Paul Murphy 🏳️⚧️
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@Pb4P TD for Dublin South West, eco-socialist, part of @risesocialists network in People Before Profit. Regular on @RuptureRadio_ podcast & in @RuptureMag_
Joined March 2011
🚨Refuse to allow this landlord's government to make you homeless!🚨. 👉Over half of ALL notices to quit are invalid!👈. Listen to this as the #evictionban is due to end on the 1st April. #evictthisgovernment
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The controversy over Imane Khelif is revealing. Khelif is a cis (non-trans) woman with elevated levels of testosterone. She has fought (and lost to) women all her career. Despite being an "adult human female", anti-trans campaigners think she's not feminine enough for them.
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Israel withdraws their ambassador in what they describe as a "strong response to Ireland" recognising Palestine. Please don't come back.
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Average rent in Ireland: €1,516 a month. Minimum wage in Ireland: €1,774.50 a month. This doesn't add up.
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Ireland is now officially the most expensive country in the EU. Prices here are 40% above the EU average. Rip-off Republic alive and well under FF, FG & Greens. We need a cost of living revolt like we saw with the water charges uprising.
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Horrified by conditions in mandatory quarantine?. Wait till you hear about direct provision and children living in hotel rooms because they're homeless.
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Every single government TD (with one or two missing) voted not to pay the student nurses. Shame on the lot of them. Claps but no pay.
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Many petrol stations seem to be hiking up fuel prices 15c today - so they can claim to reduce them 15c tomorrow when the excise cut comes in. This means they plan to pocket the excise duty cut and make bumper profits. This is profiteering - we need price controls now.
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A strange way to spell human trafficker.
Social media influencer Andrew Tate reportedly leaves Romania
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"I paid €50 for 20 face masks in a chemist. The price on the pack was €20. We had no choice but to get them because my wife has terminal cancer so we're being careful.". One of the hundreds of people hit by profiteering taking place. We need price controls now.
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Taoiseach: €214,956 a year. Minimum wage worker: €21,294 a year. Does the Taoiseach really think he is worth ten times an ordinary worker?.
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Ehhh.
Last night we stood to applaud our incredible frontline workers. To help further we will:.Pay student nurses ✅.Secure PPE (arriving Sunday)✅.Hire more staff ✅.Open more beds✅.Follow public health advice ✅. In this together #coronavirus.
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Far right protesters outside our home on Sat night while we're putting our baby in bath. They have a sign about Irish homeless but I bet none have helped anyone fight their eviction. They don't care about children or homeless. They just want to spread hate and division.
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Today SSE Airtricity announced a 24% increase in the price of their '100% green' electricity. The cost of wind has not gone up. On Tuesday SSE announced earnings for the last year will be up to 17% higher than expected. This is pure war profiteering. We need price controls.
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This man (who called himself Joseph Attley) came up to our @pb4p pro-choice stall today and told me he would slit my wife's throat before the end of the week. These are the people who claim to be "protecting women".
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Supermacs millionaire Pat McDonagh says the €350 support for those who lost their jobs due to Covid should be cut. He says that'll make it easier for him to get workers to work for €200 a week. Maybe he should consider paying a living wage and providing proper PPE to staff?.
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The Beacon CEO also broke the travel rules to participate in a rally race in Britain. Golfgate, vaccines, travel. The rules really are just for the "little people" aren't they?.
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Welcome to the world Juniper Hampton Murphy. @jdubspear and Juniper are healthy and doing well. Thanks to all of the staff at the Coombe who have made it a great experience. A pretty great day all around. 😊
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Remember the the government said we couldn't do #ZeroCovid because it would mean lockdown for months and months?.
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It's official: I've been re-elected. Thank you all for the support!. #ge24 #keeppaulinthedail
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Too many landlords in the Dáil - that's why rents will never fall. It's not teachers that are the problem. There were 19 teachers in the last Dáil and 48 landlords.
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Massive crowd at the Dáil demanding we #ExpelTheIsraeliAmbassador . Next step is to get tens of thousands out this Saturday at 1pm, Garden of Remembrance. We need people from all around the country traveling up!.#ExpelIsraeliAmbassador
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This is horrendous. The judge didn't want to jail him because he would lose his job (as a soldier!) How is it appropriate for him to continue to be a soldier?.
A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, has walked free from court after being given a fully suspended sentence which the victim described as "not justice"
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Far right protesting outside our home right now. We were literally preparing to give our newborn baby a bath.
