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Journalist with The Journal. Part of Ireland’s only accredited FactCheck team. I have opinions but I don't take credit for all of them. @thejournal.ie @factcheck.thejournal.ie factchecking.ie

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The EU-India trade deal has far-right extremists convinced that 'white genocide' is imminent Irish far-right activists have echoed the claims coming from their counterparts abroad.

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

07.02.2026 13:22 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

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.

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Blackrock DART station.

07.02.2026 10:59 — 👍 78    🔁 19    💬 17    📌 13

I wrote about the white nationalist response to the EU-India trade deal.

07.02.2026 10:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Revealed: private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank Exclusive: Luxury aircraft owned by property tycoon close to US president’s family has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv

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...

05.02.2026 19:10 — 👍 52    🔁 34    💬 1    📌 6

Lol

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Wie der deutsche Weinhandel Israels Siedlungen mitfinanziert Weine aus israelischen Siedlungen werden in deutschen Supermärkten, Online-Shops und auf Fachmessen als „israelisch“ vermarktet – und normalisieren so die illegale Besatzung der palästinensischen Ge...

An investigation by a German outlet has found that in German supermarkets, wines from illegal settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank are labelled as "from Israel".

This violates both EU regulations and the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling on the occupation of the oPT.

05.02.2026 17:37 — 👍 480    🔁 166    💬 6    📌 10
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Thursday’s @theguardian.com front page: ‘It’s over’ for Starmer, say Labour MPs amid fury over Mandelson www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

04.02.2026 21:17 — 👍 127    🔁 36    💬 88    📌 20
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Debunked: Micheál Martin, Alan Shatter and Bono targeted with false Epstein allegations One false claim is that former justice minister Alan Shatter met Epstein in 2011.

Some people are taking the opportunity to spread false allegations about notable figures in Irish public life, including U2 singer Bono, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and former justice minister Alan Shatter.
jrnl.ie/6946548

04.02.2026 16:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza and patient crossings at Rafah halted, Palestinian officials say Four children among dead as restrictions on evacuations put in place days after reopening of crossing to Egypt Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes have killed 18 people, including four children, in Gaza and Israel has halted the evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing, Palestinian officials have said. The Israeli military said it fired on Gaza after a gunman shot at Israeli soldiers and seriously injured a reservist. Continue reading...

Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza and patient crossings at Rafah halted, Palestinian officials say

04.02.2026 10:34 — 👍 107    🔁 84    💬 11    📌 22
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Majority of rural people want foxhunting ban as poll suggests Dáil vote out-of-step with public The rejection of a ban on foxhunting with dogs has undermined trust in politics, according to the latest RED C poll .

Majority of rural people want foxhunting ban as poll suggests Dáil vote out-of-step with public jrnl.ie/6945424

04.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sick to death of generative AI being shoved down our throats every single time you open an app or tool now. I want to write my own sentences! Fuck off!

03.02.2026 14:50 — 👍 310    🔁 37    💬 15    📌 2

Exactly

01.02.2026 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

I think it's more "what about the potential voters who support the genocide? Won't you alienate them?"

01.02.2026 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeah, he handled it well.

Would have liked to hear him try to clarify what she meant though.

Also, the reference to the Muslim population is... well let's just leave it at 'weird'.

01.02.2026 13:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Weird framing in this question.

And weird is putting it pretty generously tbh

01.02.2026 13:33 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

I got to see it when it was on display at the American studies building at UCD.

I was a very happy little hipster that day I can tell you.

01.02.2026 12:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never want to hear that Biden was a "decent man" ever again.

He pretended he saw beheaded children and said he had "no confidence" in the death toll in Gaza.

29.01.2026 21:07 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

The suppression and attacks against journalists in Minnesota rsf.org/en/attacks-j...

29.01.2026 21:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Worth noting that this happens after every Israeli operation in Gaza, which makes the doubt casting from Biden and others even more appalling.

29.01.2026 16:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

"The IDF has accepted the estimate of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that approximately 71,000 Palestinians were killed during the Israel-Gaza war, noting that the number does not include missing residents who are potentially buried under rubble." - from Haaretz

29.01.2026 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Debunked: Anti-immigration campaigner posts AI image of men in boat during Dublin flooding Derek Blighe failed to gain a seat in both local and European elections.

