Happy National Apple Day! Speaking of apples, the most brutal Irish curse I’ve ever come across is go ndéana an diabhal dréimire de chnámh do dhroma is é ag piocadh úll i ngairdín Ifrinn. It means “may the Devil make a ladder of your backbone while he picks apples in the garden of Hell.”

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Government support for drilling at #Jackdaw takes a wrecking ball to any pretence of UK climate leadership & pours fuel on an overheating world - and for what? It’s equivalent to just 2 months of UK gas demand, creates just 27 direct jobs & has *no* impact on energy bills🧵1/4

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I was that age too, and remember it well. An absolute tragedy. I remember the Queen went to visit, but only now do we learn of the lack of assistance and accountability that followed the disaster. Things haven't changed and the same is still happening today, following Grenfell.

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I remember this so vividly. I was 7 when it happened,but still remember the heartbreak & devastation,watching it on the news. The scenes of people desperately searching in the rubble,bodies being carried out ,everyone crying & the blackness have stayed with me ever since. Aberfan is never forgotten

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Remembering the 116 Children and 28 Adults who tragically perished in the Aberfan Disaster 60yrs ago today. 109 children and 5 teachers died at the local school when it took the brunt of one of the 7 ‘spoil tips’ collapsing & burying all in its path.

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