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Jesus Varadkar is a disgrace. Asked about testing in meatplants and talking about the Bobby Storey funeral.
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Kick out the Israeli ambassador. I am so fed up with turning on the radio and listening to her lies.
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Ireland should be next.
Colombia expels the israeli ambassador.
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When Phil Hogan resigned he got almost €300,000 in a 'transition allowance', and an EU pension of €58,000 a year from 66. This is on top of his Dail and Ministerial pension of €61,000 a year he can also get. How much public money does this guy think he is entitled to?.
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If he's so angry, he should run for election and try to become Minister for Housing so he can do something about it.
Darragh O’Brien, the minister for housing, has said that he is angered by the sale of 46 homes in a Dublin housing estate to an investment fund and that the rate of stamp duty paid by investors that bulk-buy property “needs to be reviewed”
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Asked the Taoiseach whether he would be willing to live on €350 a week, given that he thinks the PUP should be cut. He gave the same answer as when I asked Varadkar - No answer at all.
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Supermacs millionaire Pat McDonagh asked for the €350 to be cut to make it easier for him to pay poverty wages. A week later FG did just that. Once again the rich say jump, and the right-wing say how high. The result will be plunging many people into poverty.
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On Saturday night, this was painted 5 minutes walk from my house. I will not be intimidated. I will continue to oppose those who try to divide ordinary people and spread hate. We need to unite against those who are actually responsible for housing, health and climate crises.
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Ireland MUST act! We must force the government to act. ✊We MUST stand against genocide! .✊We MUST stand against ethnic cleansing! .✊We MUST stand against apartheid! .✊We MUST expel the Israeli ambassador and embassy, who continues to tell lies!. #ExpelIsraeliAmbassadorNOW
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Energia announced 3 price increases in 6 months last year, up to September. In those same 6 months, they made an operating profit of €131.8m, a 51% increase year-on-year. The problem is not inflation. The problem is corporate greed, profiteering and a lack of price controls.
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Why is this Ambassador for a genocidal state at the Dáil?. She should be expelled.
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It’s telling that basically the only things we’re now allowed to do is work and consume. It really is the only way capitalist ideologues know how to deal with crises.
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You know all that terrible stuff that priest was saying?. Well, I've bad news for you. His church controls the vast majority of our schools and lots of our hospitals. Time to separate church and state.
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No matter how frustrated you are, please don't join the anti-lockdown protests today. The far-right is at the core of these events. They cynically abuse people's anger. They aim to drag Ireland backwards. They oppose democratic rights and want brutal oppression. #NotInMyName.
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If you behave like that with an RTE camera following you, how do you behave when there's no cameras there at all?.
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Let's be clear. €350 a week is €8.75 an hour for a 40 hour week. Ireland is a horrendously low pay economy with a high amount of precarious work. Leo wants to distract from that by reviving the latest iteration of his vile "welfare cheats" campaign. €350 should be a minimum!.
The Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar told @BreakfastNT that it’s “not fair” and “not sustainable” that nearly 40% of people on the #COVID-19 payment are better off than they were when they were working.
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The government give €88m a year to the Horse & Greyhound Racing industry. They only give €30m to refuges for victims of domestic violence. Let that sink in: They give a gambling industry almost three times more money than refuges.
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Joining in the witch hunt of Kneecap because they dared to use their platform to oppose genocide.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called on rap trio Kneecap to "urgently clarify" if they support Hamas and Hezbollah, saying such support would be unacceptable
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What a brave woman Nikita Hand is.
Nikita Hand has won her case against Conor McGregor | Follow live.
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TD's are set to get yet ANOTHER pay rise next month. They already get over €100k - well above the average worker. I don't take this bloated salary; PBP TDs take only a workers wage. It's time to cut TDs wages, tie the TDs income to the average income of ordinary workers.
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Micheal Martin told the Dáil that this propaganda visit to Israel was before the genocide in Gaza started. That is a lie. It was taken on 16 November when the full scale ground invasion started on 27 October. No wonder he's trying to rewrite history.
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In the background of the #golfgate story is an illustration of how power works and the capitalist class rule. Who was at this "Oireachtas Golf Society" dinner? A senior Minister, a European Commissioner, the senior banking lobbyist, a leading judge, a former leading broadcaster.
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Varadkar just said "you're statistically safer being at work than being at home" in terms of Covid. That is utterly ridiculous.
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Now that Israel has bombed a hospital, do Palestinians get world leaders arriving to tell them they have the right to defend themselves?. When exactly does this part kick in?.
