Democrats’ civil war over Israel is getting worse Social media algorithms drive users to what most outrages them,gives extremism an inbuilt advantage,blaming Jews and Muslims for society’s ills makes for catchier memes thn debating tax rate or future of healthcare www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

The Democrats’ civil war over Israel is getting worse

While the party fractures over Middle East policy, it is ignoring the threat posed by AI and social media

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Hundreds object to plans for Ireland’s largest new town in Castleknock, county Fingal (Dunsink dump was in Castleknock) www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

How did Michael Fingleton get away with it? Dogs on the street knew he approved mortgage loans to many journalists? www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Re-Turn appears to be delivering higher recycling rates,its costs deserve scrutiny. Admin costs rose to €21m, professional fees to €2.4m, marketing to €6.4m, CEO and board pay increased 16% to around €700,000. Greater transparency is essential for public confidence www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Re-Turn chief executive and board share six-figure pay rise

Body formed to manage deposit return scheme has faced political pressure to disclose remuneration to chief executive Ciarán Foley

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Shameful that local Fine Gael TD is giving out about cost of security for Ukranian refugee families - what is he doing to condemn local fascists who are attacking them? Michael Murphy TD www.independent.ie/irish-news/4...

€4m security bill to protect Tipperary complex for Ukrainian families fleeing war

Local TD has raised questions about costs and resources

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Michael Murphy had every chance to help reduce these security costs by doing anything – anything at all – to bring down the temperature in Clonmel in 2024, but like most of the councillors, he tried to stay out of it, giving Mattie McGrath free rein to incite shit

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The complex in Clonmel was the focus of repeated vandalism attacks, with security guards injured in late-night assaults

No nationalist would back a proposal for Stormont to host cancelled women's rights event - Doug Beattie MLA www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politic...

No nationalist would back a proposal for Stormont to host cancelled women's event - MLA

No nationalist politician at Stormont would countersign a proposal to let a women’s rights event take place at Parliament Buildings, a unionist MLA has said.

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There’s been a significant pollution incident on the Tolka river. Grey brown effluent in the water and brown scum on the surface. I took these pics in the section between Blanch and Corduff but hearing there are dead fish in the river closer to Damastown.

Turkey investigates veteran journalist for allegedly insulting Erdoğan www.turkishminute.com/2026/08/03/t...

Turkey investigates veteran journalist for allegedly insulting Erdoğan - Turkish Minute

Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into veteran journalist Ertuğrul Özkök over remarks authorities say may have insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during an online political discuss...

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In Jerusalem’s culture war, secular residents make gains Shabbat battles pit holy city's ultra-Orthodox against city council; religious influence is on the wane amid changing demographics www.timesofisrael.com/in-jerusalem...

In Jerusalem’s culture war, secular residents make gains

Shabbat battles pit holy city's ultra-Orthodox against city council; religious influence is on the wane amid changing demographics

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In Jerusalem’s culture war, secular residents make gains Shabbat battles pit holy city's ultra-Orthodox against city council; religious influence is on the wane amid changing demographics www.timesofisrael.com/in-jerusalem...

In Jerusalem’s culture war, secular residents make gains

Shabbat battles pit holy city's ultra-Orthodox against city council; religious influence is on the wane amid changing demographics

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Battle Over a Jerusalem Cafe May Be the Rallying Cry Secular Israelis Needed www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...

Editorial | The battle over a Jerusalem cafe may be the rallying cry secular Israelis need

In June, a new café called Basimta opened in central Jerusalem. It has become a scene of clashes between ultra-Orthodox and secular Jews due to the fact that th

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Turkey investigates veteran journalist for allegedly insulting Erdoğan www.turkishminute.com/2026/08/03/t...

Turkey investigates veteran journalist for allegedly insulting Erdoğan - Turkish Minute

Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into veteran journalist Ertuğrul Özkök over remarks authorities say may have insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during an online political discuss...

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“If we want democracy, we must — must — end the occupation.” Listen to Asya Adar, Standing Together activist and Solidarity Guard coordinator:

Tales of the Scald Wood 1 Well done to Fingal Council for treating the widespead invasive cherry laurel along the banks of the Tolka river near Blanchardstown village It outcompetes slow-growing native deciduous trees and ground flora, severely degrading habitats @fingal.ie @bgormley.bsky.social

Blanch Bat Gang are out and about in August🦇 Our 4th year participating in the Daubenton bat national survey, organised by Bat Conservation Ireland, along the Tolka River and the Royal Canal in Blanchardstown and Castleknock. Interested? email blanchbatgang@gmail.com. #bats #batconservation #fingal

Bad business? Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater Testing reports from the Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain water breaching Irish rules www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater

Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules

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Equality Commission NI "Public debate that fails to respect everyone’s dignity or that mispresents the law can make these responsibilities under equality law more difficult to meet, equality law in NI protects everyone’s right to be treated with dignity and respect" equalityni.org/our-work/new...

