Cllr Pio Smith
@CllrPioSmith
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Labour Party Councillor representing the people of Drogheda on Louth County Council. Email: [email protected]
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Joined December 2015
‘Danish support to 🇺🇦 has reached a volume of $10.5 billion, not only in relative but also in absolute terms more than many larger countries’ total support. 🇩🇰 is a leading innovator in terms of finding new ways to support 🇺🇦 ‘ 🇮🇪 take note @SimonHarrisTD @ConorHogarty
A great new European Dispatch Column (all free) by Minna Alander just appeared. Its message is clear--Be Like Denmark--a state which is being more responsible in its defense policies than almost any other in Europe. Quite some praise--coming from a Finn.
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A new photo of Northern Gaza shows entire neighborhoods flattened to the ground. People have returned--not to homes, but to the ruins.
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The new British Ambassador to Ireland, @karaowen CMG CVO, had the honour of presenting her credentials to @PresidentIRL today……⬇️
Today, the British Ambassador to Ireland, @karaowen CMG CVO, had the honour of presenting her credentials to @PresidentIRL H.E. Michael D. Higgins, at Áras an Uachtaráin. Ambassador Owen looks forward to an ambitious new chapter in the UK–Ireland relationship. 🇬🇧 🤝 🇮🇪
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‘he (Clinton)was also the first to erode the basic principles undergirding the peace process in a major way, including U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which enshrined the “land for peace” formula and the sanctity of the 1967 border
brookings.edu
While the prospects of an American-brokered peace deal were already quite slim, Trump’s approach to the conflict may have finally convinced Palestinian leaders that they have more to lose by remain...
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‼️ “The kill zone on the front has expanded by kilometres, today, strike drones define the battlefield, with lethal range now reaching 10 km,” — C-in-C Syrskyi. Logistics and military medicine now play a decisive role under these new conditions, @PhillipsPOBrien and myself
Hi all, @olddog100ua and I just did a S-Stak Live and discussed the war and the situation in Ukraine. Shaun tries to describe the reality, which is different than the western press often relates.
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One of the most inexplicable things in Irish life/politics is that those most hostile to British sovereignty over part of the island have no issue with being entirely dependent on the British military to protect the whole island's airspace.
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CIVILIAN COVER: Using the ‘Sigma’ supermarket as cover, Russia attempted to conceal a major military logistics hub in Donetsk. Ukrainian FP-1 drones targeted the equipment & troops inside. Note the before and after Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) from the 11 OCT strike.
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The potato it’s one of the quiet engines of history. @peterfrankopan and @afuahirsch discuss in their new episode, 'The Root of Empires', how this unassuming tuber reshaped economies, cities, empires and even human bodies. https://t.co/WBeMS1cM9p
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This new Pentagon press policy is not good for the Pentagon or the Press. I was a soldier, not a journalist, and I find this counter to our ascribed values and our Constitution. https://t.co/vsH3abaN31
cbsnews.com
The Pentagon's new guidelines were sent to reporters on Friday.
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FEELING THE PINCH: As western sanctions (finally) ramp up against Putin's shadow fleet, Russian sea borne oil exports have decreased by 20% in the past month. These poorly maintained, undermanned, uninsured vessels are a ecological disaster waiting to happen.
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Two years. Two years passed since the last moment I saw Avinatan, the love of my life. Two years since the moment terrorists kidnapped us, put me on a motorcycle, and tore me away from Avinatan before the eyes of the entire world. From that moment, our journey in captivity was
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Bureaucratic nonsense that needs to be rectified @MichealMartinTD
Our Defence Forces Chaplains have been told they cannot receive representation from RACO as they ‘are not members of the Defence Forces’. This is entirely unacceptable. The work of our Chaplains is invaluable. 1/5
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Dreadful picture. People are taking photos. Children looking. This terror regime must end. How can we say we are morally equal? How can we demand the world to accept us?
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‘The American official said he expected to get coordinated support from Europe and India, along with other democratic governments in Asia’ Trump & Co need Europe yet they speak disparagingly about the EU.
I dont think people are giving this story enough attention. China has put rigid controls on the supply of rare earth metals to the USA, but after a little tantrum, Trump has been left pretending its no big deal. He has already weakened the US so much, he cant respond adequately.
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Ben Hodges: If Russia attacked NATO, it’d be destroyed by NATO Air Force and the ground troops of the Alliance. Kaliningrad destroyed in the first hours. All military facilities in Sevastopol too
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‘Integration into the EATC would no doubt be a positive for Ireland in providing flexibility to react to the next world crisis and allow it to access capability that we have historically been unwilling to invest in’
https://t.co/rM7puU7d53 My view on Ireland joining the European Air Transport Command
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Worth a few minutes of your time. @RikeFranke 4 years ago outlining what armed forces of small nations like 🇮🇪 should invest in when it comes to drones. @barrycrushell Now gov is ‘fast tracking’ acquisition of anti drone defence for Baldonnel. @ConorHogarty @kevpipps
We are underway! @Bentonra introduces our line up for this morning's @iiea, @IRLCoDF & @RIAdawson: Dr @RCsernatoni, Lt Gen Tim Keating, Former Chief @NZDefenceForce, Dr @RikeFranke and Prof Greg Kennedy of @KingsCollegeLon. Watch live here: https://t.co/iIY5G6HrGs
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God, he is such a manipulative coward. Same reason neither he nor his wife attend funerals or visit wounded soldiers in the hospital. A thoroughly despicable man.
💥As hard as it is to believe, it seems the freed hostages were sent to one of three hospitals *per their families' political stances since Oct 7 2023*, and in Beilinson Hospital, where Netanyahu & the Mrs are visiting, are the 5 families believed to admire the PM. #Speechless.
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Still being told there probably won’t be a school place for my son with autism in September, but glad that the GDP looks good 🙄
Ireland's economy is forecast to be the fastest growing of the world's most advanced economies this year, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook https://t.co/hUc2TWdnWi
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This guy, a cheerleader for the Catherine Connolly campaign online is Jim 'Flash' McVeigh. At the time the IRA forced me into an 'investigation' into child abuse, he was a senior IRA leader. For the past few years, he's been repeatedly tweeting me unwanted communication. 1/2.
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Our town. The Patriarchs and the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem release a statement upon the end of thr war in Gaza.
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