Top ten reads of 2025
YouTube video by Geraldine's Novel Opinions
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January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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December 2025 Roundup
YouTube video by Geraldine's Novel Opinions
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January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
youtu.be/Z_g4HNFq8FY my friend Geraldine reviews books on YouTube! Here is her December Review!
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A note allegedly from Donald Trump wishing late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein happy birthday - and alluding to their "wonderful secret" - has been released by House Democrats, after the US president denied it existed
Democrats release Trump's alleged Epstein birthday note
A note allegedly from Donald Trump wishing late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein happy birthday - and alluding to their "wonderful secret" - has been released by House Democrats, after the US president de...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A note allegedly from Donald Trump wishing late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein happy birthday - and alluding to their "wonderful secret" - has been released by House Democrats, after the US president denied it existed
Legend says they’re still looking for the ball.. 😂
August 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Israel has killed ‘record number’ of UN staff since October 7 – UN special rapporteur
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Israel has killed ‘record number’ of UN staff since October 7 – UN special rapporteur
We spoke to Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
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August 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel has killed ‘record number’ of UN staff since October 7 – UN special rapporteur
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BBC News, "The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
August 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
BBC News, "The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
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August 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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July 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm working on my next newsletter. Sign up here: buttondown.email/rosemarymosco
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JFM Research has made a submission to An Coimisiún Pleanála about the Proposed Property Developmentat the Site of the Former Magdalene Laundry at Sundays Well in Cork.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
JFM Research has made a submission to An Coimisiún Pleanála about the Proposed Property Developmentat the Site of the Former Magdalene Laundry at Sundays Well in Cork.
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NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
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July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
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A very honest & irate thread!
Unless you are a survivor of #abuse/#rape you can not comprehend the lifelong #trauma
The day I was 1st raped at 8 years of age the ‘person I was meant to be’ was murdered.
My whole life has been a constant battle to just exist!
A very honest & irate thread!
Unless you are a survivor of #abuse/#rape you can not comprehend the lifelong #trauma
The day I was 1st raped at 8 years of age the ‘person I was meant to be’ was murdered.
My whole life has been a constant battle to just exist!
A 47-year old man has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail for the rape and sexual assault of his sister
Brother jailed for 2.5 years over rape of sister
A 47-year old man has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail for the rape and sexual assault of his sister.
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July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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A very honest & irate thread!
Unless you are a survivor of #abuse/#rape you can not comprehend the lifelong #trauma
The day I was 1st raped at 8 years of age the ‘person I was meant to be’ was murdered.
My whole life has been a constant battle to just exist!
A very honest & irate thread!
Unless you are a survivor of #abuse/#rape you can not comprehend the lifelong #trauma
The day I was 1st raped at 8 years of age the ‘person I was meant to be’ was murdered.
My whole life has been a constant battle to just exist!
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Claire Adam, a Trinidadian-Irish writer, whose mother is from Cork, is among those selected for her novel 'Love Forms'
Trinidadian-Irish writer makes Booker Prize longlist
The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced with no Irish-born authors included this year.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Claire Adam, a Trinidadian-Irish writer, whose mother is from Cork, is among those selected for her novel 'Love Forms'
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Former national and Olympic swimming coach George Gibney is due back in Ireland to face 79 charges in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of four young girls in the 1970s and 1980s
George Gibney due back in Ireland to face abuse charges
Former national and Olympic swimming coach George Gibney is due back in Ireland to face 79 charges in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of four young girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Former national and Olympic swimming coach George Gibney is due back in Ireland to face 79 charges in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of four young girls in the 1970s and 1980s
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According to Institutional Burials Act 2022, Section 8, which refers to ‘Manifestly Inappropriate Burials’ all of the highlighted subsections apply to #Bessboro
The government is not above the law.
The government must be compelled to act
#Justice
#TheForgottenDead
The government is not above the law.
The government must be compelled to act
#Justice
#TheForgottenDead
July 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
According to Institutional Burials Act 2022, Section 8, which refers to ‘Manifestly Inappropriate Burials’ all of the highlighted subsections apply to #Bessboro
The government is not above the law.
The government must be compelled to act
#Justice
#TheForgottenDead
The government is not above the law.
The government must be compelled to act
#Justice
#TheForgottenDead
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Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
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July 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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Around 260 children with additional needs do not have an offer of a school place for September, the Dáil has heard.
No school place for 260 children with additional needs
Around 260 children with additional needs do not have an offer of a school place for September, the Dáil has heard.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Around 260 children with additional needs do not have an offer of a school place for September, the Dáil has heard.
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Fine Gael presidential candidate Mairead McGuinness is a multi-property, mortgage-free landlord.
The former European Commissioner rents out two three-bedroom homes she bought mortgage-free over the past decade.
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The former European Commissioner rents out two three-bedroom homes she bought mortgage-free over the past decade.
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Fine Gael presidential candidate is multi-property landlord
Her rental income from these two Meath investment properties is additional to the €800,000 she claimed in EU expenses.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Fine Gael presidential candidate Mairead McGuinness is a multi-property, mortgage-free landlord.
The former European Commissioner rents out two three-bedroom homes she bought mortgage-free over the past decade.
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The former European Commissioner rents out two three-bedroom homes she bought mortgage-free over the past decade.
ontheditch.com/fine-gael-pr...
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The plot is poorly kept, with the only two 'monuments', a broken plaque for Julia O'Donoghue in May 1984 & a metal cross with the wrong name inscribed: Doris Walsh instead of Ann Walsh in January 1985.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The plot is poorly kept, with the only two 'monuments', a broken plaque for Julia O'Donoghue in May 1984 & a metal cross with the wrong name inscribed: Doris Walsh instead of Ann Walsh in January 1985.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
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In November of 1927, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary purchased three graves, combined into one plot in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cork.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In November of 1927, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary purchased three graves, combined into one plot in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cork.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
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3 years ago today, I took a chance.
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
3 years ago today, I took a chance.
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
About time.
Given the choice of spending months in the US jail fighting extradition or returning to Ireland for trial, George Gibney chose the latter, writes Sean Whelan.
George Gibney's time in US drawing rapidly to a close
Given the choice of spending months in a US jail fighting extradition or returning to Ireland for trial, George Gibney chose the latter, writes Sean Whelan.
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July 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
About time.
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It's surreal to think that after 11 years, tomorrow is the day that the Tuam exhumation will begin.
796 children unaccounted.
With a test exhumation carried out in 2017 / 2018 - the preservation methods put in place that would last 6 months, may be gone, but...
Let it begin.
796 children unaccounted.
With a test exhumation carried out in 2017 / 2018 - the preservation methods put in place that would last 6 months, may be gone, but...
Let it begin.
July 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's surreal to think that after 11 years, tomorrow is the day that the Tuam exhumation will begin.
796 children unaccounted.
With a test exhumation carried out in 2017 / 2018 - the preservation methods put in place that would last 6 months, may be gone, but...
Let it begin.
796 children unaccounted.
With a test exhumation carried out in 2017 / 2018 - the preservation methods put in place that would last 6 months, may be gone, but...
Let it begin.
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I'm incredibly disappointed by Cork City Council [CCC] in their handling of my Freedom of Information Request [FOI] and how I am no closer to answers over 2 months later.
I was very clear in what I was after - to examine the burial registers of St. Joseph's & St. Finbarr's...
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I was very clear in what I was after - to examine the burial registers of St. Joseph's & St. Finbarr's...
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July 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm incredibly disappointed by Cork City Council [CCC] in their handling of my Freedom of Information Request [FOI] and how I am no closer to answers over 2 months later.
I was very clear in what I was after - to examine the burial registers of St. Joseph's & St. Finbarr's...
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I was very clear in what I was after - to examine the burial registers of St. Joseph's & St. Finbarr's...
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Draft: Here’s the report Children’s Health won’t publish
Children’s Health Ireland respects legal advice. The Ditch respects the public interest.
Will publish shortly.
Children’s Health Ireland respects legal advice. The Ditch respects the public interest.
Will publish shortly.
July 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Draft: Here’s the report Children’s Health won’t publish
Children’s Health Ireland respects legal advice. The Ditch respects the public interest.
Will publish shortly.
Children’s Health Ireland respects legal advice. The Ditch respects the public interest.
Will publish shortly.