MEGATHREAD TIME: In 40 tweets I will describe 40 powerful concepts for understanding the world. Some are complex so forgive me for oversimplifying, but the main purpose is to incite curiosity. Okay, here we go:

Overnight the fund has shot above the Eur50k mark and still counting. What an epic 6 days it has been for Cathal in bringing this together. Congrats to Cathal and his team and thanks to all who donated to Cathals fund.

Extremely disappointing during a crisis like this. The Mater Private Hospitals are refusing to treat their nurses the same as the public sector, forcing them to use ordinary sick leave instead of the special leave offered in the public sector. (1/2)

On Saturday 18 July, the many friends of Darragh Sloyan in the club will host a 24-hour fundraising event in aid of The Sloyan Family Support Fund - idonate.ie/5373_the-sloya… All details on how to take part and support 'Solo For Moses' can be found here facebook.com/events/s/solo-…

Our Junior team take on Louth in the #NancyMurrayCup Semi-Final & our Minor team take on Wicklow in the Tesco Ireland Minor Championship Semi-Final. Stay in touch with our social channels for team news & more. Midwest Radio Sport Mayo Advertiser Sport Mayo News - Sport Connaught Telegraph Western People

1/3 A group of friends, players, mentors and teammates from Ballyhaunis GAA Club have come together and organized a unique fundraising event to support two charities, the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation and the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Worth noting; these investment funds pay no tax on their profits. Thank Fine Gael for that one. How are normal, hard working people supposed to compete with this? We can't. It's absolutely disgraceful. #crazyhouseprices m.independent.ie/irish-news/fam…

House prices up by 114% from 2013 Why? A decade of successful housing policy delivered for banks,property developers,Irish investors & global investor funds - Housing needs & dreams of Generation Rented sacrificed to make the already wealthy -wealthier. = corrosive inequality

Want to see opportunity in vacant regeneration in your town or communities? Given rampant price inflation & Dept of finance BS of ‘it will take yrs’ to map, here’s a map that took weeks. share widely, as with 15% price growth today, vacant is oft quicker. public.tableau.com/app/profile/eo…

The majority of Irish people can’t own a house, because faceless investment funds are buying the houses so they can rent them to those people for twice the mortgage. That should be illegal. It’s destructive and causing harm. The government actively reward and enable it

Not far from you David McWilliams . Who is vandalising this community DerelictIreland ?

There's something deeply deeply disturbing that Irish homes are now traded on global stock markets - as commodities like stocks & shares. As more people have to rent- rents rise -profits rise -share prices rise. Purpose of housing warped into maximising shareholder returns

Last year, Big Oil spent $38 billion on stock buybacks. This year, thanks largely to Putin, they plan to buy back at least $22 billion more. Make no mistake: This is a direct redistribution from consumers who are paying through the nose at the gas pump to Big Oil’s top execs.

This is very bad. This is a lobbyist for rent to buy schemes at a key position of influence during a housing crisis. Democracy my bollocks. Lobbying is legalised corruption

Tá teachtaireacht amhairc láidir maidir le bithéagsúlacht ar taispeáint anois i stáisiúin Iarnród na Sollán agus an Náis, mar thoradh ar chomhpháirtíocht idir Iarnród Éireann agus Bailte Slachtmhara na Sollán.

I just signed this petition, will you join me? Please share and RT - a rewilding plan and funding for this and Nephin would do a lot of good for Ireland my.uplift.ie/petitions/buy-… via @UpliftIRL