Wow

Hear me out. 26,000 bike shelters

There are tourists outside the back of Leinster House taking pictures of THE bike shed

Pleased to announce that Richard English's review of Darragh Gannon's 'Conflict, diaspora, and empire: Irish nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922' (Cambridge University Press) for IrishPolStudies is now available via 'Latest articles' on the Taylor & Francis Research Insights database. Congrats to Darragh on the book

Thomas Tormey Cambridge University Press IrishPolStudies Taylor & Francis Research Insights A typically erudite and engaging review from one of the foremost scholars in the field - thanks for putting it across my desk Thomas Tormey ✅

Can you remember a better cameo from a sub?!? Ireland WU17's Aisling Meehan scored a 13 minute hat-trick to give them a 4-2 win against Portugal! 🔥 What a way to complete the hat-trick 😮‍💨

The BBC will be using an actor to voice Lee Carsley during his interviews.

Paddy Crerand sang Amhrán ba bhFiann before playing for Scotland against Ireland at Hampden

The England squad's backgrounds would suggest 'yes'

Afternoon Virgin Media Ireland, why are you advertising the Paralympics as being on RTÉ 2 @ 4 pm?

With a former Ireland under-17s player of the year AND a former Ireland under-21s player of the year both scoring at the Aviva, you have to say the Irish conveyor belt of talent is functioning very well.

"Now have Grealish score" #IREvENG

Surprised to see that someone who prides themselves on their 'Britishness' expects a football crowd to behave like a rugby or GAA one

Much like Lee Carsley, wha?

You can kinda tell that THOSE two Ireland players weren't reliant on government funding for their development though, eh Between the Stripes LOI Central Thomas Byrne

Will someone point out to the minister that we have three closer neighbours in international football?

Credit where its due: the Freeman's Journal and Evening Mail both 'sucked the thesaurus dry' with their condemnation