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Sectarians fling racist abuse at N Ireland’s charity Great March for Gaza

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:6 June 2026
Post last modified:7 June 2026

Knuckle-dragging ‘loyalist’ Israel supporters have gathered in Scarva, County Down, to disgrace themselves by flinging sectarian abuse at the Great March for Gaza. The humanitarian march, organised by the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, set off from Lurgan, ten miles away, this morning. After Scarva, marchers walked a further almost twenty miles to Omeath in solidarity with the Palestinian people against Israel’s genocide and occupation: The thugs were caught on camera by the defiant marchers as they passed: View this post on Instagram A post shared by BDS Belfast (@bdsbelfast) Great march for Gaza vs “provocative behaviour” The march is raising funds…

North of Ireland’s First Minister on the emerging ‘Celtic alliance’

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:7 June 2026

Michelle O’Neill doesn’t mince words: the first nationalist First Minister for the North of Ireland’s six counties sat down with Scottish paper the National. She had plenty to say about culture, reunification, Scottish independence, and the arrogance of Westminster. Politics trickles through culture Something huge is shifting in the North of Ireland. You can feel it in the music, with establishment-baiting Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap packing out venues across the world. You can see it on TV as Derry Girls made the six counties a cultural export. And you can measure it in the polling: 63% of people in the North…

Ireland’s explosive data centre growth triggers shocking rise in electricity bills

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:31 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A new report has revealed the whopping tax levied on households in Ireland due to runaway data centre expansion — a massive €715 million extra on electricity bills from 2015-2023. Not only that, the document published by Friends of the Earth Ireland (FOTEI) projects that between 2025-2034, bill payers are: …set to face an additional €1.43 billion in electricity bills linked to data centre growth. It also highlights how those least able to pay are hit, stating that: …the poorest households in Ireland paid an extra €209 on electricity bills between 2021 and 2023 due to data centre growth. The cost…

Ireland’s communications minister hid attempts to pressure media regulator

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

As part of dodgy attempts to affect media coverage he was unhappy with, Fine Gael minister for communications Patrick O’Donovan held a call with Ireland’s media regulator “outside normal communication channels“. He then failed to disclose that the conversation took place. The Ditch reports that on Saturday April 11 O’Donovan spoke to Coimisiún na Meán’s (The Media Commission or CnaM) Rónán Ó Domhnaill to: …express concern regarding media coverage of the fuel protests and to ask whether there was a mechanism for the minister within the legislation to ask for an examination of the broadcast coverage of the protests. The protests…