Laura Jayne Halton

Not every Friday morning you wake up to being on the FRONT PAGE! @bairbrepower got me out of my aran jumper for an afternoon! Great write up on the Irish at the #Oscars and the hope of dressing them for the red carpet 🍾 Shot at the beautiful @CartonFairmont by Steve Humphreys

Take a bow @TomBarr247 🤩🙌

Oh...my...GOD

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has described the Israeli strikes on a refugee camp in Rafah last night as "barbaric" rte.ie/news/2024/0527…

The scenes of the aftermath of the bombing of tents in Rafah tonight are the acts of a monster state. There is no defence for this terrorism. No justification. No nothing except black, dark evil in action. Israel can never bomb away the images of her evil in action.

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Quanta Capital boss Mel Sutcliffe pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning a young man whom he later interrogated and beat. Quanta Capital owns Kippure Manor Estate, an illegally built housing development that generates €10 million a year from the state. ontheditch.com/quanta-capital…

@vonderleyen You have a nerve speaking about democracy

I strongly condemn the vile attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico. Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good. My thoughts are with PM Fico and his family.

Outside the stadium a very special mural has just been completed by @emmaleneblake It is of Hind Rajab, a six year old girl who was murdered by the Israeli military, after being the sole survivor of Israeli tank fire on the vehicle in which she had fled with six relatives. Her subsequent emergency three-hour phone call with PRCS was released, in which she told the dispatcher, "I'm so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?"

🎯TRAVEL BAN OVERTURNED 🎯 After weeks of difficulties, Professor @GhassanAbuSitt1 has won a huge victory as lawyer Alexander Gorski, ICJP lawyers and @ELSClegal succeeded in challenging Germany's Schengen-wide travel ban on the war surgeon. After returning from working in Gaza hospitals, and as a witness to war crimes, Professor Ghassan faced hostile press and eventually a travel ban by German authorities. He was deprived of his freedom of expression and freedom to travel when he was refused entry to France, Netherlands and Germany as he tried to spread the word about the war crimes he witnessed. Now, with the ban overturned, Ghassan should be able to travel freely around the Schengen area once again.

With respect, it's absolutely not working for normal people trying to buy their own home. Only 27% of all new homes built in 2023 were available to buy. twitter.com/crazyhousepric…

The ad even appeared as a preroll on the official @Eurovision final livestream, which seems very unfair to other contestants. The contest is meant to be judged on the songs, not by the size of your advertising campaign. Image courtesy of @mvrtxin

How did Israel get so many votes you ask? You had people doing this type of thing. Then there was a large number of pro Modi Indian accounts rally together to vote Israel. They had adverts in TIMES SQUARE. The "rest of the world" part of the voting system is completely broken.

This is absolutely awful

I have never heard a more obnoxious interview on @NTBreakfast Speaking over the person they are "interviewing", shoving words into his mouth. I have to give kudos to @BernardDurkanTD for sticking it back to Ciara, who is clearly trying to ignite an anti immigration stance.

This whole competition is a joke #Eurovision #Eurovision2024

We will never forget. The attack on Shireen’s funeral is forever etched in our collective memory.

@JosepBorrellF A few lines on 'X' isn't going to save the innocent humans from being killed, burned, maimed or starved. It's not going to stop the terror. DO SOMETHING

Forcing civilians to evacuate #Rafah to unsafe zones is intolerable. #Israel is bound by international law to provide safety to civilians. We continue to urge Israel not to go ahead w/ a ground operation in Rafah. This would further exacerbate an already dire humanitarian crisis.