Melanie Gibney

BREAKING: Israel announces it is winning the war against Iran after confirming that it has killed a significantly larger number of school children

Activists unveiled a giant portrait of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Barcelona on the second anniversary of her killing.

Hind was trapped in a car and targeted at close range by Israeli forces in Gaza after they had killed her relatives.

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CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released

This is worse than even the initial reports and statement from the Justice Minister suggested.

www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...

Manchán 🕯️

It's a bit childish to say that this feels unfair, but it really does.

Hundreds at vigil for parents and son found dead in Louth Hundreds of people have come together in memory of Mark, Louise and Evan O'Connor, who were found dead at their home in Co Louth earlier this week.

Hundreds of people have come together in memory of Mark, Louise and Evan O'Connor, who were found dead at their home in Co Louth earlier this week

Here’s who’s been taken by IDF so far: globalsumudflotilla.org/sos/?key=X8J...

Just had contact with participant aboard Catalina in #GlobalSumudFlotilla.

They are still sailing towards Gaza and haven't been intercepted yet.

They believe Israeli forces are taking the boats one by one and have taken three or four so far.

#AllEyesOnGaza #breakthesiege

That's some weird fascist rally on @skynewsrss.bsky.social live right now. Americans have lost their minds.

Tá siad anseo.
Ils sont arrivés.
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There's only 25 sets and when they're gone that's them gone
www.anniewest.com/books-cards/...

I like how this could plausibly be anything from "I am resigning after a stroke" to "the us is invading Venezuela" to "I am using a new kind of pen"

This is as good a time as any to remind you all that a subscription to the Irish Newspaper Archives is money well spent (it does not, at present, include the full Irish Times archive but that's certainly worth a gander).

Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?

They Cancelled Colbert to Send a Message Free speech is under attack.

When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.

Children in Gaza are dying of thirst, says UNICEF UNICEF has warned that while the world's attention is focused elsewhere, the situation in Gaza is "at the worst it has ever been" with the Palestinian territory hitting "rock bottom".

Children in Gaza dying of thirst after trucks carrying water blocked - UNICEF

Amidst shameful media neglect of genocide in #Gaza, there has been a consistent exception: the UK’s Channel 4 News.

Today’s report on the daily killings by Israelis of the starving queuing for food aid.

Wait for the UN assessment at the end.

This is a difficult but essential watch. Pls share.

A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abyss

In particular, if you are going to be listening to my conversation with Ivor later on, read this first.

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/w...

Delighted to hear you on Arena ,Rick.

14,000 babies could die.

Babies.

Happy Birthday @president.ie

#wren #birds #woodland #spring #photography

hearing him explain things that have been explained to him (probably with cartoons) feels like we’re playing a really stupid game of telephone that ends with all of us dying from e coli.

According to Irish weather folklore we are entering the period of the ‘Borrowed Days’.
I wrote about this and old Irish weather beliefs here:
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
When the piece was published I spoke to Sean Moncrieff about it, listen back here:
t.co/O4npp8yqsa

who told this pampered asshole he has the right to speak to anyone like this?

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to Zelenskyy this evening expressing his support, Downing Street has said