Niall Ó Conghaile
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
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European.
Views my own; RT = interest, not endorsement.
European.
Views my own; RT = interest, not endorsement.
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I understand. We understand.
We understand the importance that Europe had in your lives and the sense of biting loss for many of you.
We understand what Brexit has done.
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We understand the importance that Europe had in your lives and the sense of biting loss for many of you.
We understand what Brexit has done.
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I'm biased, of course, but I think we're quite pragmatic. Do you forget that we're only one of 27 members of our voluntary union?
I think the cost of our shared--not diminished--sovereignty is brought into relief in this situation. And is dwarfed by the benefits.
I think the cost of our shared--not diminished--sovereignty is brought into relief in this situation. And is dwarfed by the benefits.
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm biased, of course, but I think we're quite pragmatic. Do you forget that we're only one of 27 members of our voluntary union?
I think the cost of our shared--not diminished--sovereignty is brought into relief in this situation. And is dwarfed by the benefits.
I think the cost of our shared--not diminished--sovereignty is brought into relief in this situation. And is dwarfed by the benefits.
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The problem was* the Neoplan Starliner (owned by Acklams Coaches of Beverley) used by Vote Leave was 13.7 metres long, just enough space for £350 million to fit on the side
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The problem was* the Neoplan Starliner (owned by Acklams Coaches of Beverley) used by Vote Leave was 13.7 metres long, just enough space for £350 million to fit on the side
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
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When we visit Paris we normally travel with plastic food storage boxes, plastic freezer elements, an estra suitcase, and rent a place with a fridge and freezer.
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When we visit Paris we normally travel with plastic food storage boxes, plastic freezer elements, an estra suitcase, and rent a place with a fridge and freezer.
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I always buy Kerrygold butter , the best in the world ☘️
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I always buy Kerrygold butter , the best in the world ☘️
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More ads celebrating cheese please.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
More ads celebrating cheese please.
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What's interesting and perhaps subtle is that European countries tend to do nationalism in a "Hey look at all the cool stuff we have!", while British nationalism tends to be "Woo! We're the best! You owe us!" with no substance behind it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
What's interesting and perhaps subtle is that European countries tend to do nationalism in a "Hey look at all the cool stuff we have!", while British nationalism tends to be "Woo! We're the best! You owe us!" with no substance behind it.
Ad at a tram stop.
France rocks!
France rocks!
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ad at a tram stop.
France rocks!
France rocks!
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Compared to the size of the island and its population, tourism in Ireland is still solid. Since the earlier marketing strategies are now losing their effect, this could be used politically to clean up some neglected corners. This includes over-fertilized soil,
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One way to reverse this trend?
Start bringing nature back to Ireland via major rewilding.
People will be ever less interested in visiting a country that's ever more devoid of the indigenous ecosystems that should make it special.
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Start bringing nature back to Ireland via major rewilding.
People will be ever less interested in visiting a country that's ever more devoid of the indigenous ecosystems that should make it special.
share.google/dlc11YT8yMNS...
Number of tourists down 7.5% so far this year - CSO
The number of tourists coming to Ireland is down 7.5% so far this year compared to 2024, according to data from the Central Statistics Office.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Compared to the size of the island and its population, tourism in Ireland is still solid. Since the earlier marketing strategies are now losing their effect, this could be used politically to clean up some neglected corners. This includes over-fertilized soil,
bsky.app/profile/iris...
bsky.app/profile/iris...
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or, like Canada, a Commonwealth Realm. But how would borders and border traffic between 🏴 & 🏴 🏴 be handled, or energy supply? What would this mean for the residents of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, for example? Scotland should strive for another independence referendum
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
or, like Canada, a Commonwealth Realm. But how would borders and border traffic between 🏴 & 🏴 🏴 be handled, or energy supply? What would this mean for the residents of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, for example? Scotland should strive for another independence referendum
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studied in Ireland and Irish students studied in continental European member countries via #Erasmus+. For future generations need to exchange about their history and culture. Because they & we grow together only with this deep understanding of each other.
