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Eamonn Noonan
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International relations, human rights, strategic foresight, history.

Hibernia me genuit, Germania Italiaque me docuit, Belgia me recepit, Norvegia me tenet.
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"Amid the rubble and dust, #Gaza ’s children still give life its meaning.
No swings, no playgrounds...
They turn stones into toys, & tents into fields of joy.
As if to say:
We are not children of war... we are children of hope - & life is stronger than destruction."

www.instagram.com/p/DQlQoUjiDUz/
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Having visited both St. Denis & Chartres this month, I know this is a big compliment. And eminently deserved in the case of @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs

This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Ireland winning goal and end of match with Irish commentary
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Troy Parrott.

“I love where I’m from… This is the first time I’ve cried in years.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk was detained by 🇨🇦 customs agents and, for four hours, was asked a series of questions about his participation in the conference, his involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his position on Israel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Border officers detain well-known legal scholar travelling to conference on Palestine | CBC News
A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Speaking to reporters in Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday, Pope Leo said Cardinal Pietro Parolin had
"very clearly expressed the opinion of the Holy See" on the war in Gaza when he spoke to Vatican News www.thetablet.co.uk/news/pope-le...
Pope Leo defends Parolin after Israeli embassy complaint - The Tablet
The Pope defended comments by the Vatican’s Secretary of State that Israel’s Embassy to the Holy See said undermined peace efforts.
www.thetablet.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Israel-Gaza-Krieg: Kinder in Gaza erleben traumatische Szenen: Sie sprechen nicht mehr oder reißen sich Haare aus: Der Krieg in Gaza hat die Kinder traumatisiert. Psychologin Katrin Glatz Brubakk hat vor Ort geholfen und berichtet, was sie erlebt hat.
Israel-Gaza-Krieg: Kinder in Gaza erleben traumatische Szenen
Sie sprechen nicht mehr oder reißen sich Haare aus: Der Krieg in Gaza hat die Kinder traumatisiert. Psychologin Katrin Glatz Brubakk hat vor Ort geholfen und berichtet, was sie erlebt hat.
www.spiegel.de
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Just the hugest congrats to @greenpeace.no - who've had their historic win against three massive oil fields confirmed in a court of appeal y'day

100,000 will die early if the fossil fuels in these fields are dug up and burned -->>

www.greenpeace.org/norway/nyhet...
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Yes, a stupid attempt to strong arm a supportive member state would be a brilliant way to build solidarity in the face of multiple common challenges.
My advice to EU ministers, Commissioners and officials planning on attending #EU Presidency meetings in Ireland between July and December 2026 is..

Unless #Ireland guarantees adequate NATO-standard air #defence cover against Russian drone threats..

DON'T!

🧵 #security #speirgorm #spéirgorm #civmil
Former Attorney General Senator Michael McDowell can raise whatever "constitutional questions" he likes, but it makes no difference: EU Presidency events require protection against Russian drone threats (or worse) and the Irish Defence Forces are incapable of providing that. #spéirghorm #spéirgorm
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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russia is out of men. How out? Border guards at russian-Estonian border are now dummies. Все ушли на фронт!= everyones at war
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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While other cities are removing concrete to create green parks
Cork is removing green parks to create another concrete plaza

Would love to know what the carbon footprint of all this concrete is?
Not to mention the removal of trees
#PureCork #speirgorm #DerelictIreland #Greenwashing
RIP Bishop Lucey Park
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I haven’t needed a coat these past ten unseasonably mild November days around Paris & Brussels. Until now, indoors at a chilly departure gate in Zavantem.
#loveBrussels #FirstWorldPProblems
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Das ist ein schön differenzierter Bericht zu dem Desaster im EP gestern.

Aber wie man es dreht und wendet: Die Konservativen betreiben mit Rechtsaußen die Schwächung von Menschenrechten. Ausgerechnet unter der Führung eines deutschen CDU-Politikers. Ein übles Signal.
(S+) Europa-Parlament: Konservative kooperieren mit extremen Rechten
Die europäischen Konservativen brechen ein Tabu. Im Europaparlament lassen sie es auf eine Mehrheit mit Rechtsextremen ankommen, um das Lieferkettengesetz zu lockern. Die Schuld geben sie den Sozialde...
www.spiegel.de
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Chart from the excellent Tripe & Drisheen compares planning permissions granted and units commenced.

Judicial oversight is not the problem here.

See more at link tripeanddrisheen.substack.com/p/the-friday...
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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I wrote about how exceptional police powers to place people under house arrest without trial along other things were introduced in the state of emergency in the hours after the Paris Bataclan attacks, were extended six times, before ultimately being made permanent French law.
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Over 2/3 of primary energy is wasted as heat.

The transition isn’t about matching that waste — it’s about outperforming it with efficient clean energy technology.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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International law professor Neve Gordon (Queen Mary University of London):
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special

The new Private Eye is out now.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Totalitarian regimes don’t solve the problems facing democracies, like social
Injustice.
They just stop people complaining.
- Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties
Quote of the day, so far, from the #ESPAS conference.
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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EU tech law - EU Commission starts investigation of Google under Digital Markets Act, for downgrading publishers in search results - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission opens investigation into potential Digital Markets Act breach by Google in demoting media publishers\' content in search results
Today, the European Commission has formally launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers\' websites on Google Search...
ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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First part of today's partially shizophrenic votes in - where the EP plenary, based on the 'von der Leyen' majority against the far-right, voted in favour of the 90+% carbon reduction goal for 2040.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM