I don't know Aldi, obscuring your promotional prices (fear of competition?) before they start kind of defeats the point of promotional leaflets, no? 🤷‍♂️

Couldn't agree more (for the record I however like gin 😇) but I too am done explaining, never mind apologising for my dislikes.

The best Ikea manual ever. For BLÅHAJ and a guide for empathy. pixeldrain.com/d/gSFoV1EC

You sometimes see Government TDs pointing out that Ireland isn’t unique in the world in having a housing crisis. But this graph in today’s Financial Times shows just how extreme ours is compared to the places elsewhere, which also describe themselves as a in a housing crisis.

A delicious review, not the food mind you, the writing! giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... (Not that I am surprised, exporting the high price Ibizan nonsense was always going to be tricky)

How Brussels ended up with Europe's most embarrassing square – and what might be done to save it www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2... (Awful, truly awful. Just typical of the nonsense people here have put up with.)

Donald Trump’s ambassador to Italy, Texas-based billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta, has triggered controversy with a two-month diplomatic outreach tour of Italian seaside towns on his private $450mn superyacht. ft.trib.al/aSLRT2b

But of course she did….

Oscar-winning Irish actress Brenda Fricker dies, aged 81 www.rte.ie/entertainmen... (Oh no, RIP Brenda)

What we see here is a complete failure of EI's management. Putting all the long haul eggs into the US market has failed (predictably). And now they don't even have the creativity or business acumen to develop NEW markets but rather chose to retreat.

Up to 500 jobs under threat at Aer Lingus, with several routes being discontinued. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...

Reuters found that companies controlled by a US Army Special Forces veteran operated a fleet of aging Boeing aircraft that flew to key logistics hubs used by the Rapid Support Forces during the Sudan war. reut.rs/4vuf5eQ

Photos: Air New Zealand’s new 777 business class www.executivetraveller.com/news/air-new...

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We all know what airlines will do...

Can Aer Lingus balance jobs cuts with increased airport capacity? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Well yes but we never had a US President who thought like a mob boss more than a country leader and a party utterly terrified of pointing out the damage this is doing.

‘If we die, we die together’: Wife of man partly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

A snitch hotline. 🤦‍♂️ Great for community relations while that outfit is incapable of managing the water system effectively.

The great thing about Britain is you're free to think whatever you want to think and say whatever J. K. Rowling's lawyers permit you to say.

RIP the US state department www.ft.com/content/ae26... (no wonder there is one blunder after another. If you ignore history, expertise and tact you are bound to fail)

So once the Autopilot is turned on do pilots just slide their seats all the way back and play on their phones until the plane gets to the destination? Well no; “the autopilot” isn’t particularly well understood by the general public. Short #avgeek 🧵

Turkish Airlines Offers Business Class Uber Vouchers to Compete with Emirates at Stansted www.businesstraveller.com/news/turkish... (you gotta bribe people to fly from Stansted 😂)

After the lounge changes LHG is weighing up options on how to feature LHG on its individual airlines' signage and displays.

Brussels South Charleroi Airport faces 11-week closure in 2028 for major runway reconstruction www.aviation24.be/airports/bru...

Mindboggling! 🤯 As if I needed more reasons not to visit the US.....

Europe’s slow electrification is a ‘major mistake’ www.ft.com/content/fbeb...

NEW: The brand-new logo of the Donald J Trump International Airport appears to be AI slop, featuring an eagle with garbled talons, an asymmetrical number of feathers on each wing, and more glaring irregularities futurism.com/artificial-i...

Engine damage which hit the window of Malta Air aircraft operating Ryanair flight FR1879 from Thessaloniki to Memmingen leading to a passenger being partially sucked out.

From Restaurant to Runway: Milano's Iconic Margherita Pizza Takes Flight with Aer Lingus www.aikenpr.com/whats-new/20... (For those who don't know: Milano is Pizza Express in Ireland. The one with the non-sweating customers...)

A fresh air fee is applicable....

Surprising new development in the easyJet saga: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Nothing says “this insurance company knows my country” than using an AI generated map of Belgium that puts Ghent in Wallonie, gives us two Namurs and a south coast on the Med.

Scumbaggery in Moygashel, Northern Ireland: Bonfire lit ahead of PSNI removal of mosque replica www.rte.ie/news/ulster/...

France national team uses ICE deportation planes for World Cup travel www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

EasyJet: orange upstart that changed flying prepares to go private giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Number of charging points in Belgium went up 20 per cent since start of 2026 belgashare.be/newsrooms/70... (every street in my area has public charging stations, meanwhile in Dublin....)

Accident: Lufthansa B789 at Frankfurt on Jun 4th 2026, nose gear collapse at gate avherald.com/h?article=53... (Put a pin in it LH....)

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Vile but true to form….

Eurostar orders trains that can cope with 55C ‘Saudi’ summers 🥵🔥 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

RIP Bonnie Tyler

The world's classiest airline....

Only 62% Full: Aer Lingus' 10 Surprisingly Empty US Routes From Dublin Airport [Map] simpleflying.com/only-62pc-fu... 🤔

Welcome to the Great British sale. We have now added new lines such as an airline and a national TV network....

K2 Airways #KTA1732 is reportedly missing. Preliminary ADS-B data indicate a possible crash of the 737-400 freighter in the sea southwest of Karachi. flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...

NYC buildings evacuated after construction workers find buckling beams in Midtown East; officials warn of possible collapse abc7ny.com/post/midtown...

Opinion: Compared with his ceaseless drive to multiply his family’s wealth, and acts of war or peace, Trump’s Fifa intervention might qualify as a footnote. It is a fair bet, however, that it was among his most noticed actions on the global street ft.trib.al/zoP0UYT

TUI to fly out of Antwerp Airport for the last time in 2027 www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2218...