The world is turning on #Israel. Not because it is Jewish. But because it is genocidal.

Great to see the Derry Post cover our story from yesterday about the 75th anniversary of #Limavady losing its railway, & our event at Stendhal Festival tomorrow (Sun 6th, 3pm, 'Stage the Change' tent) www.derrynow.com/news/county-...

Today marks 75th anniversary of #Limavady losing its railway. A century of connectivity erased in an instance. Limavady would be the easiest, quickest & cheapest rail reopening on the island - & we're campaigning to see it happen👍 Hear us speak at #Stendhal this Sunday ('Stage the Change' @ 3:45pm)

The long-term reduction in Irish alcohol consumption continues at pace - with a decline of 5% last year alone 👇🏼 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

RAIL PERFORMANCE IN NI 2023-24 An analysis of demand for rail in NI 2023-24. Key points: - 26.5m journeys (+26% vs PY) - Demand still recovering aftr Covid (-1.3% vs pre-pandemic). - Big variance in regional performance vs pre-Covid. Derry booming, Belfast struggling. - WFH changing travel pattrns?

One to watch tonight (Mon 2nd) on @rteone.rte.ie . 'Housewife of the Year' is a brilliant, shocking, humorous & heart-warming look back at what feels like a completely foreign country - but was actually Ireland a mere 30yrs ago. Very much worth a watch. 9:30pm tonight 👍 #HousewifeOfTheYear

As Ukrainian drones roam the Russian sky, I wish you a good night. See you tomorrow!

Anyone know what size of crowd the UB40 gig at Ebrington has drawn? Can hear 'Cherry Oh Baby' frm my city centre house, & the crowd roar after each tune sounds loud 🙂 Not my type of band, but hope it drew a good crowd🤞🏻 #Derry needs to prove itself as a draw for bigger artists🎵

A huge 90mins of football for Strabane Athletic FC tomorrow, as they face Crewe United in the @officialnifl.bsky.social PIL promotion play-off. #Strabane take a 3-1 lead into the game, with the winner promoted to the 3rd (NI-wide) tier of Irish League football. 3pm, Saturday 31st at Melvin Arena 👍⚽️

Funny to see Man United lose to a made-up team of Asian-based nobodies on their latest 'brand-building' tour. But you have to wonder what right a load of Malaysians - with no genuine connection to the club, & who think Old Trafford is a TV/film set - hav to boo a club they've just leached onto?🤷‍♂️

Is there world record for city with highest proportion of drivrs with disabilities? Because judging by Ebrington Square, #Derry would win the title hands-down 😳 We need fewr pointless signs tht only get ignord. Time for fines/clamping/towing instead @deptinfra.bsky.social @executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk

That's another underdog victory to chalk up in a major cup final in Europe this season: - Drogheda FAI Cup. - Newcastle Carabao Cup. - Dungannon Irish Cup. - Palace FA Cup. - Bologna Coppa d'Italia - Paks Hungarian Cup. - Spurs Europa League - Aberdeen Scottish Cup. Who's next?😲⚽️

Twitter seems to be suffering more technical problems today. Posts which are there one minute are then gone the next. Posting dates changing to January 1970. Presumably Musk's quick-fire sackings of technical staff is coming back to haunt him?

How long until #Trump claims that it's because of him that the US has its first Pope? 🤷‍♂️

Today's footy fix is the #IrishCupFinal between @cliftonvillefc.bsky.social and Dungannon Swifts FC at a sunny but cold & breezy Windsor Park. Fingers crossed for a load of goals & a wee bit of high drama! 🤞🏻⚽️

Great to see @BGHDerry being recognised as a stand-out hotel in NI & the UK. Comhghairdeas to the whole team there 👏🏻 www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/der...

Who knew that Ikea had joined the pan-nationalist front? 🤷‍♂️ They may brace themselves for angry denouncements from Jim Allister in the House of Commons, & pseudo-legal challenges written in crayon from Jamie 'The Law' Bryson 🇸🇪

Road congestion in #Letterlenny (population 22,500) is now so bad a former cop says it needs the type of Traffic Control Hub used in Barcelona (population 5million). Absurd 😳 How about investing in public transport so people have viable alternatives to get around?🤷‍♂️ highlandradio.com/2025/04/23/f...

Did JD Vance kill the Pope? 😲

Not again 😪 m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Great to see an event like this happening 👍 www.bbc.com/news/article...

The proposal for a Luas tram network in Cork takes another step forward. I'd be fairly confident that #Cork city will see out this century bigger population-wise than #Belfast city is. And it'll probably get there within the next 50yrs too. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

#Derry's Grand Central Bar is looking good after a mini makeover via a fresh lick of paint 👍 Fingers crossed that this marks the start of a new lease of life for what is a lovely building in a prime location 🤞🏻

Penybont FC have had a great season in Cymru Premier, being genuine title contenders for about 2/3rds of the year. Today they capped it off with a bumper crowd for their last game of the season. Fittingly their crowd today was 1 persom higher than the 1,234 that champions TNS drew yesterday👍 #sweet

Don’t wanna go far for stuff.

** DERRY-BIRMINGHAM FLIGHTS ** It doesn't appear to have been formally announced yet. But Easyjet are now selling seats between City of Derry Airport & Birmingham, starting 1st Sept 😍 This is superb news, as @ryanairofficial.bsky.social ended their flights on the route on Saturday 👍

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Sinéad McLaughlin: ‘Absolutely absurd’ Derry treated as ‘second class’ on rail

** RAIL LINE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND ** A reminder that the Derry-Belfast rail line is closed on Sat 29th & Sun 30th March for engineering works. Details on bus replacement services are below.

It seems that making drivers wait many weeks for an MOT test in NI just results in them being more likely to miss it 🤷‍♂️ Thereby further compounding the availability crisis. There is another way = m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/comm...

A great article in the Donegal News this week about the huge potential rail tourism has for #Donegal. Fantastic to see Railtours Ireland raising this issue publicly 👏🏻 Do you agree that the county's tourism would be significantly enhanced by the return of rail? donegalnews.com/rail-link-wo...

I've an opinion piece in today's @belfasttelegraph.co.uk about the absurdity of NI's MOT-testing regime. We hav a system which doesn't deliver for anyone, with safety compromised & insurance premiums increasd just to artificially reduce waiting times. The rest of UK does it differently- & better IMO

"In contrast to NI’s paltry 19 proposed test centres, the rest of the UK has 23,500 - one for every 1,700 registered vehicles (40 times higher than in NI)."

This year's @concacaf.bsky.social Nations League was all about karma. US had won all 3 previous versions. They reachd semi-final alongside 3 nations theyv pickd needless fights with this yr (CAN, MEX, PAN). PAN beat US in semi; CAN beat US for 3rd 👍 US has x2 population of other 3 countries COMBINED

A must-watch for #Derry & #Donegal folk on BBC1 tonight. The 1st of a 2-part show about the role Derry played in the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII, & the U-boats that lie scuttled off the coast of Donegal 👍 At 10:40pm tonight, BBC1 NI