Karol Balfe
@karolbalfe.bsky.social
Women's rights / Human Rights/ Climate and economic justice. CEO ActionAid Ireland, all views my own
Fantastic piece by @jenniestephens.bsky.social on the need to re examine corporate capture in Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Time to challenge corporate power in Ireland
Greta Thunberg and Bohemian Football Club together stress need to put communities before companies
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January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Fantastic piece by @jenniestephens.bsky.social on the need to re examine corporate capture in Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Ireland and the EU should be actively shouting about US breaches of international law right now - failure to do so contributes to normalisation of a new era of colonial gangsterism.
January 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Ireland and the EU should be actively shouting about US breaches of international law right now - failure to do so contributes to normalisation of a new era of colonial gangsterism.
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![From Karol Balfe’s Article in The Journal [The ICJ mandated Israel to end its occupation, dismantle its settlements, provide full reparations to Palestinian victims and facilitate the return of displaced people.
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It is unconscionable, in this context, that the Occupied Territories Bill has been subject to repeated delays and a bizarre and illogical idea that goods and services can be separated.
It is against the essence of Irish solidarity, that has led to marches and protests sometimes on a weekly basis, that has changed how people themselves shop, with people mindful of not buying products from stolen land. A solidarity grounded in shared history but also driven by the sense of injustice at apartheid, occupation and stolen lives.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvp3gpnddge7ddmrnxtauzxc/bafkreickz4pg3u4zgzidjupw7b7oqkwzkz5vjmzxgtc4p6ovhzphcejhla@jpeg)
Inside the West Bank: Life under Israeli occupation is cruel and violent. My op ed today jrnl.ie/6911841
Inside the West Bank: Life under Israeli occupation is cruel and violent
Karol Balfe shares the stories of two women living in the West Bank and writes that Ireland needs to honour its commitment to pass the Occupied Territories Bill.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Inside the West Bank: Life under Israeli occupation is cruel and violent. My op ed today jrnl.ie/6911841
Winter in Gaza is extremely tough. My colleague Alaa shares his experience from Deir-el-Balah with @rteradio1.bsky.social
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Winter in Gaza
Alla Abu Samura, Action Aid's Emergency Response Manager for Gaza, on the current situation in Gaza as families face winter weather.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Winter in Gaza is extremely tough. My colleague Alaa shares his experience from Deir-el-Balah with @rteradio1.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
‘Catch remaining targets’: Leaked Teneo files pull back curtain on corporate lobbying...with no real pushback from Ireland
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‘Catch remaining targets’: Leaked Teneo files pull back curtain on corporate lobbying
Internal Teneo documents reveal exactly how oil firms and other big multinationals pushed to dilute EU supply chain rules
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December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
‘Catch remaining targets’: Leaked Teneo files pull back curtain on corporate lobbying...with no real pushback from Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
COP30 is over, as the dust settles, we need to ensure that justice is at the heart of our approach @actionaidie.bsky.social My op ed today
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
COP30 is over, as the dust settles, we need to ensure that justice is at the heart of our approach @actionaidie.bsky.social My op ed today
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Fossil fuels grabbed the spotlight at #COP30, while the conditions to phase them out – rich countries moving first and backing others – were sidelined.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fossil fuels grabbed the spotlight at #COP30, while the conditions to phase them out – rich countries moving first and backing others – were sidelined.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
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Thanks to @karolbalfe.bsky.social for this excellent overview of the 'good, bad & the ugly' of week 2 at COP30 via @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
Analysis: We're halfway through COP30. Here's the good, the bad and the ugly so far
Negotiators should put the needs of people who are most affected by the climate crisis at the centre of their decisions, writes Karol Balfe.
www.thejournal.ie
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Thanks to @karolbalfe.bsky.social for this excellent overview of the 'good, bad & the ugly' of week 2 at COP30 via @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
Killed, while starving and desperate for aid...a new low in Israel's genocidal campaign on Gaza www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Aid is being utterly weaponised, and the result is chaos
Israel has sunk to a new low in Gaza, writes Karol Balfe, CEO of ActionAid Ireland
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June 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Killed, while starving and desperate for aid...a new low in Israel's genocidal campaign on Gaza www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Complete and open disregard for international law.
No sanctions.
No sanctions.
May 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Complete and open disregard for international law.
No sanctions.
No sanctions.
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“Imagine trying to move with four children or an elderly parent in the middle of the night, with no transport and nowhere to go. People are so exhausted, many would rather face death than flee again.”
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
Displacement orders are 'entirely erasing Gaza', Oxfam warns
Since the breaking of the ceasefire, Israel has issued 30 forced displacement orders and are pushing people into isolated areas
www.irishexaminer.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“Imagine trying to move with four children or an elderly parent in the middle of the night, with no transport and nowhere to go. People are so exhausted, many would rather face death than flee again.”
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
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Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out
May 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out
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Just another Friday in the West Bank as the West utters mild criticism but keeps the weapons and money flowing.
May 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just another Friday in the West Bank as the West utters mild criticism but keeps the weapons and money flowing.
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Powerful letter. Long past time for the government to act.
More than 350 lawyers and legal academics say Irish Government not complying with international law obligations over Palestine crisis – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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More than 350 lawyers and academics say Government not complying with international law obligations over Palestine crisis
Ireland obliged to take steps to prevent EU rendering assistance to Israel’s ‘unlawful acts’
www.irishtimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Powerful letter. Long past time for the government to act.
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Counter-terrorism legislation, a most flexible friend of a state that fails miserably to counter or even acknowledge impunity on the part of another state whose genocide and war crimes it has enabled:
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Counter-terrorism legislation, a most flexible friend of a state that fails miserably to counter or even acknowledge impunity on the part of another state whose genocide and war crimes it has enabled:
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🔴Listen back to our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social speaking on @todayfm.bsky.social about the devastating reality the people of #Gaza are enduring.
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
May 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🔴Listen back to our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social speaking on @todayfm.bsky.social about the devastating reality the people of #Gaza are enduring.
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
This says it all
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Colin Sheridan: We quibble over words as children burn in Gaza
60,000 Palestinians, over a quarter of them children, were killed in 600 days. We have watched it all in real time
www.irishexaminer.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This says it all
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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"Dystopia is the living reality in #Gaza today. For its beleaguered #population, it feels like the world is ending, over and over again."
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
May 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Dystopia is the living reality in #Gaza today. For its beleaguered #population, it feels like the world is ending, over and over again."
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
A stain on humanity's conscience
jrnl.ie/6702653
jrnl.ie/6702653
Gaza at critical risk of famine, with one in five facing starvation
Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to Gaza has entered its third month.
jrnl.ie
May 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A stain on humanity's conscience
jrnl.ie/6702653
jrnl.ie/6702653
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
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If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.
April 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.
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Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism
Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism
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April 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
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Kneecap Manager asks the question no one ever answers: “At what point do we stop amplifying messages that are inaccurate?”
April 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Kneecap Manager asks the question no one ever answers: “At what point do we stop amplifying messages that are inaccurate?”