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This week, The Journal's politics podcast looks across the Irish Sea to Keir Starmer's decision to lean Labour into much blunter rhetoric around immigration. Back home, a similar policy shift is happening — but in a much quieter tone. Listen now pod.link/1439226641/

Government drops plan for international protection accommodation at former Crown Paints site thejournal.ie/crown-paints-c…

A post shared hundreds of times on social media shows a blurry image of a man whom it's claimed tried to “take a child” in Cahir, Co Tipperary. However, gardaí and local councillors told The Journal that they had heard no word of such a crime. jrnl.ie/6711991t

Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly used AI to write letter to EU on Gaza aid, which quoted Swedish House Mafia jrnl.ie/6716927t

Man who fired shots in Carlow shopping centre before he died was on bail for firearm offences (via TheJournal.ie) jrnl.ie/6721489

'They were part of our lives': School 'devastated' after government deports two children to Nigeria - reporting with several TheJournal.ie colleagues today on the aftermath of yesterday’s flight and the anger it’s caused in some communities thejournal.ie/deportations-i…

At the Red Cow Ipas centre, one resident told me her children were “in tears” on their way to school after witnessing their friends being removed. “My daughter asked me, ‘Can we get out of the hotel and look for another place before they deport us? “What do we tell them?”

Almost 500 social homes have been delayed after the Housing Minister decided to halt the project, citing the costs involved in the multimillion euro public private partnership thejournal.ie/housing-delaye…

Draft proposals from a long awaited government strategy for land use are in, and indicate a big emphasis on dairy farming. But they've managed to unite some environmental groups and farmers, who believe the measures are a backwards step and unrealistic thejournal.ie/land-use-revie…

Fianna Fáil appointed a newly elected TD to the Oireachtas artificial intelligence committee – even though he holds stock worth thousands in an AI company co-founded by a man who “conducted classified intelligence work” for the Israel Defense Forces. ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-td…

'I was always with them': Man separated from family after deportation from Ireland to Nigeria Rasheed is now looking to be reunited with his family - they got a last-minute reprieve from an Irish court ahead of last week’s flight because of FGM fears thejournal.ie/deportations-n…

Rasheed Ismail, who had been the chair of a community group in Clondalkin prior to his deportation, says the government has made asylum seekers a “scapegoat” because of anti-immigrant protests. He’s now seeking for Jim O’Callaghan to hear directly from families he’s deported

New details emerging today on the PPP of 486 social homes pulled by the govt - Upwards of €8 million was spent by the developers to ready the sites - the project had twice passed government financial appraisals, before it was suddenly halted this month. thejournal.ie/housing-ppps-6…

Resharing this from last night: efforts led by the French are ongoing. Trump real estate pal Tom Barrack is in Lebanon assessing whether to veto the August renewal. Ten weeks to save Irish peacekeeping in Lebanon as US weighs up whether to end its support jrnl.ie/6737267

Tánaiste confirms US threat to Lebanon peacekeepers and will liaise with EU states to save mission (via TheJournal.ie) jrnl.ie/6739998