“The British establishment put a brick wall in front of us. Whether they open the door and let us through, or we have to chip away at it. Behind that wall is the truth.”

- Dessie Trainor, whose mother was killed by a loyalist gang when he was just 13

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.Alison McDermott - She/her tribunal appeal hears claims of metadata tampering in letters submitted to court by Europe's biggest nuclear site.

Sellafield and its regulator, the NDA, are pursuing her for £40,000 in costs.

Story with Williamrt for ComputerWeekly

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Well worth a listen. Great context on the situation with Lough Neagh.

Despite Stormont's return and months of hand-wringing, there's more pollution entering Lough Neagh than ever before - with an
est. 80% likelihood of further algal blooms this summer.

ICYMI - I spoke about it recently w/ Tony - Pod Guy - Groves & martinmcmahon

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Copy of latest Index on Censorship magazine issue, featuring my Interpol piece, came in the post this week

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My special report out today in Law Society Gazette is published with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. I interview a mother who alleges the evidence of a court-appointed psychologist was used by her ex-partner to bolster his harassment of her after she was accused of parental alienation. shorturl.at/GTV39

Report into PSNI surveillance of journalists has identified up to 18 incidents involving members of the media and legal profession.

Report presented to Policing Board, 6 months after it was requested, arising from IPT complaints by ⁦Trevor Birney⁩ &
⁦barry mccaffrey #achtanois #AnDreamDearg⁩

On Saturday 6pm myself and Emiliano Mellino will join JapaMedia to share what we learnt during our investigation about migrant care workers and the horrors they're experiencing. Save the date! I'd love if you could join us 📱

'Putting Interpol on Notice'

On growing abuses of the organisation's Red Notice alerts system to harass and detain journalists, activists and other civil society actors

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This week, the UK will likely pass a law saying Rwanda is 'safe' to deport asylum seekers to. Meanwhile, I was recently denied boarding on a flight to Rwanda, presumably because of my journalism on the treatment of refugees there. (THREAD) 1/

…’Okamura’s images were revelatory. They brought back a sense of the peculiar texture of that time living in the north of Ireland: the almost surreal dislocation of the everyday that the early, unpredictable momentum of the Troubles brought in its wake.’ theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Excellent podcast from Tommy Greene delving deep into murky waters #LoughNeagh

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For years, the PSNI had reassured concerned groups that it did not share victims’ data with immigration officials.

However an internal review - prompted by reporting by The Detail - has found the force routinely and 'unnecessarily' shared data on migrant victims.

Journalist Tommy Greene has done the best reporting on the environmental catastrophe that is Lough Neagh and on the extractive actions going on across Ireland. The latest Echo Chamber Podcast with him is another great piece.
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Awful to see great reporters losing their jobs lost at openDemocracy. Another grim day for good journalism in the UK

Series of investigations launched into illegal peat extraction at protected area by the shores of Lough Neagh

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At least 200m tonnes of the deadly mineral, asbestos, exist globally - in buildings, landfills, water pipes and other places. In this article for BBC Future I explore what can be done with this lethal legacy. 1/
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'There’s this tendency to be very supportive with rhetoric, as Ireland has, but when it comes to taking concrete actions, there is zero....

The countries that have been most outspoken, like Ireland, what have they done in practice? Nothing.'-Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…