🇮🇪#Ireland: A 66-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a car bomb exploded outside a police station in Dunmurry, west Belfast, last Saturday.
The perpetrator allegedly hijacked a delivery driver’s car and forced him to drive it to the location, where a gas cylinder had been placed inside and later detonated remotely.
While some sources report he has been charged with attempted murder, others say he is also facing terrorism-related offences. Police believe the attack may be linked to the dissident republican group known as the New IRA.
(via The Guardian, BBC & birminghammail)
🇮🇪#Ireland: A suspected car bomb has exploded outside a police station in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
Regional reports, including those from the Belfast Telegraph, state that the vehicle had been hijacked before being driven next to the police station, where it subsequently exploded.
Police have cordoned off streets in the Kingsway area and are treating the situation as a “security incident.” No further details have been released at this time.
(via Belfast Telegraph & @spicebag32; 📹 via @NiResponsevids on X)
🇮🇪#Ireland: A man armed with a hammer breached security at Shannon Airport and climbed onto an American C-130 aircraft earlier today.
Once on top of the plane, he attempted to damage it with the hammer. The man, who is in his 40s, was quickly arrested. No motive has been released, and his identity has not been disclosed.
🇮🇪#Ireland: Up to 100 Gardaí were deployed to the Whitegate refinery, where protests have entered their fourth day amid rising fuel prices linked to the US and Israeli war against Iran.
Footage shows Irish police forcibly attempting to remove trucks and tractors blocking the roads, with violent scenes breaking out. Officers can be seen kicking and stomping on farmers. Meanwhile, other videos appear to show protesters as young as 14 being pepper-sprayed by Gardaí.
🇮🇪#Ireland: The Irish Army is set to be deployed across the country to remove heavy & agricultural vehicles blocking fuel depots, as protests over fuel prices enter their third day. Slow-moving convoys are targeting these sites over increasing fuel prices caused by the US and Israeli war against Iran.
Police are now treating these actions as “blockades", with Gardaí (Irish police) reportedly requesting the assistance of the Irish army.
In a statement, the Irish Minister for Justice said that once the army is deployed, people should not complain about any damage caused during the removal.
(via CNN & limerickleader)
🇮🇪#Ireland: ONH members fired a volley of shots in the Currynerin area of Derry last week. A 31-year-old man was arrested in connection with the event (though later released on bail) and a vehicle was seized. The PSNI have promised to increase ‘reassurance patrols as well as house-to-house enquiries and vehicle checkpoints in response.
Repost via @spicebag32
🇮🇪#Ireland: A new Irish militant group calling itself the "New Republican Movement" has announced its formation.
In a video, where all members are armed, a masked man lists several motivations for creating the group, mostly focusing on mass immigration. They threaten Irish politicians with "immediate action", claiming to have their addresses.
(via @real_eire on X)
🇮🇪#Ireland - 🇮🇱#Israel: Newly released internal documents reveal that the Irish government approved approximately €20 million worth of “dual-use” exports to the IDF and Israel’s Ministry of Defence in 2024, during the height of the war in Gaza.
The approved exports included technology and equipment with both civilian and military applications. The documents reportedly show that Irish authorities later on reversed course next year in 2025, citing concerns over human rights, regional stability, and the risk that the exported technology could be diverted for military use.
The revelations have triggered political backlash in Ireland, with opposition figures accusing the government of contradicting its public stance on Gaza.
(via Labour.ie & the currency)
🇮🇪#Ireland - 🇬🇧#UK: Archival footage showing IRA Volunteers hijacking and destroying British trains in response to marches organised by loyalists through nationalist areas in 1997.
(📹 via @dublinbhoy_ on IG)