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
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
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Why is Keir Starmer's government adopting policies that look perfectly designed to prevent its re-election? This column seeks to unravel the mystery and explain the fundamental forces that now govern our politics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it | George Monbiot
We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
"The democratic recession does not begin when a far-right party takes office. It begins when a centrist party crushes hope in democracy."
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com call to action 👇 for all concerned for democracy rule of law society justice fairness health environment a future
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com call to action 👇 for all concerned for democracy rule of law society justice fairness health environment a future
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Fact check by Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Money Talks, B**lshit Walks
The Money is is talking us into autocracy - we shouldn't let it Money is talking us into autocracy by appropriating the common good to serve the 1%, but the common good isn't promoted by squashing peo...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Fact check by Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Fact check by @fplogue.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
Fact check by Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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We were deeply honoured to have President Connolly speak at our event today
Go raibh milé maith agat
Go raibh milé maith agat
Labhair an tUachtarán Connolly tráthnóna inniu ag ócáid a d’eagraigh An Taisce dar teideal: “Léargas ar an athrú aeráide agus a thionchar ar ár leas”
This afternoon, President Catherine Connolly spoke at an event hosted by An Taisce: ‘Snapshots on climate change and its impacts on our welfare’
This afternoon, President Catherine Connolly spoke at an event hosted by An Taisce: ‘Snapshots on climate change and its impacts on our welfare’
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We were deeply honoured to have President Connolly speak at our event today
Go raibh milé maith agat
Go raibh milé maith agat
Excellent overview on the havoc the UK tried to wreak at the Mtg of the Parties to the #AarhusConvention this week at the UN in Geneva - a serious low in respect of their international reputation IMPO
friendsoftheearth.uk/latest/uk-je...
#AccesstoJustice
#AarhusPRTRsMoPs, #MOP8Aarhus #PRTRMOPP5
friendsoftheearth.uk/latest/uk-je...
#AccesstoJustice
#AarhusPRTRsMoPs, #MOP8Aarhus #PRTRMOPP5
UK jeopardises global cooperation by refusing UN findings | Friends of the Earth
The UK has "needlessly undermined an important treaty" centred on giving "ordinary people a voice", campaigners say
friendsoftheearth.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Excellent overview on the havoc the UK tried to wreak at the Mtg of the Parties to the #AarhusConvention this week at the UN in Geneva - a serious low in respect of their international reputation IMPO
friendsoftheearth.uk/latest/uk-je...
#AccesstoJustice
#AarhusPRTRsMoPs, #MOP8Aarhus #PRTRMOPP5
friendsoftheearth.uk/latest/uk-je...
#AccesstoJustice
#AarhusPRTRsMoPs, #MOP8Aarhus #PRTRMOPP5
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Democracy does not collapse overnight. It decays slowly, often quietly, as civic space narrows and accountability fades. This is what is happening in Europe right now.
Important wake up call.
www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
Important wake up call.
www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
The EU's so-called Civil Society Strategy: a band-aid on a gaping wound
The EU Commission’s new Civil Society Strategy, promised by Ursula von der Leyen in 2024, aims to protect civic space, strengthen participation, and secure funding for NGOs. On paper, it sounds promis...
www.linkedin.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Democracy does not collapse overnight. It decays slowly, often quietly, as civic space narrows and accountability fades. This is what is happening in Europe right now.
Important wake up call.
www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
Important wake up call.
www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
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🎤 What is wrong with Ireland’s #housing & #planning system
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
What is wrong with Ireland’s housing and planning system?
open.spotify.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🎤 What is wrong with Ireland’s #housing & #planning system
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
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“for same development cost & the same drain on limited construction resources, Browne has incentivised 78% more units, but housed 41% fewer people.
Bizarrely, his initiative may give us poorer quality homes while taking longer & costing more”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Bizarrely, his initiative may give us poorer quality homes while taking longer & costing more”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Orla Hegarty: Is Ireland ready for drab Soviet-style apartment blocks?
Government’s new apartment standards are so low they resemble the old Soviet blocks. And while more units may result, they won’t house more people
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“for same development cost & the same drain on limited construction resources, Browne has incentivised 78% more units, but housed 41% fewer people.
Bizarrely, his initiative may give us poorer quality homes while taking longer & costing more”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Bizarrely, his initiative may give us poorer quality homes while taking longer & costing more”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Interestingly the four Fianna Fáil MEPs voted against the final deal with the far-right
Would be nice for a political correspondant to ask the taoiseach or tánaiste what government policy is on siding with the far-right to let businesses close their eyes to horrible abused they profit from
Would be nice for a political correspondant to ask the taoiseach or tánaiste what government policy is on siding with the far-right to let businesses close their eyes to horrible abused they profit from
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Interestingly the four Fianna Fáil MEPs voted against the final deal with the far-right
Would be nice for a political correspondant to ask the taoiseach or tánaiste what government policy is on siding with the far-right to let businesses close their eyes to horrible abused they profit from
Would be nice for a political correspondant to ask the taoiseach or tánaiste what government policy is on siding with the far-right to let businesses close their eyes to horrible abused they profit from
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Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
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“Rebuilding Ireland” (2016 housing plan) has disappeared for the web, so shared here for anyone who’d like a look back drive.google.com/file/d/1wEZJ...
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“Rebuilding Ireland” (2016 housing plan) has disappeared for the web, so shared here for anyone who’d like a look back drive.google.com/file/d/1wEZJ...
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🎤Listen back: podcast with Rory Hearn TD (July 2025)
“New apartment standards* the 21 Century Tenements”
*standards devised by LDA, who are now to design “starter homes”
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4DZe...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/r...
