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Attracta Uí Bhroin

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Own posts as a member of the 'public concerned'. Loves Dogs, Hubby, Environment, Aarhus, Access to Justice, Environmental Defenders, Rule of Law #TakingAKnee #FBPE, I stand with International Law, Palestine, Ukraine Hates Injustice, Inequality, #CETA+ICS

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · Mar 29

"The democratic recession does not begin when a far-right party takes office. It begins when a centrist party crushes hope in democracy."

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com call to action 👇 for all concerned for democracy rule of law society justice fairness health environment a future

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 28

Why is Keir Starmer's government adopting policies that look perfectly designed to prevent its re-election? This column seeks to unravel the mystery and explain the fundamental forces that now govern our politics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it | George Monbiot

We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 1d

*reaped

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 1d

Their current Gov and IDF leaders for sure Mark.. but there's giants like this wonderful journalist ..Nir Hasson .. and the only acceptable legacy from this atrocity in Gaza is "Never again" and prosecutions before the court in the Hague.. including for leaders of third States complicit..

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 1d

@nirhasson.bsky.social ..I just watched ur interview on CNN .. from here in Ireland.
Thank you for your reporting, your grief, your assessment.
I agree the legacy that the attrocities of the Israeli Gov and IDF will be repeaded for decades.But people like u sow seeds of hope for reconciliation.

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 1d

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror

In Recent Weeks We Spoke by Video With Doctors Around the Gaza Strip. Through Virtual Tours of Medical Facilities, We Sought to Document the Situation in Which Thousands of Children Suffer From Severe...

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 3d

Care about #nature #Hedgerows & all who depend on them for food, shelter, nesting ? Never forget #HedgerowHackerHumphreys and her infamous ironically named Heritage Bill 2016 proposing awful changes to burnimg & hedgerows regs.
Make sure u r registered to vote by tomorrow 7 Oct #Áras25
#Aras25

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 4d

Do more than post .. vote ..
Make sure u are registered to vote in #Áras25
#Aras25

U can do it all online .. see 👇

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 4d

Make sure u are registered to vote by this Tues Oct 7th for the Presidential election
#PresidentialElection
#PresidentOfIreland
Go to
www.checktheregister.ie
Select Apply online to register" and the local authority where u live.

Details here
www.electoralcommission.ie/presidential...

Check the Register

www.checktheregister.ie

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 4d

... do more than post .. vote

Make sure u are registered byv this Tues .. u can do it online 👇
# Aras25

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 4d

Check the Register

www.checktheregister.ie

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Check the Register

www.checktheregister.ie

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 6d

"Amnesty International has called on all parliamentary groups to support the royal decree imposing an arms embargo on Israel. The lower house is scheduled to vote on it next Tuesday."

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 6d

Amnistía Internacional ha pedido a todos los grupos parlamentarios que apoyen el real decreto por el que se impone un embargo de armas a Israel. La Cámara baja tiene previsto votar el próximo martes

Amnistía Internacional pide a todos los grupos que apoyen el embargo de armas a Israel en el Congreso

La ONG se muestra preocupada ante el riesgo de que el decreto no se ratifique por los recelos de Podemos y otros grupos

elpais.com

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penelopepiztov @penelopepiztov.bsky.social · 8d

ISRAEL declares HOW DARE YOU STOP OUR STARVATION OF AN ENTIRE POPULATION www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

‘Kidnapping’: Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla; detains activists, Thunberg

Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.

www.aljazeera.com

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Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 8d

Sumud boats currently being intercepted by Israel, likely to illegally abduct and imprison those inside. I’m on one of the Thousand Madleens boats just behind. We need escalation from home to end the impunity with which this rogue state commits genocide and stifles opposition

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: Reports of spontaneous protests erupting in European cities tonight in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was illegally attacked by Israel an hour ago.

Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 8d

Breaking: One of the Global Sumud Flotilla ships appears to be being boarded live right now by the Israeli military, with passengers raising their hands. Follow our livestream below.

Israeli Channel 13 reports the navy has seized six of the flotilla’s largest vessels.

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 8d

Poster from #Galway Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to highlight an emergency protest tomorrow Thursday 2nd October 8:30am to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla. #Spéirghorm #Ireland #FreePalestine

Tomorrow morning, Thursday, 8.30am.
Galway County Hall, Prospect Hill (across from TK Maxx)

Poster from Galway Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to highlight an emergency protest tomorrow Thursday 2nd October 8:30am.

All out for Gaza and the Global Sumud Flotilla!
Emergency protest.
Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla: The Irish government is abandoning humanitarian aid volunteers.
Tomorrow morning, Thursday, 8.30am.
Galway County Hall, Prospect Hill (across from TK Maxx)

Sanction Israel

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8d

#JUST_IN | Dozens of people spontaneously demonstrate in front of the Israeli consulate in Barcelona.

(Cadena SER)

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8d

#WATCH | Solidarity is surging as people globally rally in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla following the illegal Israeli interception.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 8d

Israeli navy intercepts at least three boats in Sumud Flotilla headed to Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-navy-intercepts-least-three-boats-flotilla-headed-gaza

Israeli navy intercepts at least three boats in Sumud Flotilla headed to Gaza

Activists on board working to account for all participants and crew, but will 'continue undeterred'

www.middleeasteye.net

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d

Deeply disappointed to hear that the Israeli Navy illegally stopped the Global Sumud Flotilla 75 miles off the coast of Gaza. This was a non-violent mission to break the IDF’s horrifying siege and deliver food and medicine to those who need it most.

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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 BREAKING| Israel occupation forces abducted Greta Thunberg from the Global Sumud Flotilla
#GazaCallsUs #GlobalSumudFlotilla #AllEyesOnGlobalSumudFlotilla

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 8d

Writers Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social part of the aid flotilla that is reported as being intercepted

www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Watch live: Israeli military intercepts Gaza aid flotilla, organisers say

Media outlets in Israel say Global Sumud Flotilla may be sunk to prevent boats from reaching Strip

www.irishtimes.com

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 8d

“Boarded” is a neutral term. They will have been violently and illegally intercepted. Solidarity with the volunteers. All eyes on Gaza

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 8d

.. total #CarCrashJimGavin as Presidential candidate ..Doh!

Daryl FÉTH FÍADA Feehely 🎃 @darylfeehely.com · 8d

When he said "we make mistakes every day", he really did mean plural mistakes

#Áras25

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Gavin campaign deletes photo with Defence Forces chief

A photo of the Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin and the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces Rossa Mulcahy was deleted this evening from Mr Gavin's social media campaign platforms.

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TaraNicRóibín @tararoonies.bsky.social · 8d

Contact your elected reps to demand a diplomatic intervention to keep humanitarians safe.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 8d

All eyes on the flotilla.

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 15d

“Searching for a ‘cause’ is to treat autism as some kind of tragedy, failure or mistake. But autism is none of those things … Autism is a way of being human. It is a natural variation that has always existed, and always will.”

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Ciara Reilly: My autistic child is not a political pawn

This paracetamol theory is only the latest chapter in a long history of misogyny and blame dressed up as science. Before this it was vaccines. Before that it was the poisonous 'refrigerator mother' th...

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