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The Irish Times

Daily newspaper in Ireland

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Jan 26, 2026
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Are their links to unedited video of Alex pretti?

Multiple bystander videos of the shooting that killed have circulated on social media and been authenticated or replayed by major news organizations, but none of the provided reporting supplies a sing...

Dec 12, 2025
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Which guests and influencers were present at tucker carlson's 2025 holiday event?

Photos and reporting show Tucker Carlson attended a December 2025 Christmas/holiday event in Nashville that included a mix of right‑wing commentators, activists and at least one international figure; ...

Dec 16, 2025
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attendance at trump rally in the poconos

Attendance at President Trump’s Dec. 9, 2025 Mount Airy Casino Resort event in Mount Pocono drew a packed ballroom but not a stadium-sized crowd; multiple local and national outlets describe a “packed...

Jan 13, 2026

What was the context of Charlie Kirk's comment about black pilots?

Charlie Kirk's remark—"If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like, 'Boy, I hope he's qualified.'"—was made during a January 18, 2024 episode of a segment called "Thoughtcrime" on The Charlie Kirk Show ...

Jan 25, 2026

What was the full quote from Charlie Kirk about black pilots?

The contested line most widely attributed to was: "" That sentence appears verbatim in multiple contemporary reports and fact-checks and was said on Kirk’s show or a panel segment tied to his podcast,...

Nov 20, 2025

What exact comments did Charlie Kirk make about African American women and when were they said?

Reporting shows multiple outlets quote or summarize Charlie Kirk saying that “several prominent Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken really seriously,” and characterizations ...

Dec 13, 2025

Did Charlie Kirk actually make a statement about refusing medical treatment from a Black lesbian?

Charlie Kirk publicly made comments implying he would question or prefer not to receive medical care from certain people described by race, gender and sexual orientation — including lines reported as ...

Dec 11, 2025

was the luas greeen line hacked in ireland

There is no credible reporting in the provided sources that the Luas Green Line in Dublin was "hacked." Multiple outlets report a major power fault that left the Green Line out of service across the w...

Jan 15, 2026

Which administrations or foreign leaders reported Trump sleeping in meetings and when did incidents occur?

Multiple U.S. news outlets and domestic political figures reported episodes in late 2025 where President Donald Trump appeared to nod off or close his eyes during public White House meetings and cerem...

Jan 24, 2026

I need the context of when charlie kirk said something about prowling blacks. I need the full discussion.

uttered the line “ in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact” during a discussion about race and crime on his self‑titled show in 2023; that remark h...

Jan 19, 2026

What exact words did Charlie Kirk say about African Americans and the 1940s and when were they said?

Charlie Kirk said, in a widely circulated clip, “They were actually better in the 1940s. It was bad. It was evil. But what happened? Something changed. They committed less crimes,” a remark attributed...

Jan 11, 2026

the full quote from the guardian that charlie kirk used in the phrase "prowling blacks"

Charlie Kirk uttered an explicitly racialized sentence that multiple news outlets transcribed: “Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, th...

Dec 20, 2025

What recent comments has Charlie Kirk made about Black people and when were they said?

Charlie Kirk repeatedly made public comments over 2022–2025 that singled out Black people and Black culture, including a December 2022 remark about “WNBA, pot‑smoking, Black lesbian[s],” a 2023 podcas...

Dec 14, 2025

Is there an exact transcript or video clip of Charlie Kirk's comment about African Americans?

There is extensive reporting compiling Charlie Kirk’s past remarks about Black people — including phrases like “prowling Blacks” and comments about Black pilots — but available sources do not point to...

Feb 7, 2026

Which specific Irish names appear in the DOJ Epstein library and what is the context of each mention?

’s Epstein library contains hundreds of documents that reference — counted more than 1,600 such documents and nearly 600 hits for the search term “Irish” in the latest DOJ release . Among specifically...

Feb 6, 2026

Which other German politicians or public figures are mentioned in the newly released Epstein documents and in what context?

files, as reported, references German political actors primarily in two ways: private exchanges describing efforts by to promote the far-right and disparaging remarks about then-chancellor ; the publi...

Feb 5, 2026

irish people in epstein files

of documents contains hundreds — if not thousands — of references to and Irish-connected persons and topics, but most occurrences are cursory mentions rather than allegations of criminal involvement ....

Feb 5, 2026

When and where did Virginia Giuffre first publicly name George J. Mitchell, and in which legal filings or media appearances?

first appeared to publicly identify former senator in court records that were unsealed in August 2019, and her resurfaced in later media appearances and publications; Mitchell’s camp disputes the iden...

Jan 30, 2026

Did Mario Draghi explicitly state that sanctions would sink Russia in a few years?

There is no evidence in the provided reporting that ever explicitly said “-claim">sanctions would sink in a few years”; instead, public records show he described sanctions as “working,” advocated toug...

Jan 24, 2026

Which Black leaders has Charlie Kirk publicly praised or criticized?

publicly criticized at least two named Black figures — civil rights icon and — and repeatedly aired derogatory, generalized comments about Black people that reporters and civil-rights leaders have cit...