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NAMA chief Brendan McDonagh’s north Dublin home – which The Ditch revealed was registered under the alias PB McDonnacha – is being advertised to rent on a short-term letting site for more than €10,000 a week. He was to be government’s new housing tsar. ontheditch.com/nama-chief-cha…

The Ditch stands with all those doing what they can to confront genocide and our state’s complicity in it. Nell Buckley, Emma O'Grady, Jane Windey and others appear in Ennis District Court on September 10, and The Ditch will stand with them. We encourage others to join us.

'Somebody like Joe Rogan who doesn't have a politics that makes sense to people who think hard and read and do theory and all that sort of thing. He's over here on some stuff. When he looks at that, he's like, you're just killing children. This is wrong.' With @DropSiteNews

With @DropSiteNews 'Which part of this world is being bombed? Which part of this world is suffering? Which part of this world is being starved? Which part of this world is being exterminated every single day?' 'Gaza is the prologue.'

'Misinformation and disinformation: I tend to laugh nearly hysterically when I hear that about the government bringing in legislation or something to counter disinformation. In my experience most disinformation comes from governments, from institutions'

Fine Gael presidential candidate Mairead McGuinness attended a gala event five days after a car accident she received damages for "severe and debilitating injuries" that "interfered with her enjoyment of life and all routine and other activities”. ontheditch.com/presidential-c…

Reported with @DropSiteNews Palestinian scholarship students with places at Irish universities and processed visas remain trapped in Gaza as the Irish government refuses to evacuate Palestinians who aren’t on 'official government scholarships'. ontheditch.com/government-won…

The Ditch's Eoghan McNeill chats with @TrinityBDS and @the_IWU in Trinity College's Teatar M. Uí Chadhain Tomorrow, Saturday 18 July, 3pm

Fine Gael presidential candidate Mairead McGuinness is a multi-property, mortgage-free landlord. The former European Commissioner rents out two three-bedroom homes she bought mortgage-free over the past decade. ontheditch.com/fine-gael-pres…

This Thursday, 17 July | Doyle's, Dublin 2 | From 6pm The Ditch x @DropSiteNews meetup Chats with independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, Drop Site's Ryan Grim and The Ditch's senior hurlers

Two ships carrying tonnes of explosives, artillery systems and missiles for the Israel Defense Forces are to dock in EU ports this month on their way to Israel. They left the US and India and are scheduled to arrive in Cyprus and Malta this July. ontheditch.com/eu-ports/

The Ditch x Declassified Australia ‘Parts for Israel’s F-35 fighter jets are being exported directly to Israel from Australia, despite repeated government denials of the trade.’

The Ditch x Declassified UK ‘Israeli fighter pilots are being trained with UK equipment, Declassified and The Ditch can reveal.’