Spontaneous combustion in Dublin, Irish Times 12 May 1970. I like that the coroner is called Dr Bofin.

Good to see a judge treating the Christian Brothers as an organised crime group www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

More than 300 former Christian Brothers to be named in newspaper ad as part of abuse case

Move follows ‘morally bankrupt’ legal strategy adopted by congregation against damages claims for past child abuse

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Petition here demanding she send legal observers to the trial my.uplift.ie/petitions/su...

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last wk.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee said that her department has "engaged directly" with Irish activist Daniel Tatlow-Devally on the conditions in which he is being held

I just signed this petition, calling on the Irish govt to send legal observers and demand a just trial of the Ulm 5 in Germany. Please add your name. my.uplift.ie/petitions/su... @uplift.ie

Support Ireland’s monitoring of Germany’s “show trial” against the Ulm 5!

I just signed this petition, calling on the Irish govt to send legal observers and demand a just trial of the Ulm 5 in Germany. Will you add your name?

my.uplift.ie

“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa

Another day, another Join Spouse visa application including 600+ pages of WhatsApps exported into txt format, font size 8, because the Department of Justice insists it has the right to read private marital communications before approving a visa Vithit bottle for scale #speirghorm

Nice to see Pico Lopes make the Eleven Named People team of the tournament. open.substack.com/pub/elevenna...

Golden Balls

FIFA hands out four individual awards, all gold, after the World Cup final. What if they handed out enough for a best eleven plus substitutes and a manager?

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You sometimes see Government TDs pointing out that Ireland isn’t unique in the world in having a housing crisis. But this graph in today’s Financial Times shows just how extreme ours is compared to the places elsewhere, which also describe themselves as a in a housing crisis.

Despite battlefield setbacks, the #IslamicState operating in #Somalia's Puntland region has managed to survive, just like Al Shabaab in the south. One reason is the loss of faith locally in #Puntland's leadership amid internal divisions. africa-conf.com/puntlands-po...

Islamic State exploits Puntland leader’s political errors

The jihadists ramped up their war from the Al Miskaad mountains as Puntland President Deni refocused his forces on Al Shabaab

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On Tanzania’s empty streets last week. It really was a Saba Saba like no other. thechanzo.com/2026/07/12/t...

Tanzania and Saba Saba Moment: A Nation in Need of New Hope - The Chanzo

Analysts view the Saba Saba call as another sign of reform in the political system to address challenges, including calls for accountability over the October 2025 election crisis

thechanzo.com

Allez Les Léopards 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩!!!!

Gasabo Gold home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...

Treasury Sanctions Rwandan Gold Refinery and Network Enabling Illicit Conflict Minerals Trade

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on a network working in coordination with the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement (M23) t...

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Huge get for Charlton here, all the smart money was on him going to Nvidia.

In 1957, three months after Ghanaian independence, the world’s most celebrated footballer came to Accra to teach. What Stanley Matthews left behind changed Ghanaian football forever. africasacountry.com/2026/06/the-...

The king of soccer

In 1957, three months after Ghanaian independence, the world’s most celebrated footballer came to Accra to teach. What Stanley Matthews left behind changed Ghanaian football forever.

africasacountry.com

'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide' - Ciara Mageean

Ciara Mageean on Israel: it's too easy stay quiet and not speak out

'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide'

irishexaminer.com

“A team of officers and children who are allowed to take on maintenance duties, called ‘Q Branch’, were given permission to use ferrets to kill the rats.”

The Foggy Jew@hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · last mo.

What in the absolute fuck is going on in England

“[t]he practice was for a member of the IRA to give a codeword to the gardaí in Dublin. The gardaí would then give this to the RUC Special Branch in Belfast, who would share it carefully with relevant parties in the North and in Britain..” www.thejournal.ie/calling-353-...

The codeword is Kerrygold: How did the practice of warning codewords work?

The business of terrorist organisations having a line of communication is a murky one.

thejournal.ie

Abdulhakim Nsobya, Uganda-born and living in Belfast, reminds us of Ian Clarke, Belfast born, and in living in Uganda. www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...

Opinion: We do not choose the country into which we are born

"The challenge before us is not whether we condemn crime. We should, unequivocally. The real challenge is whether we can do so without surrendering our commitment to fairness, compassion, and justice....

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@elaineburke.bsky.social well done for pointing to Musk inciting violence in Ireland on morning ireland’s normally boosterish business segment

I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.

If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.

Once more, with feeling: the Ulm 5 show trial continues theleftberlin.com/ulm-5-show-t...

Once more, with feeling: the Ulm 5 show trial continues

Farce, fury and pencil confiscations as Germany's show trial stumbles on

theleftberlin.com

Watching the world let this happen leaves me speechless www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Israeli minister confirms goal of large-scale expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza

Human rights groups and lawyers say ‘voluntary migration’ policy amounts to ethnic cleansing

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Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

14400 Gardaí in Ireland. In the last 9mo of 2025 there were 2704 complaints about members of the Gardaí from the public. 1440 of those were deemed admissable complaints. So for every 10 Gardaí, 1 attracted a serious complaint in a 9 month period last year. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Authority abuse, rudeness, neglect of duty among complaints made about gardaí to watchdog

Nearly 10 complaints were made daily to Fiosrú and 61 files were sent to DPP last year, annual report shows

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A milestone. For the first time ever, we have surpassed 2 million books on our website. That is 2 million books available to you through an independent, online bookshop. With competitive shipping prices. Shop local. www.kennys.ie

US State Dept sanctions Tanzanian cop Snr Asst Commissioner Faustine Mafwele www.state.gov/releases/off...

Designation of Tanzanian Police Force Official for Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights - United States Department of State

The Department of State is designating Tanzanian Police Force (TPF) Senior Assistant Commissioner Faustine Jackson Mafwele under Section 7031(c) based on credible information that he was involved in g...

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Daniel Tatlow-Devally's family asks why our Government is silent on an Irish citizen’s “unprecedented show trial” in Germany www.irishexaminer.com/business/ari...

Why is the Irish Government silent on Dubliner Daniel's German show trial?

Daniel Tatlow-Devally's family asks why our Government is silent on an Irish citizen’s “unprecedented show trial” in Germany

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