From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.

Very good striking action, window breaking is a systematic garden design failure and completely unconnected to the guilt/innocence of an obviously determined and hard-practicing young player. Keep it up!

Less tests =less problems? Douglas Adams’ Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal; a vicious wild animal, known for never-ending hunger & mind-boggling stupidity. If you can't see it, it assumes it can't see you. It was the least intelligent creature in the Universe - until now.

Cian Tracey Jasus Cian, stick the feet up and enjoy not having to spend your night driving the M7 after a miserable freezing wet night in Limerick, ‘tis a Christmas miracle 🙏🏻

Irish Literary Times All of them! What’s wrong with you people, how can you have favourites? Do you not love them all equally?

The Irish for girlboss is ‘Beanisteoir’

Go hiontach! Mar pointe gramadach, an bhfuil ‘beanaisteoir’ níos fearr?

I dream by Anne-Marie O'Dwyer-Silbiger Please RT if you enjoyed this piece #poetrycommunity #spokenword

We’ve said it before & we will say it again. Violence against women is a grave issue, deep-rooted in societal attitudes towards women. We will continue to campaign for women’s safety, but we need a whole-system approach that destroys misogyny and discrimination. #SaySabinasName

This came with a check for $25 and might literally be the most amazing letter to the editor I’ve ever received. It’s never too late to apologize.

I got into Zeppelin when I fell in with the wrong crowd at school I’m easily Led

Le bhith a’ bruidhinn ri Afro-Gàidheil eile, faighnichidh Cass dè dìreach a tha e a’ ciallachadh a bhith nad phàirt den choimhearsnachd Ghàidhealach. In speaking with fellow Afro-Gaels, Cass will examine just what it means to be part of the Gaelic community. BBC ALBA #trusadh

They signed the NI protocol to postpone the admission that Brexit is damaging & daft. And they’re trying to renege on the NI protocol to postpone the admission that Brexit is damaging & daft. No matter that trust is a moderately important diplomatic currency…

But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Check Mark was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, a master Check Mark was forged in secret to control all others. And into this Check Mark he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.

Looks like twitter is going to die thanks to a very smart billionaire. If you want to stay in touch, please send hand written letters to Paul Murphy, Leinster House, Dublin 2. Please no more than 280 characters per letter.

I suspect this only happened because the market knows it’s a correction that could easily, and justifiably, be forced on Eli Lilly - and they responded immediately because they expect it to happen. A pre-priced morals trigger?

Look at this woman - Let us never forget! The world hasn't just become wicked...it's always been wicked. The prize doesn't always go to the most deserving. Her name is Irena Sendler She Died 12 May 2008 (aged 98) in Warsaw, Poland During WWII, Irena, got permission to work