Mark Hennessy
@markhennessy.bsky.social
Ireland and Britain Editor,
The Irish Times
Leading The Irish Times’ Common Ground project exploring relationships on the island of Ireland, and between Ireland and Great Britain
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The Irish Times
Leading The Irish Times’ Common Ground project exploring relationships on the island of Ireland, and between Ireland and Great Britain
https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/
Melania Trump is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to be saved from the ogre imprisoning her
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Melania Trump is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to be saved from the ogre imprisoning her
Melania is where she wants to be: in the bosom of a corrupt family that is prostituting the People’s House
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February 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Melania Trump is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to be saved from the ogre imprisoning her
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Wouldn’t that be nice - rather than the Wild West from which all of the social networks have grossly profited for years / Social networks could be treated as publishers if they host illegal content, says Irish Minister of State says
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Social networks could be treated as publishers if they host illegal content, Minister of State says
Government considering law that would ban ‘deepfakes’, Niamh Smyth says
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January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wouldn’t that be nice - rather than the Wild West from which all of the social networks have grossly profited for years / Social networks could be treated as publishers if they host illegal content, says Irish Minister of State says
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
More right than he knows, probably. The Titanic’s captain needed to slow down, to watch where he was going, to listen to wiser counsel, and to have turned left, or right in time to miss disaster
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 6:23 PM
More right than he knows, probably. The Titanic’s captain needed to slow down, to watch where he was going, to listen to wiser counsel, and to have turned left, or right in time to miss disaster
File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives
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File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives
Historian disputes Minister’s assertion that withdrawal of file was ‘normal’
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January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives
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File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives after being pulled the week before, and being reported on
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File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives
Historian disputes Minister’s assertion that withdrawal of file was ‘normal’
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January 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives after being pulled the week before, and being reported on
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Trade INCREASES four-fold between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since Brexit - ‘We haven’t had one bad experience’: Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since Brexit
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‘We haven’t had one bad experience’: Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since Brexit
InterTradeIreland offers assistance, including up to €21,500 to put a salesperson on the ground in the other jurisdiction for a year
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January 16, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Trade INCREASES four-fold between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since Brexit - ‘We haven’t had one bad experience’: Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since Brexit
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Irish Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives
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Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives
Letter written by senior Garda Noel Conroy outlined group’s most influential figures in 1996
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January 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Irish Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives
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The future of the film industry is being made in Belfast - the single most impressive place I visited anywhere in 2025….https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/12/27/belfasts-field-of-dreams-by-the-lagan/
Studio Ulster: ‘We can create environments that are impossible to find anywhere else’
Studio Ulster, which opened earlier this year in Belfast, offers film-makers cutting-edge technological capabilities
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January 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The future of the film industry is being made in Belfast - the single most impressive place I visited anywhere in 2025….https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/12/27/belfasts-field-of-dreams-by-the-lagan/
The Christmas story of the year 😀Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes
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Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes
Mayor says Christmas windfall created ‘a cascade of emotions after such a terrible year’
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December 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Christmas story of the year 😀Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes
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The reluctant showman ….. a fine piece, this on the life of Chris Rea Reluctant pop star Chris Rea felt ‘Monty Python-silly’ in Slane but was beloved in Ireland
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Reluctant pop star Chris Rea felt ‘Monty Python-silly’ in Slane but was beloved in Ireland
The singer-songwriter’s streak of earnestness elevated him beyond other hitmakers of the day
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December 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The reluctant showman ….. a fine piece, this on the life of Chris Rea Reluctant pop star Chris Rea felt ‘Monty Python-silly’ in Slane but was beloved in Ireland
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Always entertaining to start Saturday with Anton Savage on Newstalk link.goloudplayer.com/s/pN77bjedu4tf
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December 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Always entertaining to start Saturday with Anton Savage on Newstalk link.goloudplayer.com/s/pN77bjedu4tf
Billionaire, John Magnier gave ‘entirely false’ evidence in Tipperary land dispute, judge finds
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John Magnier gave ‘entirely false’ evidence in Tipperary land dispute, judge finds
Businessman faces legal bill of €6m as judge says ‘lying ... is what happened’ in High Court case
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December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Billionaire, John Magnier gave ‘entirely false’ evidence in Tipperary land dispute, judge finds
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It’s the neediness that gets you, really
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It’s the neediness that gets you, really
It takes hard work to be this dumb….
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It takes hard work to be this dumb….
Drones spotted near Zelenskiy’s flight path to Dublin, triggering major security alert
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Drones spotted near Zelenskiy’s flight path to Dublin, triggering major security alert
Irish navy ship spotted five drones operating near route of the Ukrainian president’s aircraft by Howth coast
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December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Drones spotted near Zelenskiy’s flight path to Dublin, triggering major security alert
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The most incredible letter I have ever read.
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The most incredible letter I have ever read.
“Never drive a better car than your customer”- Northern Ireland’s manufacturing firms, the community that rarely speaks of its success
Manufacturing in North Ireland definitely not a thing of the past
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Manufacturing in North Ireland definitely not a thing of the past
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Manufacturing in North Ireland definitely not a thing of the past
Nearly 100,000 people work in a sector critical to the North’s economic success
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December 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“Never drive a better car than your customer”- Northern Ireland’s manufacturing firms, the community that rarely speaks of its success
Manufacturing in North Ireland definitely not a thing of the past
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Manufacturing in North Ireland definitely not a thing of the past
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A shameful act that will disgrace Dublin if the full council supports it - Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
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Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’
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November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A shameful act that will disgrace Dublin if the full council supports it - Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
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This will end well…
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This will end well…
Perhaps make a “favourite” of this? - let’s not complain this year about the challenges facing small Irish businesses. There are alternatives, and they are online - 100 Irish websites for all your Christmas presents: Shopping guide for the festive season
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100 Irish websites for all your Christmas presents: Shopping guide for the festive season
A curated, all-Irish roundup of the best places to shop for gifts — online and on time
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November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Perhaps make a “favourite” of this? - let’s not complain this year about the challenges facing small Irish businesses. There are alternatives, and they are online - 100 Irish websites for all your Christmas presents: Shopping guide for the festive season
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Gill is far from being the only Brexiteer who should have faced charges - including more than a few who should have been charged with treason -
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for more than 10 years for taking pro-Russia bribes
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Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for more than 10 years for taking pro-Russia bribes
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Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for more than 10 years for taking pro-Russia bribes
Nathan Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give pro-Russian TV interviews and make speeches in EU Parliament, where he was an MEP
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November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Gill is far from being the only Brexiteer who should have faced charges - including more than a few who should have been charged with treason -
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for more than 10 years for taking pro-Russia bribes
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Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for more than 10 years for taking pro-Russia bribes
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A life of wisdom, and the lessons learned along the way - former Irish diplomat, Noel Dorr: ‘To understand the Troubles, you must go back much further’
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Noel Dorr: ‘To understand the Troubles, you must go back much further’
Forty years after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the former diplomat still sees Sunningdale as the peace deal that got way
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November 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A life of wisdom, and the lessons learned along the way - former Irish diplomat, Noel Dorr: ‘To understand the Troubles, you must go back much further’
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Flautist James Galway to be honoured in native Belfast for ‘extraordinary contribution’ to music
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Flautist James Galway to be honoured in native Belfast for ‘extraordinary contribution’ to music
James Galway says his home city gave him his ‘grounding in music’
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November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Flautist James Galway to be honoured in native Belfast for ‘extraordinary contribution’ to music
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