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Twitter user 299,949,746! Former teacher, currently a journalist with @thejournal_ie

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4 years
@JeremyClarkson It takes a special kind of egotist to take an exam results day for teenagers and turn it into a boast about how rich you are
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How great is this? DJ at the beach volleyball plays John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ after things get a little bit heated between the Brazil and Canada players #Olympic2024 #OlympicGames #BeachVolleyball
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5 years
Some said #SinnF éin’s Martin Kenny might suffer due to his support of welcoming asylum seekers. He’s currently topping the polls. #SligoLeitrim #GE20
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. @marywallopers take the to main stage @EPfestival with a Palestine flag and “Refugees welcome” t-shirt. @thejournal_ie
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Massive cheers in the Electric Arena at @EPfestival when these images are projected before @KNEECAPCEOL enter the stage. @thejournal_ie
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4 years
@JeremyClarkson oh can we not drop these annual "I'm part of a small minority who performed badly in my A Levels, but I'm still obscenely rich" tweets?
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2 years
Emergency crew who helped with the search and rescue effort now entering St Michael’s Church for a memorial service. #Creeslough
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The Fields of Athenry, a song adopted by the Celtic fans, plays at Martin McGill’s funeral in #Creeslough during the distribution of the Eucharist. Father John Joe Duffy said Martin would be so proud to know Celtic has donated to Creeslough and will wear black armbands tonight.
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2 years
Mary Lou McDonald embraces the members of a nearby house, where shattered glass lies outside from the impact of the explosion. #Creeslough @thejournal_ie
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6 years
@piersmorgan What total nonsense! So a child from a poor household with no access to stationary, in a class of 32, has same opportunity as rich child in a class of 12? Are you actually for real? It’s just all ‘determination’?
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2 years
The how and why will come later, says McDonald. She adds nothing can prepare you for the scene of the explosion and she can’t put into words her profound loss. Says she is here to put an arm around the community. #Creeslough
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2 years
Enoch Burke is back at Wilson’s Hospital School, having been taken away from here by gardai around two hours ago
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2 years
Jarlath Burns greets his family after becoming the new president of the GAA.
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5 years
Do you regret the whole friendship with #Epstein ? #PrinceAndew : “Now? Still not. The reason being, the people that I met because of him were actually very useful.” Who cares about trafficked teenage girls, so long as you can expand your circle of elite connections? #Newsnight
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@jamieonline @ladbible She addressed that, if you’d bother to read the article. She asked for it to be changed to “parents or carers”. Funny how people often say, “what about sexism against men?!” And when a little girl tackles it, she gets bullied by men online 🤔
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6 years
@piersmorgan Maybe rich South Kensington people “want it more...” or maybe they have a quiet room in which to do their homework with all the latest tech gadgets, whilst a poor child does their homework in their bedroom they share with two younger siblings...
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. @liamcunningham1 is going to speak at Electric Picnic soon at Mindfield with Amnesty to talk on Gaza. He says: “Come along, hear about what you can be doing for Gaza… then there’s plenty of time after to have fun and get your expensive hotdogs.” @thejournal_ie
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@piersmorgan Maybe whilst rich kid studies hard for a levels, poor kid can’t study, cause they have to get a part time job to support themselves and their family... or you know, maybe it’s all ‘determination’ 🤔
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3 years
@Nadine_Writes While this magazine cover - and many others before it - is disgusting, it’s quite alarming to see the number of people basically arguing that this somewhat legitimises what ISIS did.
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6 months
Homecoming at Silverbridge club for Jarlath Burns after he officially becomes the next president of the GAA
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4 years
@JackBealeGuitar @JeremyClarkson Bill Gates went to a private school and dropped out of Harvard. Not exactly the same as failing your A Levels
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2 years
@TYRISPRINT This is so obviously false, adidas didn’t release any such image. And what’s worse is, this viral tweet will give people the perception that adidas was quick (and happy) to act, when in reality they dragged their heels and were forced into dropping him.
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4 years
@mattletiss7 An outrageous statement to say a man trying to protect others and who urges caution is “evil”
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2 years
Jarlath Burns is elected the new GAA president on the first count.
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5 years
#jarlathburns addresses the many friends, family members, and supporters in the corridors of #crokepark . A very valiant effort that’s done all of us, myself included, proud #GAA #GAACongress2020 #armagh #silverbridge
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6 years
@piersmorgan Maybe poor kid tries their best in a class of 32, whilst rich kid works in a class of 10 and gets privately tutored... then again, ‘determination’ 🤔🤔
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2 years
@jameelajamil So this is genuinely going to be the new “I’m moving to Canada if Trump wins”.
