Richie McC
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Don’t need to go looking for trouble, it always seems to find me.
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Do you know anyone who has received notice of benefits stopping because you have flown out of country but are now back? Email me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com. NI parents mistakenly hit in crackdown but there may be others
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin
Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Do you know anyone who has received notice of benefits stopping because you have flown out of country but are now back? Email me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com. NI parents mistakenly hit in crackdown but there may be others
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This has been going on for 77 years.😢
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This has been going on for 77 years.😢
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Another firsthand account of how those abducted from the Global Sumud Flotilla were treated.
To quote the Manic Street Preachers song:
"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next ..."
To quote the Manic Street Preachers song:
"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next ..."
I wrote about my five days in Israeli prison for the LRB. Remember with every paragraph that this is the cosseted version of the experience; it is infinitely worse for Palestinians www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Naoise Dolan | ‘You’re here now’
The steel handcuffs the Israeli guard locked on me were ‘Tri-Max Made in England’. Clanking mine to the beat, I sang...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Another firsthand account of how those abducted from the Global Sumud Flotilla were treated.
To quote the Manic Street Preachers song:
"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next ..."
To quote the Manic Street Preachers song:
"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next ..."
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John Sisk & Son has agreed to buy Northern Ireland contractor Farrans Construction in a deal that will expand the Cork-founded firm’s footprint across the UK and Ireland
Full story:
Full story:
Sisk to acquire Farrans Construction | New Civil Engineer
The transaction, subject to regulatory approval, will see Sisk acquire Farrans from building materials group CRH. Financial terms of the sale have not
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September 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
John Sisk & Son has agreed to buy Northern Ireland contractor Farrans Construction in a deal that will expand the Cork-founded firm’s footprint across the UK and Ireland
Full story:
Full story:
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Statement on the recognition of the State of Palestine.
August 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Statement on the recognition of the State of Palestine.
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Cicada emergence
August 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Cicada emergence
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Israeli rights group B’Tselem has released footage showing settler Yinon Levi shooting and killing Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen.
At the time, Israelis claimed Hathaleen was throwing rocks at Levi, but the footage disproves this, showing the settler randomly shooting at activists,
At the time, Israelis claimed Hathaleen was throwing rocks at Levi, but the footage disproves this, showing the settler randomly shooting at activists,
August 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has released footage showing settler Yinon Levi shooting and killing Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen.
At the time, Israelis claimed Hathaleen was throwing rocks at Levi, but the footage disproves this, showing the settler randomly shooting at activists,
At the time, Israelis claimed Hathaleen was throwing rocks at Levi, but the footage disproves this, showing the settler randomly shooting at activists,
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“You’re Not 20 Anymore”: HSE Issue Drinking Warning For Middle Aged Men Ahead Of Oasis Gigs https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/11/youre-not-20-anymore-hse-issue-drinking-warning-for-middle-aged-men-ahead-of-oasis-gigs/
“You’re Not 20 Anymore”: HSE Issue Drinking Warning For Middle Aged Men Ahead Of Oasis Gigs
AN URGENT health warning has been issued by the HSE ahead of the Oasis gigs in Dublin this coming weekend, warning middle-aged men about their planned intake of alcohol.
Did you come of age in the …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“You’re Not 20 Anymore”: HSE Issue Drinking Warning For Middle Aged Men Ahead Of Oasis Gigs https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/11/youre-not-20-anymore-hse-issue-drinking-warning-for-middle-aged-men-ahead-of-oasis-gigs/
Back to London where this Plastic Paddy hails from.
August 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Back to London where this Plastic Paddy hails from.
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Gardaí Stop Suspicious Audi Going Under The Speed Limit
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/05/gardai-stop-suspicious-audi-going-under-the-speed-limit/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/05/gardai-stop-suspicious-audi-going-under-the-speed-limit/
Gardaí Stop Suspicious Audi Going Under The Speed Limit
TRAFFIC gardaí have taken to Twitter to post an image of a suspicious looking Audi which they pulled over after clocking the driver going 110kmph in a 120kmph zone.
