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Dominic McGrath

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UK Correspondent at The Business Post | Irish in London, via Tyrone

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
VON DER LEYEN: WE WANT TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR CANADA TO THE FIRST ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE EU.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Two Irish support acts who had already wrapped on Ed Sheeran’s tour - Biird and Amble - have published statements in support of the Palestinian people, with Biird also saying they support the artists who have withdrawn from the tour.
We cannot drop out of a tour we are no longer a part of. We joined the loop tour for two shows in June. We stand with the Palestinian people. Free Palestine. Following the decision for Macklemore to be dropped from the Loop Tour, we feel it is important to be clear about where we stand. Our time on the Loop Tour has already come to and end. Our last show was at the MetLife stadium where we witnessed Macklemore’s speech. We stand unequivocally behind every word he said. Our support is with the people of Palestine, with the artists who have made the difficult decision to step away from the tour and with anybody that speaks up against Zionist lobbying groups. Ní saoirse go saoirse an Phalaistín.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 11/09/2026
"Jet-zero" latest…
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New in the Ulsterisation of UK national life. If the authorities don't confront far right paramilitaries in part of the state, expect this sort of group in other parts of the state to want a piece of the same action.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Reform.... present themselves as the anti-establishment insurgents, but banning independent journalists like me from party conference isn’t anti-establishment. It’s the establishment playbook.” Am taking being barred from Reform conference as badge of honour! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK bans three journalists who have investigated party from its conference
Guardian City editor Anna Isaac, investigative reporter Peter Geoghegan and broadcaster Michael Crick refused entry
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 30/08/2026
Trying to make local journalism works as a business is hard. That's why I'm proud to announce that London Centric is diversifying into the capital's ice cream trade. www.londoncentric.media/p/ice-cream-...
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Intimidation, illegality and Mr Whippy: We join London’s ice cream wars
London Centric enters the ice cream trade • The capital’s soft serve vendors act like they can ignore the law • It turns out they probably can
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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 26/08/2026
Right on queue, the stock price rises
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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 26/08/2026
This is some bullshit Meta settles its case for $17billion But that is not the $200 billion sought And its over 10 years, so $1.7billion And its spread across 52 states / territories, is that $35m? And its a grant for "online safety initiatives" And no judgement of liability Its a <1% tax
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If anything this has even holier connotations now
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Ken Foxe @kenfoxe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Government paper said large companies employing thousands of people had plotted a scheme with financial advisers to push staff into pension schemes that would yield very little in return (underline is mine). Our latest set of FOI records available at: www.thestory.ie/2026/08/12/l...
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Ken Foxe @kenfoxe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Overcrowding in jails was so extreme that the Irish Prison Service planned hostage-negotiation training and considered using courthouse cells in the event of serious riots. Response group was told “operational tensions are severe.” www.thestory.ie/2026/08/05/h...
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 27/07/2026
A mishearing in a courtroom led to reports a bomb suspect had spent years in "Syria". She actually had been in Saoradh, a political group named after the Irish word for liberation. jrnl.ie/7114590
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Lawyer of bomb suspect clarifies she spent time in Saoradh, the political group, not Syria
The defendant’s lawyer confirmed his statements had been misheard.
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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I stand by this, but even I wasn't expecting the Spectator to publish a hatchet job on Anthony Bourdain, written by a far-right influencer, which opens by *approvingly quoting the Unabomber*
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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
the 'somehow Palpatine returned' meme with 'Palpatine' overlaid with 'David Trimble'
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🍺Donald Clarke 🎥 @donaldclarke.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Brenda Fricker, a legend, has died. www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
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Brenda Fricker, Irish Oscar-winning actor, has died aged 81
Dublin born and raised, Fricker was the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar in 1990 for her role in Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot
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Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Today is the 11th anniversary of the Gender Recognition Act here in Ireland. I will always celebrate this day as the State finally recognized my gender. Decades of campaigning led to the Act. I owe a debt to those who went before me We were the 4th country in the world to bring in such legislation
Photo of the front page of the Gender Recognition Act 2015
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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s baffling how Net Zero is now being used as a synonym for runaway eco-radicalism that threatens our way of life. But when I made this programme two years ago Net Zero was agreed by all to be common sense and achievable. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Ep 23 – Net Zero
Will climate action work? If we spend trillions on a Green Transition what are the chances we will get Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050? Philip speaks to one of the few people with right mix of skill...
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Photos from tonight are added to the Eleventh Night(s?) album now. brendanjharkin.myportfolio.com/eleventh-nig...
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 07/07/2026
The CSO has released data on metered electricity consumption for 2025. The extraordinary headline figures: - Electricity consumption from data centres grew by nearly 10% last year, and now accounts for 23% of Ireland's electricity demand.
