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Claire McGing @clairemcging.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Looking forward to speaking to @sdlpwomen.bsky.social members later about challenges and opportunities for women's representation in local government. #womeninpolitics

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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I knew that Mark Carney line was familiar 😇 Just listened to his 17 minutes in full - truly a speech for the ages.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Moyola councillor Denise Johnson will be the next Vice Chairperson of Mid Ulster District Council. Cllr Johnston is a politics teacher and well-known victims campaigner, has championed local causes from Lough Neagh to school safety and will take up the role on 2 June.

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We met with Scott and Alexa from The Rainbow Project to discuss a range of issues affecting LGBTQIA+ people including the recent Supreme Court ruling, the poor provision of trans healthcare and the impact these issues are having on trans people in Northern Ireland.

Claire Hanna MP, Matthew O'Toole MLA, Alexa Moore and Scott Cuthbertson

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

As genocide continues in Gaza, the SDLP is calling on the UK to recognise Palestine, like Ireland, Norway, Spain and others already have. It’s not a radical step. It’s a moral one.

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SDLP Women @sdlpwomen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Statement from SDLP LGBT+, SDLP Women and SDLP Youth on the UK Supreme Court judgement.

The judgement made by the UK Supreme Court yesterday will come as a devastating blow to trans people in Britain and further afield.
It's important to emphasize that trans people are an incredibly small minority who face unbelievable levels of scapegoating and demonisation.
The judgement is fundamentally based on the assumption that trans people, and trans women in particular, are in some way a threat to the rights of women as a whole. They are not, and to portray the rights of women and of trans people as somehow in conflict is incredibly damaging to the advancement of both causes.
The judgement also presents a view of gender and sex in an overly simplistic manner and does not reflect in particular the lives of intersex and non-binary people, who's sex and gender respectively do not fit into the Supreme Court's judgement.
While this decision does not directly impact Northern Ireland, it is likely to embolden those who seek to undermine the rights of trans people here.
They will find themselves on the wrong side of history. Now and every day we must stand with our trans siblings, and against any attempts to use this judgment to roll back the rights of trans people in Ireland.
Is cearta daonna iad cearta tras.

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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Media coverage of vicious & daily abuse of MLAs across the political spectrum is stark & disturbing - solidarity with each & every one of them. Discussed on Talkback this & some short + long term solutions to help end this toxicity & to encourage more people into public life

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Cllr. Séamas de Faoite @seamasbelfast.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

In West Belfast this afternoon for the launch of our @sdlp.bsky.social paper on tackling the housing crisis.

SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP speaking at the launch of the SDLP Housing policy paper in the Culturlann on the Falls Road, in West Belfast.

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SDLP Women @sdlpwomen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Ní saoirse go saoirse na mBan. On International Women’s Day we celebrate the impact made by women in society - and recognise how far we have to go to reach gender equity. Today and everyday, the SDLP stands up for women and girls. 💪 #internationalwomensday #iwd2025 #iwd

STANDING UP FOR WOMEN & GIRLS:
• A Women's Health Strategy
• Tackling online abuse & image-based abuse
• RSE & healthy relationships education
• Gender-based budgeting
• Stand-alone anti-spiking legislation

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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Time to call this nonsense out. Solidarity with Lilian. [1/2]

A pic of Lilian Seenoi-Barr and text saying:

THE PURPOSEFUL MISINFORMATION
SMEARS OF THE DERRY MAYOR

Ever since becoming the Mayor of Derry City & Strabane, SDLP ClIr Lilian Seenoi-Barr has faced a barrage of lies, misinformation & racism.

Some, have already been dealt with by the law, while others are just ramping up their attacks.

Some are clearly organised far-right groups, others are just sad racist individuals.

We have decided to outline some of the nonsense, and challenge it.

SWIPE >

A pic of Lilian celebrating being elected with SDLP colleagues and text saying:

THE CLAIM

That Lilian was not elected as a Councillor. She was chosen for Mayor instead of being elected. She is "selected, not elected"

THE TRUTH

She was first co-opted into her Council seat in June 2021, when another ClIr resigned. This is a process that all parties use when one of their Clirs or MLAs resign a seat. That being said, she then won the seat in the 2023 Council election, by being voted in by the electorate.

She became Mayor by being nominated by her party. All Mayors in Northern Ireland are chosen this way. We elect Clirs and then the main parties of each Council share the Mayor position between them. She is no different to any other Mayor in this country.

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A pic of Lilian from the day she became Mayor and text saying:

THE CLAIM

Two other SDLP Councillors were unfairly passed for the Mayorship

THE TRUTH

There is no official qualification or path to be allocated the Mayorship for a particular Clir. When it's a particular party's time to chose a Mayor from their Clirs, they can pick any. Every single party does this. Sometimes it's a newly elected one, sometimes it's someone who's been there the longest.

You can have the OPINION that this is wrong, and certainly the SDLP have stated they will clarify the steps to be taken for
nominating future Mayors, but neither the party or Lilian did anything wrong by putting her name forward for the role.

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A pic of Lilian appearing on BBC Sunday Politics and text saying:

THE CLAIM

She called Irish people "terrorists"

THE TRUTH

Lilian went on BBC Sunday Politics last summer during the height of the race riots happening in Belfast & Dublin. These riots seen far-right thugs walking through areas of the cities & destroying shop fronts they believed to be owned by people not originally from Ireland. They were also violent & destructive.

