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Always special to end up in your local paper. Many thanks to @Limerick_Leader for the piece⬇️
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New European Parliament merch incoming!
MEPs will get a chance to adorn themselves in an official ceremonial sash made of 'Ottoman moiré fabric' for just €78, after a push by Italians
euractiv.com/news/meps-to-ad…
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EXCL: Ed Miliband will announce a broad reset of UK relations with Israel on Tuesday, promising the government will take a more active approach in supporting the Palestinian cause.
In an intervention that is expected to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel, the foreign secretary will impose a UK ban on the trade in goods and some services from illegal Israeli settlements.
Full story from @patrickwintour
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Fungie the Dolphin a product of an unusual maritime mixed marriage, DNA study finds irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
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A truly WILD story. This appears to be the order of operations:
1. Trump flies to Turkey on the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One for the NATO summit.
2. An Iranian assassination threat triggers a secret “deception operation.” Security officials devise a plan to conceal which aircraft Trump is actually traveling on.
3. The Qatari-gifted Air Force One leaves Turkey first, without Trump.
4. Trump publicly boards the legacy Air Force One in Ankara, walking up the stairs and waving for cameras, creating the appearance that this is his plane home.
5. Trump secretly exits Air Force One through the other side of the aircraft and gets into an airport catering truck raised to the plane’s door.
6. The catering truck drives Trump to a smaller Air Force C-32A, a modified Boeing 757 parked nearby.
7.. Trump secretly boards the C-32A. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also boards separately.
8. Reporters and some White House staff board the legacy Air Force One, apparently unaware Trump is no longer aboard. They are instructed to close their window shades. (Remember all that reporting from the time?)
9. The legacy Air Force One takes off as a decoy and eventually uses the “AF1” call sign despite Trump not being aboard.
10. Trump’s actual C-32A flies secretly to Britain under the nondescript call sign “Reach 18,” with its normal flight-tracking systems reportedly switched off.
11. Trump arrives at RAF Mildenhall in Britain on the C-32A, shortly before the decoy Air Force One arrives.
12. Trump somehow transfers back onto the legacy Air Force One after landing. The Post says exactly how this transfer occurred remains unclear.
13. Trump then emerges from the legacy Air Force One in front of cameras, making it appear as though that was the aircraft he had flown from Turkey.
14. Trump boards the Qatari-gifted Air Force One in Britain and finally flies back to Washington with the press and staff.
P.S. Remember when Trump told the reporters on the plane, "I go, you go," in regard to the plane being targeted? It actually seems Trump left and endangered the lives of everyone on board.
Scoop: Trump flew secretly from Turkey on an alternate military aircraft unbeknownst to journalists and some White House staff members who believed they were on the same plane as the president, The Post has learned. w/ @DanLamothe @abtran & @joyceslee washingtonpost.com/national-…
King Charles to visit Ireland in 2027 with Limerick city possible stop on royal itinerary independent.ie/irish-news/ki…
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Pues empieza a estar todo bastante claro.
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The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo, according to official data released Thursday, a 50% spike in around a week that shows the outbreak continues to outpace response efforts. apnews.com/article/congo-ebo…
Meet the Wexford disability advocate launching a new website to help people with disabilities have adventures abroad independent.ie/county/wexfor…
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Around 860,000 people in Ireland are living with neurological conditions which are the third leading cause of disability and premature death in the EU
rte.ie/news/health/2026/0722…
Most Irish voters believe Aughinish should stop exporting to Russia, a new report has revealed.
limerickleader.ie/news/busin…
Letter: Ireland should recuse itself from key EU negotiations ft.com/content/8a1d69a7-f42d… via @ft
I once spent some time with Ann Widdecombe in Brussels.
After our interview, she asked me to take photos of her throwing European Parliament documents into the bin.
Quite the character.
Should Ireland respond faster to world disasters? newstalk.com/podcasts/claire… via @NewstalkFM
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As the EU presidency kicks off, issues that remain at the forefront of people’s minds are pressing, national ones: the cost of living, housing, and immigration.
Meanwhile, questions that dominate the presidency barely register in people’s minds.
jrnl.ie/7087285
Two thirds of Irish people would vote to remain in the EU in a referendum, but there are differing opinions on what the bloc should be for, new research has found.
irishexaminer.com/news/polit…