Aviator sunglasses hide demented eyes
in a skull full of bank logos and forgotten AIPAC speeches,
boozy nights of rapefinger whisperings and Beltway balrogs,
and fundraising wisecracks with smiles made of Gaddafi's bones,
brain now crowded with paper shredders
and frantic,

The real story of phone hacking

🔴 Political surveillance of politicians investigating Murdoch

🔴 Destruction and concealment of evidence from police

Ten years on from the phone hacking trial, Nick Davies tells an even more shocking story

prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ph…

The Murdoch company was using criminal means to spy on the heart of democracy, targeting politicians of every rank, right up to the level of the government’s own law officer, Dominic Grieve.. and Gordon Brown, when chancellor and then prime minister
prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ph…

📢 A protestor called Ursula von der Leyen a war criminal ahead of the first debate with the lead candidates in the European elections, which took place in Maastricht on the 29th of April.

'15,000 children are dead (in Gaza), and all you do is laugh,' the protestor shouted.

Incredible moment hero dog saves another dog stranded on a surfboard

Debunked: Image of Garda standoff shared after Newtownmountkennedy protests is AI-generated
jrnl.ie/6368028t

Only 16% of plumbers and 25% of electricians qualified within the stated 4 year period.

Doesn't sound like a Gov which is prioritising apprenticeships to me 🤷🏼‍♀️

The Rural Independent's Richard O'Donoghue & Michael Healy-Rae decided to attack SF rather than the government's record. It didn't go well after Pearse Doherty reminded them of their voting record on the issue. They didn't turn up!!

#CostofLivingCrisis
⛽️ #FuelTax

'How can the UK speak with moral authority abroad when it’s hiding all these things, both in the colonial past and in the Northern Ireland conflict?” - Gisle Kvanvig, international department at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.' irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

The real wonder women 🫶🏽

A preliminary IDF investigation into the deaths of two Israeli reservists in Gaza found that they were killed by an IDF tank shell fired at the building in which they were staying due to a mistaken identification
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

McDonald’s results hurt by mideast war, slowing US growth irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

Senator Lynn Boylan calls for urgent action to address tracking devices used by stalkers

'It is imperative that legislation is swiftly reviewed to ensure we can combat this insidious form of abuse.'

vote.sinnfein.ie/senator-lynn-b… Lynn Boylan 🍷📖🐾

Bizarre and possibly defamatory email from TCD provost Linda Doyle to the entire student cohort. Clearly designed to produce a chilling effect - hopefully it leads to backlash instead. Students and staff must speak up and ensure TCD does not bring Columbia’s tactics to Ireland.

Israeli official David Mencer admits they murder people waving white flags (and their own people) but still repeats the same lies regardless.

FUCK ISRAEL

On the eve of the Legacy Act, the Leonard family have been granted their fresh Inquest. Repeal the Legacy Act now.

I'm calling on the Irish government to back the Freedom Flotilla trying to get essential food and supplies to Gaza. They urgently need a flag to fly under. Can you sign? my.uplift.ie/petitions/allo… via Uplift

Northern Ireland's Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the death of William McGreanery more than fifty years ago in Londonderry.
bbc.in/4dnD5Zh

The Govt does not have a democratic mandate to dismantle Irish military neutrality. If they wish to change this policy they need to go to the people and seek their democratic permission to do so.