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🚨Joining us in Doyle's, Dublin 2 on Monday, 3 November at 6pm🚨

Eman Mohammed in conversation with The Ditch, Naoise Dolan and Liam Cunningham

The evening before the trial of the Shannon Three in Ennis
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Doyle's, Monday, 6pm

The state begins its prosecution of protesters for their alleged attempts to do what government won't: inspect US war planes in Shannon

Join The Ditch in conversation – and solidarity – with Naoise Dolan and Liam Cunningham the evening before the trial
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We welcome the Spanish high court judicial investigation – for complicity in crimes against humanity or genocide – into executives who exported steel to an Israeli weapons factory, as reported by The Ditch.
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Ditch live with Ghais Guevara

Thursday, 6pm, Connolly Books, Dublin

‘There’s no other rapper doing geopolitical communist rap.’ - Vice

Before his gig in the Sound House, Philadelphia’s Ghais Guevara chats with The Ditch about class, culture and Black Bolshevism.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🎵Eoghan's at the wheel🎵

Manchester: The Ditch's Eoghan McNeill speaks at the World Transformed festival about Ireland’s complicity and role in imperialism today

Saturday, 11 October, 10am
October 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🚨Breaking🚨

Swiss company Swissto12 says it’s ended a contract to supply antennae to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems after The Ditch x
@Heidi_news
reported that one of its shipments is heading for Tel Aviv today.
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The people of Wilmington, North Carolina protest a Nazi regime-linked company being among the suppliers of 563 tonnes of bomb shells and ammunition to Israel from the US – as reported by The Ditch Thursday
October 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨Breaking🚨

Last month The Ditch reported that Basque company AMC was supplying parts to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.

Protesters showed up to its office.

Now it says it has “decided to stop selling to Israel”.
October 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Another win for The Ditch and BDS.

After The Ditch uncovered evidence the Marianne Danica was transporting 18 containers of artillery projectiles to Israel, the people of Cabo Verde said: No.

Cabo Verde has refused the ship harbour.

We will continue.
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨Joining us this afternoon: 2.30pm, 30 Anne Street South🚨

Senator Alice Mary Higgins, one of the original sponsors of the Occupied Territories Bill, in conversation with rapper and activist Lowkey and The Ditch

A live chat about the left, Palestine and the west
September 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨Tomorrow at 2.30pm – 30 Anne Street South, Dublin 2 🚨

The Ditch in conversation with
@Lowkey0nline

More to follow. Places limited
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🚨Breaking🚨

Israeli war bonds won’t be sold in Ireland from tomorrow.

Israel today moved its bond prospectus approval process to Luxembourg.

It has also not included Ireland as one of the member states where it will sell its war bonds.
September 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
'RTÉ? It's become an embarrassment to itself and everyone around it. You're weak and outta control.'
July 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Ditch stands with all those doing what they can to confront genocide and our state’s complicity in it.

Nell Buckley, Emma O'Grady, Jane Windey and others appear in Ennis District Court on September 10, and The Ditch will stand with them. We encourage others to join us.
July 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Ditch's Eoghan McNeill chats with Trinity BDS and the Independent Workers’ Union in Trinity College's Teatar M. Uí Chadhain

Tomorrow, Saturday 18 July, 3pm
July 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨In a 'groundbreaking ruling' a Brussels court today imposed penalties on the Flemish government over its 'passive attitude' to Israel’s war on Gaza in legal proceedings brought after The Ditch and De Morgen reported a defence firm was shipping parts from Belgium to Israel⬇️
July 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed and Drop Site's Ryan Grim at The Ditch x @dropsitenews.com meetup

Tomorrow evening, Doyle's, Dublin 2, from 6pm

⬇️Recommend RSVPing in link below⬇️
July 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Joining us at our Ditch x @dropsitenews.com meetup this Thursday

Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed

Along with Catherine Connolly, Drop Site’s Ryan Grim and The Ditch’s Paulie Doyle and Eoghan McNeill

Doyle’s, Dublin 2 | 17 July | From 6pm
July 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This Thursday, 17 July | Doyle's, Dublin 2 | From 6pm

The Ditch x
@dropsitenews.com meetup

Chats with independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, Drop Site's Ryan Grim and The Ditch's senior hurlers
July 14, 2025 at 4:43 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.
July 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Earlier today The Ditch, with @disclosengo.bsky.social, published a story about a secret shipment of ammunition links to Israel.

These workers recognised their power. They used it.

‘This container has been set aside, and the dockers will not load it onto the ship.’
June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Ditch’s Paulie Doyle talks neutrality at the Rupture Radical Book Fair tomorrow at 1.30pm

The fair runs 12-5pm with talks from 12-7pm and a social afterwards – free entry in the Teachers Club
May 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tomorrow | An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk | 7pm

The Ditch’s Eoghan McNeill joins Neutrality Now’s roadshow
May 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚨Breaking 🚨 A FedEx flight from Memphis to Cologne carrying six shipments of F-35 combat jet parts to Nevatim IDF airbase has just entered Irish airspace.

The state continues to allow FedEx break Irish air navigation law while Shannon activists are prosecuted.
May 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The conclusions and recommendations have not changed.

Now these unnecessary hip surgeries have finally, reluctantly, been confirmed by official, establishment channels, it is incumbent on the state to meaningfully intervene on behalf of those affected – and not take 18 months.
May 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM