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David Mac Redmond

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Journalist with The Journal. Part of the FactCheck team. I have opinions but I don't take credit for all of them. @thejournal.ie @factcheck.thejournal.ie factchecking.ie

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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Must be exhausting to see every issue through the lens of racism
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here we go jrnl.ie/7178042f
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PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest
The protest has been attended by Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
TomagotchAI
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pretty sure they would, yeah.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 23/09/2026
Zohran Mamdani invoked “26+6” when asked about a united Ireland, while stopping short of saying what the outcome should be. “I believe in self-determination. That should be extended to the Irish,” the New York mayor said. jrnl.ie/7171491
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been affected by attempts by activists to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel A lifeboat station on the south coast of England near the spot where far-right activists tried to stop asylum seekers landing has been forced to temporarily close, it has emerged. The station in Portsmouth shut after it and other sites run by the RNLI were targeted by people objecting to the lifeboat charity going to the aid of people trying to get to the UK on small boats. Continue reading...
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This would be so much fun/absolutely bananas.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 11/09/2026
The commencement order for the Occupied Territories Bill will be signed on Tuesday, two days after Donald Trump flies home from his Ireland visit. Once it's enacted, the importation of goods originating in Israeli settlements into Ireland will be made an offence. jrnl.ie/7160001
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Government's Occupied Territories Bill to commence on Tuesday - two days after Trump flies home
Once the bill is enacted and commenced, the importation of goods originating in Israeli settlements into Ireland will be made an offence.
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2026
A key Saudi Arabian oil pipeline system was struck by projectiles amid increasing threats to energy supplies as the war with Iran continues cnn.it/4xvGnTq
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Big
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 11/09/2026
The government's stated intention to introduce an English language test for people seeking citizenship has brought up more questions than answers. So, how do these tests work in other European countries? jrnl.ie/7159310
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How do citizenship language tests work in other European countries?
Testing people who apply for citizenship is standard across the majority of the EU.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In country after country the story is remarkably similar. The ascendant far right has succeeded in getting center-right and center-left parties to accept their issue frames, and no one to the left of the far right is making a compelling case for an alternative. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin
In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 10/09/2026
Speaking after the parties' think-in today, People Before Profit leader Richard Boyd Barrett said the new citizenship proposals showed the government was "leaning into the tactics of Trump and the far right". "It's an absolute disgrace. It is a non-issue," he said. jrnl.ie/7158370
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Jim O'Callaghan compared to Trump and Nigel Farage over his citizenship rule changes
People Before Profit called on other opposition parties to “take a stand” against the policies.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The RNLI has announced a review of its security procedures to ensure the safety of its volunteers after anti migrant protests.. at the weekend. Some crew members had their photos and names shared on social media in posts accusing them of treason"
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's all happening today. Media watchdog opens investigation into X over concerns children can view porn on the platform jrnl.ie/7156268
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Media watchdog opens investigation into X over concerns children can view porn on the platform
It’s the first formal investigation that has been launched under Ireland’s Online Safety Code.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pilot reports seeing large drone off Irish coast during approach to Dublin Airport jrnl.ie/7156383
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Pilot reports seeing large drone off Irish coast during approach to Dublin Airport
It is not known at this stage who was operating the drone or whether the incident was malicious.
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Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Men will send me emails like this and then go rampaging on the streets of Dover and Portsmouth claiming they want to keep refugees out in order to “PROTECT OUR WOMEN!” Not a single one of the young male refugees I’ve worked with has ever spoken to me with such violent misogyny.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Israeli president Herzog claimed the UK ban on settlement trade was "interference" in the upcoming elections. He also said the ban would hurt Palestinians... Interesting angle to take if nothing else.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
But we did just sign a nuclear energy deal with... Saudi Arabia
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Israel retaliates against UK: consulate in E Jerusalem to close, British involvement in training Palestinian police to end, no involvement in Gaza coordination.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The UK, France and Canada welcome the important action already taken by Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium and will bring forward national measures to ban trade in settlement goods." Joint statement issued this afternoon.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 08/09/2026
France and Canada are expected to join the UK in announcing bans on products from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine, following Ireland and other European countries that have introduced similar measures. jrnl.ie/7155842
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France and Canada expected to join UK in banning trade with illegal settlements in Palestine
The three countries similarly coordinated when jointly recognising Palestine last year.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Haaretz reports that France and Canada are to join the UK in banning trade in goods with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. Same approach as when they recognised the State of Palestine together.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"even my friends don't text me back that fast" is a nuclear burn
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 03/09/2026
This summer is the hottest one Ireland has seen across 127 years of weather records. The highest temperature of the season was set on 25 June in Athenry, Co Galway, where locals experienced heat of 32.2 degrees. jrnl.ie/7151159
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Summer 2026 was officially the hottest in modern Irish history
Six of the top ten hottest summers have occurred since 2021.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New from me: The academic summer discourse was dominated by the Arday case. Defenders of his accuser cited academic freedom. The Trump administration agreed, even as it and red state governments dismantle academic freedom at home in much more profound ways.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/which-stor...
