Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Trump’s a Russian asset, Farage’s party is a racist enterprise, Putin wanted Brexit & if you tried to make a list of all the UK politicians & pundits who’ve backed all three, you’d be here for hours. 632121556 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Tomorrow in Houston 🇺🇸 with the brilliant Seema Jilani, at the legendary Brazos Bookstore. Free entry. Come/tell a friend (or several). brazosbookstore.com/event/2026-1... #Texasbrazosbookstore.comSally Hayden - THIS IS ALSO A LOVE STORYBrazos welcomes Sally Hayden in-store on Thursday, October 15 at 6:30 p.m. Sally will be in conversation with Dr. Seema Jilani. 092 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I went to see Naza in Boston this week & it’s devastating. It’s currently showing in cinemas internationally, including across the US. Encourage anyone to see it who still denies that a genocide has been taking place in Gaza. Let them hear that directly from the people who have been carrying it out. 11510 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Applications open for Oxford University scholarship which will "fully fund a Palestinian scholar to pursue a DPhil (PhD) commencing in October 2027 at the School of Geography and the Environment." www.geog.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...geog.ox.ac.ukPalestine-Oxford Scholarship in Geography and the Environment 01010 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Next 🇺🇸 events: Austin Oct 14: www.eventbrite.ie/e/sally-hayd... Houston Oct 15: brazosbookstore.com/event/2026-1... Los Angeles Oct 20: booksoup.com/event/2026-1...booksoup.comBook Soup + Consulate General of Ireland: Los Angeles Present: Sally Hayden discussing & signing This Is Also a Love Story: A Reporter's Search for Goodness in a Cruel WorldWelcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.*** 095 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Boston today 🇺🇸 064 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Pillay headed the UN independent international commission of inquiry…that last year found genocide was occurring in Gaza… her team had shared ‘thousands of pieces of information’ with prosecutors at the international criminal court.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international lawNorwegian committee recognises achievements of former UN rights chief who stood up against apartheid in South Africa 26335 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums. “Omar was one of 10 boys killed in the last three years at a single club, Al Helal Football Academy, that, 10 years ago, had sent their under-16 team to Ireland “ www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...irishtimes.comGame over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiumsSports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums 13030 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026& today in Boston College: 044 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tomorrow in Boston University. Free in & open to all. www.bu.edu/calendar/?ui... #ThisIsAlsoALoveStory 147 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tomorrow in Boston 🇺🇸: events.bc.edu/event/qa-wit... This is free in & open to anyone. 063 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Resharing this in case anyone missed it: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... 0106 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Latest IOM figures on interceptions in the Central Mediterranean & people being forced back to Libya, after trying to reach Europe. At least 18,112 *people* so far in 2026. 094 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Such a lovely event with the University of Liverpool last night, while highlighting the importance of humanitarian scholarships. Now 🚊 & 🚘 to Wigtown 🏴 for this event at 4.30pm: tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events... 071 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This will be interesting later today in London's Frontline Club: my Beirut-based colleague Nabih Bulos on the Age of AI-assisted Conflict www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...eventbrite.co.ukPanel discussion: The Age of AI-assisted ConflictThe evolution of algorithm-driven fighting in Gaza, Ukraine and Lebanon. 032 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Anyone know a bookshop in Liverpool that might be willing to sell books at this University of Liverpool event next week? Apparently it's booked out with 150 attendees and more on a waitlist. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/09/17/e...news.liverpool.ac.ukPublic event with global correspondent to mark ‘University of Sanctuary’ milestone - University of Liverpool NewsPublic event with global correspondent to mark ‘University of Sanctuary’ milestone 267 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Watching the news from Germany. It might be of interest to people that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' has 6 translation deals but we never managed to find a German publisher (though it's the one we tried hardest for). It is about migration & EU complicity in crimes against humanity on Europe's borders 45433 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Press release from the family of Irishman Daniel Tatlow-Devally, who has been imprisoned in Germany since a Gaza-related protest at an Elbit Systems site in Ulm. "On 8 September, Daniel will have spent one full year in German pre-trial detention, in 23-hour daily lock up, without a verdict." 12624 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is today & tickets are still available. 043 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I am coming to... Houston! 🇺🇸 If anyone knows people there who might be interested please share this with them. It will be my first time ever in Texas. brazosbookstore.com/event/2026-1... @scribnerbooks.bsky.social 034 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialConor 📎💙 #BlueCrew #ResistanceBlue #VoteBlue 💙🌊 @conormcl2026.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#RobinWilliams #filmsky #moviesky 💔🔄 #BeKind #BeKindAlways 💔 01219291 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Rwanda confirmed to be in talks as a "return hub": euobserver.com/232169/rwand... Council for Europe commissioner Michael O’Flaherty says these could be a "human rights black hole". The last time I tried to travel to Rwanda to report, I was prevented from boarding: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...irishtimes.comSally Hayden: I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the planeMy reporting and experience in Rwanda was used as evidence in the legal challenge against the UK Home Office’s Rwanda deportation plan 1135 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026“And in the cruellest of ironies, on the day that she drowned last month, one of nearly 150 people who died in the illegal mass crossing into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, her mother was told that her daughter had just been granted a visa to go to Spain.