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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 23d

Several Irish stars have joined big names in backing and promoting a concert hosted tonight by Together for Palestine at Wembley Stadium
https://www.thejournal.ie/cillian-murphy-together-for-palestine-6819680-Sep2025/

Cillian Murphy among Irish stars backing Together for Palestine concert

Musicians and bands including Paul Weller, Damon Albert, King Krule and Bastille are listed as performers.

www.thejournal.ie

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · 23d

www.thejournal.ie/racist-attac...

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated

Anti-race hate crimes and incidents have risen by almost a quarter in just three years, according to data analysed by The Journal Investigates.

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · 23d

Racism in Ireland. Unfortunately, gardai only began recording hate crimes and incidents, with categories such as “anti-race”, three years ago. But from the data we do have, we can see reports of racist attacks and abuse has been growing. Link to article in next 🧵

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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · 24d

'Racism has got more aggressive, more obvious and more brazen' in Ireland, with anti-race the single most discriminatory motive in hate crimes here.

Read our latest investigation:
http://www.thejournal.ie/racist-attacks-ireland-6817334-Sep2025/

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated

Anti-race hate crimes and incidents have risen by almost a quarter in just three years, according to data analysed by The Journal Investigates.

www.thejournal.ie

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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · 24d

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated, analysis by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.

http://www.thejournal.ie/racist-attacks-ireland-6817334-Sep2025/

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated

Anti-race hate crimes and incidents have risen by almost a quarter in just three years, according to data analysed by The Journal Investigates.

www.thejournal.ie

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Part 2 of our series looking at threats to our native seals. This one beggars belief, especially after the outrage in 2022 when a seal pup was killed after being picked up by a tourist for a selfie 😔 ⬇️

The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · Aug 14

Tourists are disturbing Ireland’s largest grey seal colony by flying drones and picking up pups for selfies. The latest in our series looking at threats to the protected species by @trishdevlin.bsky.social

http://www.thejournal.ie/tourists-drones-selfies-seals-6787750-Aug2025/

Snap happy tourists harming seals by picking up pups for selfies and flying drones

Tourists visiting the Great Blasket Island are causing ‘almost daily’ incidents’ leading to seals abandoning young, The Journal Investigates can reveal.

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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · Aug 13

The number of dead seals washing up along Irish coasts more than doubled between 2020 and 2023, an investigation by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.

http://www.thejournal.ie/dead-seals-ireland-6786495-Aug2025/

Dead seals washing up on Irish coasts more than double in three years

The Journal Investigates can reveal a significant spike in dead seal reports, as severe storms and human disturbance threaten the protected species.

www.thejournal.ie

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Maria Delaney @mariadelaney.ie · Jul 23

Our latest investigation by @trishdevlin.bsky.social exposes an important security concern across Ireland:

The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · Jul 23

Chinese surveillance cameras banned from sensitive government sites in the UK, US and Australia, are in widespread use right across Ireland, we can reveal.

http://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-hikvision-surveillance-6755381-Jul2025/

Thousands of controversial Chinese surveillance cameras installed in public places across Ireland

The Journal Investigates reveals Hikvision is used by councils, hospitals and universities despite bans in other countries.

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Kris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social · Jul 23

@trishdevlin.bsky.social‬ at the @thejournal.ie has a complementary investigative piece out as well. www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

Thousands of controversial Chinese surveillance cameras installed in public places across Ireland

The Journal Investigates reveals Hikvision is used by councils, hospitals and universities despite bans in other countries.

www.thejournal.ie

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Daily Mail now coming for the hipsters for making places look nice.

Screenshot of what the Daily Mail describes as journalism about a town which has been made to look nicer by hipsters. Apparently the locals don’t want it and there has been fury

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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · Jul 2

One female paramedic told The Journal Investigates she was "dry humped” by two different male colleagues, incidents brushed off as jokes.

http://www.thejournal.ie/national-ambulance-service-female-paramedics-6748778-Jul2025/

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics break silence on 'toxic' culture

Staff told The Journal Investigates they feel that there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jul 2

Well done to your niece. Paramedics are heroes 🙌 I hope so too, Brendan. We’ll be keeping an eye on what action will be taken 🔍

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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · Jul 2

Awful behaviour, well done the female paramedics for talking about it and you for reporting.
Sexual harassment is disturbing anywhere but somehow an emergency service is a workplace where to you might think there’s less of it. Wrongly.

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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · Jul 2

Every single workplace. How many of these abusers are responding to sexual violence call outs? Well done @trishdevlin.bsky.social for documenting this.

"Separately, a hidden camera was found in one of the women’s bathrooms. An incident, she claimed, “was all kept quiet”.

The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · Jul 2

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics tell @trishdevlin.bsky.social they feel there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

Read our latest investigation ⬇️
http://www.thejournal.ie/national-ambulance-service-female-paramedics-6748778-Jul2025/

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics break silence on 'toxic' culture

Staff told The Journal Investigates they feel that there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · Jul 2

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics tell @trishdevlin.bsky.social they feel there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

Read our latest investigation ⬇️
http://www.thejournal.ie/national-ambulance-service-female-paramedics-6748778-Jul2025/

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics break silence on 'toxic' culture

Staff told The Journal Investigates they feel that there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you to the brave female paramedics who spoke to me for this investigation👇

The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · Jul 2

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics tell @trishdevlin.bsky.social they feel there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

Read our latest investigation ⬇️
http://www.thejournal.ie/national-ambulance-service-female-paramedics-6748778-Jul2025/

‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics break silence on 'toxic' culture

Staff told The Journal Investigates they feel that there is an ‘unsafe culture’ within the National Ambulance Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Love Glasgow Hate Racism @lghr.bsky.social · Jun 28

Bob Vylan 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 24

Just came across this gem on booking [dot] com. I’d stay here just to meet the cat 🙂 #dublin #cats #catsofbluesky

Screenshot of an ad for a private room for rent on booking.com
The ad features a picture of a very smartly dressed cat

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 12

😔❤️

Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Cruel and unfair 😔 Some short memories out there, especially this week.

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Next month we’ll once again remember these 3 little boys whose lives were cruelly cut short in 1998. Burned in their beds because of hate and bigotry. That same hate and bigotry is on the streets of Northern Ireland tonight, no matter how it’s dressed up. Stay safe everyone ❤️

Jason, Mark, and Richard Quinn who were murdered at their Co Antrim home after a patrol bomb attack in 1998.

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11

It’s utterly depressing 😔

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11

I spoke to a bus driver today who said he has watched drivers mount kerbs to overtake his bus while dropping children off. It’s incredible. Thank you for being so mindful.

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11

100 per cent

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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11

She is. Thanks Kaz ❤️

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