If more of them would do this, it would bring an end to some of this madness.

The Irish government (of which Micheál Martin was a member) was told years ago how Finland solved homelessness through implementing Housing First. Ireland chose not to do the same, and now has more than 17,000 people in emergency accommodation, with tens of thousands more "hidden homeless".

That Ireland (an allegedly neutral country) is still allowing US and Israeli planes full of munitions thru its airspace and troop transports refuel at Shannon while Italy, Spain and France (NATO Members) refuse is certainly something worth thinking about

An Irish arms industry group lobbied Irish businesses on behalf of a foreign NATO member government. www.ontheditch.com/irish-arms-l...

Please sign and share this EU citizens initiative — demanding the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s continued rights violations. The initiative has already reached the first threshold across member states. It now needs signatures ✍️ to reach the 1 million mark.

Article 2, EU Israel trade deal: Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles. which guides their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement.

The Apartheid State enacted a vile Apartheid law which will no doubt accelerate the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people. Will the EU now suspend the EU-ISRAEL trade agreement?

Micheál Martin lied to journalists when he said armed US soldiers weren't landing at Shannon Airport. Martin said there are “no weapons” passing through the airport – but his colleague Darragh O’Brien authorised US troops carrying guns to land there. www.ontheditch.com/ag-insint-br...

If the rest of the EU did this, the war would be over already.

If only the European Union would speak out about this, rather than acting as the US's bitch.

Any person wanted by the International Criminal Court, should have those words prefaced every time they are mentioned in the media.

I'm sure such a miraculous feat would be simple to replicate by such an alleged genius; so just ask him to do so, perhaps.

Since October 7, the Palestinian kuffiyeh has been criminalized by German authorities and institutions out of support for Israel and Zionism. A new campaign is challenging this “hypocritical and deceitful ‘culture of remembrance.’” mondoweiss.net/2026/03/kuff... #Palestine #Israel

The British, French, German and Italian governments issue a "statement of concern" against the Israeli death penalty bill which would be applicable only to Palestinians, but they say nothing about the imposition of consequences if Israel goes ahead with it.

Had he anything to say about Israel? If not, why not?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Given how many journalists the Israeli regime have murdered in the last few years (and are still doing to this day), they're lucky to be alive.

Lelia Doolan (91) will begin walking from Shannon Airport to Leinster House in Dublin on March 31 in protest at the use of Shannon Airport as a transit point for the US military.

So when the next piece of legislation the government wants to enact in order " to protect children ", you can clearly see they don't care about a certain cohort of children.

Not the kind of article I'd usually read here, but my friend, Paddy who hosts Attacking Football, got a mention in it for exposing this shitty casino which is targeting young men in Europe and beyond.

Well, nobody is even remotely surprised at that; she wouldn't take the gig without a massive amount of expenses.

Grace’s Law: Ban on scramblers in public places to come into force next week jrnl.ie/6997212 So now scrambler bikes will be double illegal; that'll show them!

www.rte.ie/news/ireland... It's sad that something that should be seen as a public service is now viewed as something that has to exist for profit. They know the price of everything but the value of nothing.

I'm sure the BBC will be reporting this appalling behaviour....

So much for the "narrow interests" which the government says use judicial review. When they went out and asked people what they thought 1,470 asked for Access to Justice to be upheld, only 30 sided with the government So which interest is the "narrow interest"?

We didn't want to go to that stupid World Cup anyway, joke's on them. #CzeIrl

Lidl, Tesco and Supervalu and Aldi have reduced price of their own-brand milk and butter today jrnl.ie/6995226 No worries, Tesco have been putting the price of nearly everything else up every week; so they won't be missing out on profits.

I'm sure the EU will get on to Spain as they've already done this as of 1 March 2026.

Strange: Fuel Prices Not Passed On As Quickly When Oil Prices Fall https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/03/25/strange-fuel-prices-not-passed-on-as-quickly-when-oil-prices-fall/

This works out at €1.70 a litre of petrol in Ireland..... which would be feckin' amazing. Alas, it hasn't been that cheap here in many years.

Seeing as the US are allowed to cross Irish airspace carrying illegal weapons with total impunity; it must be very worrying for the ones in the Irish Times who keep warning us about the dangers of the Russians.... because presumably they'd be able to do it as well.

My testimony at the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Justice Committee yesterday evening: new documents reveal serious problems in the recruitment process for Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner.

A controversial pro-Israel lobbying group made an “urgent suggestion” to Micheál Martin’s department about lines to include in a speech he gave – and the taoiseach complied. The Claims Conference said, “We realize that this is very short notice." www.ontheditch.com/micheal-mart...

Excise duty to be cut by 20 cent on diesel and 15 cent on petrol until end of May jrnl.ie/6992285 I think this explains the sudden price increases seen today.

“We do not publish exhaustive career histories alongside every piece,” said McConnell about an article calling for defence spending – written by a man who works for an arms consultancy that asks, “READY TO COMPETE MORE SERIOUSLY IN THE UK DEFENCE MARKET?” www.ontheditch.com/daniel-mccon...

I noticed the petrol station increased diesel from €2.09 a litre yesterday to €2.25 today.....

Ireland's credit rating within one notch of triple-A for first time since 2009 jrnl.ie/6991177 I'm sure the 5,000 + children who are homeless will be very pleased with this.

It's very unlike the British to support an illegal war.... again.

Minister says Government agrees with Connolly on breaches of international law in Middle East jrnl.ie/6986917 Exactly as @tupped.bsky.social predicted, Ireland suddenly found out that there were beaches of international law on the 18 March.

This St Patrick’s Day government authorised a US military cargo plane to land at Shannon Airport on its way back from delivering munitions to Israel. US military cargo deliveries to the IDF's Ovda Airbase are critical to the Israeli state. www.ontheditch.com/patricks-day...

Did you look at all?

Except around 20 articles from @wereontheditch.bsky.social with evidence to prove same.

'No reason to believe' Irish airspace being used by US as part of war on Iran, Minister says jrnl.ie/6985920 Even though @wereontheditch.bsky.social has the receipts to show this is entirely untrue.

Switzerland refuses two US overflights linked to war on Iran jrnl.ie/6985831 If every country within the EU did this, the bastard would have no way to continue his war.

An aircraft delivering critical military equipment for US Air Force bombers used to attack Iran flew through Irish sovereign airspace last Tuesday. The bomber support plane entered Irish territory near Donegal on 10 March. www.ontheditch.com/us-bomber-su...

And of course our Taoiseach has no issue with shaking the hand of this prick who, along with Israel, has caused increasing fuel costs, food costs and global instability.

Ah, bollox but fair play to France, what a great finish. #6Nations ##SixNations

A nation (Ireland) holds its breath. #6Nations #SixNations

This match is making me so conflicted... I want both teams to lose... #6Nations #SixNations

An Irish air traffic controller guided a United States Air Force bomber on its way to attack Iran through Irish-controlled airspace. In an audio recording obtained by The Ditch the AirNav Ireland employee assists the bomber’s crew. www.ontheditch.com/irish-air-st...

It's still a war crime, call it out for what it is. This headline seeks to forgive the perpetrators of their actions.