Joe Noonan
@joenoonan.bsky.social
Cork-Donegal migrant blend. Knows some law.
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If you can't make our National March for Palestine tomorrow, here are some 🇵🇸 Events in solidarity with the Palestinian people around the country this weekend. All out for Palestine! #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you can't make our National March for Palestine tomorrow, here are some 🇵🇸 Events in solidarity with the Palestinian people around the country this weekend. All out for Palestine! #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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Lough Sheelin fish kill: 834 trout dead from low oxygen + high temps, NO pollution incident found.
A wake-up call: climate change amps up the impact of chronic diffuse pollution - turning 'acceptable' levels deadly. Time to reframe whats acceptable pollution
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
A wake-up call: climate change amps up the impact of chronic diffuse pollution - turning 'acceptable' levels deadly. Time to reframe whats acceptable pollution
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
www.fisheriesireland.ie
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Lough Sheelin fish kill: 834 trout dead from low oxygen + high temps, NO pollution incident found.
A wake-up call: climate change amps up the impact of chronic diffuse pollution - turning 'acceptable' levels deadly. Time to reframe whats acceptable pollution
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
A wake-up call: climate change amps up the impact of chronic diffuse pollution - turning 'acceptable' levels deadly. Time to reframe whats acceptable pollution
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
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In Trump admin's first strike on an alleged drug boat in Sept, Hegseth ordered everyone be killed, prompting a 2nd hit to finish off survivors in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Gov lawyers warned such acts may violate murder laws.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In Trump admin's first strike on an alleged drug boat in Sept, Hegseth ordered everyone be killed, prompting a 2nd hit to finish off survivors in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Gov lawyers warned such acts may violate murder laws.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
This is a war crime.
This is a war crime.
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
This is a war crime.
This is a war crime.
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Anthony Miers - a British sub captain - had German survivors killed during a patrol in the Med and later won a VC and made admiral. The US strafed Japanese survivors during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
Eck was a war criminal, but our criminals typically get away with it. That's the precedent.
Eck was a war criminal, but our criminals typically get away with it. That's the precedent.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Anthony Miers - a British sub captain - had German survivors killed during a patrol in the Med and later won a VC and made admiral. The US strafed Japanese survivors during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
Eck was a war criminal, but our criminals typically get away with it. That's the precedent.
Eck was a war criminal, but our criminals typically get away with it. That's the precedent.
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The precedent to be looking at is - after a patrol where he spent an hour shooting up the lifeboats of a Japanese ship he'd sank - Mush Morton got a Navy Cross and was congratulated by Nimitz and Halsey, and USS Wahoo was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.
There will be no justice here.
There will be no justice here.
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The precedent to be looking at is - after a patrol where he spent an hour shooting up the lifeboats of a Japanese ship he'd sank - Mush Morton got a Navy Cross and was congratulated by Nimitz and Halsey, and USS Wahoo was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.
There will be no justice here.
There will be no justice here.
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Refusing to follow a “kill the survivors of the previous strike who are clearly hors de combat” order SHOULD BE significantly more clear-cut than refusing one due to “this entire operation is unlawful because citing inherent Article II authority is insufficient.”
There must be accountability.
There must be accountability.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Refusing to follow a “kill the survivors of the previous strike who are clearly hors de combat” order SHOULD BE significantly more clear-cut than refusing one due to “this entire operation is unlawful because citing inherent Article II authority is insufficient.”
There must be accountability.
There must be accountability.
