Great numbers again tonight in
#Balbriggan
Chanting
#Balbriggan
United will never be defeated
Gemma hear us loud and clear- Racists not welcome here
Good humoured and great fun too!
Show Racism the Red Card
Dad left on his final journey yesterday.
This is dad on his way into that pocket of pain called Biafra from Sao Tome in 1968. An aid flight, on a DC-7 Super Constellation. 1/2
@nevbann
@LouiseEllman
@UKLabour
Louise denies apartheid in Israel. She says it is disproportionate to show Palestinian solidarity. It is there in her statement. There should be sanctions against apartheid.
EastWall, Drimnagh, Ballymun, Finglas
There have been protests outside temporary refugee accommodation centres in each of these areas. One comment to justify it by creating a victim status is to ask the question 'why aren't they being sent to middle or upper class areas?' 1/2
@nealerichmond
Suppose if you want to be contemporary about it, I guess we can get cross party support for this image from Irish Times for eviction story. Is that what you want?
People in Ireland eg the President debating Neutrality so as not to take a side in the war against Ukraine by Russia should be ashamed. Neutral emphasis is just deflection from reality. Reality is Russia needs to be defeated, demilitarised and reformed.
We heard from a source in the Ukrainian government this was happening last year. "Hundreds" of prisoners of war had been returned, alive, but castrated.
We didn't report this at the time, as it was deemed it could add to the trauma the men had suffered.
@Yarikmaster82
@mjluxmoore
They protested 6 months ago
In 2012 and at other times. It is a difficult thing to do in a dictatorship.
What have you done?
My nephew Kostya is going to be a mascot at tomorrow nights
#IreUkr
game. He plays with
@BalbrigganFC
The Irish Football Family have been fantastic. Tomorrow is a dream for him but his real dream is to be back in Ukraine with his dad as well.
As a
@SocDems
branch secretary (my wife is Ukrainian and we have been helping her family over the last year)and member involved with
@Ilw_Ukraine
this is very disappointing to read.
@WhitmoreJen
it is vital that the party is unambiguously supporting Ukraine.
Majority of Wicklow county councillors today voted against providing Ukranian family accommodation in west Wicklow including Jennifer Whitmore’s Social Democrat cooptee.
@SocDems
is this your position? What happened to ‘unwavering support’ for the people of Ukraine in Ireland?
The far right hope to launch in Balbriggan on Monday night with speakers inc Justin Barrett. Why here? They hope this diverse town is riven by division so they can divide further.
Assemble outside library at 7pm Monday with
#Balbriggan
Against
#Racism
& that is
@FingalTogether
@robertburke84
I think after this week's events it should dawn on people that your social media activity should be scrutinised. Take the consequences to your actions is not draconian
@LeCheileDND
People attended what they understood to be an anti racism demonstration in response to increased racist attacks particularly against refugees.
Most people didn't think of it as anti government. Who is lecheilednd? Did all members listed discuss to agree content?
@DaveGurney7
@jeremycorbyn
What was going on before 1945 and 1964 and before 1974? Was the world not in crisis in 2008? Did the Conservatives not support Gordon Browns measures in response?
Dave- dont take people for idiots
@UKRinIRL
hosts this Commemoration of Holodomor, this Thursday, Smock Alley, Temple Bar, followed by a screening of Mr Jones - an excellent film of the Welsh Journalist expose of the genocide of 1931-33.
@Adam_Higgins27
You would get better bang for buck with a municipal sports & leisure funding policy. It would provide for choice. In Fingal, council does not own or run one swimming pool. In DCC the council provide 8 and at affordable prices. Funds to areas not clubs or individuals
Tonight Balbriggan residents turned out in good numbers at short notice to say Gemma O Doherty hear us loud and clear- racists not welcome here. We love our mobile phone repair shops.
#HolocaustMemorialDay
#WeStandTogether
#tackleracism
The far right are attempting a national launch on Monday in Balbriggan. They hope to sew division in this diverse town and build from there.
Stop them in their tracks. Monday 7pm outside the library in the centre of the town to declare
#Balbriggan
United Against
#Racism
.
We are out dropping
#balbriggan4all
leaflets.
We haven't seen racist demonstrations here and want to keep it that way
We will join the Dublin demo on the 18th February at 1 30pm Parnell Square
All the foreign Europeans like me that i talk to feel the same. The things that made us fall in love with Ireland have dissapeared in 7 years. The identity is gone. The emptiness is at the doors.
