Northern Ireland economy minister steps down on health grounds ft.com/content/d8408b… via @ft

The Dáil has heard details of a new scam where people are effectively trafficked from the UK to Ireland with the promise of paid work - only to show up at the address of their “employer” and discover they have been given the address of the International Protection Office.

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Disturbing confirmation on an issue of UK national interest that must be of international concern. We wait to see whether UK national broadcast & print media cover it - and with the concern it should engender in every news outlet. It could be them tomorrow. NUJ

Investigatory Powers Tribunal hears a claim, contained in a witness statement from an ex-Durham police employee, that the PSNI accessed the phone records of “troublemaker journalists” on a six-monthly basis.

Congratulations to all of those who took part in a fun & frenetic Sports Day 2024. We thank each and every student for their positive engagement on a lovely morning. Congratulations to the winners of the formal races, but well done to everyone on coming together to make the day.

#SportsDay2024 in full swing. It may be overcast but the sporting future is bright.

Italy deploys troops against wild boar to defend ham industry ft.com/content/a997a8… via Amy Kazmin

Fascinating and shocking...

As a historian, I would be deeply conflicted having such access while it is being simultaneously denied to Geraldine Finucane and Bridie Brown.’

There can be little doubt history project is part of the government’s legacy process belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/commen…

Timely message from Bryan Dobson on day journalists from 20 outlets covering meeting of Taoiseach Simon Harris TD with Stormont’s First + Deputy First Ministers were told only 3 questions allowed. Appeared deliberate attempt to restrict access. Can’t happen again RTÉ News

The Tories facing the prospect of losing all of the gains made at every election from 2005-2019.

All that progress from 165 seats has gone on these numbers.

This would be a great graph to teach in “how not to do statistics” class.

Or how to twist data to advance your ideological argument.

As the #LegacyAct comes into force and the ICRIR opens for business, Louise Mallinder and I critique the fundamental (but rarely defined) concept of 'reconciliation' at the heart of these developments
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A brilliant journalist, a great colleague and a gentleman: RTÉ's Bryan Dobson retires after 37 years in newsroom Bryan Dobson
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Congratulations to our participating students who took part in the regional round of Scifest in TU Dublin this afternoon. Their projects demonstrated passion and enthusiasm and we commend them on their efforts.

‘seen by many as a consequence of ill-thought-through changes, which imposed a model more suited to science and maths learning on to the quite different disciplines of language and literature’. And so say all of us

🚨🚨 Late to this but real stellar piece by Steve Peers and Colin Murray entangling with superb precision the latest spat between the UK & Ireland over the knock-on consequences of the UK’s Rwanda policy exposing the tangled web of EU law & Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements. 👇

A brilliant paper 🗞️for Irish Studies in International Affairs by Paul Nolan working the magic manifest in #census #data north & south! Unpuzzled here for your listening pleasure in the ARINS Project #podcast 🎧with host with the most insight Rory Montgomery Royal Irish Academy