Paul Doherty
@PaulDoherty___
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Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast | Founder @Foodstock__ | Right to Food Commissioner | Anti-Poverty Campaigner |
Belfast
Joined July 2017
Belfast is now a Right To Food city following my motion being passed at council tonight! Access to food is a human right. I will contine to fight to ensure a Right to Food is enshrined in law & to end the scandal of hunger and foodbanks in our communities once and for all.
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Want to give back to the Belfast community? Come along to the Global Shapers Belfast Donation Drive on December 13th! We're collecting for 3 amazing local organisations - @Foodstock__ , Storehouse and @pk_belfast! Any donations are gratefully received - please repost!
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🎶 A magical night at our Carols at Christmas Concert! Performances, Bishop Alan’s prayer & Deputy Lord Mayor Paul Doherty’s inspiring words filled us with festive pride. ✨ #teamstgens @PaulDoherty___ @stgensAP
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Honoured to welcome partners from right across the Dublin–Belfast Economic Corridor to City Hall today. Today was another reminder of what we can achieve on this island when we work together - facing shared challenges, unlocking new opportunities, and pushing forward through
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Great to have @PaulDoherty___ the deputy mayor with us tonight. Thank you Paul for all your ongoing support 👏🏻
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Here's a poem I wrote at our Find Your Voice group last night (we meet in Seven Coffee every month). It's about the Glen Road, butchers and wee fat Staffy dogs! Enjoy! @EamonnMallie @MartinJMagill
@mandy_mcauley @WeatherCee @PaulMaskeyMP @PaulDoherty___
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SDLP Deputy Lord Mayor Paul Doherty was verbally abused as he left past protestors. He said: “Flying the flag is a clear message of solidarity with people enduring unimaginable horror in Palestine, and sends a message to the Palestinian community here: Belfast stands with you.”
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Proud to have voted tonight for the Palestinian flag to fly from Belfast City Hall tomorrow. 🇵🇸 Belfast stands in solidarity with Palestine today and every day.
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Honoured to speak at the SHIP Remembrance Service today in the Dockers Club. Being in that room, surrounded by Sailortown people, former dockers and their families, you could feel the deep sense of pride for their loved ones who have passed. Their stories live on. I was proud
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And that’s a wrap! 🎶 What an amazing celebration of our school community today at our Annual Christmas Fair💙#teamstgens @stgensAP @PaulDoherty___
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A really powerful morning at City Hall hosting the Belfast City of Sanctuary celebration. The voices and stories shared today were a reminder of what solidarity truly looks like - people standing up for one another and building a city where everyone feels they belong. Proud,
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Delighted to be part of tonight’s celebration of Take 5 – Your Voice, Your Choice. The atmosphere in the room was fantastic — full of energy, pride and real community spirit. The room was given an extra lift with the news that each group now has the opportunity to receive
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Foodstock ready to support record number of children this Christmas https://t.co/KG51rwD8jT
belfastmedia.com
ANDERSONSTOWN-based charity Foodstock has launched its annual Christmas Wish Tree, aiming to reach a record number of children as more families face the reality of being unable to afford Christmas...
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Santa Claus is Coming to (Andy)Town! 🎅 Our annual Foodstock Christmas Tree Switch-on Event takes place on the Andersonstown Road this coming Friday 28th November at 6.30pm. 🎄 Santa will be there for selfies and will be handing out treats for children throughout. Hot chocolate
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‘Your child could kill or be killed’ - Parents urged to think twice about buying scramblers as gifts this Christmas
irishnews.com
Twenty of the motorcycle type bikes have been seized in west Belfast in recent months
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What an inspiring morning spent at St Gerard’s School. 🙌 It was a real honour to speak with students, last year’s leavers who came back especially for today, and their proud families. A special shout out to the teaching staff here who are making an incredible difference in
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An absolute honour to help switch on the big Christmas lights at Forthspring Intercommunity Group tonight! 🎄 A huge well done to the entire team for everything you do - the smiles from children from Springfield, Woodvale, Clonard, Shankill and the wider area said it all. A
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Belfast’s deputy Lord Mayor has been appointed to a UK-wide body, which aims to tackle food poverty. West Belfast SDLP councillor Paul Doherty has been appointed to the Right to Food Commission, which is being launched by its vice-chair, Labour MP Ian Byrne, at Westminster on
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Delighted to be at launch of the UK Right to Food Commission in Parliament yesterday! With 14 million in UK going to bed hungry we need to act now to end hunger! @IanByrneMP @BarrieMargetts @ReginaKeith1 @PaulDoherty___ @WPHNA @UniWestminster
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Great to open the Visit Belfast AGM at the Europa Hotel this morning and welcome leaders in tourism, business and culture from right across the city. A big shout out to all the Visit Belfast team for helping us build a vibrant, welcoming and forward-looking city, and one that
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Thanks to the @LivEchonews for this piece on our Right To Food Commission launch today. #RightToFood
#HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
liverpoolecho.co.uk
The Labour MP for West Derby was among those to set up Fans Supporting Foodbanks
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