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Stephen McDermott

Dublin

Assistant News Editor, and Editorial Lead, Factcheck at TheJournal.ie

Editor @TJ_factcheck for @thejournal_ie. Royal Canal local living in Grand Canal exile. Any opinions are mine. Bluesky:https://t.co/QWIrbNGZos

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

    AN ANTI-LOCKDOWN protester has launched a legal challenge against a Circuit Court judge over a €200 fine she received for breaking Covid-19 health restrictions in 2021. Dolores Webster (68), a far-right personality who is also known as Dee Wall, came to prominence during the pandemic when she participated in a series of protests against health measures and laws aimed at enforcing them.

  • 2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

    TWO MONTHS ON from his blow-up with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump has delivered another stinging rebuke to a world leader in the Oval Office – this time targeting South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. In more extraordinary scenes in the White House, Trump ambushed Ramaphosa by challenging him about the apparent “genocide” of white farmers in South Africa.

  • 2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

    META TOLD ENTERPRISE Minister Peter Burke to warn that a €200 million European fine against it last month would be harmful to Irish businesses and consumers. The European Commission fined the company for breaching the Digital Markets Act over its so-called ‘consent or pay’ advertising model.

  • 1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

    NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news. • Micheá Martin condemned Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip as a war crime. • Former Armagh football captain Aidan Nugent appeared in court, charged with alleged sexual assault offences. • Salesforce was ordered to pay an employee €1,000 in the first-ever compensation awarded under remote working laws. • RTÉ journalists called on the broadcaster to boycott the Eurovision.

  • 1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

    A KENTUCKY WOMAN was left in a sticky mess when she found stacks of boxes containing lollipops on her front doorstep. The surprise delivery was ordered by her young son while he played on her phone. Holly LaFavers says she tried stopping eight-year-old Liam’s Amazon order for about 70,000 Dum-Dum suckers before the treats arrived, but it was too late. Amazon had already delivered 22 cases to her home.

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6 Jan 25

RT @NickyRyan_: We have a pretty interesting and varied role available over at @thejournal_ie in the form of Social Media Content Creator.…