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Rebekah McCabe/ Ríobcha Ní Cába

@rebekahmccabe.bsky.social
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Head of Northern Ireland for Involve. All about democracy, cities, wild places, and people.

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Rebekah McCabe/ Ríobcha Ní Cába @rebekahmccabe.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
What happened in Belfast this week was about migration the same way a brick through a window is about ventilation. New post up on my Substack.
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Legitimate concerns
How not to talk about a pogrom
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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“We are bearing witness to a dying lough becoming a dead lough” The bed of Lough Neagh is being ripped apart on the Earl of Shaftesbury’s watch, and he and his estate at St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles, are profiting from this destruction #SaveLoughNeagh 1/3 www.irishnews.com/news/politic...
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James Orr: ‘We are bearing witness to a dying lough becoming a dead lough’
Despite widespread coverage of toxic blue-green algae it’s pretty much business as usual at Lough Neagh
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Involve @involveuk.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🗣️ 'The future won’t be built by recreating the flawed institutions of the past.' With talk of reviving the Civic Forum, our Head of Northern Ireland, @rebekahmccabe.bsky.social‬, argues for something deeper: a democracy designed *with* citizens. 📖 Read here 👇 www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Letter: We need a reformed Northern Ireland Civic Forum that involves ordinary citizens
A letter from Rebekah McCabe:
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Rebekah McCabe/ Ríobcha Ní Cába @rebekahmccabe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We desperately need more transparent, democratic processes for Lough Neagh’s future. We started the conversation on how that might look in March of this year, and we think there’s a clear path forward. Check out the video from ‘Who Speaks for the Lough’ and sign up for updates 👇🏻
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 23/03/2025
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
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Involve @involveuk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🌊 Who speaks for Lough Neagh?🌿 More than a lake—Lough Neagh is a lifeline, a habitat, a heritage. Pollution & political deadlock threaten its future. Could deliberative democracy offer a way forward? 🗣️ 📖 Read more: www.involve.org.uk/news-opinion... 🎫 and then join us 21 March 👉 lu.ma/pgdsvlwf
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Who speaks for the Lough? An All-Island Better Democracy Network and Involve event
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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 04/02/2025
There needs to be greater transparency in responses to the ongoing crisis at Lough Neagh, a new report argues www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Report urges greater transparency over Lough Neagh response
Report finds that democratic “gaps” in responses to lough crisis “undermining public confidence in proposed solutions”
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