From the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... #agepersecution of Palestinian children (at last…)

Midsummer delights on Knockaphuca, Goleen

Name the crime against humanity fromsaltintears.com/the-time-to-choose/the-ghost-crime-against-humanity-waiting-to-be-seen #agepersecution

‘You exist as the stars exist, participating in their stillness, their immensity.’

Legal doomerism and defeatism are self fulfilling. And may get you blocked.

Shivering and hungry mothers bore their sickly infants, doomed before they saw the light, both soon frail flotsam on far Lethe's shore. — from Ethna MacCarthy’s The Charity (a treasure of undiscovered beauty ⬇️) www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

The Ghost crime against humanity, felt more than known, present more than said (revised) fromsaltintears.com/the-time-to-choose/the-ghost-crime-against-humanity-waiting-to-be-seen The example: Israel’s persecution of Palestinian children #anychildismychild #internationallaw #childrights #spéirgorm

‘Others are using this energy crisis to accelerate structural change: France has doubled funding for electrification, while Spain’s rapid expansion of renewables has reduced its reliance on gas & kept electricity prices low through the latest shocks’ #spéirgorm www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

And that’s the meaning I intend when I call for radical justice for children ✨ fromsaltintears.com/radical-justice-4-kids

BIG - Pope Leo XIV: Enough with the idolatry of self and money! Enough with the display of power! Enough with war! True strength is manifested in serving life.

Yes. #spéirgorm

I really miss @rteradio1.bsky.social Drivetime from 6 to 7. And because I switch to something else I miss Arena @rickoshea.bsky.social ☹️ #spéirgorm

This is a threat to commit an atrocity crime of extraordinary proportions. The statement appears to be designed to spread terror among the Iranian population, which would render the threat itself a violation of international law, as recognized in the DoD Law of War Manual.

The North Atlantic roar post-storm

From Letter of Over 100 *US* Based International Law Experts: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...

How many emigrant children have suffered this injustice quietly? Feeling it more than understanding?

false buffer of empire that shrouded my hearing / veiled my sight, turned / me bastard child away from my true mother — from Esther Phillips’s My Ancestors Gifted Me Their Silence recited yesterday re UNGA Decl calling on states to engage in dialogue on reparative justice youtu.be/zQ62jsqP0SM

Why? Surely Daniel O’Connell will come back to haunt Ireland? #spéirgorm

Even if a mistake of fact negates the requisite mental element for a war crime under the ICC Statute, the US attack on the Minab school may still constitute a war crime under customary humanitarian law on the basis of recklessness

‘What was the difference between those children [the children killed in the US attack on the Minab school] & the children killed in the protests of last January? What was the difference between the life of Khamenei’s grandchild & dear Kian [1 of 43 kids killed by state security forces in 2022]’?

And here it is in bloom in last summer…

Also relevant today in every way

What is Emmanuel Grégoire, the new Paris mayor, planning for the city over his new term in office? —60,000 new social housing units —15 express bus routes —Completion of city's full bike network —Transformation of ring highway into a boulevard —1000 new pedestrian streets —300 new hectares of parks

West Cork, Ireland The land is being unwilded The hedgerows depleted And the Larks near us have gone portending the Silent Spring to come #spéirgorm Will you hold the Government to account @corkgreens.bsky.social @labour.ie @social-democrats.bsky.social & demand they incentivise the opposite?

Zoom in and marvel in awe at these new moss-built homes awaiting camouflage.

En 12 ans, Paris s'est transformée comme jamais.

8 months later the UN Fact Finding Mission for Iran concluded it was a war crime webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14... & www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

The importance of the Rohingya genocide case in the ICJ, including for the Gaza case. eastasiaforum.org/2026/03/17/t...

‘Weep with those who weep…’

In the middle of destruction, above the remnants of their destroyed homes, Palestinian and Lebanese musicians continue to play music to send a message of resilience and hope. Even amid ongoing strikes and widespread devastation affecting civilians, music remains a source of unity and strength.

NEW: Our in-depth investigation finds that US has violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm. US is responsible for deadly attack on school in #Minab packed full of children.

From Han Kang’s Light and Thread

Let’s not forget the protest was sparked by the arrest and detention of 15 children calling for freedom edition.cnn.com/2012/03/01/w...

Around him oil and water mix with air: Who builds a girls’ school on a navy base? Who bombs that base when girls are playing there? A black rain falls; he rubs it off his face.

River Lee Otter. Cork City yesterday 14/03/26. #cork

Desalination plants, civilian factories, hospitals, schools, cultural and historic sites, apartment buildings, homes, businesses, oil infrastructure, electrical infrastructure & now food warehouse. The basic necessities of daily life 4 a civilian population. All have been targeted by the US/Israel

From Han Kang’s Light and Thread *Gwangju = 1980 Gwangju massacre = common noun

These heartbeats have gone flat

Mahmoud Darwish: ‘Till my End and Till Its End’ "Are you tired of walking / My son, are you tired?"

No words are needed to see these atrocity crimes and yet they continue in the shadows of our collective conscience www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Ahem Government www.irishtimes.com/politics/202..., our (the people’s) elected President @president.ie is merely reaffirming the Constitution & Ireland’s assumed international rights & obligations Not to call out the US-Israel aggression as a manifest breach of international law is wrong #speirgorm