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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 years
Each mark represents an Irish woman who has travelled to the UK for an abortion since 1983 #repealthe8th @LdnIrishARC
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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I’m a GP without a car living in Tooting who has developed COVID symptoms. The testing centre in Dulwich has already closed and will only test on Sat-Monday!! Now I have to find a car and drive to the O2 in Greenwich if I want to be tested. Ramping up testing? @MattHancock
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Armagh at it again @ArmaghFans1889
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
@afneil Andrew Neil who confused the Omagh bomb for the “Armagh bomb”, Irish history is not your forte.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
Vaccinated ✅ Thanks @nhslambethccg
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11 months
Glastonbury 👋🏼
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
On my way to a home visit and have been in the practice since 7.15 this morning. It is not just hospitals that are feeling the strain. GP under serious pressure too #NHSWinterCrisis @rcgp @DancingTheMind @DrHFRyan
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
@aislinnmacklin @dr_alex_gates I’m a GP. This is a lie
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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@MrJohnNicolson @Ofcom How depressing that this is the head of ofcom. Utterly depressing
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
@NHS_HealthEdEng Undervaluing staff and mass exodus to Australia one of your many achievements
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 months
Snámh na Nollag in Árd Mhacha theas leis na lads!
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 years
@Jeremy_Hunt As an NHS doctor I must point out what a terrible leader you have and continue to be.Surely even you understand the irony @DrMarkMcinerney
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
I can’t book a Zip car until I have a time for the test slot and I can’t book a test without a registration of a car.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
@LSRPlaid The DUP do not even represent the majority NI view. They are going against the will of the people in the north.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
A friend turned up to work in north of England to find out one of SHOs on rota has been denied a visa to remain. They will now be 5 Doctors Short on the rota this is @theresa_may ’s hostile environment. @doctor_oxford @JonAshworth @DrRosena @DrOKaneAgain
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
@OwenJones84 @MikeH_PR How Kate Hoey has been allowed to remain in Labour is beyond me.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
@Femi_Sorry
Femi
4 years
Andy Burnham absolutely letting rip at the government for withholding the support Manchester needs... looking like the Clark Kent of Stockport. 😍 #ManchesterLockdown @AndyBurnhamGM
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3 years
@doctor_oxford @MattHancock We have a list size of 20,000 and could have everyone vulnerable vaccinated within a few weeks. Number of vaccines received = 0. Number of vaccines coming any time soon = 0
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
Big shout out to all the GPs open over the Easter bank holidays to help out our hospital colleagues! @rcgp @NikkiKF
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
Bhí othar istigh inniu liom ón Gaeltach I Londáin. Rinne muid an coinne ar fad in Gaeilge. Tá sé an speisialta an teanga a usaid beo in gnath saol agus obair. 👨🏾‍⚕️ @CnaG @AineEibhlin @niallosiadhail @Danielpcarry #TrasnanadTonnta2019
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
11 months
The tent is up @glastonbury
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7 months
@RhonddaBryant Labour���s failure to call out the collective punishment is totally shocking.
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
Happy #pride everyone. We need marriage Equality in NI @Love_EqualityNI @SeamasBelfast @PrideInLondon
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 years
@LordAshcroft Shameful tweet!
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
2 years
@OwenJones84 The country is desperate for a Labour government. Those of us working in or relying on the NHS are desperate for a Labour government. This is your focus 🤯
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
Second vaccine ✅💉💉 #COVIDVaccination
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 months
Not good enough. I have resigned from labour
@Keir_Starmer
Keir Starmer
7 months
A week ago we awoke to the unimaginable and heartbreaking news of terrorist attacks on Israel from Gaza by Hamas. We repeat our call for Hamas to release all hostages immediately, and for the protection of innocent civilian lives in Israel and Gaza. My statement:
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7 years
Today I'm voting for @DrRosena in Tooting. The NHS cannot sustain 5 more years of Tory cuts. #GED17 #votelabour
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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DUP bingo this week Anti Irish language ✔️ Anti GAA ✔️ Anti anything Irish ✔️ Homophobia ✔️
@EoinTennyson
Eóin Tennyson MLA
11 months
I usually ignore the homophobic trolling I receive on Twitter - but this needs called out. An elected DUP MLA tweeting about my “desires” and calling me a “creep”. It is obsessive, inappropriate and just plain weird.
