Pól Mac Fhirléighinn
@polmacfhirleighinn.bsky.social
Living in London, heart in South Derry. ☘️
Student of Climate Change at KCL, intern at ZSL & SDLP International Secretary. 🌾🌳🌹
Student of Climate Change at KCL, intern at ZSL & SDLP International Secretary. 🌾🌳🌹
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Some people on this island are voting to elect their head of state
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Some people on this island are voting to elect their head of state
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
Last weekend I attended the Congress of @pes.eu in Amsterdam, kindly hosted by @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social, as a @sdlp.bsky.social delegate. It was a vibrant congress that brought together heads of state, leaders, elected representatives, trade unionists and party activists from across Europe.
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Last weekend I attended the Congress of @pes.eu in Amsterdam, kindly hosted by @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social, as a @sdlp.bsky.social delegate. It was a vibrant congress that brought together heads of state, leaders, elected representatives, trade unionists and party activists from across Europe.
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Left MEPs stand wearing shirts supporting Gaza for this section of #SOTEU.
🇪🇺President von der Leyen condemns Israel’s “man-made famine” in Gaza & Netanyahu's “clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution.”
For this she is loudly heckled by far-right MEPs in the back.
🇪🇺President von der Leyen condemns Israel’s “man-made famine” in Gaza & Netanyahu's “clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution.”
For this she is loudly heckled by far-right MEPs in the back.
September 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Left MEPs stand wearing shirts supporting Gaza for this section of #SOTEU.
🇪🇺President von der Leyen condemns Israel’s “man-made famine” in Gaza & Netanyahu's “clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution.”
For this she is loudly heckled by far-right MEPs in the back.
🇪🇺President von der Leyen condemns Israel’s “man-made famine” in Gaza & Netanyahu's “clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution.”
For this she is loudly heckled by far-right MEPs in the back.
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Absolutely horrifying that headlines like these haven't stopped for almost 2 years.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza
Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Absolutely horrifying that headlines like these haven't stopped for almost 2 years.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Kallas not only displaying a shocking level of ignorance about Ireland but also the sheer hypocrisy in her position. I wonder who is committing "atrocities, mass deportations, suppression of culture and language" today?
An Irish MEP has asked the EU's most senior foreign affairs official to apologise for suggesting Ireland's policy of neutrality is in part due to Ireland not having a modern-day understanding of 'atrocities, mass deportations, suppression of culture and language'
MEP calls on EU official to apologise over Irish comments
An Irish MEP has asked the EU's most senior foreign affairs official to apologise for suggesting Ireland's policy of neutrality is in part due to Ireland not having a modern-day understanding of "atro...
www.rte.ie
June 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Kallas not only displaying a shocking level of ignorance about Ireland but also the sheer hypocrisy in her position. I wonder who is committing "atrocities, mass deportations, suppression of culture and language" today?
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Alina Bohdan fled war in Ukraine. She has young children and is suffering from cancer. Last night she was huddled in fear reading the Bible to them as a baying racist mob swept down the street, seeking whom they might devour. What sickening insanity.
‘We are not here to destroy your community’: Filipino man’s plea to rioters after car burned out in Ballymena violence
A Filipino man who had his car burned out and home attacked during violence in Ballymena has pleaded with rioters to stop, telling them “we are not here to destroy your community”.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Alina Bohdan fled war in Ukraine. She has young children and is suffering from cancer. Last night she was huddled in fear reading the Bible to them as a baying racist mob swept down the street, seeking whom they might devour. What sickening insanity.
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President criticises UK arms investment and US’s ‘monstrous attacks’ on universities
President criticises UK arms investment and US’s ‘monstrous attacks’ on universities
Michael D Higgins calls on UN to use ‘exceptional powers’ to ensure aid flows to Gaza
www.irishtimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
President criticises UK arms investment and US’s ‘monstrous attacks’ on universities
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📣 European Coordination Via Campesina denounces the use of starvation as a weapon of genocide against Palestinian people and complicity of Europe
👉 www.eurovia.org/press-releas...
👉 www.eurovia.org/press-releas...
May 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
📣 European Coordination Via Campesina denounces the use of starvation as a weapon of genocide against Palestinian people and complicity of Europe
👉 www.eurovia.org/press-releas...
👉 www.eurovia.org/press-releas...
The @landworkersuk.bsky.social's are calling on UK Gov to:
Call for immediate & unconditional lifting of Gaza aid blockade
Join humanitarian convoy by dispatching diplomatic missions to accompany the aid into Gaza
Immediately suspend arms sales to Israel
Demand full & unconditional ceasefire
Call for immediate & unconditional lifting of Gaza aid blockade
Join humanitarian convoy by dispatching diplomatic missions to accompany the aid into Gaza
Immediately suspend arms sales to Israel
Demand full & unconditional ceasefire
May 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The @landworkersuk.bsky.social's are calling on UK Gov to:
Call for immediate & unconditional lifting of Gaza aid blockade
Join humanitarian convoy by dispatching diplomatic missions to accompany the aid into Gaza
Immediately suspend arms sales to Israel
Demand full & unconditional ceasefire
Call for immediate & unconditional lifting of Gaza aid blockade
Join humanitarian convoy by dispatching diplomatic missions to accompany the aid into Gaza
Immediately suspend arms sales to Israel
Demand full & unconditional ceasefire
On Wednesday the @sdlp.bsky.social returned the group meetings of @socialistsanddemocrats.eu in Brussels.
