Imagine being that tenant, having tried every single avenue of contact over 16 years only to be ignored time and time again, and then be told the issue was buried somewhere in the recesses of his mind.

It looks like Colston was among those abducted by Israel yesterday. Ordinary people are capable of such bravery. I don’t know what to say

Breaking Terror charges against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh THROWN OUT

We are horrified and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died yesterday in #Gaza. His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.

He didn't just call for the exclusion of Israel, but those that arm Israel too. "We must look at their exclusion from the United Nations itself, and we should have no hesitation any longer in relation to ending trade with people who are inflicting this at our fellow human beings."

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, a United Nations independent commission concluded in a report published today.

Very Important reporting from @bigevupdates.bsky.social on the biggest story in sport, Evan Ferguson's loan spell at Roma. Forza Evan 🇮🇪 bigevupdates.substack.com/p/pisa-previ...

The NUJ has renewed calls for global action to end the Israeli government’s war on journalism and truth after at least 20 people, including five journalists, were killed in strikes on Nasser hospital on Monday. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

#GAZA: Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including a freelance journalist who worked for @apnews.com. At least 8 people were killed in a double-tap strike on the 4th floor, Gaza's Health Ministry said, the second attack came as rescue crews arrived.

Piece in the Times today about the how Freeman of the Land types have taken over the IRB, and it's full of delicious nuggets like them operating under their own timezone: Irish Rising Time

NEW: Dangerous viruses that cause paralysis are spreading in Gaza, due to Israel's blockade and destruction of the sanitation system. www.politico.eu/article/doct...

NEW: Saudi Aramco employee named lead author of global climate report www.politico.eu/article/saud...

NEW: The Israeli army unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas The 'Legitimization Cell' scoured Gaza for material to boost Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters. By Yuval Abraham www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...

Israel has banned humanitarian groups from delivering aid to Gaza unless they hand over details of their Palestinian staff. NGOs say they have no guarantees of their employees' safety if they do.

Brussels civil servants are locked in an escalating standoff with the European Commission over their right to protest the EU’s stance on Israel.

“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks ⁦‪Prem Thakker,‬⁩ in the wake of Israel’s killing of ⁦‪Anas al Sharif. ‬⁩

Rare W for Dublin.

Mailing list sign ups are not members. But this level of interest suggests a new left party can't simply be dismissed, like some people are doing/hoping.

“Tweets don’t feed people. Statements don’t open aid crossings." As Palestinians starve to death under Israel's blockade, humanitarian leaders told me the EU's pleas for aid count for little without sanctions.

Israel is starving Palestinians to death, health workers in Gaza told me. "This is not hunger, this is not malnutrition. This is forced starvation, this is torture." www.politico.eu/article/war-...

UK opinion on Gaza war (YouGov, July 2025) 18% support Israel’s actions in Gaza, 55% oppose 81% of those who oppose say it’s a genocide Large margins in favour of: - trade embargoes (48% to 20%) - financial sanctions on individuals (52% to 19%) - suspending arms exports to Israel (57% to 18%)

TBH this could be a problem for them

Great work by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social

Any use of the word "populist" in a present-day context, by any media outlet or any journalist, is a colossal red flag. If I were to write a module on media literacy, I'd dedicate an entire lecture to this one word.

NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...

A deeply embarrassing story to have written.

Real change is coming.

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

"Mass peaceful protest, even with majority support among the wider population, has yielded no results. In the face of state support for genocide, what are conscientious people supposed to do?"

Manufacturing consent is one thing but giving a byline to the guy wanted by the ICC for war crimes is a bit much, even for @thetimes.com.

Just Frontex having a booklet for kids about to be deported to tell them it ain’t so bad op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

I do not recall the public being asked whether they want to go to war to protect a government that is committing genocide against its subject population

World class lawyers including heroic solicitor for the Birmingham 6 and Guildford 4 Gareth Pierce, as well as Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh and Darragh Mackin to defend @kneecapceol.bsky.social in the UK

The Irish state's role in housing today is to create scarcity. That is what the funds want. There is no such thing as a capitalist solution to a social necessity. Every time you blame a migrant for this crisis, a capitalist angel gets its wings.

Almost hard to believe this framing from Reuters.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a leading campaigner against drug price secrecy, has signed NDAs with Big Pharma, including Bayer. MSF says it “systematically resists” demands for NDAs but doesn't always win. Full story for @politico.eu below.

On Saturday, the Irish Times published a piece I wrote asking whether Novo Nordisk should be funding children’s playgrounds. We need to ask if there are hidden costs to Novo Nordisk funding parts of our education and health systems, costs that may not be worth paying for. shorturl.at/erwpH

This week's 42FM podcast - Gary Lineker's exit, why the BBC's impartiality rules are not useful when covering a horror like that in Gaza, and how this language of impartiality is helping Israel avoid a Russia-style boycott and ban from international sport

The @who.int Pandemic Agreement is adopted. It's not the agreement developing countries wanted at the outset of talks three years ago. But with the rapidly deteriorating situation in global health, e.g. bird flu, negotiators felt they had to secure something.

The population in Gaza is being subjected to "forced starvation" where hunger is being used as "an instrument of war", President Michael D Higgins tells the National Famine Commemoration in Kilmallock, Co Limerick.

#USDA confirmed another #H5N1 #birdful infected dairy herd in Idaho, bringing ID's herd total to 87. It also confirmed infection in another mammal species, but the exact species isn't listed on its website. Seems like it's not cows, alpacas or swine. Anyone know? www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

The @who.int pandemic agreement is done. Negotiators greened all text around 2 a.m. Geneva time. pro.politico.eu/news/197284

Negotiators will reconvene Tuesday to finalise the @who.int pandemic agreement. Language on tech transfer still to be signed off. Story and the latest draft text below.