Trish Hegarty

Israel killed every single paramedic in this photo today in South Lebanon. 12 paramedics slaughtered in one Israeli strike. Israel DELIBERATELY targeted their medical center. Killing medics is a war crime. Killing medics is a crime against humanity. This is medicide.

Shocking report by ⁦@CormacJOKeeffe⁩ on how a 15-year-old girl had to wait almost a year for therapy after being raped by four teenage boys. It’s time for proper funding to extend ⁦@cari_ie⁩ services. irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

Rise in reports of sexually harmful behaviour among children irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

CARI report rise in sexually harmful behaviour among children. Children at Risk Ireland say increased exposure to online pornography, online grooming, & image-based abuse is having a “real impact” on children. Excellent piece by ⁦@CormacJOKeeffe⁩ irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4178…

Very important message on the need to talk to children and for a national strategy from interview with Emer O’Neill of ⁦@cari_ie⁩ on ⁦@RTEToday⁩ this morning. News clip here: Rise in sexually harmful behaviour among children - CARI via @RTENews rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

In 1967 Theodor Meron wrote a top secret memo for Israel finding West Bank settlements violated the Geneva Convention, "one of the things I'm most proud of," he says. "Had the government at that time followed my advice we would really have been living in a different Middle East."

Still hard to believe 2025 is complete but we have been busy planning this week & we can’t wait to see you all again for a spraoi-filled 2026! New Year, New Timetable, Same 'Spraoi' Energy. Why not make room for one of our classes in your “New Year, New You” plan?!

UK Fishing News covers our industry calls for urgent action as fishing opportunities for Killybegs fleet are halved: #fishingcrisis #CFP #irishfishing fishingnews.co.uk/news/minister-…

In 1984, this Irish shopworker refused to sell grapefruits from apartheid South Africa. That small act of protest sparked a historic strike that led to Ireland banning trade with South Africa. Now, Mary Manning tells @Dena why she’s pushing Ireland to stop trading with Israel.

We’re closed now for the holidays. I want to thank all our clients, suppliers and service partners- it’s been great working with you in 2025! Have a great Christmas xx

Lovely piece by @EmmaRyan05 on new Donegal collectible story cards which fire children’s imagination and get them off screens: independent.ie/regionals/done…

Very sad to see The Northern Standard go. My late father used to write a column for them many years ago when we lived in Co Monaghan.

Great wee story here from ⁦@SOCurraighin⁩ - Donegal pride at connection to author Jane Austen via @RTENews rte.ie/news/regional/…

@IFPOIreland chief executive talks to Matt Cooper next about quota cuts threat to over 2,000 jobs

Coming up now shortly on the last word, Today FM, IFPO chief executive Aodh O’Donnell talks to Matt Cooper about the catastrophic fishing quota cuts:

New EU fishing agreement will be 'catastrophic' for Ireland, industry warns (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/6902715

EU fishing deal stinks! Netherlands among 4 countries who blocked Ireland’s access to specific EU mechanism for support designed for our reliance on fishing. Our coastline is over 6 times the length of theirs yet their seafood sector is worth twice ours. How can this be?

Irish and European media reflecting the fishing industry’s outrage at EU ‘betrayal’ over latest deal in Brussels: fishing faces catastrophic 2026 - FiskerForum fiskerforum.com/irish-fishing-…

#Funding 🚨 The @BordIascMhara Seafood Innovation Programme, created to strengthen innovation and new product development across Ireland's seafood industry, is now accepting expressions of interest. 🐟 Find out More 👉 loom.ly/1s_2yLk

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