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Mark Hennessy

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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 https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 10h

If you read nothing else this day, this week, this year, read this - the most beautiful ode imaginable to life, love and friendship
Manchán Magan was a great man for a video message. You’d never know what you might get

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Manchán Magan was a great man for a video message. You’d never know what you might get

One of the most precious gifts cancer has given me is a deep friendship with this extraordinary Irish man

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 2d

Cultural markers, such as the GAA

Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 2d

Their point is that Irishness is defined too often by a series of cultural markers. Of which the GAA is one

Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 2d

Meaning?

Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 2d

‘The Republic needs to start listening’: Young SDLP members on Irish unity

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‘The Republic needs to start listening’: Young SDLP members on Irish unity

The Republic needs to start listening, young SDLP members say at this weekend’s party conference

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 2d

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London’s two big Irish centres celebrate combined 100 years helping emigrants

Irish Cultural Centre and London Irish Centre are keeping an eye on future generations’ needs too

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 4d

“We knew the Irish would stand with us,” - Max Levitas (102)
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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 4d

Former Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar says he has ‘not lost hope’ that the Irish Government will lead Irish unification preparations, even it abandoned election pledges
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Irish Government must lead unification preparations, says Varadkar

Former taoiseach says Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil dropped unity objective from manifestos

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 4d

Robin Glendinning: Founder member of North’s Alliance Party was noted playwright and poet

Teacher, politician and Irish-language enthusiast wrote dramas that reflected on the wider politics of Northern Ireland

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 7d

Irish in Australia: ‘Assimilating isn’t easy, take this minor cultural difference when paying’

Irish in Australia: ‘Assimilating isn’t easy, take this minor cultural difference when paying’

It’s easy for an Irish person to presume assimilating in Australia will be straightforward, but this isn’t always the case

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 7d

Why I didn’t nominate Maria Steen for the presidency - Michael McDowell

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Michael McDowell: Why I didn't nominate Maria Steen for the presidency

As a liberal, I felt Maria Steen’s election would have been a step backwards for the Ireland I believe in

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING NYT:

Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.

Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16d

BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.

Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.

Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 17d

In Heather Humphreys country: ‘It was hard to find a Protestant not in the Orange Order’

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In Heather Humphreys country: ‘It was hard to find a Protestant not in the Orange Order’

Monaghan folk shy away from questions about identity but a leading Orangeman is not afraid to give his verdict on Michael D Higgins

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 19d

162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.

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#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky

American College of Physicians Calls for Removal of Secretary Kennedy at HHS | ACP Online

Statement attributable to:Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACPPresident, American College of Physicians

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 18d

Cyberattack disrupts operations at Heathrow and other European airports

Cyberattack disrupts operations at Heathrow and other European airports

London’s Heathrow warns of possible flight delays over issue with check-in and boarding systems

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 29d

The Scot who has learned what "giving out" means in Ireland, and other stories of what being the British ambassador in Ireland means. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Leaving post, but not leaving Ireland: the UK ambassador who is not going home

For five years, Paul Johnston has been the British ambassador to Ireland - soon, he will become a private citizen in Dublin

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · Aug 23

Philip Stephens: ‘I am privileged to be Irish as well as British’

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Philip Stephens: 'The British view of Northern Ireland is a bit like the attitude to the Falklands'

Stephens talks about visiting his grandparents in Co Mayo, how Scotland will become independent before Northern Ireland joins the Republic and more

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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · Aug 22

The Guardian has successfully defended a libel action brought by the actor Noel Clarke over an investigation by the newspaper in which he was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women.

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Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation

High court rejects actor’s claim that accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracy

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · Aug 20

The long arm of justice…..Forensic advances bring chance of new prosecutions for Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings

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Forensic advances bring chance of new prosecutions for Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings

Some investigations will result in arrests for killings 50 years ago, official says, despite unpopular new legacy regime

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · Aug 8

One hopes Bluesky readers do not get their news from Fox, but its report on Ireland’s crime issues is a nonsense, as this report makes clear www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Fox News bemoans ‘dangerous’ Dublin - with some questionable data

Will Cain Show claims illegal immigration has prompted crime surge in Ireland’s capital city

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · Aug 6

God, this is cringeworthy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 6

Tim Cook pathetically kisses Trump's ass by pretending him with a "24 karat gold" gift

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 2

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · Jul 19

It will be an ‘insult’ if Fianna Fáil don’t enter presidential race, says Mary Hanafin

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It will be an ‘insult’ if Fianna Fáil don’t enter presidential race, says Mary Hanafin

Former minister has made clear her wish to be nominated by the party

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · Jul 19

Baltic states’ ‘visceral fear’ of Russian invasion ‘almost impossible’ for Irish to understand, says ex-MEP

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Baltic states’ ‘visceral fear’ of Russian invasion ‘almost impossible’ for Irish to understand, says ex-MEP

Ciarán Cuffe says Germany and Austria find it very difficult to recognise magnitude of human slaughter in Palestine

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