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'Intensive' efforts underway to secure release of kidnapped Irish aid worker in Haiti Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that “no stone will be left unturned” as efforts continue to secure the release of Gena Heraty

"'Intensive' efforts underway to secure release of kidnapped Irish aid worker in Haiti". What a remarkable person. jrnl.ie/6782471

Protestant attraction to Jewish traditions and support for Israel to be discussed at Féile an Phobail Protestant attraction to Jewish traditions and support for Israel to be discussed at Féile an Phobail

“Israel and Northern Ireland are both seen as ‘chosen lands’, divinely set apart which then allows the unionist political project to be reframed spiritually.” Friday at #Féile

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Civil service interns must all be working class, government says Internships will only go to students from poorer families in a push to make Whitehall more working class.

The welcome announcement that uk civil service internships will be open only to working class students will have major implications for policy, which will reflect more the views of a rich and diverse working class with direct experience of having less
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University criticised for ‘vanity project’ Vogue staff photoshoot ‘Tone-deaf’ Warwick University attacked over rebrand a year after it made 218 staff redundant

Like something out of a campus novel. "University criticised for ‘vanity project’ Vogue staff photoshoot" share.google/GjoDlhtFPG4L...

Royal Ballet and Opera axes Tosca production in Tel Aviv The production at The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv will not go ahead

Intelligent people everywhere are waking up to Israel's crimes.
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Attack on Indian man in Dublin: 'Words aren't enough, Irish people need to do more' Priyanka Borpujari says recent racist attacks reflect a growing intolerance towards minority communities, one that we ignore at our peril.

"Attack on Indian man in Dublin: 'Words aren't enough, Irish people need to do more'" jrnl.ie/6777688

🗣️ "Don't be silenced. You deserve to be heard. You also deserve justice."

Nikita Hand spoke after the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court jury’s finding that Conor McGregor raped her.

#VMNews

It's nice to see McGregor expanding his losing streak from the MMA ring to the courts.

Conor McGregor has lost appeal over civil rape case MMA fighter argued trial judge made errors in his charge to jury in case by Nikita Hand

Conor McGregor has lost appeal over civil rape case - #justicefornikita #speirgorm

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Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation Thirty-one high-profile Israelis express shame over ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letter

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Mamdani’s criticism of Israel and support for Palestinians attracted voters, new poll shows Zohran Mamdani's support of Palestinian rights and criticism of Israel swayed voters in the Democratic mayoral primary, a new poll finds.

Post-primary poll by Data for Progress suggests Mamdani’s criticism of Israel, support for Palestinians attracted voters

78% of Dem voters agreed with Mamdani’s belief that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and 63% back his pledge to arrest Netanyahu. forward.com/fast-forward...

How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller

Can’t get through 5 mins of thought without being crippled mentally by the image I saw yesterday of the 5yr old boy in Gaza having his foot amputated with no anaesthetic. And my taxes help fund the intelligence* that is gathered to carry out this attempted murder and mutilation.

*child hunting info

years of live-streamed genocide, & media refusing to call it a genocide. now footage of starving people in Gaza — horrifying resemblance to Holocaust photos — gunned down trying to get food, yet media *still* refuses to call it genocide. a moral depravity/failure that'll be a museum exhibit one day

Gaza health ministry says 33 people dead from malnutrition in last 48 hours New figures from the Hamas-run ministry include 12 children who have died, as the UN says Israel must allow aid into Gaza.

A tipping point has been reached.

Gaza is now starving to death in front of the whole world.

Those who facilitated and justified this abomination were given ample warning for 21 months.

You have no excuses, and nowhere to hide: you will be held to account for what you've done.

A mother in a tent in Gaza clasping her starving child, who appears close to death.

“Just outside Gaza, tons of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items & fuel sit untouched with humanitarian organisations blocked from accessing or delivering them," write 109 aid agencies today.

Israel is committing Palestinian genocide and it is monstrous.

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'Not my decision': BBC edit Irish language out of new CMAT single on radio However, the opening of the song, which features just over 40 seconds of Irish, was not included in the play.

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I hear they're going to get someone to dub over that part of the song, for fear hearing CMATs actual voice would recruit more children into listening to country music.

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

Disgraceful behaviour at Harvard: "But the cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal, which has not been previously reported, is a remarkable new development in a mounting list of examples of censorship of pro-Palestinian speech." www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Rents rise by £221 a month in three years, Zoopla analysis suggests The monthly cost of renting rose just as fast as mortgage increases over the last three years, figures show.

UK rents rise £221 a month in three years.

Wages squeezed, huge rise in cost of living due to profiteering. Poverty beckons. Queues at food banks lengthen.

Large proportion of the population lacks spending power to rebuild economy.

Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.

Banning Palestine Action an 'abuse of power', High Court told

Banning Palestine Action as a terror organisation had the hallmarks of a 'blatant abuse of power' and made the UK an 'international outlier', the High Court has heard

Mum and daughter found dead in their home months after 999 call Alphonsine Leuga, 47, and Loraine Choulla, 18, likely died 'weeks to months' before their bodies were discovered

Poverty deaths in Britain, while Starmer splashes the cash to back Israel.
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Every day, Israel deliberately massacres unarmed civilians it has deliberately starved.

How is this possible?

Because instead of framing Israel’s atrocities as obscene outrages demanding urgent action, the Western media has normalised Israel’s atrocities.

Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.

Have you experienced racism in Ireland? We want to hear your story People in Ireland have highlighted an increase in racist discrimination in recent years.

'Have you experienced racism in Ireland? We want to hear your story' jrnl.ie/6768839

Surely a very significant intervention in today's Irish News? (And no, I don't mean the Cork fella putting on a brave face.)

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Pope expresses sadness after Israeli strike on Gaza church kills three Israel says it regrets any harm to a religious site or uninvolved civilians after a shell hits the Catholic Church of the Holy Family.

Three people are dead after the Israeli army strikes Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Parish in #Gaza. Yet another mistake, or an unconscionable and illegal attack on a place of sanctuary for Christian Palestinians? www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Alan, don't lie on TV where people can factcheck you. Which Israeli soldier was prosecuted for dropping a grenade on a child?"

My challenge to Dershowitz to come back on Piers Morgan's show & name these Israelis he falsely claims have been prosecuted.

Full debate: youtube.com/watch?v=FFCg...