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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hahahahaha come on, pick a smaller number guys
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Brutal demolition from @eciu.net of the 'we're just one per cent of global emissions - what difference can we make' bullshit. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"What is striking is not just that deprived areas host some data centres: it is that they host almost all of them. Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are located in economically-deprived areas."
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Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas
In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026).
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The houses of ethnic minorities in Belfast didn’t ’go on fire’ last night - as my radio has told me - they were set alight
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Luke Butterly @lukejbutterly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Timothy Gaston TUV spoke of an "influx of migrants" There are 2,379 men, women and children seeking asylum in Northern Ireland. This is less than 0.15% of our 1.9m population. The number of people claiming asylum is also at the lowest point the past three years. Only around 10% live in hotels.
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Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Anna Turley on Today saying the Common Travel Area has been “open for discussion for some time”. By who ???
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We can't look away from the images of families fleeing burning houses without calling this out as a pogrom, whipped up by influential actors who care nothing for the people of Belfast: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Tl full of posts from lads who didn't know northern irland existed until last night being like how do you do my fellow countrymen
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Why is The World At One reading out Rupert Lowe's posts on the Northern Ireland attack, at the start of the bulletin? He leads a party that is polling at about 3%. This is not about "censorship": it's about the choices media outlets make concerning which voices to amplify.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Like clockwork
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Councillor: Can I see the reports on which you are basing your argument that it makes financial sense to abandon (rather then retrofit/upgrade) DCC's HQ on Wood Quay, and build/relocate to a new HQ at Camden Yard on Kevin St? DCC Chief Executive: No.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 27/05/2026
While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working" 2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1) 2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas") www.nesta.org.uk/blo...
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 22/05/2026
Turnout in the by-elections is estimated at 45% in Galway West and about 40% in Dublin Central. Galway therefore looking at 50,000 ballot papers with 17 candidates and no meaningful hope of anyone reaching the quota. A long day - and very possibly two days - of counting beckons in Salthill.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If you think someone is trans, you can ask, however be sure to ask in a say that wouldn't put them at a disadvantage or seem hostile or that is harassment. If they deny it, you can ask them to prove it, however there aren't any documents that would work to prove it. Hope this clarifies things.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A new far-right terror attack in the UK has been confirmed in court. Alina Burns, then 18, tried to behead an Iranian refugee who was standing outside a barber's shop in Bristol with an axe The attack took place on 2 August 2025 but a judge did not rule on 'terrorism connection' until today
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
When Democracy for Sale started publishing stories about how Labour Together under then minister Josh Simons hired a lobby firm to investigate journalists I *really* couldn’t have foreseen this…
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It's almost as if the Legacy Commission was not really set up to deliver truth recovery for people in NI, but to end legal avenues for redress that were embarrassing to a government in London. It's such a wonder that this story isn't getting news attention outside NI: share.google/uRk9SBtEzbAN...
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ICRIR: 'Something fundamentally wrong' with Troubles legacy body
Former police ombudsman criticises the organisation set up to investigate Troubles-related deaths.
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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Andy Burnham arriving at Euston Station
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Dominic McGrath @mcgrathdominic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Might start calling today New Keir's Eve
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Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
There are pros and cons for the government in having a record number of Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPSs) on the books The cons obviously include there being more people who can quit the role and cause quite the headache...
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Dominic McGrath @mcgrathdominic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Have been digging into Nigel Farage's bitcoin company and specifically the Irish, Dublin-based "MIT crypto alumni" who is chief financial officer Also a surprising link to The Giant statue proposed for Dublin... www.businesspost.ie/companies/me...
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Meet the Irishman at the centre of Nigel Farage’s bitcoin business
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Final Hackney count Was a Labour stronghold since 1964 (bar an 8 y gap) Labour had 43 of 57 seats before election. The 57-seat council is now - 42 Green - 9 Labour - 6 Conservative (in Stamford Hill/Springfield area) www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/05/08/l...
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Local elections 2026: Green party wins majority of seats on Hackney Council – Hackney Citizen
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Manchester's map looks a bit like Berlin's and Vienna's - green core with social democratic red ring around it, radical right in the poor suburbs, traditional right in the rich ones..
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We're taking FPTP to bold new exciting places.
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Dominic McGrath @mcgrathdominic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Some great details from this latest @tommygreene.bsky.social piece on the Dalradian gold mine inquiry in Tyrone www.thedetail.tv/articles/roy...
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Royal family could make millions from Sperrins gold mine, inquiry hears
The Crown Estate legally owns almost all gold and silver deposits in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Dillon case is available at the following link. It effectively reduces the Windsor Framework's rights and equality protections, as litigable measures, to the Six Annex 1 Directives. Any broader UK Government pledges are just ashes in the mouth: supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:
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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since the CPJ began documenting them in 1992.
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