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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 6h
The rat brain driving US politics.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 8h
Honestly, how can this Minister survive dropping so many balls? Government does a big spending budget but PD incompetence makes RTÉ the surprise running story #spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Govt wants to honour RTÉ funding agreement - Taoiseach
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the Government wants to honour the funding agreement made with RTÉ and he said he believed the issue can be resolved.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 9h
The Nobel Prize winner 2026 and her opinion piece last year on the findings that Israel is committing genocide #Pillay www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide (Gift Article)
The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded that Israel is guilty of the “crime of crimes” in Gaza.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 14h
There's something deeply disturbed at the soul of United States. Botched executions and then turning them into public circuses. www.rte.ie/news/us/2026...
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US to livestream execution of Fort Hood mass shooter
The US will livestream the army's upcoming firing squad execution of a man who ⁠killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon has said.
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am truly honoured to have been nominated for this wonderful Bean Feasa project 💖 thank you to Tóchar Wetlands Restoration and all who nominated me. www.tocharwetlands.ie/uncategorise... @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social
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Acclaimed Offaly based Nature Photographer Tina Claffey and Offaly Broadcaster Aisling O'Rourke Selected for Bean Feasa Portrait Series  - Tóchar Wetlands
Bean Feasa, meaning wise woman, celebrates the work of women helping to restore, protect and reimagine nature across Ireland.  Thursday, 24 September 2026, Ireland: Two […]
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the fascist the golfers and Irish establishment were toasting last weekend www.rte.ie/news/us/2026...
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Trump says CNN, MS NOW, Politico banned from White House
US President Donald Trump has said he is banning news outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing them without specifics of reporting "fiction and lies".
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Would love to see this done with estate agents in coastal zones in Ireland destined to erode into the sea and have devastating flooding. We should have a climate risk assessment done for houses for sale much like their energy rating. not much good if its A++ but likely to be swallowed by extremes
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our own tech bro wannabe Muskateer
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The problem with this is Sheeran seems to think it is about money - not morals www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m to aid after Macklemore backlash
It comes after Macklemore pledged $1m to Palestinian causes, challenging the tycoon to match the sum.
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 16/09/2026
We are joining Macklemore in donating to the people of Palestine with another $10,000 to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, which will help aid families amid the ongoing genocide. We encourage our followers & anyone with the means to join if they can: pcrf.net
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Result for climate legislation - and local evidence-based opposition www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Data centre opposed by author Sally Rooney has planning overturned on climate concerns
US firm had chosen Mayo because of electricity constraints around Dublin
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Irish Independent @independent.ie · 15/09/2026
President Connolly says climate change warnings are ignored ‘at our peril’ on opening day of Ploughing Championships www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
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President Connolly says climate change warnings are ignored ‘at our peril’ on opening day of Ploughing Championships
Over the course of the three-day championships, 270,000 people are expected to visit the event in Screggan, Co Offaly
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.rte.ie/entertainmen... idea lovely Ed thinks saying 'it's nothing to do with me' and confirming that someone like Kraft dictates his shows is depressingly dark. Recognise your power Ed, and use it.
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Ed Sheeran says it wasn't his decision to drop Macklemore
Ed Sheeran has said it was not his decision to remove US rapper Macklemore from his tour over comments about Gaza.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.rte.ie/news/ireland.... Quelle Surprise Dublin Airport - #climate Ireland's ambition to fail in climate more evident every day
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Dublin Airport could use up carbon budget 16 years early
Dublin Airport is on course to use up its entire "fair share" carbon budget by 2034 as the Government moves to remove restrictions on further passenger growth, according to a new report on airport exp...
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Very thoughtful statement from Macklemore - spineless stuff from Sheeran. It defines both of them. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran's US tour
US rapper Macklemore has been dropped from the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran's US tour following controversy over comments he made in support of Palestine during a concert in New Jersey.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So Ireland's been played by the Trumpy - ensuring Irish-American vote in Mid-Terms by playing the shamrocky, whiskey and unity card! We had an opportunity to bring human rights into the field ( President did what she could) but politics, business and sport played to the stereotype.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How our Irish place names carry ecological landscape history of a lost world of eagles and wolves - but often point to the origin character of the landscape #spéirghorm www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names
Long-standing Irish place names hark back to a world alive with cranes, wolves and eagles. Now these old names are piquing the interest of nature-lovers and ecologists.
