Richard Aardvark 🇺🇦
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History botherer. Globe rambler. Alt-Centrist.
Joined October 2012
By "can't trust", Coveney means the EU is about to throw it's toys out of the pram because the UK keeps allowing *food* into Northern Ireland. The same people who cut off our access to vaccines a few of weeks ago and they think they can talk about trust.
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Over the last couple of days we've saw nationalism try to pretend disgusting sectarian behaviour is solely the preserve of the unionist community. Worth watching this song about the late Jimmy Bell that a room full of Celtic supporters had a child sing
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That's the same Féile an Phobail that forced Sinead O'Connor to withdraw from performing because she wanted to highlight the IRA kneecapping children.
A Tribute to Irish music legend Sinead O'Connor at Féile in the Falls Park tonight. 10,000 people sing along to Nothing Compares To You
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Her name was Yvonne Dunlop. She was only 26 when she was burned to death by Thomas McElwee. Her nine year old son narrowly escaped with his life and three children were robbed of their mother. Today we should be remembering them rather a sectarian killer.
Proud to join the family, friends & comrades of Thomas McElwee 🇮🇪to mark his 42nd anniversary. “Remember, Thomas was only 23 years old when he died. Despite the adversities that he faced, he was filled with hope & aspiration; ambitious for himself, this community, & the future.”
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It will be VERY revealing to see what Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar have to say in the coming hours and days as the EU blocks vaccines from coming into Northern Ireland. Nationalists claim Dublin cares for us more than London does, we're about to find just how true that is.
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Jeffrey Donaldson grew up in a rural working class family of eight children, had a secondary rather than grammar education, and saw three members of his family murdered in the troubles. I suspect Danny's background is far more privileged.
When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
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Is that Deirdre Hargey, who famously disappeared into the toilets while a man was being murdered, unironically calling for truth and justice?
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The night Sands died his supporters lynched a 14 year old Protestant child called Desmond Guiney. He was stoned by a republican mob while delivering milk with his father. Gary would be a much better father if he told his child about the sectarian hatred Sands unleashed.
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This is how BSE started. Every journalist in the country should be asking Naomi Long, Matthew O'Toole and Michelle O'Neill how they envision stopping these goods coming into Northern Ireland and endangering public health.
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When Fiachra's father oversaw the IRA in Derry it strapped bombs to human beings and gave the victims a choice between being a suicide bomber or having their family executed.
@JamieBrysonCPNI We will not treat our unionist neighbours the way we have been treated in the past. Govern every single citizen equally.
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Periodic reminder that the only Executive minister to have been found by an employment tribunal to have discriminated against a candidate on the basis of their religion is Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy.
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Irish Republicans being reminded they collaborated with the Nazis, that Dublin is one of the few cities in Europe with a statue to a Nazi collaborator, and that Mary Lou McDonald is the only major party leader on this island to have given a eulogy for a Nazi collaborator.
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I think Nichola Mallon and the SDLP are about to learn for the second time in their history that votes they 'lend' Sinn Féin never come home. They're rightly paying a price for a sectarian pact with Sinn Féin that caused a lot of pain for Shankill Bomb victims.
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Her name was Yvonne Dunlop.
A rare picture of Thomas McElwee who died on this day 1981 after 62 days on Hunger Strike. He was only 23. RIP
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I think the big thing we can take from the Richard Neal planter debacle is that civic nationalism is not only quite comfortable with sectarian comments being made about Protestants but actually quite supportive of those who make them.
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Not everything has to be seen through a sectarian lens. Northern Ireland's rail and motorway infrastructure matches with population density. You're not going to build mass transport infrastructure in a county like Fermanagh when it has the same population as Bangor.
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So while Naomi Long was making unnecessary and lengthy two hundred mile jaunts round Ireland for a photo op her party colleagues were going round East Belfast telling people to stay in their homes. Nobody quite does hypocrisy like Alliance does
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I really don't understand how a united Ireland is viable if an overwhelming majority of nationalists believe there was no alternative to a terrorist campaign against their unionist neighbours. No unionist could feel safe in that state.
EXCLUSIVE: 7 in 10 nationalists agree with Michelle O’Neill that there was 'no alternative' to the IRA campaign. A @lucidtalk poll finds 69% believe 'violent resistance to British rule during the Troubles' was the only option - just 25% disagree.
