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  CAN YOU RECORD IN PUBLIC IN IRELAND? You’ve probably seen it… someone pulls out their phone and starts recording. But is it actually legal? The short answer: YES — in most cases, you can record in public. There is no general law in Ireland that bans filming in public spaces. If you’re in a place where people can be seen, you can usually record what’s happening. What this means in practice: You can record: Gardaí carrying out their duties Public events, protests, and streets Incidents happening in public view  This is often linked to your right to freedom of expression under the Constitution of Ireland. But there are limits… Recording becomes a problem if you: Invade someone’s reasonable expectation of privacy Film in places like bathrooms, homes, or private property Harass or intimidate someone while recording Obstruct Gardaí while they are doing their job Recording is legal… but how you do it matters. Can Gardaí stop you recording? Generally : They cannot stop you just for...

  A man who was reunited with his birth mother, a survivor of one of Ireland’s most notorious mother and baby homes , has launched a fundraiser to help her buy her house. Patrick Naughton , 70, from Ealing, west London, was taken from his mother, Christina “Chrissie” Tully, from the Tuam mother and baby home in Co Galway, in 1954, just weeks after she gave birth to him aged 24. Mr Naughton, who moved to the UK with his adoptive parents aged 13, was reunited with Ms Tully, now 93, in 2013. Ms Tully, who had given birth to another boy in 1949, when she was 18, via caesarean section, was told by doctors at the time that he had died. But she believes her son, whom she named Michael, is still alive. In a bid to help his birth mother, whom he said “never had anything in her life”, Mr Naughton has set up a fundraiser to help her buy her council home, so her son Michael will “always have a home” to which he can return. “I am terribly sorry for the raw deal that Chrissie has got,” Mr Naught...

Poll : Sinn Féin Most Popular Party On 26% While Fine Gael Support Drops To 16% Sinn Féin has regained its position as the most popular party in the country, receiving 26 per cent support in the latest political opinion poll.  17/04/2025 | 12:43 AM Sinn Féin has regained its position as the most popular party in the country, receiving 26 per cent support in the latest political opinion poll. A new Irish Times/Ipsos poll shows voters have little enthusiasm for the new Government. This is the first opinion poll since the new Government took office and it is good news for Sinn Féin but mixed for the Coalition. Sinn Féin has jumped six points to 26 per cent while Fine Gael has fallen three to 16 per cent. This is Fine Gael's lowest opinion poll rating since 1994. Fianna Fáil is at 22 per cent, the Social Democrats at 7 and Labour at 5. Micheál Martin is the most popular leader followed by Simon Harris and then May Lou McDonald. The Taoiseach has a solid 45 per cent satisfaction ra...

  AXA Complicit in GENOCIDE claims. More than 10 children a day have lost one or both legs in Gaza since Israel’s onslaught began – many children have faced this deep trauma alone, without any anesthetic. It’s unimaginably horrific and only getting worse. Pro Palestinian activists have a golden opportunity to make a difference, but have to move fast. French insurance giant AXA continues to invest in weapons companies powering Israel’s genocide. Activists have demanded it stop financing them for years, and now they can really turn up the pressure. AXA’s annual shareholder meeting is in days. People can be in the room representing Palestinian voices, forcing executives to face their role in the horrors unfolding and demanding they cut ties with weapons manufacturers once and for all. But only if activists buy shares *right away!* 1 share costs €40 – if people raise enough, they can buy shares, get in the room, then keep up all the campaigning for Palestine. There’s no time to waste....

  Breaking News! The U.S. military is set to consolidate its presence in ISIS controlled Syria over the coming weeks and months, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday, in a move that could reduce the number of troops it has in the country by half. The U.S. military has about 2,000 U.S. troops unlawfully occupying Syria across a number of bases, mostly in the northeast. The troops are working with local ISIS forces to prevent a resurgence of the Assad forces.  One of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that consolidation could reduce the number of troops in Syria to about 1,000. Another U.S. official confirmed the plan for a reduction, but said there was no certainty on numbers and was skeptical of a decrease of that scale at a time when President Donald Trump's administration has been negotiating with Iran and building up forces in the region.

 A suspected Hezbollah supporter has been arrested in a raid on an apartment in Berlin-Neukölln. The 29-year-old is said to have traveled to Lebanon in 2023 to be trained by the militia on firearms and weapons of war, according to the Berlin public prosecutor's office. The public prosecutor's office is investigating on suspicion of a serious criminal offense. "The aim of the training was to be able to carry out acts of violence such as murder, manslaughter, extortionate kidnapping and hostage-taking to destroy the state of Israel," it said. The training therefore took place in the first half of 2024. According to Büchner, there are indications that the accused was trained on anti-tank systems and a Kalashnikov machine gun. It is suspected that the man with German citizenship decided between November 2023 and May 2024 to take part in the conflict on the side of the Hezbollah militia following the terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist Hamas on October 7, 2023, it s...

Breaking News  USA: CBS News in the U.S.A.  looked into the claim by Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s Border Czar, that Massachusetts is “releasing immigrants charged with violent crimes” and guess what? They are. “After reviewing every press release from January to the present, WBZ found only one which said Boston Police released someone wanted by ICE. All of the other releases stated that individuals wanted by ICE were released from jails or courts,” the report says. This means that police had these guys, charged them, and then let them out even though they were wanted by ICE for being illegal migrants. And it’s a merry band of ne’er-do-wells it is! They found one guy who charged with three counts of rape of a child by force and three counts of aggravated rape of a child. He was released on bail with an order for house arrest. Another guy charged with child rape also released on bail with a GPS monitoring device. Another dude charged with “indecent assault and battery i...