Tommy Greene
@tommygreene.bsky.social
Journalist, etc. | 'Troubled Waters'
(📖 on Lough Neagh - Merrion Press, 2026) | other ✍️ in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Irish Times, The Detail, openDemocracy, Private Eye, WIRED, Journal.ie, ElDiario.es, Computer Weekly, Prospect Mag, Irish News, Bel Tel
(📖 on Lough Neagh - Merrion Press, 2026) | other ✍️ in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Irish Times, The Detail, openDemocracy, Private Eye, WIRED, Journal.ie, ElDiario.es, Computer Weekly, Prospect Mag, Irish News, Bel Tel
A very interesting oral history project looking at questions of evolving identity and ties to (home)place. Stories of Irish women emigrating to London between the 1960s and 1990s told through a series of interviews/conversations between the various generations:
open.spotify.com/episode/09pJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/09pJ...
Episode 1: The Ireland Left Behind
open.spotify.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A very interesting oral history project looking at questions of evolving identity and ties to (home)place. Stories of Irish women emigrating to London between the 1960s and 1990s told through a series of interviews/conversations between the various generations:
open.spotify.com/episode/09pJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/09pJ...
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US-supplied internationally prohibited thermal & thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians, @aljazeera.com reveals. “We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part,” says one mother. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
US-supplied internationally prohibited thermal & thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians, @aljazeera.com reveals. “We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part,” says one mother. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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The PSNI will stop sharing data on migrant victims of crime with UK immigration enforcement in all but “very specific and exceptional circumstances”, after admitting that its previous approach “could be perceived as constituting institutional racism”.
✍️ @lukejbutterly.bsky.social
✍️ @lukejbutterly.bsky.social
PSNI curbs migrant victims’ data sharing with Home Office after ‘institutional racism’ concerns
www.thedetail.tv
February 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The PSNI will stop sharing data on migrant victims of crime with UK immigration enforcement in all but “very specific and exceptional circumstances”, after admitting that its previous approach “could be perceived as constituting institutional racism”.
✍️ @lukejbutterly.bsky.social
✍️ @lukejbutterly.bsky.social
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British investors have presented ‘advanced’ plans for Lough Neagh’s future.
Documents seen by The Detail show proposals that would reshape ownership and management of parts of Ireland’s largest inland waterbody.
✍️ @tommygreene.bsky.social
Documents seen by The Detail show proposals that would reshape ownership and management of parts of Ireland’s largest inland waterbody.
✍️ @tommygreene.bsky.social
Wind farms and carbon credits: ‘advanced’ plans over Lough Neagh’s future
Lough Neagh provides half of Belfast’s drinking water and more than 40% of Northern Ireland’s overall supply
thedetail.tv
February 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
British investors have presented ‘advanced’ plans for Lough Neagh’s future.
Documents seen by The Detail show proposals that would reshape ownership and management of parts of Ireland’s largest inland waterbody.
✍️ @tommygreene.bsky.social
Documents seen by The Detail show proposals that would reshape ownership and management of parts of Ireland’s largest inland waterbody.
✍️ @tommygreene.bsky.social
Queen's University Belfast cuts ties with George Mitchell, after Friday's Epstein files release
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
George Mitchell's name removed from scholarship over Epstein links
George Mitchell chaired the talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Queen's University Belfast cuts ties with George Mitchell, after Friday's Epstein files release
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
27th January marks the feast day of freshwater mermaid Lí Ban (who later became St Muirgen, Ireland's mermaid saint) - one of Lough Neagh's most captivating mythological figures:
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
27th January marks the feast day of freshwater mermaid Lí Ban (who later became St Muirgen, Ireland's mermaid saint) - one of Lough Neagh's most captivating mythological figures:
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It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Engaging and urgent discussion around growing health inequalities and creeping privatisation at the launch of @viewdigital.bsky.social issue - on safeguarding public healthcare in the North.
Powerful contributions from Patricia McKeown (UNISON NI), Sara Boyce (@ppr-org.bsky.social) and others
Powerful contributions from Patricia McKeown (UNISON NI), Sara Boyce (@ppr-org.bsky.social) and others
January 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Engaging and urgent discussion around growing health inequalities and creeping privatisation at the launch of @viewdigital.bsky.social issue - on safeguarding public healthcare in the North.
Powerful contributions from Patricia McKeown (UNISON NI), Sara Boyce (@ppr-org.bsky.social) and others
Powerful contributions from Patricia McKeown (UNISON NI), Sara Boyce (@ppr-org.bsky.social) and others
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HMRC deemed risk ‘remote’ and 'tolerable' before wrongly cutting child benefit for thousands
This was despite evidence from a pilot of the scheme showing travel data was wrong in 46% of cases thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...
