Dan O'Brien
Senior Journalist, Wiltshire at BBC
Wiltshire Reporter, BBC News. [email protected] | https://t.co/6a17l59EDQ
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6 days ago |
milforddailynews.com | Dan O'Brien
Framingham residents will hold a "Hands Off!" rally in protest of ICE's detainment of a Guatemalan man. Daniel Orellana, 25, was taken into custody at a gas station despite having no criminal record. The rally is scheduled for Friday, May 9, in front of the Memorial Building in downtown Framingham. A group of Framingham residents plans to once again hold a "Hands Off!" rally in front of City Hall — and this time it's for one of their own.
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Dan O'Brien |Sophie Parker
Image caption, Ian Thorn is leader of the Liberal Democrats on Wiltshire CouncilSenior Political Reporter, WiltshireThe Liberal Democrats say they "intend to lead Wiltshire moving forward", despite not having a majority. For the first time, the Lib Dems became the biggest party in last week's local elections, but fell short of the 50 seats needed to control the chamber.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Dan O'Brien
Who will run a council with no majority? Dan O'BrienSenior Political Reporter, WiltshireSophie ParkerBBCIan Thorn is leader of the Liberal Democrats on Wiltshire CouncilThe Liberal Democrats say they "intend to lead Wiltshire moving forward", despite not having a majority. For the first time, the Lib Dems became the biggest party in last week's local elections, but fell short of the 50 seats needed to control the chamber.
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1 week ago |
thecurrency.news | Dan O'Brien
There seems to be an insatiable appetite to discuss housing in Ireland, with small issues often given disproportionate prominence. The latest sideshow is about the elderly downsizing. It is true that Irish homes are among the most underoccupied in Europe, but even if this changed overnight and occupancy became more like the rest of the rich world, it would not change the main problem: the yawning gap between the supply of homes and the scale of demand for them.
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3 weeks ago |
thecurrency.news | Dan O'Brien
To see just how seriously businesses are taking the impact of US tariffs – those already introduced and those yet to come – look at the hard data on shipments of goods to America. In the first two months of the year, Irish exports to the US went through the roof. They soared to the highest monthly levels on record, as the first chart below shows. In February alone, there was a three-fold increase in exports from the same month in 2024.
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I’ve been watching the last six weeks of evidence at the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry. Here is a summary of some of the key things we’ve learned as this inquiry moved to the next more secretive phase https://t.co/fSHrJdGqDu
Next week the inquiry begins into the death of a Wiltshire woman from exposure to one of the most dangerous chemical weapons. @marieklennon @AndyLHoward & me will be covering it for the BBC, with a new podcast including exclusive Baroness May interview https://t.co/A60myXQU3R
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