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In other news about how the poor live and die in our world: two jailed for life after 53 migrants die in locked truck in Texas irishtimes.com/world/americas…

Israeli military operations in Gaza ‘well over the top’ and US response is 'disappointing' says ex CIA chief irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/0…

They didn't beat Louth...just saying...

Here’s the piece I wrote for today’s Irish Times on the free speech implications of changes to the US student visa application process and related matters:

Journalists in RTÉ stood again today in solidarity with all media workers trapped in the hell that is Gaza & to deplore again Israel’s continued refusal to allow international media in. #supportpalestinianjournalists

Independent experts today urged the UK 🇬🇧 not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. “Acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as #terrorism.”

Nikita Hand’s lawyers will today address Conor McGregor’s withdrawal of ‘fresh evidence’ in appeal over civil rape case irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

“In my 20 years working in this area and working throughout conflict zones all over the world, we’ve never seen anything like this because occupying power is intentionally starving the population...” —CEO of Oxfam Ireland Jim Clarken

Court of Appeal to refer withdrawn material in Conor McGregor appeal for consideration of possible perjury irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

Watched Channel 4 documentary which BBC chose not to show! Very brave #frontline #GazaDoctorsUnderAttack are being systematically targeted in #GazaHolocaust. Proud to stand with fellow #naashospital #healthcare workers to protest #GazaGenocide‌ The Naas Ball Kfm Radio Kildare Nationalist

The High Court’s failure to grant interim relief Palestine Action means their proscription will officially come into effect from midnight tonight. This ruling allows one of the most extreme escalations of authoritarianism in decades to proceed without challenge – for now. It

Legal costs almost halved by adjudicators in 179 cases last year irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025…

I'm in the occupied West Bank for the Irish Times, as Ireland deliberates whether to become the first European country to ban trade from Israeli settlements considered illegal under international law. Here is my first report: irishtimes.com/world/middle-e…

Spain’s Ione Belarra: “Netanyahu is the Hitler of the 21st century, and failing to stop him condemns us all.” 🇪🇸 🇵🇸

When the kid you’re staying with borrows your camera… Taken in Masafer Yatta (the West Bank) this week, where I stayed the last two nights. Report coming soon The Irish Times

Statement by Ambassador Jürg Lauber, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on sanctions imposed on Francesca Albanese (Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt), the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

We’re appalled by the reported killing in Gaza today of children and women waiting in line for nutritional supplies provided by UNICEF’s partner organization, Project HOPE. The killing of families trying to access life-saving aid is unconscionable.👇 unicef.org/press-releases…

Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says. 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

A postmortem found toxicology results from the child’s blood samples showed the presence of Fentanyl irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

Our teams are seeing an unprecedented rise of acute malnutrition among people in Gaza. The existence of malnutrition in Gaza is the result of deliberate, calculated choices by the Israeli authorities: msf.org/two-msf-facili…