Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil
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President Catherine Connolly has warned that "the consequences of a 'might is right' mentality are now "crystal clear before our eyes" amid a period where "countries can be invaded at will, or threatened with invasion"
Consequences of 'might is right' now clear - President
President Catherine Connolly has warned that "the consequences of a 'might is right' mentality are now "crystal clear before our eyes" amid a period where "countries can be invaded at will, or threate...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:35 PM
President Catherine Connolly has warned that "the consequences of a 'might is right' mentality are now "crystal clear before our eyes" amid a period where "countries can be invaded at will, or threatened with invasion"
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Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
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Can we please do better when talking about Greenland? Trump is not fixated on it because of the Nobel prize, but because the businessmen who bend his ear want to strip it of rare earths. And Kalaallit Nunaat is not 'an empty place'. It's a place that people have called home for thousands of years.
January 20, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Can we please do better when talking about Greenland? Trump is not fixated on it because of the Nobel prize, but because the businessmen who bend his ear want to strip it of rare earths. And Kalaallit Nunaat is not 'an empty place'. It's a place that people have called home for thousands of years.
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The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
January 20, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
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Yes, the screeching sound you’re hearing across the continent is Europe’s far right performing U-turns on Trump. One to watch: the UK’s Nigel Farage (“under the weather”’ yesterday).
Here is only at first paradoxical reaction I believe we will see more of - AfD member of the Bundestag Kay Gottschalk argues the US tariffs over Greendland call for more European sovereignty, a European military alliance, a German nuke and ends his video with the slogan "Long live Europe".
January 19, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Yes, the screeching sound you’re hearing across the continent is Europe’s far right performing U-turns on Trump. One to watch: the UK’s Nigel Farage (“under the weather”’ yesterday).
I believe we've fallen through the looking glass now.
Here is only at first paradoxical reaction I believe we will see more of - AfD member of the Bundestag Kay Gottschalk argues the US tariffs over Greendland call for more European sovereignty, a European military alliance, a German nuke and ends his video with the slogan "Long live Europe".
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I believe we've fallen through the looking glass now.
The only reprieve as a European, is that at least with the time zone difference, we get the morning (and maybe early afternoon?) to ourselves, before he tweets something daft and terrifying again.
I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The only reprieve as a European, is that at least with the time zone difference, we get the morning (and maybe early afternoon?) to ourselves, before he tweets something daft and terrifying again.
Do we just give Inishvickillane to Trump and tell him that its Greenland? The ghost of Charles Haughey won't mind.
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Do we just give Inishvickillane to Trump and tell him that its Greenland? The ghost of Charles Haughey won't mind.
Where are the European Trump whisperers now?
January 19, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Where are the European Trump whisperers now?
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Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
January 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
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I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
I just don't think you can talk about the territorial integrity of Greenland, and then give Trump a bowl of shamrock.
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
I just don't think you can talk about the territorial integrity of Greenland, and then give Trump a bowl of shamrock.
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"We used to think Trump was Berlusconi," an Italian friend tells me.
"Now we're waking up and realizing he's Mussolini."
"Now we're waking up and realizing he's Mussolini."
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
"We used to think Trump was Berlusconi," an Italian friend tells me.
"Now we're waking up and realizing he's Mussolini."
"Now we're waking up and realizing he's Mussolini."
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It's finally happening.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It's finally happening.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
I think we're still only at the start of just how far the EU is willing to bend the knee (and data protection rules) to the US under Trump.
EU governments are supporting a visa agreement that would allows US authorities to use European travellers’ data for purposes other than verifying their identity, according to a negotiation mandate seen by Euractiv
EXCLUSIVE: EU willing to let US immigration save, share travellers’ data under visa deal
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I think we're still only at the start of just how far the EU is willing to bend the knee (and data protection rules) to the US under Trump.
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Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, will meet with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on today: Follow Reuters live page: reut.rs/4rdwQO7
January 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, will meet with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on today: Follow Reuters live page: reut.rs/4rdwQO7
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There is almost no support in Greenland for breaking away from the Kingdom of Denmark and joining the United States.
In fact, there is majority support for undoing the 1982 #Greenexit vote where 53% voted to leave the EU.
Today Greenlanders are EU citizens, but it isn't EU territory.
In fact, there is majority support for undoing the 1982 #Greenexit vote where 53% voted to leave the EU.
Today Greenlanders are EU citizens, but it isn't EU territory.
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
There is almost no support in Greenland for breaking away from the Kingdom of Denmark and joining the United States.
In fact, there is majority support for undoing the 1982 #Greenexit vote where 53% voted to leave the EU.
Today Greenlanders are EU citizens, but it isn't EU territory.
In fact, there is majority support for undoing the 1982 #Greenexit vote where 53% voted to leave the EU.
Today Greenlanders are EU citizens, but it isn't EU territory.
We've made it through the hardest week in any office.
The week of being endlessssssssly asked "How Was Your Christmas? Yeah, Mine Was Lovely, Very Relaxing. And Your New Years? Yeah, Mine Was Very Quiet."
The week of being endlessssssssly asked "How Was Your Christmas? Yeah, Mine Was Lovely, Very Relaxing. And Your New Years? Yeah, Mine Was Very Quiet."
January 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
We've made it through the hardest week in any office.
The week of being endlessssssssly asked "How Was Your Christmas? Yeah, Mine Was Lovely, Very Relaxing. And Your New Years? Yeah, Mine Was Very Quiet."
The week of being endlessssssssly asked "How Was Your Christmas? Yeah, Mine Was Lovely, Very Relaxing. And Your New Years? Yeah, Mine Was Very Quiet."
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Oh hey, listen, just a quick word.
Do not do this.
Do not do this.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Oh hey, listen, just a quick word.
Do not do this.
Do not do this.
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Not one coherent argument why it's okay for anyone, but especially supposedly progressive people, to keep posting (socially!) on a platform whose very infrastructure is being used to mass humiliate and abuse women and children
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Not one coherent argument why it's okay for anyone, but especially supposedly progressive people, to keep posting (socially!) on a platform whose very infrastructure is being used to mass humiliate and abuse women and children
A year on from me leaving Twitter and I'm very smugly glad I did.
January 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
A year on from me leaving Twitter and I'm very smugly glad I did.
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Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
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BREAKING: Deposed Venezuelan leader Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face charges after an indictment, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says. Follow AP's live updates.
Live updates: US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had struck Venezuela early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country.
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
BREAKING: Deposed Venezuelan leader Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face charges after an indictment, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says. Follow AP's live updates.
A good time to share this quote:
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A good time to share this quote:
This statement from the EU's foreign policy chief is giving "sure LOOK"
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
This statement from the EU's foreign policy chief is giving "sure LOOK"