Comment: 'Playing politics' doesn't mean anything – that's the point
Simon Harris wants voters to know he cares about Gaza.
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'I'm on a phone, dude': Fine Gael councillor fails to declare quarter-share of €1.25 million second property
A Fine Gael councillor has admitted he failed to declare his co-ownership of a Dublin 4 property valued at more than €1 million. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown councillor Pierce Dargan did however declare his current private residence.
Former Fianna Fáil election candidate appointed chair of defective block appeals board
Housing minister Darragh O’Brien has appointed a former Fianna Fáil election candidate – once predicted to be Fianna Fáil ‘s choice for attorney general – as chair of the defective concrete blocks appeal board.
US ambassador warned of ‘consequences’ for enacting Occupied Territories Bill – 90 minutes later Micheál Martin said it would be reviewed rather than passed
A senior US diplomat warned tánaiste Micheál Martin's office and the taoiseach of "consequences" if government enacted the Occupied Territories Bill – 90 minutes before Martin issued a statement committing only to a "review" rather than enactment of the legislation.
The Ditch is going to court
The Ditch is going to court.
FedEx deletes evidence of illegal munitions shipments through Irish territory to Israel
FedEx last night deleted evidence from its online tracking system of munitions it illegally shipped to Israel through Irish territory.
Comment: Inaction (is a weapon of mass destruction)
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction.
Department has 'no records' of missile flight
Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s department says it has “no records” about a United States Air Force missile carrier that used Irish sovereign airspace earlier this month on its way to Israel.
More than a tonne of guns transported to Israel over Ireland last week
Israel’s national airline transported more than 1,300 kilogrammes of guns through Irish territory to Israel last week – despite The Ditch first reporting a month ago that the airline was illegally transporting munitions through the state.
Comment: Not a normal democracy
That's football guys. That's all it is. Now, what are you gonna do? - Tony D'Amato
US missile carrier flew through Irish territory to Israel
A United States Air Force missile carrier – used to transport missile systems, one of which the US controversially deployed to Israel last week – flew through Irish sovereign airspace four days ago on its way to an Israeli air base.
Comment: The tankies were right. (We always are)
Last night I got the venue for Clare Daly in conversation with Bernadette McAliskey wrong and ended up in St Dominic’s Grammar School on the Falls Road.