This is the first poem that appears in my new book, Above Ground. I’ve been thinking a lot about the simultaneity of the human experience. How joy sits alongside sorrow. How wonder sits alongside despair. How we carry all of it all at once.

Haley Olig attended all sessions of the first tranche of the Sam Marshall inquest. Her report of the three days can be read here. This case raises significant issues of state collusion and summary execution relativesforjustice.com/samuel-marshal…

Our Caseworker Haley Olig has been following the inquest into the killing of Seamus Dillon, the hero doorman at the Glengannon Hotel who saved the lives of hundreds of young people on the night he was shot dead in 1997 relativesforjustice.com/seamus-dillon-…

.Big Ten Network debut of 'Row On Wisconsin' is Monday, May 8 - 7 p.m. CT Andy Baggot checks with Bebe Bryans, Sue Ela and an executive producer Erit Yellen on their thoughts on the film Current/past rowers are getting together to watch it live go.wisc.edu/6oop89

My colleague and I are reporting on this inquest and it’s truly astounding. A nurse asked police officer *twice* to help resuscitate a man and the officer literally turned his back on her. They wouldn’t even shine their flashlights so she could see. There are no words.

I think too about how freedom is not always threshold you cross or a finish line you run through. Rather, the pursuit of freedom—not simply for yourself but for others—is a practice that you incorporate into your everyday life. It’s a source of reflection & a catalyst for action.

And that’s precisely why the British government is stopping inquests through it amnesty bill. Because inquests now have the ability to deliver the truth and establish culpability

Over 500 victims of the conflict are memoralised by squares, made by bereaved family members, on our Remembering Quilt. It can be see in St Mary’s College as part of .Féile an Phobail Inclusive, non-judgmental and embracing this is a unique testimony to love

I'm still struggling to find the words - the most powerful film I've seen in a long time. Especially growing up in Wisconsin (which has yet to reckon with its treatment of Native peoples) and working now in legacy in Ireland, the parallels are staggering and heartbreaking.

RFJ was pleased to be part of the research carried out for this comprehensive piece .The New York Times .John Finucane MP nytimes.com/2023/08/30/opi…

Jrue and Lauren have been such incredible pillars of the community in Milwaukee & we would have been lucky to have him retire a Buck. As a diehard fan (who watched *every* game last szn while living in another country), I am so incredibly disappointed in the Milwaukee Bucks leadership.

I wrote this six years ago today. The only difference is that now I need four hands to count.

This is most welcome news and comes after months of intense lobbying by families, NGOs, political parties and Irish America. All Irish citizens affected by all actors to the conflict must have their rights defended by the Irish government, this is practical defense of those

A coroner has been told that a Co Derry man shot dead in a suspected SAS shoot-to-kill operation was “executed”. Francis Bradley (20) was shot close to an arms dump near Toome in February 1986 and his name was later added to the IRA’s roll of honour. The inquest, which opened

One of the most profoundly beautiful acts of solidarity I've seen: the indigenous guardians of the land that the McGill University occupies have given the students the right to setup their encampments on the land in fighting for a Palestine free from occupation and genocide❤️‍🔥

In last decade’s renovation of the Library Mall space at UW-Madison, the open speaker’s podium that was built into campus post-Vietnam specifically to facilitate protest & assembly was torn down & replaced with a non-functional sculpture called “Both/And – Tolerance/Innovation.”

NI's voice will be dubbed and its words spoken by an actor throughout these proceedings...

At the Court of Appeal this morning for the first day of hearings re Legacy Act. With families and advocates we will be #NeverGivingUp .Time for Truth Campaign .Pat Finucane Centre .ballymurphy11 .SpringhillWestrock72

1. Sonya Massey - "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus." 2. George Floyd - "I can't breathe." 3. Eric Garner - "I can't breathe." 4. Michael Brown - "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting." 5. Philando Castile - "I wasn't reaching for it." 6. Breonna Taylor - "Why did you shoot me?" 7.

Yesterday the family of Francis Bradley received devastating findings from the inquest. This is just one step to the recovery of the full truth of Francis' killing and the search of truth and justice for this family. This report by RFJ Caseworker Haley Olig