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🇪🇺🇩🇰 #CalltoEurope Denmark closed-door sessions “The future of EU Defence” with:
👉Giovanna Maletta @sipri.org
👉 @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
👉 @danielfiott.bsky.social @vubrussel.bsky.social
👉 @kirland.bsky.social @ecfr.eu
👉 Uwe Optenhögel FEPS
👉 Lukas Hassebrauck FES Nordics
👉Giovanna Maletta @sipri.org
👉 @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
👉 @danielfiott.bsky.social @vubrussel.bsky.social
👉 @kirland.bsky.social @ecfr.eu
👉 Uwe Optenhögel FEPS
👉 Lukas Hassebrauck FES Nordics
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🇪🇺🇩🇰 #CalltoEurope Denmark closed-door sessions “The future of EU Defence” with:
👉Giovanna Maletta @sipri.org
👉 @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
👉 @danielfiott.bsky.social @vubrussel.bsky.social
👉 @kirland.bsky.social @ecfr.eu
👉 Uwe Optenhögel FEPS
👉 Lukas Hassebrauck FES Nordics
👉Giovanna Maletta @sipri.org
👉 @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
👉 @danielfiott.bsky.social @vubrussel.bsky.social
👉 @kirland.bsky.social @ecfr.eu
👉 Uwe Optenhögel FEPS
👉 Lukas Hassebrauck FES Nordics
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Excellent piece by Andrew Jackson, UCD Law School:
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Excellent piece by Andrew Jackson, UCD Law School:
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
The environment and the rule of law. Joint conference held by EPA and Irish Centre for European Law.
Mind the gap.
Mind the gap.
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The environment and the rule of law. Joint conference held by EPA and Irish Centre for European Law.
Mind the gap.
Mind the gap.
Merz to visit alleged war criminal Netanyahu next week.
The announcement comes days after Germany decided to lift a partial arms embargo on Israel imposed in August.
www.arabnews.com/node/2624303...
The announcement comes days after Germany decided to lift a partial arms embargo on Israel imposed in August.
www.arabnews.com/node/2624303...
Germany’s Merz to make first visit to Israel
BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first official visit to Israel in December at a time of heightened tensions in the region, the German government said on Friday. The German leade...
www.arabnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Merz to visit alleged war criminal Netanyahu next week.
The announcement comes days after Germany decided to lift a partial arms embargo on Israel imposed in August.
www.arabnews.com/node/2624303...
The announcement comes days after Germany decided to lift a partial arms embargo on Israel imposed in August.
www.arabnews.com/node/2624303...
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🚨The Russian government has banned us as an “undesirable” foreign organization. Our work hasn’t changed. But what’s changed is Russia’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in repression & the scope of the war crimes its forces are committing in Ukraine.
bit.ly/48mvicJ
bit.ly/48mvicJ
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨The Russian government has banned us as an “undesirable” foreign organization. Our work hasn’t changed. But what’s changed is Russia’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in repression & the scope of the war crimes its forces are committing in Ukraine.
bit.ly/48mvicJ
bit.ly/48mvicJ
High Court: “Contrary to an extraordinarily popular delusion these days, courts don’t tend to quash things on the basis of mere technicalities.
There has to be a point of genuine substance that makes a real difference to an objective interest that warrants protection.”
In this case there was.
There has to be a point of genuine substance that makes a real difference to an objective interest that warrants protection.”
In this case there was.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
High Court: “Contrary to an extraordinarily popular delusion these days, courts don’t tend to quash things on the basis of mere technicalities.
There has to be a point of genuine substance that makes a real difference to an objective interest that warrants protection.”
In this case there was.
There has to be a point of genuine substance that makes a real difference to an objective interest that warrants protection.”
In this case there was.
“There will always be unfairness, but in a society that has such magnificent riches, the excuse that there is not enough to go around doesn’t ring true.”
- @emmetkirwan.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... #home #child #family #choice
- @emmetkirwan.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... #home #child #family #choice
‘Christmas Carol’ star Emmet Kirwan says level of child homelessness shows ‘moral failure’ of Government
Actor Emmet Kirwan has criticised the level of child homelessness in Ireland as a moral failure of the Government.
www.independent.ie
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“There will always be unfairness, but in a society that has such magnificent riches, the excuse that there is not enough to go around doesn’t ring true.”