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Campaign to have Belfast's St Patrick's Day parade banned after shocking displays of anti-Irish stereotypes
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Danny Lennon's contribution to Irish 'freedom' was killing three children. This atrocity led to the formation of the Peace People, which Sinn Féin and the IRA organised thugs to attack.
Our thoughts are with the family of Óglach Danny Lennon who was killed on active Service on the 10th August 1976.
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This is Joe Brolly trivialising the Holocaust. He's intelligent enough to know how much that hurts Jews. Shame on him and those who continue to promote him.
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I'm opposed to a united Ireland because I know any positive gestures towards unionist identity would be shouted down by petty and angry men like James McClean, and that Irish officials would scurry to appease their bile.
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Sinn Féin won't be investing an extra billion into health, the Brits will. The only reason this pledge is on the table is because of the financial security offered by the Union.
Privileged to attend the Health and Social Care awards, to recognise the amazing work and thank our health workers. Sinn Féin will invest an extra £1 billion in health to reduce waiting lists, recruit more GPs and nurses, and further support cancer and mental health services.
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Didn't Claire Hanna directly benefit from a pact with a Sinn Féin candidate who had the Shankill Bomber on his team?.
Great to be represented by an MP who is so unequivocally opposed to paramilitaries and their pervasive influence on this society.
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Northern Ireland has vaccinated six people for every one the Republic has managed to vaccinate. This is a powerful reminder of how much better off we are in the United Kingdom.
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Made in Belfast, and worth adding Northern Ireland's contribution to Ukraine's defence is only possible because we're part of a major military power.
🚨Britain is set to send the world’s most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine, the Defence Secretary has announced. Designed to destroy fighter jets and helicopters, Starstreak is the fastest short-range surface-to-air missile developed 🧵👇.
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I see the people who routinely tortured their prisoners and dumped their bodies in unmarked graves are gaslighting about brutality again.
There has been big reaction to my tweet on the 1983 H Block escape. There are opposing views of legacy events. I am proud of being part of the biggest escape in British penal history,in wake of the British systemic brutality of prisoners and deaths of 10 comrades on Hunger Strike.
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The Good Friday Agreement says *nothing* about the single market. The term doesn't appear in the Agreement. A bit of honesty about what it says would go a long way rather than grubby politicians misusing it further their own agendas.
It’s not rocket science. You can’t stick to the Good Friday agreement (endorsed by a referendum, with 71% in favour) *and* take NI out of the single market (not endorsed by a referendum). Time to stop dancing to the tune of 100 democracy deniers on a WhatsApp group… #Frost.
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Sinn Féin: we're not a sectarian party. Also Sinn Féin: join us for an evening with sectarian serial killer Bik McFarlane. Listen to him regale you with heroic stories of resistance such as blowing Prods up in pubs and shooting women and children waiting for taxis.
Join us at 9pm on #StPatricksDay for a special online concert with music, poetry and song – LIVE on Facebook, Twitter & YouTube ☘️
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I see unionist councillors on Belfast City Council are determined to march into the elephant trap that is clearly marked 'ELEPHANT TRAP!!!' over flying the flag on Prince Andrew's birthday. They should be grasping onto Alliance's lifeline of substituting it for the 1st of July.
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Let's be honest here, Seán Murray's real gripe is that Yvonne Dunlop has taken centre stage. He wants a sanitised story of Thomas McElwee told without reference to that act of sectarian savagery that made him a criminal. Murray can't even bring himself to say Yvonne Dunlop's name.
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"I want more Protestants playing Gaelic games but I'll be damned if I tackle the culture of sectarianism that makes them feel unwelcome" says GAA Ulster Chief Executive Brian McAvoy
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Just another day in a shared new Ireland. Keep sharing the videos lads, every one reminds us why partition is needed.
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Hello, I'm Nichola Mallon and you may remember me for standing down in North Belfast to turn the contest into a sectarian headcount between Sinn Féin and the DUP.
SDLP deputy leader @NicholaMallon tells conference election is again being reduced to a "sectarian headcount". Accuses DUP of irrational positions, mood swings & reacting to "loudest loyalist voice on social media". "Vote Jeffrey's party and you'll get Jamie Bryson politics."