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I ran a marathon to raise money for MSF. Attacks on MSF and RNLI and Amnesty are what fascists literally do. They want to devalue all humane effort, all care for fellow man. These are dangerous, dangerous times.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
when the drug-pushers themselves are asking for help - after racing to hook a generation on trusting bots more than their brains www.bbc.com/news/article...
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AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
It comes as the AI firm's boss has called for the technology's development to be slowed down, citing "serious" risks.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I guess we should be grateful he hasn't yet claimed that he'll 'unite it' and shove it into the US map with Greenland, Iceland and Canada - but the actual Orangemen must be surprised - unless he means their version of 'unity' - in United Kingdom. Golf as global politics is quite the look.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nothing subtle about the T #Ireland is hosting this weekend at Irish taxpayers cost - as he bluntly tries to buy an election www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u... and lies about the war he started with Iran
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‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention (Gift Article)
At a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, President Trump mostly offered retreads and self-congratulation. Then, he offered to pay Americans $5,000 apiece if Republicans kept power.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Of course it came down to money - doesn't it always ? www.independent.ie/irish-news/w... Equity and Equality are nice ideas until you have to stump up for them. Question now is do we value women in sport to fund them equally?
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‘We can’t sustain that’ — GAA’s Jarlath Burns says ‘going straight to equality’ would double costs to €90m and calls McAleese’s comments ‘regrettable’
The GAA president said integration will “take a long time” and there was a “legitimate fear” that it would have been voted against at Congress
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Orwell got these guys
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Now that's a 'just transition' - for some.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Beautiful, well-crafted and thorough obit for Frank McDonald - it would (I think) stand up to his rigorous scrutiny // Well done @irishtimes.com - you did him proud www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2...
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Frank McDonald obituary: campaigning journalist changed how we think about urban planning
His reporting was relentless and led to the publication in January 1985 of his ground-breaking book The Destruction of Dublin
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Believe the science and the scientists - if we don't change direction on greenhouse gases, we're burning up a viable planet for us. It's not about 'saving the planet' - It will go on, it's just we won't. #climaterealities
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Momentous day for Katie Taylor- we started following her nearly twenty years ago when she was sparring with boys in the National Stadium and dreaming of Olympics. We made a short documentary with her in 2008 'Going for Gold' and finally got to see her win gold, London 2012 vimeo.com/athenamedia/...
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
when art and culture are the enemies and they are tearing down sculpture - you know it's fascism www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/a...
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Kennedy Center Removes ‘Blue’ Sculpture That Was an Artist’s Gift (Gift Article)
The towering artwork, added to the campus in 2019, was targeted for elimination after President Trump’s takeover of the center.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.rte.ie/news/2026/09.... We're here not because we have to - but because policymakers, under the thumb of vested fossil fuel industries - have refused to act. We're sacrificing the future of our species for short-term gain, profit and greed. What a price. Phase out fossil fuels NOW
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World must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshoot, says UN
The UN said a rise in global temperatures of 1.5C will be surpassed and that the challenge has now "shifted from avoiding overshoot to navigating it".
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Tóchar Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Curlews - once an iconic sound in our wetlands - are close to extinction. Owen Murphy and Breeding Waders are fighting back to protect habitats and hold on to our curlew population #LoveBogs vimeo.com/1222523678?s...
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Owen Murphy - Breeding Waders - Cornafulla Bog, Roscommon
Owen Murphy is Senior Project Manager with Breeding Waders EIP - and we met him recently when he was doing a public talk about bird wildlife and the Shannon Callows and Cornafulla Bog during the Bog B...
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Tóchar Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We've been adding to our audio stories for Tóchar - so check out Soundcloud or Spotify - Where the Curlew Calls - #podcast #community #Curlews soundcloud.com/athena-media...
poster of where the curlew calls
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just as world leaders decide to ignore climate change, everything climate scientists predicted is coming true.
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The devastating forces behind the deadly Himalayan flood
Torrent that tore through settlements near Nepal’s border with China comes as scientists warn climate change is increasing risks
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google ......bowing low
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's not alone - Climate Change Advisory Council is pretty much ignored too.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Keith Duggan piece captures eloquently why #Dolly had our hearts ( and why Bob Dylan is an ungracious buckeroo) www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Dolly Parton’s last act was to briefly silence America’s toxic political discourse
If Bob Dylan stands as the explicit chronicler of American political and civil change and discord, Parton occupied a more mischievous space
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Tóchar Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We're very sorry in @tocharstories.bsky.social to see the passing of a lovely gentleman with a big heart -Gerry Rushe from Mountbellew men's shed - we had the pleasure of meeting and recording with him last year in Galway soundcloud.com/athena-media...
gerry rushe - holding poem - in mountbellew mens shed Galway
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ireland and @rte.ie needs to adopt a similar stance - Eurovision is not 'neutral' www.rte.ie/entertainmen... one rule for Russia and quite another one for Israel
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Dutch broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision 2027
Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has announced it will not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, saying the event can "no longer be considered neutral" amid divisions surrounding the war in Gaza...
