Hannah McCarthy
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Irish journalist covering MENA
I will be moderating a conversation on Iran: Women, Life, Freedom between Sepideh Farsi and chowra makaremi tomorrow evening at 6pm as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin. Tickets available here:
ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
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Iran: Women, Life, Freedom Sepideh Farsi & Chowra Makaremi
https://ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festival/type/conversations/iran-women-life-freedom-sepideh-farsi-chowra-makaremi/
about 5 hours ago
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Financial Times
1 day ago
Israel has seized about 1,000 sq km of territory since Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack as Benjamin Netanyahu forged a new, more aggressive military doctrine in the wake of the nation’s worst security failure
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New substack out
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The Irish Times
9 days ago
EU expected to agree to place sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers
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EU expected to agree to place sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers
Expected breakthrough would see EU agree to blacklist several extremist settlers for first time in nearly two years
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/11/eu-expected-to-agree-to-place-sanctions-on-extremist-israeli-settlers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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‘Palestine’s Mandela’: concerns grow for unifying leader jailed by Israel 24 years ago Latest from the West Bank for
@irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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‘Palestine’s Mandela’: concerns grow for unifying leader jailed by Israel 24 years ago
Marwan Barghouti retains broad support among fractured Palestinian factions, and calls for his release have become louder
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/05/palestines-mandela-concerns-grow-for-unifying-leader-jailed-by-israel-24-years-ago/
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My latest on the West Bank: Wine and the Holy Land.
www.thejournal.ie/settler-viol...
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One Palestinian winemaker refuses to give up amid illegal settler expansion in the West Bank
Reporter Hannah McCarthy meets Sari Khoury, a winemaker fighting to preserve Palestinian identity in an increasingly dangerous occupied West Bank.
https://www.thejournal.ie/settler-violence-west-bank-7033413-May2026/
11 days ago
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My world report on India's last 'royals' is on RTE World Report's podcast now.
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‘It’s a psychological war’: A family divided by Cuba’s quiet exodus Latest for
@irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...
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‘It’s a psychological war’: A family divided by Cuba’s quiet exodus
Inflation, migration barriers and distance weigh on a family divided between Havana and the United States, as Cuba’s slow drain of people continues
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/05/03/its-a-psychological-war-a-family-divided-by-cubas-quiet-exodus/
15 days ago
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The New York Times
26 days ago
The Palestinian Authority, which governs the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is holding municipal elections in a single city in Gaza on Saturday. This will be the territory's first election in 20 years.
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Gaza Set to Hold First Local Election in Two Decades
Hamas said it was not participating in the municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, set for this weekend. Residents said it was a long-awaited opportunity to address the city’s problems
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Matt Steinglass
about 1 month ago
Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.
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Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments
Geoghegan (57), who has come to prominence in this week’s protests, claims to have settled tax bills
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/fuel-protest-leader-james-geoghegan-has-animal-cruelty-convictions-and-revenue-judgments/
about 1 month ago
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Eric Schmitt
about 2 months ago
In an extraordinary move, Hegseth reverses Apache helicopter crew suspension before Army even investigates the incident, undercutting the service's authority and underscoring his contempt for legal guardrails in the military
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...
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Hegseth Reverses Helicopter Crew Suspension Over Kid Rock Flyby
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/kid-rock-nashville-helicopter-video-army-inquiry.html?smid=bs-share
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The Daily Beast
about 2 months ago
After less than 90 minutes of watching several of his own handpicked justices tear his arguments apart, the president abruptly left.
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Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing
The president couldn’t get back to the White House quickly enough!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-storms-out-of-catastrophic-scotus-hearing/
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Bill Corbett
2 months ago
If only someone had warned us
add a skeleton here at some point
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I spoke to Irish people living in Havana about how the Cuba medical system has collapsed and daily life is grinding to a halt, as the Belfast rap group Kneecap join a humanitarian convoy to the Caribbean island facing a so far unrelenting US oil blockade.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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'It doesn't feel like it can get any worse': How Irish families in Cuba are navigating a country in crisis
A decade after Cuba’s opening to the world sparked optimism, Irish families who built their lives there are confronting failing hospitals, evaporating tourism and a fuel crisis
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41811758.html
2 months ago
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Power blackouts, fuel shortages and mass emigration: Cuba’s crisis weighs heaviest on the elderly My latest dispatch from Havana for
@irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...
