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Áine Lawlor

@aine-lawlor.bsky.social
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Broadcaster and journalist, presenter State of Affairs podcast, Divine Sparks. politics, cancer advocacy, gardening and real housewives

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The Grand Drawing In @theauldsthretch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today is 2026-10-07, the sun sets at 17:47:13 GMT (18:47:13 Irish Standard Time!) and the grand auld stretch tonight was 1 hour, 41 mins and 30 secs. #GrandStretch #GrandDrawingInNow
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The Economist @economist.com · 07/10/2026
Forget building new shelters ahead of winter in Gaza. Heavy machinery to clear debris and to repair schools, hospitals, electricity and sanitation is banned on grounds of “dual use”. Even tent poles are forbidden
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Jared Kushner has a $2.45bn recovery plan for Gaza
But the board of peace’s grand promises ring hollow in the strip
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Áine Lawlor @aine-lawlor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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And That's How I Got My Husband
Podcast Episode · State of Affairs · 5 October · 36min
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Áine Lawlor @aine-lawlor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Episode 2 up tomorrow am. #StateofAffairspodcast
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just finished listening to your first podcast. It's terrific. Congratulations to you and Chris.
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Áine Lawlor @aine-lawlor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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State of Affairs
News Podcast · Aine Lawlor & Chris Donoghue team up to bring you State of Affairs on Irish and international politics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
Bonnie Blue’s baby outrage – and the dangers of our extreme attention economy | Arwa Mahdawi
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Bonnie Blue’s baby outrage – and the dangers of our extreme attention economy | Arwa Mahdawi
The porn performer and new mother has posted a video of herself holding a baby, while promoting sexual content. It exposes something horrifying about our era, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 12/09/2026
We are setting up a generation to fail at school ft.trib.al/zRe5Tpj
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We are setting up a generation to fail at school
The disturbing global decline in test results rests on wrong-headed curriculum changes
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/08/2026
Amol Rajan warns BBC destined to shrink at ‘accelerating rate’
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Amol Rajan warns BBC destined to shrink at ‘accelerating rate’
Presenter says he is moving to YouTube to avoid being left ‘behind the curve’ as media landscape changes The outgoing Today programme presenter Amol Rajan has warned that the BBC is destined to “get smaller at an accelerating rate”, as he prepares to depart for a new project on YouTube. Rajan, who announced earlier this year that he was leaving BBC News to “unleash my inner entrepreneur” in the creator economy, said he was making the shift to ensure he was not “behind the curve”. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/08/2026
Marine Le Pen's career has been resurrected – and she is a bigger threat than ever | Mujtaba Rahman
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Marine Le Pen's career has been resurrected – and she is a bigger threat than ever | Mujtaba Rahman
No longer banned from next year’s presidential election, Le Pen is a far more formidable force than her understudy, Jordan Bardella, says Mujtaba Rahman of Europe at Eurasia Group
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 15/08/2026
Clacton by-election a circus in a deprived area, where Nigel Farage takes win against ‘loonies’ and a bin, writes Juliette Gash.
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Where does Farage election leave the people of Clacton?
The result was about the only thing that was expected in Clacton as Nigel Farage won the by-election.
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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's almost as if massive corporate farming isn't really a good idea. Buy local. Buy in season.
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Whole Foods recalls items containing jalapenos on potential salmonella contamination
The recalled products ​include select salsas, guacamole, pico de gallo and prepared foods.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 10/08/2026
"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and large language models. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich."
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Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 10/08/2026
Tomás Kenny of the long-standing Galway book retailer Kennys recently got an order for "several thousands books" which he suspects are destined for AI programmers
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Galway bookseller suspects 'scattergun' order is for AI
Tomás Kenny of the long-standing Galway book retailer Kennys recently got an order for "several thousands books" which he suspects are destined for AI programmers.
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John Doyle @johndoyle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ulster unionist leader Jon Borrows “There is a concern that Nigel Farage is an English nationalist as opposed to a unionist." If Farage takes the UK out of the European Court of Human Rights it will collapse the EU-UK deal. Would he abandon NI to avoid that? www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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‘Nigel Farage is not a unionist’ - UUP concerned what Reform government would mean for Northern Ireland
The leader of the UUP has questioned whether Nigel Farage is a unionist at all — and warned Andy Burnham it would be “ironic” if the champion of devolution ran an “England-focused” government.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 23/07/2026
The final event of the 2025/26 RIA Discourse Series on ‘resilience’ was entitled ‘Resilience: lesson learned?’ featuring Prof @drtonyholohan.bsky.social, former Chief Medical Officer of Ireland and Irish radio and television broadcaster @aine-lawlor.bsky.social.
