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Tara Peterman

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News & Current Affairs @ RTÉ Irish public service media, formerly Sky News DC Bureau, Etc. New Yorker in Dublin.

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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kennedy Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
New footage exclusively obtained by The New York Times showed the aftermath of the moment a giant glacier broke away from the top of a ridge in the Himalayas, setting off a torrent of mud, snow, floodwaters and debris to the valley communities below. nyti.ms/4x0ckTw
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Republican-led House narrowly passes Trump’s $70bn bill to fund DHS and ICE – live
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
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Ireland to significantly exceed 2030 climate limits - EPA
Ireland is going to significantly exceed its greenhouse gas emission targets for 2030, the Environmental Protection Agency has said.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
90% of Irelands heating came from fossil fuels in 2024, according to SEAI’s Margie McCarthy. #epaclimateconference #seai #climatechange
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...
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Electricity emissions fall for third consecutive year
Greenhouse gas emissions from electricity in Ireland fell by almost 9% last year, the third consecutive year that electricity emissions have fallen.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Congratulations @jkbjournalist.bsky.social. You deserve this.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“Guilty,” he said, over and over and over, to charges of attempted murder, assault and other crimes.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/04/2026
According to the Lebanese National News Agency, these panels supply the town with electricity, which is needed for its water supply, and Israel destroyed homes, roads and olive trees as well.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 26/04/2026
#BREAKING Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa wins London Marathon in women's-only world record time
Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa crosses the line to win the women's race at the 2026 London Marathon in a new women's-only world record time, in central London on April 26, 2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Big night for Europe.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Greg Bovino, of ICE, loses his job, according to The Atlantic.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
A time capsule of predictions. Would Americans vote for a black president? For a woman president? What did Americans in 1998 believe would happen by 2025. Read to the end. #2025 #usa www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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Americans in 1998 tried to predict 2025. Here’s what they got right | CNN Politics
In the year 1998 – when Bill Clinton was president, most households still had landline phones, and CNN’s website looked like this – Gallup and USA Today called up 1,055 Americans on those landlines an...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 10/12/2025
67 journalists killed in 2025, half in Gaza, says Reporters Without Borders. The figure, outlined in RSF's latest annual report, is an increase on the 66 killed in 2024
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/11/2025
A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it has renewed their faith in government.
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Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
#Cop30 - Closing plenary now started - proposed final deal does not include a plan for a transition away from fossil fuels #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cop30 live: rumours of deal as final plenary begins
After a series of all-night meetings, the Brazilian presidency appears optimistic it has persuaded parties to agree to a deal
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Wind was delivering 22.7GW during the evening peak on Nov 11, nearly 44% of power, equivalent to 22 million homes supplied The System Operator said "our national grid can run safely and securely on large quantities of renewables generated right here in Britain" news.sky.com/story/new-re...
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New record for wind-powered electricity in Britain
The National Energy System Operator (Neso) has predicted Britain could hit another milestone in the months ahead by running the grid for a period entirely with zero carbon power, renewables and nuclea...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 15/11/2025
The sky above Bradford lights up during the city's UK City of Culture celebrations, as hundreds of drones recreate David Hockney's most famous paintings.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Maeve Leahy, Regina Cooney, Mary Cooney, Heroes. “I am here to stand up for little Maeve.” “Regina Cooney said she had waived her right to anonymity in the hope it would give others encouragement to go forward.” www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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Waiving anonymity important for 'closure,' says victim
A 76-year-old man has been remanded in custody to await sentencing after admitting he indecently assaulted two young girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Supreme Court extends stay of order requiring administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November
The Supreme Court has extended Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's stay of a lower court order that the administration complete payment of full SNAP benefits for November.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“Consumption of textiles in Ireland is currently double the EU average.” As part of @RTE news climate change coverage during #COP30 @samanthalibreri.bsky.social reports on textile waste and the circular economy. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Bursting at the seams: Ireland's textile waste problem
The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said Ireland will need more resources to adequately deal with textile waste.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
"Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | Repost of my @thebulletin.org commentary by #MROnline: mronline.org/2025/11/04/m...
Bill Gates poses with Rick Perry in 2019, during Perry’s tenure as Secretary of Energy under the first Trump administration. (Public Domain)
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NPR @npr.org · 04/11/2025
While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, today's will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president.
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It's Election Day. Here are 5 questions about what the results might mean
While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, today's will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/11/2025
Breaking News: The Trump administration will send only partial payments this month to the millions who receive food stamps, as the shutdown continues.
