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Hiberno-English... Cúpla Focal... Hibernophile 💚 💙💛
www.rte.ie/news/analysi... "Iran is not simply a hostile state to be managed or a regime to be replaced. It is a country whose modern political identity was forged, in decisive measure, by what America did to it."
What everyone misunderstands about Iran
The story of modern Iran begins with a CIA coup in 1953 - and its lessons should haunt Donald Trump, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy.
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"we don't trust the US or Israel"... "In a sentence, Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more".
Statement on the unlawful use of force against Iran and on the defence of the international legal order... from ELDH European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights. (continued in comments).
Huge congratulations to Georgie Wileman for her win Best British Short Film at the BAFTAs for... "This is Endometriosis" 👏 www.thisisendo.com/watch-this-i...
FILM — THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS
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Let's all listen to what Akinola Davies Jr had to say... #Bafta
Amnesty International UK@amnestyuk.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe BBC’s decision to cut this section of Akinola Davies Jr’s speech when the Baftas was broadcast later in the day is shameful.
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Exciting times - great to see Italy playing so well... We did well to squeeze past them! ☘️ And Scotland! 🏉 🥳🎉 #SixNations #Rugby
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Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...
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They'll go far... Is it possible that Labour recruited them to defect to Reform to thwart Reform's wicked plans? 👀😆
The Irish mother of an Australian boy, who swam for four hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family, has said she is "amazed" at her son's bravery and added she "knew he could do it".
Watch: Irish mother 'amazed' at Australian teen's bravery
The Irish mother of an Australian boy, who swam for four hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family, has said she is "amazed" at her son's bravery and added she "knew...
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Five years ago many did this... But I kinda think the Irish Gardaí did it best! 💚🤍🧡 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGkz...
Gardaí Irish Police In Ireland Dancing on the Jerusalema Song
YouTube video by All Things Ireland
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So, if documentaries don't tend to do so well, why throw so much money at it... I wonder... 🙄 Earned $8 - "Melania, however, fell substantially short of turning a profit because it cost $40m to make and $35m to promote" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
Melania, however, fell substantially short of turning a profit because it cost $40m to make and $35m to promote
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An appropriate Irish salutation from 1st February... Spring in the air! 🌱🌷 Appropriate response: Spring in the air yourself! 🙃
a person is doing a trick on a table in front of a window .
ALT: a person is doing a trick on a table in front of a window .
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Further analysis by BBC Verify of videos of the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE in Minneapolis... and the Trump administration's description. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOMX...
Analysing the Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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Monetisation The advert said MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS so he thought he would respond by painting them in the changing light, like waterlilies in a pond.
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Phil Green on Instagram: "Kemi tries to chat to Tory MPs #kemibadenoch #tories #suellabraverman #conservativeparty #conservatives #reform #starmer #labour"
philgreencomedy on January 26, 2026: "Kemi tries to chat to Tory MPs #kemibadenoch #tories #suellabraverman #conservativeparty #conservatives #reform #starmer #labour".
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From Ros Atkins, respected BBC fact checker... his analysis of what happened to Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. 💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
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Andy Burnham blocked from running in Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andy Burnham's bid to return as MP blocked by Labour ruling body
Labour sources say concerns were raised about the cost of a mayoral election and a
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
