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March: Reflections on The Whistleblower launch, 21.3.26
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (383+ words) Thinking about Hart Crane's poem March " thinking about how it celebrates not the triumphant arrival of spring, but the fragile unravelling of winter. Thinking about how the poem continually violates the grammar of expectation, both in concept and execution " most…...
US airline: illegal weapons flight through our airspace
1+ week, 1+ day ago (256+ words) American Airlines illegally trafficked the type of munitions used against Iran through Irish territory this month for the US Air Force. Four passenger flights from London to Dallas went through Irish sovereign airspace carrying two 96-kilogramme SUU-96 weapons pylons and…...
US bomber support plane flew through Irish airspace
2+ week, 4+ day ago (273+ words) An aircraft delivering critical military equipment for US Air Force bombers used to attack Iran flew through Irish sovereign airspace last Tuesday. Yesterday The Ditch reported that an Irish air traffic controller guided a US bomber on its way to…...
Irish Daily Mail Facebook page managed from Israel
3+ week, 3+ day ago (418+ words) The executive editor at the Irish Daily Mail has refused to comment on the paper's Facebook page being run from Israel " claiming he "wouldn't be licensed" to do so." Executive editor John Lee told The Ditch this afternoon that he…...
Cyclist judge decision quashed over 2,000+interruptions
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (258+ words) The judge who this week claimed cyclists had "become a nightmare" previously had a judgment quashed by the High Court because he interrupted a barrister more than 2,000 times in the trial. A senior judge also barred justice James O'Donohoe from…...