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Niall O

@corklad.bsky.social
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Currently living the dream in Ireland's Hidden Heartland. Food Industry/ Energy/ Climate/ History/ Brexit/ International Affairs/ EU/ Ireland & Northern Ireland

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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The emperor has no clothes
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
It bothers me that today I had to point out… To former Tory MP @PhilipDaviesUK That the Hillsborough families invoked the ECHR in their fight for justice Because he, like so many, either doesn’t know …or is being disingenuous about the vital protections the ECHR affords us.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
www.shannonside.ie/news/campaig...
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Campaigner says Ireland 'leading the way' in raising Palestinians' plight | Shannonside.ie
A local pro-Palestine campaigner says Ireland's leading the way in raising the plight of the people of Gaza.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
my.uplift.ie/petitions/us...
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Use chapter VII and get the aid into Gaza!!
Use Chapter VII procedure to seek to put together an international defence of a corridor to allow aid into Gaza. Sign the petition now.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Drumshambo said no, Castlebar it's your turn www.change.org/p/stop-the-m...
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Sign the Petition
Stop the 'Mise Eire' event. Drumshambo said No! Castlebar,it's your turn, say NO too!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/08/2025
Where are the hard-working Americans who screamed, “They’re stealing our jobs”? You’re getting your wish. Immigrant workers aren’t showing up, and farm owners are hiring.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This was not on my global warming bingo card www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Swarm of jellyfish shuts French nuclear plant
Four reactors at France's Gravelines nuclear power plant were shut down late Sunday due to a swarm of jellyfish in the filter drums that pull in cooling water, operator EDF said on Monday.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Upcoming events by Roscommon IPSC Also in Boyle today covering for our friends in the Boyle IPSC who have just completed the their Famine Way walk for Gaza yesterday Stop by for info, merchandise or just for a chat #StopTheGazaOcupation #StopArmingIsrael
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
People having to quit their jobs to take care of elderly family members as a consequence of cuts to Medicare in the 'big, beautiful bill' was not on my bingo card
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Fascism is expensive it turns out
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Boyle IPSC will set out tomorrow, Saturday, 2nd of August, and walk the National Famine Way from Strokestown to Dublin. If you can, please donate to support them in raising funds for life saving emergency aid. Please reshare to raise awareness chuffed.org/project/1404...
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National Famine Way for Palestine
WALK THE NATIONAL FAMINE WAY FOR PALESTINE
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This Saturday, August 2nd, the Boyle IPSC will begin a 165 km walk from Strokestown Park House to Dublin, along the Famine Way in aid of Palestine. Join us at Strokestown Park House at 10am to see them off. Jim Callery,founder of National famine Museum and Sabina Higgins in attendance. All welcome
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Two Israeli human rights groups accuse their country of genocide for the first time www.npr.org/2025/07/28/n...
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Two Israeli human rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza
It is the first time that Jewish-led organizations in Israel have made such accusations against the country during nearly 22 months of war.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Look out for Play for Palestine at the Joe Mooney Summer School in Drumshanbo raising vital funds for Unicefs work in Gaza Joe Mooney Summer School #freepalestine #joemooneysummerschool
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
#BookSky
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
A friend shared this today. A friend of hers is doing a charity walk in aid of Gaza to Croagh Patrick. If you can, please support Pilgrim for Palestine's Fundraising Page www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/P...
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Support Pilgrim for Palestine's Fundraising P on iDonate.ie
Pilgrim for Palestine's Fundraising Page for Gaza go Bragh CLG, created by Pilgrim for Palestine | iDonate.ie
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This whirlpool can power 300 homes, and fish can swim straight through it unharmed. We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Humbled tonight after watching the Phoenix of Gaza and listening to Palestinian Journalist Yousef Alhelou It's time to say to our fellow Europeans that enough is enough.... No Article 2 No Association No Human Rights No Cooperation ...it's time to end the genocide 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇮🇪
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Trump has a simple choice ahead of him, peace, or world war 3 news.sky.com/story/putin-...
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Putin says 'Ukraine is ours' and threatens nuclear strike - showing how he feels about Trump
The Russian president's latest comments on the war in Ukraine are in sharp contrast to the Kremlin's recent rhetoric.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Musk sues NY over hate speech laws which protect first amendment rights, on the basis that they violate first amendment rights? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Nuclear weapons were used to end the last world war. I fear they will be the start of the next
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/re... @uplift.ie
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Remove the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism from the Programme for Government 2025
I've just signed this petition calling on the government to remove the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism from the Programme for Government. Will you sign too?
