John Lannon
@jclannon.bsky.social
Likes people, plants, Africa and football. Dislikes racism, oppression, intolerance and militarization
"The State cannot claim it lacks capacity. It has police, it has a military, it has an airport. It simply refuses to apply scrutiny to US-linked flights in the way it would to almost any other perceived security concern."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Shannon Airport and ICE deportation flights raise fresh questions over Irish neutrality
ICE deportation stopovers at Shannon Airport reignite debate about neutrality, accountability and Ireland’s complicity in US removals
www.irishexaminer.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
"The State cannot claim it lacks capacity. It has police, it has a military, it has an airport. It simply refuses to apply scrutiny to US-linked flights in the way it would to almost any other perceived security concern."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Three and a half days after the ICE flight through Shannon Airport. Multiple phone calls and emails to the Gardai, and we've heard nothing from them on what action they took to investigate. I've been told by one officer that there is nothing on the PULSE record except my initial report.
ICE flight refuels in Ireland again before landing in Egypt; Irish activist pressed police to investigate. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
UPDATED: ICE flight refuels in Ireland again before landing in Egypt; Irish activist pressed police to investigate
MAGA billionaire’s jet also did another ICE flight, to Sierra Leone.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io
February 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Three and a half days after the ICE flight through Shannon Airport. Multiple phone calls and emails to the Gardai, and we've heard nothing from them on what action they took to investigate. I've been told by one officer that there is nothing on the PULSE record except my initial report.
ICE flight refuels in Ireland again before landing in Egypt; Irish activist pressed police to investigate. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
UPDATED: ICE flight refuels in Ireland again before landing in Egypt; Irish activist pressed police to investigate
MAGA billionaire’s jet also did another ICE flight, to Sierra Leone.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
ICE flight refuels in Ireland again before landing in Egypt; Irish activist pressed police to investigate. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
Another Journey Aviation plane has just landed at Shannon. Is it carrying ICE deportees, shackled to seats while the plane is refuelled?
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Another Journey Aviation plane has just landed at Shannon. Is it carrying ICE deportees, shackled to seats while the plane is refuelled?
So what's another word for an anti-anti-fascist?
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The Trump Admin Arrested an Antifascist for Shit-Talking a Fascist
A supposed ‘antifa domestic terrorist’ was arrested for ‘cyberstalking’ a controversial right-wing agitator who showed up at a reporter’s home to threaten him.
zeteo.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
So what's another word for an anti-anti-fascist?
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Shackled Palestinian Men on Plane at Shannon shannonwatch.org/content/shac...
Its a shocking indicator of how complicit the Irish government and their authorities are in the illegal violence of the US and Israel.
Its a shocking indicator of how complicit the Irish government and their authorities are in the illegal violence of the US and Israel.
Shackled Palestinian Men on Plane at Shannon
Reports have come to light of Palestinian men being held shackled on a plane at Shannon when refueling took place. This shocking revelation came to light in reports in The Guardian newspaper, Common D...
shannonwatch.org
February 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Shackled Palestinian Men on Plane at Shannon shannonwatch.org/content/shac...
Its a shocking indicator of how complicit the Irish government and their authorities are in the illegal violence of the US and Israel.
Its a shocking indicator of how complicit the Irish government and their authorities are in the illegal violence of the US and Israel.
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Ireland: A stunning 71 per cent of respondents favour putting a guarantee about neutrality in the Constitution.
Latest Irish Times poll.
Latest Irish Times poll.
February 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Ireland: A stunning 71 per cent of respondents favour putting a guarantee about neutrality in the Constitution.
Latest Irish Times poll.
Latest Irish Times poll.
ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @MotherJones
ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler
A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @MotherJones
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Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
January 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
We don't let newspapers accept any form of violent or explicit material in their ads, and say its up to individual users not to publish harmful images. Similarly, there should be restrictions on what online platforms can publish/distribute.
X not responsible for child sexual abuse images, individual users are - Media Minister jrnl.ie/6921190
X not responsible for child sexual abuse images, individual users are - Media Minister
The minister argued that technology is moving too fast for laws to keep pace.
jrnl.ie
January 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
We don't let newspapers accept any form of violent or explicit material in their ads, and say its up to individual users not to publish harmful images. Similarly, there should be restrictions on what online platforms can publish/distribute.
Well done @rte.ie
Now we need to see other cultural and sporting organisations refusing to engage with repesentatives of the Israeli state.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Now we need to see other cultural and sporting organisations refusing to engage with repesentatives of the Israeli state.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well done @rte.ie
Now we need to see other cultural and sporting organisations refusing to engage with repesentatives of the Israeli state.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Now we need to see other cultural and sporting organisations refusing to engage with repesentatives of the Israeli state.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Maybe Oireachtas members who won't nominate someone to contest the presidential election do so because they think they would not make a good president.
Or maybe they don't like how her candidacy could be used to target vulnerable groups & make Ireland a less compassionate place.
Or maybe they don't like how her candidacy could be used to target vulnerable groups & make Ireland a less compassionate place.
September 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Maybe Oireachtas members who won't nominate someone to contest the presidential election do so because they think they would not make a good president.
Or maybe they don't like how her candidacy could be used to target vulnerable groups & make Ireland a less compassionate place.
Or maybe they don't like how her candidacy could be used to target vulnerable groups & make Ireland a less compassionate place.
An unfair representation of the situation faced by asylum seekers by the Minister.
