Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 11hToday MLAs vote on a Bill to give children on free school meals a payment in the holidays, and one change could decide when families actually see it. The DUP Education Minister wants to remove the rule that says payments must start by the next school break. 1/5 196
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UKadambienkov.co.ukWhy the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green PartyThe dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics 901898558
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Thanks @belfasttelegraph.co.uk for featuring me in today’s edition & speaking about the need for new ideas at Stormont. I’m standing for the Assembly to help build a new storyin East Belfast where good jobs, apprenticeships & green skills give young people opportunities to learn, earn and thrive. 0103
Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Great opinion piece by Craig about NI and the #GAWA 010
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeStephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I thought the “culture war” Portadown Orangemen are executing was being carried out in the name of, and underpinned by the notion of a “PUL community”. I’ve always regarded this a myth, a gross simplification & an imposition. But when some Prods said, “Not in our name” the reaction was instructive. 141
Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thankful to have had the opportunity to sign this open letter. 1359
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeShauna Corr @shaunacorr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026GOLD MINE: Inquiry latest as company argues their project will reduce water pollution levels amid plans to use 44,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate explosives which could add to nitrogen pollution of groundwater, that already breaches conservation limits #environment #pollution #mining 051
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Green Party statement on Drumcree. It's time for independent international mediation. 2126
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeash Anraí-Jones @looseyleftie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026i can't help but feel like the DUP and SF have deliberately let this escalate, putting residents' (and regional) peace at risk because they're facing a tough upcoming election 293
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I wish the urgency and fight on both sides of the Garvaghy Rd row was the same around the demise of Lough Neagh. Sure, it's only our drinking water. Stormont couldn't care less. 24212
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCllr Anthony Flynn @antoflynnser.greenpartyni.org · 26/09/2026Lough Neagh belongs to all of us. Today we gathered at Stormont to demand urgent action to protect it. We need to tackle pollution, invest in our water infrastructure & properly enforce environmental protections. 💚 Save Lough Neagh. 0115
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The horror that keeps happening over and over to the point where it is just part of the background news in NI: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...belfasttelegraph.co.ukBelfast man beat pregnant mother of his two children to death with ‘Dad’ water bottleZak Hughes admits brutal murder of Sarah Montgomery that also resulted in loss of her 32-week-old unborn son Liam 24526
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/09/2026Hey Jonathan Reynolds.. we've found a few... 720498
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 25/09/2026“Today, the Parades Commission allowed a restricted parade down the Garvaghy Road, first time in almost 30 years. This is not a moment for triumphalism, but responsibility. We owe the next generation a broken cycle, not a repeated one.” 1/2 13916
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeShauna Corr @shaunacorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Investigations into our chicken waste problem continue. With Lough Neagh high on the agenda this week maybe you’ll have a read of this very important work with @tbij.bsky.social Andrew Wasley @tommygreene.bsky.social and myself 👇 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.comThe Muck Files: Dishing the dirt on the UK’s chicken waste tradeUK farm animals produce a monumental amount of waste. But where does it all go? 075
Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Can you give five minutes to help badgers from culling? Please use the guide at the link below (put together by the NI Badger group), to answer all the questions in the consultation. consultations2.nidirect.gov.uk/daera/potent... storage.googleapis.com/mailerlite-u... 021
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A new report from my @greenparty.org.uk colleague @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social is out today. How comparing our country’s finances to a household budget has created a myth that keeps us hostage to an economy that makes most of us poorer. Here’s Jamie’s plan to get us out of this mess 👇 051
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 22/09/2026Belfast City Airport wants 13,000 extra flights a year and later take‑offs to 10.30pm over east Belfast and Holywood. If you live under the flight path, this is your chance to say no - sign the petition: greenpartyni.org/stop_belfast... 094
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Are the Royal Family public servants or not? And if they are, then why do they have a blanket exemption on rules that others have to follow? In July I introduced a Bill to end outrageous Royal exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act. You can read it here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4267 814847
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeFriends of the Earth Northern Ireland @friendsofearthni.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Please ask Mourne, Newry and Down District Council to reject Thales' planning application to expand its facility @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/no...my.actnowni.orgSign Now: No expansion for Thales missile testing facilityWeapons manufacturer Thales supplies drones for Israel's genocide. I've signed this petition calling on Mourne, Newry and Down District Council to reject Thales' planning application to expand its tes... 012
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeWalk Wheel Cycle Trust Northern Ireland @wwctrustni.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Join us to light up the greenway! Mon 28 Sept - Whitespots Country Pk to Green Rd Community Centre & back #ShapingAGreenway www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-... @bangordailynews.bsky.social @andccg.bsky.social @barryndgreen.bsky.socialeventbrite.co.uk'Shaping A Greenway for Everyone' series: Be Seen, Be BrightGet ready to light up the greenway! Join us for a glow ride evening of cycling, walking and wheeling. 001
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeePeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026By coincidence, I was asked by our opinion desk to write about the current panic over e-bikes, and so I wrote this, pointing out that if we're going to discuss e-bikes we should at least know what we're talking about. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhen is an ebike not an ebike? When it has a powerful illegal engine. Get this menace off our roads | Peter WalkerAs a cyclist I want the authorities to act with clarity. Lime bikes and renters can be annoying, but the true threat is those who dangerously flout the law, says the Guardian’s senior political corres... 78421
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 14/09/2026Public money shouldn't be used to fund companies who are profiting from illegal Israeli settlements or genocide. This week, parliament has a chance to end Scotland's complicity in genocide. 🇵🇸 26917