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Europe doing as little as possible while escalating violence in the Middle East threatens to spill over into a global conflict www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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European leaders to press Trump on Israel-Iran strategy at G7 meeting
Leaders gathering for summit in Canada intend to pin US president down on his whole Iran strategy
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This is the kind of headline I expect from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social , not the Indo. You know you're in a bad place when headlines read like satire
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Claire Hanna 🫡
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/06/2025
This is the fifth time the US has vetoed a UNSC resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire since October 2023, despite broad international support. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nvn7q3
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‘Deeply disturbing’: Israel denounced for aid site killings of Gaza people
Days after launching US-backed aid mechanism and killing dozens of aid seekers, Israel temporarily shuts all aid sites.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Every EU member needs a @rbreich.bsky.social Someone who is great with communications, focused on putting society at the heart of policies that ensures an equitable and fair society Employees and civic society globally have lost their voice and influence to a handful of ultra wealthy in the US
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Elon may be on his way out, but DOGE is still gutting countless government programs and services that millions of Americans rely on. Here are seven ways that DOGE is ruining your life. youtu.be/M5LD2CSOzmI?si=tyT84SUJ9sZ…
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The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind
Musk has stepped out of the limelight, but DOGE is still gutting countless government programs and services that million
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The Taoiseach rejects a claim that Ireland must choose between housing and data centres. This has real 'the boom times are getting boomier' energy. search.app/wNdkL
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Taoiseach rejects 'housing vs data centres' energy claim by senior civil servant
Department secretary general had said data centres had used up spare capacity in the energy grid and policymakers faced stark choices — 'is it housing or is it AI?'
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Trump: I believe Russia wants peace Russia:
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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
[ WATCH ]► ❝ Yet, here’s the thing they don’t want you to know: Genocide experts are almost all in agreement that what Israel is doing in Gaza meets the formal definition of a genocide. ❞
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Debunked! Don’t Let Them Gaslight You on the Gaza Genocide
Mehdi names and brings receipts on all the experts - including Jewish and Israeli experts - who agree what’s happening in Gaza meets the official definition of a genocide.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
No Article 2? No Association! No Human Rights? No Cooperation! 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇪🇺 www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
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EU-Israel deal: Why Dutch succeeded where Ireland failed
Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief will instruct the EU's diplomatic arm to carry out a review of the EU-Israel agreement, a small step in relative terms. But why did the Dutch request succeed...
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
No article 2? No association! No Human Rights, No cooperation!
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Welcome to dystopia. JFC
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
More power issues? m.independent.ie/world-news/b...
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Tube, trains and hundreds of businesses hit by massive power outage in central London
Tens of thousands of London commuters and visitors have experienced travel chaos as much of the capital’s transport network shuts down.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
These are the genocidal maniacs David Lammy wants to help kill even more children & babies meme via Dolores Peers
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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Israeli concern over reported Trump shift on Saudi nuclear talks
Riyadh normalising relations with Israel had been US precondition for progressing civilian nuclear programme discussions
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💙💙💙💙Blue wave resistance💙💙💙💙 @eliminatethegop.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
IOF forces attacked by animals, wildfires endangering settlers now floods shutting down highways. Wondering when the plagues and locusts and going to start www.jfeed.com/general/isra...
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Watch: Israel flood chaos - Major roads closed, Eilat cut off amid extre - JFeed
Heavy rainfall caused severe flash flooding in southern Israel, leading to the closure of major highways and restricted access to Eilat - JFeed Israel News
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A Popemobile Used by Pope Francis Will Become a Mobile Clinic in Gaza I am sure he would be honored, a fitting tribute Source: The New York Times search.app/xbcYW
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A Popemobile Used by Pope Francis Will Become a Mobile Clinic in Gaza
In his last months, Pope Francis blessed an effort to transform the vehicle he used when he visited the West Bank in 2014 into a mobile health clinic to treat Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Irish Government should follow suit with some of the far right groups here www.rte.ie/news/europe/...
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German intelligence agency labels AfD 'extremist'
Germany's domestic intelligence service has designated the AfD as a right-wing extremist group, handing authorities greater powers to monitor the party and fuelling calls for it to be banned.
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Another victim of Brexit, Henley Swim Festival is no more, bringing disappointment to swimmers as one leg of the marathon swim series disappears forever. henleyswim.com
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Why is the training data for AI models cutoff from October 2023 onwards?
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Niall O @corklad.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Who knew that lowering standards and making cuts to the CDC would lead to a Pandemic 🤷‍♂️ www.msn.com/en-ie/health...
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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
They have Israeli handlers/spies monitoring their communication and what they do. This is treason.
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