“We witnessed the car also using indicators …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Gardaí Stop Suspicious Audi Going Under The Speed Limit
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/05/gardai-stop-suspicious-audi-going-under-the-speed-limit/
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/05/gardai-stop-suspicious-audi-going-under-the-speed-limit/
R.I.P. Ozzy
BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" from The End (Live Video) youtu.be/7-thChxjcVw?... via @YouTube
BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" from The End (Live Video) youtu.be/7-thChxjcVw?... via @YouTube
BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" from The End (Live Video)
YouTube video by Black Sabbath
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July 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
R.I.P. Ozzy
BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" from The End (Live Video) youtu.be/7-thChxjcVw?... via @YouTube
BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" from The End (Live Video) youtu.be/7-thChxjcVw?... via @YouTube
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You simply can't beat Brianna Wu's assertion that the IDF are, quote, "20-something children", unlike the 9 year old Palestinian grownups they are genociding in between holidays to Cyprus.
June 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
You simply can't beat Brianna Wu's assertion that the IDF are, quote, "20-something children", unlike the 9 year old Palestinian grownups they are genociding in between holidays to Cyprus.
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Southeast of Greenland, this blob of seawater was colder between 1901 and 2021 than during late 1800s and its getting colder
Clearest evidence of a weakening of critical ocean current AMOC which will fundamentally change climate of W Europe and E USA www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Clearest evidence of a weakening of critical ocean current AMOC which will fundamentally change climate of W Europe and E USA www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Atlantic ocean currents are weakening — and it could make the climate in some regions unrecognizable
A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.
www.livescience.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Southeast of Greenland, this blob of seawater was colder between 1901 and 2021 than during late 1800s and its getting colder
Clearest evidence of a weakening of critical ocean current AMOC which will fundamentally change climate of W Europe and E USA www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Clearest evidence of a weakening of critical ocean current AMOC which will fundamentally change climate of W Europe and E USA www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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The Israeli ambassador's incitement has been in flagrant violation of the Genocide Convention to which the UK is a signatory. Britain has a legal obligation to expel her for fomenting support for the most serious crimes against humanity.
Read my latest: www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-the-u...
Read my latest: www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-the-u...
Why is the UK sheltering Israel's genocide-inciting ambassador?
It is long past time Tzipi Hotovely was expelled from London. Starmer’s inaction proves he has no intention of stopping his support for Israel’s crimes in Gaza.
www.declassifieduk.org
June 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Israeli ambassador's incitement has been in flagrant violation of the Genocide Convention to which the UK is a signatory. Britain has a legal obligation to expel her for fomenting support for the most serious crimes against humanity.
Read my latest: www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-the-u...
Read my latest: www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-the-u...
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Fine Gael senator Paraic Brady didn’t declare a property sale to Longford County Council for €67,000 – nearly double what he paid for it – while sitting on the council’s social housing committee.
Robert Troy also made undeclared sales to this council.
www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-se...
Robert Troy also made undeclared sales to this council.
www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-se...
FG senator didn't declare €67,000 property sale to council
While sitting on social housing committee.
www.ontheditch.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Fine Gael senator Paraic Brady didn’t declare a property sale to Longford County Council for €67,000 – nearly double what he paid for it – while sitting on the council’s social housing committee.
Robert Troy also made undeclared sales to this council.
www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-se...
Robert Troy also made undeclared sales to this council.
www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-se...
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"The banks were not bailed out" - Micheál Martin to the Dáil, Dec 16, 2020. 😵💫
June 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"The banks were not bailed out" - Micheál Martin to the Dáil, Dec 16, 2020. 😵💫
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‘Everything came so quick’: Jordon Ibe on Liverpool, trauma and starting afresh
‘Everything came so quick’: Jordon Ibe on Liverpool, trauma and starting afresh
Winger has overcome tragedy and mental health problems. Now, he tells Sam Dalling, he wants to give his football career ‘one last push’
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
‘Everything came so quick’: Jordon Ibe on Liverpool, trauma and starting afresh
June 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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