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Rachel Lavin @rachellavin.bsky.social · 11h

Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp. @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social and I analysed satellite imagery to look at three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums... www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...

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Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums

Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 15h

“Sports infrastructure has been a direct target of the Israeli military machine” Great piece from @rachellavin.bsky.social and @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social on the destruction of football in Gaza. www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/1...

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Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums

Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New substack out, folks. hannahmccarthyreports.substack.com/p/on-the-gro...

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

-From Nepal flooding 🇳🇵to wildfires across Europe 🇪🇺, effects of climate change being felt by communities -Ireland to run for UN Human Rights Council 2027-2029 👤 - Reform of UNSC needed 🇺🇳

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sudan described as a forgotten war and suffering from involvement of external actors 🇸🇩 -Called on states to do more to stop 🇮🇱 settlement expansion in West Bank 🇵🇸 -Peaceful resolution must be found to wars in Gaza 🇵🇸 Lebanon 🇱🇧 and Iran 🇮🇷

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Key points from Micheál Martin's address at #UNGA81 -International legal order under strain; ICC necessary ⚖️ -Russia 🇷🇺 must be held accountable for Ukraine 🇺🇦 war -Backsliding on women’s rights, with reference to Afghanistan 🇦🇫

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/09/2026

Iran has given the Trump administration a proposal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks over an end to the broader war within seven days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

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Iran says it has given Trump administration new proposal for peace talks

The proposal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks over an end to the broader war within seven days, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

" The Council's membership must also finally be made representative of the world we live in, starting with the historic underrepresentation of African countries and ensuring that the voices of small and the most vulnerable states are heard."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Martin on UN reform: "We need the Security Council to live up to its mandate and respond to the crises around us. Too long, the veto has stymied the Council and eroded its legitimacy."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Martin makes strong statement on women's rights in address to UNGA while all four seats at the Irish delegate table occupied by men.

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"This is not some mad conspiracy theory; it is the stated intent of the Prime Minister of Israel, who said clearly that, and I quote: "We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state. This place belongs to us."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"What we are witnessing on the ground is a deliberate attempt by some to make the prospect of a two-state solution impossible."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Perhaps a jab at Australia which dropped out of talks with European countries regarding sanctions on settlement activity in the West Bank: "More of us have taken steps to push back against the illegal and violent settler occupation of Palestinian land in the West Bank, but time is running out."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"There are modest signs of progress. More countries have recognised the state of Palestine. An overwhelming majority of UN member states has endorsed the New York Declaration."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Martin on Palestine at the UN: "Ireland, like most gathered here, believe that the only viable solution to the decades of conflict, misery, and waste in human lives is a situation where a state of Palestine and a state of Israel live side by side in peace, security, and dignity."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The peace plan on Gaza, agreed last October, was welcome, but it has not fundamentally changed the reality on the ground. Israeli strikes continue, humanitarian aid remains blocked, civilians continue to suffer. We, the collective international community, have failed Palestine."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Sudan has become a forgotten war, despite its devastating impacts. We must not allow the absence of daily headlines to become a licence for inaction. The people of Sudan deserve the same attention, urgency, and solidarity that we rightly extend to crises elsewhere."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"International law represents the collective lessons drawn from conflict, suffering, and atrocity."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Ireland strongly opposes efforts to undermine the court. All measures against it should be immediately withdrawn. The international legal order, founded on our agreements to make the world a safer and more secure place, is being challenged."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Strong words on the ICC and International law from Martin: "We will continue to support efforts to hold Russia accountable for its actions, there can be no impunity for war crimes-not in Ukraine, not anywhere-and that is why Ireland is a steadfast supporter of the International Criminal Court."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"That commitment is why Ireland is seeking election to the Human Rights Council for the 2027-2029 term. And if elected, we will use that seat to defend the principle that human rights belong to everyone everywhere"

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"LGBTQI+ people face growing threats to their rights, safety, and dignity. Ireland remains firmly committed to the universality, indivisibility, and equal application of human rights. These principles are beyond question."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The situation in Afghanistan is one of the clearest examples of this. The systematic exclusion of women and girls from education, employment, and public life is not something that the international community can simply observe from a distance."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Renewed pressure on women's rights and gender equality is putting hard-won progress at risk. Women and girls are being told that their ambitions, their education, their voices, and their very presence in public life are unacceptable."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"...but that would be the wrong conclusion, because the answer to a world under strain is not less international cooperation; it is more."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"In such moments of uncertainty, it can be easy to question our foundations, to retreat, to turn inward, to say that international cooperation is too difficult, that multilateralism does not work, that the problems of others are not our problems.."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"New and emerging technologies that offer unlimited potential could also, without human intervention, create unprecedented dangers."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Narrow self-interest is breaking the bonds of solidarity, which have so often lifted us to meaningful progress. The international legal order is under tremendous strain."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Conflicts are having devastating effects on the most vulnerable, the impacts of the climate crisis are felt in every corner of our world. Hard-won rights are being rolled back."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"President of the General Assembly, distinguished heads of state and government, Secretary General, Excellency Akhdar friends, the United Nations is entering its ninth decade at a moment of great uncertainty and challenge for the global community"

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A delegate for Israel is present for Martin’s speech.

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Taoiseach Micheál Martin takes the floor at #UNGA81

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Should Ireland have walked out on Netanyahu’s UN speech?

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"We had no other choice" is the speech slogan, it seems.

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Netanyahu says Turkey "illegally occupies Northern Cyprus, an EU member, and he regularly transgresses against Greece, a NATO member. Now, he wants to take over Syria."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(Ireland still does not formally recognise the Armenian genocide as there is no underlying legal finding from a court recognised by Ireland.)

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Netanyahu now taking aim at Turkish president: "Erdogan is a tyrant. He also hosts the Hamas terror chiefs."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Netanyahu accuses Qatar of funding "American universities and toxic media outlets like Al Jazeera." "The did the same in Europe, by the way and their goal was clear: brainwash young minds to aid Israel, aid America, hate the West."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"In the total time that this is being discussed, maybe two or three dead, compared to the thousands of terrorist attacks against the peaceful settlers, honourable people, law-abiding people. "

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

" Occasionally, [the settlers] do. They fire up. They light some fires. I can't stand that. I won't stand for vigilantism. We're a country of law, so we put our shin bet on them. But that's what they call settler violence, and the number of casualties a year, maybe two or three."

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Netanyahu says the shooting of "peaceful" settlers in the West Bank by Palestinians is not covered by "the international press or on social media." "What they cover is a handful of young juvenile delinquents, about 150 in number, who go who throw stones? Who chop down olive trees?"

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Seven fronts: Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Iran, militias in Iraq, militias in Syria, Palestinian terrorists in Judea-Samaria-they all ganged up on us to wipe us off the face of the earth. "

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Hannah McCarthy @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Our heroic soldiers have fought day in and day out in a seven-front war. You know any other country the size of New Jersey capable of fighting a seven-front war after three years."

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