- @emmetkirwan.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... #home #child #family #choice
- @emmetkirwan.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... #home #child #family #choice
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Been living with this spineless, bigot-enabling approach for decades here. This is what it facilitates.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Been living with this spineless, bigot-enabling approach for decades here. This is what it facilitates.
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Permission granted but nothing is built: 41,000 permitted apartments in greater Dublin alone.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Permission granted but nothing is built: 41,000 permitted apartments in greater Dublin alone.
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Message from Dublin City Council Executive in short:
We are too afraid to protect the vulnerable and distressed.
The weaponisation of the national flag to signify racism and intimidation can continue on our watch. Never mind the law.
The Guards agree with this.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
We are too afraid to protect the vulnerable and distressed.
The weaponisation of the national flag to signify racism and intimidation can continue on our watch. Never mind the law.
The Guards agree with this.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Message from Dublin City Council Executive in short:
We are too afraid to protect the vulnerable and distressed.
The weaponisation of the national flag to signify racism and intimidation can continue on our watch. Never mind the law.
The Guards agree with this.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
We are too afraid to protect the vulnerable and distressed.
The weaponisation of the national flag to signify racism and intimidation can continue on our watch. Never mind the law.
The Guards agree with this.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Kenyan farmers just won a huge victory, the High Court has upheld their right to save and share indigenous seeds instead of bowing to corporate seed laws. A big step for food sovereignty, climate resilience and farmer power. #GreenSky #Kenya
Kenyan farmers secure right to share local seeds in court ruling reut.rs/3XlWO4V
Kenyan farmers secure right to share local seeds in court ruling
Small-scale farmers in Kenya sang and celebrated on Thursday after a court ruling secured their right to carry on the traditional practice of sharing local seeds.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Thanks Joe. I am pleased that my PhD research findings & book were submitted as evidence by the Law society of Kenya highlighting the criminalisation of farmers for saving their own seeds contradicting Kenya‘s constitution and restricts farmer’ rights to their own seed choice.
Aware of this thanks to @clareogw.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thanks Joe. I am pleased that my PhD research findings & book were submitted as evidence by the Law society of Kenya highlighting the criminalisation of farmers for saving their own seeds contradicting Kenya‘s constitution and restricts farmer’ rights to their own seed choice.
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I feel to complete this, I should share a painting of Officer Opie. He's the one on the left.
This is not a joke: he was literally the model for this, and this is the town Norman Rockwell lived in.
The world is sometimes stranger than you think.
This is not a joke: he was literally the model for this, and this is the town Norman Rockwell lived in.
The world is sometimes stranger than you think.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I feel to complete this, I should share a painting of Officer Opie. He's the one on the left.
This is not a joke: he was literally the model for this, and this is the town Norman Rockwell lived in.
The world is sometimes stranger than you think.
This is not a joke: he was literally the model for this, and this is the town Norman Rockwell lived in.
The world is sometimes stranger than you think.
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'Most of the more than 1,000 users who took part in the experiment during the 2024 US presidential election did not notice that the tone of their feed had been changed.' 3/3
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Most of the more than 1,000 users who took part in the experiment during the 2024 US presidential election did not notice that the tone of their feed had been changed.' 3/3
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'The degree of increased division – known as “affective polarisation” – achieved in one week by the changes the academics made to X users’ feeds was as great as would have on average taken three years between 1978 and 2020.' 2/3 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Platform-independent experiments on social media
Changing algorithms with artificial intelligence tools can influence partisan animosity
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'The degree of increased division – known as “affective polarisation” – achieved in one week by the changes the academics made to X users’ feeds was as great as would have on average taken three years between 1978 and 2020.' 2/3 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
The European Union still unconditionally supports Israel, defying its own proclaimed values.
Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed
IDF kill two Palestinians who appeared to surrender
Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The European Union still unconditionally supports Israel, defying its own proclaimed values.