#Donegal you did not disappoint

#Ballyshannon rocked tonight

Robin Jackson 'worked hand in glove with [Robert] Nairac ... Jacko bombed a pub in Dundalk and the bomb was made in an army base and was given to Jacko to go and plant it ..’ 25,000 word ebook on the Dublin & Monaghan bombs here next Saturday. No paywall. coverthistory.ie

That’s more like it. Latest satellite shows plenty of sunshine over Ulster mainly. Belfast Castle is looking the part. Temperatures have reach 18° in Finner, Donegal.

Wrote about the outsized effect of US and UK social media users on debates concerning migration in Ireland

Pulled 30 days of Twitter data using social media monitoring tool Talkwalker, was interested in discussion of unrest in Newtownmountkennedy.

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The studio received its new graphics today ahead of the Dawn Chorus which takes place this Sunday May 5th 2024 from midnight to 7am on RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ lyric fm and we will be joined by BBC Radio Wales from 4am.

How's the #NoMowMay going

Your enemy isn’t carrying all their belongings in a plastic bag. Your enemy is carrying an investment portfolio. Wake the fuck up!

Today, Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, will live forever in infamy as the day the British government erased history and abolished justice for victims rather than disclose the truth. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 is indeed the #BillOfShame

As the lights are turned off in the inquest courts, there is no denying the trauma of this day.
But here is the thing: families are made of stuff no piece of British legislation can ever defeat: Love.
And this darkness will give way to the light that burns bright.
Families are…

I am deeply alarmed by reports of mass graves in Gaza.
 
Independent investigators must be allowed immediate access.
 
The families of the dead have a right to know what happened.

The world has a right to accountability for any violations of int’l law that may have taken place.

Tomorrow on ‘Free State’ Part 3 of “The Life and Turbulent Times of Christy Moore”

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Comhghairdeas to my sister Michelle Gildernew who is now officially an MEP candidate in the EU elections, she is an inspiration & an activist & I can't think of a better person to represent the values and interests of the Irish people at a European level.

Maith thú our blade!

A great day for our beginners’ classes.

New report finds British government operated ‘a practice of impunity’ during Troubles to protect security forces from sanction irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Round we go heel to the toe dancing a reel in the flickering light, thanks Christy. #Fermanagh #LoughErne

A BIG WIN ON THE ROAD ❤️

The events of January 4th and 5th 1976 are, and will continue to be, among the most secretive and hidden events of the so called “Troubles”. Should the truth of those two atrocities ever be revealed, the history of the conflict would be turned on its head. bbc.com/news/uk-northe…

Delicious looking Lilliputians in #Mullaghmore today.