Can't believe BBC News is leading with the deaths of 5 Russians in the Moscow region when this is probably the minimum number of Ukrainian civilians killed by Russia for over 4 years, every single day.

Read my latest about arsenic, 133 times the legal limit, being found in the groundwater around Aughinish, and other scandals about the plant that are not being widely reported by the media. www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p/aughinish-...

133 Times the Limit

Arsenic and aluminum in the waters around Aughinish

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News is full of someone's death, who the women's whisper network would warn each other that if you brought a younger sibling/cousin to those gigs to never leave them alone with him.

A Government investigation into Aughinish Alumina was unable to get hold of "confidential" documents from Sweden relating to the plant's alleged ownership by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska It turns out the documents are available publicly for a €25 admin fee www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Aughinish investigators did not obtain Swedish document available for €25 fee

Authorities said they were unable to obtain specific information – but judgment is publicly accessible

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“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

#speirgorm #speirghorm #GAA #Mayo

I will be giving a talk on Ireland in the Epstein Files at this edition of the Freelance Forum, as part of a session on using public records for research I'll also talk a bit about OSINT and the CRO, but the Epstein Files are my case study

Dublin Freelance@dublinfreelance.org · 4w ago

Freelance Forum Autumn 2026. Monday 19 October Pearse Street, Dublin 2 For freelance journalists, students, photo+videographers, PR. Full details to book your place: dublinfreelance.org/freelance-forum-autumn-2026/

We've spent all summer killing civilians in Ukraine. @amnesty.org's account hasn't mentioned it once. Wonder why.

Now beginning to understand why they banned fans from bringing bottles with them.

I’ll never complain about another haka again.

If Argentina somehow win this, then Martinez should get MOTM

Cucarella cupping the hand over the mouth during that tense phase is surely worth a review by the ref

Some notable exceptions but my impression:

This framing is bizzare. It was never accused of breaching sanctions. Alumina isn't sanctioned. That's kind of the whole point

Embarrassing, ​while attending an #EU Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, Lynn Boylan complained about not being allowed to use her own language. When other attendees pointed out that she was entirely free to speak Irish, she quickly shifted gears, conceding, "I wasn’t prepared, so I’ll use English."

Breaking: MEPs have passed a resolution calling for an end to exports of Irish alumina to Russia. It's a non binding resolution but will ramp up the pressure on the Commission to take action.

They tell me I’m uncultured, but I’ll always recognise a bit of Beethoven.

Sin é www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOQ...

Selected aircraft & vessel movements 1 July 2026

YouTube video by Púca

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David@puca.bsky.social · last mo.

Timelapse on the way but here's one frame. It shows Irish Air Corps C295 MSA (#285) callsign KRAKEN circling vessel KIRKE as the Ukrainian aircraft approached. PANTHER, a PC-9 is between it & Baldonnel. HAWKEYE, a PC-12 is orbiting Baldonnel. WOLF1 & WOLF2, AW-139s are circulating near the coast.

Ukraine refuses Irish offer of armoured combat vehicles www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Ukraine refuses Irish offer of armoured combat vehicles

The 27 vehicles were first acquired by the Defence Forces in 2009 but frequently broke down and were rarely used

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⚡️ Netflix has acquired rights to the Russian series Masha and the Bear, which incorporates pro-Kremlin, militaristic propaganda aimed at children. 🧵 1/15 ⬇️

This ref is letting an awful lot go… #SCOMAR

Khannouss doing his best to get booked but the referee having none of it

The Irish govt will adopt the UK's stupid social media ban quicker than they'll do anything about a fascist owned social media platform, with its European base in Dublin, spreading sexual abuse material.

Lol, Russia Today has sent Chay Bowes to report from Aughinish

The fact that no European country's banned Xitter despite it committing crimes that would be crimes not only in Europe but in the free speech extremist US (child porn & revenge porn manufacturing & distribution) is the reductio ad absurdum of why weakening free speech guarantees never fucking works.

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

there were already many reasons to do this but Elon Musk actively encouraging racist violence in Belfast should be the final straw for every UK government institution to stop doing business - including being on X - with him in any way, and for him to be barred from entry to the country.

As much as this FIFA WC is a steaming pile of dog 💩 I am very much looking forward to seeing more examples of Trump being booed just like this, from all nations of the world

Trump booed at Knicks-Spurs game as he became first US president at NBA Finals

The catcalls came after ticketholders faced airport-style security to enter the venue at Madison Square Garden.

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😠 1.6 million Ukrainian children have lived under Russian occupation since 2014, with 742,000 forcibly relocated or deported to Russia between Feb and Dec 2022 alone, Ukraine's ombudsman says.

We'll have a significant update on Rusal and Deripaska in tomorrow's paper

Amazing how quickly the Aughinish Alumina story has simply been dropped out of the Irish news cycle. The Irish Times and RTE have nothing to say that about a story that is potentially very embarrassing to the Irish government @irishtimes.com @news.rte.ie