My esteemed colleague
@AndySmithTV
has been in journalism for 37 years. He’s never been spat on until today. By the supporters of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson.
Sgt Matt Ratana sent a WhatsApp message to his players at East Grinstead rugby team @ 0134am this morning: “good session tonight team”. Matt Ratana was shot less than an hour later, at 0215am.
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@SquiresGC
hi there, one of your colleagues just asked my wife “to cover up” while breastfeeding our 1 month old child. My wife refused, however your colleague then proceeded to threaten her with “getting the manager and then proceeded to hold a serviette over the child.
Another friend on Ratana: “A few years ago I was experiencing financial problems. He came in one day and gave me 200 quid out of the blue, I said ‘no no, I can’t accept that’- and gave it back to him. But the next day he wired it into my account. That’s the sort of guy he was.”
Irish Times poll says 60pc of voters in rural Ireland voted to repeal. The final light is out for Christian conservatism in Ireland.
#ReferendumDay
#Repeal8th
Rugby friend of Matt Ratana: “One of the funniest things Matt used to say was: ‘D’you know the All Black side step?’ And you’d go ‘No’. And he’d say: ‘there isn’t one’.”
Lesia says gooodbye for now to her husband Volodymer who leaves for Ukraine today “maybe he’ll be away for a week, maybe a month… maybe two months… as long as he and Ukraine needs”
@RobBurl
I think people are disconcerted by Laura K’s point since it is the PM who has lied. He was caught lying to a distressed parent by a camera that he said wasn’t there. The distraught parents political beliefs are not the point.
@EwanMacKenna
I was at the ‘serious unrest’ in London yesterday. Millwall matches(which I have also attended) are more worthy of the description. It was several thugs out looking for a fight, from what I saw. Not sure why Irish papers would bother covering.
A group of c. 60 ‘counter protestors’ approached about a dozen ‘Pro Palestine’ protestors who were heading north on Lambeth bridge. A stand off ensued, police intervened as you can see and bottles thrown etc.
100s of Migrants were detained illegally in the UK & Police investigating alleged assault on a Manston asylum seeker by a Home Office official. BBC News report here: edited by
@adamwalkertv
and produced by
@JJ_Bryant
Love this ‘Google Review’ response by the owner of an outdoor shop in Galway (
@WildGalway
). Zero tolerance for racism, all ears on service. It’s good that bosses front-up when it comes to abuse of this kind.
#Ireland
Taximan in Salisbury: Did you hear about this spy thing?
Me: Yes
TM: you just never know who’s around you, do you?
M: no, you don’t.
TM: not being funny, mate, but that means you could work for the I.R.A.
M:🤔
The
@CollegeTribune
is an independent paper which has been pumping out great journalism for 34 years at University College Dublin. It's where I got my only crash course in journalism. It needs a bit of help now to stay alive. give dem man a score.
Hello. My old paper,
@CollegeTribune
is in a bit of financial difficulty due to massive inflation and advertising drying up. The current editors have started a GoFundMe to try and cover the cost of running the paper for semester 2. ?
Former Irish International rugby player who played wing and scored one try in eight appearances. Now thinks he should go dog whistling on Twitter. Hopefully he is the type of wing we(Ireland) will never produce in a 1st XV again.
Joe Biden now has a narrow lead in Wisconsin after City of Milwaukee absentees come in. Still 32,000 absentees left to come in from Green Bay, a Democratic city.
Reporting on
#BLMLondon
protest today for the BBC. Protestors enroute to US embassy. There’s a giddiness in their step, and a seriousness in their voice. Send any tips my way
I hope you were also ‘confiscating’ that bike that was being sold to one of your staff members this evening. I’ve got footage of the sale/confiscation, if you need it. Looking forward to seeing the confiscation tweet.
Hi Everyone,We Confiscated a phone a robber was trying to sell at our shop and we would like to reach out and find the owner for this phone.Attached photos please retweet and let’s find the owner of this phone! If no one collects within 2 days device will be passed to the police.
@declanwalsh
also alerts one, as a journalist, to the sensitivities that may exist in one’s own reportage, past and future. And the imperative to get stuff factually correct.