terrible we’ve been lately. I feel sorry for the fans.
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