LIFE OF BRIAN
‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’
Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giants ⁦Rory Carroll⁩
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I've been waiting 10 years to tell this story. This is the whole saga, from the moment I saw Jesús on a Caracas orphanage playground to the day he became a U.S. citizen. Thanks to Raúl Stolk and Caracas Chronicles for giving me the chance to tell it.

The book is about a countdown so I must flag that there are 318 minutes left to get Killing Thatcher for 99p in a Kindle Daily Deal.

A warning on the eve of legacy legislation taking force.

Britain is accused of having operated a “widespread and systemic” practice of protecting security forces from sanction during the conflict.

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Ireland has landed a €700m (£600m) Brexit bonanza with a steep increase in tax revenues flowing from customs duties.

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Tories' Rwanda policy has Ireland scrambling.

'I’ll have emergency legislation at cabinet this week to make sure that we can effectively return people to the UK.'
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“Noem Puppy Murder Poll Findings”.

Stories like this almost make me nostalgic for covering US politics. Kudos to Martin Pengelly for breaking it.

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Jeffrey Donaldson facing 11 charges, including rape, spanning 1985 to 2006. His wife charged with aiding and abetting.

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Jeffrey Donaldson leaving Newry magistrates court. Some choice insults from a handful of hecklers.

“The mother was in a very critical condition. Her brain was exposed, so we saved one of the two.”

Ruth Michaelson on the latest harrowing story from Gaza.

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Admits murder, not prosecuted.

'The training presentations included alleged admissions to serious criminal offences, including murder, but the British agent was not investigated or charged at the time for any crime.'
By Daniel Boffey

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“Canarias tiene un límite”

The Canaries have a limit.

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'I will be psyching myself up to speak on Irish radio.”

Tim Dowling shows how it's done. Non-psychers take note.

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Why Germany fell for a windswept corner of Ireland by ⁦Rory Carroll⁩ (Q to self: ‘Darn, why didn’t I pitch this?!’) theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Fyi Rory Carroll 😉

The Boomer Pause - TikTok greybeards beware.

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Bloodied, despondent, clutching a toy: the Ukrainian artists savaging refugee portrait stereotypes theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Journalism schools ought to do modules deconstructing the glory of Sam Jones intros.

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Vivid Tom Lyons account of heroic RNLI Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat Station rescue. Kudos to those volunteers.

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My wife and daughter ordered a copy of Hampton Sides' new book as a gift but it was late coming so to tide me over they repurposed the cover of Venezuela's constitution. Shelf buddies forever.