Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 23hWho is poisoning Kenya’s elephants? www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...irishtimes.comWho is poisoning Kenya’s elephants?Video: Hannah McCarthy Editor: Eoin Ronayne 010
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Who is poisoning Kenya’s elephants? My latest for Kenya for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...irishtimes.comWho is poisoning Kenya’s elephants?A spate of suspicious deaths has exposed mounting conflict over land, conservation and livelihoods in one of Kenya’s most celebrated wildlife havens 000
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New substack out, folks. hannahmccarthyreports.substack.com/p/on-the-gro... 012
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Key points from Micheál Martin's address at #UNGA81 -International legal order under strain; ICC necessary ⚖️ -Russia 🇷🇺 must be held accountable for Ukraine 🇺🇦 war -Backsliding on women’s rights, with reference to Afghanistan 🇦🇫 110
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/09/2026Iran has given the Trump administration a proposal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks over an end to the broader war within seven days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.washingtonpost.comIran says it has given Trump administration new proposal for peace talksThe proposal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks over an end to the broader war within seven days, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. 22011
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Martin on UN reform: "We need the Security Council to live up to its mandate and respond to the crises around us. Too long, the veto has stymied the Council and eroded its legitimacy." 120
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Martin makes strong statement on women's rights in address to UNGA while all four seats at the Irish delegate table occupied by men. 030
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Martin on Palestine at the UN: "Ireland, like most gathered here, believe that the only viable solution to the decades of conflict, misery, and waste in human lives is a situation where a state of Palestine and a state of Israel live side by side in peace, security, and dignity." 120
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Strong words on the ICC and International law from Martin: "We will continue to support efforts to hold Russia accountable for its actions, there can be no impunity for war crimes-not in Ukraine, not anywhere-and that is why Ireland is a steadfast supporter of the International Criminal Court." 120
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Taoiseach Micheál Martin takes the floor at #UNGA81 200
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Should Ireland have walked out on Netanyahu’s UN speech? 001
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Netanyahu's address at UNGA: "I vowed to prevent Iran's murderous dictatorship from developing atomic bombs, nuclear weapons aimed at destroying Israel, and. the entire world. That's exactly what we did." 111
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Dozens of diplomats leave the hall as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu takes the podium to start his address at #UNGA81, while loud pro-Israel chants are made by his supporters in the press gallery. 010
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Alan Dershowitz and Sid Rosenberg have arrived in the press gallery in advance of Netanyahu’s speech at #UNGA81. 000
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hundreds of protestors have gathered near the UN HQ in NY in advance of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at #UNGA81 today. Those protesting include Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese and Jewish New Yorkers. 010
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Press gallery filling up ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at #UNGA81 010
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered his address at the UN General Assembly remotely from Ramallah for the second year in a row after the Trump administration again denied him and other senior Palestinian officials US visas to travel to the UN headquarters in New York. 141
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Marabou storks circle the smoke-filled sky as a 12-year-old boy returns from the top of a hill of smouldering waste carrying plastic sheets he gathered at Dandora, a sprawling 30-acre dumpsite in the eastern suburbs of Nairobi. Full story: www.irishtimes.com/world/africa... 000
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Man convicted of attempted murder over 2023 shooting of Irish-Palestinian student in US Latest for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...irishtimes.comMan convicted of attempted murder over 2023 shooting of Irish-Palestinian student in USHisham Awartani (23) left paralysed from waist down and his friends wounded in attack by Jason Eaton (51) 000
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 22/09/2026Recycling boom forcing Kenya’s waste pickers to fight for their futureirishtimes.comRecycling boom forcing Kenya’s waste pickers to fight for their futureWorkers risking their lives to forage through Africa’s largest dump are finding fewer items of value they can sell 001
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 22/09/2026Recycling boom forcing Kenya’s waste pickers to fight for their futureirishtimes.comRecycling boom forcing Kenya’s waste pickers to fight for their futureWorkers risking their lives to forage through Africa’s largest dump are finding fewer items of value they can sell 003
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026New substack up, folks. hannahmccarthyreports.substack.com/p/finding-so...hannahmccarthyreports.substack.comFinding some routine during a foreign reporting trip // Preserving evidence in GazaSince I’ve started travelling regularly to new places for work, I’ve started to prioritise some familiarity and routine while I’m away. 000
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I’ll be on Pat Kenny on Newstalk around 11am Irish time talking about Gaza and efforts to preserve evidence of war crimes. www.newstalk.com/shows/pat-ke...newstalk.comThe Pat Kenny Show | NewstalkPat Kenny brings his experienced broadcasting style and incisive analysis to the day's news and current affairs. Weekends 10am-12pm. 010
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026‘I have just returned from my first visit to the West Bank since 2023. What I saw then was deeply disturbing, but today the situation is far worse. It is now an emboldened and aggressive process of Israeli annexation of Palestinian land unfolding in plain sight’. theelders.org/news/what-we...theelders.orgWhat we saw in the West Bank: Palestine is disappearingMary Robinson reflects on her recent trip to the Middle East and the realities she witnessed in the West Bank 010966
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Touch down in Nairobi - excited to be reporting in Kenya until the end of the month. 000
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Latest substack out: substack.com/@hannahmccar...substack.comPreparing for a reporting tripA friend recently quizzed me on what my day-to-day is like on a foreign reporting trip. 000
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026My latest for The Currency: The Irish architecture firm behind the Grand Egyptian Museum and the two decades it took to finish thecurrency.news/articles/228...thecurrency.newsThe Irish architecture firm behind the Grand Egyptian Museum and the two decades it took to finish - The CurrencyThe carved faces of several pharaohs sail by me as I glide up the travelator in the Grand Stairs that bisects the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum. Around the start of the stairs are statues and obj... 000
