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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 16h

Ok so @simonharrisireland.bsky.social accepts that the kidnapping by Israel of Irish people on flotillas heading to Gaza was illegal - what actions is he going to take to address this breach of international law? #speirgorm

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 16h

Speaking in the Dáil today, Simon Harris said the activists were trying to do something about the "humanitarian catastrophe and genocide" in Gaza and that they posed "no threat".

He denounced their detention as illegal.

http://jrnl.ie/6838266

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel

The Tánaiste denounced the activists’ detention by Israel as illegal.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 17h

#stopthegenocide #breakthesiege #globalflotilla Contact the Taoiseach - details below #speirgorm

Poster of kidnapped by IOF - Irish doctor Veronica O’Keane

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 19h

#speirgorm

WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 20h

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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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1d

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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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 1d

My sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the Global Sumud Flotilla. I'm home safe & will be followed by the other Irish people today. I'm just catching up and have much more to share but for now I am so so grateful for everyone's attempts to free us. Remember that Gaza is the story not us.

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 1d

Three of the kidnapped Irish participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived home to a huge welcome last night. They talk about why they tried to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza, acting because our governments refuse to. #FreePalestine #LiftTheSiege
Video RTÉ News

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Carole (Ducky) (IrPsych) @caroleducky.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent!

‘Ross Lahive to be sent forward for trial on charge of harassing librarian at Cork City Library.’

www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...

#SpeirGorm

Ross Lahive to be sent forward for trial on charge of harassing librarian at Cork City Library

Case centres around protests about a publication called 'This Book is Gay' appearing on a shelf for teenagers in the library

www.irishexaminer.com

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 2d

The Irish participants in the #SamudFlotilla are on their way home.

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Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 2d

The first flotilla’s Irish participants have just been released from Israeli prison; they’re on their way home now. Meanwhile, we on the second flotilla are nearing Gaza. Keep speaking up for Palestine. We’re sailing not only for aid but for self-determination & we won’t stop until Palestine is free

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lynbw @lynbw.bsky.social · 2d

Humphreys out herself as terfy should end that campaign too
#speirgorm #aras25

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a grift video ‘In my opinion a woman is a female adult and a man is a male adult’ - parroting the TERFS

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 2d

Dinner with the Enemy, Virgin 1, 9pm www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/what-s-...

Leitrim activist takes on opposing views in bold new series on Virgin Media

Izzy Kimakazee, based in Leitrim since 2002, is one of ten participants in the social experiment TV show Dinner with the Enemy, which airs on Virgin Media on Monday, October 6.

www.leitrimobserver.ie

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 3d

People are BOYCOTTING IndieCork Film Festival.
They refused to address the ongoing transphobia of festival director Mick Hannigan, choosing instead to close down the festival. #speirgorm
gcn.ie/indiecork-fi...

IndieCork Film Festival faces backlash over director’s anti-trans statements

The IndieCork Film Festival is facing backlash following anti-trans comments shared by its director over a number of years.

gcn.ie

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Birthday Mammy Kamikaze

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 5d

Hamas agrees to elements of the peace plan, with Gaza being administered by a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats) based on Palestinian national consensus and with Arab and Islamic support (not the colonising occupation suggested by Tr**p)

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

This is a breaking news story.

Hamas says it agrees to parts of Trump’s Gaza plan but seeks more talks

This is a breaking news story.

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v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has KIDNAPPED 497 PEOPLE from 46 COUNTRIES from the Global Sumud Flotilla

This is a HUMANITARIAN MISSION, now it has become a global kidnapping by #Israel

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 7d

Statement from Catherine Connolly following reports of Irish citizens among those abducted by Israeli forces this evening.

“Israel’s illegal seizure of boats participating in the Global Sumud Flotillas mission to bring humanitarian aid to the starving people of Gaza is another brazen breach of international law.

“It has been reported that Irish citizens are amongst those abducted by Israeli forces. The Department of Foreign Affairs must immediately demand the release of all those taken illegally by the Israeli military.

“There have been enough words. The Irish government and other governments must take action to face down Israel’s genocidal campaign and to protect all those on the flotilla.

“All those abducted must be released and the flotilla must be given safe passage to complete its humanitarian mission to ensure the people of Gaza receive the food and other humanitarian aid they so desperately need.”

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OpheliaPG @opheliapg.bsky.social · 7d

#Colombia President Gustavo Petro announces concrete steps in response to Israel's attack on #GlobalSumudFlotilla vessels.

#BDS #R2P #StopIsraelimpunity t.me/QudsNen/189212

In Response to Israeli Attack on Sumud, Colombian President:
"I announce the termination of the free trade agreement with Israel, and the Israeli diplomatic mission in Colombia must leave immediately."
AX QudsNEN
قديلا

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7d

List of Global Sumud Flotilla protests currently underway:

🇹🇷 Turkey: Istanbul, Ankara
🇮🇹 Italy: Rome, Naples, Genoa, Milan, Turin, Florence, Pisa, Livorno, Pistoia, Siena, La Spezia
🇫🇷 France: Paris
🇪🇸 Spain: Barcelona
🇧🇪 Belgium: Brussels
🇬🇷 Greece: Athens
🇩🇪 Germany: Berlin

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Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 7d

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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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7d

The Global Sumud Flotilla is being intercepted by the Israeli occupation forces in international waters. Pressure your government for the protection of Global Sumud Flotilla

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 8d

State commits genocide, and the plan to end it includes demilitarisation, but of the victims! The perpetrators face no accountability, pay no reparations and can keep their occupation intact, while the victims are made to live under foreign domination, seemingly in perpetuity. That is dystopian

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 9d

Trump's 'peace' plan for Gaza is basically let the white westerners build hotels and tower blocks, and if the pesky Palestinians behave they might be allowed to live and work in their own land. In return his zionist friends might leave and stop the genocide and starvation.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d

Item 10 of Trump’s Gaza “peace plan” is the one that caught my attention.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 9d

“We used to build public housing. We stopped building public housing in 2009. That was an ideological decision. Now we go from crisis to crisis.”

@catherinegalway.bsky.social nails it. The others squirm.
#Aras25 #Áras25 #Tonightvmtv

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 9d

#áras2025 #aras2025 #CatherineConnollyForPresident

The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 9d

🗣️ "We utterly failed to build public housing on public land." – Catherine Connolly
#TonightVMTV

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 12d

"As people from Ireland we know oppression, colonialism, famine and genocide."
Free Palestine. Mo Chara @kneecapceol.bsky.social

Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara of Kneecap, addressed the public outside court after his case was dismissed. He had faced terror charges over allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a concert.

Full Address: https://f.mtr.cool/jcmediokuc

#VMNews | @newschambers.bsky.social

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