Raw milk, no fluoride, no vaccines, free-range life, everything pretty "natural", eh? Sounds amazing? That was 1800 in Canada. Life expectancy was 39. Shake your head.

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Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom, today in 1962

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Just so you know. I am 11 years on the AGRI committee. I have attended more AGRI meetings than any other Irish MEP ever! I am the lead negotiator for my group on CAP reform. I was the only Irish MEP directly involved in the last CAP reform. The only Irish MEP definite to be

@danobrien20 @DavidHenigUK US pharma will probably make moves to relocate to USA. But they will do it in the “slow lane”, hoping to outlast Trump. That’s my guess. The USA market is not the only market and the industry will play the long game, especially given relocation logistics and labour markets.

New blog from @irishcongress on Ireland's €1.5m EU fine for the incomplete transposition of the directive on work-life balance into Irish law.  https://t.co/tVNVDwIoNF

@thechosenberg If the roles were reversed would it be "pretty deserved"? I'm tired of hypocrisy when it comes to women hitting men and just want men to take it. How about NO ONE hits anyone?! What a crazy thought!

Catherine Connolly is using American-style grassroots fundraising for her presidential campaign (via @thejournal_ie)

Conor McGregor thinks he can change the Irish Constitution cos some guy named ChadMAGA765923 from Alabama signed an online petition lol

https://t.co/BuvfKYvQtu When I posted about hero of mine John Hume I mentioned Pat Hume and the role she played. As the priest said at John’s funeral that when history is written If Pat’s name is not mentioned along side John’s it is incomplete. ⁦@humefoundation⁩

@mrdavidflane Should have been done years ago the same as the rest of the public service.

Paper payslips for school staff to be dropped to save €3m a year https://t.co/ebAnLcXPsG

A TD has called for tree cutting to prevent power outages in rural Ireland, saying "People who were left without power for 15 or 16 days during the last storm are now suffering again after a mere blow of wind - it's disgusting": https://t.co/Bvju7CJ4cx

Congratulations to Orlagh Nolan on her Player of the Match award. After a difficult year, battling an ACL injury, she produced a stunning performance on the biggest day of all. 💙

@SOmordha @TheMandyGall I'm only talking about work permits where the minimum wage is set at 34,000 euro per annum. There are foreign nationals here, including students, who are not on work permits We have full employment. Every person who wants to work, and is capable of holding down a job, has one

5/ We can’t claim to follow a Savior who Himself was a refugee - and then cheer for leaders who cage and deport.

4/ As Christians, we can’t have it both ways. We can’t praise the Good Samaritan on Sunday and then endorse policies that criminalize the stranger on Monday.

We could do with more leaders like John Hume in the world today. An extraordinary legacy of peace making and tolerance.