Richard Chambers

This International Women’s Day coincides with Trocaire’s Lent campaign, which this year focuses on Rwanda.

In northern Rwanda, women involved in a Trocaire-backed project are gaining new skills while working together to tackle the impacts of climate change and strengthen their independence.

This is just lovely

Hi Ted! Have sent you a DM there.

Thanks so much, RC

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.

On @virginmedianews.bsky.social today we look at the impact of climate change on communities.

Following a deadly flood - that saw more than 130 people killed - 1,000+ people were marked to leave the village their families lived in for generations.

The fabric of communities in Rwanda is being torn.

🌍 As extreme weather worsens, what can Ireland learn from Rwanda’s response to deadly floods and landslides? Richard Chambers reports on early-warning systems, rainwater harvesting and tree planting already saving lives.

#TruthMatters — cutting through misinformation

Our first report on Rwanda - the very frontline of the climate crisis.

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

NEW: X Is *drowning* in disinformation following US and Israel’s attack on Iran. WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

Tfw you didn't study much medieval history at school

Mark Zuckerberg to testify in social media addiction trial | CNN Business Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand Wednesday to testify for the first time before a jury about claims that his social media platforms harmed children and teens.

Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand Wednesday to testify for the first time before a jury about claims that his social media platforms harmed children and teens.

Vast majority of bookings for short-term lets in Ireland are entire homes, not rooms Critics of short-term letting argue it takes properties off the market that could be sold for housing or rented out

Vast majority of bookings for short-term lets in Ireland are entire homes, not rooms

Pints, prayers and horse racing on the beach: Martin Parr in rural Ireland – in pictures The iconic photographer believed his two years shooting horse fairs, pubs and dance halls in the 1980s had been overlooked. A new exhibition aims to put that right

Pints, prayers and horse racing on the beach: Martin Parr in rural Ireland – in pictures

The clip of this moment made me go back and watch the full episode. The questioning & examination of govt policy by @newschambers.bsky.social and @aislingmaloney.bsky.social is quite good, worth the watch.

RUBIO: TRUMP IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ORBAN'S SUCCESS

Breaking: Gardaí are starting a search operation on open ground in Co Wicklow today as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob in the 1990s.

My first piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social - a primer of sorts on Ireland’s role in EU tech regulation

Context for the year ahead, as the 2 foundations of the economy - the 2 forces that dragged post independence Ireland out of poverty - the EU & US FDI - go to war

I’m always saying it.

It’s ̶G̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶h̶o̶g̶ ̶D̶a̶y̶ raining… again.

Pub talkers will pub talk.

Afaik punted to Europe

Main road between Rush and Lusk in Dublin is impassable

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.

News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Thanks, Tonight Show viewers!

We got into it with lively debate on important issues, discussed how to improve society and even broke some news along the way.

A good stint!

Breaking: Seamus Culleton's wife Tiffany Culleton has criticised the Irish Government’s engagement in her husband's case - saying “I’m not sure we are getting any support from them”.

More on air shortly.

@virginmedianews.bsky.social @tonightvmtv.bsky.social

“That was the last time I ever saw Grace.”

Siobhan Lynch remembers the final moments with her daughter, who passed away at the end of January after being hit by a scrambler.

📺 #TheBigInterview | Tonight at 9pm | Virgin Media PLAY and Virgin Media One

We go again.

Early start: 21.30 -VM ONE @tonightvmtv.bsky.social

We’d a good show last night on @tonightvmtv.bsky.social, digging in to the case of Irish citizens detained under ICE in the US and whether the government’s own policies undermine its efforts to address them.

🗣️ “Are you proposing that landlords never be allowed to increase their rents?” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe
🗣️ “Not while you continue to fail to meet your housing targets,” — Labour TD Duncan Smith

#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis #NewRentRules

🗣️ “Is this a decision that’s soon going to be taken out of his hands?” — guest presenter @newschambers.bsky.social
🗣️ “Keir Starmer’s certainly in a precarious position in the medium term,” — Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times

#TonightVMTV #UKPolitics #KeirStarmer

And we got the latest on the siege of Sir Keir Starmer from @lucyfisher.ft.com.

More to come tonight at the earlier time of 9.30!