Swan flotilla sailing on Royal Canal, under Granard Bridge, Castleknock Rd. Blanchardstown Bridge view under threat from planned cycling bridge, as part of Fingal Active Travel scheme

Only in America Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be. The ruling pauses California's effort to limit the recycling symbol to products that are actually recycled, setting up a new First Amendment fight over environmental marketing. grist.org/accountabili...

Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.

The ruling pauses a California law dictating how the recycling symbol is used, teeing up a First Amendment fight over environmental marketing.

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Only in America Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be. The ruling pauses California's effort to limit the recycling symbol to products that are actually recycled, setting up a new First Amendment fight over environmental marketing. grist.org/accountabili...

Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.

The ruling pauses a California law dictating how the recycling symbol is used, teeing up a First Amendment fight over environmental marketing.

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Nicky Kyle says 'Growing & saving our own #seed gives us #foodsecurity - important in uncertain times. Do it NOW - or regret it later!' Advice on what to grow in August? nickykylegardening.com/category/lat...

Brown trout and eels dead in ‘significant’ fish kill on Dublin’s Tolka river in Damastown. Not connected with ongoing water pollution at Mill Road bridge, Blanchardstown which killed 1km of river for several years. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Brown trout and eels dead in ‘significant’ fish kill on Dublin’s Tolka river

Inland Fisheries Ireland investigating pollution incident affecting 2km stretch of river

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Turkey’s parliament says 2016 coup inquiry produced no legally valid final report On this murky basis - 127,102 have been convicted, 720,580 people accused of membership in the Gülen movement www.turkishminute.com/2026/07/29/t...

Turkey’s parliament says 2016 coup inquiry produced no legally valid final report - Turkish Minute

The Turkish Parliament has acknowledged that its investigation into a coup attempt in 2016 produced no legally valid final report, despite the government blaming the faith-based Gülen movement and pur...

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Turkey’s parliament says 2016 coup inquiry produced no legally valid final report On this murky basis - 127,102 have been convicted, 720,580 people accused of membership in the Gülen movement www.turkishminute.com/2026/07/29/t...

Turkey’s parliament says 2016 coup inquiry produced no legally valid final report - Turkish Minute

The Turkish Parliament has acknowledged that its investigation into a coup attempt in 2016 produced no legally valid final report, despite the government blaming the faith-based Gülen movement and pur...

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Swan flotilla sailing on Royal Canal, under Granard Bridge, Castleknock Rd. Blanchardstown Bridge view under threat from planned cycling bridge, as part of Fingal Active Travel scheme

Yorgen Fenech trial: ‘She never met her grandchildren,’ Daphne’s husband tells jurors, about profound personal toll the murder has taken on his family, one of the darkest aspects of the tragedy was that 'she did not get the chance to know her grandchildren'. www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_a...

Yorgen Fenech trial: ‘She never met her grandchildren,’ Daphne’s husband tells jurors

The victim’s husband spoke of the profound personal toll the murder has taken on his family, telling jurors that one of the darkest aspects of the tragedy was that 'she did not get the chanc...

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Eilis O’Hanlon: RTÉ radio soft-soaping, Convicted IRA bomber Martina Anderson plugged her autobiography, Choosing the Struggle,the “struggle” being the Provos’ preferred euphemism describing their habit of blowing up people in pursuit of a united Ireland. www.independent.ie/comment/opin...

Eilis O’Hanlon: With this kind of RTÉ soft-soaping, is it any wonder young people fall for republicanism’s big lie?

Anyone curious to understand how gullible young people are being radicalised into supporting dissident republican terrorism nearly 30 years after the Belfast Agreement could do worse than listen to th...

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An RTE analysis stripped of basic history. You can't treat a multi-generational existential conflict like a modern real-estate dispute over a 'Yellow Line'. For a public whose cafes and buses were bombed for years, a paper promise is a trap, not a security guarantee www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Hamas has moved toward disarming - now it's up to Israel

However sceptical you are, Hamas has moved closer to disarmament. Now Israel must uphold its side of the deal, writes Edmund Heaphy.

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