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Dessie Grew's contribution to Irish freedom was murdering a six month year old baby.
Remembering Martin McCaughey and Dessie Grew on their 32nd anniversary. RIP. “Remember Martin McCaughey and remember Dessie Grew. and look at them straight in the face and say into yourself, you didn’t beat them, you’ll never beat us.”. ⁃ Martin McGuinness
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I think one of the things we don't talk enough about is the low level sectarianism that is prevelant and acceptable in civic nationalism. Brolly comes out with these statements on a semi-regular basis and still gets feted as a progressive voice by people like Mary McAleese.
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I see both the rape contextualiser and Seán Murray are enjoying their trip to a country that hangs child rape victims on charges of 'adultery'.
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For a bit of context, Alex Murphy was responsible for lynching two soldiers he took prisoner in West Belfast. What Tim's highlighted here is the humanity with which he and Murphy were treated by the RUC compared to the brutality with which the IRA treated its prisoners.
This is IRA volunteer Alex Murphy being led across the carpark in Castlereagh in 1988. Like many republicans, I too, made that walk, handcuffed and knowing for sure you’re going to prison. Cops making jokes, sneering. Some experience. To those who made it, my respect.
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Imagine the howls of outrage we'd be hearing from Michelle O'Neill, Colum Eastwood and Naomi Long if Boris Johnson had made a speech threatening to cut off vaccine supplies. And yet when the EU threatens to cut off life saving medicines we don't hear a peep!.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to block vaccine exports to the UK and other countries with markedly higher rollouts of coronavirus jabs. Read more:
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Staggering statistics, Northern Ireland has vaccinated 6 people for every 1 the Republic has managed. We're still vaccinating 4 times as many per week as the Republic and at this rate it'll take them 2 years to give everyone their first dose while we'll be finished in 4 months
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McElwee 'resisted' by burning a young Protestant mother to death in one of the most horrific sectarian murders of the troubles. Nobody should be celebrating the killers of young women.
“In a few months my body might be no more, but like Bobby, Francis, Patsy and Raymond I will not be dead. So long as one Irishman resists the occupation of our country and fights for the establishment of a democratic and socialist republic”- Óglach Tom McElwee
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Imagine a politician so narcissistic they've tried to make Remembrance Day about them rather the servicemen and women who gave their lives so we could enjoy a free Europe.
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Food shortages are a direct consequence of Alliance insisting we remain in the European single market rather than the UK one. Farry loudly opposed the Internal Markets Bill which would have mitigated the worst of this and ensured food could be supplied to NI with fewer problems.
We opposed Brexit and warned of these and other consequences. Anyone who can’t recognise that a hard Brexit would entail some form of special arrangement for NI is delusional. We are doing all we can to soften the impact of the Protocol. Maybe the backstop wasn’t so bad afterall?.
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That awkward moment when the IRA finds itself up against prepared armed opposition instead of defenceless soft targets and the Shinners suddenly don't think its a war anymore.
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Hello, police, I would like to report a murder
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Michelle O'Neill could demonstrate her commitment to being a First Minister for all by commemorating the 50th anniversary of Bloody Friday. She could call upon Gerry Adams, the IRA commander responsible, to finally cooperate with an enquiry.
As a First Minister for all, I want to deliver for everyone. I am determined to form an Executive, to support workers and families through the rising cost-of-living, to fix our health service, and ensure a better future for all. Speaking on @CNN from Washington D.C.
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Naomi Long is going to be so pissed off when she finds out the Belfast Telegraph doesn't just recruit or report on Belfast.
@antisyzygy The irony of joining *GB* News to "bring NI to the mainstream". They literally ignored NI when naming the channel. 🙄.
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Imagine leading the only mainstream party in Ireland that won't condemn sectarian murder and thinking you're a cause of unity rather than division.
A century of partition has cost us dearly. That past was defined by those who divide. The future is for those of us who unite. The opportunity and rewards of Irish unity belong to all of us who call our beautiful island home #IrishUnity #Saoirse
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This is fundamentally dishonest. The Ombudsman's report didn't find any evidence of collusion. Indeed, the report highlights the police had no prior knowledge of the murders and acted promptly and thoroughly to bring those responsible to justice.
