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John Lannon

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Likes people, plants, Africa and football. Dislikes racism, oppression, intolerance and militarization

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Israel launches fresh wave of attacks on Lebanon and Iran The Israeli military has said it had begun a wave of strikes targeting Iranian launch sites, aerial defence systems and infrastructure as well as launching air strikes on Lebanon.

So the US have a "game plan" for their murder and destruction in Iran.
As though it was something they've engaged in for amusement.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/03...

04.03.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ah yes, the intolerable threat of nuclear weapons ...

You should have a word with your staff in the Office of Defense Programs Donald. Also with Israel, the UK, France, Russia, China, India, and Pakistan. And of course North Korea.

No need to contact any of the other 186 States.

02.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basis US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration

'The first war of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace era has begun ...'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

28.02.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Taoiseach says new €1m β€˜Nato proof’ room will protect communications with world leaders β€˜Nato proof’ is a term to describe equipment which has been approved to meet the strict standards set out by Nato.

I hope a Nato proof room is one that Nato cannot get into.
www.thejournal.ie/new-governme...

27.02.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reforming the Child Care Act is political.
Opposing genocide is political.
But saying the political out loud is frowned upon when it relates to one of these.

25.02.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can you believe that a lie as ridiculous as this - that 14 million people are going to suddenly arrive into a country of 5 million - has to be debunked!

20.02.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Global pressure does little to stop Israel’s anti-Palestinian policies Many Israelis see condemnation as evidence of anti-Semitism, rather than a verdict on their government's actions.

"Global pressure does little to stop Israel’s anti-Palestinian policies."
So we need more global pressure. Because the genocide and ethnic cleansing is utterly unacceptable.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

18.02.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Simon Harris says country must β€˜decouple’ its stance on Gaza from sport Ireland must separate its strong stance on Gaza from sport, TΓ‘naiste and Finance Minister Simon Harris has said.

It shouldn't be too hard "to think this thing through".
www.independent.ie/irish-news/s...

17.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OPINION with Sarah Clancy: Put the neutrality question to the people - The Clare Champion This past weekend the Irish Times/IPSOS/B&A published a poll in which some of the questions posed to respondents focussed on Ireland’s so called β€˜Triple Lock’ and our policy of military non–alignment,...

clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...

16.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The change in how the rules on eligibility for citizenship are being applied is desperately unfair on people who've spent years in the asylum system. Like many other measures being taken by government now, it makes newcomers feel unwelcome, adds to their stress & trauma, and serves no useful purpose

15.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Clare Minister Of State Insists Government And Shannon Airport Not "Playing A Role" In ICE Deportation Flights - Clare FM Clare Minister Of State Insists Government And Shannon Airport Not "Playing A Role" In ICE Deportation Flights - % Clare FM

This is like saying someone doesn't have to seek authorisation from Dept of Transport to be the getaway driver for a bank robbery!

Minister Timmy Dooley is intentionally avoiding the real issue, which is that people are being taken through Shannon in shackles by ICE.

www.clare.fm/news/clare-m...

14.02.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Shannon Airport and ICE deportation flights raise fresh questions over Irish neutrality ICE deportation stopovers at Shannon Airport reignite debate about neutrality, accountability and Ireland’s complicity in US removals

"The State cannot claim it lacks capacity. It has police, it has a military, it has an airport. It simply refuses to apply scrutiny to US-linked flights in the way it would to almost any other perceived security concern."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

14.02.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Three and a half days after the ICE flight through Shannon Airport. Multiple phone calls and emails to the Gardai, and we've heard nothing from them on what action they took to investigate. I've been told by one officer that there is nothing on the PULSE record except my initial report.

14.02.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UPDATED: ICE flight refuels in Ireland again before landing in Egypt; Irish activist pressed police to investigate MAGA billionaire’s jet also did another ICE flight, to Sierra Leone.

ICE flight refuels in Ireland again before landing in Egypt; Irish activist pressed police to investigate. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...

12.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Another Journey Aviation plane has just landed at Shannon. Is it carrying ICE deportees, shackled to seats while the plane is refuelled?

11.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Trump Admin Arrested an Antifascist for Shit-Talking a Fascist A supposed β€˜antifa domestic terrorist’ was arrested for β€˜cyberstalking’ a controversial right-wing agitator who showed up at a reporter’s home to threaten him.

So what's another word for an anti-anti-fascist?
zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...

10.02.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Limerick was out in solidarity with Palestinians again today.

There is no ceasefire in #Gaza ... we will continue to oppose the #genocide.

07.02.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Shackled Palestinian Men on Plane at Shannon Reports have come to light of Palestinian men being held shackled on a plane at Shannon when refueling took place. This shocking revelation came to light in reports in The Guardian newspaper, Common D...

Shackled Palestinian Men on Plane at Shannon shannonwatch.org/content/shac...

Its a shocking indicator of how complicit the Irish government and their authorities are in the illegal violence of the US and Israel.

07.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
President Connolly with Greta Thunberg

President Connolly with Greta Thunberg

Ireland: A stunning 71 per cent of respondents favour putting a guarantee about neutrality in the Constitution.

Latest Irish Times poll.

07.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @MotherJones

07.02.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, not at all bizarre.

09.01.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:

-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS

Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.

08.01.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 4505 πŸ” 2729 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 151

We don't let newspapers accept any form of violent or explicit material in their ads, and say its up to individual users not to publish harmful images. Similarly, there should be restrictions on what online platforms can publish/distribute.

08.01.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...

Well done @rte.ie

Now we need to see other cultural and sporting organisations refusing to engage with repesentatives of the Israeli state.

www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

04.12.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Oireachtas members who won't nominate someone to contest the presidential election do so because they think they would not make a good president.

Or maybe they don't like how her candidacy could be used to target vulnerable groups & make Ireland a less compassionate place.

23.09.2025 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More than 5,000 refugees 'abusing' State accommodation by refusing to leave, justice minister says Jim O'Callaghan to tell DΓ‘il committee that working international protection applicants should pay towards their accommodation costs

An unfair representation of the situation faced by asylum seekers by the Minister.

He surely knows that there is nowhere for them to go. And that local authorities are failing to provide them with emergency accommodation.

www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

23.09.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The fixation the ultraconservatives have with migration is tiring.

Its good. Its necessary. And the majority of the 80 million strong Irish diaspora who've benefited from it would probably all agree.

23.09.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are governments and businesses all over Europe whose inaction is leading to this.

21.09.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @news.rte.ie - why do you keep giving airtime to a war criminal? #GazaGenocide

07.09.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow! Clare, North Tipperary & Limerick IPSC march together in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers in @ipsc.bsky.social regional day of action. We demand immediate sanctions from our government to stop apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians
#SanctionsNow #FreePalestine

05.09.2025 21:20 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1