EXCL: Hearing from multiple sources tonight that the government is moving at pace to announce the long-promised ban on so-called conversion therapy in the coming days.
The ban was first pledged by Theresa May but got caught up in complexities with regards to gender identity.
For an on-the-ground insight into the race riots in Northern Ireland I’ve been speaking with @amanda.ie - worth a listen:
What really triggered the horrific race riots in Northern Ireland earlier this month? Belfast-based journalist @amanda.ie was on the ground as violence unfolded, she gives @gavinesler.bsky.social her eyewitness account. ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
"The rights of one minority should not be curtailed in order to accommodate those of another in a united Ireland.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NEW: I was covering Newry court earlier. The judge determined Eleanor Donaldson is unfit to be tried, on medical grounds. She will now to face a trial of the facts. Judge deciding tomorrow the process for this, and Jeffrey Donaldson’s trial. Proceedings on course for next week.
Join Roderic O’Gorman TD, Nina Briggs and Maureen Hamblin, for an honest conversation Green Party NI conference about facing down the far right. Chaired by me! www.greenpartyni.org/green_party_...
Wife of Northern Ireland's Jeffrey Donaldson unfit for trial, judge says www.reuters.com/world/uk/wif...
@amanda.ie discusses the increase of riots with a racial element in Northern Ireland, saying that concern over immigration policy is "no justification to burn people out of their homes".
#RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie.
Speaking with Áine on #RTETWIP today, journalist
@amanda.ie discussed the #Belfast riots, the involvement of paramilitaries, and the influence of "online characters".
#RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie.