Attracta Uí Bhroin
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Own posts as a member of the 'public concerned'.
Loves Dogs, Hubby, Environment, Aarhus, Access to Justice, Environmental Defenders, Rule of Law #TakingAKnee #FBPE,
I stand with International Law, Palestine, Ukraine
Hates Injustice, Inequality, #CETA+ICS
Loves Dogs, Hubby, Environment, Aarhus, Access to Justice, Environmental Defenders, Rule of Law #TakingAKnee #FBPE,
I stand with International Law, Palestine, Ukraine
Hates Injustice, Inequality, #CETA+ICS
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Why is Keir Starmer's government adopting policies that look perfectly designed to prevent its re-election? This column seeks to unravel the mystery and explain the fundamental forces that now govern our politics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it | George Monbiot
We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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"The democratic recession does not begin when a far-right party takes office. It begins when a centrist party crushes hope in democracy."
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com call to action 👇 for all concerned for democracy rule of law society justice fairness health environment a future
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com call to action 👇 for all concerned for democracy rule of law society justice fairness health environment a future
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14. Individuals bear personal responsibility for war crimes. States must, in accordance with their
national law, ensure that alleged perpetrators are brought before their own domestic courts or
handed over for trial by the courts of another State or by an intl criminal tribunal, such as the ICC. 1/
national law, ensure that alleged perpetrators are brought before their own domestic courts or
handed over for trial by the courts of another State or by an intl criminal tribunal, such as the ICC. 1/
Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz in Israel: Pressekonferenz mit Netanyahu im Livestream
Die Lage in Gaza, die Zweistaatenlösung: Über diese Themen haben sich Bundeskanzler Merz und Israels Premierminister Netanyahu ausgetauscht. Verfolgen Sie ihre Pressekonferenz live.
www.spiegel.de
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
14. Individuals bear personal responsibility for war crimes. States must, in accordance with their
national law, ensure that alleged perpetrators are brought before their own domestic courts or
handed over for trial by the courts of another State or by an intl criminal tribunal, such as the ICC. 1/
national law, ensure that alleged perpetrators are brought before their own domestic courts or
handed over for trial by the courts of another State or by an intl criminal tribunal, such as the ICC. 1/
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Netanyahu just compared, standing next to Merz, the necessary "deradicalization" of Gaza with that of Nazi Germany post WW2.
Netanyahu welcomes German Chancellor to Jerusalem. It is offensive to see the European Union flag used there.
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Netanyahu just compared, standing next to Merz, the necessary "deradicalization" of Gaza with that of Nazi Germany post WW2.
In this opinion I try to explain the gravely concerning impact of the Govs changes on cost rules for environmental #JR
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Thks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#EULaw
#IrishConstitution
#Courts
#HumanRights
#HR
#Environment
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#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#EULaw
#IrishConstitution
#Courts
#HumanRights
#HR
#Environment
Judicial review plans are an attack on justice
The Government is burying the public consultation for drastic new rules limiting access to the courts over the Christmas period — don't let them away with it
www.irishexaminer.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In this opinion I try to explain the gravely concerning impact of the Govs changes on cost rules for environmental #JR
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Thks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#EULaw
#IrishConstitution
#Courts
#HumanRights
#HR
#Environment
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Thks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#EULaw
#IrishConstitution
#Courts
#HumanRights
#HR
#Environment
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On 8-9 Dec, the @EU_Commission hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum—promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. Despite decades of CCS failures, €billions still flow in, propping up dirty industries. A big win for fossil lobbyists. #ICMForum
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
Mapping the money behind carbon capture | Corporate Europe Observatory
New research by Corporate Europe Observatory and Oil Change International shows that Big Polluters have captured €17 billion in public subsidies for failed carbon capture technology – because fossil f...
corporateeurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On 8-9 Dec, the @EU_Commission hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum—promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. Despite decades of CCS failures, €billions still flow in, propping up dirty industries. A big win for fossil lobbyists. #ICMForum
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
What's at risk and fact check on #JR with Fred Logue of @fploguellp.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Fred Logue: Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress — they are a vital safeguard
Judicial review is a way for ordinary people to ensure that laws protecting their homes, communities and the environment are enforced.
www.independent.ie
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What's at risk and fact check on #JR with Fred Logue of @fploguellp.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
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So it seems the claim of 30% increase in judicial review in 2025 was based on the number to 26 June & *a guess* at a number for July to Dec (which wasn’t fact checked & is wrong)
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So it seems the claim of 30% increase in judicial review in 2025 was based on the number to 26 June & *a guess* at a number for July to Dec (which wasn’t fact checked & is wrong)
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
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Compare and contrast
RTE: Irelands participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis there & the targeting and killing of journalists
BBC: we need to be inclusive
RTE: Irelands participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis there & the targeting and killing of journalists
BBC: we need to be inclusive
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Compare and contrast
RTE: Irelands participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis there & the targeting and killing of journalists
BBC: we need to be inclusive
RTE: Irelands participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis there & the targeting and killing of journalists
BBC: we need to be inclusive
Thk to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for shining a light on Irish Gov's assault on the #ScalesOfJustice taking complete control over who can & can't afford to hold them to account b4 our #courts
Contact: [email protected]
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#Aarhus
#AccessToJustice
Contact: [email protected]
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#Aarhus
#AccessToJustice
Judicial review plans are an attack on justice
The Government is burying the public consultation for drastic new rules limiting access to the courts over the Christmas period — don't let them away with it
www.irishexaminer.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Thk to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for shining a light on Irish Gov's assault on the #ScalesOfJustice taking complete control over who can & can't afford to hold them to account b4 our #courts
Contact: [email protected]
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#Aarhus
#AccessToJustice
Contact: [email protected]
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#Aarhus
#AccessToJustice
No wonder the Government sought to evade pre leg scrutiny of a bill they plan to rush through b4 Christmas so they can try again to ratify trade deals with #ISDS style clauses in them like #CETA
It's not in the #publicinterest as today's shadow scrutiny facilitated y @lnbdublin.bsky.social showed
It's not in the #publicinterest as today's shadow scrutiny facilitated y @lnbdublin.bsky.social showed
Today the combined opposition did our own scrutiny of the bill to fully ratify #CETA - since Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael have blocked any scrutiny of it in the Dáil!
The message from the legal academics was clear- there is zero benefit to the public in signing up to investor courts
The message from the legal academics was clear- there is zero benefit to the public in signing up to investor courts
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
No wonder the Government sought to evade pre leg scrutiny of a bill they plan to rush through b4 Christmas so they can try again to ratify trade deals with #ISDS style clauses in them like #CETA
It's not in the #publicinterest as today's shadow scrutiny facilitated y @lnbdublin.bsky.social showed
It's not in the #publicinterest as today's shadow scrutiny facilitated y @lnbdublin.bsky.social showed
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Today the combined opposition did our own scrutiny of the bill to fully ratify #CETA - since Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael have blocked any scrutiny of it in the Dáil!
The message from the legal academics was clear- there is zero benefit to the public in signing up to investor courts
The message from the legal academics was clear- there is zero benefit to the public in signing up to investor courts
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today the combined opposition did our own scrutiny of the bill to fully ratify #CETA - since Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael have blocked any scrutiny of it in the Dáil!
The message from the legal academics was clear- there is zero benefit to the public in signing up to investor courts
The message from the legal academics was clear- there is zero benefit to the public in signing up to investor courts
What have we become when compassion and humanity is treated as a crime ... and makes others fearful of acting humanely ..?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
Kerry lawyer due in court on people smuggling charges after trying to rescue refugees from sea
Kerry humanitarian and lawyer Seán Binder faces trial in Greece on people smuggling and criminal organisation charges linked to 2018 Lesvos rescue work
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December 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
What have we become when compassion and humanity is treated as a crime ... and makes others fearful of acting humanely ..?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
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Fine Gael and EPP are on a Trumpian agenda to deregulate and are teaming up with the far right to do it.
"The European Union’s drive to cut red tape is creating uncertainty for business and chaos in the EU’s institutions" said Executive VP Teresa Ribera
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
"The European Union’s drive to cut red tape is creating uncertainty for business and chaos in the EU’s institutions" said Executive VP Teresa Ribera
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
Red-tape cutting has become a ‘terrible political spectacle,’ EU’s Ribera says
The European Commission’s No.2 official criticized a “Trumpist” approach to EU deregulation.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Fine Gael and EPP are on a Trumpian agenda to deregulate and are teaming up with the far right to do it.
"The European Union’s drive to cut red tape is creating uncertainty for business and chaos in the EU’s institutions" said Executive VP Teresa Ribera
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
"The European Union’s drive to cut red tape is creating uncertainty for business and chaos in the EU’s institutions" said Executive VP Teresa Ribera
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
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Ireland's legislators want to put the Defence Forces skills at the service of the Courts in the Hague. They need all our support.
If we do not back the judges, we lose our key defenders against tyranny.
If we do not back the judges, we lose our key defenders against tyranny.