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Southern Alliance for Clean Energy @cleanenergy.org · 23/08/2026
Data centers use far more water than commonly reported once power generation is included. New analysis shows offsite water consumption for electricity adds 80-215% on top of onsite cooling water use ➡️ ow.ly/INTE50ZCvpz 🔌💡
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
14% hike in drownings linked to prolonged heatwaves in France www.bbc.com/news/article... // and these deaths often impacting quite different age groups/profile to those dying from heat stress/stoke #climateCrisis
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France links rise in drownings to prolonged heatwaves
A government minister says people have been taking risks by going into the water, with 301 deaths since 19 June.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
'published by several websites' - these online PUBLISHING platforms need to be held criminally responsible. Also shows the dangers for police in pursuit - similar 'copycat' to Irish fatal crime with young males behind wheel www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...
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Seven people killed after car driven wrong way on dual carriageway in northeast England
Two police officers died in crash that took place near Middlesbrough in early hours of Saturday
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
seems Ireland is swapping the old colonial absentee landlords for the silicon tech absentee landlords who all want an Irish trophy castle and an EU base www.rte.ie/news/2026/08...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg buys Co Waterford castle
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is the new owner of Strancally Castle in Co Waterford.
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Tóchar Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How we spent our Sunday - the Bog Bothy has now landed in Cloontuskert, Roscommon and will be there for the coming month ...we were there for the launch #loveBogs @communitywetlands.bsky.social vimeo.com/1219586576?s...
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The Bog Bothy at Cloontuskert, Co Roscommon
The Bog Bothy, the IAF and 12th Field peatlands communities engagement project, is on tour Summer 2026 with support from Tóchar Wetlands Restoration. Its final stop this Summer is in Cloontuskert with...
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Brilliant weekend working with @tocharstories.bsky.social in Kilcormac, Offaly on Saturday co-hosting Luke Casserly's Distillation theatre piece - powerfully received in a village that has been shaped by Bord na Móna #Regeneration #PeoplePlacesNature
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I mean the surprise is it has taken so long to float out .... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Meet Trump aide Natalie Harp after her brother questions ‘unhealthy’ relationship
Harp was one of the small number of staff smuggled with President Trump onto a secret military plane, to avoid a suspected Iranian threat in Turkey
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
But it is far more that these videos and this one platform / - we need to regulate across the social/online web - not just react to one horrific event linked to one set of viral videos on one platform - it's a culture, it's an vampire industry, it is an AI fed algorithm www.rte.ie/news/2026/08...
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Coimisiún na Meán liaising with TikTok over social posts
Coimisiún na Meán has confirmed that it is in contact with the social media platform TikTok, in a bid to obtain more information about its response to content related to risky and reckless driving.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Brilliant weekend working with @tocharstories.bsky.social in Kilcormac, Offaly on Saturday co-hosting Luke Casserly's Distillation theatre piece - powerfully received in a village that has been shaped by Bord na Móna #Regeneration #PeoplePlacesNature
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This seems deeply deeply sad - we all make mistakes nothing is worth a life lost www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
His family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BBC NI reported the story with a lot more accuracy www.bbc.com/news/article... ( although I think the idea these guys say this is 'research' is a big stretch - as he says himself he wanted the kudos of catching a big blue shark and get a photo with it - it's not about research or conservation)
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Waterford shark: Man bitten by blue shark to undergo surgery
Sebastian Achim was trying to tag a shark on board the small boat off the coast of County Waterford, when the incident happened.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bananas, wishing the guy well but again how is @news.rte.ie reporting this as 'a shark attack'?? the shark - a blue shark, under threat species, had been hooked and dragged on board and assumed it was being killed - it's hardly an 'attack'> www.rte.ie/news/2026/08...
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Shark attack victim to undergo surgery at Cork hospital
Shark attack victim Sebastian Achim is due to undergo surgery at Cork University Hospital after being bitten on a vessel off the coast of Co Waterford.
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