We have now sent the €2,300 raised via the NUJ Members Supporting Palestinian Journalists table quiz in Foley's of Merrion Row on Friday to the IFJ Solidarity Fund. It will go straight to نقابة الصحفيين Palestinian Journalists Syndicate relief efforts in Gaza. NUJ NUJDublinBroadcasting

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Irish journalists in Dublin gathered last night to show solidarity with fellow media workers in Gaza & raise funds. NUJ member’s quiz was packed out & c €2000 raised. Our message: Israel’s killing of journalists has to stop. #SupportPalestinianJournalists
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⁦The Irish Times⁩ team trying not to look smug after winning a table quiz in Foley’s pub last night. Of course we returned the prize-money because the event was in aid of the very brave journalists in Gaza. Well done ⁦emma o kelly⁩ & ⁦NUJ⁩ on organising.

NCAD says a protocol breach involving consent and students with additional learning needs is “regrettable”. rte.ie/news/education…

“Everywhere I turn there is another Selma.”

UNICEF spokesman James Elder appeared visibly moved as he recorded a video from the bedside of five-year-old Selma, who was in the ICU of a Gaza hospital. He said that the 'horror story' endured by children must come to an end

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has said in a statement posted on X that “no words can do justice to the horrors that people in Gaza are living in since the war began six months ago.”

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Ireland must stop forcing us overseas, teacher warns rte.ie/news/2024/0403… via RTÉ

A new Israeli law that permits the banning of foreign news networks, including Al Jazeera, is being received with sharp criticism from governments and press freedom groups ⤵️

Netanyahu directs coalition lawmakers to pass bill shutting down Al Jazeera broadcasts in Israel in Knesset vote on Monday
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INTO delegates greet Norma Foley in Derry this evening with placards referring to 14,600 children “brutally murdered” in Gaza, & others dying from “forced starvation”.

“The INTO is an all-island union. In Northern Ireland it is the de facto 'Catholic’ teachers union…Another union, the Ulster Teachers Union, is the de facto ‘Protestant’ union for primary school teachers.” Interesting article by ⁦emma o kelly⁩ #RTÉ rte.ie/news/2024/0401…

Northern Ireland could learn from how Tanzania handled integrating its education system, writes Emma O Kelly rte.ie/news/2024/0401…

Teachers gather this week for their annual conferences and the INTO is meeting in Derry. It’s an all island union and the de facto Catholic one north of the border. I’ve taken a look at Northern Ireland’s deeply segregated education system. rte.ie/news/2024/0401…

Why you should be collecting and using rainwater via @RTENews rte.ie/brainstorm/202…