Patrick Freyne: Returning home from Chad, I feel there’s a glitch in western empathy The Sudan war is the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster, but it seems our human compassion is taken up by other conflicts

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Ireland will ban Israeli goods, not services, from occupied territories, Simon Harris says as Government waters down Bill The Tánaiste has confirmed that the Government intends to ban goods but not services from illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.

Ireland will ban Israeli goods, not services, from occupied territories, Simon Harris says as Government waters down Bill

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Soc Dems say Bluesky accounts posting under their names are fake The number of users on the social media platform has surged in recent weeks.

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Soc Dems and Aontú have all confirmed to me that Bluesky accounts posting under their names are fake.

Have also spotted two fake profiles of Micheál Martin and another one of Simon Harris (that actually warns people about fake accounts on Bluesky).

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Nikita Hand says after winning her High Court case against MMA fighter Conor McGregor:

“I want to show (my daughter) Freya and every other girl and boy that you can stand up for yourself if something happens to you – no matter who the person is – and justice will be served.”

Red Lines - The South Poll - BBC Sounds Mark Carruthers looks forward to the Republic's election with a panel of experts.

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Mark Carruthers is joined by Lucinda Creighton, Gary Murphy, Elaine Loughlin and Gráinne Ní Aodha to preview the Republic's general election. #GE24 #GE2024

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