Jonathan O'Brien
@obrien_jonathan
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@IrishTimes assistant chief sub, sometime obituarist. Author: EURO SUMMITS (2021); GLITTERING PRIZE (May 2026). Views personal.
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I see they've awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the woman who is the latest candidate to take over Venezuela after the US does its regime change. They may as well have given it to Trump himself for a laugh.
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Of this, nearly €20m will go to Greyhound racing....Compare that with the mere €11.5 allocated for Domestic and Gender Based Violence initiatives in #Budget2026 #GovtPriorities
The Horse and Greyhound Fund is expected to be allocated €99.1M in the Budget. The same figure as last year.
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Ceasefire latest:
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Heh heh
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Lyndon Dykes makes it 3-1 to Scotland after the Greek keeper helpfully places the ball at his feet. It's not Vasilios Barkas playing tonight is it?
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David Alaba has managed to get himself booked at 10-0 to Austria. Maybe he wants to miss their next game or something.
A quietly astonishing scoreline in Torshavn: Faroe Islands 4-0 Montenegro. Meanwhile Austria have got into double figures against poor San Marino, four for Marko Arnautović.
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A quietly astonishing scoreline in Torshavn: Faroe Islands 4-0 Montenegro. Meanwhile Austria have got into double figures against poor San Marino, four for Marko Arnautović.
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Uli Hoeness: "Is this the way to a Murillo?"
🇧🇷 Bayern Munich have set their sights on Nottingham Forest defender Murillo, but he won't be cheap & Bayern would have to sell first. (Bild)
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Scotland go in front with Greece again helpless at a set-piece.
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Only been watching for last ten mins but Scotland look awful against Greece at Hampden. Now Tsimikas of Liverpool scores from close range. Co-commentator (Kenny Miller?) talking of Scotland's "diabolical" performance in this second half.
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Scotland-Greece sounds like a rotten game. Maybe it's for the best it's not on TV.
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We have a lot to thank the Chicago School of Economics for, don't we?
Milton Friedman: “The government doesn’t have any money. Only people have money. The government only gets money by putting its hand in your pocket and taking it out.” https://t.co/gciyymby1i
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Good on ya Axl. Even if you do appear to be slowly turning into Meat Loaf.
Axl Rose holding up the Palestinian flag onstage tonight at the Guns N’ Roses show in Bogotá, Colombia. Fucking amazing. ❤️ @axlrose 📸: @WilliamTorres23
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In 2 Years, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest By @adamjohnsonCHI for @inthesetimesmag They have included 16 Israeli officials or spokespeople for Israeli captives, including a total of four interviews with Israeli Prime Minister
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I don’t think this has ever happened in human history. Dresden, Hiroshima no longer the symbols of human-wrought destruction
Israel has dropped about 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza since Oct 7, equivalent to nearly 13 Hiroshima bombs.
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BREAKING! “Ceasefire”, in Israel’s dictionary: you cease, I fire. Just hours after the deal - as in January - Israel shoots at Palestinians waiting to return home. Before any next step, member states must ensure that Israel honours the ceasefire.
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli tanks stationed along Al-Rashid Street fired shells directly toward civilians waiting to return to their homes in Gaza City.
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Connolly is currently 2/7 with the bookies to win. Humphreys is 5/2. That's why they are doing this stuff. One suspects it will backfire on them though.
This audio - and some of the coordinated media coverage over the last 48 hours - has been genuinely unbelievable. A disgraceful and orchestrated attack on a woman of extraordinary substance and courage. @catherinegalway
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I know that “one day, everyone will have always been against this” but it’s still jarring to see history being rewritten in real time by a politician who literally lost his seat for opposing a ceasefire.
Jonathan Ashworth: "I've wanted to see a ceasefire for 2 years" The collective position of the Labour shadow cabinet (which you were part of) for months after October 7th was to reject a ceasefire & Labour instructed its MPs not to vote for a ceasefire in Nov 2023.
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