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And use of the indigenous population as cheap labour, either in the colony or in the metropole.
The effect was catastrophic in terms of Ireland's people (dead, fled, or impoverished) or land (denuded of tress to build the Royal Navy, or of people for extensive grazing)
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The effect was catastrophic in terms of Ireland's people (dead, fled, or impoverished) or land (denuded of tress to build the Royal Navy, or of people for extensive grazing)
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November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
studied in Ireland and Irish students studied in continental European member countries via #Erasmus+. For future generations need to exchange about their history and culture. Because they & we grow together only with this deep understanding of each other.
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Excellent thread from @nialloconghaile.bsky.social about Ireland and #Brexit, which goes hand in hand with the historical, cultural, and systematic effects of British colonization of Ireland.
Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
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Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
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Economy and culture are key.
Ireland was the test bed of colonisation for the English crown. That involved "planting" (taking land and putting in settlers from outside, as later used in North America); extraction or raw materials and destruction of manufacturing and services (mercantilism);
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Ireland was the test bed of colonisation for the English crown. That involved "planting" (taking land and putting in settlers from outside, as later used in North America); extraction or raw materials and destruction of manufacturing and services (mercantilism);
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November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Excellent thread from @nialloconghaile.bsky.social about Ireland and #Brexit, which goes hand in hand with the historical, cultural, and systematic effects of British colonization of Ireland.
Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
bsky.app/profile/nial...
Personally I would be very happy if many more continental European students
bsky.app/profile/nial...
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There would still be the possibility an independent Scotland would remain in the UK, but would take the leading position there. Something that has been floating around in my head for a long time. The power base could shift northward because of such small things as the wind farms
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There would still be the possibility an independent Scotland would remain in the UK, but would take the leading position there. Something that has been floating around in my head for a long time. The power base could shift northward because of such small things as the wind farms
That's a lot of cash. The UK "only" spent £60 bn on defence.
Feels like that money could be better spent than on trying to keep Latvians and Spaniards from renting houses on your street and availing of the NHS
Feels like that money could be better spent than on trying to keep Latvians and Spaniards from renting houses on your street and availing of the NHS
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
That's a lot of cash. The UK "only" spent £60 bn on defence.
Feels like that money could be better spent than on trying to keep Latvians and Spaniards from renting houses on your street and availing of the NHS
Feels like that money could be better spent than on trying to keep Latvians and Spaniards from renting houses on your street and availing of the NHS
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Pour le lancement de sa nouvelle formule, @ouest-france.fr offre à ses lecteurs une carte du Grand Ouest dessinée par Pablo Raison
www.ouest-france.fr/culture/patr...
Par @cyrilpetit.bsky.social
www.ouest-france.fr/culture/patr...
Par @cyrilpetit.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Pour le lancement de sa nouvelle formule, @ouest-france.fr offre à ses lecteurs une carte du Grand Ouest dessinée par Pablo Raison
www.ouest-france.fr/culture/patr...
Par @cyrilpetit.bsky.social
www.ouest-france.fr/culture/patr...
Par @cyrilpetit.bsky.social
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Varoufakis is the dream podcast guest because he's an articulate and entertaining expert on everything (despite never having achieved anything)
Varoufakis was useless, not a serious politician.
And at a time of absolute crisis for Greece and Europe when the situation was crying out for honesty and sobriety
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
And at a time of absolute crisis for Greece and Europe when the situation was crying out for honesty and sobriety
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Former Greek PM Tsipras savages ‘celebrity’ ex-finance minister Varoufakis in memoir
Alexis Tsipras says that during debt crisis Yanis Varoufakis was more interested in promoting his books
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Varoufakis is the dream podcast guest because he's an articulate and entertaining expert on everything (despite never having achieved anything)
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There are theses to be written.
Not comprehensive, but here are some thoughts on Ireland and Brexit.
It pays to take a wide-angle lens for this type of thing.
The story is nevertheless informative
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Not comprehensive, but here are some thoughts on Ireland and Brexit.
It pays to take a wide-angle lens for this type of thing.
The story is nevertheless informative
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There's a good thread to be written about ireland responded brexit.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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The recalibration of the economy had to take place. Ireland spent Brexit looking for new markets, because the situation was volitile.
Irish business switched to non-UK suppliers.
Farmers started making jarlsberg or mozarella instead of cheddar.
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Irish business switched to non-UK suppliers.
Farmers started making jarlsberg or mozarella instead of cheddar.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The recalibration of the economy had to take place. Ireland spent Brexit looking for new markets, because the situation was volitile.
Irish business switched to non-UK suppliers.
Farmers started making jarlsberg or mozarella instead of cheddar.
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Irish business switched to non-UK suppliers.
Farmers started making jarlsberg or mozarella instead of cheddar.
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Paging America.
“Hello….”
“Hello….”
Breaking News: Brazil’s top court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison term for a failed plot to stay in power. nyti.ms/3LSSs2S
Bolsonaro To Start Serving 27-Year Prison Sentence Over Coup Plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Paging America.
“Hello….”
“Hello….”
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It's not the European Union that needs to change, it's the British one.
What has led to stalemate is the UK's red lines. Indeed, they're the very definition of stasis.
What has led to stalemate is the UK's red lines. Indeed, they're the very definition of stasis.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It's not the European Union that needs to change, it's the British one.
What has led to stalemate is the UK's red lines. Indeed, they're the very definition of stasis.
What has led to stalemate is the UK's red lines. Indeed, they're the very definition of stasis.
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He is another of those who sprang to prominence at a certain moment and has continued to have a following, despite not having done anything constructive either then or now. Mystifying.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
He is another of those who sprang to prominence at a certain moment and has continued to have a following, despite not having done anything constructive either then or now. Mystifying.
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Varoufakis is whatever he wants to be!
“..that black was a political term and, as a Greek, on the grounds of ethnicity he had as much reason to be there as anyone else."
“..that black was a political term and, as a Greek, on the grounds of ethnicity he had as much reason to be there as anyone else."
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Varoufakis is whatever he wants to be!
“..that black was a political term and, as a Greek, on the grounds of ethnicity he had as much reason to be there as anyone else."
“..that black was a political term and, as a Greek, on the grounds of ethnicity he had as much reason to be there as anyone else."
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Varoufakis-just a vain, ‘look at me’ politician……like so many unfortunately
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Varoufakis-just a vain, ‘look at me’ politician……like so many unfortunately
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Indeed.
I remember Varoufakis who almost pushed Greece to total bankruptcy was more interested in his image as a motorcyclist than solving Greece’s economic problems.
Cc @zackpolanski.bsky.social to be careful around this guy
I remember Varoufakis who almost pushed Greece to total bankruptcy was more interested in his image as a motorcyclist than solving Greece’s economic problems.
Cc @zackpolanski.bsky.social to be careful around this guy
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Indeed.
I remember Varoufakis who almost pushed Greece to total bankruptcy was more interested in his image as a motorcyclist than solving Greece’s economic problems.
Cc @zackpolanski.bsky.social to be careful around this guy
I remember Varoufakis who almost pushed Greece to total bankruptcy was more interested in his image as a motorcyclist than solving Greece’s economic problems.
Cc @zackpolanski.bsky.social to be careful around this guy
Varoufakis was useless, not a serious politician.
And at a time of absolute crisis for Greece and Europe when the situation was crying out for honesty and sobriety
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
And at a time of absolute crisis for Greece and Europe when the situation was crying out for honesty and sobriety
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Former Greek PM Tsipras savages ‘celebrity’ ex-finance minister Varoufakis in memoir
Alexis Tsipras says that during debt crisis Yanis Varoufakis was more interested in promoting his books
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Varoufakis was useless, not a serious politician.
And at a time of absolute crisis for Greece and Europe when the situation was crying out for honesty and sobriety
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
And at a time of absolute crisis for Greece and Europe when the situation was crying out for honesty and sobriety
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Yes, they simply assume they *have* to be at the table. It's exceptionalism and it's anti-European
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Yes, they simply assume they *have* to be at the table. It's exceptionalism and it's anti-European