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Darren Keegan

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9 months

Mattie McGrath TD for Tipperary describes government as “like a dictatorship” on Main Street in Roscrea and says debate on asylum seeker accommodation is being suppressed. #roscrea

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An impromptu protest, mostly of local women, has blocked the Main Street in Roscrea at the local Garda Station #roscrea #tipperary #rackethall

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@kendallybrown @tedcruz And the genius couple who developed it are Muslims @tedcruz - Muslims saving the world Ted, how does that make you feel?

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Gardai look down from the top floor of Roscrea Garda Station as a large group of local women continue to block the town’s Main Street #roscrea #rackethall #tipperary

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Protesters at the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea are facing into their fourth night in sub-zero temperatures and are determined to maintain their barricade. Gardaí maintain a presence at the scene and protestors are receiving huge local support from local businesses #roscrea

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9 months

Protest is continuing at Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea - Gardai present at the scene

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Tipperary Deputy Mattie McGrath arrived at Racket Hall tonight and told protesters he was “shocked to my very core” at the scenes which unfolded in Roscrea today #roscrea

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Roscrea woman and one of the organisers of the ongoing protest at the former Racket Hall Hotel, Maria Phelan, addressed a large crowd of local women tonight outside the Garda Station before their demonstration brought the Main Street to a standstill #roscrea #rackethall

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4 years

@JasonBFT @Angry_Staffer If you want to really trigger idiots that listen to him try explaining the genius couple behind creating the vaccine are actually Muslims. Muslims saving the world is too much truth and they’ll instantly explode

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4 years

@gtconway3d It was @AmyKremer and her group that provided the stage and rounded up hundreds of attendees - @RSBNetwork provide uninterrupted coverage interspersed with commentary filled with seditious undertones

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9 months

Grants Hotel in Roscrea to be rebranded … Fianna Fawlty Towers #roscrea

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9 months

Tipperary Independent County Councillor and member of the Lowry Team, Roscrea man Shane Lee, gives an impassioned speech to protesters at the Racket Hall Hotel on the fourth night of demonstrations. The government fear “big numbers” of protesters Cllr. Lee said. #roscrea

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9 months

Not one to do something like this but I’m so proud to be a Roscrea man #roscrea

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Darren Keegan

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8 months

Exclusive coverage on Offaly Express article below 👇 Roscrea women blocked the Main Street last night for a demonstration highlighting their concerns about safety and Garda resources/manpower following an alleged incident involving a local mother and her two children #roscrea

Midland Tribune

@MidlandTrib

8 months

PICTURES: Protesting women in Roscrea block Main Street outside Garda Station

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9 months

Tipperary Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne tells demonstrators on Main Street in Roscrea the town has been treated unfairly #roscrea

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8 months

Offaly Independent TD, Carol Nolan addresses this evening’s Dáil debate on immigration and says it was “shameful” how Roscrea protesters were “demonised and treated by the national media” and recalls taking part in a demonstration which drew over 2,000 people to #roscrea town

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9 months

One of the Racket Hall protest organisers, Roscrea man James Gleeson, works out the logistics of maintaining a perpetual presence at the barricade as demonstrators face into their fourth night #roscrea

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9 months

A phalanx of public order Gardaí have kettled protesters at Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea as asylum seekers enter the premises. The N7 road is closed down by Gardaí to facilitate the arrival of buses. #roscrea

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9 months

Gardaí tackling protesters as asylum seekers arrive at Racket Hall in Roscrea #roscrea

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@realDonaldTrump Just concede and give us all a Christmas present

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9 months

Deputy McGrath said Gardaí are “enforcing a situation that makes fat cats richer” and said he will support a major demonstration in Roscrea planned for Saturday #roscrea

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4 years

@SkyNews Very sad but he died a hero and surprised himself in the end - what more could any of us wish for RIP

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9 months

Deputy Michael Lowry addressed a crowd assembled on Main Street in Roscrea to protest the use of Racket Hall for asylum seeker accommodation. Town centre brought to a standstill #roscrea

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Darren Keegan

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7 months

A protest has just begun in Roscrea town centre - the demonstration is to seek a cap on numbers in emergency accommodation in Roscrea - Deputy Mattie McGrath and Councillor Shane Lee are participating #roscrea

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9 months

Tipperary TD Deputy Mattie McGrath tells demonstrators in Roscrea that the people of Roscrea “have a right to be heard” and greed is a factor in the unfolding situation. Meanwhile protesters are continuing their demonstration at Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea right now #roscrea

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9 months

Protests in #roscrea are moving into their fifth night in sub-zero conditions after scenes which have deeply shocked the local community - one local woman said today may have inflicted wounds “we’ll never recover from”. Gardaí maintain a presence at Racket Hall and approach road

