I love this. From our President @president.ie
13.03.2026 13:40
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I love this. From our President @president.ie
They may be doing everything to keep her quiet but Catherine Connolly @president.ie remains a rare light in the darkness.
Last year, we learnt that a Microsoft data centre in Ireland was used for IDF surveillance operations in Palestine.
As the US+Israel extend their wars, Ireland needs to consider whether we should continue hosting these facilities.
www.euronews.com/next/2026/03...
An Israeli fund backs one of Ireland’s biggest landlords, but who else? As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
Conflict in the Middle East is expected to push cost of basic groceries even higher
m.independent.ie/business/mon...
Breaking news - Jared Kuchner. And Steve Wikoff told Trump Iran was going to release the Epstein files unless he attacked -
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands Tel.: +31 (0)70 302 2323 Fax: +31 (0)70 364 9928 Website X YouTube LinkedIn Press Release Unofficial No. 2026/5 12 March 2026 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) Declarations of intervention in the proceedings filed on 11 March 2026 by the Netherlands and by Iceland under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court
Iceland and Netherlands intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel
www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
If 176 children were slaughtered in their classrooms in Dublin, Brussels, Berlin, Tel Aviv or Texas by a foreign adversary, the world would rightfully be at a standstill.
- Shona Murray
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... @shonamurray.bsky.social
🗣️ “As an Irishman, he should be absolutely ashamed.”
Kneecap rapper Mo Chara has criticised the Taoiseach’s planned St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House to meet Donald Trump.
It comes after judges ruled Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh will not face a new terror trial.
#VMNews
5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.
Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.
Rise in home-heating oil prices in Ireland dwarfs other parts of Europe
The hike in prices has been eight times the EU average, figures obtained by Dublin MEP Lynn Boylan show
m.independent.ie/business/mon...
A Dutch-flagged cargo ship insured by an Irish firm was allowed through Spanish waters on Saturday carrying tonnes of bombs and ammunition for the Israel Defense Forces.
It's off the coast of Tunisia and expected to arrive at the Port of Haifa next week.
www.ontheditch.com/tonnes-of-bo...
"At least 6 Palestinians, including 3 children and a journalist, have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza"
I don't think we believe him
The executive editor at the Irish Daily Mail has refused to comment on the paper’s Facebook page being run from Israel – claiming he “wouldn’t be licensed” to do so
John Lee said he couldn’t say anything about the page’s three account managers in Israel
www.ontheditch.com/irish-daily-...
Spencer Hakimian, Tolou Capital Management: “I don’t think people are realising that NOTHING in the global economy works at $120/Oil.
“Nothing.”
Great Britain has only two days of gas stored as Iran war disrupts supplies
On that note: Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister said US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran violate international law - they breach the UN Charter’s ban on the use of force without UN approval or self-defence.
President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".
Jeffrey Sachs spoke to an audience in Dublin today.
As the Govnt fails repeatedly to call out the brutal, illegal wars of the US+Israel, he reminded us of JFK's speech to the Dáil in 1963.
'From Cork to Congo, Galway to the Gaza strip', Ireland must be the voice of the weak.
WH official: “We want to seize all the oil from Iran. The long-term benefit is getting massive oil reserves out of the hands of terrorists.”
Meanwhile, Irish agriculture system entirely incapable of meeting fundamental food needs of our population, with its export-based model predicated on massive fertiliser, animal feed imports.
We are shockingly vulnerable yet nobody is even talking about it.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A presentation at the European Commission described plans for the rapid movement of European and NATO soldiers across the EU including Ireland – raising questions about Irish neutrality
The commission is arguing for the deregulation of EU transport rules
www.ontheditch.com/eu-plans-for...
Kids in the Hind Rajab Centre playing football
Children playing in the Hind Rajab Centre
Kids in classes
Kids playing
The Hind Rajab Centre is a collaboration between Dignity for Palestine, Adam SpiceBag Doyle and the tortoise shack. We are up and running. Nearly 100 kids in Gaza are getting back to school, receiving trauma therapy and having fun. Help us: www.patreon.com/posts/ionad-...
A US military chartered aircraft used to transport troops stopped at Shannon last Friday before flying straight to Kuwait – a critical hub for American forces in the region – just hours before Washington-backed Israel attacked Iran.
www.ontheditch.com/us-troop-car...
Colour me shocked, wonder what state that specialises in genocide, colonial land theft & complex spook operations could POSSIBLY be involved in launching these attacks?
It Is a Real mystery alright.
The Paddy's Week junket to the US must be preserved at all costs.
If the Yanks reduced the planet to a smoking apocalyptic wasteland, there'd be an Irish politician crawling through the ashes to present a bowl of radioactive shamrock to the last remaining American mutant.
Imagine being told you, your friends, loved ones and neighbours had to leave your home forever because of the increasing risk of extreme flooding.
That's what's happened in Western Rwanda where deadly floods have hit hard and are likely to return.
Our latest on the country's climate crisis.