He surely knows that there is nowhere for them to go. And that local authorities are failing to provide them with emergency accommodation.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
He surely knows that there is nowhere for them to go. And that local authorities are failing to provide them with emergency accommodation.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
More than 5,000 refugees 'abusing' State accommodation by refusing to leave, justice minister says
Jim O'Callaghan to tell Dáil committee that working international protection applicants should pay towards their accommodation costs
www.irishexaminer.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
An unfair representation of the situation faced by asylum seekers by the Minister.
He surely knows that there is nowhere for them to go. And that local authorities are failing to provide them with emergency accommodation.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
He surely knows that there is nowhere for them to go. And that local authorities are failing to provide them with emergency accommodation.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
The fixation the ultraconservatives have with migration is tiring.
Its good. Its necessary. And the majority of the 80 million strong Irish diaspora who've benefited from it would probably all agree.
Its good. Its necessary. And the majority of the 80 million strong Irish diaspora who've benefited from it would probably all agree.
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The fixation the ultraconservatives have with migration is tiring.
Its good. Its necessary. And the majority of the 80 million strong Irish diaspora who've benefited from it would probably all agree.
Its good. Its necessary. And the majority of the 80 million strong Irish diaspora who've benefited from it would probably all agree.
There are governments and businesses all over Europe whose inaction is leading to this.
In this one a doctor talks about doing an emergency c-section on a beheaded woman to deliver her baby.
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
There are governments and businesses all over Europe whose inaction is leading to this.
Hey @news.rte.ie - why do you keep giving airtime to a war criminal? #GazaGenocide
September 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hey @news.rte.ie - why do you keep giving airtime to a war criminal? #GazaGenocide
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Tomorrow! Clare, North Tipperary & Limerick IPSC march together in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers in @ipsc.bsky.social regional day of action. We demand immediate sanctions from our government to stop apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians
#SanctionsNow #FreePalestine
#SanctionsNow #FreePalestine
September 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tomorrow! Clare, North Tipperary & Limerick IPSC march together in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers in @ipsc.bsky.social regional day of action. We demand immediate sanctions from our government to stop apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians
#SanctionsNow #FreePalestine
#SanctionsNow #FreePalestine
Does anyone know what the function of the riders is in relation to candidates running in the presidential election?
September 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Does anyone know what the function of the riders is in relation to candidates running in the presidential election?
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“Children in the Gaza Strip are starving to death.
“Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is watching it happen.
"Children must be protected - not killed, and not left to starve."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
“Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is watching it happen.
"Children must be protected - not killed, and not left to starve."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on the unconscionable deaths of children by starvation in the Gaza Strip
www.unicef.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“Children in the Gaza Strip are starving to death.
“Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is watching it happen.
"Children must be protected - not killed, and not left to starve."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
“Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is watching it happen.
"Children must be protected - not killed, and not left to starve."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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The July meeting of Limerick Council (Metro District) is this morning at 9:45am.
Watching it on the web 🧵 - usual largely-unwanted commentary will be added if you feel like following along.
#CouncilMeetingThread
Watching it on the web 🧵 - usual largely-unwanted commentary will be added if you feel like following along.
#CouncilMeetingThread
July 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The July meeting of Limerick Council (Metro District) is this morning at 9:45am.
Watching it on the web 🧵 - usual largely-unwanted commentary will be added if you feel like following along.
#CouncilMeetingThread
Watching it on the web 🧵 - usual largely-unwanted commentary will be added if you feel like following along.
#CouncilMeetingThread
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Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour.
Over 100 Irish families have volunteered to host the Palestinian group and GAA clubs up and down the country have been fundraising for their tour. www.thejournal.ie/gaa-palestin...
Over 100 Irish families have volunteered to host the Palestinian group and GAA clubs up and down the country have been fundraising for their tour. www.thejournal.ie/gaa-palestin...
Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour
Over 100 Irish families have volunteered to host the Palestinian group and GAA clubs up and down the country have been fundraising for their tour.
www.thejournal.ie
July 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour.
Over 100 Irish families have volunteered to host the Palestinian group and GAA clubs up and down the country have been fundraising for their tour. www.thejournal.ie/gaa-palestin...
Over 100 Irish families have volunteered to host the Palestinian group and GAA clubs up and down the country have been fundraising for their tour. www.thejournal.ie/gaa-palestin...
It makes no sense to say that Irish people could become a minority in Ireland ... unless you're a politician trying to shore up a traditionalist voter base (s)he thinks can be duped by some anti-immigrant dog whistling.
www.limerickleader.ie/news/politic...
www.limerickleader.ie/news/politic...
Limerick TD issues warning and says he wants to see Irish culture 'protected'
Independent Ireland member Richard O'Donoghue believes Irish people could become a minority in own country
www.limerickleader.ie
July 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It makes no sense to say that Irish people could become a minority in Ireland ... unless you're a politician trying to shore up a traditionalist voter base (s)he thinks can be duped by some anti-immigrant dog whistling.
www.limerickleader.ie/news/politic...
www.limerickleader.ie/news/politic...
We're climbing Mount Brandon tomorrow to raise much needed funds for Doras. Last call for donations - give what you can.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We're climbing Mount Brandon tomorrow to raise much needed funds for Doras. Last call for donations - give what you can.
With grateful thanks for your support! 🙏
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With grateful thanks for your support! 🙏
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/j...
Don't be distracted from #Gaza. And the #genocide.
At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Witnesses describe ‘horror’ after Israeli forces fire at Palestinians waiting for aid trucks
At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Don't be distracted from #Gaza. And the #genocide.
At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...