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9 months

Tipperary Independent TD Mattie McGrath tells demonstrators in Roscrea that Irish people are not being listened to and the situation in the Racket Hall Hotel (Roscrea’s only hotel) is repeated “up and down the country” and “has to stop” #roscrea

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9 months

The front page of tomorrow morning’s Midland Tribune @MidlandTrib Packed with all the best coverage of the Racket Hall protests in Roscrea from the perspective of Roscrea people - buy it #roscrea #rackethall

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Darren Keegan

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7 months

Deputy Carol Nolan supports Roscrea women protesting while Justice Minister says there is no increase in crime in the town - angry locals strongly disagree with Minister McEntee #roscrea

Deputy Carol Nolan supports Roscrea women protesting while Justice Minister says no crime increase...

Justice Minister Helen McEntee said outside groups are attempting to 'instill fear'

www.offalyexpress.ie

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Darren Keegan

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9 months

Deputy McGrath confirms to protesters that local Councillor Shane Lee “was not allowed” appear on a national television program tonight and protest organiser James Gleeson asks him to tell national media there was “no violence” from Roscre people at Racket Hall #roscrea

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9 months

Teresa Collins, founder of the We Are Still Here survivors group, spoke about Corville House, a former mother and baby home in Roscrea where she was born and is currently used for international protection applicant accommodation. She condemns loss of town’s only hotel #roscrea

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9 months

Sinn Féin local election candidate in the Roscrea/Templemore electoral area, Brendan O’Connor, tells demonstrators at a protest against the decision to repurpose Roscrea’s only hotel for asylum accommodation that Roscrea has the most asylum seekers in Tipperary #roscrea

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Darren Keegan

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10 years

Roscrea Main Street still blocked after 500 people spontaneously marched on Garda Stn. protesting against drugs http://t.co/rcWZHFQNzD

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9 months

Cllr. Lee acknowledges the work of local Roscrea people and describes the decision by a local B&B operator to refuse the government’s offer of using her premises for emergency accommodation as “loyalty” to the town #roscrea

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4 years

@k8emcgrath @cmclymer You should check out our Irish President @PresidentIRL - he is an actual poet and a very good one. His speeches are deep and poetic always, he is a great man

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Darren Keegan

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7 months

@BrodHiggins Áodh and Lúgna on St Patrick’s weekend in the oldest mountains in Ireland and Europe, the Slieve Bloom mountains in Offaly - a place rich in history related to the Irish Wolfhound

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Darren Keegan

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8 months

Independent Tipperary TD, Deputy Mattie McGrath addresses the Dáil during this evening’s debate on immigration and pleads with Minister Roderic O’Gorman to visit Roscrea and speak with the community after condemning the portrayal of the townspeople by media #roscrea #rackethall

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7 months

@BrodHiggins Please wish everyone in the Aras a happy St Patrick’s Day from my two - Áodh and Lúgna 🇮🇪

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@mikejwhelan @BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump It would be potentially career ending for the journalist, who although his subject in this case might have none, must preserve his/her professionalism and not become the story. Their job is to be a mirror and reflect what happened in this instance - but he does want to scream!

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9 months

@noshyteplease I broke this story last year - the facility which is in the actual former mother and baby home building, was operating before anyone in the town or local elected reps knew

Roscrea's Sean Ross Abbey accommodating asylum seekers

Roscrea's Corville House at Sean Ross Abbey has been recently repurposed as a Direct Provision centre and is accommodating asylum seekers from a number of countries, the Midland Tribune understands....

www.offalyexpress.ie

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@SethAbramson Combine this with the guys pictured carrying zip-tie handcuffs in the Capitol and you see how close to tragic disaster this came

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4 years

@alexeroberts @The_ChrisShaw @campbellclaret Mayo in western Ireland 🇮🇪

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9 months

Deputy Michael Lowry explains Roscrea has a direct provision centre located accommodating 200 people in the former mother and baby home in Sean Ross Abbey and 400 Ukrainian refugees living in the repurposed Sacred Heart Convent building in the town centre #roscrea

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@JesseCLee @realDonaldTrump Lay off the Kraken pipe

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Darren Keegan

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8 months

The holy island of Monaincha near Roscrea is one of the most picturesque ruins in Ireland and is regarded by many as one of the most intact early Christian monastic sites in the world. Founded in the eighth century by the monk Elisarius, it soon became the most famous pilgrimage

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3 years

@Angry_Staffer He’s looking for his grave The Ukrainians will help him out with it

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4 years

@M4DXBuLL @ConnorASheets I disagree wholeheartedly -this is democracy at its very best and most distilled form.

