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Simon Harris is deleting benign commentary on social media
https://peertube.mesnumeriques.fr/w/2WaXM7c1qF7Ucw3GKLVXXJ

A grotesquely symbolic #Irish gov't response to the incessant bombing & corralling of starved #Palestinians, infants to elders, in #Gaza:

A revised #OccupiedTerritoriesBill watered down to the banning fruit & veg from illegal settlements in the #WestBank.

https://www.thejournal.ie/occupied-territories-bill-6-6715510-May2025/

#FineGael #FiannaFail #Ireland

"There is a fine line between individual perceptions of powerlessness and complicity. The failure by the Government and Oireachtas to progress the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill is pushing Ireland across that line."

— Andrew Forde OpEd in Irish Examiner (26/05/23)

#MichealMartin
#Fiannafail
#SimonHarris
#FineGael

Though catastrophically late for the 2+ million children, women, and men starved and bombarded into ever-shrinking 'safe' zones in #Gaza, in contrast to his counterparts in the #EU, #Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares spoke clearly and concisely today:

Sources: https://x.com/el_pais/status/1926662357708677431
and https://x.com/rtvenoticias/status/1926656170057478593

#SimonHarris
#MichealMartin
#FineGael
#Fiannafail

With Trump ‘wildly and fastly contributing to the dismantlement of the world order’ and announcing “forced displacement of Palestinians” a foreign policy goal, what more, in Francesca Albanese's view, should the Irish government do?

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/05/17/francesca-albanese-the-struggle-against-the-mafia-has-marked-me-and-my-sense-of-justice/

#FineGael #FiannaFail #OccupiedTerritoriesBill #Palestine #Gaza #OccupiedTerritories #Westbank #ICJ

In article in the Irish Times titled: Francesca Albanese: ‘The struggle against the Mafia has marked me and my sense of justice’

"I’m not asking Ireland on its own,” she says, “but it seems every state shies away from their responsibilities because no one feels strong enough to abide by the law. We are being pulled by our hair into international lawlessness, which is very dangerous for all of us. So, what I expect Ireland to do is follow the law. Recognising the state of Palestine is huge, and providing the International Court of Justice [ICJ] with its own assessment of the legality of the occupation was huge. But now the ICJ has made its conclusion that the occupation is unlawful and must be dismantled – totally and unconditionally. And meanwhile no one can aid and assist the illegal occupation. So, the question is: how are member states, including Ireland, respecting international law if they continue to maintain economic trading relations and contribute to the transfer of weapons?”

Foot-dragging on #OccupiedTerritoriesBill finally over?

Update via Senator @Frances_Black: https://x.com/frances_black/status/1925626377778123021

#FineGael #FiannaFail #Gaza #WestBank #Airbnb #PasstheOccupiedTerritoriesBill

Dr. Shahd Abusalama: "Our survivors in #Gaza are hardly living. Even if Israeli bombs and gunfire spared them, they're living like walking dead; heartbroken, starved and thirsty, not guaranteeing if they would survived another hour or another day. The "international community" has been enabling this.”

#FineGael #FiannaFail enact #OccupiedTerritoriesBill

Enact #OccupiedTerritoriesBill now.

#fiannafail #FineGael #Gaza #OccupiedTerritories

[18:57] Frances Fitzgerald rules out Presidential bid

Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed that she will not seek her party's nomination for this year's presidential election - despite giving it serious consideration.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0423/1509132-president/

#FineGael's #FrancesFitzgerald #year

[15:43] Senan Molony: What now for Simon Harris and Fine Gael in the wake of its disastrous opinion poll showing?

The so-called Harris Hop has run out of batteries, and Fine Gael has landed in real trouble.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/senan-molony-what-now-for-simon-harris-and-fine-gael-in-the-wake-of-its-disastrous-opinion-poll-showing/a827774315.html

#HarrisHop #FineGael

[12:07] SF most popular, FG support at record low - poll suggests

A new poll suggests Sinn Féin is the most popular party in the country, while Fine Gael's support has fallen to a record low.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0417/1508165-poll-political-parties/

#SinnFéin #FineGael's

[09:42] Sinn Féin back on top as majority of voters disapprove of FF-FG agreement with Michael Lowry - new poll

Sinn Féin has again become the most popular political party, while just 28pc of voters surveyed are satisfied with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael forming a coalition with the Regional Independent group, a new poll shows.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/sinn-fein-back-on-top-as-majority-of-voters-disapprove-of-ff-fg-agreement-with-michael-lowry-new-poll/a2020655557.html

#SinnFéin #FiannaFáil #FineGael #theRegionalIndependent

6 Key Steps to making our domestic economy more productive and resilient in the face of Trump's Tariffs!

#Ireland #Irish #IrishEconomy #Tariffs #TrumpTariffs #Economics #PublicServices #IrishGovernment #IndustrialPolicy #IrishPol #Globalisation #FineGael #FiannaFáil

1) Invest massively in infrastructure: housing, transport, energy, water, electricity, waste.

