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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 39m

‘Israel must immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Hussam and all arbitrarily detained Palestinians.’

✍️ Act now: amn.st/6019ALQN7

#FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 7h

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is just 2⃣ days away and it's time to remind us all that for children, poverty goes income.

Join the conversation > us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #IDEP202525

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 7h

Journalist: ‘You’ve said that Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?’

EU Spokesperson: “It’s an interesting question, on which I have no comment.”

Is it anti-EU to show this? x.com/dllambo/stat...

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 11h

Join us for 'Collective expulsions of aliens before the European Court of Human Rights' with Dr Clara Bosch, University of Hull.

When: 1pm-2pm Monday, 20 October 2025

Where: Seminar Room, Irish Centre for Human Rights, @uniofgalway

More info: universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre-h…

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 11h

abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...

Cardinal Blase Cupich calls Trump administration's immigration tactics unnecessary, intolerable

The archbishop of Chicago expanded on what Pope Leo XIV said last week regarding immigrants in America.

abc7chicago.com

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 11h

www.thesun.ie/sun-club/159...

'Mother and Baby Homes crisis of our time' - the truth of scoliosis scandal

“OTHER children are going to lose their lives and it is avoidable”, Sinn Fein’s Rose Conway-Walsh told a room of politicians as she fought back tears at a briefing on the failures…

www.thesun.ie

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

New disability rights and equality organisation launches

A disability rights and equality organisation - which will be "upfront and uncompromising" in calling out matters impacting disabled people - has been launched.

www.rte.ie

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Top US news outlets push back against Pentagon's reporting restrictions

A new Department of Defense policy bars journalists from the Pentagon unless they agree to only publish information that has been officially authorised.

www.bbc.com

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

www.thejournal.ie/retail-elect...

Retail electricity prices in Ireland three times higher than wholesale cost, report finds

A new report also found EU countries have some of the highest residential electricity prices in the world and that prices are highest in Ireland and Germany.

www.thejournal.ie

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Interview I did last week with @C103Cork, on behalf of @SVP_Ireland, regarding our reaction to Budget 2026.

shows.acast.com/c103/episode...

CorkToday 9th October 2025 | Cork Today

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many that a quick search should be able to help you.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

At 17, I was jailed for a murder I didn’t commit – and spent seven life-changing years in prison

Basic police checks would have shown Sam Hallam wasn’t at the scene of the crime, but these weren’t carried out until he had spent much of his youth inside. He explains why he is still fighting for ju...

www.theguardian.com

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

This is such an important report.

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 1d

Energy firms accused of ‘price gouging’ as international report shows they fail to pass on lower costs.

m.independent.ie/business/mon...

#Spéirghorm

Surprised Pikachu GIF

ALT: Surprised Pikachu GIF

media.tenor.com

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Seminar yesterday in the @RIAdawson & @ArinsProject on the island economy @DCU & @UlsterUni 1. Cross border comparisons. 2. Making N-S economic data comparable & 3. the long term implications of a united Ireland. Reports and the cleaned up data all on all-islandeconomy.com

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

This from @financialjustice.bsky.social

The Global North owes the Global South $5 TRILLION a year in climate finance.

The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirms what we have known: the Global North bears legal and historical responsibility for the climate crisis.

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

The International Energy Agency (#IEA) found that retail prices in Ireland are three times higher than wholesale prices – one of the highest gaps in the world.

#CostofLivingCrisis #Electricity
#Energia #BordGáis #SSEAirtricity

independent.ie/business/money…

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

And the standard of trials in Israel are to the highest international standards?

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Was there a trial in accordance with international legal standards?

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Stability of care system queried as 320 children put in three or more placements last year

The figure is up from 179 children in 2020, and accounted for 5.7% of the 5,705 children who were in care last year

www.irishexaminer.com

Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Culture war about Irish "doesn't help Unionists" - former aide to David Trimble jrnl.ie/6843132

Culture war about Irish "doesn't help Unionists" - former aide to David Trimble

Unionists opposing dual language signage including Irish in Belfast are told it won’t help their cause by leading unionist commentator.

jrnl.ie

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social · 2d

People around the world are working for action on climate change & a just transition - one that respects the human rights of all. They are human rights defenders, yet instead of working with them, States have gone on the attack. I am calling for change.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

www.theguardian.com

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 2d

BDS victory: The McGill Association of University Teachers passed a resolution to "endorse the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel," and to call on McGill administration to implement a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

@BDSmovement @PACBI
cjpme.org/who_supports_b…

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 2d

This.

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