A private jet touched down in Shannon Airport. Onboard were Palestinian deportees from the US, their wrists and ankles shackled. It’s not that the Irish state doesn’t want to involve itself with this depravity – it doesn’t want to acknowledge it. ontheditch.com/comment-the-sh…

A wreath-laying ceremony to mark #US "President's Day" was abandoned in #Galway today. Pro-Palestine protesters showed up to shame the participants at Eyre Square. And shamed they were. Video: Galway Palestine Solidarity Campaign

#MissingDogs #NewPort please share

Guess how much these nuns have contributed to the Magdalene Laundries redress scheme? You guessed it, not a single cent. irishtimes.com/property/comme…

I am heartbroken at the passing of our lovely friend Brian Devlin He was the best of men. My deepest condolences to his family and friends at this horrendous time. He will be deeply missed by everyone here who knew him. He brought joy and kindness to this place. RIP

Help bring #Lenny home

Very sad to share Brian died on 5th March. It was peaceful but sudden. He was an incredible human; warm, wickedly funny, courageous, with a huge sense of morality. His beloved wife, Maggie, family and friends are devastated but very grateful for all the love in his memory

Could I ask people to RT the post below. Please🙏 We urgently need to get answers for Sophie, who I was lucky to meet a couple of weeks back. She is another incredible child that has been so badly failed by the Scoliosis Services in CHI. For years she has been left in pain, her

Brian’s incredible book really does show his strength of character. It’s a compelling read.

Help needed Our bike for bringing our daughter about was stolen in Phibsboro last night - it's an orange e-cargo bike. A camera from a neighbours house shows it was two young enough lads that stole it. Most grateful if anyone spots it if they could DM me

Fuck Keir Starmer - A man who couldn't get us cancelled from Glasto - A man who couldn't beat us in court - A man who has destroyed the Labour Party - A man whose government supports war criminals in Israel with weapons and intelligence

I wonder if the Epstein survivors or the more than 170 slaughtered schoolgirls in Minab would agree. Micheál Martin, you obsequious, spine-free disgrace of a man. Ireland's shame.

Reminder if you click on a GRIFT media link, your data is hoovered up by a dodgy company linked to Cambridge Analytica, AggregateIQ. GRIFT is not a normal media platform, it's a political project of a far-right group run by the Mathuna family, The Life Institute aka Youth Defence

So it seems American anti-choice lobby billionaire Tom Monaghan (founder of Dominos Piazza) is taking over the former Cistercian monastery Mount Mellary in Co. Waterford as an Irish offshoot of his Ave Maria University, which he describes as a "saint factory". 🧵

I've written a short tribute to our friend Brian Devlin Brian Devlin and should you wish to read it, you can find it here - mrwillross.substack.com/p/remembering-…

"We've added 32 new sites. Overall, there are now 57 children's burial grounds in Co Sligo and that's probably just the beginning."  Just in one county. How cruel we were.

Another innocent child whose life was lost to the failings of our health service and government. Another child whose life wasn’t what it should have been due to sitting and deteriorating on a list. Another family left incomplete. Another home broken. Another family fighting

“We do not publish exhaustive career histories alongside every piece,” said McConnell about an article calling for defence spending – written by a man who works for an arms consultancy that asks, “READY TO COMPETE MORE SERIOUSLY IN THE UK DEFENCE MARKET?” ontheditch.com/daniel-mcconne…

A controversial pro-Israel lobbying group made an “urgent suggestion” to Micheál Martin’s department about lines to include in a speech he gave – and the taoiseach complied. The Claims Conference said, “We realize that this is very short notice." ontheditch.com/micheal-martin…

The Irish government wants to make Ireland a data centre hub in Europe - local communities need to get organised against this before it's too late