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Civil Servant, focused on EU Trade Policy. Son, husband and Eurovision Song Contest enthusiast. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

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Christmas with friends and family! โค๏ธ

26.12.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our first visiter to Brussels! #Brussels #Family #Easter

18.04.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Saint Patrickโ€™s Day from the Irish Team in Brussels!

17.03.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Melfest calling! #Melfest

08.03.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Heading to our new, albeit temporary, home - Brussels! #EULife

24.01.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Loreen โ€“ Statements
YouTube video by Melodifestivalen Loreen โ€“ Statements

And this picture was also the inspiration for the staging of Loreenโ€™s best Melodifestivalen entry โ€˜Statementsโ€™

youtu.be/ckFNon_1PgY?...

22.01.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A cliff hanger at the START of an episode. #TheTraitors is on another level #TheTraitorsUK

15.01.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How would that work in practice? Theyโ€™d know who the traitors were?

10.01.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The faithful donโ€™t deserve to win! #TheTraitors

10.01.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I noticed the scarcity of chicken breasts in Dublin the other day too. I had put it down to panicked shoppers (like me) looking to get provisions in before the snow (that never came) hit! ๐Ÿคฃ

07.01.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As night follows dayโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ™„

06.01.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a baby is crying in a crowd of people while a woman holds him . ALT: a baby is crying in a crowd of people while a woman holds him .

When Minah, who said little at the round table, turned her slate aroundโ€ฆ #TheTraitors

03.01.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Absolutely howling. #TheTraitors

03.01.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Obsessed already! #TheTraitorsUK

01.01.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Yearโ€™s Day walk up to the Hell Fire Club. First walk of 2025!

01.01.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bob Geldof is a bit rude, right?!? #speirgorm #JoolsHolland

01.01.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year BlueSky peeps. Hereโ€™s to 2025! #NYE2025

01.01.2025 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Birthday celebrations in town last night! Met Santa! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป

22.12.2024 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A week before Christmas and my social battery is already at ๐Ÿชซ

19.12.2024 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had a great time in Nuremberg for the Christmas markets. Highly recommended. #Nuremburg #Christmas

08.12.2024 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In between election watching, I was at a wedding of a friend who insisted that I do a Star Trek themed reading, and I was more than happy to oblige. ๐Ÿ––๐Ÿป

03.12.2024 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Curious, how many LGBTQ+ TDs weโ€™ll have in the next Dรกil. Will it be the highest ever? #GE24

01.12.2024 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands in front of a crowd of people . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands in front of a crowd of people .

#GE24

01.12.2024 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why is RTE platforming Hutch by showing him entering the count centre? Is that not part of the problem? #GE24

01.12.2024 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Whatever the result (and I say that as an impartial civil servant), the health of our democracy given whatโ€™s going on in other western democracies would bring a tear to your eye! #GE24

30.11.2024 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanksgiving always makes me consider what Iโ€™m thankful for and I always land on that Iโ€™m thankful that Iโ€™m Irish, gay, and European. And that I have a great life thanks to my family, friends and other half. #Thanksgiving

28.11.2024 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This debate should have been split into two nights to allow for a deeper debate on all the important issues. Feels like topics are being raced through. #GE24

26.11.2024 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was so good. Didnโ€™t feel the long running time at all! Arianaโ€™s comic timing was superb.

26.11.2024 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mรฅns might be hoping to do the Loreen double, but Iโ€™m not convinced that even if successful at #Melfest that Europe is ready to go back to Sweden so soonโ€ฆ

26.11.2024 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So Wicked was very entertaining and the cinema screen I was in last night thankfully didnโ€™t descend into a singalong. ๐Ÿ˜‚
Ariana, Cynthia and Jonathan all hugely watchable.

25.11.2024 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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