Take a look at this worrying report about the growing concerns that police in Northern Ireland have been placing journalists & lawyers under surveillance & intercepting communications. computerweekly.com/news/366581556…

It is a pleasure to announce that ‘Silent Testimony’, my exhibition which reveals the stories of 18 people connected by their individual experiences of loss through the Troubles in Northern Ireland, will be on show at the National Portrait Gallery London, 22 April ’24 to Feb ’25.

Ruby has broken some incredible investigative stories over recent years.
She has sadly just been made redundant.

She'd be a great hire for anyone ruby lott-lavigna

👍🏼👍🏼

Let's send her some support 👍🏼👍🏼

Sad day at openDemocracy. But some serious talent in the market now for those hiring.

William Wragg's photo shoot for the Times, with his wifi password on full display.

#OTD 1998, the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement was signed. One of the crucial figures in this process was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Mo Mowlam.

Find out about Mowlam's career and the impact she had on the peace process👇 #OralHistory ow.ly/56Pk50NyqkB

📣 NEW REPORT 📣

We need to reform the House of Lords!

Our research found almost 1 in 4 party nominations were political donors – handing over £58 million since 2013.

This is damaging public trust and bringing the Lords into disrepute.

Read more ➡️ transparency.org.uk/seats-sale-new…

🤔, think this one predates the pandemic

Votes yesterday on adoption of EU anti-SLAPP law - Hungary voted against, Denmark opted out, Ireland opted in

Concerns are growing that a bill being rushed through parliament to curtail abusive SLAPPs lawsuits could be counterproductive. 'The law is undermined by the inclusion of a subjective inquiry into the claimant’s mind, a costly and difficult exercise'
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New piece from Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack
and Lara Dihmis on one of the several lawsuits involving Julio Herrera Velutini, whose Britannia Financial Group donated £500k+ to the Conservative Party. Worth a read, especially the FinCEN bit not picked-up in the UK yet occrp.org/en/daily/18534…

Some day for Niall Carson 📷 portfolio.

Paul Givan ceili dancing at Gaelscoil Aodha Rua in Dungannon in the morning.

Michelle O’Neill Emma Little-Pengelly BL Aisling Reilly SF & Pam Cameron MLA playing camogie at St Paul’s GAC in west Belfast in the afternoon.

BREAKING: US Treasury sanctions commercial spyware consortium & key enablers for spyware abuses.

OFAC designations = America’s big gun.

First time they’re used against a mercenary spyware company.

Huge deal, let me break the #sanctions against #Intellexa down 1/

PeacePlayers has been working with a brilliant group of final-year Business Management Students from QUB on their consultancy project. It would be great if you would take the time to complete the survey yourself and also share it with colleagues.
Thank You
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Impossibly proud of my brother jvantulleken who directed the pilot episodes of #Shōgun on Disney+.

Here he is (on a slightly lower budget production) showing the same commitment he always does to getting the shot.

This is incredibly shocking and opens a big can of worms as regards the snooping of journalists

.Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has won an intermediary ruling in what the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition called a SLAPP suit designed to harass reporters. Lawyers for Mr. Hawrami, the former Kurdish oil minister, asked the court for a summary judgment against us. It was rejected. antislapp.uk/2024/02/27/the…

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our former President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Peter Gregson.

He was a values-led, inspirational leader, whose commitment to Queen’s students, @QUBStaff and the wider University community was unwavering.

Our entire

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked emails reveal Tory peer Michelle Mone assured the government she was not entitled to “any financial benefit whatsoever” from PPE Medpro;

Five months later £29m of its profits were transferred into a trust benefitting her and children.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

End of days stuff