Colm O'Brien
Colm O'Brien
@colmobrien.bsky.social
Interested in sustainability, nature, rothair, science, social justice, psychology, uplifting trance agus seacláid dorcha.
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Despite Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, the skilled Attallah family of artisan potters continue working in their damaged workshop, preserving a craft and heritage that has survived for generations.
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Fair fecks to RTÉ - and to Ireland - for having the cajones not to go along meekly with Israel’s endless genocide, unlike so many of our yellow-bellied European neighbours.

One day, they too may well claim to have been against this all along.

www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is happening in Newcastle, Co. Down in Ireland.
Other workers and the public should get behind this.

en.royanews.tv/news/65320/T...

#boycott #israel #freepalestine #apartheid #speirghorm
Tesco worker suspended for refusing to handle "blood-soaked Israeli goods"
en.royanews.tv
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Ireland's green image is largely a fabrication.

That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Incredible bad faith mischaracterisation of this movement to rename Herzog Park. Like all Israel's presidents, Chaim Herzog, perpetrated apartheid and the ethnic cleansing and brutalisation of Palestinians.
Report on renaming Dublin’s Herzog Park withdrawn
m.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
Report on renaming Dublin’s Herzog Park withdrawn by council boss ahead of Monday meeting
The report on the controversial renaming of Dublin’s Herzog Park has been withdrawn from the agenda tomorrow night’s Dublin City Council (DCC) meeting.
m.independent.ie
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Mark O'Connell: ICC judges wanted Netanyahu arrested. Now they’re being targeted by Trump
Mark O'Connell: ICC judges wanted Netanyahu arrested. Now they’re being targeted by Trump
US sanctions making normal life impossible for International Criminal Court officials who issued war crimes arrest warrants
www.irishtimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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New DART and Luas lines, which ALREADY HAVE planning permission, are being delayed 4-5 years. This is a direct consequence of the Government’s decision to spend less on public transport.
DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This Black Friday boycott Disney+,

Amazon, HP, Dell, Reebok, Intel, ZARA,
Sodastream,
McDonald's

bdsmovement.net/news/black-f...
This Black Friday don’t buy into genocide
Avoid these BDS targets enabling Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
bdsmovement.net
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Ciarán Murphy: GAA should not be cowards and must cut ties with Allianz over Gaza
Ciarán Murphy: GAA should not be cowards and must cut ties with Allianz over Gaza
The GAA is being pushed by its own members - not outside forces - to cut ties with sponsors Allianz over Gaza
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.

Why has this disappeared from the headlines?

The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.

End all arms sales to Israel, now.
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Mass murder is an interesting way of “testing a fragile ceasefire”.
Incredible how international media continues to provide cover for Israel’s ongoing genocide, despite all the evidence.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Our next National March for Palestine is on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, November 29th. Join us and show our government we have not and will not go away, we demand #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Fourth Palestine Action prisoner launches hunger strike over ‘systematic abuse’

Three of the inmates say they have repeatedly been refused medical attention and electrolytes since they announced their strike

www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-four...
Fourth Palestine Action prisoner launches hunger strike over ‘systematic abuse’
Three of the inmates say they have repeatedly been refused medical attention and electrolytes since they announced their strike
www.middleeasteye.net
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Another Nova journalist told The Intercept that Nunziati’s case was “the tip of the iceberg of Italian censorship to which journalists are subjected” on Israel.
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
interc.pt
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
YouTube censors Palestinian voices, just like the other social media platforms do.
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Erdogan: Israel massacred over 200 Palestinians since ceasefire agreement
<article data-history-node-id="431008" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/erdogan-israel-massacred-over-200-palestinians-ceasefire-agreement" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/erdogan-israel-massacred-over-200-palestinians-ceasefire-agreement" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Erdogan: Israel massacred over 200 Palestinians since ceasefire agreement</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Israel has "massacred over 200 innocent people" since the agreement and "continues its occupation and attacks on the West Bank", Anadolu news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>“We all see that Israel’s record on this matter is very poor,” Erdogan said, adding that "Hamas appears more determined to comply with the ceasefire".&nbsp;</p> <p>“We are facing an administration that has massacred over 200 innocent people since the ceasefire agreement and continues its occupation and attacks on the West Bank,” he said.</p> <p>“We cannot allow the annexation of the West Bank, the changing of Jerusalem’s status or attempts to damage the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” he said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Foreign ministers from eight nations are meeting in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the implementation of the Gaza "peace plan". The meeting brings together top diplomats from Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia.</p> <p>Talks are expected to centre on the October 10 ceasefire and the second phase of Trump’s proposed 20-point peace plan.</p> <p>Israel committed 194 violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October, the director of the government media office in Gaza said.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh
Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern
www.irishtimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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👋 #Spotify

ICE =gestapo, pass it on
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Noa Avishag Schnall -- @noavi on IG -- a photojournalist who reported from the Conscience for @dropsitenews.com, has been released from Israeli detention.

Here she is just before her illegal abduction in international waters, and here she is after she was treated viciously in detention.
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM