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Martin

@capallfada.bsky.social
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Irish. Antrim GAA follower. History, politics, a love for Celtic FC, and the craic.

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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nationalists and others in assembly talking about no going back to the dark days, about going forward. Unionists meanwhile shouting and demanding like it's still the 1950s.The reality is the orange state has crumbled and unionist hegemony has gone. They need to accept that.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Comments from those supporting the Garvaghy road community have been by and large measured. The language from unionists has been imflammatory to say the least. What on earth are they trying to do here.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Loyalists once again on a (literally) hill. Marched up there as usual by their supposed 'leaders' in unionist politicians. Problem is, those same politicians have no idea how to march them back down again.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This year alone, unionist politicians and gibbering hangers on like Bryson have, tacitly or otherwise, approved of, supported, or encouraged, dozens of illegal protests, many violent, by right wing racist mobs. Suddenly these same people are demanding the rule of law is upheld.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The parades commission expecting the community on the Garvaghy road to pay for their mistake. They have unleashed the sleeping genie from the bottle. It's going to be an extremely difficult task to contain it again. Stupid, irresponsible decision to allow this parade.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Odious little toe rag Bryson continues to stir things up. Slimey prick can hardly contain his glee at the thought of heightened tensions.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Drumcree had largely disappeared, from the minds of the vast majority of people. The parading issue was relatively settled in recent years, but the orange order, loyalists, and it seems, almost all of political unionism, have caused it to flare again. To what ends is the question we all should ask.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I would suggest Carla Lockhart refects on her long history of offensive pot stirring before calling others comments 'outrageous'. The fact that she goes on to decribe residents who want to live in peace and free from sectarian coat trailing as a 'rabble' is a case in point.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thoughts with the people of Garvaghy road, in a couple of hours time they will be penned in like cattle to allow a group of sectarian, supremacist neanderthals walk through their community, violating their rights to live in peace and free from fear. Disgraceful that this is allowed.
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Kieran Glennon @drnightdub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New blog post. In this one, rather than simply using images as illustrations, I write about the uses to which they were put: "Images of Belfast, 1920-1922." thebelfastpogrom.com/2026/09/26/i...
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Images of Belfast, 1920–1922
This post examines the various ways in which images of the conflict – photographs, drawings and cartoons – were used: to illustrate news reports, to make political commentary and as propaganda.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
30 years of peace around Drumcree, deemed resolved. Indeed the issue long forgotten by 98% of the population. Until an inane decision by the parades commission coupled with unionist politicians vying for votes, regardless of the cost, caused it to rear it's ugly, sectarian head again.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So very sorry to hear this. Loved her posts, and i always felt better educated after any interaction with her.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What is the point of the UN? It's not stopping/ preventing wars. It allows genocide to continue. It allows a country to threaten another country with annihilation without fear of sanction. It is powerless to get countries to take action on climate change. Once again, what is the point of the UN?
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TUFAC @tufac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Be Nice to Bees t-shirt
Like it says Size chart in product pictures. PLEASE READ IT. Our service aims to get orders to their destination in 7-10 Days, but can occasionally take longer
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
MON is a legend, always will be. However, soccer has evolved, Martin's tactics haven't. Celtic need a hungrier, younger, more tactically dynamic manager. MON should be allowed to enjoy a long, honour filled retirememt.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Doing their best to get Donovan sent off.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Officials determined to give rangers this game. Atrocious, and blatantly biased refereeing.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A 1% chance of an asteroid hitting Earth is enough for governments and agencies to take action and trigger planetary defence protocols. A leading researcher has stated that he believes that there is a 10% chance of AI destroying humanity in a decade and yet there appears to be little or no action.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What on earth kind of constitution, or democracy for that matter, has the USA got, that a sitting president can blatantly try to use the nation's money to buy an election. Next time USA talks about 'bananna republics' or 'anti-democratic regimes', the rest of the world should stop, point, and laugh.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fuel and energy costs soaring, food prices rising. All thanks to the cresoted madman in USA and a cabal of billionaires wanting to add even more to their already obscene wealth.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I abhorr violence, however this fills me feelings of absolute rage.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Disgraceful, but i expect nothing else from this party of ignorant, facist, misogynistic swine.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The determination among the officials to give the rangers their first league win is off the scale Aberdeen need to formally complain about the officiating.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I thought Starmer was weak, ineffectful, and beholden to big corps and the Zionist lobby, but my god, Burnham is playing a blinder in outdoing him on all this.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Celtic being taken apart.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Celtic falling apart, they need to get a grip.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bluesky practically unusable at the moment.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
There has to more holding the media to account for their behaviour. It is not acceptable, and it should be subject to an immediate criminal investigation, that journalists and media outlets can literally, and not for the first time, hound someone to death.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Spend weeks/months attacking someone's character and integrity, and then pour out tributes and wring your hands after his death. Hypocrites.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage, like his buddy Trump, spouts lie after lie after lie. It would seen the rascim in Clacton outweighs any need to have a MP with even an ounce of integrity.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Took a long time to prise it open, but the oul Celtic biscuit tin is taking a hammering at the moment 😂
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Meltdown incoming #McInnesout
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Belfast is buzzing #Fleadh26
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Not content with turning the Earth into a burning junk yard, we're determined to do the same in space.
bbc.co.uk
SpaceX rocket to crash into Moon - live updates
Scientists studying the collision estimate the stray piece of the Falcon 9 rocket - launched last year - will have collided by now.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Celtic struggling to get into gear.
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Conor Murphy says the "wheels are coming off" the stormont project. Not surprising, given the DUPs refusal to fully embrace equality and change, and years of British government underfunding. It's time to set the whole thing aside and push for reunification of our island.
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TUFAC @tufac.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Now available to pre - order. The TUFAC Antifascist football shirt
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Claiming a genocide is a war should be declared a crime, even when uttered by a washed up, attention seeking former pop 'star'. Then again, it's only the Palestinian people, who, to humanity's eternal shame, are deemed people non grata, and their horrific fate of no consequence.
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Henrique Laitenberger @toenlaiten.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I did not know about Gaelic football rules or the Mayo curse until a few weeks ago. Heck, as a German who never lived in Ireland, I couldn't have pointed out county Mayo on a map until a few months ago. But this is single-handedly one of the best moments of sport I've witnessed in my time! #Mayo4Sam
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
That, folks, was a hell of a game! #GAA #AllIreland
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The curse is over! UP MAIGH EO! Unbelievable! #GAA #AllIreland
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Mon Mayo! Don't let it slip now!
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I haven't a feckin knucle left, never mind nails.. #GAA #AllIreland
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Mayo need to manage the Kerry revival and get a few points on the board. #GAA #AllIreland
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Outstanding from Mayo. #GAA #AllIreland
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Mayo are up for it. #GAA #AllIreland
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I love Ciarraí, one of my favourite spots in the whole island, but i hope Maigh Eo do it today, 75 years is a long wait, time to end the 'curse'. Anyway, with 39 titles the Kingdom need to learn to share a bit lol. Either way, hoping for a cracker game. #GAA #AllIreland
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Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Wonderful news.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 21/07/2026
A nine-year-old boy whose campaigning helped bring about changes to Northern Ireland's organ donation rules has received a heart transplant after a lengthy wait.
rte.ie
Boy behind 'Dáithí's law' receives heart transplant
A nine-year-old boy whose campaigning helped bring about changes to Northern Ireland's organ donation rules has received a heart transplant after a lengthy wait.
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