Eoin Hegarty
@eoinsheg.bsky.social
“I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.” Szymborska. It's where I start each day.
'All my life I’ve been proud of my flag. Now I’m ashamed of those limp symbols of hostility hanging off lampposts. [...] tokens of racism or intolerance.' Excellent from Fergus Finlay
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Fergus Finlay: I was always proud of the Irish flag — now it is just a symbol of hostility
Behind the flags there is more than racism. We need to debate this — and we need to do it honestly
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November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
'All my life I’ve been proud of my flag. Now I’m ashamed of those limp symbols of hostility hanging off lampposts. [...] tokens of racism or intolerance.' Excellent from Fergus Finlay
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www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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People gave a record amount of money to multiple organizations for the people of Gaza and all this money just sat there for the past 2 years because Israel blocked it. I hope this money gets distributed quickly now so that the people of Gaza don't have to beg anymore
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza
From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in ...
news.un.org
October 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
People gave a record amount of money to multiple organizations for the people of Gaza and all this money just sat there for the past 2 years because Israel blocked it. I hope this money gets distributed quickly now so that the people of Gaza don't have to beg anymore
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
A poetry that survives bombs. Incredible, heartbreaking poems from the Gazan poet Batool Abu Akleen.
September 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
A poetry that survives bombs. Incredible, heartbreaking poems from the Gazan poet Batool Abu Akleen.
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New video interview with Greta Thunberg from AJPlus just released.
She is in Barcelona, about to set sail with hundreds of people from 44 countries on dozens and dozens of boats and ships to take humanitarian aid to the millions of people in Gaza facing extermination at the hands of Israel.
She is in Barcelona, about to set sail with hundreds of people from 44 countries on dozens and dozens of boats and ships to take humanitarian aid to the millions of people in Gaza facing extermination at the hands of Israel.
August 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New video interview with Greta Thunberg from AJPlus just released.
She is in Barcelona, about to set sail with hundreds of people from 44 countries on dozens and dozens of boats and ships to take humanitarian aid to the millions of people in Gaza facing extermination at the hands of Israel.
She is in Barcelona, about to set sail with hundreds of people from 44 countries on dozens and dozens of boats and ships to take humanitarian aid to the millions of people in Gaza facing extermination at the hands of Israel.
from the brilliant Sally Rooney:
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www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal
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August 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
from the brilliant Sally Rooney:
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www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Israel has a hideously chilling strategy.
They want the destruction of the Palestinian people to be a done deal - like indigenous people in the US or Australia.
A brutal wake-up call from the ever-brilliant @omarbaddar.bsky.social
They want the destruction of the Palestinian people to be a done deal - like indigenous people in the US or Australia.
A brutal wake-up call from the ever-brilliant @omarbaddar.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Israel has a hideously chilling strategy.
They want the destruction of the Palestinian people to be a done deal - like indigenous people in the US or Australia.
A brutal wake-up call from the ever-brilliant @omarbaddar.bsky.social
They want the destruction of the Palestinian people to be a done deal - like indigenous people in the US or Australia.
A brutal wake-up call from the ever-brilliant @omarbaddar.bsky.social
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Tomorrow in West Cork: strike out from the historic town of Bantry - on foot or bike - for Ireland's southernmost point and at the same time help fund Medical Aid for Palestine. www.gofundme.com/f/west-cork-... #Cork #Palestine
Donate to West Cork Walk 4 Gaza, organized by Sam Simpson
Communities from all over West Cork are coming together on Saturday 9th August to ‘Walk the Length o… Sam Simpson needs your support for West Cork Walk 4 Gaza
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August 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Tomorrow in West Cork: strike out from the historic town of Bantry - on foot or bike - for Ireland's southernmost point and at the same time help fund Medical Aid for Palestine. www.gofundme.com/f/west-cork-... #Cork #Palestine
Emergency Fund for Malnourished Yazan chuffed.org/project/save...
Emergency Fund for Malnourished Yazan
Emergency fund set up for Yazan and his family experiencing extreme malnutrition.
chuffed.org
August 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Emergency Fund for Malnourished Yazan chuffed.org/project/save...
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'It is deeply disappointing that EU members have still taken no collective, concrete action.’
- Mary Robinson
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- Mary Robinson
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Martina Devlin: At 81, why is it left to Mary Robinson to stand up for Palestinians when the EU won’t?
Mary Robinson is a headline act. In a landmark address at the United Nations delivered with passion and precision, she spoke truth to power – her call to action over Gaza flagged the need to suspend t...
www.independent.ie
August 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
'It is deeply disappointing that EU members have still taken no collective, concrete action.’
- Mary Robinson
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
- Mary Robinson
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Helping feed my Children and Family chuffed.org/project/1377...
Helping feed my Children and Family
Mohammad Nashwan: The Story of a Father Who is facing Famine and trying to provide for his family
chuffed.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Helping feed my Children and Family chuffed.org/project/1377...
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It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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The world will remember how the EU and its member states respond to this catastrophic tragedy. Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitutes complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its states claim to uphold
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The world will remember how the EU and its member states respond to this catastrophic tragedy. Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitutes complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its states claim to uphold
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message | George Monbiot
The documentary shows the damage that fishing does to our planet. So why does the industry still hold governments to ransom? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New statement in from Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calling on the international community to ensure safe passage for the Madleen.
June 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New statement in from Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calling on the international community to ensure safe passage for the Madleen.
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Military intervention must be used to stop the genocide in Gaza | Ahmed Ibsais
Military intervention must be used to stop the genocide in Gaza | Ahmed Ibsais
In Kosovo, Nato intervened in 1999 after mass killings and the threat of further ethnic cleansing. Why aren’t Gazans being protected in the same way?
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Military intervention must be used to stop the genocide in Gaza | Ahmed Ibsais
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My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social.
May 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social.
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“To have a hope of combating the end times fascists … we will need to build an unruly open-hearted movement of the Earth-loving faithful: faithful to this planet, its people, its creatures and to the possibility of a livable future for us all.” joinspread.com/post/d615ba6...
Spread by Robert Cawley: The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The Guardian
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April 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“To have a hope of combating the end times fascists … we will need to build an unruly open-hearted movement of the Earth-loving faithful: faithful to this planet, its people, its creatures and to the possibility of a livable future for us all.” joinspread.com/post/d615ba6...
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Swallows are returning! Or are already here. Many don't survive the incredibly perilous journey - made more so by climate change (the Sahara is larger than it was). So we WELCOME those amazing birds
📷 Neil Fletcher
📷 Neil Fletcher
April 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Swallows are returning! Or are already here. Many don't survive the incredibly perilous journey - made more so by climate change (the Sahara is larger than it was). So we WELCOME those amazing birds
📷 Neil Fletcher
📷 Neil Fletcher