Irish journalist covering MENAhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mth2aut4gk2kNew substack up, folks. https://hannahmccarthyreports.substack.com/p/finding-some-routine-during-a-foreign?r=ksp5&utm_medium=ios19 Aug 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth2aut4gk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mt6szrpsgs2yI’ll be on Pat Kenny on Newstalk around 11am Irish time talking about Gaza and efforts to preserve evidence of war crimes. https://www.newstalk.com/shows/pat-kenny-show-23485716 Aug 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6szrpsgs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3msuxuc4qgs2oTouch down in Nairobi - excited to be reporting in Kenya until the end of the month.12 Aug 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuxuc4qgs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mqtwgrf46223Latest substack out: https://substack.com/@hannahmccarthyreports/note/p-207261269?r=ksp5&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action17 Jul 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtwgrf46223https://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mp6u6d7m2s2lMy latest for The Currency: The Irish architecture firm behind the Grand Egyptian Museum and the two decades it took to finish https://thecurrency.news/articles/228026/the-irish-architecture-firm-behind-the-grand-egyptian-museum-and-the-two-decades-it-took-to-finish/26 Jun 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6u6d7m2s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3moazvtzkvc2k Lebanon under siege: 'Without UNIFIL, we will become the next Gaza' After three years of war, a terrible new normal emerges in southern Lebanon as UN peacekeepers prepare to withdraw. Hannah McCarthy meets the residents trying to survive. https://www.thejournal.ie/gaza-and-lebanon-7068067-Jun2026/14 Jun 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3moazvtzkvc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mmmhl2xk522bMy RTE World Report on life in southern Lebanon amid the ceasefire is on playback now. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/world-report/episodes/11798135/24 May 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmhl2xk522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mmmhl2xk522bMy RTE World Report on life in southern Lebanon amid the ceasefire is on playback now. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/world-report/episodes/11798135/24 May 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmhl2xk522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mmcaj2wrzk24I will be moderating a conversation on Iran: Women, Life, Freedom between Sepideh Farsi and chowra makaremi tomorrow evening at 6pm as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin. Tickets available here: https://ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festival/type/conversations/iran-women-life-freedom-sepideh-farsi-chowra-makaremi/20 May 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcaj2wrzk24https://bsky.app/profile/hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social/post/3mm74fr3sms27New substack out https://open.substack.com/pub/hannahmccarthyreports/p/one-morning-in-southern-lebanon-panel?r=ksp5&utm_medium=ios19 May 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:inw4ljca3vh2ldx3sllldmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm74fr3sms27https://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/3mhdcprixo22w