Web www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
“New apartment standards* the 21 Century Tenements”
*standards devised by LDA, who are now to design “starter homes”
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4DZe...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/r...
Web www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
394. New Apartment Standards – The 21st Century Tenements with Orla Hegarty
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎤Listen back: podcast with Rory Hearn TD (July 2025)
“New apartment standards* the 21 Century Tenements”
*standards devised by LDA, who are now to design “starter homes”
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4DZe...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/r...
Web www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
“New apartment standards* the 21 Century Tenements”
*standards devised by LDA, who are now to design “starter homes”
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4DZe...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/r...
Web www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
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🚨 Big Agribusiness has come to #COP30 – and it’s not here for #ClimateJustice.
@desmog.com reveals 141 influence routes used by JBS, Nestlé, Bayer & others to greenwash their image, lobby for weak metrics & grab climate finance.
📖 Must-read: www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
#FoodSystems
@desmog.com reveals 141 influence routes used by JBS, Nestlé, Bayer & others to greenwash their image, lobby for weak metrics & grab climate finance.
📖 Must-read: www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
#FoodSystems
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 Big Agribusiness has come to #COP30 – and it’s not here for #ClimateJustice.
@desmog.com reveals 141 influence routes used by JBS, Nestlé, Bayer & others to greenwash their image, lobby for weak metrics & grab climate finance.
📖 Must-read: www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
#FoodSystems
@desmog.com reveals 141 influence routes used by JBS, Nestlé, Bayer & others to greenwash their image, lobby for weak metrics & grab climate finance.
📖 Must-read: www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
#FoodSystems
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Ukraine is under major attack by Russian drones and missiles right now.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ukraine is under major attack by Russian drones and missiles right now.
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"The housing crisis poses an existential threat to our democracy, but so too does blunting one of the only tools we have to uphold the rule of law. We accept attacks to it at our peril" - Dr Orla Kelleher
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis. In recent weeks, journalists, developers, tech entrepreneurs, the Minister for the Environ...
www.irishlegal.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The housing crisis poses an existential threat to our democracy, but so too does blunting one of the only tools we have to uphold the rule of law. We accept attacks to it at our peril" - Dr Orla Kelleher
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
Amidst Gov's attempt to hijack the common good & ur #JR rights,a contrary perspective from me on what's happening
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Amidst Gov's attempt to hijack the common good & ur #JR rights,a contrary perspective from me on what's happening
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Rumour is a dirty political deal is afoot whereby Ireland gets Nitrates Derogation renewal in return for approving the EU Mercosur deal.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.
For those in any doubt, the ongoing nitrates derogation debate is not about the science on water quality, it's political wrangling, with our rivers, lakes and seas caught in the crossfire.
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rumour is a dirty political deal is afoot whereby Ireland gets Nitrates Derogation renewal in return for approving the EU Mercosur deal.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.
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It was an honour to be at the inauguration of ár Uachtarán Catherine Connolly. Her speech gives hope that she will be a catalyst for change. An Ireland of equals, a neutral state that builds peace, a country where a home is a right and a livable planet is possible for future generations.
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It was an honour to be at the inauguration of ár Uachtarán Catherine Connolly. Her speech gives hope that she will be a catalyst for change. An Ireland of equals, a neutral state that builds peace, a country where a home is a right and a livable planet is possible for future generations.
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I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
Crushed Legs. Gunshot Wounds to the Head. Shackled: Israel Returns Mutilated Palestinian Bodies
Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
Is lá iontach inniu - lá docasach
Comhghairdeas Uachtarán
Comhghairdeas foireann Connolly
An Athrú Abú
#UachtaránnahÉireann
#CatherineConnolly
Comhghairdeas Uachtarán
Comhghairdeas foireann Connolly
An Athrú Abú
#UachtaránnahÉireann
#CatherineConnolly
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Is lá iontach inniu - lá docasach
Comhghairdeas Uachtarán
Comhghairdeas foireann Connolly
An Athrú Abú
#UachtaránnahÉireann
#CatherineConnolly
Comhghairdeas Uachtarán
Comhghairdeas foireann Connolly
An Athrú Abú
#UachtaránnahÉireann
#CatherineConnolly
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Our new President, Catherine Connolly.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our new President, Catherine Connolly.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
Oona Hathaway, president-elect of the American Society of International Law & a former Pentagon legal adviser, said the core of the postwar global order – the prohibition on taking land by force – was under unprecedented challenge in a “scary moment” for the world
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic
Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oona Hathaway, president-elect of the American Society of International Law & a former Pentagon legal adviser, said the core of the postwar global order – the prohibition on taking land by force – was under unprecedented challenge in a “scary moment” for the world
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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Quaker climate activist @marcusdecker.bsky.social has won his appeal against deportation 🥳
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quaker climate activist Marcus Decker wins appeal against deportation
Quaker climate activist Marcus Decker has won his appeal against deportation, in a case that drew widespread support from Chris Packham, Quakers, and climate campaigners.
www.quaker.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Quaker climate activist @marcusdecker.bsky.social has won his appeal against deportation 🥳
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Video: Euronews via X (@euronews)
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Video: Euronews via X (@euronews)
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…centre of the photo is Michael D Higgins, Statesman & former President. His 14y term ended at Midnight. Both Connolly & Higgins are socialists from the West of Ireland & held in enormous esteem by the Irish people & the Irish diaspora.
When I think of the work of my great grand uncle, …
When I think of the work of my great grand uncle, …
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
…centre of the photo is Michael D Higgins, Statesman & former President. His 14y term ended at Midnight. Both Connolly & Higgins are socialists from the West of Ireland & held in enormous esteem by the Irish people & the Irish diaspora.
When I think of the work of my great grand uncle, …
When I think of the work of my great grand uncle, …