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“European leaders quake at the prospect of angering Washington in the same breath that they waffle about sovereignty and principles.”
~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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January 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
“European leaders quake at the prospect of angering Washington in the same breath that they waffle about sovereignty and principles.”
~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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“This island needs a national dialogue with facilitated local forums established in every county, a responsibility that may ultimately fall to civic society, should political parties fail to unite.”
~Emma Desouza
The Irish News
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~Emma Desouza
The Irish News
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January 9, 2026 at 6:37 AM
“This island needs a national dialogue with facilitated local forums established in every county, a responsibility that may ultimately fall to civic society, should political parties fail to unite.”
~Emma Desouza
The Irish News
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~Emma Desouza
The Irish News
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“Celtic fans and support for Palestine go hand in hand. Rarely, if ever, does the Palestinian flag not fly at Paradise.”
~Kelly Given
The National
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~Kelly Given
The National
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January 8, 2026 at 6:42 AM
“Celtic fans and support for Palestine go hand in hand. Rarely, if ever, does the Palestinian flag not fly at Paradise.”
~Kelly Given
The National
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~Kelly Given
The National
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“As Ireland makes the final preparations for its ascension to council president, it must reflect on what it gains by eroding human rights in Europe when the entire rule-of-law-based world order is under threat.”
~Andrew Forde
Irish Examiner
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~Andrew Forde
Irish Examiner
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January 7, 2026 at 7:43 AM
“As Ireland makes the final preparations for its ascension to council president, it must reflect on what it gains by eroding human rights in Europe when the entire rule-of-law-based world order is under threat.”
~Andrew Forde
Irish Examiner
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~Andrew Forde
Irish Examiner
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“It is Walmart warmongering, a Bargain City blitzkrieg, a Kmart coup”
~Fintan O’Toole
The Irish Times
Foreign policy replaced by a Netflix script.
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~Fintan O’Toole
The Irish Times
Foreign policy replaced by a Netflix script.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“It is Walmart warmongering, a Bargain City blitzkrieg, a Kmart coup”
~Fintan O’Toole
The Irish Times
Foreign policy replaced by a Netflix script.
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~Fintan O’Toole
The Irish Times
Foreign policy replaced by a Netflix script.
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“The forcible capture of a sitting head of state by another country, without a clear mandate from an international court, represents a dramatic departure from established norms of law”
~editorial
The Irish News
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~editorial
The Irish News
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January 5, 2026 at 6:38 AM
“The forcible capture of a sitting head of state by another country, without a clear mandate from an international court, represents a dramatic departure from established norms of law”
~editorial
The Irish News
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~editorial
The Irish News
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“If we are serious about protecting our children, we could start by protecting them from the politics of fear”
~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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January 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
“If we are serious about protecting our children, we could start by protecting them from the politics of fear”
~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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~Colin Sheridan @colinivan
Irish Examiner
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“Our masters of the universe are seldom spotted trudging to work in the rain, waiting for a bed in a hospital or a domestic violence refuge, residing beside derelict buildings or on streets festooned with menacing anti-immigration flags.”
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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January 2, 2026 at 9:23 AM
“Our masters of the universe are seldom spotted trudging to work in the rain, waiting for a bed in a hospital or a domestic violence refuge, residing beside derelict buildings or on streets festooned with menacing anti-immigration flags.”
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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“The most important challenge in 2026 will be the protection of human rights and human rights defenders.”
~Andrée Murphy
Andersonstown News
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~Andrée Murphy
Andersonstown News
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January 1, 2026 at 9:34 AM
“The most important challenge in 2026 will be the protection of human rights and human rights defenders.”
~Andrée Murphy
Andersonstown News
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~Andrée Murphy
Andersonstown News
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“the only people who would want to stay connected to a politics that no longer exists are, you’ve guessed it, unionists.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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December 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“the only people who would want to stay connected to a politics that no longer exists are, you’ve guessed it, unionists.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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“What matters most is the Irish Government making its collective mind up about acting on a goal it is legally/ politically committed to.”
~Colin Harvey
The Irish News
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~Colin Harvey
The Irish News
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December 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“What matters most is the Irish Government making its collective mind up about acting on a goal it is legally/ politically committed to.”
