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Carol-Anne

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The attack by fascists/homophobes/transphobes on Berlin Pride shows why everyone in the LGBTQIA+ communities need to stick together and support each other.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Countries not giving in to Zionist threats & blackmail ...
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
you do not have "legitimate concerns" about immigration. you just gave in to relentless xenophobic and racist propaganda
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Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈 @iccl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Osgur Breatnach's wrongful conviction for the 1976 Sallins Train Robbery was today declared a miscarriage of justice. This is a huge step for Osgur and his campaign. An independent public inquiry must follow. @cajni.bsky.social @amnesty.org @finucanecentre.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
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Sallins conviction declared miscarriage of justice
The wrongful conviction of Osgur Breatnach for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago has now been declared a miscarriage of justice.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ok but what if it's a phase?
poster of the comic character Stephie in a black dress walking. She says : waiting until a person expresses unbearable pain or intense suffering before letting them transition isn't "just making sure"... it's torture.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21/07/2026
The Sex Matters event has been dropped by Féile an Phobail www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Statement from Féile an Phobail

An event application was submitted to this years Féile programme by a group called the Women’s Rights Network.

Féile an Phobail was unaware from the initial submission that this event would promote campaigns against rights for the Transgender community.

Féile an Phobail takes pride in standing up for those who are marginalised and attacked.

Féile was formed in 1988 at a time when the community of West Belfast was being attacked and demonised, and as a positive response to that demonisation.

In recent years Féile has organised discussion events with the Transgender community, providing a platform to raise issues of pressing concern, and we fully support the right of the Transgender community to be treated with equality and respect.

On that basis, Féile an Phobail has informed the organiser of this event that we are withdrawing their event.

