"Many influencers – a ragtag mix of ex-Love Island contestants, retired sports stars and their families, make-up artists, vloggers and stylists – are now posting gushing videos on social media about how wonderful UAE’s leadership is."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/influ...
I will be waiting for a source other than Israel on this one
Cover of The Lancet, 28 February 2026 issue. The quote: “The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.”
On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”
Read the latest issue: spkl.io/63327Aa31W
Post See new posts Conversation Amit Segal @AmitSegal For two years, Israel fought alone on seven fronts — and won every single one of them. Since this morning, Iran has been launching missiles at seven countries. Let’s see how long it can hold out. 11:11 AM · Feb 28, 2026 · 52.1K Views
Netanyahu's closest advisor in the media says 'Israel has fought alone on seven fronts" for the last two years.
The Israelis have received over 22,000,000,000 USD in direct military assistance and has been the benefactor of direct US, EU and Arab intervention on multiple occasions.
Via the NYT: Israel's state comptroller reported last year that, as of early 2025, "only 37 of the 11,775 public shelters are in Arab municipalities, and eight of those are not fit for use." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...
Safe to say there will be a lot of fake images like this doing the rounds now.
This was posted in an Israeli Telegram channel but... that is not how thumbs work.
"Pound Shop Reform"
With help from @nialljournal.bsky.social
Scoop
The European Union will pause the approval of its recently negotiated trade deal with the United States after the US Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's global tariffs are unlawful.
jrnl.ie/6965050
Curling would be a great stag do activity
I'm genuinely asking because it doesn't make any sense to me.
What is Bono talking about here?
Oh no! The far right and fascism are on the rise, what should we do?
Maybe if we appeased them some more, didn't call them what they are and if we said those opposing them are just as bad or even worse that will make them go away!
It's not because it's never worked before that it won't this time!
This week's episode of The 42FM is on Irish football's Israel question
www.the42.ie/podcasts/669...
Yes the new hotel is where the old Central Hotel was
Ugh, really don't like reading my old (unedited) stuff but I think I got it all in there.
Dublin's nightlife has been so shit for so long.
When I went back to college to study journalism, I decided to do my dissertation project on it.
Main article here: davidmacredmond.wordpress.com/2022/10/05/1...
From Oct 2022...
This has really hit a nerve.
Crowd gathers in Dublin city centre as Yamamori rejects Hoxton Hotel claims over noise dispute jrnl.ie/6959643
Dublin venue Yamamori Izakaya hits back at Hoxton hotel, saying it chose court over talks jrnl.ie/6959643
Francesca Albanese is being condemned for something she didn't say.
French and German foreign ministers have called on her to resign over it.
BREAKING: An ICE flight just refueled in Ireland again. A local activist pressed police to investigate for human trafficking; the plane took off 30 minutes ago.
Plus, that MAGA billionaire's jet did another ICE flight, this time to Sierra Leone.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
Refugees waiting on citizenship decisions find the rules have quietly changed. While they heard about harsher policies brought in last year, this change wasn't announced, and affects people who applied before then www.dublininquirer.com/refugees-app...
"Crying girls will make you rich."
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
American conservative Erika Kirk is expected to visit Northern Ireland as part of a tour to recruit young people to Turning Point, the organisation founded by her murdered husband.
By characterising EU leaders as the orchestrators of an "invasion" designed to wipe out the white people of Europe, those on the far right show they are either wilfully ignorant of the truth about Europe's border policies, or fundamentally disconnected from reality.
jrnl.ie/6945439
Two years ago, a secret meeting by some AfD members with Sellner rocked the party because ”remigration” was discussed.
Today, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, calls for remigration regularly on his social media platform.
That’s how quickly the normalization has happened.
Blackrock DART station.
I wrote about the white nationalist response to the EU-India trade deal.
Eight Palestinian deported by ICE from the United States to the West Bank - via Ireland.
“They dropped us off like animals on the side of the road".
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
