🗳️ Have you ever been bamboozled by Ireland’s electoral system, or how election counts work under the PR-STV system? Fear not: I can explain… 🔴 using 🟠 a 🟡 well-known 🟢 chocolate 🔵 sweet 🟣 snack 🟤. (Other tasty confections are available. #notspon.)

Ciara 💚 #IrishAthletics | #Legend | #EuropeanChampion

KELLIE HARRINGTON A double Olympic Gold Medallist, defending her Olympic gold from Tokyo 🔥 You are an inspiration ✨ #TeamIreland | #Paris2024

Irish ☘️jerseys take time out in Paris before the next #TeamIreland #Olympicgames event. #Paris2024 🇮🇪 🇮🇪

Adieu, Paris: you were chic, spectacular and showed how to stage a handsome Games theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Ailbhe Smyth, a local activist and longtime friend of Nell McCafferty, fondly recalls her remarkable legacy. #NellMcCafferty #AilbheSmyth #WomensRights #IrishHistory Paul Quinn

The wait is over! The 2024 Paralympic Games open today 👇

“…there will be another day, but there will never be another Nell McCafferty.” Such an honour to have met Nell in Paris some years ago. #RIPNell

Ireland's first 2024 Paris Paralympic Medalist 🥈💚 Róisin Ní Ríain... take a bow! #TeamIreland | Paralympics Ireland | Swim Ireland | #SportIreland

The escalation in Lebanon has killed and injured thousands and instilled an unimaginable fear in people. "The suffering of children must stop. The only way to do this is through an immediate de-escalation." - Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Lebanon. unicef.org/press-releases…

Dame Maggie Smith 1934 – 2024 🧡

"Children – deeply unwell children – are being denied the medical care that could save them in Gaza, and then prevented from leaving to places where help awaits.” Full remarks from UNICEF's James Elder on lethal delays in medical evacuation: uni.cf/3NHotby

Good news to start your Friday. Microsoft to add 550 jobs in Ireland covering AI and cybersecurity roles irishtimes.com/technology/202…

This is the very definition of indiscriminate warfare. The Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in Gaza, utterly destroyed. A clear violation of humanitarian law.

Il y a 35 ans: La Chute du Mur de Berlin

13 NOVEMBRE 2015: nous pensons aux victimes de la tragédie du Bataclan et des terrasses dans Paris.

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The stunning transformation of #NotreDameDeParis - a lasting testament to all the artisans, engineers and other workers involved over 5 years. Bravo!

Farewell Pat Ingoldsby. Thanks for the memories. ‘unaffected, profoundly human’ irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/0…

People in Gaza are starving to death. UNICEF is warning that deadly malnutrition among children is reaching catastrophic levels. Humanitarian aid at scale is urgently needed. Safe, unrestricted access into Gaza must be granted to save lives.