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Power blackouts, fuel shortages and mass emigration: Cuba’s crisis weighs heaviest on the elderly
The country’s ageing population is growing more isolated as mass emigration, inflation and fuel shortages leave older citizens struggling to cope
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/03/18/im-all-alone-cubas-elderly-face-crisis-as-young-people-flee/
2 months ago
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Duncan Weldon
2 months ago
What a paragraph.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Tim Murphy
2 months ago
seems like the clearest purpose of the war is to reopen the thing that closed because of the war?
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Andy Kaczynski
2 months ago
NEW: A fundraising email from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch: using an image from Saturday’s dignified transfer honoring six fallen US soldiers, it promises access to the president’s “private national security briefings.”
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The Washington Post
2 months ago
The Pentagon burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions in the first two days of its Iran assault, according to U.S. officials, alarming some on Capitol Hill over how quickly the military has depleted scarce supplies of America’s most advanced weaponry.
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Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates
The figure, accounting for the war’s first two days, is likely to intensify concerns in Congress that U.S. forces are churning through a scarce supply of advanced weaponry.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/09/iran-war-cost/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول
2 months ago
Reporter: You said the war is "very complete." But your Defense Secretary says "this is just the beginning." So which is it? Trump: You could say both.
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Will be on The Moncrieff Show to talk about the situation in Cuba at 2pm.
3 months ago
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I spoke to Hugh Linehan on Inside Politics about my reporting in Cuba for
@irishtimes.com
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
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Why is the US blocking oil imports to Cuba?
Podcast Episode · Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · 4 March · 23m
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan/id794389685?i=1000753032514
3 months ago
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My world report on the elderly Cubans facing their country’s crisis alone is on RTÉ playback now.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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World Report Sunday 1 March 2026
From the unusual to the topical, World Report brings you interesting stories from around the world.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/world-report/2026/0301/1561018-world-report-sunday-1-march-2026/
3 months ago
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What a walk along O’Reilly Street in Havana will tell you about Cuba’s crisis.
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3 months ago
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Financial Times
3 months ago
The US will allow Venezuelan oil to be resold to Cuba through private-sector intermediaries. Deals involving the Cuban military or other government institutions will remain prohibited.
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The New York Times
3 months ago
In
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
Under President Trump, the FTC and FCC are “engaged in a hostile takeover of the marketplace of ideas,” writes the editorial board.
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Opinion | Trump Is Turning the F.C.C. and F.T.C. Against Free Expression
Trump appointees have transformed the F.T.C. and F.C.C. into instruments of ideological enforcement.
https://nyti.ms/3MvvPSO
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Financial Times
3 months ago
The killing of cartel kingpin Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera should relieve pressure from Donald Trump. But Sheinbaum's move has also created political and security hazards at home.
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‘We could see the smoke rising’: Irish family on holiday in Mexican resort town engulfed in violence
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‘We could see the smoke rising’: Irish family on holiday in Mexican resort town engulfed in violence
Paul Kenny’s planned route home showed burnt-out cars along the side of a highway
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/02/24/we-could-see-the-smoke-rising-irish-family-on-holiday-in-mexican-resort-town-engulfed-in-violence/
3 months ago
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The Washington Post
3 months ago
Breaking news: A former ICE instructor accused the agency of dramatically slashing training standards for new officers and lying to Congress about it as the Trump administration seeks to rapidly expand its mass deportation operation.
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Former ICE instructor says agency slashed training for new officers
A former instructor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the agency has cut “vital classes” from mandatory training for new officers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/02/23/former-ice-instructor-says-agency-slashed-training-new-officers/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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‘I want to see the final chapter of this’: Cubans demand change but fear US military action For
@irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...
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‘I want to see the final chapter of this’: Cubans demand change but fear US military action
Cubans face hyper-inflation, crumbling homes and social services, mass emigration, and now fuel shortages triggered by a Trump administration focused on regime change
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/02/20/i-want-to-see-the-final-chapter-of-this-cubans-demand-change-but-fear-us-military-action/
3 months ago
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Joe Noonan
3 months ago
Thank you for this insightful report.
