Karol Balfe
@karolbalfe.bsky.social
Women's rights / Human Rights/ Climate and economic justice. CEO ActionAid Ireland, all views my own
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Fossil fuels grabbed the spotlight at #COP30, while the conditions to phase them out – rich countries moving first and backing others – were sidelined.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fossil fuels grabbed the spotlight at #COP30, while the conditions to phase them out – rich countries moving first and backing others – were sidelined.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
That’s how climate ambition is turned against those who did least to cause the crisis, and the Paris Agreement is weakened.
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Thanks to @karolbalfe.bsky.social for this excellent overview of the 'good, bad & the ugly' of week 2 at COP30 via @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
Analysis: We're halfway through COP30. Here's the good, the bad and the ugly so far
Negotiators should put the needs of people who are most affected by the climate crisis at the centre of their decisions, writes Karol Balfe.
www.thejournal.ie
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Thanks to @karolbalfe.bsky.social for this excellent overview of the 'good, bad & the ugly' of week 2 at COP30 via @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/cop30...
Killed, while starving and desperate for aid...a new low in Israel's genocidal campaign on Gaza www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Aid is being utterly weaponised, and the result is chaos
Israel has sunk to a new low in Gaza, writes Karol Balfe, CEO of ActionAid Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Killed, while starving and desperate for aid...a new low in Israel's genocidal campaign on Gaza www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Complete and open disregard for international law.
No sanctions.
No sanctions.
May 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Complete and open disregard for international law.
No sanctions.
No sanctions.
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“Imagine trying to move with four children or an elderly parent in the middle of the night, with no transport and nowhere to go. People are so exhausted, many would rather face death than flee again.”
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
Displacement orders are 'entirely erasing Gaza', Oxfam warns
Since the breaking of the ceasefire, Israel has issued 30 forced displacement orders and are pushing people into isolated areas
www.irishexaminer.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“Imagine trying to move with four children or an elderly parent in the middle of the night, with no transport and nowhere to go. People are so exhausted, many would rather face death than flee again.”
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
- Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... @oxfamireland.bsky.social
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Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out
May 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out
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Just another Friday in the West Bank as the West utters mild criticism but keeps the weapons and money flowing.
May 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just another Friday in the West Bank as the West utters mild criticism but keeps the weapons and money flowing.
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Powerful letter. Long past time for the government to act.
More than 350 lawyers and legal academics say Irish Government not complying with international law obligations over Palestine crisis – The Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
More than 350 lawyers and academics say Government not complying with international law obligations over Palestine crisis
Ireland obliged to take steps to prevent EU rendering assistance to Israel’s ‘unlawful acts’
www.irishtimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Powerful letter. Long past time for the government to act.
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Counter-terrorism legislation, a most flexible friend of a state that fails miserably to counter or even acknowledge impunity on the part of another state whose genocide and war crimes it has enabled:
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Counter-terrorism legislation, a most flexible friend of a state that fails miserably to counter or even acknowledge impunity on the part of another state whose genocide and war crimes it has enabled:
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🔴Listen back to our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social speaking on @todayfm.bsky.social about the devastating reality the people of #Gaza are enduring.
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
May 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🔴Listen back to our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social speaking on @todayfm.bsky.social about the devastating reality the people of #Gaza are enduring.
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
📻https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGXggjtG0Hzh
This says it all
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Colin Sheridan: We quibble over words as children burn in Gaza
60,000 Palestinians, over a quarter of them children, were killed in 600 days. We have watched it all in real time
www.irishexaminer.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This says it all
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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"Dystopia is the living reality in #Gaza today. For its beleaguered #population, it feels like the world is ending, over and over again."
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
May 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Dystopia is the living reality in #Gaza today. For its beleaguered #population, it feels like the world is ending, over and over again."
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
In the @independent.ie, our CEO @karolbalfe.bsky.social, sheds light on the ongoing struggle faced by Gaza’s population.
www.independent.ie/opinion/karo...
A stain on humanity's conscience
jrnl.ie/6702653
jrnl.ie/6702653
Gaza at critical risk of famine, with one in five facing starvation
Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to Gaza has entered its third month.
jrnl.ie
May 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A stain on humanity's conscience
jrnl.ie/6702653
jrnl.ie/6702653
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I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
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If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.