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7 years
Ever wonder how #FakeNews spreads? This photo is from an army training video. The Sun needlessly adding to tonight's panic #ManchesterArena
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2 years
Martin McGill was a huge Celtic fan and the team will wear black arm bands and have a moment of silence before their game tonight. The club will also donate £10,000 to the community. Several people outside the church are wearing Celtic scarves and jerseys. #creeslough #celtic
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4 years
@JeremyClarkson And for people saying: “this tweet proves you can do anything.” The odds of a person being born into a family in the bottom 10% in terms of income and rising to the top 10% as an adult are roughly the same as someone with parents measuring 5’6 growing up to be over 6’1
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2 years
@LayahHeilpern This is all so tiresome, it really is. Every tweet I see of yours is just so toxic.
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4 years
@MaysKieran @JeremyClarkson Why must success equal enormous wealth? That’s an extremely narrow prism through which the define “success”
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4 years
@frankieboyle I used to work in a public school, and while teaching a module on inequality, I used this statistic. I’d never been so forcefully challenged by a class as when I cited this study.
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2 years
@JuliaHB1 @ianbirrell Wow, imagine trying to claim this isn’t meant to be offensive. What exactly is it about a teenager advocating for a better, cleaner environment that triggers you so much? Imagine looking at an admitted misogynist like Tate and saying, ‘yeah, I’ll align myself with him.’
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2 years
Jarlath Burns during his acceptance speech after being voted as new GAA president on the first count talks about his late father’s influence and how he is wearing his very tie tonight, and thanks his family for their support. #GAA
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6 months
And in another part of his speech, Jarlath Burns speaks on being a #GAA president from the six counties. Says he will work to advance redevelopment of Casement, and will be present at the first hearing of the Coroners' courts on the deaths of Sean Brown and Patsy Kelly.
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1 year
@ZachLowy And he can’t give them this life on a premier league wage?
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2 years
SDLP leader Colm Eastwood speaks of the devastation to hit #Creeslough and adds that he has thanked emergency services in the north for the help they provided.
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1 year
@gavreilly Why is RTÈ paying these fees? I’m sorry, but it’s not as if rivals will be breaking down the door to poach him?
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4 years
@DzinerSpiel @GaryLineker He was giving them back a helmet that was missing, wise yourself up
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4 months
Palestine win 2-1 against Bohemians, some celebrations at the end too #bohs @bfcdublin
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3 months
When Father Ted met the Pope. Ardal O’Hanlon gets something blessed by Pope Francis during an audience between the Pope and comedians from around the world, including Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon.
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@KNEECAPCEOL “Ireland is still under occupation by Britain, but there is a worse occupation going on in Palestine.”
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1 year
I appreciate this isn’t solely an RTÉ thing and television rights are complicated… but Ireland qualified for the Women’s World Cup nine months ago. Surely an agreement could have been sought in the time since to allow people in the North to watch games? #COYGIG #WomensWorldCup
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2 years
@mattletiss7 Imagine looking at the BBC news these last few days; reporters in Kyiv, in several other major cities in Ukraine, in Moscow, in Poland and Moldavia where people are fleeing to. Imagine seeing every angle covered, and thinking something like “fake news”.
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@DawnHFoster And #SinnF éin’s Martin Kenny, who got his car burnt out for supporting asylum seekers, has more than double the first preference votes of the next nearest candidate.
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7 years
@nataliesurely Wow, woman attacks a woman based on her age and looks... “I’m kinda very here for that...” 🤔🤔
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3 months
SF's Michelle Gildernew says she is “resigned” to not winning an MEP seat but calls it a "setback, not a tragedy". Referencing the loss of her nephew Fiachra Ó Faoláin, Gildernew says: “This is a setback but it is definitely not a tragedy; I know what that feels like this week."
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4 years
@mattletiss7 You’re not sharing messages of positivity though. Rather, in many tweets you outright deny the severity of the virus and downplay it
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2 years
Some reception at Silverbridge club for GAA president elect Jarlath Burns.
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6 years
@piersmorgan Reminder that your income is determined by your parents income to the same degree that your height is determined by your parents height...
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@shann0ndaly Funny how people often say, “what about sexism against men?!” And when a little girl tackles it, she gets bullied by men online 🤔
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“My name is @cmatbaby and I’m like if Bono and Dolly Parton had a pet dog.” @EPfestival
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4 years
@TheDailyShow A remarkable turnaround from “it’s just the flu” to “let’s shut down travel from Europe”
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5 years
@piersmorgan @DailyMail Piers, give it a rest man. Your paper literally criticises her for crossing her legs (even though Camilla is doing the exact same) while constantly praising Kate. The insinuation is clear for all to see
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3 years
@neiltyson Pretty poor and insensitive tweet.
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2 years
Enoch Burke at Wilson’s Hospital School again this morning. He was taken away by gardai for this yesterday but arrived back at the school around two hours later.