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Trump Administration Faces SNAP Funding Deadline: Live Updates
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Heat related deaths globally are rising according to today’s Lancet Report involving 71 organizations and 128 researchers. Some improvements were seen. Many countries (not Ireland) have national reports. Heat-related deaths rise due to climate change - report www.rte.ie/news/health/... #climate
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Heat-related deaths rise due to climate change - report
The warming effects of climate change have seen the rate of heat-related deaths surge 23% since the 1990s - to over 546,000 a year - according to the ninth Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climat...
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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The commission may well acquiesce. Sadly physics doesn’t do discounts or bargains and it keeps receipts. If we want a liveable future for future generations on a world that has a climate even recognisably like ours our energy should be being spent on doubling down on climate action…
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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Ireland hopes for a discount for missing EU climate goals
Ireland will miss its EU climate targets on agriculture, transport and buildings and likely face financial penalties, but can it secure concessions?
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David McCullagh @mcculld.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
25 votes in my box since 7. Staff say they’ve never seen it so slow…
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 22/10/2025
The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year
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Centenary celebrations for release of 1926 census
The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 21/10/2025
Follow live updates as Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys go head-to-head in the final debate of the Presidential Election campaign
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Connolly and Humphreys go head-to-head in final debate
Follow live updates as the candidates in the Presidential Election take part in the final debate of the campaign.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 15/10/2025
Fianna Fáil has appointed a senior barrister and three TDs and senators to carry out a review into how it selected Jim Gavin to stand for the party in its disastrous Áras campaign www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-...
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Fianna Fáil sets up review into party's disastrous presidential campaign
The party will examine the selection process for Jim Gavin.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
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Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero
The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates
Study shows clear link between Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Last day to register to vote in Irish Presidential Election. Watch: How to register to vote before the deadline www.rte.ie/news/preside...
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Watch: How to register to vote before the deadline
The deadline to register to vote in the Presidential Election is today.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
See & hear the Irish presidential candidates questioned by seasoned journalists. RTÉ has many options including the Prime Time debate on Tuesday Oct 21st on @rteone.rte.ie @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
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RTÉ announces Presidential Election debates and coverage
A major presidential debate with all three candidates on RTÉ television three days ahead of polling is among election coverage announced by the broadcaster.
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Marine protection feels remote in a world of problems, not so for those deeply connected to fishing & marine life. Please watch this by myself and @barrycummins. The importance and why Ireland is a “laggard”. Thanks to all the voices-they matter. #marine #sharks #30x2030 www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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Net loss? Why Ireland trails Europe on marine protection
Marine Protected Areas are seen as a solution to biodiversity loss and dwindling fish stocks, but why has Ireland has yet to deliver the law to make them real?
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
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UCD and Met Éireann launch new AI forecasting centre
A new centre has been launched at University College Dublin (UCD) which will use artificial intelligence (AI) to transform weather forecasting, supporting Ireland's preparation for the growing risks p...
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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Bernie Sanders becomes first US senator to say Israel committing genocide in Gaza
Vermont senator had received flak from supporters for avoiding it, which has been confirmed by a UN commission
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
“.when you attack journalists you stop the world from learning about anything else that is happening; the assaults on everyone else”. Israel’s targeting of journalists is an attack on truth and history www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Sally Hayden: Israel’s targeting of journalists is an attack on truth and history
Journalists’ lives are not more important than those of other civilians, but when you attack journalists you stop the world from learning about what is happening
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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Are Irish reservoirs running out of water due to a dry August?
The reduction in water levels in Poulaphuca shows the link between reservoirs, river water flows and rainfall
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Dean Napolitano @dinonapolitano.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy. By Lisa Friedman, @bradplumer.bsky.social & @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
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Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 22/08/2025
A UN-backed organisation has confirmed famine in Gaza, with more than 500,000 people facing "catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death"
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UN confirms famine in Gaza, first in Middle East
A UN-backed organisation has confirmed famine in Gaza, with more than 500,000 people facing "catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death".
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Tara Peterman @tapeterman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
“Mr. Trump also said this week that the Smithsonian was “out of control” and focused too much on “how bad slavery was.” White House Lists Smithsonian Exhibits It Finds Objectionable www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/a...
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White House Lists Smithsonian Exhibits It Finds Objectionable
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NPR @npr.org · 27/07/2025
Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities. Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
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NPR @npr.org · 24/07/2025
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Paramount Global after the buyer made pledges to showcase a diversity of viewpoints and root out alleged bias in CBS' news coverage.
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Trump administration approves sale of CBS parent company Paramount
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Paramount Global after the buyer made pledges to showcase a diversity of viewpoints and root out alleged bias in CBS' news coverage.
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