Hannah McCarthy
@hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social
Irish journalist covering MENA Signal HMCC.73
Irish President, Israeli forest. @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social writes
How Éamon de Valera came to be honoured with a forest in Israel — and why it’s now forgotten
A neglected woodland in northern Israel offers a window into Éamon de Valera’s legacy and a lost moment of Irish-Israeli goodwill
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Popping the link to this recent excellent report, by @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social and @rachellevine.bsky.social here for anyone who may have missed it. www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums
Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums
irishtimes.com
Delighted to have been nominated for two Irish press awards for my foreign reporting from Cuba, Guatemala and Palestine and my video reporting with Emmanuel Balam in Guatemala. lnkd.in/eJBeeUgr lnkd.in/etCVPDPz lnkd.in/ge7hTXYM
‘Young people are being put in jail for nothing’: Inside Kenya’s battle over cannabis My latest for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
irishtimes.com
Great report by @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social & @rachellavin.bsky.social on the wanton devastation in Gaza Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums
Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums
irishtimes.com
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp. @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social and I analysed satellite imagery to look at three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums... www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums
Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums
irishtimes.com
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums Latest with @rachellavin.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums
Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums
irishtimes.com
“Sports infrastructure has been a direct target of the Israeli military machine” Great piece from @rachellavin.bsky.social and @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social on the destruction of football in Gaza. www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums
Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums
irishtimes.com
My World Report for RTÉ on tensions over elephant conservation efforts is up on playback now. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
World Report - 4 October 2026
From the unusual to the topical, World Report brings you interesting stories from around the world.
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Who is poisoning Kenya’s elephants? My latest for Kenya for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
Who is poisoning Kenya’s elephants?
A spate of suspicious deaths has exposed mounting conflict over land, conservation and livelihoods in one of Kenya’s most celebrated wildlife havens
irishtimes.com
Key points from Micheál Martin's address at #UNGA81 -International legal order under strain; ICC necessary ⚖️ -Russia 🇷🇺 must be held accountable for Ukraine 🇺🇦 war -Backsliding on women’s rights, with reference to Afghanistan 🇦🇫
Iran has given the Trump administration a proposal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks over an end to the broader war within seven days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
Iran says it has given Trump administration new proposal for peace talks
The proposal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks over an end to the broader war within seven days, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
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Martin on UN reform: "We need the Security Council to live up to its mandate and respond to the crises around us. Too long, the veto has stymied the Council and eroded its legitimacy."
Martin makes strong statement on women's rights in address to UNGA while all four seats at the Irish delegate table occupied by men.
Martin on Palestine at the UN: "Ireland, like most gathered here, believe that the only viable solution to the decades of conflict, misery, and waste in human lives is a situation where a state of Palestine and a state of Israel live side by side in peace, security, and dignity."
Strong words on the ICC and International law from Martin: "We will continue to support efforts to hold Russia accountable for its actions, there can be no impunity for war crimes-not in Ukraine, not anywhere-and that is why Ireland is a steadfast supporter of the International Criminal Court."
Should Ireland have walked out on Netanyahu’s UN speech?
Netanyahu's address at UNGA: "I vowed to prevent Iran's murderous dictatorship from developing atomic bombs, nuclear weapons aimed at destroying Israel, and. the entire world. That's exactly what we did."
Dozens of diplomats leave the hall as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu takes the podium to start his address at #UNGA81, while loud pro-Israel chants are made by his supporters in the press gallery.
Alan Dershowitz and Sid Rosenberg have arrived in the press gallery in advance of Netanyahu’s speech at #UNGA81.
Hundreds of protestors have gathered near the UN HQ in NY in advance of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at #UNGA81 today. Those protesting include Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese and Jewish New Yorkers.
Press gallery filling up ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at #UNGA81
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered his address at the UN General Assembly remotely from Ramallah for the second year in a row after the Trump administration again denied him and other senior Palestinian officials US visas to travel to the UN headquarters in New York.
Marabou storks circle the smoke-filled sky as a 12-year-old boy returns from the top of a hill of smouldering waste carrying plastic sheets he gathered at Dandora, a sprawling 30-acre dumpsite in the eastern suburbs of Nairobi. Full story: www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
