FAI scrubs directors' names from website
The FAI has removed a list of directors and senior management from its website after controversy over Ireland’s fixtures against Israel.
Comment: Thank you Gavin Bazunu
I haven’t been to an Irish soccer match since May 1997 when an Ireland select played Celtic at Lansdowne Road. It was Packie Bonner’s testimonial, a match that players like him are considered to deserve, to go along with the everlasting life he’d realised at the World Cup in 1990.
Comment: The Bay of Pigs
Donald Trump has left Ireland but his people are still here.
‘We are living a nightmare’: Palestinian footballer who played Bohs in Dublin imprisoned in Israel
On an historic May 15 in 2024 at 7.30pm Natalie Abudayyeh stepped in front of a sold-out crowd at Dublin’s Dalymount Park.
Israeli landlords seeking retention permission for illegal rental properties
An Israeli-owned property company with a history of prohibition notices for its rentals in Ireland is seeking retention permission for the third time in Phibsborough for an illegal letting.
Israelis in Ireland concealing former intelligence roles
More than a third of the Israeli ex-intelligence agents based in Ireland exposed by The Ditch in 2024 have scrubbed details of their Israel Defense Forces (IDF) service from their LinkedIn profiles.
League of Ireland partner has received more than $4 million in US Department of War contracts
One of the League of Ireland’s commercial partners is a US military contractor that helps “optimise the performance” of soldiers – and has also provided performance analysis to Israeli sports teams.
Comment: The Raytheon Nine, the northern arms industry and the politics of ‘moving on’
Make a one-time donation to The Ditch The occupation lasted just eight hours. That’s all they needed. Twenty years ago last month nine members of the Derry Antiwar Coalition walked into the premises of international arms dealer Raytheon. The group, a mixture of socialists and Irish republicans, caused
Enterprise Ireland funds company that partnered with firms accused of complicity in genocide
A company funded by Enterprise Ireland – with more than €800,000 public cash behind it – has partnered with at least three international arms manufacturers accused of complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Government grants residency to IDF soldiers who served during Gaza genocide – Palestinian refusals rise
Jim O’Callaghan’s justice department granted residency to Israelis who served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the Gaza genocide – while new statistics show Palestinian long-term visa refusals continuing to rise.
Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes boasts about co-leading team that cut 200 tech jobs
Though Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes wrote in the Irish Times last month that losing a job is "one of the most traumatic events a person can go through”, he co-led a team responsible for cutting 200 jobs at a global tech company – including 70 roles in his own constituency.
Comment: A reflection on An Garda Síochána and whiny proceduralism
The politics of policing in Ireland has some interesting idiosyncrasies.