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ireland's legislators want to put the Defence Forces skills at the service of the Courts in the Hague. They need all our support.
If we do not back the judges, we lose our key defenders against tyranny.
If we do not back the judges, we lose our key defenders against tyranny.
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“Guillou’s case is a stark metaphor for Europe itself: a union of nation states that helped build an international court to uphold its values, allowing a foreign power to punish its own judge for doing so, and then helped to enforce the punishment.”
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“Guillou’s case is a stark metaphor for Europe itself: a union of nation states that helped build an international court to uphold its values, allowing a foreign power to punish its own judge for doing so, and then helped to enforce the punishment.”
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When asking questions becomes the problem, something’s gone very wrong.
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Silencing "Scrutiny"? Kildare Cllr Says Judicial Review Backlash Narrows Who Can "Question" Power
Clane–Maynooth Independent Councillor Pádraig McEvoy - one of a group taking a High Court challenge against the Government’s new apartment planning standards - says developers, business figures some G...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When asking questions becomes the problem, something’s gone very wrong.
@kfmradio.bsky.social
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@kfmradio.bsky.social
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Dig a little deeper, and a pattern starts to emerge: coordinated messaging, shared interests, and a narrowing space for independent voices.
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How Ireland’s Elites are Coordinating Against Judicial Review
Ireland’s major opinion pages across The Business Post, The Sunday Independent and The Irish Times began singing in unison. The refrain: judicial review is strangling progress.
padraigmcevoy.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Dig a little deeper, and a pattern starts to emerge: coordinated messaging, shared interests, and a narrowing space for independent voices.
padraigmcevoy.substack.com/p/how-irelan...
padraigmcevoy.substack.com/p/how-irelan...
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Ireland, Spain, Netherlands all pull out of Eurovision 2026 in protest at Israel's inclusion. #Eurovision #EBU
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ireland, Spain, Netherlands all pull out of Eurovision 2026 in protest at Israel's inclusion. #Eurovision #EBU
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Complaint filed against Microsoft Ireland alleging it facilitated mass processing of ‘illegal’ surveillance data on Palestinians. Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) made the complaint to the Data Protection Commission in Dublin
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Complaint filed against Microsoft Ireland alleging it facilitated mass processing of ‘illegal’ surveillance data on Palestinians
Irish Council for Civil Liberties made the complaint to the Data Protection Commission in Dublin
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Complaint filed against Microsoft Ireland alleging it facilitated mass processing of ‘illegal’ surveillance data on Palestinians. Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) made the complaint to the Data Protection Commission in Dublin
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/so... @uplift.ie
Solution not Pollution - Real Time Sewage Discharge Monitoring
Ireland Needs Real-Time Reporting of Sewer Discharges - Just Like the UK
Across Ireland, rivers, lakes, estuaries, bathing and coastal waters are being polluted by regular storm overflows and se...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/so... @uplift.ie
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Brave judges betrayed by cowardly politicians. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Yanis Varoufakis: Europe should be convulsing at US sanctions against French ICC judge
The US government has sanctioned a European judge for carrying out his official duties in Europe while working in an institution established by Europe’s elected representatives at great cost and effor...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Brave judges betrayed by cowardly politicians. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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The European Commission has recalled consignments of frozen Brazilian beef products imported into the EU, after it was found they contained hormones banned in the bloc. #Mercosur share.google/GjYHnQi4G6Lk...
EU recalls Brazilian beef containing banned hormones
The European Commission has recalled consignments of frozen Brazilian beef products imported into the EU, after it was found they contained hormones banned in the bloc.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The European Commission has recalled consignments of frozen Brazilian beef products imported into the EU, after it was found they contained hormones banned in the bloc. #Mercosur share.google/GjYHnQi4G6Lk...
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Western Australia’s grid just hit 100% wind + solar multiple times on Sunday morning.
Batteries soaked up 443 MW of excess while coal/gas idled.
To the “renewables can’t run a modern grid” crowd: your meme just aged worse than milk in the sun.
reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wi...
Batteries soaked up 443 MW of excess while coal/gas idled.
To the “renewables can’t run a modern grid” crowd: your meme just aged worse than milk in the sun.
reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wi...
reneweconomy.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Western Australia’s grid just hit 100% wind + solar multiple times on Sunday morning.
Batteries soaked up 443 MW of excess while coal/gas idled.
To the “renewables can’t run a modern grid” crowd: your meme just aged worse than milk in the sun.
reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wi...
Batteries soaked up 443 MW of excess while coal/gas idled.
To the “renewables can’t run a modern grid” crowd: your meme just aged worse than milk in the sun.
reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wi...