On this day in 1915, the ocean liner RMS Lusitania departs New York for Liverpool with 1,266 passengers aboard. The vessel leaves just eight days after Germany issues a chilling warning: 'Travellers sailing in the war zone on the ships of Great Britain do so at their own risk.'

The Taoiseach is wrong

Neutrality is at risk

Not because of the Triple Lock policy, but because of Ireland's incapacity to meet the obligations of neutrality through force of arms

Neutrality as a concept is redundant in the contemporary climate anyway.
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You might have seen that video of builders not being able to carry out their work, earn their living, going viral yesterday with praise for those doing the 'protesting'.

Here's the view of one of the construction workers, as told to TJ journalist Órla Ryan

Victor vicktop55 Who are the real NAZIs in Ukraine?

Happy #May & #InternationalLaborDay from #EUNAVFORMED Operation #IRINI 🇪🇺 personnel! ⚓️
#irini4peace #Eudefence #CSDP #EUinAction

Join. The. Dots.

Resharing this from November 2022 because its even truer today.

The question that should be asked is 'why' are people leaving their homes to come to Ireland... why?

Most (90%) are here directly because of Putin and the Russian Empire.

That's it.

I am not sure elect is the right word when there are no drydocks available.

#Dáil Topical Issue 2: Deputy David Stanton David Stanton - To the Minister for Transport - To discuss the need to expand port facilities in Cork to facilitate the development of offshore renewal energy.

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#SeeForYourself

Without fear or favour…

Tip the FBI here: tips.fbi.gov. @tesla knows the VIN of this car and who resold it illegally to Russia.

Why is moving away from the Triple Lock important?

Firstly, it’s unique to 🇮🇪 & NOT normal

There has been NO new peacekeeping missions approved by🇺🇳Security Council in a decade

🇺🇳SC is now dysfunctional

🇮🇪 cannot deploy more than 12 soldiers without it rte.ie/news/2024/0430…

Unbelievable footage of riot police brutally beating up civilians behind the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi

Tbilisi this evening

Landing & takeoff utilizing a section of an active #road while traffic is temporarily stopped in both directions. The design of JAS 39 #Gripen makes it possible to use a short strip - without a brake chute or arresting gear. Video: Skaraborgs flygflottilj F 7 #military #road base

🇬🇧 SAES and Airbus Defence&Space have signed an agreement for the implementation of our #sonobuoy #acoustic systems in the #C295 maritime patrol aircraft, recently acquired by the Spanish Ministry of Defence from Airbus Defence and Space.
#UnderwaterDefence #SAES

🔗electronica-submarina.com/2024/04/29/sae…

Do you hate refugees?

Do you believe that the Irish homeland is being overrun with asylum seekers?

Become a humanitarian!

Join me over here in Syria or Iraq, or go to Ukraine!

The work you do here might help these people stay at their homes!

They won't have to go to Ireland!

Ciarán Nugent Robert Gilbey

Wow

Whilst taking no part in the discussion about 3🔒 , the claim that no small state has heavy airlift capacity is false.

The New Zealand Airforce (Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) has a fleet of 5 C130 Hercules and flew evacuations from Kabul. It also has 2 x 757's. Similar stats to 🇮🇪