This event is no longer part of the Féile programme.
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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I used to Feel British: Now I’m Starting an Irish Unity Campaign Group, by Claire JC irishborderpoll.com/2026/07/04/i...
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I used to Feel British: Now I’m Starting an Irish Unity Campaign Group - Irish Border Poll
by Claire JC “I’m NORTHERN Irish”, I would say with indignation, every time an English person referred to me as Irish. Growing up in Newtownards in the 1990s there was never any question of my British...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
More than a third of the electorate didn't vote in 2024's presidential but we're always told that the job is to try to recruit people who hate and disagree with us rather than motivate people who agree with us but need some motivation, which comes from boldness, integrity, not marshmallowismo.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Great to see this, and thank you for sharing. Important journalism
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 21/07/2026
A group of seven Irish politicians will travel to Germany this week to attend the trial of an Irish man and four other pro-Palestinian activists charged with causing about €1 million worth of damage at the factory of an Israeli-owned defence company jrnl.ie/7108780
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Irish TDs to visit Dubliner in German prison charged with damaging Israeli-owned arms factory
A number of Irish politicians will attend Tatlow-Devally’s court appearance on Wednesday.
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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Church in Wales says trans rights. I did not see this coming, brought me to tears & I'm not even a christian
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A sad day for the planet. The Irish Minister for Climate Action 'delighted' that Dublin Airport can expand indefinitely and increase emissions in the midst of a catastrophic climate crisis.
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Ashleigh Talbot⛧🏳️‍⚧️ @ashleigh.whatthetrans.com · 16/07/2026
We talked about Reem Alsalem on our upcoming podcast episode, and when you hear that "The UN has said something anti-trans!" then really it's all just this one person spreading her rancid ideology around like curdled butter.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 16/07/2026
Thousands attend transgender and intersex pride march in Dublin www.irishtimes.com/i... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Thousands attend transgender and intersex pride march in Dublin
‘Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide’: demonstrators call for bodily autonomy and better access to healthcare
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Curse of the Libby Dead @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Bless her. I'm hoping my final form will be Toksvig-esque
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The Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Being literally the actual real-life white guy who made it so nobody can afford a home and trying to blame it on immigrants is insane.
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Alan Kelly @akellyucc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Ireland right now #speirgorm
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/07/2026
Biological advantage in Irish dancing
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Brett Coughlin @coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Kylian Mbappé #WorldCup
Kylian Mbappé speaking about the destructive nature of sports gambling.
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Jim Lutomski🏴‍☠️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ilejim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This is vital to take seriously. Fascists in Scotland were driven out of Glasgow by trade unionists in the 1930's, Mosley had his van put in a river by the good people of Perth. We need a movement of that scale. The intentions of the fascists are clear. No one will escape their violence.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
One third of Israel's arms are supplied by the EU says one who knows.
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The two men charged with the murder of Lyra McKee have been found Not Guilty by the Judge. Thoughts with Lyra's family and Sara rn. Justice for Lyra forever.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
GENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the W...
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/06/2026
Goddammit, how am I supposed to hate him now ffs...
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I've had horrible messages whenever I share my thoughts on Israel I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide. - Ciara
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 25/06/2026
Three weeks after my 20-year-old daughter Robyn was killed doing bicycle messenger work in NYC, my other daughter Rachel was t-boned by a distracted driver while on a training ride in Charlottesville, VA. Rachel's bicycle was destroyed in the crash... Fortunately it wasn't a large SUV or truck!
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Why Today’s Towering Trucks Are a Bigger Threat to Cyclists
The research on tall vehicle hoods, larger blind zones, rising cyclist deaths, and what it all means for people on bikes.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026
I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.
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The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency
A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide' - Ciara Mageean Speaks for many.
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Ciara Mageean: I've had horrible messages whenever I share my thoughts on Israel
'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide'
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A US military plane used to transport soldiers landed at Shannon Airport on its way back from an Israeli airbase – in the same week a UN inquiry found Israel “deliberately carried out acts inflicting death on Palestinian children”. www.ontheditch.com/us-military-...
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US military plane landed at Shannon on return from IDF base
The same week a UN inquiry found Israel “deliberately carried out acts inflicting death on Palestinian children”.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide'
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Ciara Mageean: I've had horrible messages whenever I share my thoughts on Israel
'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide'
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This means that the LGBTQ+ children and young people we work with @allsortsyouth.bsky.social , in particular the trans and nonbinary children and young people, will continue to be at acute risk of direct harm *now* with consequences that flow far into their futures. Its just not good enough.
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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
European “centrists” have promised / threatened us for 30 years that more deportations will appease people to their right. Didn’t work for Obama (massively increased deportations). Didn’t work in Europe. Celebrating, promoting deportations tells people far right are correct.
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
so sick and burnt out last week I missed my own Irish Examiner op-ed on how communities have organised to resist the far right and repair the damage left behind once politicians have lost interest and the press have moved on to the next story www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Communities like Clonmel have fought back against the far right. Here's how yours can too
When the far-right started organising in Clonmel in 2024, Dean Buckley wasn't an activist. Learning from Roscrea's experience, his community fought back
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
PSNI Stand Down Riot Units As Loyalist Gangs Not Bothered By Donaldson Guilty Verdict waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/06/2…
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PSNI Stand Down Riot Units As Loyalist Gangs Not Bothered By Donaldson Guilty Verdict
THE PSNI have stood down all riot units after the conviction of vile paedophile and former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, safe in the knowledge that Loyalist gangs find nothing objectionable about him nor the offences …
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026
Can confirm that no trouble is expected this evening in Belfast after Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting two children.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026
If you think Keir Starmer is a 'decent' person, you need to speak to the many, many minorities his government has targeted mercilessly. You can't speak to all of them, however, because many of them are dead because of choices Keir Starmer's government made
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 22/06/2026
‘It's very, very difficult for us to... live’: Being Transgender in Singapore currentsnewsletter.c... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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‘It's very, very difficult for us to... live’: Being Transgender in Singapore
Trans rights advocate Ellis Ng on the realities of being trans in Singapore and concerns about growing transphobia around the globe
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Isaac 🌹🏳️‍🌈 @isaacng.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The one Starmer inherited did not criminalize a direct-action pro-Palestine group
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026
Starmer saying the next PM will inherit a country that is 'fairer' than the one he inherited 2 years ago. In the one Starmer inherited, trans people could use public toilets.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Professor Jennie Stephens, NUIM: “Our research shows “corporate capture” is pervasive across all areas of Irish society - corporate interests are increasingly being prioritised while community needs go unmet. “This is eroding trust in public processes and leading to growing polarisation."
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Once you start looking, it's everywhere: an insane contrast between sheep-grazed deadzones, and a rich profusion of native wildflowers, trees, butterflies and other nature just out of reach along road verges. Entire mountain ranges could be heaving with life, if the sheep were gone.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
'We common people have a right to know whether we are committed to follow American policy and thus find ourselves involved in world-wide political and military adventures which we have no power to control or influence.' - Louie Bennet. 1951.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The false narrative white supremacists have pushed about their own white riots It's not community unrest. It's riots and racist violence, stoked by white people who have spent years perfecting the art of distracting. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
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The false narrative white supremacists have pushed about their own white riots
It's not community unrest. It's riots and racist violence, stoked by white people who have spent years perfecting the art of distracting.
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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
First time I've seen the negative externalities of a technology (noisy and disturbing as hell) versus the benefits - faster delivery of junk food, leading to a huge push pushback by citizens. The press release feels like pure spin "Oh noes regulation" when there has been huge regulatory support
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Defense Barristers: Victim doesn't seek counselling: "I put it to you that you were not, in fact, traumatised by the alleged assault which you claim was brutal" Victim seeks counselling: "I see here from your therapy notes that in several sessions you referred to enjoying being sexually active..."
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