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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 2d

It's horrific and horrifically common.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 10h

Rinne an grúpa paraimiliteach dílseach, an UVF, bagairt go loiscfí áitreabh Chomhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste le comharthaíocht dhá theangach.

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Léirsiú beartaithe chun Gaeilge a cheiliúradh mar fhreagra ar bhagairt foréigin ó dhílseoirí

Rinne an grúpa paraimiliteach dílseach, an UVF, bagairt go loiscfí áitreabh Chomhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste le comharthaíocht dhá theangach.

www.thejournal.ie

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 16h

More Irish activists have now been taken by the IDF from international waters including author Naoise Dolan, TD Barry Heneghan and psychiatrist Veronica O’Keane.

They are part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 12h

Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She's Made President http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/08/maria-steen-turning-up-at-gates-of-the-aras-refusing-to-leave-until-shes-made-president/

Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She’s Made President

A WOMAN who has never been a presidential candidate or appeared on a ballot paper has taken up residence outside the gates of Leinster House, vowing never to leave until she is made president of …

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Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · 10h

Not sure why this Opinion piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is not circulating here yet. GreenSky should care about ecocide. Ecocide as an outcome of war is always worth raising as a loss (in addition to human lives), yes?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 1d

Mark, I am so sorry. Solidarity and love to you and your family.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 3d

Fears are rising for Yvonne Ridley and Tadhg Hickey after reports of aggressive treatment in Israeli custody and unexplained delays in their transfer, following the interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla.

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Concerns Grow for Yvonne Ridley and Tadhg Hickey After Reports of Aggressive Treatment in Israeli Custody and Delays in Traveling - Quds News Network

Fears are rising for Yvonne Ridley and Tadhg Hickey after reports of aggressive treatment in Israeli custody and unexplained delays in their transfer, following the interception of the Gaza-bound Glob...

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 3d

Turkish Global Sumud Flotilla member, Semanur Yaman, says her and fellow hijabi crew members were forced to take off their hijabs, a common illegal practice done by the occupation to Palestinian woman for decades.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking | Multiple Palestinians were reported wounded in Israeli drone fire near the Thai intersection in Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza.

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 3d

Police to get new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to #Gaza

So the government plans to curtail the #humanrights of British citizens to protect a foreign state committing #genocide

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

This is grim & dangerous over reach.

This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.

Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 3d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 10d

Op-Ed in The Journal today about safety in the City and why curfews are a bad idea.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/safet...

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 13d

Leabhar le @nnedi.bsky.social faighte ag @ravenbooks.bsky.social dom as Meiriceá. Ag súil le #africanfuturism agus #africanjujuism

Clúdach an leabhair She who knows

Bean dorcha i bpróifíl le ceannbheart diamhair adharcach

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 4d

Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 5d

Gaza fishermen able to fish for first time thanks to sumud flotilla distraction

they STILL FED MY PEOPLE. 🥹

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brianmaxhouston.bsky.social @brianmaxhouston.bsky.social · 4d

It’s PERFECT.

Not a single thought of his own.
Breaks the rules his CURRENT employer created.
Embroils his former employer in fake advertising for his campaign.
Slum landlord.

Go, Kylie, go!

Almost beating #MaHumphries for the July 12 Bonfires eh sorry, picnics (can’t wait for the pictures).

Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 4d

Landlord Jim Gavin never refunded 6 months' rent to a former tenant who accidentally kept paying rent after he moved out. The tenancy was not registered with the RTB. Gavin really is the perfect Fianna Fáil candidate.
Archive link: archive.is/4ts0L #spéirgorm #presidentialelection

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 4d

My earlier tweet about Catherine Connolly hiring a former prisoner, in the form of a letter to the Indo.

m.independent.ie/opinion/lett...

Title: "Ní Shionnáin served her sentence - surely she is allowed to rebuild her life?"

I want to clarify something – is it the view of the Taoiseach, and of commentators, that former prisoners should be denied opportunities to rebuild their lives away from violence or criminality, even after they have served their sentence?

Given her qualifications, Ursula Ní Shionnáin was perfectly suited for the role of administrative support for a TD working on the Oireachtas Committee for the Irish language, and Catherine Connolly was in the right to give her a chance.

I think it is much more concerning if our Government thinks that prisoners such as Ní Shionnáin should not be given the opportunity to rehabilitate when they demonstrate a willingness to do so.

As a former employee of the Irish Prison Service, that seems to go against everything that I was told during my training.

Tomás M Creamer, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim

Published 4th October, 2025, on the letter section of the Irish Indepedent.

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 4d

Landlord Jim Gavin never refunded 6 months' rent to a former tenant who accidentally kept paying rent after he moved out. The tenancy was not registered with the RTB. Gavin really is the perfect Fianna Fáil candidate.
Archive link: archive.is/4ts0L #spéirgorm #presidentialelection

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 7d

"Photos: Farewell and funeral procession for the martyrs at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah."

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#BDS #BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #IsraelNews #News #MiddleEast #MiddleEastNews #Palestine #PalestineNews #SaveGaza #Zionism

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H.D. Gregg - Designated Terrorist™️ @hdgregg.bsky.social · 7d

Despite the media cheerleading, the “peace” proposal was quickly exposed as a ridiculous fraud by the Israeli government.

www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Netanyahu pledges to violate Gaza “peace” plan just hours after its announcement

The Trump-Netanyahu proposal is intended to allow the US media to claim that the US and Israeli governments are seeking “peace” while they move ahead with their plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza.

www.wsws.org

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 4d

Israel has been doing this from the start. They have killed dozens of UN troops.

And despite Israel shooting and abducting Irish citizens, Ireland maintains relations with Israel.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 5d

An Israeli military drone dropped grenades near to Irish peacekeepers who were protecting civilians clearing rubble close to an Irish base in south Lebanon.
http://jrnl.ie/6834534t

An Israeli Defence Forces drone launched grenades near to Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon

No one was injured in the incident which happened yesterday near the Irish outpost at UNP 6-52 as the troops helped locals clear bomb damage rubble from homes.

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Máire Ní Mhórdha @mairenimhordha.bsky.social · 4d

'If you think that Donald Trump, a man whose only constant is his own naked self-interest, doesn’t actually care about peace, then I have bad news for you, my friend. It’s actually you who is not serious about peace.' @carlkinsella.bsky.social shreds our gaslighting Taoiseach's argument perfectly

Susan Adair Farrelly @itsnotsuzalright.bsky.social · 4d

Saturday morning wouldn’t be Saturday morning without @carlkinsella.bsky.social musings on the week-and this one’s a belter 👏👏
“Surrendering in a thumb war” 😂

Surrealing in the Years: Things are not as simple as Micheál Martin might like us to believe jrnl.ie/6832036

Surrealing in the Years: Things are not as simple as Micheál Martin might like us to believe

Five presidential debates, lads? Five?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6d

Hahahaha, the Police are asking Palestine Action supporters to suspend their peaceful protest because it takes too many Police to arrest them.

Just stop arresting them then.

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