City 1, Carrington 2. GET IIIIIIN.

And that’s why Erik ten Hag is the manager (until 5:30pm-ish)

Survived the first 13 seconds this time. May have conceded a penalty within 50. Great.

Varane and Martinez start together. The last dance…

Playing Bruno and Mainoo in too advanced roles, and leaving the club’s best (/only fit) striker on the bench. This is fine.

New: The UK's Home Office has refused to release a copy of its supposed agreement with Ireland about the transfer of asylum seekers between jurisdictions, telling @virginmedianews it contains 'sensitive operational procedures' and its release would 'prejudice relations'

International Criminal of Justice orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in Gaza, citing the 'immediate risk' to the Palestinian people bbc.com/news/live/worl… via BBC News (UK)

Manchester United decide to sack Erik ten Hag regardless of Cup final outcome theguardian.com/football/artic…

NEW: Micheal Martin says he will complain directly to the Israeli foreign minister, after local media were invited to film a reprimand of the Irish ambassador.

TV stations showed footage of the ambassador and counterparts being admonished yesterday.

More Virgin Media News 12:30

ℹ️ A quick note for other parents of children with disabilities/neurodiversity:

I’m noticing a lot of parents saying their local CDNT is encouraging them to back out/drop/relax their pursuit of an Assessment of Need - on the premise that an AoN/formal diagnosis is not strictly

Our Portuguese magnifico. 🥹

The second of our European Parliament election debates this evening on TonightVMTV, from 10pm

Tonight, Prime Time will screen a report about how my Dad - who died six months ago today - should still be alive today.

I hope his story goes some way towards stopping cases like his from happening at University Hospital Limerick.

Please watch it.

rte.ie/news/investiga…

A weird thing about the Irish broadcasting regime:

If RTÉ wanted to do this, they’d be at liberty to do so at the drop of a hat

If anyone else (including OTB) wanted to, they’d have to convince the broadcasting regulator that there’s a market, then win a resulting bid process

For those voting in the 15 counties: bring a flask and rations. #ee24