Attracta Uí Bhroin
@attractaub.bsky.social
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
"The German defence industry makes eight billion a year from purely its transactions with Israel, and Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s defence forces are committing war crimes, which Germany is profiting from.” - Conor Devally
Irish Independent@independent.ie · 7d agoFather of imprisoned Irish activist Daniel Tatlow-Devally: ‘I want to give him a big hug and strangle him’
Minister opposes Constitutional separation of powers. Resignation issue.
Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 2w ago
“I don’t know what historians in the future will call this historical period. The world order, based on the UN Charter and international law, is collapsing before our eyes...” ~ @avalaina.bsky.social (2024) irishpages.org/product/vol-...
Supported by the European Union, to the bitter end.
Jonathan Cook@jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 3w agoIsrael continues to block international journalists from Gaza, despite a "ceasefire". Israel ignores its own Supreme Court's ruling to allow Red Cross visits to prisons – deemed "torture camps" by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. Does Israel have something to hide?
The awful deaths of Adina Raluca Constantin, Jamey Carney, and Mackenzie Michalski threaten to overwhelm us, but there are many good people living quiet lives of decency www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Sarah Harte: We can't let the worst of human nature blind us to the best of it
The awful deaths of Adina Raluca Constantin, Jamey Carney, and Mackenzie Michalski threaten to overwhelm us, but there are many good people living quiet lives of decency
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The UN has added Israel to a blacklist for sexual violence in conflict, citing abuse by security forces, including the rape of male detainees. Britain this month raised concerns about sexual assault in Israel’s detention centres at the UN security council.
‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention
Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners
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Australian police are investigating rape and torture allegations made by flotilla participants in May. French prosecutors have opened a war crimes inquiry into suspected torture and mistreatment of their citizens in Israeli detention.
'Israeli media reports that Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar will be one of those in attendance.' www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Irish diplomats to attend Trump’s ‘antifa terrorism’ summit in Washington
Unclear how many countries will send foreign ministers to summit aimed at addressing ‘far-left terrorism’
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Report from Trump's Death Camps: Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia
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Another reason 👇 to boycott the #FIFA #Worldcup in the #USA albeit part of me wants to cheer for #Espana as they have led on support for #Palestine #Gaza and #HumanRights next .. #football www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia
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How many Irish people have ever experienced the wonder of old-growth natural forest in our own country? Given that it now covers less than 0.1% (<1/1,000th) of Ireland, likely only a tiny few. What a terribly sad thought. Allowing surviving remnants to expand naturally should be a *top* priority.
Who was it said News is what the powerful do not want to see disclosed to the public?
A great writer and a wonderful person. Thanks, Yahia.
Yahia Lababidi@ysl.bsky.social · 4w agoGrateful to join PalCast to discuss #IfYouCannotSayGenocide, why naming Israel’s genocide in Gaza matters, and #poetry is a form of “spiritual journalism.” justworldeducational.org/2026/07/new-... @newvillagepress.bsky.social #Palestine #booksky #Gaza #podcast Thank you @tonygroves.bsky.social
If you care about #environmentaldemocracy #housing #criticalinfrastructure #climatechange #ruleoflaw #publicaccountability #Aarhus #EULaw #theConstitution #nature and if you have sense - support this case of @antaisce.bsky.social & Friends of the Irish Environment www.antaisce.org/News/environ...
Huge 👏 to An Taisce & FIE for taking 👇 case. I consider it so important I took leave to work on it. This case goes right to the heart of what we do & don't want in our #democracy, whether we stand for the #ruleoflaw our #Constitution #publicaccountability #publicinterest #commongood #environment
Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 4w agoYesterday @antaisce.bsky.social and @FIE launched a legal challenge to the new judicial review cost caps. These new caps mean, if a member of the public or eNGO wins their case, they will still have to pay tens of thousands to correct the mistake by the State. www.antaisce.org/News/environ...
"The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed," says Commission chair, Justice Srinivasan Muralidhar. At least 5,031 were under five; 1,029 under one and about 420 newborns. Save the Children estimates a further 5,160 children remain buried under rubble.
YAC News@yacnews.bsky.social · last mo.UN inquiry finds Israel deliberately targeted Gaza children, amounting to genocide www.yacnews.com/un-inquiry-f...
'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide'
Ciara Mageean: I've had horrible messages whenever I share my thoughts on Israel
'I don’t understand a world where the consequences of speaking out against a genocide seem worse than the consequences for the people actually enacting a genocide'
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EirGrid predicts that data centres will be using 31% of all the electricity consumed in the country by 2034, median-growth scenario. It was 22% in 2024.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Saturday that, between the sea and the Jordan River, there is no room for two states. Netanyahu said the Israeli public had previously been divided over the two-state solution, but that this had changed over the past three years.
One to watch as the Judges who are being attacked respond.
Common Dreams@commondreams.org · last mo.'Antithesis of the Rule of Law': ICC Judges Sue Trump Over Sanctions
Up to 20 backbenchers have penned a letter claiming the bill “constitutes a fundamental change in traditional Fianna Fáil policy as enunciated in successive ard fheiseanna, policy manifestos [and] public statements”. - Mary Regan
Fianna Fáil TDs plan pre-summer showdown over Triple Lock reform
A number of backbenchers have signed a letter stating the legislation has not been discussed enough within the party
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EPA report: 43 of river sites have elevated nitrogen levels. Situation getting worse not better.
Decline in Ireland's highest quality water bodies 'a serious warning sign', EPA says
The EPA report said a large proportion of river sites (43%) have elevated nitrogen levels, many in the south and east of the country
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EU foreign ministers have again refused to take action against Israel.
EU foreign ministers fail to agree sanctions against Israel over Gaza genocide
However, following an intervention by Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia, the European Commission will be requested to outline proposals to end trade with the occupied territories
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'We live in a world that has increasingly come under the control of “a gaggle of cruel, vain, very rich men who are fully engaged in the enterprise of stripping every public and societal resource for parts”.' - Omar El Akkad
The Israeli government — including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu — is accused of starving the civilian population. EU shrugs.
EU foreign ministers fail to agree sanctions against Israel over Gaza genocide
However, following an intervention by Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia, the European Commission will be requested to outline proposals to end trade with the occupied territories
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While the EU and Ireland stands idly by ...nay is complicit ..
Joe Noonan@joenoonan.bsky.social · 2mo ago👇Probably the most expensive dinner & photo op ever in the history of the State given the exposure Taoiseach Micheál Martin & Canadian PM Mark Carney are driving for the Irish taxpayer with the push for ratification of dreadful Investor State Dispute Clauses in #CETA #ISDS www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Taoiseach welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Carney to Ireland
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