Coles
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An Irishman throwing an eye over the numbers. Not a member of any political party.
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Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
A historian who spent more than a month in Gaza at the turn of the year says he saw “utterly convincing” evidence that Israel supported looters who attacked aid convoys during the conflict.
Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor of Middle East studies at France’s prestigious Sciences Po university, entered Gaza in December where he was hosted by an international humanitarian organisation in the southern coastal zone of al-Mawasi. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
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Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
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There's no polite way to say this - if you still think Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are capable of solving the housing crisis, you're a fucking moron.
90 seconds spent answering the question "what is a starter home" without once getting near answering what a starter home might actually be.
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
"Starter homes are absolutely crucial"
"People just want to get into their starter home"
"It's about having that right starter home"
Re starter homes:
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There's no polite way to say this - if you still think Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are capable of solving the housing crisis, you're a fucking moron.
This is Israel.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights released some horrifying testimonies from Palestinians of getting raped by the IDF
“I felt a penis penetrating my anus and a man raping me. I started screaming, and they beat me on my back and head while I was blindfolded.”
pchrgaza.org/pchr-documen...
“I felt a penis penetrating my anus and a man raping me. I started screaming, and they beat me on my back and head while I was blindfolded.”
pchrgaza.org/pchr-documen...
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is Israel.
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Ivan just gave a solid argument for an investigation into Irish media for conflicts of interest. He just threw himself and every other Irish journalist under the bus. The public should know who else is double dealing.
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
‘Golden rule’ - Ivan Yates cites client confidentiality as reason he didn’t disclose media training of presidential candidate Jim Gavin
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Client confidentiality reason for non-disclosure - Yates
Former broadcaster Ivan Yates has said client confidentiality was the reason he did not disclose the fact that he gave media training to former presidential candidate Jim Gavin.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ivan just gave a solid argument for an investigation into Irish media for conflicts of interest. He just threw himself and every other Irish journalist under the bus. The public should know who else is double dealing.
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
Is there going to be any effort by the EU to assess the scale of deaths in Gaza?
Is it 70,000?
200,000? 500,000?
Israel has to be held to account for what they have done.
Is it 70,000?
200,000? 500,000?
Israel has to be held to account for what they have done.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Is there going to be any effort by the EU to assess the scale of deaths in Gaza?
Is it 70,000?
200,000? 500,000?
Israel has to be held to account for what they have done.
Is it 70,000?
200,000? 500,000?
Israel has to be held to account for what they have done.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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We've had trying to burn children in their beds.
We've had shitting on ballot papers.
Today, in expressions of "reasonable concerns," we have cutting the leg off a living, suffering creature, a pig.
We've had shitting on ballot papers.
Today, in expressions of "reasonable concerns," we have cutting the leg off a living, suffering creature, a pig.
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We've had trying to burn children in their beds.
We've had shitting on ballot papers.
Today, in expressions of "reasonable concerns," we have cutting the leg off a living, suffering creature, a pig.
We've had shitting on ballot papers.
Today, in expressions of "reasonable concerns," we have cutting the leg off a living, suffering creature, a pig.
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April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
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The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
This should be treated in the same way as any other crimes against Humanity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This should be treated in the same way as any other crimes against Humanity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you thought Israel's crimes against humanity would not shape other crimes for years to come you are a fool. People have been warning about this for decades.
If we let Israel get away with this it will be repeated over and over.
If we let Israel get away with this it will be repeated over and over.
How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan
For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan
For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same.
www.aljazeera.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you thought Israel's crimes against humanity would not shape other crimes for years to come you are a fool. People have been warning about this for decades.
If we let Israel get away with this it will be repeated over and over.
If we let Israel get away with this it will be repeated over and over.
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More bollocks. The only thing stopping Ireland from solving its housing crisis in a few years is the ideological inability of Martin et al to do so. Nothing to do with the EU, or anyone else.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
More bollocks. The only thing stopping Ireland from solving its housing crisis in a few years is the ideological inability of Martin et al to do so. Nothing to do with the EU, or anyone else.
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This.
To quote a Republican Spanish Civil War poster, “If you allow this to our children, yours’ will be next.”
It was true then as the world rapidly found out, and it is true now.
What has been done to Palestinians is a turning point in the world, not for the better. The doors are blown off.
To quote a Republican Spanish Civil War poster, “If you allow this to our children, yours’ will be next.”
It was true then as the world rapidly found out, and it is true now.
What has been done to Palestinians is a turning point in the world, not for the better. The doors are blown off.
I really hope Americans understand that the forced famine in Gaza and this are intrinsically connected
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This.
To quote a Republican Spanish Civil War poster, “If you allow this to our children, yours’ will be next.”
It was true then as the world rapidly found out, and it is true now.
What has been done to Palestinians is a turning point in the world, not for the better. The doors are blown off.
To quote a Republican Spanish Civil War poster, “If you allow this to our children, yours’ will be next.”
It was true then as the world rapidly found out, and it is true now.
What has been done to Palestinians is a turning point in the world, not for the better. The doors are blown off.
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Today marks 108 years since the Balfour Declaration, which in 1917 saw the British Empire promise historic Palestine to the Zionist movement laying the foundation for waves of ethnic cleansing and the ongoing colonisation of Palestine by apartheid Israel.
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Today marks 108 years since the Balfour Declaration, which in 1917 saw the British Empire promise historic Palestine to the Zionist movement laying the foundation for waves of ethnic cleansing and the ongoing colonisation of Palestine by apartheid Israel.
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Israeli warplanes strike Gaza as settlers raid West Bank villages - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-strike-gaza-settlers-raid-west-bank-villages
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza as settlers raid West Bank villages
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli forces on Monday continued to violate the ceasefire agreement with artillery shelling targeting the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. </p>
<p>Palestinian sources said that Israeli warplanes also targeted the eastern areas of Gaza City early Monday morning.</p>
<p>The report said that powerful explosions were heard east of Gaza City, where Israeli forces were demolishing residential buildings</p>
<p>Meanwhile, settlers in the West Bank's Khirbet Masoud attacked farmers and burned a vehicle during an attack on a village south of Nablus.</p>
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November 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza as settlers raid West Bank villages - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-strike-gaza-settlers-raid-west-bank-villages
The person who tried to murder the children in Drogheda needs to be hunted down and jailed for a very long time.
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The person who tried to murder the children in Drogheda needs to be hunted down and jailed for a very long time.
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Palestinians were never wrong — they are being annihilated by mercenaries from around the world. Israel summoned its terrorists from everywhere to destroy Gaza.
Archive | Jabalia, early 2024: Israeli terrorists mocking displaced and killed families, each in their mother tongue.
Archive | Jabalia, early 2024: Israeli terrorists mocking displaced and killed families, each in their mother tongue.
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Palestinians were never wrong — they are being annihilated by mercenaries from around the world. Israel summoned its terrorists from everywhere to destroy Gaza.
Archive | Jabalia, early 2024: Israeli terrorists mocking displaced and killed families, each in their mother tongue.
Archive | Jabalia, early 2024: Israeli terrorists mocking displaced and killed families, each in their mother tongue.
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A girl in Gaza found a bag of instant noodles left behind by the israelis: starving, she opened it to cook them, and they exploded in her hands
(Sarah Wilkinson)
(Sarah Wilkinson)
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A girl in Gaza found a bag of instant noodles left behind by the israelis: starving, she opened it to cook them, and they exploded in her hands
(Sarah Wilkinson)
(Sarah Wilkinson)
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The “increasingly fragile” ceasefire is a euphemism for “Israel murders scores of civilians, including kids, whenever it feels like it”, and somehow the “international community” plays along with this ghoulish charade.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 60 overnight as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile
Netanyahu ordered strikes on Tuesday evening after firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The “increasingly fragile” ceasefire is a euphemism for “Israel murders scores of civilians, including kids, whenever it feels like it”, and somehow the “international community” plays along with this ghoulish charade.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
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“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...
www.democracynow.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
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I definitely think about it every time Trump drops bombs on a Venezuelan ship. He called it
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I definitely think about it every time Trump drops bombs on a Venezuelan ship. He called it
It'll be interesting to see who FG and their media decide to beat up as consolation for losing the election.
My money is on 'Deggo' from the Fontaines, but they might just go "rural pursuit" some foxes.
My money is on 'Deggo' from the Fontaines, but they might just go "rural pursuit" some foxes.
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It'll be interesting to see who FG and their media decide to beat up as consolation for losing the election.
My money is on 'Deggo' from the Fontaines, but they might just go "rural pursuit" some foxes.
My money is on 'Deggo' from the Fontaines, but they might just go "rural pursuit" some foxes.
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...that is sickening
“I was brutally tortured inside Israeli jails. They electrocuted my eyes so that I lost them,” Abu Fool says...Gaza
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
...that is sickening