Lilian correctly labelled these people "terrorists". They were targeting minorities, businesses & being violent. They were terrorising communities! At no point was she referring to Irish people generally or even to those whose opinion she disagreed with.

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Happy 90th birthday to our party president Bríd Rodgers. A trailblazer in every sense of the word, she continues to inspire and has left a lasting impact on life on this island. Thank you Bríd!

Claire Hanna, Bríd Rodgers and Colum Eastwood.

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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Those local politicians who have championed and tried to ride Trump’s coattails have a decision to make. Are they backing his charge towards disinformation, autocracy & international disorder, or are they going to speak truth to his power?

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The latest comments from Donald Trump on Gaza were chilling. Ethnic cleansing cannot be his latest distorted real estate grift. The international community must respond and defend the Palestinian people. @clairehanna.bsky.social

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Cllr. Séamas de Faoite @seamasbelfast.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

This is a mistake, one which will surely be challenged in the Courts. The public interest test has been met and there are no apparent grounds for maintaining secrecy. In a post-COVID world, the release of public health data is a necessary anti-misinformation tactic.

belfastlive.co.uk

Releasing evidence supporting puberty blocker ban 'not in the public interest'

"On balance the department does not believe it is in the public interest to release the information"

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Matthew O'Toole MLA @otoolematthew.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

All our SDLP Opposition Day motions on tackling violence against women passed yesterday, but now we need to see action from the Executive. As I said yesterday, we can no longer tolerate women feeling unsafe as they live their lives.

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Our Opposition Day focusing on violence against women and girls is starting in the Assembly now. We all have a role to play in changing our society for the better. You can follow the debate here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZFW...

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

SDLP East Derry MLA Cara Hunter has been speaking to the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk about the need for new laws to keep women safe online. It comes ahead of our Opposition Day on Tuesday focusing on tackling violence against women and girls. Read more: m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

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SDLP’s Cara Hunter issues call for urgent action on ‘terrifying’ deepfakes after becoming victim of online abuse

An SDLP MLA who has experienced online harassment is advocating for a comprehensive image-based abuse law to protect women and girls.

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The SDLP will be using our first Opposition Day of 2025 to focus on violence against women and girls. No woman should have to live in fear. We all have a role to play in ending this crisis.

SDLP Opposition Day on violence against women and girls.

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Colum Eastwood MP @handle.invalid · 07/01/2025

Drink spiking is a sinister crime and I’ve been working to get the British Government to expedite a new standalone criminal offence to tackle it and extend it to the North. Delighted that the Justice Minister agrees and hope we can cut years off the time it would take the Assembly to do this.

Image shows a man holding a circular white pill above a drink while two women talk.

Text reads:

DRINK SPIKING LAW UPDATE

JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR ACCELERATING NEW DRINK SPIKING OFFENCE

Colum Eastwood MP has secured the support of the Justice Minister for extending a new Westminster offence on drink spiking.

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Athbhliain faoi mhaise! Happy New Year from everyone at the SDLP.

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Nollaig shona dhaoibh. Merry Christmas to everyone.

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SDLP Women @sdlpwomen.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

“Even in positive moves around childcare, the Executive has not ring-fenced all of the money handed out by the UK Government from their own spending in that area… The Finance Minister claims this budget is about ‘doing what matters most’, it looks more like the Executive doing what’s easy” 👏👏👏

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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

SDLP Leader @clairehanna.bsky.social has said the UK Government has failed Waspi women with a blanket refusal of compensation. "This is a wrong that must be righted." Read more: www.sdlp.ie/hanna_uk_gov...

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SDLP Women @sdlpwomen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Karen Cummings is the 25th woman murdered in NI since 2020, and the seventh woman this year. It is an outrage that our justice system is failing to protect women and girls from violent offenders. There will be a vigil for Karen at 6pm this Thursday in Marcus Square, Newry.

The centre of the graphic is a picture of Karen Cummings. The text reads: “vigil for Karen Cummings, Marcus Square, Newry, Thursday at 6pm.”

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Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland @womensaidni.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Women's Aid NI statement on the murder of Karen Cummings. For information on support please visit: womensaidni.org

Statement ON The Murder of Karen Cummings

Women's Aid NI would like to express our deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and the wider Banbridge community following the news of the murder of Karen Cummings on Saturday.

Please know our thoughts are with you all at this incredibly distressing time and we cannot begin to imagine what you are going through at the moment, especially at this time of the year.

Karen is the 25th woman to be killed in Northern Ireland since 2020, the vast majority of whom were murdered in their own homes. She is also the 7th woman to be murdered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

If you have any information that can help the Police with their investigation into Karen’s murder, please contact the PSNI immediately by dialing '101'.

You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or by submitting information to their website: crimestoppers-uk.org.

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SDLP Women @sdlpwomen.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Hello Bluesky! We are the SDLP Women’s group - campaigning for women’s rights, and a social democratic New Ireland. You can also find us on; @sdlpwomen on Twitter 🐦 (or X, if you prefer!✖️) @SDLP_Women on instagram 📸 SDLP Women on Facebook 👥

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