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Darren Keegan

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8 months

The protest triggered by the closure of Racket Hall Hotel has expanded to Roscrea town centre #roscrea #rackethall

Racket Hall protest expands to Roscrea town centre

Protestors have opened a petition book for signatures in the centre of the heritage town

www.offalyexpress.ie

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4 years

@JasonBFT @Angry_Staffer Don’t tell them until after they’ve had it 😁

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4 years

@ArcheeDebunker @hunterw It’s emblematic of their entire lives - trapped behind glass - they spend their lives as birds singing about the beauty of their cages that have never been and never will be free.

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4 years

@steve_vladeck For a guy who claims to hate China so much, he sure wants to make the US more like it with silenced social media, toothless print and broadcast media and paving the way for social scoring system etc. He is anti art, anti intellectual and anti individualism

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Darren Keegan

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5 years

@davidmcw The public sector needs to take a voluntary pay cut to help shoulder the burden so we can all get through this

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Darren Keegan

@eirejournalist

9 months

Roscrea people protesting at the Racket Hall Hotel - the protest is continuing into its second night. A large protest planned for tomorrow beginning at 3:30pm on Main Street in Roscrea

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5 years

@EoinKeane101 They’ve all been impressive - time to put cynicism aside at least and credit where it’s due

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@vickinotaro @BrodHiggins He’s lovely - my lad is a distant cousin and is a Swiss Mountain Dog

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Darren Keegan

@eirejournalist

8 months

Exclusive - Protesting women in Roscrea block the Main Street outside Garda Station - the protest will be repeated demonstrators tell the Tribune #roscrea #rackethall #tipperary #offaly ⁦ @MidlandTrib ⁩

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Darren Keegan

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10 years

Spontaneous protest on Garda station 500 people block Roscrea Main Street - protesting against drug dealing http://t.co/nrkYMxVgR0

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4 years

@LLinWood @newsmax @SidneyPowell1 I’m sure they’re horrified to lose your endorsement 🤣🤣🤣

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4 years

@LLinWood Lin loves freedom so much he wants a dictatorship

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4 years

@HuhneStefan @FoxNews They’ve burned that bridge already - sacrificed any possibility of being considered impartial or accurate on the altar of Trumpism. Fox are held up internationally as an example of terrible journalism and rightly so

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Darren Keegan

@eirejournalist

9 months

Protesters continue into their third night at Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea They say they are determined to stop buses from entering the hotel car park should they arrive. Shifts are arranged to man the barricade 24hours #roscrea #Roscrea

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

That Smarties Easter Egg piece on Sunday Miscellany was absolutely fantastic writing @inspiringscribe - best I’ve heard in years #sundaymiscellany

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@eirejournalist

9 months

Roscrea people protesting at the Racket Hall Hotel - the protest is continuing and a larger protest planned to start at 3:30pm on Main Street, Roscrea organised by local activist group Roscrea Stands Up #roscrea

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4 years

@campbellclaret Eloquent but straight and devastating - rarely have I heard Brexit’s consequences and the sense of disbelief that such an inexplicable act of self-harm still stirs up, summed up as well

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Darren Keegan

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3 years

@Tsihanouskaya ROSCREA stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦

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3 years

@cnnbrk Dead Ringer For Love is one of the greatest rock anthems - RIP

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9 months

Mr. Gleeson discusses the possibility of women and children arriving at the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea while demonstrations are ongoing #roscrea

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5 years

@LeoVaradkar Top class job you’re showing your international counterparts how it’s done 👍

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4 years

@M4DXBuLL @ConnorASheets The democratic process doesn’t require fancy technology or opulent buildings - it is carried out with dutiful diligence in tiny communities across the world, where your voice and vote is as valuable as one cast by a millionaire in a wealthy city

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4 years

@dforthandbview @BreakandEnterTV @kylegriffin1 He admires the strongman Russian mindset - it’s clear with his “don’t let covid dominate you” etc statements By equal measure he is anti art, anti intellectualism, anti science etc

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@AP The last of the Beat writers - the end of an amazing legacy and one of the most curious modern literary movements to capture the entire world’s imagination

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4 years

Roscrea town centre comes to a standstill to remember Detective Colm Horkan RIP #GardaColmHorkan

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Darren Keegan

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8 months

The Roscrea Community Action Group is a new committee formed from the ongoing Racket Hall Hotel protest #roscrea #rackethall

Roscrea Community Action Group emerge from Racket Hall protest

The new Committee say they have two main priorities focused on improving Roscrea for everyone

www.offalyexpress.ie

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4 years

@steve_vladeck This is what it feels like when history is happening in real time around you - drink in these moments because your great-grandkids will be debating them