Our inclusion in these group meetings secures a voice for Northern Ireland in Europe again within the second largest grouping in the European Parliament.
Our inclusion in these group meetings secures a voice for Northern Ireland in Europe again within the second largest grouping in the European Parliament.
May 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On Wednesday the @sdlp.bsky.social returned the group meetings of @socialistsanddemocrats.eu in Brussels.
Our inclusion in these group meetings secures a voice for Northern Ireland in Europe again within the second largest grouping in the European Parliament.
Our inclusion in these group meetings secures a voice for Northern Ireland in Europe again within the second largest grouping in the European Parliament.
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Shameful
Israel says ‘external pressure will not divert’ it after UK pauses trade talks – Israel-Gaza war live
Israel says ‘external pressure will not divert’ it after UK pauses trade talks – Israel-Gaza war live
Israel foreign ministry spokesperson accuses Britain of ‘anti-Israel obsession’ after UK pauses trade talks over blockade of Gaza
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Shameful
At the weekend just passed I had the privilege to represent the Social Democratic & Labour Party (@sdlp.bsky.social) at the World Council of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) in Prishtina, Republic of Kosova (Kosovo), kindly hosted by Rinia për Vetëvendosje (RVV).
May 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
At the weekend just passed I had the privilege to represent the Social Democratic & Labour Party (@sdlp.bsky.social) at the World Council of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) in Prishtina, Republic of Kosova (Kosovo), kindly hosted by Rinia për Vetëvendosje (RVV).
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The 87-year-old widow of murdered GAA official Sean Brown has said she is “terrified” by the “secrets” the British government is hiding after Secretary of State Hilary Benn sought leave to take her husband’s case to the Supreme Court in London
Sean Brown elderly widow ‘terrified’ by ‘secrets’ the British government is hiding over GAA man’s murder
Bellaghy chairman shot dead by LVF in 1997
www.irishnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The 87-year-old widow of murdered GAA official Sean Brown has said she is “terrified” by the “secrets” the British government is hiding after Secretary of State Hilary Benn sought leave to take her husband’s case to the Supreme Court in London
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“Destroy Creation and Creation will destroy us”. It’s almost exactly 10 years since I wrote this piece for @thejournal.ie on Francis the #climate champion and fierce critic of neoliberalism.
He wasn’t wrong.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/pope-...
He wasn’t wrong.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/pope-...
Pope Francis will make powerful enemies tomorrow by releasing a radical new document
The pontiff is to issue a scathing papal encyclical directly linking rampant capitalism with irreversible environmental catastrophe and rising global inequality.
www.thejournal.ie
April 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“Destroy Creation and Creation will destroy us”. It’s almost exactly 10 years since I wrote this piece for @thejournal.ie on Francis the #climate champion and fierce critic of neoliberalism.
He wasn’t wrong.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/pope-...
He wasn’t wrong.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/pope-...
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Pope Francis obituary: Outsider pope who championed those at the margins
Pope Francis obituary: Outsider pope who championed those at the margins
First Jesuit pontiff who attempted to return the church to the people and away from clericalism
www.irishtimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Pope Francis obituary: Outsider pope who championed those at the margins
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An independent public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown must be established without further delay, the Court of Appeal has declared.
No further delay in Sean Brown public inquiry - NI court
An independent public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown must be established without further delay, the Court of Appeal has declared.
www.rte.ie
April 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
An independent public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown must be established without further delay, the Court of Appeal has declared.
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Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
Celebrating the increasing scale of deportations “to secure our borders”, what an absolutely mortifying state UK Labour are in.
Plenty of horror in GB at Trump but policy and statements like this don’t warrant any consideration or reflection?
Plenty of horror in GB at Trump but policy and statements like this don’t warrant any consideration or reflection?
February 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Celebrating the increasing scale of deportations “to secure our borders”, what an absolutely mortifying state UK Labour are in.
Plenty of horror in GB at Trump but policy and statements like this don’t warrant any consideration or reflection?
Plenty of horror in GB at Trump but policy and statements like this don’t warrant any consideration or reflection?
"we will own it"
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"we will own it"
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President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the Israeli Prime Minister.
'Deep slander' to call Irish anti-Semitic, says President
President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the...
www.rte.ie
December 17, 2024 at 12:41 PM
President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the Israeli Prime Minister.
Never mind the stocks being sold a month after being elected or lying on the ethics declaration but after 9 months of watching horrors unfold on our screens, that's when he decides to sell?? it took him 9 months
Newly elected Soc Dem TD Eoin Hayes has been suspended from the party with “immediate effect” following the revelation that he sold his shares in a US company that supplies the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) a month after he was elected as a councillor
Read more: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Read more: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
December 10, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Never mind the stocks being sold a month after being elected or lying on the ethics declaration but after 9 months of watching horrors unfold on our screens, that's when he decides to sell?? it took him 9 months
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Ged Nash elected in Louth | Live updates: rte.ie/b/1483344
December 2, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Ged Nash elected in Louth | Live updates: rte.ie/b/1483344
Not sure I’ve really settled on a feeling about #GE24 just yet. Definitely a more positive day for centre left than there has been in quite some time but can’t shake the dread of what a FF, FG and independents government looks like specifically for Climate.
December 2, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Not sure I’ve really settled on a feeling about #GE24 just yet. Definitely a more positive day for centre left than there has been in quite some time but can’t shake the dread of what a FF, FG and independents government looks like specifically for Climate.