The Police Ombudsman’s report shows again the shocking levels of collusion & failure within the RUC and state agencies here in murder. Though the legacy of our past is difficult, we must always support families & victims in their fight for truth & justice. Thinking of them today
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Politician who regularly launches attacks on others shocked to discover others can criticism him too.
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A quarter of firms have told Manufacturing NI that they are struggling because of the Northern Ireland Protocol but Matthew here sent a book to Arlene's office so their lived experiences are obviously invalidated.
🚨Update on NI Amazon packages, which according to FM aren't getting to either 'Unionists or Nationalists' (unclear re Others). I ordered @DUPleader a book on Amazon. It arrived at her constituency office in just over 36 hours.
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Most of you will be familiar with the Shinnerbot troll John O'Neill. He got banned from Twitter for harassing Ann Travers and the first thing his reconstituted account did was to send her threatening msgs. What esteemed civic nationalist figures could follow an account like that?
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I don't think anyone does. Equally the British Army and RUC had to search cars because people like your brother used them to bomb restaurants. And the consequences of those bombing frequently resulted in people being blown to pieces or burning to death.
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Matthew's mind is going to be blown when he hears about New Zealand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Define 'territorial integrity' when one part of the territory in question is on a different landmass.
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Periodic reminder that if there's a united Ireland, Sinn Féin has absolutely no intention of respecting unionist culture and will in all likelihood try to ban parts of it.
Here is Ireland. The lights that you see are not bonfires. Each and every light is a GAA pitch. Now that’s what I call culture.
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The problem we have is that nationalist politicians and civic leaders don't hold their Protestant and unionist neighbours in similar high esteem. We've been told that video about Michaela McAreavey is representative of our community and culture. That is disingenuous and bigotry.
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We know the troubles wasn't a war because republicans insist IRA terrorists should be treated like criminals and arrested rather than ambushed and killed. In Sinn Féin's world, it's only a war when they're killing women collecting census forms or executing children as "informers".
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That awkward moment when Simon Hoare admits he doesn't know that bonfires were lit to guide William's fleet to Carrickfergus.
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Woman who has never experienced invasion demands people acknowledge Ukraine crisis is really about her
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Agreed, it's unacceptable. Meanwhile, would anyone like to guess the percentage of Protestants that work in the school where Chris is principal? CCMS is a much bigger employer than Shorts with a far greater problem with underrepresentation in its workforce.
An important story. In 2023, we are well beyond the point of shrugging shoulders and simply accepting this.
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I see a board member of Ireland's Future is promoting the idea that unionists are settlers who do not belong in Ireland
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The best argument against a united Ireland is that all the stuff about Protestants, Catholics and Dissenters is bullshit. Republicans like Brolly make it clear, time and time again, that if you don't subscribe to Sinn Féin's vision then you're not a true Irishman.
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That's the same South Armagh IRA that was behind a string of sectarian atrocities such as Kingsmill and Tullyvallen. It really speaks volumes about what John Finucane's new Ireland would look like.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐏 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞 "𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐥". On 11th June, Finucane will glorify & celebrate the most ruthless gang of psychopathic serial killers in Ireland. South Armagh IRA leadership also control the biggest Paramilitary Crime Cartel in Europe
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That's Colin Harvey who routinely shares platforms with extremist politicians who won't condemn the killings of law lecturers by the IRA or the attempted murder of a political rivals.
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Agreed, and Robert McCartney's children and family deserved better than to be intimidated out of the Short Stand by the IRA. Deirdre Hargey remained friends with the local IRA commander, Jock Davison, throughout.
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Famously, St Patrick's Day ends with an organised litter pick and revellers quietly make their way home having shown enormous amounts of respect to residents in places like the Holylands by engaging in no sectarian behaviour whatsoever.
Wee tip lads, if you want people to respect your culture, try respecting your city first
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Disgraced bigot cancelled by Ireland's Future reduced to pretending his sexuality is the issue
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I see Matthew O'Toole's the latest supposedly moderate nationalist who is more angry at unionists for calling out sectarian comments than he is with Richard Neal for making them.