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyShona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Wonderful conversation between @lisehand.bsky.social and @MattCooperlastword.bsky.social - two friends of the late, great Irish journalist Veroninca Guerin who was gunned down in the line of duty 30 years ago. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/r...podcasts.apple.comRemembering Veronica GuerinPodcast Episode · Path to Power · 20 June · 1hr 6min 041
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2026President Trump, who turned 80 today, will spend this evening hosting Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts on the South Lawn of the White House. Historians say the event, which was estimated to cost more than $60 million, is unprecedented. Follow live updates.nyti.msTrump Live Updates: President to Host White House UFC Fight Card 654617
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026 Lebanon under siege: 'Without UNIFIL, we will become the next Gaza' After three years of war, a terrible new normal emerges in southern Lebanon as UN peacekeepers prepare to withdraw. Hannah McCarthy meets the residents trying to survive. www.thejournal.ie/gaza-and-leb...thejournal.ieLebanon under siege: 'Without UNIFIL, we will become the next Gaza'After three years of war, a terrible new normal emerges in southern Lebanon as UN peacekeepers prepare to withdraw. Hannah McCarthy meets the residents trying to survive. 000
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/06/2026Ukraine strikes St Petersburg as Putin’s forum gets under way ft.trib.al/2ZpjZKFft.trib.alUkraine strikes St Petersburg as Putin’s forum gets under wayKyiv hits oil terminal after deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities 35316
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/06/2026 Cuba’s unavoidable reckoning ft.trib.al/QlQcDkc | opinionft.trib.alCuba’s unavoidable reckoningUS pressure is of dubious morality, but Havana has little choice but to do a deal 4112
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyHannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026My RTE World Report on life in southern Lebanon amid the ceasefire is on playback now. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...rte.ieWorld ReportFrom the unusual to the topical, World Report brings you interesting stories from around the world. 002
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026My RTE World Report on life in southern Lebanon amid the ceasefire is on playback now. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...rte.ieWorld ReportFrom the unusual to the topical, World Report brings you interesting stories from around the world. 002
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyPrincess @themultiplemom.bsky.social · 21/05/2026“Boy, leave me alone before I give you a knuckle sandwich with real cheese” - My 5yo threatening her brother 4669165
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I will be moderating a conversation on Iran: Women, Life, Freedom between Sepideh Farsi and chowra makaremi tomorrow evening at 6pm as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin. Tickets available here: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...ilfdublin.comIran: Women, Life, Freedom Sepideh Farsi & Chowra Makaremi 000
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 19/05/2026Israel has seized about 1,000 sq km of territory since Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack as Benjamin Netanyahu forged a new, more aggressive military doctrine in the wake of the nation’s worst security failure ft.trib.al/CwvMjuZ 5397
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026New substack out open.substack.com/pub/hannahmc... 000
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 11/05/2026EU expected to agree to place sanctions on extremist Israeli settlersirishtimes.comEU expected to agree to place sanctions on extremist Israeli settlersExpected breakthrough would see EU agree to blacklist several extremist settlers for first time in nearly two years 1126
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026‘Palestine’s Mandela’: concerns grow for unifying leader jailed by Israel 24 years ago Latest from the West Bank for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...irishtimes.com‘Palestine’s Mandela’: concerns grow for unifying leader jailed by Israel 24 years agoMarwan Barghouti retains broad support among fractured Palestinian factions, and calls for his release have become louder 000
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026My latest on the West Bank: Wine and the Holy Land. www.thejournal.ie/settler-viol...thejournal.ieOne Palestinian winemaker refuses to give up amid illegal settler expansion in the West BankReporter Hannah McCarthy meets Sari Khoury, a winemaker fighting to preserve Palestinian identity in an increasingly dangerous occupied West Bank. 021
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026My world report on India's last 'royals' is on RTE World Report's podcast now. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i... 010
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026‘It’s a psychological war’: A family divided by Cuba’s quiet exodus Latest for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...irishtimes.com‘It’s a psychological war’: A family divided by Cuba’s quiet exodusInflation, migration barriers and distance weigh on a family divided between Havana and the United States, as Cuba’s slow drain of people continues 121
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/04/2026The Palestinian Authority, which governs the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is holding municipal elections in a single city in Gaza on Saturday. This will be the territory's first election in 20 years.nyti.msGaza Set to Hold First Local Election in Two DecadesHamas said it was not participating in the municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, set for this weekend. Residents said it was a long-awaited opportunity to address the city’s problems 66214
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining. 11679801579
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...irishtimes.comFuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgmentsGeoghegan (57), who has come to prominence in this week’s protests, claims to have settled tax bills 062
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyEric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 01/04/2026 In an extraordinary move, Hegseth reverses Apache helicopter crew suspension before Army even investigates the incident, undercutting the service's authority and underscoring his contempt for legal guardrails in the military www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...nytimes.comHegseth Reverses Helicopter Crew Suspension Over Kid Rock Flyby 1212338
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 01/04/2026After less than 90 minutes of watching several of his own handpicked justices tear his arguments apart, the president abruptly left. thedailybeast.comHumiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS HearingThe president couldn’t get back to the White House quickly enough! 2820580
Reposted by Hannah McCarthyBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 19/03/2026If only someone had warned us 81304213
Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I spoke to Irish people living in Havana about how the Cuba medical system has collapsed and daily life is grinding to a halt, as the Belfast rap group Kneecap join a humanitarian convoy to the Caribbean island facing a so far unrelenting US oil blockade. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...irishexaminer.com'It doesn't feel like it can get any worse': How Irish families in Cuba are navigating a country in crisisA decade after Cuba’s opening to the world sparked optimism, Irish families who built their lives there are confronting failing hospitals, evaporating tourism and a fuel crisis 15232