Eco-socialist TD for People Before Profit in Dublin South West.
Member of RISE / Rupture Media contributor
Defend Neutrality - Save the Triple Lock!
Don't let the government scrap the triple lock and and abandon what's left of Irish neutrality!
We have Paulie Doyle from The Ditch, and Megan Ní Ghabhláin from Mothers Against Genocide talking about the need to defend Irish neutrality, resist the rising militarisation and push to war.
Join us Monday 23rd June in the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght.
The government wants you to blame people seeking asylum, not the corporate landlords and private developers that they represent.
Stand up to the far right activists who do the dirty work of the government, to misdirect righteous anger at their housing policies onto immigrants. We need to unite against this uncaring government, which sits on 100,000+ vacant properties and a nearly €30 Billion UNUSED cash pile.
Unite against the government, hate and division.
Be there Sunday.
Journalist Paulie Doyle from the ditch, and Megan Ní Ghabhláin from Mothers Against Genocide will be speaking in Tallaght about the need to defend Irish neutrality, resist the rising militarisation and push to war.
I'll also be speaking about joining the March to Gaza, and what we can do to support Palestine.
It kick's off at 7pm in the Plaza Hotel by the Square, Tallaght on Monday.
A landlord government represents the interests of those who profit off people's housing misery.
Government's gutting of rent pressure zones and stripping of tenants rights will push us toward a massive increase in homelessness and precarity.
Make sure you're at the CATU protest on the 5th July, 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance!
The Irish government doesn't like when you say it - but they are complicit in the genocide in Gaza.
They refuse to take any concrete action, beyond words of criticism.
We must cut through their spin regarding the Central Bank's facilitation of Israeli War Bonds to fund the genocide!
Michéal Martin & Irish government can only keep repeating the same lies around Irish neutrality.
They keep saying that they 'want to stay in UN charter'.
The ONLY reason to scrap the triple lock is to send Irish Defence Forces on non-UN sanctioned missions. That's the straitjacket they want rid of.
i.e. to war, not peacekeeping
War is a racket.
We need rid of FF-FG-Lowry government that want to tie us closer to US Imperialism and militarisation!
We need to do everything we can do to stop this genocide.
In Ireland, this means:
🚨Stop Central Bank authorisation of Israeli 'War Bonds'
🚨Stop overflights carrying weapons to commit genocide
🚨Enact the full Occupied Territories Bill (goods and services) & sanction Israel
#FreePalestine #IrelandPalestineSolidarity #GlobalMarchToGaza
We need a government that puts renters before landlords, a government committed to ending homelessness, ensuring a quality roof over everyone’s head and giving young people hope again.
We build that by organising a mass movement on housing. Yesterday was just the beginning.
#RaiseTheRoof #HousingCrisis
FF and FG have made Ireland's nursing homes the most privatised in all of the European Union.
The scenes on RTÉ investigates were horrific.
We need adult safeguarding legislation, mandatory reporting, and we need to bring the care sector into public ownership.
Getting proper care shouldn't be reliant on the whims of those who profiteer from those who need care.
10 of 50+ of us on #GlobalMarchToGaza arrived back this morning.
This isn't over. All the groups from around the world are committed to continuing to put pressure on their governments and on Israel to stop the genocide.
In Ireland, we must force the government to enact the full Occupied Territories Bill (goods and services), end the Central Bank's authorisation of Israeli War Bonds, and stop the overflights bringing weapons to perpetrate the genocide.
#FreePalestine
Paul's still making his way back to Ireland... but we need as many people as possible outside the Dáil at 6pm tonight to #RaiseTheRoof
Don't let this landlord government gut rent pressure zones, and push even more people into homelessness.
Use the 150k vacant properties! They should be homes!
Have now been released, thanks again for all the support. Others from #GlobalMarchToGaza still detained.
Will comment further when I've left Egypt.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Paul has been detained AGAIN, along with other participants in the Global March to Gaza.
On the advice of the Irish Embassy, he went to a Cairo police station to retrieve his phone. He messaged from the station that he was concerned that his passport had been taken again and was told he cannot leave. He just attempted to leave but has been prevented from doing so by the police.
We demand the release of all detained march participants. Two international coordinators were illegally detained at the weekend, and processed for deportation this morning.
Our commitment remains unchanged: we stand with Gaza, call for the opening of a humanitarian corridor, and demand an end to the genocide against the Palestinian people. Governments must act now.
#freepalestine #GlobalMarchToGaza
We were finally released late last night at airport. Police still have our phones.
We are back in Cairo and meeting shortly to decide next steps. We're focused on Israel's genocide and starvation of Gaza. Thanks for your support. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇵🇸🇵🇸
Message from Paul:
I'm ok, but they still have my phone.
Egyptian police say we're going to airport but this isn't the road we came on because there are 1000s of marchers on the streets. They're taking us south past a lake, then west towards Cairo.
Violence got worse after they seized my phone.
One American woman in my group was badly kicked & beaten, and had her hijab torn off.
These are the final seconds we have from Paul.
His phone has been taken, and his passport.
We urgently need Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris TD to intervene, demand he is freed, his passport & phone returned and the protesters are allowed to peacefully #MarchToGaza
Please email tanaiste@tanaiste.gov.ie and info@embegyptireland.ie
They have taken our passports and now want to put us on a bus to be deported.
Please contact the Tánaiste and the Egyptian ambassador ASAP to intervene to get our passports back and let us continue our peaceful #marchtogaza
tanaiste@tanaiste.gov.ie and
info@embegyptireland.ie
We need to act now to demand she and all the others detained are released, have their passports returned and are allowed to continue on the peaceful protest.
Contact the Egyptian embassy in Dublin.
(+353) 1 660 6718 / (+353) 1 660 6566
info@embegyptireland.ie