Sorry this is cringeworthy. A high profile delegation from the most powerful legislature in the world came here and offered engagement and good will. You may not like every word they uttered but this is risible and childish.
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Ordinarily if you had said to me that prominent nationalist politicians would lobby newspapers not to publish unionists opinions I'd dismiss that as some loyalist paranoid fantasy. But here we are with Colum Eastwood doing just that.
How did this get published in the @nytimes?.
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James Nesbitt and Susan McKay aren't 'moderate unionists' - they're nationalists. However, it does speak volumes about Joe Brolly's mindset that he forever defines people by the community they are born into rather than the political identity they adopt.
The reason the @duponline TUV and LCC attack sensible, moderate unionists (James Nesbitt, Susan McKay, Doug Beattie etc) progressive academics & journalists is because they have, as Susan puts it, “an existential dread of democracy.” Better for NI to burn than share power.
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Hilarious scenes as Irish republicans fall over themselves to argue Taiwan, an island the same size as Ireland, naturally belongs to its biggest neighbour next door irrespective of the wishes of the inhabitants.
“Taiwan is part of China” says Mep Mick Wallace.
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The uncomfortable truth for Irish republicans is they would defend the murder of every single last victim of Scappaticci if his cover hadn't been blown. Ultimately, Irish republicans are comfortable with his atrocities just not the fact the Brits turned him.
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Unionism needs to improve its discourse but nationalism is hardly hosting Plato's symposium. In the last year Higgins refused to attend a cross-community church service, O'Neill paid tribute to sectarian killers, and Harvey sneers at unionists about their 'precious union'.
Belfast Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl: ‘Unionism isn’t having the level of conversation that nationalism is and I think they need to’
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Adams, of course, isn't telling the truth. The 1920 Government of Ireland Act provided a peaceful route to a united Ireland, as did the 1949 Ireland Act. We even had a border poll in 1973 at the height of the troubles which SF rejected because they knew they'd lose.
Mr Adams says this is the first generation to have the option of peacefully attaining a United Ireland. "We won that on the back of struggle," he said. "We won that by staying true to democratic and republican objectives." . FULL STORY:.
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Deepest condolences at this hard time 😅.
Germany flags flying from Nancy Mulligans Bar in Belfast today, ahead of their Euros game against England this Tuesday at 5pm. Let’s go Germany! 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
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Anyone with a modicum of interest in NI Twitter knows how notorious Shinnerbot troll John O'Neil is for sectarianism and bullying IRA victims. Civic nationalism has a lot of questions to answer about why so many prominent organisations and leaders have cosied up to him.
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What really underscores the fact the hunger strikers were criminals is that their leader in the Maze, Bik McFarlane, was responsible for this nakedly sectarian massacre. Ultimately Bobby Sands and the 9 others died in an attempt to sanitise atrocities like this.
On this day in 1975, five people were killed or fatally injured in a Provisional IRA attack on the Bayardo Bar in Belfast. The youngest was 17-year-old Linda Boyle. The IRA member who led the attack sang the closing song at Sinn Féin's virtual St. Patrick's Day concert in 2021.
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You'd think someone who spent a long time litigating a citizenship case would know that Irish citizens have all the rights of British citizens under UK law. This is shameless scaremongering and you'd think the editor could have picked up this is ill informed clickbait.
Emma de Souza: Ambiguity around the legal status of Irish citizens in the UK could see them becoming vulnerable
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Dublin City Council doesn't get a say. Read the Good Friday Agreement, Colin.
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Good news! The Shinnerbot John O'Neill account, that was used to bully victims of the troubles, has been memory holed. Seems pressure was brought to bear on its operator after the account proved too embarrassing for the nationalist accounts that followed it. Accountability works.
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No verbal warning was given to. *checks notes*. the IRA unit that had minutes previously opened fire on a police station with a mounted heavy machine gun.
An inquest has heard it appears no "verbal warning" was given before four IRA men were shot dead by the British army in a suspected shoot-to-kill ambush more than 30 years ago.
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Colum Eastwood making clear John Hume's legacy is a nationalist one, not a shared one, and them'uns shouldn't have his name in their mouth.
This is shameful. @ClaireHanna was 100% right.
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No but it does demonstrate the Irish government is willing to implement border checks for pragmatic reasons so there's no reason we can't explore pragmatic checks for Brexit.
