BASIC launched on this day in 1964.

Over 300 Iranian music artists released a joint statement on April 28th, condemning the death sentence against rapper Toomaj Salehi in Iran.

They hailed Salehi as 'the voice of the just aspirations of a generation of Iranians' and denounced the verdict as 'cruel and…

Ireland needs to prepare for prices north of 2 euro a litre being the new normal.
rte.ie/news/business/…

A Nationwide Park and Ride Strategy for all Airports in Ireland is something that needs to be looked at
westmeathexaminer.ie/2024/04/18/kin…

A regular pattern of Evening time peer to peer events - tech meetups, night classes, history lectures, ted talks - could do wonders for evening time footfall in #Limerick .

In fairness, Greater Belfast people can be just as bad - one remarked that someone from Lisnaskea should not be expected to know Belfast that well because 'it is a different country'

Fergal Lenehan Change your settings so that you don't see replies from accounts that have not authenticated their mobile number etc. Works wonders!

I do not advocate Ireland joining #NATO . Like most of my #Defence Forces colleagues, serving and retired, my wish would be, for the first time since independence, that Ireland becomes a truthful, honourable, militarily resourced neutral state. Customary International Law requires…

The Prince of Pickpockets, George Barrington, was born in Maynooth in 1755. The rebellious youth got expelled at 16 after stabbing another student with a pen knife. He also stole £10.50 from his headmaster and did a bunk to Drogheda.

He joined a travelling theatre company that…

Odd little fact tht I just heard - The Island of Ireland has around the same length of coastline as Angola and Namibia together.

Ireland - 3,172 KM
Angola - 1,650 KM
Namibia - 1,572 KM

#Limerick will do well if we can get events like the LIMERICK FRiNGE running on a regular sustainable basis.
The first #DEM Mayor for Limerick will hopefully see the sense of building a favourable environment for events like this.

Please RT. After some post referendum analysis, there are important points in here about #dem for #limerick . It’s an admin job not just electoral (Micheál Martin) it should be above politics (@BrianLeddin) and a big budget to manage (yours truly!) rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

It remains to be seen if the #DEM for #Limerick has any substantial executive powers - but the mandate alone still confers a morale power that can be effectively employed.
One area is the Arts / Festival Sector, where Limerick has massively underperformed since I moved here.

A transport oriented development corridor along the old Cork Line ( through Croom) is actually a really good idea.
In the first instance- preserve & repurchase the old line property

And #Dublin gets third prize! #dublinrent

Re: Defamation Litigation

Sadly this is true. I have never been in the County of Derry in my life.
Transport connectivity in Northern half of island is a massive reason.

Meteorologist on Irish Radio remarking that, despite large amount of rain currently we are currentlye experiencing, we could still face droughts in the summer.

Need to build up rain water capture and storage infrastructure