The Irish government is pushing ahead with its strategy to abolish the Triple Lock and to work for ever increasing cooperation and integration with EU & NATO military structures and strategies. Another step in that direction will take place in the Dáil tomorrow.

Israeli soldiers in Southern Lebanon are seen ‘jokingly’ giving a tour of a displaced family’s home while rigging it with explosives. More than 1.2 million people have been forcibly displaced as a result of Israel’s attacks and reinvasion of Southern Lebanon.

The Irish Government is disgracefully moving to dismantle the Triple Lock & have Irish troops kill & be killed for the EU & NATO!!! They should be listening to the people who want peace & neutrality!! We won't be conned. Hands off the Triple Lock! capcut.com/t/Zs8yWrToC/

The Irish government is pushing ahead with its strategy to abolish the Triple Lock and to work for ever increasing cooperation and integration with EU & NATO military structures and strategies. Another step in that direction will take place in the Dáil tomorrow.

The vast majority of people want Ireland to maintain our proud tradition of peacekeeping. Reforming the triple lock ensures our decisions on participation in peacekeeping missions are not dictated by a veto from Russia, China, or the United States.

Today, HR/VP @kajakallas addressed the @Europarl_EN plenary on the escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly attacks affecting Black Sea shipping routes. She stressed that diplomatic engagement must go hand in hand with sustained pressure on Moscow and continued support for Ukraine. Read the full speech here: link.europa.eu/FNYtgd

The West's "maximum pressure" isn't about regime change, it's about crushing families, starving children, and watching communities collapse. Just ask Madeleine Albright, who shrugged off 500,000 dead Iraqi kids as "worth it." Today, the same empire salivates over Iranian suffering, calling forced desperation an "organic revolution." The logic is brutal: break a nation, then blame its people for not rising up. #Iran #Marandi #BBC #CNN

Britain says it will carry out defensive air missions over Saudi Arabia reut.rs/3W0wKPm reut.rs/3W0wKPm

Ceux qui ont cherché à faire tomber la République auront à en répondre.

John Pilger, a man of immense intelligence & honestly wrote this in 2014. A factual article, its contents never acknowledged today. "Ukraine has been turned into a CIA theme park. In Orwellian style, propaganda in the west has inverted this to Moscow."

Attacks last night on St. Petersburg. Has NATO crossed the line between proxy war,and direct war? Why is there no discussion about where that line lies, and no concern about attacking the world’s largest nuclear power? Will we chant “unprovoked” when Oreshniks land on our cities?

The United Arab Emirates has agreed to re-enter the war on Yemen by resuming funding for southern Yemeni militias, while Saudi Arabia has pledged to provide air cover in return. This renewed cooperation signals a push to bridge deep divisions between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, driven by shared alarm over recent Sanaa advances across Yemen's West Coast and vital highlands. Regionally, Egypt has moved to authorize "defensive support" for Saudi territory, while discussions continue in the UK regarding further military aid. The Saudi-Emirati arrangement remains deeply fragile, masking persistent internal fractures across the anti-Sanaa camp. In December 2025, a UAE-backed push by southern militias to consolidate full control over Aden and the south triggered heavy Saudi airstrikes and troop deployments, cementing bitter rivalries with other PLC factions while southern demands for an independent state remained firmly intact.

The military spokesman for Ansar Allah (the Houthis) said Saudi warplanes carried out 101 air and missile strikes over the past 24 hours, targeting civilian sites in Sanaa, Al-Dhale, Taiz, Hodeidah, Dhamar, Marib, Saada, Al-Jawf, Amran and Lahj. He said the strikes, carried out by F-15 and Typhoon jets and missiles launched from Najran, killed and wounded civilians, including women and children. According to the spokesman, the total number of Saudi air and missile strikes since the latest escalation began has reached 2,489.

This man is pathetic. It's his 'like-minded partner' Israel that deliberately targets civilians, mainly Women + Children, but he still continues to do Business with this Evil Israeli Genocidal Apartheid Regime...

Russia killing as many civilians as possible - Taoiseach rte.ie/news/2026/1016/159561… via @rte

Zelensky's cancelled elections in Ukraine and banned opposition media. His strongest rivals are in jail or exile. He's worked to prevent his former spokesperson, Iulia Mendel, from speaking anywhere in the EU. And his former business partner, Timor Mindich, fled to Israel after extorting millions from a state company. He has more in common with his fellow former TV star Trump than he thinks.