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Perhaps Simon, as Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, would like to explain why it's 'necessary' that butter in a sandwich needs an EU vet's certificate?.
No business likes rules and regulations but they are necessary. M&S has form on this and is in danger of becoming the “boy who cried wolf”. At one time I believe they wanted us to join the Euro? So, enough ‘scares’ thanks very much.
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I see Kevin Boyle, at forty years of age, has finally discovered that terrorism is in actual fact a bad thing.
Inside the US Capitol today: 2 explosives devices placed inside, a woman shot & killed and terrorists storming Congress preventing a peaceful transition of power after a free & fair election. Republicans with the PA House GOP leading have made the USA an int’l embarrassment.
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I think it says a lot about where Irish republicanism is when a song written to protest the murder of children is an 'insult'.
The contradiction with Zombie is that for years the D4 press foisted rugby on the whole country as *the* national sport, yet now the IRFU and an IT journo want to foist a song on us that is not inclusive and is an insult to republicans across Ireland and nationalists in the North.
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That awkward moment when Chris reveals he's never read the Good Friday Agreement and that he doesn't understand what Sinn Féin signed up to.
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Worth reminding everyone that while Coveney pretends he wants the Protocol to work for Northern Ireland, that he actually went to the US to complain about *food* being brought into Northern Ireland.
Today, Minister @simoncoveney and @EU_Commission VP @MarosSefcovic met with the Friends of Ireland Caucus in the US Congress. The meeting was an opportunity to brief the Caucus on the latest EU-UK developments. See:
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Interesting shift from Alliance, previously they argued they wanted to put constitutional politics aside to prioritise bread and butter issues. Now Farry wants the Irish unity debate to dominate our politics.
Stephen Farry at yesterday's Ireland's Future event stated that "Unionists cannot stay out of the Unity debate indefinitely". Those forums are not debates and surely S Farry can understand why Unionism doesn't want to join a discussion aimed at bringing about its own destruction.
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Nothing demonstrates how out of touch the Southern establishment is with Northern Ireland that we their senior members claiming the Protocol is no problem when it's caused food shortages and was abused to cut off vaccines. Amazing anyone listens to these ppl as experts on NI.
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Periodic reminder that Kevin Boyle is a supporter of terrorism, and the terrorists he endorses includes Thomas McElwee whose contribution to the republican cause was burning a 26 year old Protestant sales assistant to death.
Bobby Sands sacrifice has inspired me since I was very young. I have no doubt his sacrifice and that of all Irish Republican veterans & martyrs is going to be successful. The 32 County Republic is Coming!.
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I don't think this video is representative of Celtic or nationalism. I believe most nationalists would be disgusted that adults taught a child this sectarian song. I'm also certain nationalists would feel it'd be disingenuous and bigoted to claim this represented their culture.
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Kevin Lynch's contribution to Irish 'freedom' was. *checks notes*. oh no, this is a bit awkward for republicans. kneecapping people and leaving them with disabilities 😬.
Forty one years ago our brave comrade, INLA Volunteer Kevin Lynch, took his last defiant breath after 71 torturous days and nights on hunger strike. He passed from this world in the H Blocks of Long Kesh, a concrete and barbed wire hellhole the British called HMP Maze.
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@ArleneFosterUK Does she? The link to the BBC comes up with nothing, and I couldn't find anything on Google about her employment there.
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If there's a murder that sums up what the IRA are, this is it. Everything about is horrific and people who argue there was no alternative to this are truly repugnant.
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Sinn Féin and GAA commentators like @CahairOKane1 spent the last two weeks smearing journalists like Stephen Nolan for raising concerns these matches were acting as super spreader events. Time for them and the GAA to apologise?.
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50.9% of Irish voters opted for pro-partition parties in 1918. Of the 124 Sinn Féin TDs in the first Dáil, 64 of them voted to endorse partition. The Irish people, north and south, reaffirmed that partition was legitimate with the 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.
Ireland never consented to partition.
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Honestly, there's nothing more contemptible than people who think 80 year olds, milkmen, dads driving their kids to school are 'legitimate targets' killed in 'military operations' but armed terrorists are 'murder victims'.
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