After 2 full yrs w/o a functioning govt, Northern Ireland’s Parliament Bldgs opened their doors on Sat & lawmakers returned to work — one of their 1st acts was to name Sinn Féin’s #MichelleONeill as first minister.
O’Neill, 47, makes history as Northern #Ireland’s 1st #nationalist leader, from a party that wants north & south to come together, someday, as a single country.
Utter madness. This is the triumph of ideology over reason, buoyed up no end by a need to rationalise penny pinching. I fear for #Ireland's disabled children.
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Gymnastics Ireland fails to apologise despite row over medal snub for black girl
Video of the event in March 2022 shows a judge handing out participation medals to a line of young gymnasts, but ignoring the only black girl. A photographer, coach and other officials look on without intervening, with an audience of hundreds in the stands.
Can you imagine how this poor girl felt? She is going to remember this demeaning experience her whole life.