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BTO Northern Ireland @bto-ni.bsky.social · 9h

🐦‍⬛ Are you 16 to 24 and passionate about nature? Become a representative for BTO Youth and join our amazing team of volunteers!

➡️ Receive training, organise activities and attend events with all expenses paid

🔗 Find out more and apply: bit.ly/YouthRep25

🗓️ Closing date: 9th November 2025

Photo of a group of young people listening to a member of the team talk by Alicia Hayden / BTO
Poster reads: Become a BTO Youth Rep! Scan the QR code to find out more and apply (QR code in bottom right corner)

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Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 1d

What an interesting and sad piece of local history. Such a shame that here is no indication what became of them.

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Conor McKinney @wildlifeni.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Slugger O'Toole for allowing me to write about the joyful insurgency taking place here in Belfast to explore the idea of Belfast becoming a National Park City and the power of asking "What if". You can check it out here:

sluggerotoole.com/2025/10/18/w...

What if Belfast was a National Park City?

Conor McKinney is the founder of Wild Belfast and a local wildlife activist / conservationist; What if? is a powerful question. In a time of myriad health, climate, ecological and social crises it can...

sluggerotoole.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

2025: Claire Coutinho criticises net zero

2023: Claire Coutinho praises net zero

These are their values, and for the right price, they have other values too

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John Lubbock @jwsal.bsky.social · 2d

Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.

A tweet from Sky News reading 'Aston Villa fan Andrew Fox says he has received online abuse and even death threats following the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the match in Birmingham.' A follow up tweet says 'This is a correction of a previous post that incorrectly identified Mr Fox as Jewish'.

A page from the Henry Jackson Society website for Andrew Fox, Research Fellow, which says he joined HJS in 2014 and that 'Andrew specialises in Defence, the Middle East, and disinformation'.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Lower bills.

Fund the NHS.

Invest in our communities.

My long form conversation with @lewisgoodall.com 👇🏼

youtu.be/j8hiBI6T_24?...

Zack Polanski on populism, patriotism and poverty

YouTube video by The News Agents

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 3d

On the doorstep, people don’t talk flags — they talk housing, bills and Lough Neagh. We’ll always respect aspirations, but while others fixate on flags, we’re tackling inequality and the real crises in people’s lives. The Executive parties have failed on this.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 3d

24 children have been missing from Harryville Primary School in Ballymena since the start of the term - Education Authority

Another 'triumph' for the "defending women and children" mob after burning migrant families out of their homes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NI Education: Over 50 children unaccounted for in the school system

The Education Authority is trying to trace the pupils as it is not clear what school they now go to.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 4d

Extreme heat, flooding, and pollution are increasing illness and hospital admissions, overwhelming our NHS. Climate breakdown puts extra pressure on staff and resources, risking care for everyone. We need to act urgently to protect our health service and save lives. #ClimateHealth #GreenJobs

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 5d

Making the case for wealth taxes on @SkyNewsPolitics just now. Rumours that Chancellor might seek yet more spending cuts are horrifying - public services are already on their knees & top 50 richest families in UK now hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population - over 34 million people.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 4d

The war on drugs clearly isn’t working. We need an urgent review of the 50 year old Misuse of Drugs Act, & to start treating drug addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one, & get drugs out of the hands of criminal gangs #Newsnight

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 4d

Stormont parties promised 40,000 social homes - but delivered less than 18,000 in 20 years. They have also failed to protect renters - letting landlords profit while thousands struggle to find a decent home.

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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 6d

A different Scotland is possible. Be part of building it 👇
members.greens.scot/join

Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 6d

The system isn't broken, it's rigged. It's time for real change.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 7d

Reform UK want to take public spending down to 35% of GDP — that’s a £275 billion cut, the equivalent of shutting down the NHS.

The Green Party knows the only way to rebuild our communities is by investing in our public services, not running them down and flogging them off to the private sector.

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 7d

This is alarming and significant: the first sighting in Northern Ireland of the Asian hornet, a ferociously aggressive predator which decimates the bee population by mass attacks where it rips the heads off bees - which are crucial for pollination.

Warning as Asian hornet found in Northern Ireland for first time: ‘This is a harmful species’

The sighting of an Asian hornet in Northern Ireland has been confirmed for the first time, the NI Environment Agency (NIEA) has said.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Amanda Ferguson @amanda.ie · 8d

Actor James Martin welcomed me into his home for a great chat about Good Relations Week. The #GRW2025 ambassador spoke about reaching out to different people and communities. And focus on what you can do rather than what you can’t. Lessons for us all!
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/...

Ditch your prejudices and be a better person, implores actor James Martin

Actor James Martin MBE wants people to “connect” with each other this Good Relations Week.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 9d

Looking great. I have only been there on a snowy spring break but the natural wonders were amazing to see then.

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Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 10d

Where is his interest? 16 years is a long time.

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 10d

Mental health thrives when people, communities and nature are cared for.

Greens believe wellbeing isn’t a luxury - it’s the foundation of a fair and healthy society. 💚

#WorldMentalHealthDay #GreenPartyNI

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Cllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 13d

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Cllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 13d

I spoke on Nolan this morning and called on Translink & Department of Infrastructure to reduce the cost of public transport over the Xmas period. Put increased services in place to get Belfast & NI moving.

Ease congestion and make it economically viable for people to get on the bus or train.

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 14d

While the PSNI is sending officers to London to arrest peaceful protestors - despite claiming a funding and staffing crisis at home - loyalist paramilitaries are threatening to burn down council property in Belfast over Irish language signage.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 14d

Reminder - carbon offsetting is a con. We have to BOTH stop burning fossil fuels and look after nature

#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 15d

Stormont and Dept for the Economy says it’s closing the scandal ridden RHI. In fact it’s yet another barefaced giveaway. Payments are set to quadruple, locking in taxpayer handouts until 2036. The RHI scheme isn’t ending; it’s being reborn.

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ash Anraí-Jones @looseyleftie.bsky.social · 16d

because there are so few problems locally for the police to deal with, they had to send them to drag anti-genocide protestors away in london

Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 16d

The PSNI sent over some of their own officers to help arrest peaceful protesters against the genocide today in London 😡

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