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She/they • Digital News Journalist @irishexaminer • reach me at imasha.costa@examiner.ie • All views here are my own •

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon over the past week, part two. More up here: www.instagram.com/p/DWYXD0Rjak... At least 1,116 people have been killed since March 2, incl 121 children, acc to min of health. At least 3,229 have been injured, incl 399 children.
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Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. 

We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. 

Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. 

As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. 

Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Guardian and Observer journalists have asked people not to share Guardian stories for 48 hours from midnight tonight (Tues), to respect their strike and the virtual picket line
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Imasha Costa | ඉමාෂා කොස්ටා @imashacosta.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Get the latest election coverage from our liveblog below. Polls stay open until 10pm tonight. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
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Live updates: Lunchtime sees 'massive jump' in voter turnout after slow start
Voting has been brisk into the early afternoon, with election officials in Cork reporting 'strong turnout' so far, particularly among younger voters
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Imasha Costa | ඉමාෂා කොස්ටා @imashacosta.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"To our next government: Please stop seeing the rental housing sector as a lucrative business to profit from. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, shelter is a basic physiological need, and we need our government to see it as so." www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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Election 2024: Renting — A place to live is a basic need that profit alone will never deliver
My message to the next Dáil: An eviction ban, a rent freeze, and compulsory purchase orders would begin to address Ireland’s housing crisis, writes Emily Crowley
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Imasha Costa | ඉමාෂා කොස්ටා @imashacosta.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
In today’s Irish Examiner, I write about being a migrant in Ireland and not being able to vote. “It’s ironic isn’t it, not being able to have a say in something where everyone keeps talking about you?” Read it here: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Imasha Costa: Migrants like me do not have a voice in this election
My message to the next Dáil: To the politicians on the campaign trail, trying to secure votes, listen to the migrants, writes Imasha Costa
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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Five dead after Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near government buildings
An Israeli airstrike hit a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late Monday, killing ...
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
In celebration of my return - one of the best pieces I've had the honour to write in the last few months Young boys living in Ramallah, have started hurling training and hope one day that they will get to travel to Ireland and play against teams here. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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Hurling in Ramallah: How Palestinian children are getting to grips with GAA
Some 20 children, with training kits and hurleys, are now spending afternoons or evenings training, in a sport that they say makes them feel close to Ireland
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