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. x.com/BillMelugin_...

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. nyti.ms/4pQZB1D

We are going to need to see that wedding video

An Irish woman living in a kibbutz in Israel remembers Jewish life in Dublin For @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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...

Black gold: How did Maduro and Venezuela become a target of Trump? Latest on Venezuela jrnl.ie/6919457

Venezuela: There will be few tears for Maduro but Trump’s military gamble risks bloody chaos My piece for @thejournal.ie jrnl.ie/6917314

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)

A visit to the Éamon de Valera forest in northern Israel. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

A visit to the Éamon de Valera forest in northern Israel. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

A stone sign near Kfar Kana once identified the Éamon de Valera Forest. No one can say what happened to it. @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

As a debate in Ireland raged over re-naming Herzog Park in Dublin, I visited the 'Éamon de Valera Grove' in northern Israel. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Snippets from 2025

‘There’s no water any more’: How palm oil plantations drained a Guatemalan rainforest community My report for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

Israeli citizens do not require a visa to travel to Ireland for a short period.

"So far, the department has not formally rejected the visa applications which were submitted by the Lajee Centre in May 2025. “This is the problem,” says Mr Alazza. “They're not saying yes or refusing some of the group or accepting some of the group.” "

Palestinian cultural tour to Ireland in limbo as Government tightens visa policy www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

The Pope’s Christmas blessing at The Vatican this morning.

The Pope’s Christmas blessing at The Vatican this morning.

My video report for @irishtimes.com on a community in Guatemala impacted by palm oil plantations.

‘The men who hurt us are still free’: Mayan survivors of civil war violence fight for justice in Guatemala After a 40-year wait, convictions ring hollow for indigenous Mayan Achi women Full story in @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

In the small Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh, Madees Khoury is busy bottling beers at her family’s microbrewery when I visit. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

‘The men who hurt us are still free’: Mayan survivors of civil war violence fight for justice in Guatemala After a 40-year wait, convictions ring hollow for indigenous Mayan Achi women Full story in @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

My report on Guatemala’s disappeared is on RTÉ playback now. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Spent Saturday morning with Los San Patricios GAA club in Mexico for @irishtimes.com ‘Jesus, there’s some altitude here’: Introducing Mexico City’s first GAA club www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Fifty-two young Palestinians from Gaza are due to arrive in Ireland today and in the coming days to begin a new life as students in Irish universities.

Black parents in Washington, D.C., are on edge after President Trump’s declaration that young people are a threat to public safety and his order that put federal agents and National Guard troops on patrol around the city.

US long-term debt sells off after Trump’s attempted firing of Fed governor

Guatemala and rebirth of a language: Youth in the vanguard of reviving native Xinkan culture Latest for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

"A Hispanic Texan has one-third the political value of a white Texan under this plan, and a Black Texan has one-fifth."

More than 24,000 Guatemalans have been deported from the US in 2025, with family separations likely to increase under new policies introduced by the Trump administration. I spent some time at the military base in Guatemala where most of these people are arriving. www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

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MetroLink delivery should be prioritised, US multinationals tell Government

My world report on settler wineries and vineyards in occupied Palestine is up on RTÉ playback now. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Breaking News: Germany said it would suspend any exports to Israel of military equipment that could be used in Gaza, a significant break with its postwar past.

Dame Stella Rimington, the first woman to lead MI5, Britain’s domestic intelligence service, and the spy chief widely regarded as the inspiration for the character "M" in the James Bond movies, died Sunday at 90.

Final article in my Dubai series for The Currency After opening her second premium dessert bar in the UAE, Irish entrepreneur Saifa Kajani has just decided to pull the plug on her original Dublin business The Drunken Cookie. thecurrency.news/articles/194...

More detail on Monday's military court hearing on the killing of Pte Seán Rooney in @irishtimes.com Lebanese authorities know where man sentenced to death for killing Pte Seán Rooney is, Irish officials believe www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

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Ben Smith’s book Traffic about the rise and fall of Gawker and Buzzfeed (where he worked for a bit) and internet media and vitality is a really interesting head-spinning read but it’s hard not to come away thinking: “well that decade & a half of media development was a waste of everyone’s time.”

Once again, this is missing a larger point. By all means introduce this for presidential elections, but it’s more important to debate the potential for Dail elections. A constituency for the diaspora. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

Simon Harris tells 4th of July party ‘the bombs have to stop’ in Gaza

In 2024, the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion stated that Israeli settlements were illegal; countries should cease trade + Israel should evacuate settlers from occupied Palestinian territories. @irishtimes.com @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social🖊️

I wrote about the Irish millennials hoping to make their fortunes in Dubai’s booming property market for The Currency thecurrency.news/articles/191...

I wrote about what happened last time AirBnB tried to remove listings in settlements in the occupied West Bank from its website for @irishtimes.com and how laws in the US and Israel restrict boycotts against Israeli settlements, not just Israel. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

During his appearance at the London Magistrate court this morning, Ó hAnnaidh was granted unconditional bail until his next hearing on 20 August.

Crowds outside Westminster Magistrate court this morning for @kneecapceol.bsky.social’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, who was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London last year.

Elon Musk and his allies systematically built a false narrative of widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration based on misinterpreted data, using their claims to justify an aggressive effort to access millions of Americans' personal information, a New York Times investigation has found.

The journalist Dom Phillips, who was killed while covering Indigenous peoples and the Amazon in 2022, left behind an unfinished manuscript. Those who knew him have now brought it to life, with the release of “How to Save the Amazon: A Journalist’s Fatal Quest for Answers.”