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comDrowned the day her visa came through: the tragedy of a Moroccan footballer trying to reach CeutaStruggling on her meagre pay, Faten Ben Omar El Azizi dreamed of reaching Europe. Then she joined thousands trying to reach a better life in Spain 12418 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026With Europe’s borders back in the headlines, please consider reading ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ if you haven’t already. It’s very important to have a fuller picture before weighing in. 04530 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026🙏🙏🙏 #ThisIsAlsoALoveStory 083 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, on Thursday. Report soon @irishtimes.com 0102 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Just on this Israel/Russia comparison that lands in my timeline consistently. Netanyahu has killed tens of thousands. But Putin, from Chechyna via Syria to Ukraine, has killed millions (at least two million by my count) 76422 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026On BBC Newshour yesterday talking about ‘This is Also a Love Story’ (about 17 mins in). www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...bbc.comBBC Audio | Newshour | Iran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after renewed US strikesBahrain describes the Iranian attacks as 'blatant aggression' 062 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 31/05/2026New reader’s review for ‘This is Also a Love Story’ 🙏🙏 263 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Catriona has worked for more than a decade now in many ways to advance migrant/refugee rights, women's rights, children's rights etc. (in Brussels and in Ireland) She has long been a passionate advocate for those in need. She is also a talented musician (we were in orchestra together). 26637 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialChristopher Ramsay 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻🇬🇱 @iotechris.bsky.social · 21/05/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social is very well read. I wonder has he seen this new title? 16457151147 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Extremely distressing video on Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir's X account, showing Irish activist Catriona Graham being assaulted & dragged away, & the treatment of those who were on the sumud flotilla. I know Catriona since we were teenagers. New Irish gov statement here: x.com/itamarbengvi... 313673 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Last night at the Big Book event in Dublin with HarperCollins Ireland/ @4thestatebooks.bsky.social. It was wonderful to get to meet in person (& thank!) so many lovely & passionate booksellers, without whom our work would never reach any audience. 073 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026And so it begins. inews.co.uk/news/politic...inews.co.ukBurnham to U-turn on demand to reverse Brexit during by-election, allies sayThe Manchester mayor previously said he would like to see the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime 11237199 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Tomorrow at 6.30pm in Trinity (Dublin 🇮🇪), I'll be joining academics to talk about the humanitarian and human rights impacts of war in Lebanon & Iran. Info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/humanitari...eventbrite.comHumanitarian and Human Rights Impact in Iran and Lebanon ConflictsPanel on humanitarian and human rights impacts of recent conflicts in Iran and Lebanon, examining civilian harm, accountability and law. 065 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Another drone day in Beirut #lebanon 062 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A SpAd threatening an injunction and two different lawsuits in response to a right of reply is a new one on me… Worth reading the full story 813367 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Thank you so much, RTE/ @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social www.rte.ie/culture/2026... 082 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026"Through the phone in my pocket, I am closer to the country’s destruction than any Iranian exile in history has ever been. And I have never felt further from it." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The War You Can Scroll On By 051 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/04/2026BREAKING: The EU's anti-fraud office is investigating Peter Mandelson's activities between 2004 and 2006 when he was the EU commissioner for trade 20542139 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Late sharing my review of @loubnamrie.bsky.social's 'Defiance': 048 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Thank you, thank you to Christina Lamb for this wonderful endorsement for 'This is Also a Love Story', which publishes in less than a month (!!!) in the UK/Ireland, & less than two in the US/Canada. Preorder info here: sallyhayden.net/2026/01/26/t... Events here: sallyhayden.net/2026/04/11/t... 041 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Compare to my reporting from Ayta al-Shaab last November, when I visited with some of its Lebanese residents (none of whom can now go back there): www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...irishtimes.com‘It was a lovely place’: Life in southern Lebanon under Israel’s ‘remote occupation’One year after a ceasefire with Israel, some residents are returning to live under the hum of surveillance drones 0118 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Travelled with displaced Lebanese families heading back south after the ceasefire came into force on Friday (& ended up going pea harvesting). #lebanon www.thetimes.com/world/middle... 0245 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Israeli drone back over Beirut? I think it’s the first time I’ve heard it since the ceasefire started. #lebanon 0177 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This was published this morning by the IDF (AI translation). #lebanon 066 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 19/04/2026this is super interesting and also encouraging - Ukraine has become the world's leading drone superpower 824363 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Read my report from last November to learn about some of the areas of Lebanon that the Israeli military is now occupying. These villages are totally inaccessible now. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...irishtimes.com‘It was a lovely place’: Life in southern Lebanon under Israel’s ‘remote occupation’One year after a ceasefire with Israel, some residents are returning to live under the hum of surveillance drones 1911 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Spotted on a pavement in Beirut #lebanon 0205 0
Reposted by @jrheyworth.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Opportunity for European journalists: Dart Centre "Retreat on Trauma, Resilience and Ethical Reporting" gcjt.org/events/2026/...gcjt.orgCall for Applications: European Journalist Retreat on Trauma, Resilience and Ethical ReportingThe Global Center for Journalism and Trauma (GCJT), in partnership with iMEdD’s Ideas Zone, invites applications for a four-day European Journalist Retreat to be held 14–18 October 2026 in Vamvakou, L... 034 0
