My cultural awakening: ‘The Specials helped me to stop fixating on death’ After several people close to me died I became obsessed with fitness and gripped by panic attacks. But then a ska cover taught me life doesn’t have to be serious all the time

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The Irish language is a joy not a burden: in what other tongue is a penis a wild carrot? | Una Mullally Record numbers of pupils are seeking opt-outs from compulsory learning. This is misguided – Irish is a portal to a world of imagination, says journalist Una Mullally

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Northern Ireland at risk of race riot ‘permacrisis’, government files warn Officials fear widespread unrest amid violence and intimidation of ethnic minorities

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Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines

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Israel is forcing us to leave Gaza City. We know they may never let us return The Guardian’s reporter in Gaza describes the dilemma facing her family and others, many hungry, penniless and without transport

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Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds The International IDEA’s survey of democratic markers finds US is offering ‘encouragement’ to populist leaders

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Unlawful surveillance of NI journalists was withheld from watchdog by PSNI Covert surveillance operations targeting journalists, including one later ruled unlawful, were withheld from the UK’s surveillance watchdog, it can be revealed.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic... important story by Detail’s Luke Butterly. sixth time
PSNI has misled or withheld evidence of journalist surveillance from judges in Birney/McCaffrey case. Clear evidence that this is PSNI policy not cock ups. #journalismisnotacrime

Israel destroys second Gaza high-rise as military kills another 56 Palestinians, including aid-seekers

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Ben Jennings on the journalists killed in Gaza – cartoon Five journalists were among at least 20 people killed on Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza

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UN human rights agency says Gaza famine is direct result of Israel’s actions and may amount to war crime – Israel-Gaza war latest updates A report by Forensic Architecture and the World Peace Foundation says Israel has dismantled the proven model of aid distribution

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Journalists protest over press death toll in Gaza amid accusations of Israeli ‘media blackout’ strategy At least 190 media workers killed amid calls for investigation into actions of Israeli government

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Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report Israeli-Palestinian magazine says IDF ‘legitimisation cell’ set up to blunt global outrage over killing of media staff

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Sinéad O’Connor biopic in the works produced by company behind Slow Horses The film about the Irish singer who died in 2023 will be directed by Josephine Decker, with involvement from Slow Horses producers See-Saw

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Palestinian reporters killed, international reporters banned – Israel’s other Gaza war is over narrative Members of press and influencers covering devastation are being silenced despite protection under international law

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Kevin Rowland: ‘If I could bring something extinct back to life it would be the Labour party’ The Dexys Midnight Runners singer on being arrested 15 times, a crushing comment from his dad and a lesson from Shakespeare

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50 Irish movie classics available to watch free online Looking for a good movie to watch tonight? Right now, you can stream a variety of Irish screen classics old and new via the RTÉ Player and TG4 Player - and they're all free!

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As a Labrador swam by me out to sea his owner said ‘I hope he doesn’t meet a seal’. I later learned why He seems to have an irrepressible urge to shepherd his owner back to shore

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Blue and green cover of the book "Judaizing Christianity and Christian Zionism in Northern Ireland" by Véronique Altglas

Talking about Christian Zionism, Messianic Christians and Northern Ireland with @valtglas.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

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‘I was one of the few people able to document it’: shooting the Black Panthers – in pictures From bustling Free Huey rallies to private moments smoking with Angela Davis, Stephen Shames’s photographs tell the revolutionary organisation’s incredible story

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The forgotten music shops of Belfast Shearer's, Smyth, Parkers,Premier, Cliftophone, Smarts, the Coop

ABC News suspends journalist after calling Trump and adviser ‘world-class’ haters Terry Moran to be evaluated after now deleted post said Stephen Miller is ‘richly endowed with capacity for hatred’

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The Encampments director Kei Pritsker: ‘The students risked a lot to stand with the people of Gaza. That’s tremendous’ Documenting the protests at Columbia University in solidarity with Palestinians, Pritsker did not think he would end up making a film

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NUJ's Seamus Dooley expresses regret that the BBC refused to engage with Amnesty International report highlighting threats against journalists

Kathryn Torney, author of Journalists::Occupational Hazard outlines more than 70 attacks and threats on journalists since 2019.