Conor Gallagher
@conorgallagher.bsky.social
Irish Times Crime and Security Correspondent
Author: Is Ireland Neutral? (Gill)
Email: [email protected]
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/vFjX_wFsoQvTxoBy_ZAqCY0U0axHI36uAuKVPIMx-EIDfetOPixH_J7tuEnJCXkB
Author: Is Ireland Neutral? (Gill)
Email: [email protected]
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/vFjX_wFsoQvTxoBy_ZAqCY0U0axHI36uAuKVPIMx-EIDfetOPixH_J7tuEnJCXkB
We need to set up a perimeter around Blackrock College asap
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We need to set up a perimeter around Blackrock College asap
Defence Forces retires ‘disastrous’ armoured fleet as it looks to French replacements
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Defence Forces retires ‘disastrous’ armoured fleet as it looks to French replacements
South African-made Light Armoured Tactical Vehicles saw minimal operational use since they were acquired in 2010
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January 24, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Defence Forces retires ‘disastrous’ armoured fleet as it looks to French replacements
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Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights Public Schools, said the child was removed from the still-running car and directed by an ICE agent to knock on the door of his home to see if anyone else was inside.
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ICE accused of using five-year-old child as ‘bait’ in Minneapolis immigration raids
Elected officials and school workers have decried the ‘dehumanising’ tactics after federal agents detained the preschooler, along with other young students
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January 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights Public Schools, said the child was removed from the still-running car and directed by an ICE agent to knock on the door of his home to see if anyone else was inside.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
January 22, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
'Windmills are losers' - Don Quixote
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
'Windmills are losers' - Don Quixote
The Irish man unmasking ICE agents: “This morning, I had someone who works at a Starbucks where ICE agents were getting coffee. They told me the names that were written on the cups.”
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Irish man risks US retaliation for unmasking thousands of ICE officers online
Dominick Skinner started publishing identities last year and is assisted by over 500 volunteers across America
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January 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The Irish man unmasking ICE agents: “This morning, I had someone who works at a Starbucks where ICE agents were getting coffee. They told me the names that were written on the cups.”
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Who were the Dublin rioters? What 82 prosecutions tell us about the unrest
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Who were the Dublin rioters? What 82 prosecutions tell us about the unrest
Many of those taking part in the disorder on November 23rd, 2023 were ‘opportunistic’ and swept up in events – but not all, court cases have shown
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January 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Who were the Dublin rioters? What 82 prosecutions tell us about the unrest
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Irish man risks US retaliation for unmasking thousands of ICE officers online
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Irish man risks US retaliation for unmasking thousands of ICE officers online
Dominick Skinner started publishing identities last year and is assisted by over 500 volunteers across America
www.irishtimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Irish man risks US retaliation for unmasking thousands of ICE officers online
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘This is what failure looks like’: Why Ireland is missing its military staffing targets
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‘This is what failure looks like’: Why Ireland is missing its military staffing targets
The Defence Forces will fall years short of plans to strengthen its numbers as global security threats change radically and rapidly
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January 17, 2026 at 8:51 AM
‘This is what failure looks like’: Why Ireland is missing its military staffing targets
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"warn" is a very strange verb choice
January 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"warn" is a very strange verb choice
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🚨 Breaking
Gardaí say investigations are underway following Grok scandal.
"We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"
Gardaí say investigations are underway following Grok scandal.
"We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"
January 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
🚨 Breaking
Gardaí say investigations are underway following Grok scandal.
"We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"
Gardaí say investigations are underway following Grok scandal.
"We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"
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Dublin City Council has rejected a repeated claim by Tánaiste Simon Harris that a significant number of people presenting as homeless do not have a housing right in Ireland.
The tanaiste was defended by Malachy Steenson, who said "for once" he agreed with him
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The tanaiste was defended by Malachy Steenson, who said "for once" he agreed with him
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Council rejects Tánaiste’s claim large number of homeless have no housing right
Simon Harris defended by Independent councillor Malachy Steenson
www.irishtimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Dublin City Council has rejected a repeated claim by Tánaiste Simon Harris that a significant number of people presenting as homeless do not have a housing right in Ireland.
The tanaiste was defended by Malachy Steenson, who said "for once" he agreed with him
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The tanaiste was defended by Malachy Steenson, who said "for once" he agreed with him
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Four DF members are being awarded the distinguished service medal in relation to the 2023 stabbing attack on Army chaplain Fr Paul Murphy in Galway.