An anti-immigration campaigner has posted a picture that appears to show a dinghy boat full of men with light-brown skin drinking cans of beer on the River Liffey as Dublin floods.
jrnl.ie/6941520

29.01.2026 15:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
List of Dems that supported suppressing the Gaza death toll

Allred, Texas
Gottheimer, New Jersey
Norcross, New Jersey
Stevens, Michigan
Auchincloss, Massachusetts
Harder, California
Pallone, New Jersey
Strickland, Washington
Boyle, Pennsylvania
Hoyer, Maryland
Panetta, California
Suozzi, New York
Caraveo, Colorado
Jackson, Illinois
Pappas, New Hampshire
Swalwell, California
Cohen, Tennessee
Kennedy, New York
Perez, Washington
Thanedar, Michigan
Correa, California
Kilmer, Washington
Pettersen, Colorado
Torres, California
Costa, California
Craig, Minnesota
Landsman, Ohio
Ryan, New York
Torres, New York
Cuellar, Texas
Lee, Nevada
Schiff, California
Trone, Maryland
Davis, North Carolina
Levin, California
Schneider, Illinois
Vargas, California
Espaillat, New York
Lieu, California
Scholten, Michigan
Veasey, Texas
Manning, North Carolina
Schrier, Washington
Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Fletcher, Texas
McBath, Georgia
Scott, David, Georgia
Frankel, Lois, Florida
Meng, New York
Sherman, California
Gallego, Arizona
Morelle, New York
Slotkin, Michigan
Golden, Maine
Moskowitz, Florida
Soto, Florida
Goldman, New York
Mrvan, Indiana
Spanberger, Virginia
Gonzalez, Vicente, Texas
Nickel, North Carolina
Stanton, Arizona

List of Dems that supported suppressing the Gaza death toll Allred, Texas Gottheimer, New Jersey Norcross, New Jersey Stevens, Michigan Auchincloss, Massachusetts Harder, California Pallone, New Jersey Strickland, Washington Boyle, Pennsylvania Hoyer, Maryland Panetta, California Suozzi, New York Caraveo, Colorado Jackson, Illinois Pappas, New Hampshire Swalwell, California Cohen, Tennessee Kennedy, New York Perez, Washington Thanedar, Michigan Correa, California Kilmer, Washington Pettersen, Colorado Torres, California Costa, California Craig, Minnesota Landsman, Ohio Ryan, New York Torres, New York Cuellar, Texas Lee, Nevada Schiff, California Trone, Maryland Davis, North Carolina Levin, California Schneider, Illinois Vargas, California Espaillat, New York Lieu, California Scholten, Michigan Veasey, Texas Manning, North Carolina Schrier, Washington Wasserman Schultz, Florida Fletcher, Texas McBath, Georgia Scott, David, Georgia Frankel, Lois, Florida Meng, New York Sherman, California Gallego, Arizona Morelle, New York Slotkin, Michigan Golden, Maine Moskowitz, Florida Soto, Florida Goldman, New York Mrvan, Indiana Spanberger, Virginia Gonzalez, Vicente, Texas Nickel, North Carolina Stanton, Arizona

NEW: The Israeli military today accepted the Gaza Health Ministry's estimate of 70,000+ killed.

But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.

Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.

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AP:

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Worth noting that this happens after every Israeli operation in Gaza, which makes the doubt casting from Biden and others even more appalling.

29.01.2026 16:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Biden says he has 'no confidence' in Palestinian death count U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he has "no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using" for the death toll in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, where the health ministry says over 6,50...

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

29.01.2026 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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"The IDF has accepted the estimate of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that approximately 71,000 Palestinians were killed during the Israel-Gaza war, noting that the number does not include missing residents who are potentially buried under rubble." - from Haaretz

29.01.2026 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww

29.01.2026 03:30 — 👍 1727    🔁 661    💬 26    📌 124
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Slovak PM Robert Fico — an ally of Donald Trump — was left shocked at the U.S. president's state of mind after a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, five European diplomats told us.

Fico was concerned about Trump's "psychological state," two of them said.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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