Tommy Greene

Ireland winning goal and end of match with Irish commentary

Tendering, ‘conflicts of interest’ concerns highlighted over Lough Neagh consultants A key Lough Neagh management body has been forced to reprocure a contract to evaluate a high-profile heritage project, The Impartial Reporter can…

Tendering concerns highlighted over Lough Neagh consultants, forcing management body the Lough Neagh Partnership to reprocure contract

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Catherine Connolly set to claim the highest ever first-preference vote share (potentially upwards of 60%) in an Irish presidential election, based on readings of early tallies

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As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found

- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

Great investigation into how a government initiative to force rogue bosses to pay up after tribunal findings against them is still failing workers nearly a decade after its launch 👇

Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya trial Former French president cleared of other charges in relation to alleged pact with Gaddafi regime The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial in which he and aides were accused of making an alleged corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign. But Sarkozy was was acquitted of three other charges, including passive corruption and illegal campaign financing. Continue reading...

Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya trial

‘We should all be ashamed’: Ex-loyalist paramilitary sees North’s future in a ‘New Ireland’ Former UDA member David Adams says loyalist ‘lurch to the right’ plus rise in racism and sectarianism in Northern Ireland compel him to speak out

Great interview with Davy Adams in the Irish Times.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Who speaks for the Lough? · Zoom · Luma Lough Neagh is in crisis, and without public involvement, its future risks being shaped by short-term political pressures and institutional inertia. We need…

📅 This week: join the conversation on Lough Neagh’s future 🌊

The new report is already live — setting the scene for a Citizens’ Assembly and opening nominations for a co-design group.

💬 On 12 Sept, take part in our launch event to ask questions + discuss what comes next 👇

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UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummet

Lough Neagh and its system of peripheral waterways on course to record worst year of algal blooms to date.

While rescue plans for Ireland's largest inland waterbody stall, the fallout from this pollution crisis deepens.

My story in today's @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails | Computer Weekly Appeal tribunal dismisses doctor’s bid to quash decision that cleared London hospital trust of concealing evidence through attempted destruction of electronic documents during live court proceedings.

Appeal tribunal throws out NHS whistleblower's challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails midway through legal hearing.

@drcmday.bsky.social tells @computerweekly.bsky.social judges have "ignored" and trivialised the attempted mass evidence destruction

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A Singapore-based coal firm is suing the UK Govt via the type of Investor Courts* that the Irish Govt are rushing to introduce to Ireland via CETA.
*found to be unconstitutional Supreme Court- Costello vs Govt of Ireland

“If politicians cannot offer more than gesture politics and get to grips with this area of policy, every indication is that cyanobacterial (or “blue-green algae”) blooms will become a recurrent event for many summers to come.”

Bernadette McAliskey: With “water we can’t really drink” and “fish [that] can’t live… We have exploited [Lough Neagh] and ignored it. And now, nature is – quite rightly – taking her revenge.”

@tommygreene.bsky.social

UK Government to be Sued in ‘Secret Corporate Court’ by Coal Firm Represented by Tory MP Keir Starmer’s Labour government is being sued by investors represented by a Conservative MP over court decisions to quash the now abandoned Cumbrian coal mine. West Cumbria Mining (WCM) developers wi...

🔴 NEW: UK Government to be Sued in ‘Secret Corporate Court’ by Coal Firm Represented by Tory MP

Former attorney general Geoffrey Cox is leading the case that could cost the taxpayer billions.

📝 @tommygreene.bsky.social

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Many thanks, @lpcooley.bsky.social.

More soon, hopefully...

Insightful writing on Lough Neagh, as ever, from @tommygreene.bsky.social. #LoughNeagh

Many thanks, Alicia.

Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub

“The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting the enclave’s economy with a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone”.”

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I had a look at the NHS maternity scandals of the past few years and this is what I found… journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Bolsonaro vira réu por tentativa de golpe de Estado com unanimidade dos votos na 1ª Turma do STF Também se tornaram réus 7 aliados e assessores do ex-presidente, entre eles os ex-ministros Braga Netto e Anderson Torres. Agora, eles responderão a um processo criminal, que pode levar à prisão do ex...

Jair Bolsonaro and several close allies must stand trial over attempts to overturn 2022 election, Brazil's Supreme Court unanimously decides.

Becomes country's first former president to be charged with plotting or attempting to instigate a coup

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Separate Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed two media workers, including Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat aje.io/ylcl1j

Some disabled people could lose £10k a year in benefits by end of decade Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many

Some disabled people could lose up to £10,000 in benefits by the end of this decade through Labour government's planned welfare reforms

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Northern Ireland's utility regulator launches investigation into NI Water, the agency confirms...but only after a senior NI Water official "dodged" two MLA questions on the probe at a recent Stormont infrastructure committee session.

In yesterday's @irishnews.com

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Great piece by @tommygreene.bsky.social investigating tax breaks to big landowners in Northern Ireland - following a thread I've been investigating in England

HMRC needs to urgently review this tax break & reform or abolish it if it's not delivering public value for money

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Many thanks, Guy. Great work re: what's happening on the other side of the Irish Sea, in the first place!

Three major Northern Ireland landowners benefitting from tax break worth £68m across UK Campaigners have urged Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to close what they have described as a tax “loophole”

Three major landowners/landed estates in NI benefiting from tax break estimated to be worth at least £68m overall.

My latest piece for @irishnews.com

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‘Disappointed but not shocked’: PSNI don’t deny spying on journalist who is investigating Noah Donohoe’s death Two years ago, an investigative journalist began examining how the PSNI handled the death of a 14-year-old schoolboy. Then, it is alleged, the PSNI began spying on that journalist.

⬇️ Some serious questions raised in this piece - wider issues around surveillance of journalists but also on the motivation behind placing Mr McIntyre under surveillance as he began the Noah Donohoe investigation.

📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
✍️ @sjamcbride.bsky.social