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Debbie Rua

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Saoirse don Ṗalaistín 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🕊️

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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#Ballina, still holding strong for #palestine #gaza We demand justice. #mayo #ireland #solidarity @mayoipsc.bsky.social
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#Peace Versus #Justice #palestine #gaza #ireland
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Thanks to the Connaught Telegraph for publishing my article 🇵🇸 www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/10/11/s... @mayoipsc.bsky.social #ireland #mayo
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‘Sea was a lifeline’ – renowned Gaza photojournalist moves Mayo audience at Fringe Festival | Connaught Telegraph
MORE than 100 people filled Kennedy Glasgow House this week to hear Eman Mohammed, Gaza’s pioneering photojournalist and Senior TED Fellow, speak at Spoonfed, a Ballina Fringe Festival event hosted by...
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
So many questions to answer. Fair play to Heather though, she's on the ball. @finegael.bsky.social @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @independent.ie #connolly #ireland #election #speirghorm
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Stop the 'Mise Éire' event. (It's a fascist event under the thin veneer of Irish culture). #Drumshanbo said No! #Castlebar, it's your turn, say NO too! chng.it/L5NFDy4QV6 Can everyone please sign and share this petition far and wide, please? #mayo #ireland @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social #spéirghorm
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Sign the Petition
100 signatures are needed to reach the next milestone!
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Absolute state of #McGregor starting a petition to change the rules to enter the bid for the #Áras. No worries. There's a counter petition. #spéirghorm chng.it/s84RL5ZJ2Q
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We Can Make an Impact.
Ban Conor McGregor from running for the Presidency of Ireland
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Correct. FF FG take note. Actions speak louder than words. #spéirghorm
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I am obsessed with this video that Sayyed made. It expresses so well the sentiment in our county. Up #Mayo. Free #Palestine #spéirghorm Mayo Celebrates Palestine
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A brilliant and emotional interview with our beautiful Palestinian ladies in #Mayo. Well done to MWR for doing this interview. #spéirghorm #palestine #ireland
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
#ballina #fire #mayo #immigrants #housing #ireland #spéirghorm
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Mayo Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) @mayoipsc.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
#Ballina for #Palestine Every Friday 5pm #Mayo #Ireland #spéirghorm
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Tonight 8pm in #Ballina, Co. #Mayo @ipsc.bsky.social #spéirghorm
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Mayo Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) @mayoipsc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
#Achill has officially joined our weekly #solidarity vigils. That's NINE weekly #vigils in #Mayo, and doesn't include many other events that are widely supported. Growing in numbers and courage every week. Join us! #ireland @ipsc.bsky.social #spéirghorm #bridgil #palestine
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My interview yesterday on CRC about our recent protest in #Mayo County Council. Hold Irish politicians accountable. #ireland #spéirghorm #genocide #gaza
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
It's a #HOLOCAUST. #palestine #gaza
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valentine @dozygay.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Kneecap at Glastonbury don't RT they are supposed to be terrorists or something.
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Godzilla @iamgodzilla.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Bob Vylan
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Well Bonfire night was amazing despite the rain. Folklore, music, stories, ritual, wildflowers and most importantly craic. Tales &Trails in North #Mayo!
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James Glynn @drglynn.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
#Showyourstripes #Ireland #ClimateChanged showyourstripes.info/c/europe/ire...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son. Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice. From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
🇮🇷🇮🇪🇵🇸
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I managed the last leg from Newport. A great bunch of lads 🇵🇸🇮🇪
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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Revolution Blues @revbluessusie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Iran has unveiled giant invisible space missiles that rain down multiple smaller missiles at hypersonic speed, and those primitive desert dwellers weren't supposed to be capable of this sort of thing! What the fuck is happening?
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Israelis have suddenly discovered that bombing hospitals is wrong
This is awkward...
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I planted an olive tree in solidarity with #Palestine. — Join me in growing the Garden of Witness a digital olive grove of messages, hope, and remembrance for the #Palestinian people. Plant your own tree and let the world know you care. gardenofwitness.org #spéirghorm #ireland
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Garden of Witness
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This poor aul sod decided to visit his favourite genocidal apartheid state and is crying because the #Irish embassy is no help at all. Thoughts. And. Prayers. #ireland #israel #spéirghorm #karma #freepalestine
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Mayo Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) @mayoipsc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Today's Western People. #spéirghorm #ballina #bridgil #mayo #ireland #palestine
'We are persistent, we won't go away'

Debbie McCole

Every Friday, we stand on the bridge.

