“The 2,000lb Mark 84 is the sixth-heaviest bomb in the US arsenal” ~ Akhtar Makoii Belfast Telegraph ☕️

“As we resist all forms of racism, we also come to clarity and resist the politics of deliberate confusion whereby “the party tells you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears” as George Orwell wrote” ~Alison Phipps The National ☕️🥐

“The settlers want to provoke confrontations and violent resistance, so they can brand the residents as terrorists” ~Gideon Levy & Alex Levac Haaretz ☕️🥐

“This latest stunt has catapulted you to a new celebrity category — the Bargepole Club” ~Suzanne Harrington Irish Examiner ☕️

“If his constitution can't get the basics right then it won't be worth the paper it's written on” ~Gillian MacKay Xander Elliards The National ☕️🥐

“This is where Catalonia failed. Its referendum was disrupted by brutality to which it had no answer. Scots must be prepared to stand for Scotland” ~Craig Murray Hamish Morrison The National ☕️🥐

What happens in France is important for the rest of Europe. Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

“70% surge in first-half earnings despite "severe disruption" in oil and gas markets amid the Iran war” ~Jamie Calder The National From our pockets they take. ☕️

“What does it say about a culture whose myths are more popular with other nations than their own birthplace?” ~Conor Rennick Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

“Details of state surveillance on Mr Kearney came to light as part of IPT proceedings involving two other Belfast journalists, Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney, in 2024” ~Connla Young The Irish News ☕️🥐

“None of us think that Northern Ireland is working or can be made to work. 100+ years is a long enough experiment” ~Claire Mitchell The Irish News ☕️🥐

“The proconsul carries out the instructions of Westminster; he’s not an advocate of people here” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

“There is no ceasefire. The genocide continues” ~Ilana Hammerman Haaretz ☕️

“The world has grown used to war” ~Colin Sheridan Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

“Burnham’s cabinet still features 5 MPs who were key players in the scandal-hit Labour Together movement” ~Steph Brawn Sunday National *don’t even mention LFI members ☕️🥐

“Performance matters everywhere. Except, it seems, in Irish politics” ~Colin Sheridan Irish Examiner The Occupied Territories legislation? …substantially rewritten… resembles a Temu version of the original… delivered a polished turd. 👏👏👏👏 ☕️🥐

“The money was, therefore, granted to the minister to be allocated to Irish-medium education. Yet, somewhere along the line, £5m of the £6m went walkabout, ending up shoring up other schools” ~editorial Andersonstown News ☕️🥐

“Being principled until those principles threaten your own power isn't being principled; it's being embarrassingly weak” ~Kelly Given💚 The National ☕️🥐

“People here don’t vote for British parties. End of. The problem here is different. It’s partition, not Reform’s votes” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

“As with Northern Ireland, Gibraltar is not ‘as British as Finchley’, and the Gibraltarians finally seem to be waking up to the fact that their path to a strong and stable future lies with Europe not with London” ~Tom Collins The Irish News ☕️🥐

“The perpetual state of agitation defining loyalist and Orange culture is a consequence of a failure to come to terms with the loss of a once-dominant and superior status” ~Chris Donnelly The Irish News ☕️🥐

Arrested for reading a poem … threateningly That’s where we are Xander Elliards The National ☕️🥐

“It’s impossible to overstate how pivotal and historical the creation of the ICC was for the pursuit of international criminal justice” ~Shona Murray Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

“a small step but an important step" ~Prof Séamus McGuinness Anthony Neeson Andersonstown News ☕️🥐

“Anti immigrant sentiment and Islamophobia have been perpetually weaponised to manufacture consent for foreign wars” ~Coll McCail The National ☕️

“giving the DUP a veto over all Ireland progress is the road to nowhere” ~editorial Andersonstown News ☕️🥐

“The DUP response to the latest stunt by the Moygashel Morons – placing a mock cardboard mosque on their bonfire to be burnt – provided a classic example of the party’s failure of leadership and political cowardice” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

“Graham (71), for those unaware, was a Republican senator from South Carolina. That’s about the only thing he didn’t exaggerate or lie about in his life” ~Aoife Moore The Irish News ☕️🥐

“Watching this World Cup beside my children, I have come to the conclusion that World Cups are a parent’s way of teaching children history” ~Colin Sheridan Irish Examiner ☕️

“The burning of another community’s emblems sends a clear message about who belongs – and who is being told they do not – in contested spaces” ~Patricia Mac Bride The Irish News ☕️🥐