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Which stories about academia matter?
The Arday affair got more attention than systematic assaults on academic freedom
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Looks like US media are not far off asking guests "Do you condemn Islam?"
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Islamophobia that Bari Weiss used in a CBS News headline tying Abdul El-Sayed to 9/11 was helped along by rank bigots on the right wing of the Democratic Party. Latest for @theintercept.com
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CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal
Centrists opened the door for anti-Muslim attacks on El-Sayed. CBS News kicked it wide open by linking the candidate to 9/11.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more jrnl.ie/7110966
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Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more
The Journal Investigates found that while data centres use huge quantities of water every year, pharmaceutical companies often use a lot more.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm getting sick of telling people I told you so. Joke. I'll never get sick of it. Honestly looking forward to this though. Musk will probably try to buy HBO after it comes out.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump Strait is an objectively bad name.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 02/09/2026
A Russian attack team used Italian tourism visas to get into Europe to bomb a German airport, prompting EU foreign ministers to call for bans on travel people with connections to Russia. jrnl.ie/7150068t
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EU to ban Russian citizens travel permits as it emerges sabotage team used Italian tourist visas
German authorities tracked the sabotage team who used Italian tourism visas to enter Europe.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The red dots are Jewish terrorist encampments established in the last three years.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ballroom/Military complex?
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The red dots are Jewish terrorist encampments established in the last three years.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 31/08/2026
Here is what the Israeli-occupied West Bank, not including a detailed look at occupied East Jerusalem, actually looks like in 2026. The International Court of Justice ruled in July 2024 that Israel’s nearly 60-year military occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza was illegal.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Elon Musk emdorses claim the coming European Reconquista will be "much uglier" and more violent than it needed to be. Blames "ethnomasochist" opponents of remigration + racism
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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oh look, it's Nate Cofnas being all buddy buddy with Curtis Yarvin, who has "joked" about murdering millions of people and rendering their bodies down into biodiesel. And the guy on the left is Richard Hanania.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I was on Morning Ireland at 7am today to discuss TikTok refusing to attend an Oireachtas Committee after the M9 & about the role of the Irish regulator, Coimisiún na Meán in policing harmful vids on online platforms. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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TikTok declines Oireachtas call to discuss motorway driving videos
Simon McGarr, solicitor and Director of Data Compliance Europe provides more information.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 19/08/2026
The Israeli military has announced an investigation into the killing of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl whose death sparked international outrage and featured in a recent film named after her. jrnl.ie/7135650
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Israel investigating death of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed in Gaza
Hind’s killing became a focal point for people around the world protesting Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
People like Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich perform a useful role for both the Israeli government and the states that support Israel. For Netanyahu, they show the worst extremists they are represented in government. For European states, they are weird "outliers" who do not really represent Israel.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Unprecedented levels of loser energy off these guys.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If you have not seen The Voice of Hind Rajab, you should.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 19/08/2026
Chair of the Oireachtas Education and Youth Committee, Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe, is facing criticism for a Facebook post in which he said he is "sick of seeing people eulogising and heaping praise" on the five "thugs" killed in Sunday's crash on the M9. jrnl.ie/7135818t
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TD and Youth Committee chair stands by post criticising 'eulogising' of 'thugs'
His comments have been labelled “beyond disturbing” by Independent Senator Lynn Ruane.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 19/08/2026
Minister for Road Safety Seán Canney has contacted the Road Safety Authority to convey his unhappiness with the organisation over its absence in the aftermath of the M9 motorway collision jrnl.ie/7135983
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Minister contacts Road Safety Authority over its lack of visibility in aftermath of M9 collision
The minister of state is understood to have made it very clear that he is unhappy with the organisation.
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David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Israel investigating death of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed in Gaza
Hind’s killing became a focal point for people around the world protesting Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
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