Lisa O’Carroll
@lisaocarroll.bsky.social
Guardian correspondent covering international trade from European perspective, also post Brexit affairs and Ireland Former Brussels corr, Brexit corr + former media corr. Find me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com
Glen Hansard funeral: Bono, Patti Smith many more but at the heart of his funeral was a wicker coffin, a grieving widow and family and an Irish music community www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Glen Hansard funeral: A wicker coffin, a grieving widow and a son too young to be there
The service for the Ballymun musician felt more like a party where he was the only one missing from the celebrations
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To all those in London who have seen Brick Lane develop from market for bikes, tools, 60s furniture to the thriving vintage market place it is today... You are now going to get a data centre at Truman Brewery (once so hip it was launch venue for BBC4) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy
Campaigners decry Angela Rayner’s backing for Brick Lane project that has only 11 affordable homes
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“The Moroccan police were shouting at us: ‘Go, go, go! Run now, run into Spain,’” he said. “The night before, they were beating people. But that morning they were letting us through. Nothing made sense.” Suspicion that Morocco had role in Ceuta fuelled www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Chaos of border crossing gives way to limbo for Moroccans on Ceuta’s streets
People among the more than 50,000 who entered Spanish enclave this week describe the journey and their prospects
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Exclusive: Some EU citizens in the UK have been contacted by the Home Office to say they were granted settlement status after Brexit "in error". If you know anyone this happened to contact me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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Latest insight on EU meeting on influx of migrants - virtually all' now returned to Morocco . meeting said to be "sobering" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
EU to hold urgent meeting of interior ministers on Tuesday over Ceuta crisis
Divisions remain in the bloc over mass crossing of migrants into Spanish territory in north Africa
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EU to hold extraordinary meeting of home affairs ministers on Tuesday to discuss Ceuta - Irish presidency has just announced. It follows division prompted by Giorgia Meloni's comments
Confirmed meeting will be held tomorrow, called by Irish presidency. A second meeting of EU ambassadors Monday.
Lisa O’Carroll@lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 5d agoIreland has also convened a meeting tomorrow, Saturday, within the framework of the Integrated Political Crisis Response (ICPR) mechanism, to discuss Ceuta elpais.com/espana/2026-...
Ireland has also convened a meeting tomorrow, Saturday, within the framework of the Integrated Political Crisis Response (ICPR) mechanism, to discuss Ceuta elpais.com/espana/2026-...
Última hora de la entrada de inmigrantes a Ceuta, en directo | Albares pide poner fin a la “confusión interesada” tras anunciar Italia la suspensión de Schengen
El Gobierno de Meloni asegura que activará controles aleatorios a los viajes desde España | Francia multiplica por cinco los agentes en la frontera con España | 48.300 de los 50.000 migrantes que entr...
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The Krupa building in Manchester is named after this family for those wondering
Lisa O’Carroll@lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 6d agoThey were evacuated as children from Poland in 1941 and ended up in the UK after their fathers's served under British command. They built their whole lives in the country. They even have a building named after them in Manchester. Then Brexit happens. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Woohoo - three London bakeries Ive never heard of but now wanna try … www.theguardian.com/food/video/2...
Flavour fusion in London's buzziest bakeries – video
Episode 1 of Feed with Jimi Famurewa, restaurant critic and food journalist, eating his way around the UK in search of the tastiest food trends
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They were evacuated as children from Poland in 1941 and ended up in the UK after their fathers's served under British command. They built their whole lives in the country. They even have a building named after them in Manchester. Then Brexit happens. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It was a big shock’: new border rules left couple stuck in Kraków after living in UK for 80 years
Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived as children of displaced Polish veterans, told they have no post-Brexit rights to return home to Bury
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Greg Gatjanis, former adviser White House crime intelligence, sanctions and compliance, says handling of Kinehan drug gang by Garda was "model" for international policing Speaking @macgillschool.bsky.social in fascinating session on crime with Alison Morris and Drew Harris
Beaches of Glenties! Wow - recommend a drive, hike or bike …
Taking a break after MacGill summer school in Donegal. What is not to like
US trade rep announcement on tariffs.. based on modern slavery bans
Lisa O’Carroll@lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 2w agoAFP: US announces new tariffs on many trading partners - over forced labor concerns, replacing an expiring duty rolled out by President Donald Trump earlier this year. The levies, which take effect on Friday, range from 10%to 12.5% Products already facing sector-specific duties will not be affected
AFP: US announces new tariffs on many trading partners - over forced labor concerns, replacing an expiring duty rolled out by President Donald Trump earlier this year. The levies, which take effect on Friday, range from 10%to 12.5% Products already facing sector-specific duties will not be affected
Vanessa Hartley, head of Google Ireland a VP of EMEA tells MacGill summer school that "75% of code" in Google now written by AI. Also reveals Google no longer investing in data centres in Ireland. "Ireland is now known for infrastructure bottlenecks," she says referring to planning perm app lengths
BREAKING: Google fined €890m . EU says it did not take into account the risk of Trump retaliating - it maintains sovereign right to regulate tech in its own jurisdiction www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
EU fines Google €890m for competition breaches over search and apps
Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in ‘fair and non-discriminatory manner’
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Exclusive: Man nearly sucked out of Ryanair window interview "I am lucky to be alive" “One man... was incredible ... he tried to block the window, first with a bag that was immediately sucked out and then with a suitcase, which worked." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘The explosion is what I remember’: man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane recounts ordeal
Exclusive: Ljubisa Karović tells Guardian the fact that he lived to tell the tale is nothing short of a miracle
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This piece well worth reading on EU-UK relations by @jreland.bsky.social of UK in a Changing Europe. Could Burnham segue from economic relations to security and defence. Easier topic for EU and for PM... and could also achieve growth through defence expansion ukandeu.ac.uk/what-will-an...
What will Andy Burnham mean for EU relations? - UK in a changing Europe
Based on what we know so far, Joël Reland considers how an incoming Andy Burnham government might approach its relationship to the European Union.
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Could there be an easy win for Burnham to get EU-UK reset over the line - some think there is (well there is always an easy win, it's just at what price) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What the EU wants from Andy Burnham
European leaders have made positive noises about the new UK PM, but he is likely to face the same restrictions as Starmer
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What the EU wants from Andy Burnham and Hamish Falconer www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What the EU wants from Andy Burnham
European leaders have made positive noises about the new UK PM, but he is likely to face the same restrictions as Starmer
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Maros Sefcovic reports "good first call" with new Europe minister Hamish Falconer
Who is the UK's new Europe minister - he's Hamish Falconer with a solid international career behind him in Pakistan, Middle East, South Sudan working on hostages, terrorism, human trafficking Here's my post www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Russia attacks Ukraine’s gas facilities as Zelenskyy faces further protests – Europe live
Plants in Kharkiv have faced three days of attacks as anger over the sacking of defence minister continues
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