Irish journalist covering MENAhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mlks54qc2c24‘Palestine’s Mandela’: concerns grow for unifying leader jailed by Israel 24 years ago Latest from the West Bank for @irishtimes.com https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/05/palestines-mandela-concerns-grow-for-unifying-leader-jailed-by-israel-24-years-ago/11 May 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlks54qc2c24https://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mlgeot2xtk25My latest on the West Bank: Wine and the Holy Land. https://www.thejournal.ie/settler-violence-west-bank-7033413-May2026/09 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgeot2xtk25https://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3ml4kyx34tc2zMy world report on India's last 'royals' is on RTE World Report's podcast now. https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/india/id1619344324?i=100076588818405 May 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4kyx34tc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3ml4hyd3rdc2j‘It’s a psychological war’: A family divided by Cuba’s quiet exodus Latest for @irishtimes.com https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/05/03/its-a-psychological-war-a-family-divided-by-cubas-quiet-exodus/05 May 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4hyd3rdc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mj5mrccmq22nFuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/fuel-protest-leader-james-geoghegan-has-animal-cruelty-convictions-and-revenue-judgments/10 Apr 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5mrccmq22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mhddb7sjvs2wI spoke to Irish people living in Havana about how the Cuba medical system has collapsed and daily life is grinding to a halt, as the Belfast rap group Kneecap join a humanitarian convoy to the Caribbean island facing a so far unrelenting US oil blockade. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41811758.html18 Mar 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhddb7sjvs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mhdcprixo22wPower blackouts, fuel shortages and mass emigration: Cuba’s crisis weighs heaviest on the elderly My latest dispatch from Havana for @irishtimes.com https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/03/18/im-all-alone-cubas-elderly-face-crisis-as-young-people-flee/18 Mar 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdcprixo22whttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mgcxdx66jc2nWill be on The Moncrieff Show to talk about the situation in Cuba at 2pm.05 Mar 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcxdx66jc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mgae4wluyc2lI spoke to Hugh Linehan on Inside Politics about my reporting in Cuba for @irishtimes.com https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan/id794389685?i=100075303251404 Mar 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgae4wluyc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mfymrhr2wc2pMy world report on the elderly Cubans facing their country’s crisis alone is on RTÉ playback now. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/world-report/2026/0301/1561018-world-report-sunday-1-march-2026/01 Mar 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfymrhr2wc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mfryglqx5k23What a walk along O’Reilly Street in Havana will tell you about Cuba’s crisis.26 Feb 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfryglqx5k23https://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mfly4uutj22i‘We could see the smoke rising’: Irish family on holiday in Mexican resort town engulfed in violence https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/02/24/we-could-see-the-smoke-rising-irish-family-on-holiday-in-mexican-resort-town-engulfed-in-violence/24 Feb 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfly4uutj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mfh3s4gbf22u‘I want to see the final chapter of this’: Cubans demand change but fear US military action For @irishtimes.com https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/02/20/i-want-to-see-the-final-chapter-of-this-cubans-demand-change-but-fear-us-military-action/22 Feb 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfh3s4gbf22u