Aidan O'Donnell
@aodhanlutetiae.bsky.social
Irish journalist abroad. Doing data for @CardiffJomec, co-dir @compjcdf. Previously @bbc, @rfi and others.
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Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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#dataviz job in NYC with Bloomberg bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
Data Visualization Reporter, New York
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December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#dataviz job in NYC with Bloomberg bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
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Why is the BBC calling Zohran Mamdani "radical left"? A fair description or an echo of Donald Trump's language?
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Why is the BBC calling Mamdani radical left?
Accurate and impartial or echoing Trump's language?
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Why is the BBC calling Zohran Mamdani "radical left"? A fair description or an echo of Donald Trump's language?
open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...
open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...
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This week has been #BannedBooksWeekUK but going through #FOI data on complaints and removal requests, UK library books mostly stay on the shelves.
clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...
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Are UK library books at risk of being banned? - Words + Numbers
How many complaints have UK libraries had about books and are they responding by removing titles from their shelves?
clairemiller.net
October 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This week has been #BannedBooksWeekUK but going through #FOI data on complaints and removal requests, UK library books mostly stay on the shelves.
clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...
clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...
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Are you a freelance journalist with knowledge of the valleys? We’re looking for someone to help us with an important piece of work looking at socially deprived council wards in RCT and Bridgend County. Interested? Email [email protected] Diolch
August 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Are you a freelance journalist with knowledge of the valleys? We’re looking for someone to help us with an important piece of work looking at socially deprived council wards in RCT and Bridgend County. Interested? Email [email protected] Diolch
All set for the 'carnival of distraction'. The problem is not in Westminster Magistrates' Court today.
GRMA London - sound heads gathering since 8am we will see you soon.
FREE MO CHARA
FREE MO CHARA
June 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All set for the 'carnival of distraction'. The problem is not in Westminster Magistrates' Court today.
The Financial Times ... "US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence" www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
The west’s shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
www.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Financial Times ... "US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence" www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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Friday! Join us to demand again that RTÉ withdraw from the Eurovision in solidarity with the Palestinian call to boycott the contest. Our national broadcaster should not be part of artwashing apartheid Israel's genocidal crimes against Palestinians. #BoycottEurovision2025
May 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Friday! Join us to demand again that RTÉ withdraw from the Eurovision in solidarity with the Palestinian call to boycott the contest. Our national broadcaster should not be part of artwashing apartheid Israel's genocidal crimes against Palestinians. #BoycottEurovision2025
Cardiff tournament cancelled by Europe Netball after opposition to Israeli participation, www.europenetball.com/post/europe-...
Europe Netball Open Event - Update 29/04/25
www.europenetball.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Cardiff tournament cancelled by Europe Netball after opposition to Israeli participation, www.europenetball.com/post/europe-...
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Ambulance drivers are racking up hundreds of pounds in fines for picking up and dropping off patients in London’s low traffic neighborhoods and driving in bus lanes.
Read my story for @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/c927...
Read my story for @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/c927...
Ambulance drivers fined for stopping in London’s low-traffic streets
The private ambulances that many NHS trusts rely on for patient transport are paying thousands of pounds in penalties as they fall foul of restrictions
www.thetimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ambulance drivers are racking up hundreds of pounds in fines for picking up and dropping off patients in London’s low traffic neighborhoods and driving in bus lanes.
Read my story for @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/c927...
Read my story for @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/c927...
Interest in the BBC's pope death live page dropped pretty consistently over first 24 hours, from about 80,000 viewers to 8,000.
April 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Interest in the BBC's pope death live page dropped pretty consistently over first 24 hours, from about 80,000 viewers to 8,000.
Financial graphics job with Reuters careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JR...
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March 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Financial graphics job with Reuters careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JR...
Freelance work on finance for a data journalist @financialtimes.com
Freelance Data Journalist, The Banker - immediate start
London
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February 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Freelance work on finance for a data journalist @financialtimes.com
"taxpayers spent the equivalent of 800 years on hold to HMRC" — you can't get anyone on the phone these days, especially in the tax office, MPs find. www.ft.com/content/57c4...
January 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"taxpayers spent the equivalent of 800 years on hold to HMRC" — you can't get anyone on the phone these days, especially in the tax office, MPs find. www.ft.com/content/57c4...
My bard bot is back 😀
That peaceful truce shall be proclaim'd in France
CHARLES, 5.4.118, Henry VI Part 1
CHARLES, 5.4.118, Henry VI Part 1
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM
My bard bot is back 😀
More and more cars in Britain; less and less space for everything else public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
MORE & MORE CARS IN BRITAIN
A Flourish data visualization by aodhanlutetiae
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July 22, 2024 at 8:50 PM
More and more cars in Britain; less and less space for everything else public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
The 'basket of goods' for the Consumer Price Index sees some changes for 2024: Stout and hand gel are OUT; Vinyl, Air fryers and gluten-free bread are IN. www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
March 18, 2024 at 11:48 AM
The 'basket of goods' for the Consumer Price Index sees some changes for 2024: Stout and hand gel are OUT; Vinyl, Air fryers and gluten-free bread are IN. www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
Cardiff University library has its Christmas tree up!
December 13, 2023 at 12:20 AM
Cardiff University library has its Christmas tree up!
#datajob at the Times / Sunday Times. Deadline this Sunday www.newscareers.co.uk/vacancies/30...
Senior data journalist / developer | News UK
The senior data journalist / developer will produce graphics, interactives and data-led stories for the Times and Sunday Times, working with colleagues across both newsrooms and senior news editors. ...
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November 21, 2023 at 3:36 PM
#datajob at the Times / Sunday Times. Deadline this Sunday www.newscareers.co.uk/vacancies/30...
"Brexit has been one of the great shocks and horrors of my life and for many of my generation" www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Roy Foster: Irish reunification ‘is nearer than I would have thought it a couple of decades ago’
The historian discusses an array of subjects, including the damage wrought by Brexit, comparing WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney, and why ‘the whole revisionism thing is over’
www.irishtimes.com
November 18, 2023 at 5:06 PM
"Brexit has been one of the great shocks and horrors of my life and for many of my generation" www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Now to the weather www.ft.com/content/ca5d...
AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting methods for first time
Google DeepMind’s model beat world’s leading system in 90% of metrics used and took only a fraction of the time
www.ft.com
November 15, 2023 at 8:39 AM
Now to the weather www.ft.com/content/ca5d...
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La police nationale utilise illégalement un logiciel israélien de reconnaissance faciale
Disclose.ngo
En 2015, les forces de l’ordre ont acquis, en secret, un logiciel d’analyse d’images de vidéosurveillance de la société israélienne Briefcam. Depuis huit ans, le ministère de l’intérieur dissimule le recours à cet outil qui permet l’emploi de la reconnaissance faciale.
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November 14, 2023 at 11:58 AM
La police nationale utilise illégalement un logiciel israélien de reconnaissance faciale
Data job with the @OCCRP www.occrp.org/en/occrp-job...
Data Journalist - OCCRP
OCCRP is looking for a Data Journalist
www.occrp.org
November 13, 2023 at 8:05 PM
Data job with the @OCCRP www.occrp.org/en/occrp-job...