Derval McCloat
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Derval McCloat
@dervswerve.bsky.social
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Wealth or no wealth, he's still not content with life. Achieve, tire, crave; on repeat. He'll never be happy because nothing will ever be enough.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The sooner the EU finds a mechanism for kicking Hungary out of the union the better.
Orban is laughing at us at every turn, blocking key legislation to shore up Russia
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Any excuse ...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders military to immediately carry out strikes in Gaza

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders military to immediately carry out strikes in Gaza
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his military to immediately carry out strikes in Gaza.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A really thoughtful piece on justice &/or the lack thereof in N. Ireland.

It's a shame more mainland Britons aren't as equally informed of the past, present, history & background to one quarter of their Union.
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What kind of person demands a One Trillion salary?
How many 000s even is that?

Greed
Ego
Vanity
Or knows his worth

?
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sweden, hang your head in shame

Rape of a 16 year old ...

Not considered to be a threat to public safety ?

To add insult to injury,
a 'quickie rape' isn't really that bad.

The judge is a disgrace.
The duration of the attack is of no consequence.

Rape is rape.

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Migrant not deported after rape ruled not an 'exceptionally serious'
Eritrean refugee Yazied Mohamed, 19, raped Meya Aberg as she walked through a tunnel following her McDonald's shift in Skelleftea. She had unfortunately missed the bus. (file image)
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October 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Of course they did. Israel is a rogue state, acting with impunity because it's so far up Trump's backside that no-one can touch it.
It can do what it wants without fear of repercussion.
Shakespeare was spot on and that was 400 years ago.
Nothing's changed.
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Absolute farce.
The rules for qualifying need to be overhauled to give the entire demographic a fair choice.
Neither candidate speaks for me, yet I ended up voting for one, to try counter the other. I knew it was a hopeless cause but women fought to give me the vote so I felt compelled to use it.
Heather Humphreys has congratulated Catherine Connolly on "becoming the next President of Ireland', saying the Independent candidate "will be a president for all of us and she will be my president"
Humphreys say Connolly will be 'a president for all'
Heather Humphreys has congratulated Catherine Connolly on "becoming the next President of Ireland', saying the Independent candidate "will be a president for all of us and she will be my president".
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October 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Putin maintaining the upper hand.
He jumped in & called Trump to negatively influence the outcome of the meeting with Zelenskyy, agreed a summit, then once he'd achieved his aim of yet again helping to sour relations between Ukraine & USA, he kicked diplomacy into touch
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Ukraine war latest: 'No plans' for Trump and Putin to meet in 'immediate future', White House official says
There are "no plans" for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to meet in the "immediate future", according to a White House official. It comes after European leaders backed Trump's starting point for Ukrai...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
While it's a given that the majority want reunification, there are many things on which a large proportion of the population would not be willing to concede ie. National Anthem, Flag, any form of power sharing across the legislature.
Therein lies the problem.
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What a voice.
Song gives me the chills.
Fantastic interpretation from Poor Creature.

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Willie-o
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October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Absolutely a right & fair decision.
A peacekeeper & human rights advocate, living in hiding, as opposed to a gilded mansion.

Glad the Nobel Prize committee didn't bow to the pressure being levelled at it by the Trump Administration.
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Right up there with some of his finest ...

Without doubt Neil Hannon is one of Ireland's greatest songwriters

The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon

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Rainy Sunday Afternoon
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September 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Anyone laying bets as to where the threats originate from?

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Online death threats against Simon Harris originated from another country
Online death threats issued against Tánaiste Simon Harris originated from another country, the Irish Independent can reveal.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Possibly the first time since I became eligible to vote that I won't be casting one.
September 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Too funny for words!
Conor McGregor has posted a video on social media outside Government Buildings calling for people to contact their councillors to ask them to support his presidential bid
McGregor urges public to ask councillors to back Áras bid
Conor McGregor has posted a video on social media outside Government Buildings calling for people to contact their councillors to ask them to support his presidential bid.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Land of the free, eh?
Home of the brave!

Trump's administration continues to drape what was once the world's greatest democracy in cloak of shame 😔

‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

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‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow
Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custody
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September 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump Dictatorship going global!
Imagine threatening to impose personal restrictions on professionals for carrying out their duties under national & international law.

Some level of arrogance ...
USA has become the bully of the 21st century

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‘Substantial tariffs’ – how Irish watchdogs could be target of Trump over EU's digital act
Irish regulators that fine US tech firms could be targeted with visa restrictions, according to reports about US president Donald Trump’s latest trade threats.
m.independent.ie
August 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Prove it.

Allow International Press into Gaza to report on 'your truth'!

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Netanyahu calls UN-backed famine report 'outright lie'
Follow developments as a global hunger monitor has determined Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Israel ... the shame of this will hang over you forever

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Gaza latest: Famine declared in Gaza City
A famine has officially been confirmed in Gaza City and the surrounding neighbourhoods by a UN-backed, globally recognised system for classifying food insecurity and malnutrition. Follow the latest be...
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August 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I've come to the conclusion that the only thing for it is for Europe to dig deep & arm Ukraine to the gills to give them the equipment & munitions they need to defeat Russia.
Putin doesn't want peace.
Trump just wants the Nobel Prize.

Time to stop dithering!

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Nato leaders must ‘not be naive’ about any potential Ukraine deployment, says head of German soldiers’ union – Ukraine war live
Col Andre Wuestner tells European Nato leaders they would need to deploy tens of thousands of troops to the country for the long term
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August 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bibi, if you've nothing to hide, then let international press in to report on all the well-fed Gazans & refute the so-called #fakenews you're so keen to deny?
What's the problem?

Truth will out.
August 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Agreed.
You can't call out #fakenews when you won't allow independent access to the reality of what may or may not be happening in #Gaza.
Even Mr Fake News himself, Trump, said you can't fake starving kids
Nothing to hide, Israel?
Then let international journalists in!
We can then decide what's what
August 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The same X that thinks its okay to allow pornographic content to be posted on its platform. That immoral & corrupted cesspit destroyed by Elon Musk?
August 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
And given that he's naturally inclined towards Israel, he'll doubtless come away saying "nothing to see here".
No genocide.
No starvation.
No impending famine.

This is the same a**ehole who disparaged Ireland over the OTB & threatened us with sanctions.
August 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM