Dr #EoinDrea is a senior researcher at the #WilfriedMartensCentre, the official think tank of the #EuropeanPeopleParty (#EPP) of which #FineGael #FG is a member.

FG will probably try to disown Eoin Drea. They will says this is just a personal opinion by an academic researcher etc, that it's obviously not in any way FG's position.

That is of course #bollix. EPP staff don't go placing op-eds on highly sensitive #foreignpolicy issues without some liaison with the local EPP member party.

#FIFY
It's disgraceful that news media continue to publish such drivel. Here in Ireland the technical term for this headline is #bollix.

The USA has all the power needed to halt Israeli agression immediately. But it chooses not to use that power. 😑

screenshot from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israels-strikes-on-iran-show-trump-is-unable-to-restrain-netanyahu-as-middle-east-slips-closer-to-chaos

#Israel #Iran #USA #drivel

Notwithstanding 96% agreement that the mastodonie lads can't spell 😁, we have a winner but by no means a consensus

Alongside tea and crisps we found another thing that divides us

#mastodonie #mastodaoine #ballox #bollox #bollix #bollocks #ballix (that last one's Belfast I learned)

https://mastodon.ie/@Jennyback/109302289134415866

Jennyback (@[email protected])

First time doing a poll! The mastodonie user rules are under "About this server" https://mastodon.ie/about/more They're great but it should be spelled.... [ ] Ballox - the Mastodonie lads are right [ ] Bollox - nice and round [ ] Bollix - like a Dublin mammy [ ] Bollocks - like a country farmer

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