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They're admitting they deliberately bombed an ambulance. This is a war crime.
A Hamas terrorist cell was identified using an ambulance. In response, an IDF aircraft struck and neutralized the Hamas terrorists, who were operating within the ambulance. We emphasize that this area in Gaza is a war zone. Civilians are repeatedly called upon to evacuate.
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He not only refused to join case, he even cast doubt on it being genocide. The Irish govt looks ok on international stage because of how horrendously bad most western govts are. But the Irish government has refused to take any meaningful action to stop genocide. It's shameful.
Varadkar rules out joining South African genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice.
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"Living with Covid" = 6 months lockdown with three weeks of opening in the middle to satisfy business lobbying and which kills 1,500 people. Yet somehow #ZeroCovid can be portrayed by the government as a plan for long lockdowns. 🙄.
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Not only has the government not expelled the Israeli ambassador, Fianna Fáil actually had her at their Ard Fheis today. This is an insult to everybody who opposes Israel's genocidal attack on Gaza.
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Israeli goods taken off the shelves in Lidl in Tallaght. These should not be for sale. Will be continuing to target and protest @lidl_ireland until they stop stocking Israeli products. #BoycottIsrael #BoycottIsraelProducts
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This is what the far-right are like. Protesting outside our home at 8pm at night while we were trying to give our baby a bath in January of this year. #VoteLeftTransferLeft today to keep them out.
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Very disappointing to see NPHET recommend that mask wearing in retail, public transport and schools becomes optional. The workers in those settings have no option about whether they go to work. Their unions have been clear that they wanted masks to continue.
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So the responsibility for Mother & Baby Homes lies with society at large, rather than the church which operated them and the state which supported them?. The parallel with the avoidance of responsibility for the current crisis we face with the pandemic is unmistakable.
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Did Niall Boylan delete this because he's gone woke?. The voters deserve to know.
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Leo Varadkar admitted to me in Committee that if we ratify CETA, the Candian company which owns IRES REIT could sue the Irish state in a special investor court system if we introduce further rent controls. If that's not a reason to reject CETA, I don't know what is.
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What a powerful response to the attempts to spread division and hate. There are enough resources in this country for everyone to have a decent home, job and services and welcome refugees. We need to unite against those who currently hoard that wealth. #IrelandForAll
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Why is RTE showing four hours of coronation coverage on Saturday?. The monarchy should be abolished - not celebrated. £100 million is being spent on this exercise in rehabilitation when 4 million children in Britain are in food poverty.
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This is very funny. France Insoumise MP plays rock paper scissors to avoid shaking hand of far-right RN MP.
Le député François Piquemal (LFI-NFP) fait un chifoumi pour éviter de serrer la main au député RN Flavien Termet
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€150 for a pack of face masks? That is pure greed. We all have a family member who is at risk from the Corona Virus. They deserve better than to be ripped off like this. We need to stop those trying to make a quick buck from panic and fear. We need price controls now.
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This is a war crime.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: . "I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly.".
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We need a similarly massive national demonstration in Dublin.
Thank you London! Half a million people on the streets today for Palestine demanding a #CeaseFireNOW 🇵🇸
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The absolute best thing that could come out of the Beacon scandal is a concerted mass campaign to end private healthcare and education. Nationalise the private hospitals and build a National Health Service. Stop giving public money to private schools.
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The Catholic Church still has control over the majority of schools in Ireland. This has to end. Schools and hospitals run by them should be taken into public control. France did this over a century ago - it's long past time we did it too.
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Supermac's millionaire Pat McDonagh has been very vocal criticising the PUP. But the McDonagh group made €20m profit last year, while getting huge handouts from the state in Covid subsidies. They should repay the taxpayer so the money can go to those who really need it.
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After this weekend our next public holiday isn't til Halloween - 84 days. Today @PB4P launch our bill to make 3 more holidays: Feb 1 & the last Monday in September & November. 🇮🇪 only has 9 holidays compared to. 🇦🇹 13.🇵🇹 13.🇸🇪 13.🇵🇱 13.🇮🇹 12.🇪🇸 12. Time to give workers a break.
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The decision on the next Taoiseach should not be made by the Fine Gael parliamentary party. The people should have the right to decide. We need a general election.
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Govt: Over 90% of people support mandatory quarantine. We better do something. Please do up a list of countries. Public Health team: Here's where Covid is rampant. Govt: No, no, no, we need a long list of small, non-powerful, and overwhelmingly non white countries.
