Delighted to see Catherine Connolly has a commanding lead and is set to the 10th @PresidentIRL. Comhghairdeas Catherine, a worthy successor to Michael D. Higgins. ☘️ #Aras2025 #Aras25

A very small part of me is very happy that people might now think before they try to spell Connolly. Comhghairdeas President Catherine Connolly.

A lot of people who have rarely, if ever, set foot in Derry at all, speaking loudly when they would be better served listening with a keen ear and a compassionate mind following yesterday’s disappointing verdict. I’d say this place is broken; but did it ever really work?

Solidarity with the Bloody Sunday families. It is the dignity, grace, strength and commitment to peace that the families have held up on their shoulders for an eternity that we must be always mindful of, always learning from and always in support of.

If this app was a pub, I’d never drink there.

Stormont's 10-year mental health strategy being scaled back due to lack of funds is absolutely devastating, says Northern Ireland's mental health champion.

A brief visit to the @GibsonGarage in London. That wall of Murphy Lab SGs had me doing some maths and logic in my head.

Sadly many people in NI struggle with Mental Health conditions but just 16% of the proposed funding for the Mental Health Strategy has been allocated since it was published in 2021. #WorldMentalHealthDay

The ongoing failure to fund mental health adequately speaks to failure in prioritisation. The spending on mental health as a share of overall health spending is lower than in neighbouring jurisdictions despite higher levels of mental ill health here.

It’s asinine tweets like this that whip up the kind of hatred we’re witnessing against elected representatives. What do you do? What do you offer? You claw rabidly with one hand and clutch your pearls with the other. Go outside and have a latte, you might enjoy it.

Nobody deserves a masked mob terrorising them outside their own home. A lot of elected representatives are deafeningly quiet today and the usual, over-excited talking heads are quick to make trite words to exonerate their stirring up of tension. Respect to the Long family.

This is a 50p coin from 2020. Just 5 years ago. There is no culture nor progress in a vacuum.

Bizarre to be claiming reinstatement of Derry to Dublin flights as a victory when there’s a global climate emergency and rail infrastructure resembling the Bronze Age on this island.

In London to see @Jambinai with London Contemporary Orchestra later as part of K-music Festival. Falling in love with @BarbicanCentre and its surroundings. Up music, it is a medicine.

Woke up in a sunny London, made a coffee and turned on TV and there’s the @ashofficial lads on @SundayBrunchC4. New album ‘Ad Astra’ is an intergalactic beaut! 🪐 🚀

You’re a racist, a criminal and a sexist thug. You pretend to “protect women” while spewing misogyny. We won’t let you or any fascist divide our communities. An attack on one is an attack on all. We won’t allow your politics of hate to win.

Same old story but sure isn't the NW thriving. I'm pretty sure nearly every major project in Derry has been funded by the likes of the national lottery etc than Stormont. Stormont doesn't give a single thought about Derry or it's people.

It's neither the fault of migrants nor the Irish language that there is in NI…

It’s neither the fault of migrants nor the Irish language that there is in NI: A housing shortage A suicide epidemic A substance abuse epidemic A brain drain A failed water system Paramilitaries It is political ineptitude and oxygen for outrage merchants without a mandate.

I’m really humbled that @TWBSavages second album ‘Hand To Mouth’ has been shortlisted for the @NIMusicPrize 2025. It’s an album about right now, about culture wars, housing, migrant rights, Americanisation and the power of community and decency.