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Peter Heaney

@peadarheaney.bsky.social
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Head of Region, Northern Ireland Trocaire interested in global justice, climate and international development, all views my own.

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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
We could start to end this famine tomorrow. All it requires is aid access which Israel is preventing.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Secondments of FCDO staff to Shell or BAE is absolutely bonkers and shouldn't be tolerated. We need to enhance business regulation to protect human rights and the environment not to enhance corporate capture of govt functions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments
Campaigners say placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influence
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
And I'm an elite athlete... ... oh sorry, we're not saying things that are patently false? BBC News - International law 'at heart' of Starmer's foreign policy, says Hermer www.bbc.com/news/article...
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International law 'at heart' of Starmer's foreign policy, says attorney general
Lord Richard Hermer said that the government was determined to "lead on international law issues" globally.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Great book by @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social supporting an age old proposition; that a more equal distribution if wealth is better for all of us.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Fulmars and their dreams on Rathlin
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Trócaire @trocaire.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
For 77 years, the Palestinian people have endured apartheid, dispossession, and displacement at the hands of the State of Israel. This Nakba Day, we call on the international community to fulfil its obligations under international law and end Israel’s occupation and control over 🇵🇸 land and lives.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Loved being at the @trocaire.bsky.social Game Changers finals today, so inspiring to tall to students about their games and how they chose to highlight different global justice issues!
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A grand day for this sort of thing
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Looking forward to listening to this on @rteradio1.bsky.social on my walk home today. It was a privilege to meet members of the Xinka Parliament a @trocaire.bsky.social partner from Guatemala last year and hear about their ongoing struggle for their ancestral lands.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Horrifying to see the level of investment still going into fossil fuels. We need to endorse a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to commit countries to a fair and funded phase out now. Read the report from @trocaire.bsky.social and @actionaidie.bsky.social here: www.trocaire.org/wp-content/u...
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Really enjoyed stopping in at the exhibition of Bill Kirk's photos in the Ulster Museum today.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Fair play to Annalise Dodds for taking a principled stand on the awful UK cuts to ODA, hopefully the PM can now recognise the huge negative impact this decision will have. BBC News - International Development minister quits over aid cuts www.bbc.com/news/article...
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International Development minister Anneliese Dodds quits over aid cuts
Earlier this week, the prime minister said he would be cutting the budget to fund a boost in defence spending.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Cutting aid funding to support defence spending is like taking bricks from the foundations to make your house higher. Supporting the most vulnerable and helping build stable, prosperous societies around the globe is a far better investment than more guns. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spending
PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned
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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Data centres are very hungry for energy with their power demands increasing all the time. Learn more about our Data Centre campaign here 👇 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A harrowing article about the impact of one of the world's wealthiest nations cutting aid to a fragile, climate affected state in the global south. ODA makes a huge positive impact, removing it costs lives. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia
Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we ...
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Excellent train ride listening to Pillow Queens and reading Olga Tokarczuk!
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A greater focus on oil and gas in order to drive BP profits. When are we going to prioritise the lives of the many over the short term profits of the few? #climatejusticenow BBC News - BP profits drop as it says it will reset strategy - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BP profits drop as it says it will reset strategy
The oil giant is widely expected to say it will scale back on renewables later this month.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
My colleague Nick gave a great interview to Highland Radio earlier this week about climate justice and an event taking place in Letterkenny tonight. You can listen from 2:06:00. www.youtube.com/live/HAY39vY...
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It's Tuesday's #livestream of the Nine Til Noon Show
YouTube video by Highland Radio Ireland
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Recently I met Trócaire partners whose communities and land have been damaged and marginalised by mining and heard them talk with Save our Sperrins. Environmental justice and ethical business is important across the glove. I hope this inquiry recognises that. www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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Protest as public inquiry into Tyrone mine plan begins
Protesters have staged a demonstration ahead of the first sitting of a public inquiry into an application for a gold mine in a protected area of Co Tyrone.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Saw this lovely postcard in our house again today. It says 'In the darkness of the night, new beginnings are born'. An apposite thought for the time of year.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
No better way to start the New Year than with the always magical New Year's Day Concert from Vienna. Happily clapping along to the Radetsky March on my sofa.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Ballynoe stone circle on the shortest day. Who needs stonehenge!
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Human rights abuses - tick Funded by petro dollars - tick Boiling temperatures - tick A local football league that collects aging football stars like butterflies on pins - tick All the ingredients for a great world cup... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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2034 Fifa World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed as host for tournament
Saudi Arabia is confirmed as host for the 2034 World Cup, while Spain, Portugal and Morocco will serve as joint hosts for the 2030 tournament.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Great to see a ban on fracking and all onshore petroleum exploration and production in place for NI! BBC News - Fracking ban confirmed by Stormont www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Fracking: Ban confirmed by Stormont
The Economy Minister Conor Murphy said legislation for the ban will be introduced in late 2025.
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Trócaire with QUB are looking forward to hosting this event on Monday coming as part of NI Human Rights Festival. Featuring speakers from both Guatemala and the ever exotic Tyrone it'll be an interesting look at business, human rights and the environment. www.nihrf.com/events/commu...
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Communities Against Corporate Power — Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival
Join Trócaire and the Human Rights Centre at Queen’s University Belfast for this fascinating event where will we hear from two grassroots organisations from Ireland and Guatemala campaigning for justi...
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
A great article from Cat Pettengell of CAN UK on what the outcomes of #COP29 were and why they are so disappointing. www.bond.org.uk/news/2024/11...
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The new climate finance goal agreed at COP29 is a betrayal of developing countries | Bond
As COP29 ends, Climate Action Network UK's Catherine Pettengell takes us through why the outcomes were nowhere near enough, how the headlines generated were misleading, and what the UK government need...
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Is $300bn a year better than $100bn a year? Yes. Is it enough? Nope. Is it fair? Not remotely. Another big test is going to be whether or not rich nations actually deliver these commitments made at #COP29 ...
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Marking COP 29 by symbolically dismantling some fossil fuel infrastructure... chimney no more!
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Peter Heaney @peadarheaney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Always lovely to wake up and see the hills over Belfast dusted in snow.
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