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5 years
This man can’t even clap his hands properly and he’s going to be the next Prime Minister 👏🤔 #BorisJohnson #conservativeleadership #pm
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@DawnHFoster Can’t delete this nonsense though. I know it’s their whole schtick, but still, making crass puns out of so sensitive a situation
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2 years
Jarlath Burns aptly summing up what it means to be a part of the GAA, and specifically what it means to be part of Silverbridge.
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6 years
@onebrightlight @CraigSJ Yeah, but quirky socks!!!! 🙃
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2 years
No can do for this recycling lorry.
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@CollinRugg The lockdowns happened under Trump?
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5 years
@piersmorgan He’s right. The site you’re editor at large on routinely demonises celebrities and is known as the “sidebar of shame”. Plus, you use to work for that rag that is somehow even worse than the Mail; The Sun
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They’ve dedicated ‘Building Up and Tearing England Down’ to the “so-called Irish patriots who drink with loyalists up the North”. @marywallopers
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3 years
@afneil A masterful analysis, how humble
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4 years
@bjsaunders_ Imagine being a Covid-denier and then using it as a shield when MTK comes under the spotlight.
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2 years
Guard of honour extends into Silverbridge’s club rooms for Jarlath Burns’ homecoming after becoming GAA President elect
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5 years
#SinnF éin’s Martin Kenny had his car burnt out, which was widely believed to have been carried out by people who are against welcoming asylum seekers. He will likely get the most first preferences in #SligoLeitrim #ge20
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2 years
And there he goes, leaving the school for a second time today.
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2 years
Silverbridge contingent on good voice after Jarlath Burns’ election.
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6 years
@Alyssa_Milano I’m glad there isn’t. We don’t need questions from celebrities looking to further their own profile off the back of a sexual assault case
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3 years
@ChrisMasonBBC Very revealing that his point of reference is an exercise machine well outside the financial reach of most people.
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4 years
@briebriejoy @Alyssa_Milano @JoeBiden @Andy So she’s with women, unless that hurts her preferred presidential candidate?
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3 years
Don’t think I’ve ever seen a more confused group in all my days. #UniversityChallenge #publicenemy
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4 years
@JuliaHB1 Hard to believe someone in the media can’t see the difference between agreeing to an interview and having a paper leak a private letter a father and daughter.
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Huge noise when they came on the stage too
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2 years
It would be in appropriate to take a photo, but it’s very powerful to see the fire and emergency crew taking up a full pew in front of the alter.
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7 years
@washingtonpost How ironic that he led "lock her up!" chants 🤔🤔
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6 years
@ladbible Funny how people often say, “what about sexism against men?!” And when a little girl tackles it, she gets bullied by men online 🤔
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2 years
Gardai in Milford confirm ten fatalities from Donegal explosion. Four men, three women, a male and female teenager, and a young girl. The names of the victims have not yet been released.
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2 years
A school bus came, the gates were opened by accident, and he’s now back on school property.
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6 years
@classiclib3ral A tweet sent to me a few months back haha
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@piersmorgan Classy: to be disrespectful to him and his family during his life, and then have a modicum of respect for him in death. Good to see 👍
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2 years
@mattletiss7 Can you name a more trusted global source of news then?
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@piersmorgan It’s pretty easy Piers. Fight for best deal possible, then put said deal to the public, so we can have a real choice.
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@iresimpsonsfans Ah, the calm and peaceful 70s 😌
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@JeremyClarkson I think it’s fair to play the “blame game” when the death toll is currently five times what the government itself deemed acceptable
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2 years
Big Silverbridge contingent here supporting Jarlath Burns at tonight GAA presidential election.
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@ManCity Is the admin drunk tweeting? Where has his come from?
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@asorabjee @piersmorgan A very small minority believe that the 6 days of creation story in Genesis that you allude to ought to be regarded as a factual account. Most agree it is an allegory
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. @SDLPlive MLA @MatthewOToole2 spoke to myself after the rally at Belfast City Hall and said the rally had sent a strong message to both Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris and the DUP #StrikeNI @thejournal_ie
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Varadkar told reporters following the Gaza aid conference in Paris: “We saw the strength of the EU when we came together on Ukraine, we haven’t come together in the same way when it comes to this conflict and I we need to try and develop a much more solid European position.”
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Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy, who won a seat in Midlands-North-west in 2019 and co-opted Chris MacManus a year later after he won election to the Dáil, crunching the numbers with Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan. Flanagan reckons Michelle Gildernew still has a chance. @thejournal_ie
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@jennineak And this week she labelled a student a “nemesis” for being mildly critical of the work of a YA author
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@MiguelDelaney But Harry Kane afraid to risk a yellow…
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Two cars have turned up and been told “we can’t open the gate at the moment.”
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