A flag, sometimes a sign. No chants, no loud speakers. Just presence. Cold hands, tired feet, quiet resolve.

It started with a handful of us barely enough to call a group.

Drivers passed in silence at first. Some glared. A few sneered. One or two rolled their windows down to shout. A can was thrown once. A man drove angrily across the bridge another week. arm raised in a Nazi salute to mock us. But we kept standing. Week after week. Same time. Same place.

Eventually, the cars started to beep.

At first, the beeps were cautious, like people checking no one else was watching. Then they be came confident. Rhythmic.

Now, some days, it sounds like a convoy. I often joke: we've trained the cars. Like a kind of muscle memory Balli na's conscience, making itself heard through traffic.

Last Friday, there were 45 of us on the bridge: Old, young, shy, and bold. Some come from down the road, others from across the county.

A woman brings her toddler. A man rushes down after work. One lad doesn't say much, but always helps fold the flags.

None of us are important by the usual measures. Not wealthy. Not well-connected. Not powerful. But we are steady. And we are right. And yes, it comes at a cost.

I know what it means to be left out. To feel doors close that once were open. I've seen conversations shift when I arrive. An acquaintance stopped speaking to me altogether. Someone I've known all my life said,

"It's too political," and hasn't spoken since.

I've been called things I won't repeat. On air. In the street. In car parks. A man on the beach once called me an Islamist for flying a Palestine kite. Another shouted "Irish only while standing on Irish soil as a migrant herself.

I've been labelled a terrorist sympathiser or, even more damningly in Mayo, a troublemaker.

But still, we stand. Still, the horns come. Still, people join.

There are now seven weekly vigils across Mayo. …
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#Quiz time! Who said it - a #zionist or a #nazi? I scored 12/20. What's your score? #israel #palestine #gaza docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Zionist or Nazi? Who Said This?
Disclaimer: this quiz is part of a research on perceptions of hate speech and is not meant to hurt anyone's sentiments. We do not seek to target any ethnicity or religion. Political ideologies however...
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Mícheál and Simon - Vicounts of Virtue Signalling. They are hypocrites who condemn with words and support Israel in their action and strategic inaction. The only ones fooled are fools. #spéirghorm #ireland #palestine #irishpol #fffg #gaza #complicit
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Mayo Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) @mayoipsc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A simple message from #Westport that should be obvious, but apparently isn't. #mayo #ireland #spéirghorm #vigil #palestine
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Nearly everyone was fantastic. A couple of sourpusses standing outside pubs. Not to worry 😂 Free #Palestine #spéirghorm
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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Irish govt going to vote down a 2nd motion to stop Central Bank facilitating sale of Israeli war bonds into EU. Never mind their weasel words of protest at the genocide/Madleen kidnapping; it’s their actions that count. Despicable. #FreePalestine #Spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
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Government to withhold support for motion to end Central Bank facilitation of Israeli war bonds
The Government will instead table its own counter motion
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Shazzy @shazbear.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🙄 So sick of this, it's never ending #SpeirGorm
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#Madleen was a 🇬🇧 boat seized in 🌏 waters. 🇮🇱's interception is piracy. Abduction, siege, genocide & siege are illegal. What makes a small boat so scary for the 🇮🇱s? It is our humanity & defiance. It is our collective power to break the siege. #gaza #flotilla #breakthesiege #greta #crimes #palestine
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I'm going to head down to it anyway. Hope to see you there. #freepalestine
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#thiago #madleen #gaza #flotilla #breakthesiege #warcrimes
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#madleen #flotilla #gaza #greta
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#madleen #gaza #flotilla #reva #alleyesondeck #breakthesiege
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#complicit #madleen #alleyesondeck #flotilla Add @news.rte.ie , etc to that list too obviously.
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#madleen covered on @aljazeera.com #flotilla #gaza www.youtube.com/live/gCNeDWC...
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#madleen #gaza #flotilla
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#madleen #gaza #flotilla #iof
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Debbie Rua @debbierua.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#gaza #flotilla #madleen #attack
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