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26th July 2026 - 1st August 2026
Women’s Rights Network
'Women's rights' group supported by JK Rowling withdraw legal challenge against Belfast festival
Must ReadWomen’s Rights Network
Who are the group taking legal action against a Belfast festival and how is JK Rowling involved?
ColumnInternet Diaries
You're not my mate, Dublin Airport; please stop posting banter online like one of the lads
Last month
July 2026
Must Readthe burkes
'Actions have consequences': Three members of Burke family banned from attending court cases in person
SeriesInternet Diaries
Keep politics out of football? Try telling that to the internet's army of World Cup shitposters
Must ReadHigh Court
Judge outlines exactly how much Enoch Burke owes in fines after 205 days trespassing at school
Must ReadThe Morning Lead
Irish sovereign wealth fund still investing in companies linked to Israeli settlements and genocide
The fund’s shareholdings in five companies listed on UN databse rose by almost €1.5 million last year.
Must ReadPretty Vacant
Here are the 20 derelict buildings that Ireland's councils asked to CPO in June
The figure was the highest number since this series began more than a year ago.
SeriesInternet Diaries
Seinfeld memes went viral this week and made me worry too much about the future
Must ReadHigh Court
Enoch Burke has launched yet another court challenge, this time against the decision to sack him
SeriesInternet Diaries
The 'banned' Armie Hammer film promoted by Musk that turns anti-immigrant violence into culture
Our FactCheck editor details the internet trends seen by a thirtysomething-year-old man.
June
June 2026
Internet Diaries
My conspiracy theory about Biscoff showed me how low-stakes paranoia can make life feel better
High Court
Enoch Burke 'roughly' owes the state over a quarter of a million in fines, High Court hears
Internet Diaries
'Cheater buster' sites: The latest scam that offers to expose your partner's secrets for a fee
the burkes
Two Burkes kicked out of court during farcical 30-minute stand-off between Enoch and judge
Housing Crisis
What's so different about the new Derelict Property Tax and the old measure it's replacing?
Internet Diaries
This week's unrest in Belfast was a masterclass in how to incite a racist riot on social media
Internet Diaries
A fake Leinster rugby video revealed how YouTube is becoming a wasteland where crappiness pays
Our FactCheck editor details the internet trends seen by a thirtysomething-year-old man.
High Court
Enoch Burke clashes with judge again as he is kept in prison for refusing to purge contempt
May
May 2026
Internet Diaries
How do we understand a world where the White House shitposts about Harambe on his anniversary?
Our FactCheck editor details the internet trends seen by a thirtysomething-year-old man.
Social Media
Gardaí contact Channel 4 News over online post saying Yves Sakila died 'at the hands of police'
Internet Diaries
George Floyd comparisons around Yves Sakila’s death went viral and came from unexpected places
Pretty Vacant
Here are the 13 vacant and derelict buildings that Ireland's councils asked to CPO in April
Last month, six councils tried to CPO just three properties across the country.
Under laws introduced in 1990, every local council keeps a Derelict Sites Register to encourage owners to bring vacant houses and land into use.
Councils can then attempt to force owners to sell them - but most go through the commission if an owner objects.
Internet Diaries
An OnlyFans stunt and the Epstein files came to snooker's Mecca via online attention-seekers
Internet Diaries
AI 'slopaganda' has arrived in Ireland and is making extreme political messaging cheap and viral
April
April 2026
The Morning Lead
Thousands of fast-track homes stuck in planning limbo over failure to decide on applications
More than 6,000 units have stalled because of legal challenges and delays.
Internet Diaries
I waded through conspiracies about Argentina's porn scandal before I knew anything about the women
DISCIPLINARY APPEALS panel
Enoch Burke removed from disciplinary hearing after protest over presence of solicitors
Court of Appeal
Enoch Burke seeks to stop new DAP hearing and overturn injunction keeping him away from school
The Court of Appeal this morning heard arguments about why two High Court judgements against Burke from 2023 should be overturned.
The judgments found that Burke's original suspension was fair, and required him to stay away from the grounds of Wilson's Hospital School.
A new meeting of the disciplinary panel into whether Burke's sacking was fair is due to take place on Friday.
Pretty Vacant
Here are the two vacant and derelict buildings that Ireland's councils asked to CPO in March
Internet Diaries
The more I read about Ireland on the internet, the less I knew who was real and who was a dog
the burkes
Ammi and Martina Burke seek to appeal contempt of court ruling that saw them jailed for two weeks
fuel protests
'National strike' fails to materialise despite calls from far-right groups and some protesters
Internet Diaries
The internet's bad actors quickly distorted the fuel protests into a narrative divorced from reality
Far-right
How Ireland's far-right movement got involved in the fuel protests and tried to hijack them
While many are protesting fuel costs, far-right actors and international figures are using the movement to push anti-immigrant narratives.
Internet Diaries
The Irish LoyalFans creator who shares racist content and videos of herself spitting on people
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