“BBC will no longer broadcast "high-risk" performances after Bob Vylan Glastonbury controversy” Translated: A group of people at the BBC (who?) will now choose to censor, or not (on what basis?) performers that they do, or do not, approve of. nme.com/news/music/bbc…

I painted this portrait of Virtue Dixon in 2015 as part of my 'Silent Testimony' Exhibition. In 1982, Virtue's daughter Ruth was killed in a bomb attack on her 24th birthday during the Troubles here in Northern Ireland… 1/4

I am reminded of the women of Greenham Common.

#Help needed #Banagher #Offaly for this #Swan - anyone know someone who could help

There’s a VERY good reason asylum seekers get circus tickets and Amazon parcels. But the Mail on Sunday was never going to tell you that. Here’s the crucial detail they left out: 🧵

3 weeks ago we got asked to help with a husky who had a tumor on it’s neck. I could never have predicted how well it would turn out and what he looks like now… (1/8) 🧵

Two Native American nations have gifted a handwoven rug to the people of Ireland to recognise the "kindness" shown to them during the Covid-19 pandemic rte.ie/news/politics/…

Is your city as cool as Minneapolis?? Minneapolis hosts an annual “Cat Tour.” Neighbors put their cats in the window and crowds show up in droves to admire them and show respect. It’s been going on for 8 years.

This is just too funny, I’m literally cracking up over here 😂 credit: Corey Marshall-Steele (IG)

James Doohan wasn’t just Scotty on Star Trek, he was also a Canadian who served his country and landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. He then went on to become a gifted actor, trained by fellow Canadian Lorne Greene. This is his story. 🧵 1/12

“I consider myself a remarkable fella.” Back in 1963 David Attenborough travelled to the outback of the Northern Territory of Australia to meet Jack Mulholland, an Irishman who preferred the peace of a ghost town in Borroloola to the pressures of conventional life.

Ah yes They smelled cannabis, did they? So this violent & grossly invasive search of a minor On a busy inner city street Which found no drugs Was legal? Tell me again how cavity searches in stations never happen. m.independent.ie/irish-news/cou…

Let's float like a butterfly to the summer of 1972, when Muhammad Ali came to Dublin. The Greatest came to fight at Croke Park, but he did so much more in our city. The man behind the madness was Michael “Butty” Sugrue, a Kerry-born former circus strongman and professional

Little Choctaw warrior in his first powwow regalia. I pray his youthful energy reaches out — and finds a good home in your heart.

Maximus bandana was a gift sent to him but it is not accurate today. He is claiming there was an explosion in the medical container and he’s innocent. He’s gonna need a lawyer. Sunday is the best day for the dogs… (1/6) 🧵

“They shall not starve” #OnThisDay 1984. A convoy carrying 130 tons of food left London and headed north to mining communities in Yorkshire and the Midlands.

#Missing #Calvin following RTA seem in #Kilmurry #Clare Clare FM The Clare Champion The Clare Echo he must be so afraid out there after the accident

If you need a huge smile today… 5 months ago we spotted Shaggy on the streets of Thailand. He was alone, sick, terrified and without hope. Today he arrived at his forever home in America 🇺🇸… (1/7) 🧵

“…it’s not even satire anymore. It’s just reality with a cartoon filter.”.

‼️URGENT- NEWBORN PUPS - WHERE’S MUM ? PLEASE SHARE‼️ 13 newborn pups were found alone last night in an isolated area off the N59 between Bushypark and Woodstock in #Galway We urgently need to find their mum! 💔🐕 1/2