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‘The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.’

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

BREAKING: US warns of Russian efforts to interfere in Irish elections. To be fair, judging by who keeps getting back into government every time, we could probably do with a little interference … 😉

BREAKING: Kevin Bakhurst says RTÉ will be insolvent without bailout of tens of millions of euro. So is that a choice we’re being given: pour tens of millions of euros into RTÉ or let it go bust? 🤔

BREAKING: Number of homeless children reaches highest level since records began. And you thought it was just adults the Government doesn’t care about? Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens: A lot done. More to zzzzzzz 🥱🥱🥱

BREAKING: Sinn Féin remain most popular party in latest opinion poll. ‘Yeah but it’s only because we’ve worked so hard to make ourselves really unpopular,’ spokesperson for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael says.

BREAKING: Number of TDs to increase by 14 in Ireland constituencies review. Now, if that doesn’t improve our country and its political system, I don’t know what will! 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐

Flight of fancy.

BREAKING: Emergency department overcrowding a year-round problem, says Taoiseach.  ‘So instead of not solving it with a winter plan, we’re going to not solve it with a year-round plan,’ Leo Varadkar says.

‘Did you hear that? There was a noise! Like a monster! A very very big one! I knew we shouldn’t have gone into this dark, scary, monster-filled wood.’ - from ‘A Monster Ate My Schnauzer’ by Edvard A Millstone, horror writer and schnauzerloser (1809-1849)

‘I needed another dame like I needed a hole in the head. But Carmen was different. Carmen was special. She was one of a kind. Just like Betsy had been. And Lila. Yes, I was sure of it: Carla was The One!’ - ‘Black Rose’ by Miles Cartwright, US novelist and gumshoe (1888-1959)

BREAKING: Incoming RTÉ DG to ‘rearrange front bench’ in station’s executive management. He may also want to look at the managers, the backbench, the subs, the ‘strikers’, the agents and a whole lot more … #JustSaying

BREAKING: #RTE to cancel Fair City and produce soap opera called Money Tree about a ‘struggling TV station trying to make ends meet while also rolling in cash’. ‘We’re casting at the moment and hope to use real TV presenters in the roles. It’ll cost us but will be worth it.’ 🤔

BREAKING: 72% don’t believe trust in RTÉ can be restored while 63% believe licence fee should be made optional, poll shows. RTÉ? What the hell is that? Can I get it on Netflix or Prime? 🤔

BREAKING: Projected €65bn surplus should be used to create shock-proof fund for public projects, says Tánaiste Micheál Martin. Or - and hear me out - whitewater rafting in Dublin!!!! 🌊🌊🌊

‘Some days you just gotta lie on your back, stare at the sky and say: ‘Life is a f**king blast!’’ - Marquis Miles Byron (no relation), English poet, grasslover and liebacker (1850-1877)