I keep thinking about how one of the courthouse security officers told me he thought the sentencing was for a fraud case because of all the people who showed up.

Nope! Those are the supporters of the Nazi Marine who firebombed the Planned Parenthood.

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It’s official—as of 2:30 p.m., the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is underway.

Trump, who’s been sitting outstretched at the defense table in a relaxed posture, shuffled up and turned around to watch the first 96 prospective jurors file into the courtroom.

Nine years in jail playing havoc with his plans to walk the Camino —

Mother unable to call 999 for sick child due to dropped signal - Court hears customer made 13 calls to Eir, sent five emails and tried to make contact eight times on social media but never got anywhere ⁦Conor Pope⁩ ⁦The Irish Times⁩ irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

Keir Starmer makes guest appearance at ⁦Will Hutton⁩ book launch tonight . 1st q; what lessons from Arsenal drubbing by Aston Villa? “No matter how far ahead you think you are …”

Comreg says the training manual evidence wasn’t a gotcha and it should have known it would come up.

Eir’s latest comeback on this. It says that Comreg (and consequently the court judge) have gotten it very wrong. Says the don’t-tell-them-about-complaints-numbers quite from the customer service training manual was “out of context”.

One hell of a contrast happening right now

In pictures: The National Library’s new archive of life in Ireland during Covid-19 pandemic The Irish Times irishtimes.com/health/2024/04…

Outside the courthouse, Andrew H. Giuliani is getting accosted by protesters as Marc Leavitt, 70, is on the flute with the national anthem.

Overall the vibes are a little awkward.

Former President Donald Trump waves as he departs Trump Tower on the first day of his hush money criminal trial. Photo by Eduardo Munoz

I wrote this about Jonathan Hill seven weeks ago. There was no way he could survive long term after that day in Leinster House. At least we've another FAI recruitment process to look forward to as one draws to a close.

DEVELOPING: FBI says its agents are on board the ship that took down the bridge right now. 'The FBI is present aboard the cargo ship Dali conducting court authorized law enforcement activity.' Read more from Katie Mettler Devlin Barrett Danny Nguyen Peter Hermann washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

As some bakeries reopened in parts of Gaza City, Palestinian civilians urged Israel to allow gas into the Strip so that they could cook their food. The UN has warned that months of malnutrition and food insecurity in Gaza's north probably exceed famine levels.

Great work by Australia’s ABC News and Marc Owen Jones on how disinformation about the Sydney knife killer spread and misidentified an innocent man. Spoiler: It was the usual army of idiots

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Christian leader, worshippers, stabbed during mass in Wakeley
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Staff were told that “under no circumstances are the complaints number or complaints webpage address to be provided to any customer” 🤔
Eircom customer service manuals warned staff not to obey law, court told ⁦Conor Pope⁩ ⁦The Irish Times⁩ irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

Monday morning sunrise beh3the Statue of Liberty in New York City #newyork #newyork city #sunrise #statueofliberty @statueellisfdn

If Mark speaking about Defence or Diplomacy - you listened because he knew. Newsnight slowly strangled for years but binning all the expertise reporters/producers/teams with Gaza War, Israel Iran on brink, Ukraine, UK & US elections imminent is dereliction of duty by BBC bosses

Fine Gael leadership asked to investigate ‘entirely irregular’ motion against former Waterford TD ⁦The Irish Times⁩ irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…