Opinion Editor, Irish Examiner |
Host, The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast | Mother of three.
Interested in news, books, politics, culture, science, climate and life in Ireland - and everywhere else. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
Deirdre O'Shaughnessy
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this is the ideal newspaper columnist. you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like
Elizabeth Lopatto
Thought the news was depressing last week but this week I think we’ve hit a new low
Anyone got a puppy video
Luqman Saeed, an academic with Ulster University, has shared his personal experience of the pogroms the last two days, describing his situation as a de facto house arrest, under violence caused by an absence of leadership www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...
Large online retailers have no social contract when it comes to babies’ safety, writes Dr Niamh Lynch today
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In 2022, Irish officials formulated a plan to nationalise Aughinish Alumina, as a 'last resort'. The plant's alumina is key to the Russian war effort, and other European countries have done this already, writes journalist Jason Corcoran
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Not a puppy but just as cute @deshocks.bsky.social 🥹
Deirdre O'Shaughnessy
My eldest now has an adorable puppy ..
Also true of Irish government.
Who also have a responsibility to regulate X and are not doing so (CSAM and illegally altered images still on the platform).
Sleep-deprived new parents trust that if an item is for sale, it must be safe. But large online selling platforms have no social contract when it comes to babies' safety
In 2022, Irish officials formulated a plan to nationalise Aughinish Alumina, as a 'last resort'. The plant's alumina is key to the Russian war effort, and other European countries have done this alrea...
More news from the party that supposedly protects woman and girls.
Reform UK controlled councils in Essex have banned libraries from promoting International Women’s Day.
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Librarians are being told they can no longer promote events such as Pride and Black History Month.
if you don't know, or pretend not to know, that journalists are ethically, legally and practically constrained in our ability to report on ongoing criminal investigations, you are not intellectually qualified to work for a newspaper and you should be fired
Hannah O'Sullivan
Reports this morning that health staff in Northern Ireland have received letters telling them to leave the country or they'll be burnt out of their homes.
