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Years ago, when I felt in need of a good laugh, I used to detour to the Rue des Tongres, which is about a 10-minute walk from the EU quarter in Brussels. It was, and still is, one of Belgium’s chicest streets, serving a neighbourhood of very fine houses built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with riches for the most part looted from the Belgian Congo.
It’s safe to go out now that much of the shouting about neutrality and Nato at the special government security forum has calmed for a while. But since that four-day forum on defence and security is over, what are the options for Ireland’s security and defence? And what changes – if any – are likely?
It’s a cast iron rule of politics that you always keep on doing what you are doing until, suddenly, you’re headed for the exit door. There is a certainty around Leinster House that Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is set fair to be Ireland’s next European Commissioner – provided he actually wants that post.
Stacker compiled a list of misheard lyrics from 25 iconic rock songs, pulling information from the news, music journalism, and independent polls.
Stacker compiled a list of misheard lyrics from 25 iconic rock songs, pulling information from the news, music journalism, and independent polls.