That's life, that's how it is. Riding high in June, shot down in...June...
Colm Ó Mongáin
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Colm Ó Mongáin
@colmomongain
@drivetimerte Co-presenter
Former:
Presenter @latedebaterte & @SaturdayRTE,
Editor @thisweekrte
@RTENews Deputy Foreign Editor
My views ≠ RTÉ’s views
- Balakliya is pronounced almost exactly like Baile Átha Cliath. Confusing times for whoever woke up with a hangover this afternoon & heard on @RTERnaG that Ukraine had retaken it from the Russians.
- I am now regretting breaking news of #Opheila school closures. No basis now for bedtime exhortations. I am in a parenting status red zone.
- Volunteer directing people at the local vaccination & testing centre clearly a Monty Python fan. “Crucifixion?”, he inquired.
- I am still genuinely mystified as to when euroscepticism evolved from being ‘I like the single market but not political integration’ to an absolutist position that rejects the UK being touched by even sub-homeopathic trace elements of EU influence.
- A VERY pissed off @simoncoveney on @morningireland said: -legal action is inevitable if UK breaches trust & shows itself to be an unreliable partner -UK’s unilateral action on grace periods for NI undermined Irish efforts to argue for flexibilities in protocol application
- For #Brexit Republic podcast listeners, @tconnellyRTE & I will be putting out this week's edition tomorrow. What can we say? We needed a short extension...
- A couple of yrs ago @ZainabBoladale judged a short film competition as Gaeilge for secondary students in Kildare for @SnaGaeilge. She did more for Irish culture in one week in her spare time than her cowardly, pseudonymous, racist detractors will ever doGrace & dignity of @ZainabBoladale in sharp contrast to cowardice of bullies who’ve abused her. rte.ie/news/ireland/2…
- Well now, #Brexit watchers: @SteveBakerHW at the Tory conference: "It is with humility that I want to accept and acknowledge that I and others did not always behave in a way which encouraged Ireland and the European Union to trust us...
- One of Ireland’s most experienced sports administrators Bernard O’Byrne told @morningireland he is “astonished” #Cheltenham went ahead this year & that he asked relatives traveling to the event “are you crazy?”
- This piece by Derek Scally could have been written in so many ways, a lot of them bad. He strikes a great balance in writing very sensitively about a vulnerable person and the ethical considerations facing journalists who do so. Great piece of journalism. irishtimes.com/news/world/eur…
