The 2nd game of my Scottish football weekender was a jaunt to chilly Dunfermline for Scottish Cup meeting of @OfficialDAFC & Queen of the South. East End Park is big (11,500 capacity) ! Far too big for today's attendance of 2,127, & a bit dated, but impressive for a wider town of 75K

The 3rd & final game of my Scottish football weekender is SPL meeting of Livingston Football Club & Aberdeen FC. Almondvale Stadium is a lovely wee ground inside (very characterless outside) & would be a perfect model for Irish clubs. Big Aberdeen crowd down for it in the 3,584 attendance

Once outlawed, Irish language is being spoken more in Northern Ireland - The Washington Post share.google/igxSEbFJcliHd6…

March '25: Putin rejects 30-day ceasefire agreed to by Ukraine and US May '25: Putin again rejects 30-day ceasefire July '25: Russia rejects Trump's 50-day deadline for a ceasefire December '25: Russia rejects US peace plan How many more times will we let Putin do this?

Never forget the US Army once deployed one-third of its Army to capture a single Native American man—Geronimo. That’s a real testament to the skill of the Apache fighters but its also sad because a truly exceptional nation would never had used its military on Indigenous people!

The Kremlin knows exactly what it's doing. The problem is that Trump has no idea what he's doing himself. Completely out of his depth, & played like a fiddle every time by Putin.

Just heard famous playwright Sir David Hare on BBC Radio 4 #TheLastWord say "To be British is to love freedom" 😲 The extent to which people in Britain hav completely erased the horrors of Empire from their memories is astounding. Horrors which continued into Hare's own lifetime😳

As expected, one of the most disgusting and darkest moments in the history of world sport, comparable to the Nazi Olympics. A FIFA Peace Prize for a fascist, multiple convicted criminal, rapist, racist and fraudster. Trump and Infantilo – a dirty, degenerate bunch.

Let us be very clear: this baby's rattle is not awarded "on behalf of billions of fans around the world", as FIFA claims. It’s nothing more than an ego-stroking stunt. This is a deeply troubling day for football & FIFA.

Hi Etsy - I've changed phone, so can't use the Athenticator App to login to my account. And I can't even contact you about sign-in problems without signing in first (seems ridiculous surely) ! Can you let me know how I can resolve this? Many thanks

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Americans often ask me why so many Europeans seem to “hate America.” And every time, I give the same answer. We don’t. Not even close. Europeans actually love the real America, the one built on curiosity, creativity, humour, openness, and that effortless friendliness you

Hi, I’m from Poland, and I recently read in the US National Security Strategy about Europe’s supposed “civilizational erasure.” So I’d like to tell you a bit about European civilization. 🇪🇺We have a more modest GDP, yet we still run a trade surplus with the United States,

A tremendous skewering of FIFA's appalling descent into vomit-inducing sycophancy & deep-throated fluffing of the world's ugliest autocrats. They're killing football ⚽️ "Infantino’s lickspittle World Cup draw promises a tournament autocrats will love" share.google/3gigIQ92VuwF1w…

This is Derry under Stormont. One school gets a site with 18 outdoor pitches/courts/sports halls/gym. Miles away school buildings are closed as roofs are deemed unsafe. Other schools have to use council-owned sports facilities. Sound like fairness? Good use of resources?

Gaelic project focuses on creating jobs in language's heartlands - BBC News #Gaidhlig #Alba #Scotland share.google/Dw2PdnzMPL9Dfi…

Into The West urge people to support new late night Derry Christmas trains trib.al/YHNIMXN

Derry public urged to support late night Christmas trains derrynow.com/news/home/1962…