This was despite evidence from a pilot of the scheme showing travel data was wrong in 46% of cases thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...
HMRC deemed risk ‘remote’ before wrongly cutting child benefit for thousands
This was despite evidence from a pilot of the scheme showing travel data was wrong in 46% of cases
thedetail.tv
January 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
HMRC deemed risk ‘remote’ and 'tolerable' before wrongly cutting child benefit for thousands
This was despite evidence from a pilot of the scheme showing travel data was wrong in 46% of cases thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...
This was despite evidence from a pilot of the scheme showing travel data was wrong in 46% of cases thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...
Declassified file claiming Gerry Kelly was key IRA figure in 1990s removed from Dublin archives at request of Irish government
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
File claiming Gerry Kelly was key IRA figure in 1990s ‘removed from Dublin archives at request of Irish government’
A once-classified file which included a secret garda briefing note that claimed Sinn Fein’s Gerry Kelly was a key figure in the IRA in the mid-1990s has been recalled after being publicly released by ...
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Declassified file claiming Gerry Kelly was key IRA figure in 1990s removed from Dublin archives at request of Irish government
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
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If it's not regime change, and it's certainly not "law enforcement," let's just call it a nuclear-armed oil heist.
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
If it's not regime change, and it's certainly not "law enforcement," let's just call it a nuclear-armed oil heist.
Private water company bosses in England still pocketing lucrative bonuses - £170,000 for a former Wessex Water chief, here - after criminal pollution failures on their watch.
This is in spite of Labour government's ban on performance-related pay...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is in spite of Labour government's ban on performance-related pay...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Former Wessex Water boss received £170,000 bonus despite ban on performance pay
Company owners say bonus was unrelated to water business and complied with ban after pollution conviction
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Private water company bosses in England still pocketing lucrative bonuses - £170,000 for a former Wessex Water chief, here - after criminal pollution failures on their watch.
This is in spite of Labour government's ban on performance-related pay...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is in spite of Labour government's ban on performance-related pay...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Lough Neagh fisherman takes Stormont department to court over faltering response to pollution crisis at UK and Ireland's largest inland water body
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environ...
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environ...
Lough Neagh fisherman taking Stormont department to court over response to pollution crisis
A Lough Neagh fisherman is taking a Stormont department to court over its faltering response to the pollution crisis at Ireland’s largest inland water body.
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Lough Neagh fisherman takes Stormont department to court over faltering response to pollution crisis at UK and Ireland's largest inland water body
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environ...
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environ...
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NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal
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'Deeply troubling': 63% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown thedetail.tv/articles/dee...
'Deeply troubling': 63% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown
The error rate in the wider roll out of the scheme (63%) is significantly higher than during the pilot (46%)
thedetail.tv
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'Deeply troubling': 63% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown thedetail.tv/articles/dee...
Prior to these testing stats being obtained, Stormont officials were warned that, as a result of capacity pressures at many wastewater plants, "a significant proportion of the biological load that arises in each catchment does not reach the treatment works".
How much of that ends up in Lough Neagh?
How much of that ends up in Lough Neagh?
NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Prior to these testing stats being obtained, Stormont officials were warned that, as a result of capacity pressures at many wastewater plants, "a significant proportion of the biological load that arises in each catchment does not reach the treatment works".
How much of that ends up in Lough Neagh?
How much of that ends up in Lough Neagh?
Chile elects extreme right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast - son of a Nazi Party member and an admirer of Pinochet - following severe 'law and order' campaign which promised deportation of undocumented migrants, largely from Venezuela:
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Chile elects Kast as president in sharp rightward shift
Kast's victory marks the latest win for the resurgent right in Latin America.
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Chile elects extreme right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast - son of a Nazi Party member and an admirer of Pinochet - following severe 'law and order' campaign which promised deportation of undocumented migrants, largely from Venezuela:
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal
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NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal
“It clearly shows there are hugely significant issues that many people will have suspected for some time"
thedetail.tv
December 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
NI Water’s pollution performance far below official figures, documents reveal
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thedetail.tv/articles/ni-...
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Chuffed to be part of this latest edition of View Digital magazine advocating for universal healthcare. viewdigital.org/latest-issue...
Latest issue of VIEW magazine: Why we need to support a public health service and resist a two-tier system - VIEWdigital
By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan I, like many thousands of other people, am a firm advocate of a public health system that is free at the point of entry. But I also know that our National Health Serv...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Chuffed to be part of this latest edition of View Digital magazine advocating for universal healthcare. viewdigital.org/latest-issue...