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2 years
Pop up Gaeltacht i Londáin anocht. Ca bhfuil Acht na Gaeilge? @AlannaNiGh @CnaG_LDN @moneillsf @columeastwood @naomi_long
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
Lá mór don pharóiste #ArdMhachaAb ú
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
@BeattieDoug You were against an Irish language act Doug.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 years
@tomhatton1 @LdnIrishARC So much trauma for women. It's not my or your job to judge.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
@StephenNolan should apologise for this incredible disrespect and ignorance. @antaineof @NiallSF
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
2 years
Hello Santorini 🇬🇷
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5 years
@Andrew_Adonis Nothing has changed
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
2020 is my mother logging on to watch mass in neighbouring chapel to see who is at it
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 months
Sos cogaidh avoid! #CeasefireForGaza
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
Bhí an deis agam Gaeilge a úsaid le dochtuir eile inniu. Rinne sé mo lá. #Gaeilge @CnaG_LDN
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
11 months
Reidh do Glastonbury anois
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 months
Teach tabhairne Èireannach i dThailand do mo bhreithlá! Cultural experience
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
Part of our GP practice was broken into last night. What sort of person would target the NHS at this time? So angry!
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
Morning run in Sydney! Wears GAA jersey on holiday ✅
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4 years
When someone says to me you’re from Northern Ireland...
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
@mescal_paul Any chance you’d go on beo ar éigean podcast don craic? @AineEibhlin
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
Kate Hoey now wants to unpick the GFA. 72% of NI voted for it in a binding referendum. Really disturbing from a labour MP. Apparently only some referendum results should be respected.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
Cardiac Hill Killarney living up to its reputation 🥵
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@FinancialTimes
Financial Times
6 years
‘Jacob Rees-Mogg you're right. You don't need to visit the border... you need to have lived here.’ Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea explores the real impact of Brexit and the uncertainty of the future of the Irish border in a short film written by Clare Dwyer Hogg.
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3 years
@mrjamesob Let’s not pretend that those like Kate Hoey care anything about they GFA, they don’t.
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@AskJeevesWij There are not many doctors who agree with you.
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@barra_mac
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4 years
We’re at work. All you have to do is to #StayHome !
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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3 years
Aoine = Gin le do thoil...
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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I totally support this. @rcgp time to speak up or I will cancel my membership.
@Dr__Sarmy
The Cricketing Doc™️ 🇵🇸
2 months
Email I sent earlier today. Posting here purely as evidence. Let’s see how they respond: “Dear RCGP, Chair and Midlands Faculty team, I am emailing you ahead of the scheduled meeting on Friday 8th March to discuss the ongoing debacle with regards to the increasing use of…
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
@Rheumatology_Dr Hi Matt, where can we send the technology requests? I’d like to get rid of the fax machine, get a computer that doesn’t operate at snails pace and maybe a decent printer.
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
When the sun shines in West Cork @wildatlanticway
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 years
@naomi_long @DannyDonnelly1 @cllrjohnkyle I think it's vital that members of the health service do speak out about the NHS at election time
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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@ShelaghFogarty Love your shows but on this topic I completely agree with him. Usually turn off when it’s Israel -Gaza now.
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
The fact that @BBCRadio4 have been discussing Charles Trevelyan without mentioning his role in the Irish famine is incredible!
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
2 years
Lá mór duinn inniu. Árd Mhacha abú #TurnCrokerOrange
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
Really dignified and moving today in Clapham Common. #SarahEverard
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
Deas mo chara @CBrogan_MedLaw a fheiceail ag Pop Up Gaeltacht Londáin
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
@unakavanagh Is mór an trua go bhfuil daoine mar seo ann. Na bi buartha faoi. Is inspioráid thú 👊🏽
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
@johnjmcgoran @aislinnmacklin @dr_alex_gates It appears he is incapable of being upfront and honest
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
Up the Mournes with @antaineof ! Some day for it #mournes
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
Ag taisteal abhaile don Nollaig 🙌🏼
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
Ireland faces the same healthcare issues north an south. And ageing population, increasingly complex to manage. A hospital system struggling and a falling number of GPs esp in rural areas. All island solutions are needed. @Think32_
@Dr_PhilAnderson
Phil Anderson
5 years
Definite need for joined up all-Ireland thinking on this island when it comes to specialist healthcare provision & training of specialist healthcare staff @healthdpt @HSELive @barra_mac @irishmednews
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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@liambarker Today, consultant neurologist asking me to refer to pain clinic for nerve block as they apparently cannot. I cannot get my head around this !!! @wesstreeting
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
2 years
@MrJohnNicolson @CommonsDCMS You provide a fantastic and forensic opposition day in day out. Refreshing
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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Excellent example of how the @gmcuk “be kind” guidance will be weaponised to silence doctors.
