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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 1d

Frightening direction of travel in the UK 👇
#ruleoflaw
#humanrights
#ECHR

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 8d

"This is the most extreme version of the options presented to her... She has shut down debate and said: This is over, this is what we're going to stand on."

Kemi wants out of the ECHR – but what does this mean for the UK? Solicitor and writer Joshua Rozenberg explains all...

‘She’s taking the most extreme option’: Why Kemi Badenoch wants out of the ECHR | The News Agents

The Conservative Party will pull the UK from the European Convention of Human Rights if it wins the next general election, says Kemi Badenoch. Why has she chosen this extreme option?

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 8d

"This is the most extreme version of the options presented to her... She has shut down debate and said: This is over, this is what we're going to stand on."

Kemi wants out of the ECHR – but what does this mean for the UK? Solicitor and writer Joshua Rozenberg explains all...

‘She’s taking the most extreme option’: Why Kemi Badenoch wants out of the ECHR | The News Agents

The Conservative Party will pull the UK from the European Convention of Human Rights if it wins the next general election, says Kemi Badenoch. Why has she chosen this extreme option?

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 7d

"Five, ten years ago comments like that would have gotten you the sack from the front bench of any major political party."

Robert Jenrick's comments about a lack of 'white faces' in Birmingham has drawn criticism. Why are Tories defending his words?

'Jenrick's 'white faces' comment would have once been enough to get an MP sacked' | The News Agents

Robert Jenrick has defended comments made in March 2025 about the lack of white people in an area of Birmingham he visited – and Tory colleagues have rallied to back him. But do his comments make…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 1d

Magical

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John O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social · 3d

A very moving interview with the great Neil Kinnock from @lewisgoodall.com on @newsagents.bsky.social - really worth a listen on the 40th anniversary of that speech.

They say never meet your heroes, but that doesn’t apply with Lord Kinnock.

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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 3d

Jude & I were delighted @catherinegalway.bsky.social took time to attend our talk/art show & give her support for #DerelictIreland & for all those who need a home
Thanks Catherine & very best of luck in campaign
You will make a brilliant President of Ireland 🙏
#Aras25 #aras2025

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 1d

Magic .. even if contrived.

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WilliamHaugh @williamhaugh.bsky.social · 4d

💚🙏🏼💪🏼

That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia.bsky.social · 5d

#AMomentofJoy
“La Bohème”

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 3d

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1

The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

www.rte.ie

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 3d

3 agencies involved but none had the right remit.

EPA - Monitors 31 sites in 3,330km of Blackwater, but it happened elsewhere

Inland Fisheries - doesn’t have the forensic capacity for the testing needed.

Marine Institute - has that capacity, but only investigates disease, not pollution.

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 6d

*reaped

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 6d

Their current Gov and IDF leaders for sure Mark.. but there's giants like this wonderful journalist ..Nir Hasson .. and the only acceptable legacy from this atrocity in Gaza is "Never again" and prosecutions before the court in the Hague.. including for leaders of third States complicit..

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 6d

@nirhasson.bsky.social ..I just watched ur interview on CNN .. from here in Ireland.
Thank you for your reporting, your grief, your assessment.
I agree the legacy that the attrocities of the Israeli Gov and IDF will be repeaded for decades.But people like u sow seeds of hope for reconciliation.

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 6d

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror

In Recent Weeks We Spoke by Video With Doctors Around the Gaza Strip. Through Virtual Tours of Medical Facilities, We Sought to Document the Situation in Which Thousands of Children Suffer From Severe...

www.haaretz.com

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 8d

Care about #nature #Hedgerows & all who depend on them for food, shelter, nesting ? Never forget #HedgerowHackerHumphreys and her infamous ironically named Heritage Bill 2016 proposing awful changes to burnimg & hedgerows regs.
Make sure u r registered to vote by tomorrow 7 Oct #Áras25
#Aras25

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 9d

Do more than post .. vote ..
Make sure u are registered to vote in #Áras25
#Aras25

U can do it all online .. see 👇

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 9d

Make sure u are registered to vote by this Tues Oct 7th for the Presidential election
#PresidentialElection
#PresidentOfIreland
Go to
www.checktheregister.ie
Select Apply online to register" and the local authority where u live.

Details here
www.electoralcommission.ie/presidential...

Check the Register

www.checktheregister.ie

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 9d

... do more than post .. vote

Make sure u are registered byv this Tues .. u can do it online 👇
# Aras25

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 9d

Make sure u are registered to vote by this Tues Oct 7th for the Presidential election
#PresidentialElection
#PresidentOfIreland
Go to
www.checktheregister.ie
Select Apply online to register" and the local authority where u live.

Details here
www.electoralcommission.ie/presidential...

Check the Register

www.checktheregister.ie

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 9d

Make sure u are registered to vote by this Tues Oct 7th for the Presidential election
#PresidentialElection
#PresidentOfIreland
Go to
www.checktheregister.ie
Select Apply online to register" and the local authority where u live.

Details here
www.electoralcommission.ie/presidential...

Check the Register

www.checktheregister.ie

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 11d

"Amnesty International has called on all parliamentary groups to support the royal decree imposing an arms embargo on Israel. The lower house is scheduled to vote on it next Tuesday."

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 11d

Amnistía Internacional ha pedido a todos los grupos parlamentarios que apoyen el real decreto por el que se impone un embargo de armas a Israel. La Cámara baja tiene previsto votar el próximo martes

Amnistía Internacional pide a todos los grupos que apoyen el embargo de armas a Israel en el Congreso

La ONG se muestra preocupada ante el riesgo de que el decreto no se ratifique por los recelos de Podemos y otros grupos

elpais.com

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penelopepiztov @penelopepiztov.bsky.social · 13d

ISRAEL declares HOW DARE YOU STOP OUR STARVATION OF AN ENTIRE POPULATION www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

‘Kidnapping’: Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla; detains activists, Thunberg

Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.

www.aljazeera.com

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Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 13d

Sumud boats currently being intercepted by Israel, likely to illegally abduct and imprison those inside. I’m on one of the Thousand Madleens boats just behind. We need escalation from home to end the impunity with which this rogue state commits genocide and stifles opposition

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: Reports of spontaneous protests erupting in European cities tonight in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was illegally attacked by Israel an hour ago.

Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 13d

Breaking: One of the Global Sumud Flotilla ships appears to be being boarded live right now by the Israeli military, with passengers raising their hands. Follow our livestream below.

Israeli Channel 13 reports the navy has seized six of the flotilla’s largest vessels.

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 13d

Poster from #Galway Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to highlight an emergency protest tomorrow Thursday 2nd October 8:30am to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla. #Spéirghorm #Ireland #FreePalestine

Tomorrow morning, Thursday, 8.30am.
Galway County Hall, Prospect Hill (across from TK Maxx)

Poster from Galway Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to highlight an emergency protest tomorrow Thursday 2nd October 8:30am.

All out for Gaza and the Global Sumud Flotilla!
Emergency protest.
Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla: The Irish government is abandoning humanitarian aid volunteers.
Tomorrow morning, Thursday, 8.30am.
Galway County Hall, Prospect Hill (across from TK Maxx)

Sanction Israel

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 13d

#JUST_IN | Dozens of people spontaneously demonstrate in front of the Israeli consulate in Barcelona.

(Cadena SER)

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