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I presume everyone who condemned Sabina Higgins will now be queueing up to condemn Simon Coveney for calling for de-escalation on both the Israeli and Palestinian side.
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Massive turnout in support of Palestine in Dublin today🇵🇸. Tens of thousands on the streets demanding an end to the siege and occupation!. We need to force the government:.👉Expel the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland!.👉Call for the resignation of EU President Ursula von der Leyen!
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This is awful stuff.
Leo Varadkar doesn't think elderly ppl or kids are the State's responsibility. He will take care of his own family. And if ur on less than 200k a year, that's just tough turtles for u, peasant. Shud have thought of ur family before u decided to be poor. What. A. Piece. Of. Sh*t.
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Poor Tommy Robinson. Came to Ireland to share notes with his far-right mates about how to spread hatred and fears of refugees. Instead, he gets to witness a massive demonstration showing how the vast majority of people reject his politics. #IrelandForAll.
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I’d rather be a ‘scrawny prick’ than a rapist. Thanks to the right wing propaganda machine that is Gript - rapist Conor McGregor started a pile-on of abuse against me and my family. Leave my child alone.
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Three Ukrainian refugees were evicted from a hotel in Citywest this morning. Currently homeless. Their "crime"?. Representing the other Ukrainian families in discussions with management for appropriate food because the children are getting sick because of an inadequate diet.
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During a cost of living crisis, the government announced a 50% increase in military spending. Rather than spending €500m more on fighter jets and missiles, we could:.🏘️Build homes for 2,000 families €430m.👨⚕️ Employ 1,000 extra nurses €52m.🏥 Abolish A&E charges €20m.
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Welfare or Warfare?. For €2bn we could:.✔️ Scrap all college fees.✔️ Provide free school meals in primary & secondary school.✔️ Make public transport free nationwide.✔️ Increase the basic pay rate for defence force personel. Or we could waste on warships and fighter jets.
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The idea that Coveney had to delete Zappone texts from his phone to free up data is ridiculous. Leo Varadkar also had conveniently deleted texts with Maitiu O'Tuathail. Surely texts to and from Ministers should be covered by same FOI and data record requirements as emails?.
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A personal statement apologising for provoking Deputy Lowry by filming him last week.
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Crap wording, crap campaign, crap government. This is the result. Left parties should commit to proposing a referendum recognising and supporting care inside and outside of the home and the rights of people with disabilities.
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The more I cringe about this, the more perfect I realise it is. It encapsulates the nationalism of part the ruling class in Ireland - one where the national flag, anthem and game are all replaced. It's a nationalism without anti-colonial struggle. There's a PhD in this clip.
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A very welcome change of position from Sinn Féin here. "The position of the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland is now untenable. " . I hope we can work with Sinn Féin to propose a motion to the Dáil to expel the Israeli ambassador.
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I'm sick of people saying minimum wage workers are just young people earning some extra 'pocket money' for the weekend. 68% of minimum wage workers are full time. 90% are in permanent positions. These are workers trying to earn a living. They deserve a raise. #FightFor15.
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A deeply evil man.
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If government Covid policy is going to be reliant on antigen testing, surely they need to be made free for all?.
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How about, instead of packing people like sardines into public transport during a pandemic, we put on more buses and employ more bus drivers?.
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Incredible graph in @FT. Israel is deliberately making Gaza unlivable. Words of criticism by the Irish government are not enough. We need action. Expel the Israeli ambassador. Impose sanctions on Israel. Join South African case about Israeli genocide.
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How did Gardaí end up ‘guarding’ ATMs to cover up for an error by Bank of Ireland? They seem to have effectively been acting as private security for a bank. Can those who are getting ripped off by banks on their mortgages get the Gardaí on the case? .
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@ThomasByrneTD Are you not opposing gas from Russia because of its imperialist invasion and occupation of Ukraine?. Why then should we turn a blind eye to the imperialist occupation of Palestine by Israel?. Is it because Ukrainians are white Europeans?. Is it because Israel is a US ally?.
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These are the people who present themselves as Irish patriots. Standing side by side with far-right loyalist thugs in Belfast today.
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Has the Irish government summoned the Israeli ambassador for a reprimand for her state killing more than 6,000 children yet?.
#Breaking The Israeli foreign minister says he has summoned the Irish ambassador in Tel Aviv "for a reprimand" following Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's remarks on the release of Emily Hand
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