2) Expand universal free public services: reduce costs by providing free healthcare, social care, childcare etc so people are able to spend more money in the productive economy and so that more people are available to work.

3) Strengthen worker rights & conditions: despite the mentality in Ireland/US/England, unions and strong worker protections often go hand in hand with higher productivity, with many of the most productive economies having strong unions and worker rights. The reality is, when someone likes their job, they tend to stay later and so companies maintain more embedded knowledge and productivity gains through years of upskilling. Also, when someone feels valued and respected, they are often motivated to work harder and do more.

4) Invest in Irish companies: we need to look at the model of Germany and others (including the EU with their European Investment Bank) and create public banks which invest in Irish startups and in the local economies across our island.

5) Lower input costs through public non-profits: we have incredibly high costs when it comes to insurance, construction, banking, and energy. In all cases, the State should provide a non-profit option with the aim of reducing prices as much as possible, which competes with the private, commercial options. With energy, this would mean reforming the State-owned ESB from a commercial/for-profit into a non-profit. With insurance, it would mean expanding the non-profit, State-owned VHI to all other forms of insurance. With banking and construction, it would mean creating new non-profit public options.

6) Democratise and Decentralise: we live in one of the most centralised countries in the OECD and in the EU. We are also one of the few democracies which lack democratic local governments and regional governments of any kind. It's no secret that our State is highly inefficient and the lack of accountability which comes from decades of centralisation and a reluctance to empower local and regional democracy is a major reason for this. By making things more local and more democratic (like in other thriving countries), we can improve the efficiency of public money and improve public services by holding those in charge of them to account.

Slow, silent annexation: "Israel approves controversial route connecting Jerusalem to West Bank settlement. Road will divert Palestinian traffic and block access to key areas; critics say plan advances Israeli annexation efforts in the West Bank."
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjt54iipje

#OccupiedTerritoriesBill #fiannafail #FineGael #FrancesBlack

I've found a recording of the 1981 Fine Gael song.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2332665196823779

#FineGael #PoliticalSongs

Friday Cartoon: Green Party and the Irish General Election 2024 https://www.caricatures-ireland.com/friday-cartoon-green-party-and-the-irish-general-election-2024/ #mastoart #mastodaoine #LeoVaradkar #SimonHarris #MicheálMartin #RodericOGorman #finegael #fiannafail #cartoon #ge24

Irish Election Cartoon Black and white cartoon depicting Leo Varadkar, Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and others hiding behind Roderic O'Gorman as a disgruntled electorate stare at him over a ballot box labelled GE 2024

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories Francesca Albanese was told Irish government ministers were “too busy” to meet her.

Nuff said.

#FineGael #fiannafail #Palestine

[23:06] Harris: Ireland must stay composed ahead of US tariffs

Tánaiste Simon Harris told the Fine Gael parliamentary party tonight that the country needs to stay "composed and proceed with caution" ahead of looming US tariffs next month.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0319/1502997-fine-gael/

#TánaisteSimonHarris #FineGael #tonight #US #nextmonth

[16:23] No further comment on Conway matters, says Fine Gael

Fine Gael has said it will not be commenting further on the Senator Martin Conway controversy, despite a series of questions being put to the party by Sinn Féin TD Louise O'Reilly.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0313/1501949-fine-gael-conway/

#FineGael #MartinConway #SinnFéin #LouiseO'Reilly

UN special rapporteur on the right to food warned today that #Israel is carrying out fastest starvation campaign in #Gaza in modern history.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250312-israel-carrying-out-fastest-starvation-campaign-in-gaza-in-modern-history-un-envoy/

#OccupiedTerritoriesBill #fiannafail #FineGael #SinnFein #Labour #DemSoc #GP #PBP

#FineGael

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