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 years
@SiobhanFenton Except in terms of marriage equality, indigenous language and abortion rights etc. No other UK region has a land border- already different
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
2 years
Lá deas againn inniu le @CnaG_LDN ag Trafalgar Square. @LearphollCnaG
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
When you say struggling to deliver 5,000 you mean falling GP numbers under your watch @Jeremy_Hunt @rcgp @DancingTheMind
@pulsetoday
PulseToday
6 years
Top story of the day: Jeremy Hunt admits he is ‘struggling to deliver’ 5,000 GPs by 2020 #GPnews #JeremyHunt #NHS
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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You bought it for nothing you should get nothing.
@bbcnewsline
BBC Newsline
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The Earl of Shaftesbury who owns the bed and soil of Lough Neagh is prepared to sell to the government #LoughNeaghDay
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
How can this Government be trusted to uphold the GFA in the context of brexit when they are actively arguing against it in court? @Dr_PhilippaW @PaulJSweeney
@EmmaCDeSouza
Emma DeSouza
5 years
Just in from the Immigration Minister on the birthright provisions of the Good Friday Agreement The UK Government's position is that identity under the agreement is a separate concept from citizenship Intention of the Govt to move away from this provision couldn't be clearer
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
2 years
Incredible effort by Tooting’s polish community to collect for Ukrainian refugees. @DrRosena
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
7 years
@Al_SportsLover @whitnehhh2205 @ToniGordonia @LdnIrishARC I asked for your scientific background. Still waiting for this. I didn't claim to speak for every doctor. I explained my credentials.
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
4 years
Go dtuga Dia suaimhneas síoraí dá anam uasal. #JohnHumeRIP #peace
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
@sarahwollaston @GPatHand I finished a 12 hour day in real GP and I saw everyone and anyone without barrier or precondition.
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
2 years
Bonjour Paris! @tomhatton1
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
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@DrLindaDykes It’s money. We cannot afford to employ locum GPs because practice funding cut. PCN funding for ARRS doesn’t let us employ GPs.
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
11 months
@ArmaghFans1889 Armagh in Glastonbury
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
Thank you to my MP @DrRosena for responding so quickly and taking my concerns about this government’s attempts to erode the Good Friday Agreement seriously. The @EmmandJDeSouza case is really important for Irish citizens in the north.
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
Tá an todhchaí oráiste! 🟠⚪️
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@gavreilly @tomhfh I fear this will be lost on him
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
1 year
One of our GPs resigned and we have not received one application to our advert for 3 months. We are in a great location in London. We can’t recruit. You are lying.
@SteveBarclay
Steve Barclay
1 year
We’re making real progress in getting patients to see their GP quicker. ✅ Almost 2 million more appointments were delivered this February vs. February last year. 🗓️ That’s 100,000 more appointments each working day. 📈 With more GPs and primary care staff to come.
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2 years
Sliabh Binneáin inniu le @antaineof
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! Tá suil agam go mbeidh muid abalta é a cheiliùradh go ceart le pionta go luath! ☘️ ☘️☘️
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
I am really disappointed in the @RCGP as they dither on whether to remove the honorary title from the Sultan of Brunei. This sends out an awful message to LGBT members and patients. Not good enough.
@HelenStokesLam
Prof Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard
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Hi all, sorry if this was slower than some wanted, I am meeting remarkable colleagues in Jersey & travelling. Also @rcgp members please see my ‘blog’ tonight and Council Members and Trustees getting an email from me imminently. Being taken v seriously from start...
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
3 years
Great day vaccinating >150 patients today including 30 home visits. Great effort with 24 hours notice. #COVID19
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BarraMacGiollaAoláin
6 years
I support the #LetterToLeo and urge An Taoiseach to ensure Irish citizen in the north have the same rights as all other European citizens post brexit!
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2 years
Spotify suggesting a Jubilee playlist to me 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
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@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
Ian Paisley remains in DUP despite lobbying for foreign governments and taking lavish holidays. It appears only supporting LGBT will truly have you sanctioned by the @duponline
@barra_mac
BarraMacGiollaAoláin
5 years
I won’t be ‘nodding dog’ for party, says axed DUP member Tom Smith who supported LGBT community
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@IRLPatricia These checks will be a huge success in Keady and South Armagh generally 🤷🏽‍♂️
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