Just saw a man in Tesco tell a packet of cheese to fuck off.
Paul Hosford
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Paul Hosford
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Deputy Political Editor @irishexaminer | Dimestore Saint | True Scene Leader| Story? DMs are open/[email protected]
- Been in Paris an hour and haven't been asked to write a letter to a pen pal or speak about my brother's hobbies even once.
- Bebo may not have had the functionality of Facebook, but it never radicalised anyone's auntie through Minion memes, so it balances out.
- A weird part of the growing resentment of NPHET is this refrain of "they're unelected". So is my dentist, but I'd rather her doing my root canal than any member of the Oireachtas, with all due respect to them.
- This message isn't working and is actively pissing people off. Telling people who've sacrificed everything for 7 of the last 12 months to "do more" isn't policy. It's the equivalent of shouting "lift it" at your team when you're down 3-0.Deputy CMO Dr Ronan Glynn says they are asking everyone to do just a little bit more than what they are doing. "If every individual can do just that little bit more over the next few weeks we will stop another wave," he says | bit.ly/2P6KoOi
00:00 - W€ird that th€ Minor final go€s to €xtra tim€ but th€ S€niors do€sn't. 👀
- The craziest thing about Twitter is how fast all of the immunologists, virologists and vaccine experts got their qualifications in climate change. Fair play.
- Confirmed: Third-level fees will drop by €1,000 in tomorrow's Budget. Any family earning under €100k will see a permanent reduction of €500 in fees and any family earning under €62k will pay no more than €1500 in fees All students will see a €1000 reduction this year.
- Look, there's plenty wrong with Ireland, but the Toy Show is everything that's great about us.
- Outside Leinster House, more than a thousand people have gathered ahead of votes on motions calling for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled and for Israel to be referred to the International Criminal Court.
00:00 - Whatever your opinion on Phil Hogan, it's 2020. Maybe don't use terms like "lynch mob" when black people are actually being lynched?
- Earlier today I was on the radio. I thought I did pretty well. About an hour later I got a pretty shitty email criticising my accent and how I speak, suggesting that I leave the airwaves to "those who are willing to speak properly". My considered response is: no.
- If MySpace hackers have managed to get hold of my password, can they tell me what it is?