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeePhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In 1933, a retirement home for Jewish people opened at Lützowstrasse 48/49 in Berlin, a place for them to live their remaining days in dignity. In 1939, it was taken over by the Nazis, who turned it into a propaganda office for HItler's Schutzstaffel - better known as the SS. (1/n) 24337
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCllr Anthony Flynn @antoflynnser.greenpartyni.org · 12/09/2026What is happening to our waterways? Green water and dead fish at Crawfordsburn. An ecological crisis at Lough Neagh. And only 29% of NI's rivers are in good or high ecological condition. Whatever the explanation at Crawfordsburn, we should expect much better from DAERA & the Environment Minister. 0126
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today I supported the Assisted Dying Bill because I want those in the final few months of life to have the agency to shorten their suffering if they wish Last year I supported many positive amendments to ensure this bill had robust safeguards. I am disappointed it did not pass🧵 714315
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Remember the 3,000 people murdered by al-Qaeda terrorists 25 years ago. Remember the up to 4.6 million people - according to Brown University estimates - killed by US-led forces in the post-9/11 wars. A hideous crime, followed by the crime of the century. 27516147
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 09/09/2026Paul Givan says fairness means scrapping priority for disadvantaged children in pre-school admissions. Real fairness means finishing the job first. Only 65% of children currently have a full-time pre-school place. This is not a universal system yet, whatever the Minister calls it. 1/5 184
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So pleased to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social demanding the Government’s suppressed then redacted report on ecosystem collapse be published in full. People can’t prepare for what they don’t know - concealing this report is unforgivable #WildSummittheguardian.comPolanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in fullGreen leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis 10637265
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeElaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What Paul Givan has done with removing the social disadvantage criteria (SDC) without consulting on it - something he explicitly said he planned in the draft childcare strategy - will cut a generation of disadvantaged kids off at the knees. Many of them from (ostensibly) DUP voting families. 3187
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeePatricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Six years ago, Ireland was promised a dedicated Wildlife Crime Unit. It never materialised, and no one really explained why. I went looking for answers. It took a year-long battle with the NPWS and an Information Commissioner investigation to get them. Here’s what I found ⬇️ jrnl.ie/7135559jrnl.ieThe FOI Files: The year-long battle for records on Ireland’s promised Wildlife Crime UnitThe Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage claimed disclosure could harm wildlife crime investigations and future prosecutions, but the Information Commissioner disagreed. 16130
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 08/09/2026“Stormont must take responsibility for Translink cuts” - Cllr Anthony Flynn, Assembly candidate North Down. 194
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/09/2026Andy Burnham promised to cap political donations. Now he’s in Downing Street, he’s backtracked. Politics should work for ordinary people, not billionaires and corporate lobbyists. Read Rachel Millward’s full article below 👇 818976
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 07/09/2026We’re hiring! 2 fixed-term roles from Oct 2026: Communications & Events Officer (25hrs/wk) and Regional Organiser (30hrs/wk). No party experience needed. Apply by 12pm Mon 21 Sept 2026. Request an info pack: leader@greenpartyni.org 0159
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeSarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Gerard McCarthy's response to Maureen Lipman is so fucking good 281480530
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it is the poorest and most excluded who will suffer from it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comMinister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warningExclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies 1032072793
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeAliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026#CleanAir is a human right - even for us city folk 084
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeShauna Corr @shaunacorr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not the first major boo-boo by NI’s Department for Infrastructure in relation to the Dalradian gold mine application. Now they’ve paid around £400,000 for a report they didn’t even submit into evidence 👀 www.thedetail.tv/articles/400...thedetail.tvStormont department spent £400,000 on gold mine report rejected as late evidence by Sperrins inquiryThis is the second time Stormont officials failed to submit documentation to the inquriy on time 013
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeCllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026ALL THE DUP HAVE LEFT ARE CULTURE WARS TO DEFLECT FROM THEIR MESS. Last night I challenged the DUP on housing. Twenty years in government, & working class Loyalist communities are continually failed and been abandoned by them. Instead they chose to pick culture wars around climate action. 0163
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 31/08/20268,383. That’s every graduate vacancy advertised across the UK last month: down 45% in a year and the lowest number on record. Employers are already pointing to AI adoption as part of the reason. 1/10 168
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeMr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Veterinary Medicines - pesticides used in tick & flea treatments are bad for freshwater bugs. The collective, large-scale use of pesticides in vet medicine is equating to pollution across UK waterways with knock-on effects to freshwater invertebrates & ecosystems www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns/ve...buglife.org.ukVeterinary Medicines - Buglife 02420
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 29/08/2026Cregagh Glen should be a place for fresh air, clean water and wildlife - not repeated pollution incidents. The river has already been hit multiple times in just a couple of years. 1/3 093
Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Nothing would surprise you about them. I’m SO past being scundered for them. We need DFI reform as much as we need Stormont reform. 010
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 27/08/2026From today, households in GB can legally plug in solar and start saving. Northern Ireland still can’t. Assembly candidate for North Down Cllr Anthony Flynn was promised our rules would move in step with Britain, but that hasn’t happened, and renters and flat dwellers are losing £110 a year saving. 2155
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 26/08/2026Belfast City Council has agreed to light up city hall for International Safe Abortion Day September 28, and that visibility matters. 1/5 1114
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeSimon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue 32777335
Reposted by Cllr Barry McKeeGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 17/08/2026Mal O’Hara has been chosen as the Green Party candidate for North Belfast, and he’s ready for the fight ahead. One in four children in North Belfast live in poverty. Thousands of households are homeless while homes across Ardoyne, Ballysillan and beyond sit empty, cold and falling apart. 1/2 11411