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Louise Mathews

@loumathews.bsky.social
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Playwright: Not On Our Watch, Kabosh Theatre Co Immaculate, Tinderbox Theatre Co Actor, represented by Shelley Lowry Talent Drama facilitator for young people Founder Time To Shine Drama Mother and Partner Human Rights and Peace Activist

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
👀 ⛳️ 🏌️‍♂️ 🏆 #RyderCup
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
In Lowry we Trust ✊✊✊✊🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 Come on Shane! Ye wee legend Yee He minded Rory so well when the attacks were nearly impossible to play in. God bless #ShaneLowry I am buzzing.
Irish flag with a pic of Shane as Jesus and the writing says in Lowry we trust lol
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
from the other place.
tweet from Dublin airport joking that they have to rename Dublin Airport to be Shane Lowry Airport after he sunk the putt to retain the ryder cup for Europe.
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Beth Cooper 🏏 @bethcooper.fyi · 28/09/2025
Lowry. Put it in the Louvre (See what I did there 😉) #RyderCup
Shane Lowry raising the Irish flag above his head after his putt meant Europe retain the Ryder Cup
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Zichro L'MAAPACHA May his memory be for the revolution ❤️‍🔥 The activist & writer Awdah Hathaleen-- who worked on the film NO OTHER LAND, & brought so many Jews, Israelis & others to Umm Al-Khair to teach abt the realities of settler violence, was murdered by a West Bank settler w/terrorist record. +
Awdah Hathaleen in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Anti-Zionist Professor David Miller has had his X account limited for exposing an Izrahelli Lobby plot After Miller exposed a conspiracy by the Zionist Lobby in the UK to cancel rap group Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury Festival, he has come under attack himself. Z1os hate the truth.
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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If every sexual offence reported last year resulted in a riot, there would have been 1,615. There weren't though. Were there?
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Jesus Mary and st. Joseph I just watched Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story on Sky Arts Tears. Nods. Applause. Laughter One of the most beautiful documentaries I have ever seen. Sinead O'Shea is an astonishing film maker. I'm an instant fan I'm now going to read every book Edna O'Brien wrote
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misheleneous Handmade Gifts | Home & Hound @misheleneous.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Just watched the #WillYoung 'Oo-Arr-Yer' on BBC1 and what a crazy ride that was 😄 #SpoilerAlert #LookAwayNow #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre
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a man with a crown on his head says yes but we have reserves .
Alt: King Edward the 1st in film Braveheart. A man with a crown on his head says yes but we have reserves .
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The Astute Galoot ™️ 🏴‍☠️ @theastutegaloot.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Happiest of 75th Birthdays, Stevland Hardaway Morris Wonder — genius of life, music, & soul. 🎼 😎 💜 🎊 One of my favs of the MAN 🎧👇🏼
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Every measure by which we established what happened in Bosnia was genocide has been surpassed in Gaza and the UK government is complicit in it.
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#Birds #merlin Bird needs, the Merlin app didn't pick up any sound from these guys Anyone know what they are? In this area I usually see a shy (what I think is) song thrush Today there were about 8/9 of these wee beauts in same spot. Not as timid
Bird with speckled chestBird at alert Birds with speckled chest Birds with speckled chest
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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The best way to remember this day & honour those that fought back the Nazis is to make sure fascism never rears its ugly head anywhere ✊🏻
A black & white photo of people from 1945 celebrating and dancing, with text above it saying:

Happy Victory in Europe Day
also known as
HAPPY VICTORY OVER FASCISM DAY
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
When I was researching VAWG for #ShiftTheShame campaign I read from women of experience and #WomensAid that it is hugely risky to holiday with an abusive partner For some reason it is a major trigger to abusers and women need to have a plan in place to get away and home safely. RIP Kirsty Ward 😞
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 08/05/2025
Don't forget to submit your application for the Commemorations Grants scheme before 15 May: Read more about the scheme here: ria.ie/grants/commemorations-bursary/
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Joe O’Brien @pnamblath.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Christy Moore - 80 years old today - Palestine 🇵🇸 #gaza #genocide #speirgorm #SpéirGhorm youtu.be/NMVW3_VVXpo?...
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Christy Moore performs Jim Page's song 'Palestine' | The Tonight Show
YouTube video by Virgin Media Television
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable
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Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
🔥 This is important. Really important. And none of the mainstream media are reporting it. So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
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On Her 7th Birthday, We Know Who Killed Hind Rajab. And We’re Taking Them to Court
​ Brussels, 3 May 2025  — Today, little  Hind Rajab should have been blowing out candles on her 7th birthday .  On this day of remembrance and heartbreak, the  Hind Rajab Foundation  has...
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The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Over 60% of people in publishing are from middle-class backgrounds, with fewer than 20% of working-class origin. And 47% of authors and writers are from the most privileged social starting points, contrasting with only 10% from working-class backgrounds.
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The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
More widely, younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4x less likely to work in the creative industries than their middle-class peers.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Genocidal, ethic cleansing and murderous government.
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Lee Hall 🍉 @leehall.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
World leaders have refused to condemn Israel for bombing a ship in international waters because that sort of thing is only bad when the Houthis do it. The Conscience..was struck by drones off the coast of Malta, 1,200 miles from Israel. — @normalisland.co.uk www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-has...
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Israel has every right to defend itself from aid ships
Everyone knows international waters belong to Israel
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Secular_Girl @wifejackson.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Israel Prime Suspect in Attack off Malta on Gaza Aid Ship consortiumnews.com/2025/05/02/i...
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Israel Prime Suspect in Attack off Malta on Gaza Aid Ship
Medea Benjamin reports on the attack on Conscience, a ship in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which has been challenging Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza since 2008. By Medea Benjamin CODEPINK In...
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"We are facing a catastrophic humanitarian situation... Gaza, again, is on the brink of famine." Aid worker Mahmoud Alsaqqa tells Jackie Long "families cannot barely manage to have a meal a day". Read and watch here:
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‘There is no food left’ – aid worker in Gaza
We spoke to Mahmoud Alsaqqa in Gaza where he runs Oxfam's food distribution security.
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
BBC NI are practically salivating over the Kneecap news It probably wouldn't have been news without their over amplification Carla Lockhart writing to American and Canadian reps to have their work permits revoked and tour cancelled is next level hate activism
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Times of Israel details - really details - the manoeuvres of the Biden admin: www.timesofisrael.com/top-biden-ai...
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Biden officials vent frustrations in dealing with Netanyahu, decry missed chance of Saudi deal
In interviews with Israeli TV program, 9 senior officials from previous US administration speak with unprecedented candor; Hochstein: Saudi deal would have required election or coalition shuffle
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Sara O’Neill @saraoneill.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It’s my birthday 🥳 we’ve arranged a little thing & would love yis to join in. SheSellsSanctuary & I are raffling some currently one of a kind Éadach bits for Women’sAidNI because we 💚 them. Join in if you can, buy a ticket or two, share or tag your buds. #SpéirGorm shesellssanctuary.bigcartel.com
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Gary keeps making me proud that my first ever crush...was him!! What a wise wee girl I was!!
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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis left behind a significant moral legacy with the clarity and intensity he used to condemn violence against women and girls. www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
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Stop violence against women; stop glorifying domination, pope says
Calling violence against women a "poisonous weed" that must be eradicated, Pope Francis also told the media that their campaigns to stop the violence often are offset by the way they glorify a person'...
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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Lapsed as lapsed can be, but I think he tried his best.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
If you know, you know
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Thanks to my friend Harriet for pointing out that the women went to Christ's tomb and saw he was not there, the angels showed up to describe what happened, & the women then told the apostles, who dismissed them. A Biblical account of women not being believed.
The Women going to the Sepulchre, 1912, Robert Anning Bell
Painting of women in blue garments walking leftward, one woman, and then five behind her, on a flat plain, hazy sky ....
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis used his final public appearance, less than 24 hours before his death, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza ⬇️
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
BBC not a mention RTE mentioning Gaza
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
#ShiftTheShame
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Raise Your Voice @raiseyourvoiceni.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨 Campaign launch 'Today in NI, when a woman is facing violence in her home, her #StepsToSafety are not secure. Our culture, our authorities, all encourage her to leave home in search of safety, increasing her risk of becoming homeless' We need to #ShiftTheShame www.wrda.net/stepstosafety
Dawn, Louise, Deborah, Anne and Catherine standing in from the a pop up reading 'Shift the shame'Anne McVicker speaking at a lectern Louise Matthews speaking at a lectern screen reads 'big subject big emotions big challenges' Dawn Shackles speaking at a lectern
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Thank you for all your support Brendan 🙏
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Women's Resource and Development Agency @wrda-team.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Louise Matthews discusses her work on raising awareness of domestic violence through Arts-Community Voluntary sector partnerships #ShiftTheShame
Louise Matthews speaking from a podium.
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Ye wee dancer ✊✊✊ Offish Legend!! Haven't had sporting nerves like this since Italia 90 🤩🎉🙌 Well done Rory McIlroy and big up yer ma and da..parenting goals or what?!
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Another nail on the head
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Nail on the head
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Louise Mathews @loumathews.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Brilliant!!!
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Itamar Ben Gvir: "Annihilate, smash, eradicate, erase, crush, shatter, burn, be cruel, punish, ruin, crush. Annihilate!" This is the genocidal voice of the Israeli government.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 19/03/2025
Israeli Strikes Kill 174+ Children in Gaza as Netanyahu Breaks Ceasefire to Save Political Career
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Did Netanyahu Break the Gaza Ceasefire to Save His Political Career?
The nearly two-month ceasefire in Gaza has been shattered as Israel carries out a second day of intense airstrikes. At least 27 Palestinians were killed in overnight strikes Tuesday night. This comes...
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
On Sunday 23rd March, fascists are intending to gather once again in Belfast City Centre to try and make victims of our migrant communities and wave some flags around. There will be a rally at 1pm to show them the true cross-community movement in Belfast stands against racism. No Pasaran!
Poster graphic: Our Belfast - Free From Racism. Peaceful Community Gathering, Sunday 23 March at 1pm, Belfast City Hall - All Welcome.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I’ve looked at the footage so you don’t have to. There are no excuses, nowhere to hide. Everyone complicit in this crime must be held to account.
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Raise Your Voice @raiseyourvoiceni.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The ‘Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Experiences and attitudes of 16 year olds in Northern Ireland in 2024’ report has been published by The Executive Office www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/news/ending-...
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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
After the vile threat made by fascists against Gerry Carroll last weekend, West Belfast stands against fascism tonight. Please join if you can. ✊🏻
Community Rally

WEST BELFAST STANDS AGAINST FASCISM

Casement Park Gates, Andersonstown
THURS. 20TH 7PM
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
“in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas” is not a good substitute for “in clear crime against humanity”. This would mean the shutting down of Gaza’s only two remaining functioning desalination plants. You know, to drink water. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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