He’s 💯 correct. The Irish government should be doing scenario planning for an unilateral UK withdrawal from the north. I feel like we have been sleeping on it.

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

FFers wonder why younger people don’t vote for them in droves anymore. Nitwits bunch of them.

Anyone who uses the word unironically should lose the privilege to any media /public platform. It is a sign that you have lost touch with reality.

Now, I will never ever hear a single word from a FFer about partisan conduct from opposition parties.

Isn’t it past time Alan Kelly et el defected to FF or FG? #Áras25

“Who even is he” besides Jim Gavin. He is not a GAA fan for sure….

You don’t have to be a FGer to think he’s actually right. No wonder FG never won an Irish presidential election.

Reminder that no one outside of that miserable little island is under any obligation not to name David Cleary villagemagazine.ie/soldier-f-na...

One would normally say it’s a shameful day for British justice as is a typical saying in normal circumstances, But it’s not that. The British state will never never imprison any soldier who participated in the north. They made sure to obstruct any attempt for decades. The result was by design.

Hey gaeilgeoirí, I am trying to learn written Gaeilge at the moment. Apart from Collins books, do you have any good recommendations? Social media accounts, books or apps will do. No Duolingo tho. Go raibh maibh agibh! #Gaeilge

Can yous imagine the State shitstorm if the far left or militant republicans even did a fraction of all the shite the far right is committing?

It’s on Fine Gael for running Heather Humphreys in the first place It’s kinda wild that two main establishment parties messed it up in the same presidential election. People just simply like authentic candidates. Sin é #Áras2025

Online radicalisation is no joke.

Ok, I can’t believe I am typing it out, but I really really enjoyed my first LOI match at Dalyer. I’ll defo go again. I used to follow Liverpool religiously (excuse me for being a rural culchie who grew up in Gaelic football heartland) Now, I am all in on the LOI train! #SpeirGorm

RIP. Such a fantastic journalist. He’s one of the most essential sources for the Troubles.

Holding two thoughts at once can be true. 1) Heather Humphrys is a bog standard politician with a questionable ministry record and certain awful opinions. 2) Connolly’s public service is to be lauded. Her foreign affairs worldview and her ties to Wallace & Daly should be questioned more.

The Starmer government is giving me huge “Biden”’vibes. They are trying to project an image of normality til the extremists inevitably become the kingmakers in 2029. If I were living in Britain with permanent residency, I’d start making contingencies.

For me, he’s one of the most pointless politicians in the Dáil.

Instragram reels are filled with AI generated videos. This might finally push me to deactivate all of my social media accounts and take my reading list much more seriously.

This is one for history books. Israeli lawmakers are literally cheering the architect of the possible collapse of Israel’s diplomatic & military shield. Israelis are in for a rude awakening in the medium term.

The best Shakespearean film adaptations were produced in Japan.

Those clips of Israeli lawmakers cheering Trump are going to make for hilarious viewing in the future. When America loses its superpower status & Israel loses its diplomatic shield in turn. Trump is responsible for dismantling America’s foundations that make itself a superpower lol

Of course. No contest.

British intelligence chiefs warn that UK national security is at risk from Climate Change. Yet in Ireland the Taoiseach, who never tires of telling us how naive we are about national security, thinks that we shouldn't take mitigate measures in case someone objects www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So much talk of economics and far right radicalisation but my increasingly view is we are all - myself included - underestimating the impact of both internet culture and (more importantly) the economics of the internet/social media on politics and radicalisation

As much as the phrasing sounds ironic, he’s correct in his assessment of what’s going on in English politics. I think the unilateral withdrawal from Northern Ireland is not priced enough especially among Irish people in the south. They naively think the status quo will keep trodding along..

RIP to Diane Keaton. Not only a woman who made extraordinary films but someone who always seemed to be exactly herself, and to be enjoying the experience very much.

I guess many people now know why RTÉ dumped him from the Sunday Game panel… He’s a poor man’s Eamon Dunphy.

I am still waiting on Irish political columnists (looking at you, Pat Leahy) to meaningfully cover the possible ramifications for Ireland.

Jim Gavin’s Dublin GAA legacy would definitely feel a lot tainted to me if I was a Dub. #Áras25

It’s official. It’s the beginning of the end for Micheál Martin.

Connolly is not really great on the Ukraine question. It’s important to note that any immediate ceasefire shouldn’t directly fall on Ukraine. Putin has repeatedly shown that he has no interest in the peace talks. #Áras25

Any form of anti semitism is deeply immoral & reprehensible. No member of any community should come under direct attack just because of how a twisted lunatic feels about a particular conflict. Just sit in at an Israeli embassy and leave the Jewish community alone!

No one literally cares about this. If anything, it will make her seem like a compassionate woman in the eyes of some voters. There isn’t necessarily anything wrong with giving ex prisoners a job.

We shouldn’t even consider overseas voting until we sort the thorny issue of Irish citizens not being able to vote in the North.

I love how the first American pope could be considered “woke” in these mad times. It’s fittingly ironic you know.

I wonder if being born into a billionaire family enabled him to take the fight directly to Trump? America is a gas country for sure!

I have no doubt it was signed off at the highest level. I am sure they went into Gaza knowing they signed their own death warrants. It is borderline evil and, in no uncertain terms, a war crime.

The Provos were able to recruit through mass unemployment among Northern Irish Catholic men among other factors. I don’t think enough white English men are affected to a similar extent.

We’ve made peace with being a cyber tax haven colony, judging by the recent Irish general election… I hope the Trump tariffs, if they are implemented for real, will hurt the FFG voters in material terms.

When your staunchest European ally says hold up there…….

Nelson Mandela supported armed struggle. That’s why he was imprisoned for so long! Let’s not sanitise him here please.

I don’t think this is accurate @theguardian.com #speirgorm

Massive story. Not a word on what he was at in 1798

Last weeks column was on Feargus O'Connor, the Chartists and their relationship with Daniel O'Connell. I'm a great admirer of O'Connell on some fronts, but certainly not all. "History has recast Daniel O’Connell as a liberal icon, but he was no revolutionary." www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Genuine question for Irish ppl Daniel O’Connell would have condemned the Old IRA, who actually delivered results, for using physical violence. Can one truly praise Daniel O’Connell’s “non violent protest” and lionise the Old IRA for delivering independence at the same time? #speirghorm #speirgorm

He’s genuinely one of the most overrated (or overpraised) Irish figures in history. Catholic emancipation wasn’t really all that. It was nothing more than a distraction from the actual goal - full independence…