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‘The city is like a ghost town’: Inside Cuba’s tourism collapse as fuel runs dry
Cuba has received no oil or fuel for a month after US president Donald Trump cut off Venezuelan supplies and pressed Mexico to stop shipments
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/02/16/the-city-is-like-a-ghost-town-inside-cubas-tourism-collapse-as-fuel-runs-dry/
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I spoke to Cubans hoping for change as the fuel crisis grinds daily life to a halt in Havana. In today’s
@irishtimes.com
3 months ago
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Sarah Scott Scire
3 months ago
must-read from
@charlottetklein.bsky.social
on the disastrous Will Lewis tenure at
@washingtonpost.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
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How an Embittered Brit Decimated the Washington Post
Inside Will Lewis’s disastrous attempts to revitalize the paper.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/washington-post-will-lewis.html
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My latest from Havana for
@irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...
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‘The city is like a ghost town’: Inside Cuba’s tourism collapse as fuel runs dry
Cuba has received no oil or fuel for a month after US president Donald Trump cut off Venezuelan supplies and pressed Mexico to stop shipments
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/02/16/the-city-is-like-a-ghost-town-inside-cubas-tourism-collapse-as-fuel-runs-dry/
3 months ago
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The Irish Times
3 months ago
‘The city is like a ghost town’: Inside Cuba’s tourism collapse as fuel runs dry
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‘The city is like a ghost town’: Inside Cuba’s tourism collapse as fuel runs dry
Cuba has received no oil or fuel for a month after US president Donald Trump cut off Venezuelan supplies and pressed Mexico to stop shipments
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/02/16/the-city-is-like-a-ghost-town-inside-cubas-tourism-collapse-as-fuel-runs-dry/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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I will be on the 6.1 news on
@news.rte.ie
talking to Tommy Meskil about the crisis in Cuba.
3 months ago
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High inflation, limited high-denomination banknotes, and fewer deposits being made at Cuban banks have forced residents to wait hours to withdraw of up to the Cuban peso equivalent of ten US dollars.
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Havana is currently facing a public health hazard driven by a collapse in regular waste collection, resulting in large accumulations of garbage on streets and sidewalks.
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3 months ago
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Financial Times
4 months ago
Over the past few months, video footage circulating on social media has repeatedly shown US citizens who have tried to film ICE agents on their phones being pushed, pepper sprayed, threatened with arrest and occasionally detained.
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Bellingcat
4 months ago
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired.
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The New York Times
4 months ago
A fire tore through a mall in Karachi this past weekend, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens missing. The fire, which burned for nearly 24 hours, is the latest tragedy that urban planners and shopkeepers blamed on mismanagement in Pakistan’s largest city.
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We are going to need to see that wedding video
4 months ago
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An Irish woman living in a kibbutz in Israel remembers Jewish life in Dublin For
@irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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An Irish woman living in a kibbutz in Israel remembers Jewish life in Dublin
Trudy Davis’s grandfather settled in Cork in 1903 after a Yiddish-speaking family told him he was in Ireland, not the US
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/01/12/irish-woman-living-in-northern-israel-kibbutz-remembers-jewish-life-growing-up-in-dublin/
4 months ago
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I spoke to lawyers and consultants at Schillings about the media law firm's expansion into Ireland and the business of reputation management for The Currency.
thecurrency.news/articles/211...
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Inside Schillings’ Dublin expansion and its bet on reputation, tech and defamation - The Currency
It’s a busy mid-week evening at Peploe’s on St Stephen’s Green. I’m sitting at a table with several lawyers from media law firm Schillings after attending a legal conference earlier that day. Two tabl...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/211304/schillingss-dublin-opportunity-finding-somebody-who-could-act-against-the-big-tech-platforms-was-tricky/
4 months ago
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Black gold: How did Maduro and Venezuela become a target of Trump? Latest on Venezuela
jrnl.ie/6919457
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Black gold: How did Maduro and Venezuela become a target of Trump?
“They took our oil away from us,” Donald Trump said.
https://jrnl.ie/6919457
4 months ago
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Venezuela: There will be few tears for Maduro but Trump’s military gamble risks bloody chaos My piece for
@thejournal.ie
jrnl.ie/6917314
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Venezuela: There will be few tears for Maduro but Trump’s military gamble risks bloody chaos
“Even George W. Bush sought and received congressional approval for America’s disastrous invasion of Iraq in 2003.”
https://jrnl.ie/6917314
5 months ago
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Kaja Kallas
5 months ago
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela. The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
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A visit to the Éamon de Valera forest in northern Israel.
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