Ben Gilroy is staging a self promotion event after he his DDI project has been subsumed into Hermann Kelly's IFP.
Today Gilroy has a stressed out woman in Balbriggan 'reopening' her business while reading legal gobblegook for the cameras
Some media present
@alisonoconn
@joanburton
@RTENewsNow
I feel more sympathy for the fact that a child was intimidated into a guilty plea and 6 people had their lives suspended with this trial
@very_foof
I lived in England in the 90s. It was tolerant. This week on holidays in Canaries got chatting with several English and they all veered discussion on to "things are bad, we have taken so many foreigners"
Russia should not be on UN Security Council. The post war arrangement was for the USSR to be one of five permanent members. The USSR collapsed in 1991.
#Russia
is a
#Terrorist
state
why are you holding white flag?
Little Child : I don’t know , I don’t know!!!
A heart wrenching sight : A little child holds a white flag whilst fleeing with his family from Israeli bombardment in
#Gaza
Unjustly world ‼️
@GOConnor2000
@NiamhTraynor
Disingenuous comment but I guess if you have a landlord who doesnt believe in a tenant's right to cook as your candidate, you have to be
Watching Eng Ukr match and its half time commentary, my 7yr old daughter asks 'why is it only men?" ... cmon
@RTEsport
make sure every panel is gender balanced
There are several parties which claim to be left in Ireland
@labour
@SocDems
@sinnfeinireland
@pb4p
There is apparently a trade union movement
@irishcongress
Yet why is there an absence of solidarity with Ukrainian community. It is left to them to organise their own protest
Another hideous
#RussianWarCrime
destroying
#NovaKakhovka
dam caused deaths, mass displacement and
#ecocide
🙏 join us this Thu 18:30 by the Russian Embassy
#Dublin
Russia's crimes against nature and humanity won't be left unpunished!
RT appreciated
A Latvian friend has just been writing many Russian speaking friends are getting discrimination in Ireland, in various ways. Focus your anger at the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the Russian Embassy in Dublin- that is having the impact desired.
#nohate
#StandWithUkraineNOW
@philipoconnor
I don't think I was pearl clutching when I was disgusted at the Teebane massacre of 8 Protestant workers in 1992. It helped clairfy my own politics in opposition to terrorism
Mary Lou Mc Donald probably made a mistake with her comments on
#BenDunne
. However all the critics focus on the IRA kidnapping and that is very relevant but nothing said about Ben Dunne and his non recognition of unions and sacking of workers protesting apartheid South Africa
@MalachySteenson
@AlisonMaryORE
Well Malachy. That is impressive. You can assess his case based on 21seconds interview. I would imagine his engineering skills are needed in Ireland and we have a housing crisis and not enough skilled professionals ... Such as engineers here.
@1601DavidD
Good luck. The main daunting part is that you will have to pay €1350 & the practical difference for you is that you will be able to register to vote and that is it. It is pretty outrageous because there are over 100000 Polish and other EU nationalities here & cost is a barrier
Irish politicians are making statements left, right and centre about racism but I haven't seen one comment on the fact that the Integration budget is less than €1m down from €9m in 2007. FF, Green, Labour and FG ministers presided over this neglect.
#BLM
Ireland is what the US used to be - a dream where anything is possible. Vadym came from Ukraine 20 years ago worked hard as a painter and made a life for himself. His daughter works in the Mater Hospital. His son studies at Trinity College. He risks all
I attended & apoke at today's rally of more than 3000 at the Russian embassy. I contrasted experience of my sister in law and her son who had their first holiday in Ireland in December & now hiding in apartment basement.
As a
@socdems
member I drew attention to
@GaryGannonTD
1/2
@PANAIreland
It is entirely winnable but it is up to Ukraine to decide whether to fight or surrender and Russia to decide whether to continue genocidal war or go home
@lukeakehurst
@mjdaly57
@Steve_Cooke
Luke, you are not Jewish. Therefore you are not experiencing antisemitism. You do have it in your bio that you head a pro Israeli organisation.
From the
#Balbriggan
local eldction canvass- Am pleasantly surprised at how many locals are proposing more
#cycling
infrastructure. Shouldn't really be because parents are tired here in commuter belt after long drive home then driving kids for activities
@IBIKEDublin
@EmmaBurnell_
Kes had huge impact on young people and bullying.
cathy come home led to legislation change.
i daniel blake led to many people becoming politically active and others helping out.
Yeah but Marvel... at what an awful dreary magazine
@NewStatesman
is