Leader of the Green party in N Ireland Seanadóir Mal O’Hara Belfast (he/him) elected to the Seanad to replace Shinner Niall O'Donnghaile (best wishes to him). Green party has been nearly wiped out in NI with no MLAs in the 90-seat assembly.

Crowded field of candidates for Mayor of Limerick: 11 currently, with the election 8 weeks away, and more expected to enter the race.

Note, An Rabharta Glas is NOT a registered political party with the Electoral Commission.

This was Helen McEntee last October telling us the collapse in the issuance in fixed penalty notices for motoring offences was because we were better drivers, when anyone who uses the roads could see it's because of lack of enforcement.

What is this Graeme Keyes cartoon in the current edition of Private Eye about? Since Main Media isn't reporting the alleged victims of Jeffrey Donaldson, on charges which he denies, are or were children, who can say...

Six days later and no Main Media has reported Paul Connolly (46!) conduct or Newstalk statement. Maybe Paul expected a civil Kierkegaardien exchange of views on asylum between the lively Coolock protesters and his counterprotest. But I doubt it.

Dr Colin O'Gara talks to the Irish Times about 'the dangers of new, more potent strains of cannabis, what is cannabis-induced psychosis and the link between use of the drug and existing mental health issues.'

This really isn’t a good week for Paul Connolly
His longstanding Wiki entry says he was born in 1983 (and that he’s just 40)
But England’s Company House says, more convincingly, he was born in 1977, so, you can add another six years!

Simon Harris and his govt wasted no time in employing media and PR people to polish their challenged reputations. What about policy advisers for N Ireland, economics, Europe? Simon told RTE last Sunday, he expects to appoint them in 'coming days, sorry, coming weeks'

#Priorities

Opinion poll today on voting intentions in the forthcoming #EP2024

Increasingly looking like we'll be waiting many months after next general election before a 4-party Govt is formed...

Fraud & liar (has he returned yet the €150k to the TV licence payer for work he didn't do, like he promised) Ryan Tubridy attempts to monetize his dwindling fanbase with a book podcast. We'll find out in 3 wks how his Virgin Radio show is going,but it's not set the world ablaze!