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Irish Times Social Affairs Correspondent

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Please please get to this. Stop the genocide, the slaughter, the war crimes of Israel

11.08.2025 10:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Getting readying for the 12th here in Belfast

01.07.2025 15:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜I sleep easier hereโ€™: The makeshift homeless community under the M50 Rats and rubbish surround the camp at Finglas Road, but to some residents itโ€™s better than other options

โ€˜I sleep easier hereโ€™: The makeshift homeless community under the M50

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25.06.2025 07:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ‚ฌ5,250 a month!! For a three-bedroom flat.

14.06.2025 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Children at west Dublin asylum seeker accommodation witnessed friends being โ€˜put in the back of a black vanโ€™ Three siblings were among 35 people deported on a flight to Nigeria on Wednesday

Children at west Dublin asylum seeker accommodation witnessed friends being โ€˜put in the back of a black vanโ€™

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07.06.2025 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Boy (16) โ€˜at real risk of deathโ€™ after targeting by drug dealers brought to secure care Judge found boyโ€™s โ€˜chaotic lifestyleโ€™ and risk profile met requirements for the order

Boy (16) โ€˜at real risk of deathโ€™ after targeting by drug dealers brought to secure care

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05.06.2025 20:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dublin tenants shocked to be evicted due to โ€˜little-known legal loopholeโ€™ For a group of people in Applewood village, Swords, the landlord doesnโ€™t need a reason to remove them

Dublin tenants shocked to be evicted due to โ€˜little-known legal loopholeโ€™

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05.06.2025 20:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a self-serving bore. He hasnt changed since Self Aid.

24.05.2025 11:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh. My. God..Bono on RTE now saying people don't understand the "complex affairs" of US selling arms to Israel

24.05.2025 10:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โ€˜Judge John Jordan, presiding over the weekly โ€œno bedsโ€ list on Thursday, heard updates on three children in respect of whom secure care orders have been made but who cannot get a bed due to staff shortages.โ€™

- @kittyholland.bsky.social @irishtimes.com

24.05.2025 09:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An affront to the rule of law.

Report: @kittyholland.bsky.social
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23.05.2025 12:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

?

21.05.2025 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh fer fck sake.. get a grip

21.05.2025 17:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israeli military fires shots near delegation that included Irish diplomats Tรกnaiste โ€˜shocked and appalledโ€™ at reports of incident in West Bank city of Jenin

Israeli military fires shots near delegation that included Irish diplomats

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Bastards

21.05.2025 17:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜He was kept locked in a room with a leg-shackle until the 1980sโ€™: Stories from Irelandโ€™s state-run asylums State-run asylums were Irelandโ€™s โ€˜largest form of institutional confinementโ€™ but they have never been subjected to a statutory inquiry into the treatment of their patients

โ€˜He was kept locked in a room with a leg-shackle until the 1980sโ€™: Stories from Irelandโ€™s state-run asylums

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It was an honour to be trusted with the stories of those 'incarcerated' in our old mental asylums, as they were called

06.04.2025 07:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please share!

09.02.2025 10:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm researching mass incarceration in Irish psychiatric institutions up to late 1990s. Would welcome contact from survivors/ their family members. Email in confidence Kitty.Holland@irishtimes.com

09.02.2025 10:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ireland is signing up to a definition of anti-Semitism that has been used against Irish politicians Prominent Irish politicians - including President Michael D Higgins and Simon Harris - have been accused of anti-Semitism drawing on the logic of the IHRA definition

Ireland is signing up to a definition of anti-Semitism that has been used against Irish politicians

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05.02.2025 08:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nor should compliance, silence, or exclusion be tolerated, especially when at the expense of other survivors.

03.02.2025 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All voices are valid though, even, and sometimes especially, disruptuve ones. But I appreciate your input.

30.01.2025 10:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is factually corrct that this is how she heard what was said in the session. I've heard it from others too who were at that session. Were you there?

30.01.2025 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This promise in the Programme for Government is so dangerous, conflating legitimate criticism of apartheid Israel with antisemitism

15.01.2025 18:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Attitudes to Traveller and Roma people more negative among middle class than working class - study Residents of affluent areas less comfortable with having Travellers as neighbours, ESRI reports finds

Attitudes to Traveller and Roma people more negative among middle class than working class - study

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20.12.2024 18:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜I have never really had sex not for moneyโ€™: Woman hopes new injecting facility can allow some dignity โ€˜Amberโ€™ believes the new medically supervised injecting facility at Merchants Quay will โ€˜change her lifeโ€™

โ€˜I have never really had sex not for moneyโ€™: Woman hopes new injecting facility can allow some dignity

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20.12.2024 18:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Capuchin vouchers: โ€˜I have four kids and two grandkids - this is for St Stephenโ€™s Day dinnerโ€™ Queue for โ‚ฌ50 grocery vouchers began before 4am with over 2,500 distributed by 8.30am

Capuchin vouchers: โ€˜I have four kids and two grandkids - this is for St Stephenโ€™s Day dinnerโ€™

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20.12.2024 18:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜We have never run out this earlyโ€™: People โ€˜distraughtโ€™ after missing out on Capuchin Christmas food parcel tickets People โ€˜distraughtโ€™ on missing out after all 3,000 parcels are distributed by shortly after 9.30am

Scenes of desperation this morning in Dublin: โ€˜We have never run out this earlyโ€™: People โ€˜distraughtโ€™ after missing out on Capuchin Christmas food parcel tickets

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11.12.2024 16:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With votes sorted in Dublin Mid West the storage boxes are being readied to hold the bundles of first preferences, counting of which will start shortly #herewego

30.11.2024 11:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With just over half the boxes tallied in 5-seat Dublin MW Sinn Fein's Eoin O Broin and Mark Ward are powering ahead.. Emer Higgins (FG) on track for a seat along with Shane Moynihan (FF). Gino Kenny (PBP) in for a rollercoaster battle for last seat with Soc Dems, Labour, FG and independents.

30.11.2024 10:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Election 2024 exit poll: Photo finish with Sinn Fรฉin on 21.1%, Fine Gael 21%, Fianna Fรกil 19.5% The election 2024 exit poll was conducted among 5,000-plus voters at more than 200 locations nationwid

Election 2024 exit poll: Photo finish with Sinn Fรฉin on 21.1%, Fine Gael 21%, Fianna Fรกil 19.5%

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If this isn't the incentive rhe left need to form a strong alliance, I don't know what is.

29.11.2024 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Asylum centre failed to protect four children who went missing, Hiqa inspection finds

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28.11.2024 19:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0