Serious Guys’ desire for approval has them support anything the neoliberal consensus demands: abolishing neutrality and embracing EU militarisation; financialising the housing market; basing our economy on the tax receipts of a handful of US corporations. www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...

An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years 'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...

An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years 'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...

Ivan Yates used his media training company to also lobby both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs – including junior minister Niall Collins – in hotel meetings on behalf of an energy company that wanted advice on getting “a favourable planning decision”. www.ontheditch.com/ivan-yates-l...

"Illegal" US Immigration and Customs Enforcement flights – carrying deportees to countries they have no personal ties to – refuelled at Shannon this summer. It’s Simon Harris’s position that such illegal ICE flights don’t don’t need diplomatic clearance. www.ontheditch.com/illegal-us-i...

'I find it appalling because at the moment we have nine peace activists before the courts for trying to do what the gardaí should be doing.' – Ed Horgan Introducing ShannonWarport – shannonwarport.ie – proudly supported by The Ditch www.ontheditch.com/introducing-...

Lufthansa – which repeatedly conducted illegal munitions flights through Irish territory to Israel – has reluctantly engaged with Darragh O’Brien’s Department of Transport, taking part in a Microsoft Teams call after a Ditch report on its unlawful flights www.ontheditch.com/after-carryi...

🚨Joining us in Doyle's, Dublin 2 on Monday, 3 November at 6pm🚨 Eman Mohammed in conversation with The Ditch, Naoise Dolan and Liam Cunningham The evening before the trial of the Shannon Three in Ennis

A secretive group lobbying government for the arms industry is working with Lockheed Martin to connect Irish businesses with international weapons manufacturers for 'partnering opportunities' One of its co-founders is a regular contributor to Irish media www.ontheditch.com/irish-lobbyi...

Doyle's, Monday, 6pm The state begins its prosecution of protesters for their alleged attempts to do what government won't: inspect US war planes in Shannon Join The Ditch in conversation – and solidarity – with Naoise Dolan and Liam Cunningham the evening before the trial

We welcome the Spanish high court judicial investigation – for complicity in crimes against humanity or genocide – into executives who exported steel to an Israeli weapons factory, as reported by The Ditch.

Against a mainstream media and their weeks of questions, our ruling parties and their thoughtless, abortive campaigns, there’s a chance of a win tomorrow. And no more than Keegan – “I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them. Love it.” www.ontheditch.com/comment-high...

Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member – and former UDR soldier – who caused controversy when he said he wouldn’t attend GAA matches or pride events.  www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

Comment: Questions media won’t ask: why did Heather Humphreys sit in the Dáil while her party ignored parents desperate for school places for their disabled children; what did she do to help disabled people afford groceries without cutting essentials? www.ontheditch.com/comment-this...

'Heather Humphreys's presidential candidacy is clear confirmation that the government does not value nor hear its disabled citizens,' said one disability activist. 'Margaret Thatcher light,' said another. www.ontheditch.com/government-d...

The Ditch x Village Magazine Heather Humphreys honoured a disgraced ex-garda after he was accused of extreme domestic violence and found by a tribunal to have corruptly organised planting weapons and fabricated evidence. An ‘exceptional award’ she said. www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-ho...

For the first time since 2006 the state has admitted it allowed munitions – onboard a US war plane authorised by Simon Harris to land at Shannon Airport – to travel through Irish territory on their way to Israel Darragh O’Brien granted the exemption. www.ontheditch.com/state-admits/

Simon Harris’s department discussed procurement policy with Lockheed Martin lobbyists just months before government announced a record €1.49 billion defence budget. The Department of Defence is regularly briefing international arms lobbyists. www.ontheditch.com/department-o...

A company under garda investigation was incorporated just a month before Heather Humphreys was the star attraction at its February “charity” event. www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-wa...

Heather Humphreys refuses to confirm she failed to tell the land agency she’s not entitled to a tax exemption on one of her properties – a criminal offence Media refuses to question her – TD Thomas Gould has called on Humphreys to explain her tax issues www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-st...

Simon Harris authorised a US military plane to refuel at Shannon Airport on Sunday on its way from a Department of War airbase to the Nevatim Israel Defense Forces base. It was transporting soldiers or military cargo. www.ontheditch.com/simon-harris...

The Ditch live with Ghais Guevara Thursday, 6pm, Connolly Books, Dublin ‘There’s no other rapper doing geopolitical communist rap.’ - Vice Before his gig in the Sound House, Philadelphia’s Ghais Guevara chats with The Ditch about class, culture and Black Bolshevism.

The public can distinguish between someone who has opposed power – from its attempted hate speech legislation to its degradation of Irish sovereignty – and someone who used it to inflict austerity. Ivan Yates just acknowledged what everyone already knew. www.ontheditch.com/comment-you-...

Heather Humphreys won’t say if she paid an anti-vacancy tax on her unused residential property. Humphreys has left the property unoccupied for the last 14 years, during which time the vacant homes tax was introduced. www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-wo...

Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys has avoided a property tax on her old constituency office after failing to declare she’s no longer entitled to an exemption. For failing to make this declaration Humphreys could face criminal prosecution. www.ontheditch.com/fine-gaels-h...