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The Grand Drawing In @theauldsthretch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Today is 2026-07-20, the sun sets at 20:38:54 GMT (21:38:54 Irish Standard Time!) and the grand auld stretch tonight was 4 hours, 33 mins and 11 secs. #GrandStretch #GrandDrawingInNow
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Áine Lawlor @aine-lawlor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My last #RTEtwip It’s been the privilege of a lifetime, and I owe thanks to so many. 🙏
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Today marks @aine-lawlor.bsky.social's last #RTETWIP and we discuss #Aughinish, #unity and the year in review. Minister James Lawless, TDs Rose Conway Walsh and Conor Sheehan form our panel, with Political Correspondent @fertha.bsky.social joining in part 3. 📺 12:15 and 23:30 (rpt) @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
For @aine-lawlor.bsky.social's last #RTETWIP, we will be covering #Aughinish, #unity and the year in review. Minister James Lawless, Rose Conway Walsh and Conor Sheehan form our political panel. Political Correspondent Micheál Lehane joins in part 3. 📺 12:15 and 23:30 tomorrow on @rteone.rte.ie
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Áine Lawlor @aine-lawlor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Last spin on the merry go round with the great #RTEyourpolitics team. GRMA
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Áine Lawlor @aine-lawlor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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RTÉ back at PAC, Sinn Féin's reunification pitch and Aughinish keeps us in the news around Europe
Podcast Episode · Your Politics · 9 July · 24min
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/07/2026
Gaza’s World Cup screenings – in pictures
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Gaza’s World Cup screenings – in pictures
Aid worker who organised World Cup screenings in Gaza killed in Israeli strike. Mohamed al-Wahidi died when a missile struck his taxi shortly before Egypt played Argentina in their last 16 match. He had organised the screening of World Cup games across the Gaza Strip, which had become a welcome diversion from the continuing misery of a very partially observed ceasefire, near daily Israeli strikes
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
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Áine Lawlor @aine-lawlor.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Government investigation into Aughinish Alumina not ‘stalling’, Minister says
Opposition TDs have called on the Government to end agreement aiding ‘Putin’s aggression against Ukraine’
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Minister of State @nealerichmond.bsky.social states there is a 'legal and moral obligation' to investigate the charges made against Aughinish Alumina before placing sanctions on the refinery. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Social Democrats deputy leader @cianocallaghantd.bsky.social: 'We're one of the very few European Union countries that have increased our exports to Russia since Putin invaded Ukraine.' #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Sinn Féin's Louise O'Reilly says the 'vast majority of ordinary people' will be concerned with the cost of the European Presidency. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
'I'm more likely to be with the protestors', says Louise O'Reillly, speaking about the prospect of welcoming Trump if he pays a visit in September. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
'Unfortunately, he's the worst possible representation of the States' - @cianocallaghantd.bsky.social on President Trump amid the 250th anniversary celebrations of the US. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Minister of State @nealerichmond.bsky.social says he would speak to Trump about his administration's cuts to aid organisations should the opportunity present itself. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Political reporter Fiachra O'Cionnaith explains why an invitation to speak at the Dáil may not be extended to President Trump if he visits Ireland in September. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Political reporter Fiachra O'Cionnaith says the Taoiseach's decision to extend his leadership of Fianna Fáil will not come as good news for the party's rebels. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Presenter @aine-lawlor.bsky.social asks the political panel if they believe the government should pursue the social media ban for under 16s. #RTETWIP repeats at 23:35 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026
Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 29/06/2026
One of the founding members of the DUP has said that founder Ian Paisley would be "turning in his grave" about the "immoral" life that Jeffrey Donaldson has lived. It comes as short-lived former leader Edwin Poots today said he did not "cover-up anything" regarding Donaldson. jrnl.ie/7084833
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'Damaged beyond repair': The fallout within the DUP from the Jeffrey Donaldson revelations
One of the founding members of the DUP today said that Ian Paisley would be ‘turning in his grave’.
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Minister of State Thomas Byrne speaks to Áine Lawlor on the issue of rising fuel costs 📺 #RTÉTwip is rebroadcast tonight at 11:35pm on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
'The devil will be in the details' says Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane on measures within the budget 📺 #RTÉTwip is rebroadcast tonight at 11:35pm on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Labour TD George Lawlor discusses energy and cost of living supports 📺 #RTÉTwip is rebroadcast tonight at 11:35pm on @RTEOne
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
'We're not in a state' says @thomasbyrnetd on the topic of public financial difficulties 📺 #RTÉTwip is rebroadcast tonight at 11:35pm on @RTEOne
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane on the discussion of a United Ireland 📺 #RTÉTwip is rebroadcast tonight at 11:35pm on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Labour TD George Lawlor discusses Ireland's EU Presidency 📺 #RTÉTwip is rebroadcast tonight at 11:35pm on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Minister of State Thomas Byrne discusses foreign affairs and defence 📺 #RTÉTwip is rebroadcast tonight at 11:35pm on @rteone.rte.ie
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The Week in Politics @rtetwip.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Tomorrow on #RTETwip, @aine-lawlor.bsky.social will be joined by Minister of State Thomas Byrne, Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane, Labour TD George Lawlor and RTÉ Political Correspondent Barry Lenihan Tune in tomorrow at Midday on @rteone.rte.ie #FuelCosts #Budget27 #Donaldson #EUPresidency
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Mícheál Lehane @fertha.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A gradual reduction in excise cuts on petrol and diesel is set to be discussed by Government party leaders on Monday. It is now understood that a timeline which would see the excise reductions gradually phased out is being drawn up. This would possibly happen over 2 or 3 dates.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 24/06/2026
"I still hope the UK will find a way to be back at the [EU] table." 10 years after the UK's referendum to leave the EU, former Irish PM Leo Varadkar tells Euronews that he "regrets" Brexit and that it was a "wrong decision" fuelled by "increased populism and nationalism."
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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James O'Brien's takedown of Farage's £5m defence is a must watch
James O'Brien pointed out on LBC that Farage was the majority shareholder of Reform UK when he took the £5m from Christopher Harborne - making his claim that he wasn't in frontline politics at the tim...
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Trifid Duane of Canada🍁🇨🇦 @trifidofcanada.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In 2019 Utah State began a project to introduce Beavers to Utah’s Price River. Six years later, water levels in the river are now the healthiest they’ve been in years. The fish are thriving, and Utah residents are overjoyed with the experiment’s results. www.upworthy.com/beavers-refr...
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Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. Six years later, here are the results.
Researchers brought beavers to Utah's dying Price River in 2019, and seven years later the results are remarkable.
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