~Colin Harvey
The Irish News
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~Colin Harvey
The Irish News
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“Sectarianism functioned as cover. It reduced a colonial conflict and a contested sovereignty question into “two warring tribes”, absolving the state of responsibility.”
~Patricia MacBride
The Irish News
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~Patricia MacBride
The Irish News
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December 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“Sectarianism functioned as cover. It reduced a colonial conflict and a contested sovereignty question into “two warring tribes”, absolving the state of responsibility.”
~Patricia MacBride
The Irish News
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~Patricia MacBride
The Irish News
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“This Labour regime is chock-full of Israel supporters and Israel apologists.”
~editorial
Andersonstown News
~editorial
Andersonstown News
December 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“This Labour regime is chock-full of Israel supporters and Israel apologists.”
~editorial
Andersonstown News
~editorial
Andersonstown News
“You could write the script the British government is following, because it is exactly the same as the one Thatcher’s government followed in 1981.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
December 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“You could write the script the British government is following, because it is exactly the same as the one Thatcher’s government followed in 1981.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
“Fragile is the flesh of defenceless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds,”
~Pope Leo
The Irish Times
~Pope Leo
The Irish Times
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“Fragile is the flesh of defenceless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds,”
~Pope Leo
The Irish Times
~Pope Leo
The Irish Times
“It is no surprise, then, to learn that Israeli forces have killed so many of those bearing witness to their atrocities.”
~editorial
Irish Examiner
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~editorial
Irish Examiner
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December 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“It is no surprise, then, to learn that Israeli forces have killed so many of those bearing witness to their atrocities.”
~editorial
Irish Examiner
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~editorial
Irish Examiner
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“The fundamental problem is that SF and the DUP do not agree on the purpose of the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement. They don’t share a common aim, let alone agree to share power.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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December 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“The fundamental problem is that SF and the DUP do not agree on the purpose of the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement. They don’t share a common aim, let alone agree to share power.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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“we are talking about a chief executive who is above the law”
~Prof Aziz Huq
Irish Examiner
[From demagogue to piracy, rogue narcissist to partner in genocide, watch as every law is ignored to feed an insatiable ego]
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~Prof Aziz Huq
Irish Examiner
[From demagogue to piracy, rogue narcissist to partner in genocide, watch as every law is ignored to feed an insatiable ego]
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December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“we are talking about a chief executive who is above the law”
~Prof Aziz Huq
Irish Examiner
[From demagogue to piracy, rogue narcissist to partner in genocide, watch as every law is ignored to feed an insatiable ego]
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~Prof Aziz Huq
Irish Examiner
[From demagogue to piracy, rogue narcissist to partner in genocide, watch as every law is ignored to feed an insatiable ego]
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“The images of retired elderly professionals being led away by the Met Police has been a stain on Keir Starmer's leadership”
~Allison Morris
Belfast Telegraph
~Allison Morris
Belfast Telegraph
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“The images of retired elderly professionals being led away by the Met Police has been a stain on Keir Starmer's leadership”
~Allison Morris
Belfast Telegraph
~Allison Morris
Belfast Telegraph
“The ongoing genocide is robbing Palestinians of their futures, and these strikers have responded by putting themselves on the line.”
~Naoise Dolan
The Sunday Independent
~Naoise Dolan
The Sunday Independent
December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“The ongoing genocide is robbing Palestinians of their futures, and these strikers have responded by putting themselves on the line.”
~Naoise Dolan
The Sunday Independent
~Naoise Dolan
The Sunday Independent
“A watching world has kept schtum about it all for fear of scuppering a ceasefire that is flagrantly failing to cease the firing.”
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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December 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“A watching world has kept schtum about it all for fear of scuppering a ceasefire that is flagrantly failing to cease the firing.”
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
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It isn’t just Trump.
Irish Examiner
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Irish Examiner
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December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It isn’t just Trump.
Irish Examiner
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Irish Examiner
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Laughing MPs set to continue their legacy of political stupidity.
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Laughing MPs set to continue their legacy of political stupidity.
“If unionists cannot rule the roost, they will do everything they can to ensure that nationalists are stymied.”
~Tom Collins
The Irish News
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~Tom Collins
The Irish News
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December 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“If unionists cannot rule the roost, they will do everything they can to ensure that nationalists are stymied.”
~Tom Collins
The Irish News
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~Tom Collins
The Irish News
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