April 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.
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Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism
Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism
www.irishtimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
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Kneecap Manager asks the question no one ever answers: “At what point do we stop amplifying messages that are inaccurate?”
April 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Kneecap Manager asks the question no one ever answers: “At what point do we stop amplifying messages that are inaccurate?”
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"How can #humanity co-exist with this much #suffering and #trauma? Why can’t the #EuropeanUnion do anything?" - Our CEO, @karolbalfe.bsky.social, for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41608582.html
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41608582.html
April 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"How can #humanity co-exist with this much #suffering and #trauma? Why can’t the #EuropeanUnion do anything?" - Our CEO, @karolbalfe.bsky.social, for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41608582.html
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41608582.html
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“The Irish have resisted colonialism for centuries under enormously difficult hardships and they’ve never given up hope.
Palestinians for 100 years, we’ve been resisting oppression and doing everything we can to live in peace, justice, dignity, equality and self-determination.
We cannot give up."
Palestinians for 100 years, we’ve been resisting oppression and doing everything we can to live in peace, justice, dignity, equality and self-determination.
We cannot give up."
March 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“The Irish have resisted colonialism for centuries under enormously difficult hardships and they’ve never given up hope.
Palestinians for 100 years, we’ve been resisting oppression and doing everything we can to live in peace, justice, dignity, equality and self-determination.
We cannot give up."
Palestinians for 100 years, we’ve been resisting oppression and doing everything we can to live in peace, justice, dignity, equality and self-determination.
We cannot give up."
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"The moment we are now living in demands #courage . We have a voice, and that #voice needs to be heard" - @karolbalfe.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com
🗞️ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
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#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
March 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"The moment we are now living in demands #courage . We have a voice, and that #voice needs to be heard" - @karolbalfe.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com
🗞️ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
🗞️ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
#StPatricksDay #StPaddysDay
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ActionAid joins over 360 organisations in calling for @europarl.europa.eu members to block the #Omnibus proposal. Its passage would be a betrayal to the values of the EU & the wellbeing of its citizens.
📢 No to weakening #CSDD
📢 No to corporate impunity
📢 #NoToOmnibus
For more: bit.ly/4ieGGuF
📢 No to weakening #CSDD
📢 No to corporate impunity
📢 #NoToOmnibus
For more: bit.ly/4ieGGuF
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
ActionAid joins over 360 organisations in calling for @europarl.europa.eu members to block the #Omnibus proposal. Its passage would be a betrayal to the values of the EU & the wellbeing of its citizens.
📢 No to weakening #CSDD
📢 No to corporate impunity
📢 #NoToOmnibus
For more: bit.ly/4ieGGuF
📢 No to weakening #CSDD
📢 No to corporate impunity
📢 #NoToOmnibus
For more: bit.ly/4ieGGuF
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This is such a tragic development … Concern Worldwide lays off almost 400 staff citing ‘aid funding cuts’
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Concern Worldwide lays off almost 400 staff citing ‘aid funding cuts’
Positions at risk in organisation’s Dublin head office but numbers unclear due to ‘fluidity of the situation’
www.irishtimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is such a tragic development … Concern Worldwide lays off almost 400 staff citing ‘aid funding cuts’
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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"During #conflict it is #women who make up the majority of long-term displaced and #refugees, leaving them vulnerable to #exploitation, #trafficking, and #poverty" - @karolbalfe.bsky.social for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41587471.html
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41587471.html
March 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"During #conflict it is #women who make up the majority of long-term displaced and #refugees, leaving them vulnerable to #exploitation, #trafficking, and #poverty" - @karolbalfe.bsky.social for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41587471.html
🗞️https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41587471.html
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Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Time for a Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation treaty, @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social keep em in the ground, fund renewables and save our planet. High level panel in Dublin, Lidy Nacpil from the Philippines outlines the importance of loss and damage and moving from fossil fuels @actionaidie.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Time for a Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation treaty, @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social keep em in the ground, fund renewables and save our planet. High level panel in Dublin, Lidy Nacpil from the Philippines outlines the importance of loss and damage and moving from fossil fuels @actionaidie.bsky.social