Cormac Kehoe

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Announcing the 2026 Tenacious Journalist Award winners PINF and Changing Ideas are delighted to announce this year’s cohort of tenacious journalists!

🚨Grateful to be a recipient of the 2026 Tenacious Journalism Award from @publicinterestnews.org.uk . Putting the money toward an incredibly exciting investigative project with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale🚨

Stay tuned & all that

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PSNI challenged on claim that journalists were not treated as criminal suspects Jon Boutcher also said politicians and the media had continued to ‘misinterpret’ revelations about the extent of police surveillance of journalists

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher yesterday claimed that journalist Vincent Kearney was not treated as a criminal suspect. However, police documents from 2013 explicitly label him as one —

Piece with @lukejbutterly.bsky.social in @thedetailtv.bsky.social this morn

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London landlord begins evictions ahead of new renters’ rights law Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital owns several apartment blocks in capital as well as Trocadero centre in Piccadilly

Asif Aziz evictions story is going mainstream. Telegraph and Independent have covered in recent days. Now the FT has done a brilliant piece - including finding another property affected, where a Ukrainian refugee and their disabled son are being evicted by Aziz. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

@thefence.bsky.social

Off The Fence: More Epstein, Vicar? And we have ten discounted subscriptions available...

Have a short piece in off @thefence.bsky.social newsletter today about the appearance of an Irish lawyer (who represented Britney Spears and Gerry Adams) in the Epstein Files

Been a lot happening over last 24 hours, obviously, but worth flagging again this story again

We really need more accountability in British politics.

Should have been mechanisms to properly investigate Simons weeks ago

Can Sadiq Khan stop Asif Aziz's mass evictions? We went to the billionaire's home to get answers, as a leading homelessness charity cut ties with the landlord and tenants begged the mayor to save their homes.

Breaking:
*Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON
*Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord
*Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation
*Questions over legality of paperwork
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pipeline from @thefence.bsky.social to guardian going strong

Can Sadiq Khan stop Asif Aziz's mass evictions? We went to the billionaire's home to get answers, as a leading homelessness charity cut ties with the landlord and tenants begged the mayor to save their homes.

The latest @londoncentric.media piece in the “largest mass eviction in London’s modern history” saga. The day started with @jim.londoncentric.media and I heading out for Omar Aziz’s mansion (once home to Schopenhauer) at 6 this morn. Read below

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Police and MI5 waged campaign of illegal interference against BBC journalist, tribunal told Former Northern Ireland correspondent Vincent Kearney subjected to ‘unprecedented’ surveillance, says lawyer

Had my first piece in @theguardian.com yday about the campaign of illegal interference waged by PSNI & Mi5 against former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney. Reading this paper everyday, cover to cover since I was about ten - so I'm delighted to have written for them
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PSNI surveillance included detailed 'profile' of journalist's private and public life Submissions to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal allege that the extent of MI5 and PSNI surveillance of Vincent Kearney was “unprecedented”

My scoop this morning in @thedetailtv.bsky.social about PSNI surveillance including a detailed 'profile' of journalist Vincent Kearney's private and public life

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Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved – for now.

Excellent reporting by @jim.londoncentric.media, @pollysmythe.bsky.social, @coramazov.bsky.social with a robust and swift response by @tomcopley.bsky.social
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One of my favourite pieces from the last edition of The Fence. It’s about the silence surrounding the mysterious death of a young British man in the West of Ireland.

Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved – for now.

Our piece this morning about a billionaire halting one of the largest mass evictions in London’s recent history after London Centric’s weekend report —

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Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’

Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social

Off The Fence: Acid Nightmares And we've got a BIG scoop about Birmingham's Shahid Butt

Piece in the newsletter this week about the business affairs of Shahid Butt— a man once jailed for attempting to blow up the British consulate in Yemen, now running to be a councillor in Birmingham

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Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’ Labour Together allegedly hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations

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An absolutely disgraceful attack on the free press. Solidarity with @direthoughts.com & @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social and others affected

Lead Heads It would be libellous to print anything else.

'We tried to cock a snook at faceless ones in power, but we knew well that if the cock was just that bit too snooky, we would suffer the consequences.'

John Banville remembers his time on the subs desk at the Irish Press.

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The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing

We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong!

Please read and share.

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The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing

I'm being sued for libel by a man who ran a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of London's priciest properties. The Londoner have been brilliant in standing behind me & refusing to give into this naked attempt at silencing the truth. Read below -
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solidarity with top hack @coramazov.bsky.social

The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing

We're being sued....

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Thanks to @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for covering the case in @pressgazette.co.uk.

"The nagging spectre of financial ruin haunted the back of my mind for a few months" @coramazov.bsky.social tells her.

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Massive story here, do have a dig in

Big first story here

I’ve been reading The Fence since around covid time. It just keeps getting better and better.

🚨My first @thefence.bsky.social investigation reveals how an enigmatic Greco-Russian billionaire is transporting billions of dollars’ worth of sanctioned Russian oil and gas to Europe and beyond.🚨

Read "Barrels of Black Gold" below!

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PSNI resorted to pen and paper after issues with ControlWorks command and control software | Computer Weekly Northern Ireland’s Policing Board has asked the Police Service of Northern Ireland for clarification after it emerged the PSNI has not reported IT issues that affected its ability to record reports fr...

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