I know the world is upside down and scary but sometimes we can be a bit less urgent belfastmedia.com/ditch-the-pl...

If you are keen on unifying the country maybe mention the disgraceful lack of voting rights of Irish citizens, living in their own country but on the wrong side of partition. And mention it often. Especially if you are a candidate 🧐

SF supporting Catherine Connolly makes sense internally as well as externally. The early momentum of leading the alternative left government needs to be reinforced if the objective of replacing FF/FG is to be realised. In that context losing would be a monumental blow to all parties. High stakes.

Only Dublin could treat the provision of public toilets as if they were being asked to land people on Mars.

An Tánaiste is giving some bold commitments today, on behalf of Rialtas na hÉireann, to our citizens in the north east of Ulster. I sincerely hope he is proved right and is vindicated. @simonharrisireland.bsky.social @cjharvey1.bsky.social @andreemurphy.bsky.social @bloodysundaytrust.bsky.social

The tenacity of families who refused to accept a Legacy Bill of impunity and no hope should be widely acknowledged today. The paper is undoubtedly imperfect but huge progress has been made

Only a third of world’s river basins experienced normal conditions in 2024: Increasingly erratic water cycle is creating food scarcity, rising prices, conflict and migration, says UN agency Only a third of the world’s river basins experienced normal conditions last year as the climate cri...

Devastating www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

While we speculate and consider the candidates with feverish anticipation we know that we have no vote. belfastmedia.com/the-popcorn-...

There should be zero surprise in Ireland at Britain’s actions regarding Gaza belfastmedia.com/britain-s-co...

There needs to be concerted and dedicated political a tion including respurces to tackle violence against women across this island belfastmedia.com/all-island-s...

Comber Orange Order has released a clarification which fails to understand: being an Irish republican is not only legitimate, it is noble. The Irish identity and culture is legitimate and noble. Flying the Irish flag and singing the Irish anthem is legitimate and noble. Saying other is bigotry

What is the PSNI actually for? We have to be better than this. Emma Pengelly should be standing there tomorrow and saying she will ref the first game. It is the lack of the leadership from those who are paid to do it that creates the fear and leaves good people isolated and vulnerable

The cricket club is trying its best The Orange Order has led a charge against young Gaels and the cricket club felt isolated And young people get bigotry as their example A lot to unpick here www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Lets think about the barriers to reconciliation - partition is one of the fundamental ones x- belfastmedia.com/constitution...

An Orange card in the rest of the world looks like this. Here it looks like insanity

If that bonfire is lit tonight the people who will claim victory will have lost so much. And told the rest of us that fundamental change is our only option.

Remember when republicans actually disbanded and actually prevented violence and threats of violence on the streets? And still nothing they did was good enough? And think about the loyalist gangs that have still not disbanded, are threatening violence over a bonfire and seeking a few quid more

Nothing sums up the sadness I feel when thinking of Stormont more than this week. An environment minister who could have been the hero, protecting working class communities from asbestos went on the missing. Gifted it by a far too slow to respond Belfast Council, he hid.

Highly recommend @pbs.org's new documentary, Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

The history of Irish Northern Aid needed to be told. On RTÉ this the first of a two parter begins that journey belfastmedia.com/irish-northe...

I think we need to talk about Belfast. She needs an intervention belfastmedia.com/a-better-bel...

From 1916 to today the Irish will make British PNs quake in their boots belfastmedia.com/the-irish-wi...

Chancers, criminals and traitors who should never be allowed fly the Irish Flags in their cause of hate, and division

belfastmedia.com/israel-must-... Last week I found myself ambivalent about Israeli civilians being killed. I refuse to become the hypocrite violence encouraged us to be

My column in the Andersonstown News this Week belfastmedia.com/we-do-not-as...

When I was diagnosed in 2017 I learned that the treatment I received had not changed in decades. 70% of those diagnosed with meningioma are women. While meningioma are mainly slow growing tumours that can hide life changing, diminishing and life shortening impacts. We urgently need funded research

In her column for the Andersonstown News, @andreemurphy.bsky.social asks in the first line, “What is the BBC’s exit strategy in the scenario for a United Ireland?” That’s a great question.

As with Mark Sykes on the Ormeau Rd, this is an entirely unnecessary arrest. It’s disproportionate and is unreasonable in the circumstances. It’s a fucking joke. @andreemurphy.bsky.social @williamcrawley.bsky.social

Here we have a significant overreach of police power. This is an entirely disproportionate, unreasonable and unjustified removal of a citizen’s liberty. This must be challenged robustly. @andreemurphy.bsky.social @williamcrawley.bsky.social @moneillfm.bsky.social @clairehanna.bsky.social

Just as you think the Brits are calming things down, trying to fool us that normal is possible in this place we get a UVF gun runner getting kid gloves and a West Belfast rapper charged with terrorism. The fools. The fools. The fools.

A presidential candidate from Sligo?

Michael Ryan is one of modern Ireland’s greatest heroes. This treatment of humanity’s public servant is as salient an example of the trouble we are in right now as any you will see.

My column this Week on the 1st anniversary of the Legacy Act belfastmedia.com/scrap-the-ic...

Really excellent QUB Human Rights Centre seminar today by Professor Colin Murray, Newcastle Law School. @colinmurray.bsky.social Addressing key questions on the incorporation of international rights instruments here. A timely, welcome and much-needed human rights conversation at QUB.

Look I know MM and LV have been posited very differently re a border poll but look at the substance - we can choose to see the divisions or commonalitites and we can choose positivity or negativity belfastmedia.com/shaing-a-tra...

I’m absolutely up for all of the reconciliation work. The investment in all of that work and development should be heartily welcomed. But: Why is it assumed that disruption of partition would be unhelpful when the status quo is failing the citizens who live on this island?

Our programme for Government sets out an ambitious agenda for continuing to build our shared island, backed by a further €1 billion investment in the Shared Island Fund out to 2035.

Anyone else think an agreen opposition candidate makes sense for ipcoming presidential election? belfastmedia.com/frances-for-...

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