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A rare win for Bedouin in Israel's Negev Desert / New Dubai series
Earlier in the year I visited the Palestinian Bedouin community living in Ras Jrabah on the outskirts of the Israeli town of Dimona.
Jul 11
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Hannah McCarthy
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A rare win for Bedouin in Israel's Negev Desert / New Dubai series
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February 2025
Trump's global real estate shopping list and Damascus after Assad
In the two weeks since he came to power, US President Donald Trump has threatened to seize The Panama Canal, suggested that Canada should become…
Feb 6
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November 2024
Irish peacekeepers in war-torn south Lebanon // A veteran war reporter reflects on the last Lebanon war and American justice for Hezbollah…
Thirty Irish peacekeepers are currently manning a small United Nations outpost overlooking a parcel of land in south Lebanon that has long served as a…
Nov 3, 2024
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Irish peacekeepers in war-torn south Lebanon // A veteran war reporter reflects on the last Lebanon war and American justice for Hezbollah attacks
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October 2024
Lebanon //Keeping up with the news cycle
When I was in Beirut at the beginning of September, I interviewed the Palestinian journalist from Gaza Plestia Alaqad about her new chapter studying…
Oct 25, 2024
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Lebanon //Keeping up with the news cycle
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September 2024
Some photos and words from the weekend Beirut learnt Hassan Nasrallah died
On Friday evening, Israeli jets dropped as many as 80 bombs on south Beirut, levelling around 6 multi-storey buildings in the densely populated…
Sep 29, 2024
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Some photos and words from the weekend Beirut learnt Hassan Nasrallah died
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In the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiye in Beirut, locals deal with the fallout from a deadly Israeli airstrike and attend a funeral for dead…
A digger is grappling with the piles of rubble that is all that’s left of two buildings that once stood on this spot in Dahiye, a densely populated…
Sep 22, 2024
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In the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiye in Beirut, locals deal with the fallout from a deadly Israeli airstrike and attend a funeral for dead fighters
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New York to Beirut // New technology is shaping modern warfare and children's toys
Marhaba from the end of a chaotic week in Beirut.
Sep 20, 2024
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Hannah McCarthy
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New York to Beirut // New technology is shaping modern warfare and children's toys
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JD Vance's Catholicism and some pieces worth your time on Lebanon, Afghanistan and the UK
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Sep 6, 2024
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Hannah McCarthy
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JD Vance's Catholicism and some pieces worth your time on Lebanon, Afghanistan and the UK
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August 2024
At the rally for Trump and JD Vance in Atlanta - some take-aways
Yesterday, I went along to the rally in Atlanta, Georgia for former President Donald Trump and his VP nominee, Ohio Senator JD Vance.
Aug 4, 2024
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At the rally for Trump and JD Vance in Atlanta - some take-aways
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July 2024
Irish in Lebanon not panicking yet - "Clubs are full. Beaches are full."
Earlier today, I spoke to several Irish people living in Lebanon after the Irish government urged citizens to leave by commercial means amidst a…
Jul 29, 2024
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Irish in Lebanon not panicking yet - "Clubs are full. Beaches are full."
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Amidst criticism at home and abroad, Netanyahu prepares to addresses US congress / Illegal hunting in Lebanon threatens bird species
Hello from Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to address the US Congress in DC tomorrow. Here in Israel many are critical of the…
Jul 23, 2024
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Amidst criticism at home and abroad, Netanyahu prepares to addresses US congress / Illegal hunting in Lebanon threatens bird species
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Kneecap at Glastonbury / Some articles worth your time this week
“All the fenians at the gates for kneepcap like its a Taylor Swift concert,” quipped Belfast writer Roisin Lannigan at the scene of festival goers at…
Jul 5, 2024
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