Jordan Devlin’s friends and family say he’s locked in his cell 23 hours a day, strip-searched by prison authorities twice every 24 hours and isn’t allowed to speak with his loved ones.
For the sake of provocation I’ll say no one wearing the Irish number 10 shirt has synthesised all that makes rugby beautiful like David Humphreys did against the All Blacks in Lansdowne Road in 2001.
An EU-registered ship will pass through Spanish territory carrying 440 tonnes of mortar bomb parts, projectiles and military-grade steel to the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) largest weapons supplier.
A Basque company this year sent more than a tonne of vehicle components to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems – the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) largest weapons supplier.
I knew things were about to get pretty Serious when I saw Stephen Collins. The Irish Times columnist had written yet another piece explaining we’d better start acting like adults because our betters in Europe and the United States aren’t looking at us favourably right now.
To understand Airbnb expansionism in Ireland look to the Gaeltacht. Since 2019 there’s been an 88 percent increase in the number of entire homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb compared with a 48 percent rise nationally.
Ivan Yates used his media training company to also lobby both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs – including junior minister Niall Collins – in hotel meetings on behalf of an energy company that wanted advice on getting “a favourable planning decision”.
Illegal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights – carrying deportees to African countries they have no personal ties to – refuelled at Shannon Airport this July and August.
The Irish state is prosecuting activists for, allegedly, doing what our leaders refuse to do: confront Irish complicity in genocide. Tomorrow in Ennis the trial of Áine Ní Threinír, Aindriú de Buitléir and Eimear Walshe begins.
Lufthansa – which has repeatedly conducted illegal munitions flights through Irish territory to Israel – has reluctantly engaged with Darragh O’Brien’s Department of Transport, taking part in a Microsoft Teams call after a Ditch report on its unlawful flights to Israel.
A secretive group lobbying government for the arms industry is working with Lockheed Martin to connect Irish businesses with international weapons manufacturers for “partnering opportunities”.
¶ Last Christmas I was at a party in a hotel in Rossnowlagh chatting with a few of the boys. It had been a bad year electorally for the left.