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5 years

@BethRigby Love in a time of Covid

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8 months

Page one of tomorrow morning’s Midland Tribune @MidlandTrib #roscrea #birr #tipperay #offaly

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4 years

@Jo_Marney @CNN @StCollinson Britain’s largest death toll in Europe is mainly due to inaction by their government who aped the late response and mishandling of the United States. Countries that implemented lockdowns saved lives and have drastically smaller death counts. The facts are there to prove it

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@VFL2013 @realDonaldTrump @Debrennie2 @RealBasedMAGA @ELiss865 @LeahR77 @again_lv @freedragonfly17 @AppSame @SGaeta88 @TBeansprout @DonnaWR8 You do realise that’s actually a Russian train 🤣

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9 months

ROSCREA: Local Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Smith condemns "vicious messages" he has received online over his stance on the continuing Racket Hall protest #roscrea

ROSCREA: Local Councillor condemns "vicious messages" over Racket Hall protest stance

Roscrea based Fianna Fáil Cllr. Michael Smith says " I could not protest against people who have suffered trauma and seeking shelter"

www.offalyexpress.ie

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@mrsdebda @ml_barnett @NetworkJunkyz That’s very sad - stay safe as best you can and keep away from others as much as you can. The advice works

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Darren Keegan

@eirejournalist

9 months

Local people protesting at the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea, Tipperary

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10 months

@ttracesofficial @M_Dunlop3 It will be sad to see Joey’s reign end, but realistically Michael is going to do it and it the King will still be from the Dunlop dynasty so it could be worse! It will be such an emotional day for fans and the family - part of what makes the TT so special

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3 years

@maxseddon Time for a promotion general - take his crazy ass out

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8 months

Racket Hall Garda response "backfired" Carol Nolan tells the Dáil - adding people can see it was “choreographed to the greatest detail” #roscrea #rackethall

Roscrea Racket Hall Garda response "backfired" Carol Nolan tells the Dáil

Discussing Roscrea the Laois/Offaly TD said the Garda response to the protest was "choreographed to the greatest detail"

www.offalyexpress.ie

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Darren Keegan

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3 years

@shaunwalker7 @maxseddon Very reminiscent of the French resistance tactics in WWII

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Darren Keegan

@eirejournalist

4 years

@donwinslow They need to further - even the soft ban of preventing likes, comments and RTs was a step forward Please @TwitterSupport @jack bring it back!

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Darren Keegan

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4 years

@donie Tried Parler - it’s terrible. It won’t last, it’s just a sad little echo chamber for them to vent in

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4 years

@ScottPresler @realDonaldTrump @dethfaktor8 @GaSecofState If you’re such a patriotic person why don’t you go to your nearest hospital and volunteer your help for your community during this crisis?

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4 years

@creedcnw @franmcnulty @farming_indo @IFAmedia @FineGael Ridiculous rules in Ireland require a man to do hours of training and safety instruction to operate a consaw or kango to dig a hole for a contractor or local authority, yet boys allowed barrel down the road in control of 15tonne of machinery with no certification

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Darren Keegan

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9 months

@noshyteplease Yes, owned by a man who has been very cooperative with survivors groups and facilitating commemorative events - however the building is on a large estate known as St. Anne’s which includes a school for special needs children.

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4 years

@steve_vladeck Is it enough to finally finish him?

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4 years

@theangiestanton It sounded like a threat

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4 years

I visited ⁦ @BarackObama ⁩’s Offaly home in Moneygall and asked his Irish Eighth Cousin ⁦ @henryhealy ⁩ what he thinks of ⁦ @realDonaldTrump ⁩’s recent behaviour and the sense of hope a ⁦ @JoeBiden ⁩ presidency has inspired in Ireland

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Darren Keegan

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9 months

@LFJIreland My vid

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4 years

@GuidoFawkes @TVietor08 you have to see this! How right you were about “shapeshifting”

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4 years

@JoeBiden Best of luck from Ireland 🇮🇪 Hon Mayo Joe

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4 years

@couragevsevil @LLinWood It will forever puzzle me how supposed strong men worship the ground a guy who wears orange makeup and spends more on his hair than you’ll earn in your life walks upon. Can’t understand it

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8 months

Page one of this week’s Tribune which comes out on Valentine’s Day #roscrea #birr #tipperary #offaly #ruralireland @MidlandTrib

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4 years

@miss_shiny @TranscendPeter Every engine in every road going vehicle is equally a feat of incredible timing and precision - the same thing is happening with pistons and pushrods in a combustion engine you just can’t see it

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