Hannah McCarthy
@hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social
Irish journalist covering MENA
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Crowds outside Westminster Magistrate court this morning for
@kneecapceol.bsky.social’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, who was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London last year.
@kneecapceol.bsky.social’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, who was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London last year.
June 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Crowds outside Westminster Magistrate court this morning for
@kneecapceol.bsky.social’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, who was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London last year.
@kneecapceol.bsky.social’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, who was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London last year.
According to
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
the crew from
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
are being held at Ashdod Port. Anyone who refuses to be deported will be transferred to Givon prison in Ramla - the same Israeli immigration detention centre where Irish woman D Murphy is currently detained.
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
the crew from
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
are being held at Ashdod Port. Anyone who refuses to be deported will be transferred to Givon prison in Ramla - the same Israeli immigration detention centre where Irish woman D Murphy is currently detained.
June 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
According to
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
the crew from
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
are being held at Ashdod Port. Anyone who refuses to be deported will be transferred to Givon prison in Ramla - the same Israeli immigration detention centre where Irish woman D Murphy is currently detained.
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
the crew from
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
are being held at Ashdod Port. Anyone who refuses to be deported will be transferred to Givon prison in Ramla - the same Israeli immigration detention centre where Irish woman D Murphy is currently detained.
The lack of aid at the Sudan-Ethiopia border has pushed many Sudanese refugees into mining gold in the economically poor but gold-rich region of Benishangul-Gumuz.
My report for @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
My report for @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
May 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The lack of aid at the Sudan-Ethiopia border has pushed many Sudanese refugees into mining gold in the economically poor but gold-rich region of Benishangul-Gumuz.
My report for @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
My report for @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
Will be speaking about Trump’s first 100 days tonight at 10.15pm on Virgin Media.
April 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Will be speaking about Trump’s first 100 days tonight at 10.15pm on Virgin Media.
Some shots from the Druze festival Zariya that was held in northern Israel on Saturday.
Several hundred Syrian Druze attended for the first time since the Nakba and the foundation of the Israeli state in 1948.
Story to follow on @irishtimes.com
Several hundred Syrian Druze attended for the first time since the Nakba and the foundation of the Israeli state in 1948.
Story to follow on @irishtimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Some shots from the Druze festival Zariya that was held in northern Israel on Saturday.
Several hundred Syrian Druze attended for the first time since the Nakba and the foundation of the Israeli state in 1948.
Story to follow on @irishtimes.com
Several hundred Syrian Druze attended for the first time since the Nakba and the foundation of the Israeli state in 1948.
Story to follow on @irishtimes.com
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians displaced by earthquakes in the volcanic Afar region face dire conditions in camps amid USAID cuts.
My report from Afar for @irishtimes.com:
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
My report from Afar for @irishtimes.com:
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
April 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians displaced by earthquakes in the volcanic Afar region face dire conditions in camps amid USAID cuts.
My report from Afar for @irishtimes.com:
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
My report from Afar for @irishtimes.com:
www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...
The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrate Easter on the same day this year.
April 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrate Easter on the same day this year.
Easter Sunday at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
April 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Easter Sunday at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Story on the multi-billion dollar gold trade fuelling conflict in Ethiopia and Sudan to follow on @irishtimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Story on the multi-billion dollar gold trade fuelling conflict in Ethiopia and Sudan to follow on @irishtimes.com
As the war in Sudan passes the two year mark, I spoke with a Sudanese art college dean from Khartoum trying to teach his students displaced across the country and in neighbouring countries by the bloody conflict.
Story to follow in
@irishtimes.com
Story to follow in
@irishtimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the war in Sudan passes the two year mark, I spoke with a Sudanese art college dean from Khartoum trying to teach his students displaced across the country and in neighbouring countries by the bloody conflict.
Story to follow in
@irishtimes.com
Story to follow in
@irishtimes.com
My world report on how indigenous communities in Honduras are coping with flooding and extreme weather events is on RTÉ playback now.
@trocaire.bsky.social #DGECHO
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@trocaire.bsky.social #DGECHO
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January 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My world report on how indigenous communities in Honduras are coping with flooding and extreme weather events is on RTÉ playback now.
@trocaire.bsky.social #DGECHO
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@trocaire.bsky.social #DGECHO
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January 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Dressed in a crisp grey suit and red tie, Khalid Khalif, 65, surveys the pile of rubble strewn in front of the crumbling structure that once housed his family’s home in Yarmouk.
January 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Dressed in a crisp grey suit and red tie, Khalid Khalif, 65, surveys the pile of rubble strewn in front of the crumbling structure that once housed his family’s home in Yarmouk.
4 year ago today: Washington DC in lockdown after the Capitol Riot, as the city prepared for the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
January 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
4 year ago today: Washington DC in lockdown after the Capitol Riot, as the city prepared for the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
Dress shopping in Damascus
January 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Dress shopping in Damascus
First book 2025: Daybreak in Gaza
January 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
First book 2025: Daybreak in Gaza
The rebels ended the parade at the Ummayad Mosque with a sword dance. ⚔️
January 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The rebels ended the parade at the Ummayad Mosque with a sword dance. ⚔️
The souk’s famous ice cream parlour, Bakdash, broke out into singing and chants.
January 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The souk’s famous ice cream parlour, Bakdash, broke out into singing and chants.
Nearly a month on from their stunning victory over the Assad regime, rebels paraded through Hamidiyeh Souk in Damascus.
January 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nearly a month on from their stunning victory over the Assad regime, rebels paraded through Hamidiyeh Souk in Damascus.
Some shots from NYE in Damascus, Syria.
January 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Some shots from NYE in Damascus, Syria.
Happy New Year’s Eve from Damascus 🎉
December 31, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Happy New Year’s Eve from Damascus 🎉
Happy Christmas from Beirut 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Happy Christmas from Beirut 🎄
A memorial in Santa Barbara, Honduras to Berta Cáceres, an indigenous leader and Honduran environmentalist activist who was murdered in 2016.
December 3, 2024 at 1:50 AM
A memorial in Santa Barbara, Honduras to Berta Cáceres, an indigenous leader and Honduran environmentalist activist who was murdered in 2016.