Cpl Daniel Padden, DSM, with Distinction
Pte Dylan Geraghty, DSM, with Honour
Pte Ciara Shanahan, DSM with merit
And Fr Murphy, DSM with merit
Cpl Daniel Padden, DSM, with Distinction
Pte Dylan Geraghty, DSM, with Honour
Pte Ciara Shanahan, DSM with merit
And Fr Murphy, DSM with merit
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Four DF members are being awarded the distinguished service medal in relation to the 2023 stabbing attack on Army chaplain Fr Paul Murphy in Galway.
Cpl Daniel Padden, DSM, with Distinction
Pte Dylan Geraghty, DSM, with Honour
Pte Ciara Shanahan, DSM with merit
And Fr Murphy, DSM with merit
Cpl Daniel Padden, DSM, with Distinction
Pte Dylan Geraghty, DSM, with Honour
Pte Ciara Shanahan, DSM with merit
And Fr Murphy, DSM with merit
Groks creation of "nudified" images of children is disgusting and dangerous but, as it stands, it's probably not an offence 1998 Child Pornography Act, says Moran, who has spent decades investigating child abuse.
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Grok images of children probably not prosecutable, says child protection expert
‘Law or no law’, there is no reason for a programme to generate images of people without clothes on, says former garda
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January 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Groks creation of "nudified" images of children is disgusting and dangerous but, as it stands, it's probably not an offence 1998 Child Pornography Act, says Moran, who has spent decades investigating child abuse.
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Anything that inconveniences a right wing populist is censorship, part 1000.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
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Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Anything that inconveniences a right wing populist is censorship, part 1000.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
Off to see Hamnet. Heard great things
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Off to see Hamnet. Heard great things
I would have thought condemning an company producing child abuse material on an industrial scale for profit would be an easy one. But here were are.
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I would have thought condemning an company producing child abuse material on an industrial scale for profit would be an easy one. But here were are.
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My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Minister Burke says he's waiting on the results of ongoing investigation before deciding whether to leave X...
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Minister Burke says he's waiting on the results of ongoing investigation before deciding whether to leave X...
Huge amount of naval and aircraft activity around the ship today (which is now in Icelandic EEZ). Unconfirmed video shows US special forces helicopter approaching the vessel from a Coastguard cutter. The ship has also abrutly changed course in the last hour. It may already have been seized.
Two more US naval aircraft flew over Irish airspace on surveillance missions in the Atlantic. One just off the tip of Donegal. Another over the centre of the country (taking in Doonbeg along the way). Simon Harris says he "imagines" rules were followed
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Two more US aircraft fly over Ireland to track oil tanker under Russian flag
Tánaiste ‘would imagine’ rules on accessing State’s skies were followed on previous flight
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January 7, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Huge amount of naval and aircraft activity around the ship today (which is now in Icelandic EEZ). Unconfirmed video shows US special forces helicopter approaching the vessel from a Coastguard cutter. The ship has also abrutly changed course in the last hour. It may already have been seized.
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Thanks @richardholmes.bsky.social for pointing out that MARINERA has now entered the Icelandic EEZ, and with it European waters, for the first time.
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Thanks @richardholmes.bsky.social for pointing out that MARINERA has now entered the Icelandic EEZ, and with it European waters, for the first time.
Two more US naval aircraft flew over Irish airspace on surveillance missions in the Atlantic. One just off the tip of Donegal. Another over the centre of the country (taking in Doonbeg along the way). Simon Harris says he "imagines" rules were followed
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Two more US aircraft fly over Ireland to track oil tanker under Russian flag
Tánaiste ‘would imagine’ rules on accessing State’s skies were followed on previous flight
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Two more US naval aircraft flew over Irish airspace on surveillance missions in the Atlantic. One just off the tip of Donegal. Another over the centre of the country (taking in Doonbeg along the way). Simon Harris says he "imagines" rules were followed
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
US naval aircraft flew over Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker
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US naval aircraft flew over Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker
Irish policy forbids foreign military aircraft use of Irish airspace while on active military operations
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January 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
US naval aircraft flew over Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker
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@trbrtc.bsky.social hi Christiaan, would you be able to follow back for a DM?
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
@trbrtc.bsky.social hi Christiaan, would you be able to follow back for a DM?