Eoin Kelleher
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Eoin Kelleher
@eoinyk
Tipperary Journalist who likes a bit of craic and codology, red wine, travel, gallows humour. Opinions are all my own
South Tipperary, Ireland
Joined June 2008
- An American guy coming out of Arrivals in Dublin Airport asking "Where's the train?" Lol, he'll learn
- NATO is one the reasons why small democracies like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania even exist today without being invaded by Russia. It's kinda weird that a lot of Irish people don't understand thatAmazing the volume of vitriol and anti-western bilge that comes from Irish twitter on the subject of Nato. Reminder: Every single one of our neighbours facing onto the north Atlantic are members. Are they all wrong, and Ireland uniquely right, on the benefits and costs of
- Ireland has had two female heads of state. Strange that we're not coloured in pink hereCountries that have had female heads of state or government.
Readers added contextThis post has excluded many historical heads of government or state. In more recent times, it has excluded heads of state from Ireland in the 90s and 00s up to 2011 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President… - Ireland will be buying nuclear power from France even though nuclear power is banned in Ireland. Another Irish solution to an Irish problem worthy of Spike MilliganIreland will soon be able to tap into this energy via the Celtic Interconnector 🇮🇪👐🇫🇷
- You threatened to use Ireland's food supply as leverage in the brexit talks. Get down off your high horseA man who sides with terrorists and socialist dictators, would surrender our nuclear deterrent, has let anti-Semitism run rife in his Party and would bankrupt Britain has now been given the keys to Brexit.
- Only in America have I ever heard of this "Irish Goodbye." Back in real Ireland, we're usually the ones to stay until the very end, glass in handthe irish exit is peak efficiency. no goodbyes, no awkward prolonging, just slipping out like you were never there. it’s the most dignified way to leave while preserving whatever mystique you’ve cultivated during the night.
