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Irish ☘️ Investigative journalist ✍️ Lover of good vibes 🧘‍♀️Co Derry born and bred 🔴⚪️ The Journal Investigates @ TheJournal.ie 👩🏻‍💻
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I have now watched the Trump-Zelensky meeting (in full) 3 times. My admiration for the Ukrainian president has only grown each and every time, minute by minute. How he held his composure and dignity in the face of disrespect, arrogance and utter contempt, I’ll never know.

Taoiseach to meet Zelenskyy at Shannon today on his stopover to visit Trump jrnl.ie/6634666

Gardaí investigating disappearance and murder of schoolboy Kyran Durnin search house in Drogheda jrnl.ie/6633762

. @naomilong.bsky.social Alliance Party leader, confirms she won’t be in the US for St Patrick’s Day, she said earlier: ‘I think his (Trump’s) ego is sufficiently big that he wouldn’t notice that anyone else was in the room, let alone NI politicians’ Video by Cool FM.

Come to Literary Leicester, a brilliant free book festival for everyone. This year we have sessions on Writing as Activism, Paul Muldoon, @adamcsharp.bsky.social and The Rest Is History (as well as me). Did I say it was free? Yes it is. Link to my event and others below. Please share :)

Tom Hardy wearing a tricolour balaclava while walking his dog was not on my 2025 bingo card.

Sending love and thanks on #IrelandReadsDay to all the brilliant #booksellers (and #librarians) whose lives inspired my recent #Finfarran novel #TheBooksellersGift, and whose energy, hard work and charm are bringing it to readers. xx 💞 #Spéirgorm #booksky #Irish #writing @gaiabanks.bsky.social

🔴‘Don’t Buy a Swasticar’: Tesla Hit by UK Boycott Campaign Over Elon Musk’s Far-Right Support Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right owner’s interference in British politics bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

I love this so much. How cool would this be for writers?

New: Who controls Ireland's offshore wind? Spoiler: Not Irish companies Read our latest investigation: http://jrnl.ie/6627898t

Reporter @conorocarroll.bsky.social talks about our latest investigation which found that big oil, governments and one of Europe's largest polluters are among the developers of planned projects off our coast. Read the investigation here: http://jrnl.ie/6627898t

Going through some old pics and came across this one from 2020. I want to like it, but it was taken at a really tough time, solely for an article to talk about threats I’d received over my crime articles. Does a picture really say a thousand words? 🤔 Thankfully, times have changed. #Thankful

Valentines Day changed forever for me 8 years ago with the arrival of this little ray of sunshine. Happy birthday Caoimhín. *Rose (was) sold separately 🙃

Tulsi Gabbard has just been confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence. 😫

Nice to be in Harper’s Bazaar. Thank you. www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/c...

Tobacco manufacturer PJ Carroll issued legal letters to the Department of Health over a public consultation on the stricter regulation of vapes, writes @trishdevlin.bsky.social http://www.thejournal.ie/tobacco-company-vapes-ireland-6609821-Jan2025/

Give the man's website a check, he's some beezer things on it 😁 ferryclever.co.uk

A gift shop in Derry, Ireland

🔴How Right-Wing Media Spread the False Claim That One in Twelve Londoners Are ‘Illegal Migrants’ There is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public, in order to push for Trump-style mass deportations, argues @zoejardiniere.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/h...

Our latest on illicit vapes - report by @trishdevlin.bsky.social:

Over 64 tonnes of illegal vapes have been seized and stopped from entering Ireland in the last two years, figures provided to The Journal Investigates reveal. http://www.thejournal.ie/illegal-vape-seizures-ireland-6604200-Jan2025/

How has Storm Éowyn affected you? We want to hear your stories. Are you still without power or water? Have you had to move out of your home? What help do you need from the government? Get in touch: http://jrnl.ie/6606047

New: The Journal Investigates went undercover to reveal the scale of the illicit vape market in Ireland. Our findings suggest that many people are unknowingly buying and using vapes that are unsafe, contain substances that are out-of-date or lack proper safety notices. http://jrnl.ie/6604182t

New undercover investigation from myself and @trishdevlin.bsky.social for @investigates.thejournal.ie coming tomorrow. Read it on thejournal.ie just after midnight 👀

Hope you are all keeping safe in #StormÉowyn I have two extra helpers beside me as I work from home. One of the furry-kind ,and one of the miniature human-kind #CatsofBlueSky #spéirgorm

BRB just bubble wrapping every monument along the west coast of Ireland. #StormEowyn

The Dáil has just been suspended after a furious row between Opposition and Government Follow The Journal’s live blog for further updates ⬇️ jrnl.ie/6600941

#speirgorm folks might be interested in this podcast

Latest by @anthealacchia.bsky.social in her multi-part series on the impact of invasive species:

The ecosystem in Killarney National Park “is dying” due to the presence of invasive species, says farmer and rewilder @irishrainforest.bsky.social ...But the NPWS, who manages the park, says there has been "huge progress" in their control and eradication Latest in our series on invasive species:

Revealed: Invasive species are destroying the environment and cost local authorities over €8.5 million in just four years. Read the first part in our series on the impact of invasive plants across Ireland here: http://jrnl.ie/6592448t

I see my report on the US government branding the Dublin riots terrorism by white supremacists, has gone down well with the far-right blue tickers on the hell space. Imagine having the audacity to report on a government document 🙄

The US government has branded Dublin's 2023 riots as "white identity terrorism", carried out by Irish white supremacists and ultranationalists. Report by our journalist @trishdevlin.bsky.social http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-riots-white-identity-terrorism-6589040-Jan2025/