Heather Humphreys is spreading misinformation that Oireachtas political staff need so-called garda clearance – they don’t, according to documents obtained by The Ditch Alan Shatter joined in – posting a fake document on X purporting to be official policy www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

🎵Eoghan's at the wheel🎵 Manchester: The Ditch's Eoghan McNeill speaks at the World Transformed festival about Ireland’s complicity and role in imperialism today Saturday, 11 October, 10am

🚨Breaking🚨 Swiss company Swissto12 says it’s ended a contract to supply antennae to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems after The Ditch x @Heidi_news reported that one of its shipments is heading for Tel Aviv today.

The people of Wilmington, North Carolina protest a Nazi regime-linked company being among the suppliers of 563 tonnes of bomb shells and ammunition to Israel from the US – as reported by The Ditch Thursday

Governments around the world are not taking responsibility – that’s why we’re doing this: Irish doctor on Gaza flotilla 'The Irish government knows how dear this is to Irish people. So they appease us. But they're not actually doing anything.' www.ontheditch.com/governments-...

The ballot paper for Ireland’s presidential election is unlawful – and gives an unfair advantage to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s candidates. The legislation is clear. The Ditch is challenging – in the High Court if necessary. Our letter in full: www.ontheditch.com/presidential...

The Ditch x @DropSiteNews A Nazi regime-linked company is among the suppliers of 563 tonnes of bomb shells and ammunition headed to Israel on a ship moored at a US port. It’s the largest ever shipment of munitions to Israel identified by The Ditch. www.ontheditch.com/nazi-linked-...

🚨Breaking🚨 Last month The Ditch reported that Basque company AMC was supplying parts to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. Protesters showed up to its office. Now it says it has “decided to stop selling to Israel”.

Comment: The British state these men, which is to say colonialism killed them. Their GAA membership was their commitment to republican ideals. It also marked them as targets of the same structural forces our flag sided with in Croke Park on Sunday. www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...

Another win for The Ditch and BDS. After The Ditch uncovered evidence the Marianne Danica was transporting 18 containers of artillery projectiles to Israel, the people of Cabo Verde said: No. Cabo Verde has refused the ship harbour. We will continue.

Dan O'Brien's Institute of International and European Affairs is holding a briefing on how the US might react to the Occupied Territories Bill. One of his two 'experts' is a Zionist settler who has a home on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank. www.ontheditch.com/comment-dan-...

🚨Joining us this afternoon: 2.30pm, 30 Anne Street South🚨 Senator Alice Mary Higgins, one of the original sponsors of the Occupied Territories Bill, in conversation with rapper and activist Lowkey and The Ditch A live chat about the left, Palestine and the west

A statement of fact – that Hamas exists and is embedded in Palestinian society – and a straightforward condemnation of western intervention angered a class that’s never served Irish sovereignty, let alone Palestinian humanity Catherine Connolly was right www.ontheditch.com/catherine-co...

🚨Tomorrow at 2.30pm – 30 Anne Street South, Dublin 2 🚨 The Ditch in conversation with @Lowkey0nline More to follow. Places limited

The Irish Aviation Authority didn’t follow proper procedures when it hired Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin as chief operating officer, according to a confidential letter from a whistleblower to then taoiseach Leo Varadkar. www.ontheditch.com/whistleblowe...

Comment: Any day we speak about anything other than housing, healthcare and education is a good one for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. With fury among us directed sideways, those on top laugh or sigh with relief. www.ontheditch.com/comment-cult...

A Basque company last week sent almost half a tonne of vehicle components to the Israel Defense Forces’ largest weapons supplier. It went less than a week after Spain said it would ban the export of military goods to Israel. www.ontheditch.com/basque-compa...

An Irish airline illegally transported munitions to Israel – despite just months before taking part in a Microsoft Teams call with Department of Transport officials after reports of its munitions flights to Israel. www.ontheditch.com/department-o...

An independent UN commission today concluded Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza The government still allows illegal munitions flights through Irish airspace to Israel and the export of military goods from Ireland to Israel

German national airline Lufthansa has been illegally transporting missile components through Dublin Airport to the Thales arms factory in Belfast for the past year. www.ontheditch.com/missile-part...

The Department of Transport contacted Israel's national airline about flights illegally carrying weapons through Irish airspace – but officials tolerated El Al stalling the investigation for almost eight months after the company hired lawyers. www.ontheditch.com/israels-nati...

The political right hates Michael D Higgins – with good reason The establishment doesn’t want a popular socialist leader to find a worthy successor. That's why it's doing everything it can to sabotage Catherine Connolly The left should similarly unite www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...

The political right hates Michael D Higgins – with good reason The establishment doesn’t want a popular socialist leader to find a worthy successor. That's why it's doing everything it can to sabotage Catherine Connolly The left should similarly unite www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...

An ex-Fine Gael councillor accused of sexual assault by three boys and shot in a punishment-style attack became an assistant to a High Court judge investigating the councillor’s senior party colleagues. www.ontheditch.com/ex-fine-gael...

The Israeli justice ministry told a controversial pro-Israel lobby and US politicians that the Dáil passing the Occupied Territories Bill was 'perhaps the worst moment' of 2019 – and spoke of Israel’s efforts to 'support' the Irish government blocking it. www.ontheditch.com/perhaps-the-...