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Ireland, France, BHX & Wales
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Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
Before the storm this evening at Streedagh ………… ❤️
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
Parts of the Amazon are now releasing more CO₂ than they absorb.
Emissions driven by human actions, deforestation, fires and droughts are making things worse.
We’re losing one of our best natural defenses against climate change!
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
How my day started and ended today ………….. ❤️
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
The Amazon is burning again. Air pollution is getting worse, people’s health is at risk, and the worst may still be ahead.
scitechdaily.com/the-amazon-…
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
We will keep fighting until we have exhausted every method to find out what happened to over 850 disappeared #Bessborough children.
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
For UK followers, anyone interested in a 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 analysis of what happened this weekend, light years away from the clichéd commentaries I've heard in some UK media ("it's all migrants" on last night's Newsnight among the worst)
Here is the always excellent @CarolineFourest explaining how outside influence - notably Algeria, Iran and Russia - have been fanning the flames of existing tensions
(You need to understand French but I'm guessing if you're interested enough in getting behind the UK clichés, it's not too hard to get the gist)👇
▶️Émeutes : « oui, il y a des ingérences étrangères »
« Il y a trois États qui ne nous veulent pas que du bien et qui ont l'habitude d'utiliser des réseaux mafieux pour pouvoir étendre leur pouvoir de déstabilisation »
@CarolineFourest
#24hPujadas #LCI #émeutes #France #violences #propagande⤵️
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
Our future needs to be either green or not at all …………………. 💚
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
Statement from family of the late Det Garda Colm Horkan tonight —
They say: “All we are seeking is the truth. The revelations of the Protected Disclosures Unit members and
others in the recent RTÉ Investigates programme has simply heightened our deeply held
concerns.”
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Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
This is a hilarious and creative percussion performance by The Bands of HM Royal Marines, recorded at the 2019 Mountbatten Festival of Music at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The two percussionists combine exceptional musical skill with a distinctly British sense of humor. Alongside their regular percussion instruments, they use unexpected objects, such as pipes, to produce unique sounds. The result is a performance that showcases impressive musicianship while delivering plenty of clever and entertaining moments.
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
Thousands of years of wars, invasions and bloodshed, and it’s mostly been men behind it all. Even today, it’s still men starting wars, giving orders and sending people to die. Millions of lives destroyed, and somehow we still haven’t learned a damn thing!
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
A report which runs to 203 pages found that over 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1000 children across three #Massachusetts dioceses over decades.
#CSA
#ClericalChildAbuse
Full report
mass.gov/doc/2026-fall-river…
An ‘Old Boy’s Network’: Groundbreaking Report Exposes Decades of Catholic Clergy Abuse and Ongoing Protection of Abusers
#CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByclergy #Coverup
USA
msmagazine.com/2026/10/14/ca…
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
Imagine a brilliant female teacher got sacked because she was in a relationship with an adult male? welcome to 1980s Ireland!
In 1982, Eileen Flynn lost her job at the Holy Faith convent secondary school New Ross, Co. Wexford. She hadn't broken any law or been bad to her students. Her sin/crime was
falling in love with a "separated" man with children. And as if that wasnt enough, the "harlot" chose to live with him!
In Ireland in 1982, that was enough. Divorce was still unconstitutional, and would remain so until a razor-thin referendum in 1995. A separated man, like Eileen Flynns partner Richard Jones, could not remarry. So the school's management decided that a teacher living openly with him was a scandal worthy of dismissing her. Because there wasn't any other Catholic schoolkid related issues worthy of anger at the time...
Eileen Flynn courageously fought back, heretic hussy that she was, under the Unfair Dismissals Act. And the Employment Appeals Tribunal sided with the school. When she appealed to the High Court, she lost again in 1985. The judge accepted that a school could protect its religious ethos, and that a teacher's private conduct could be held against her. The good aul days, eh?
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
Before I go, just one last peek …………….. 🧡
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
“Life is about using the whole box of crayons.” ………….. ❤️
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
On this day ninety years ago one year old Angela Daly whose mum came from Castlebar died in St.Mary’s #MotherAndBabyHome in Tuam. Her death was caused by #meningitis which she had for five days. Sister Hortense reported her death which was registered on November 13th 1936.
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
International Court of Justice judge Navi Pillay has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
A former head of the UN’s inquiry into the occupied Palestinian territories, the Nobel committee called her ‘one of the great defenders of international legal principles’.
Frank Brehany (Proinséas Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh) retweeted
2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career. Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer, confronting deep structural discrimination, segregation and exclusion. A common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time.
This year’s laureate has significantly enlarged the scope and impact of international law. She has served as a judge on the High Court in South Africa, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. She was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and, until recently, she chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today Navi Pillay is a judge on the International Court of Justice in the case where Myanmar stands accused of genocide.
In historic international court cases, she has shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence. Navi Pillay has also contributed to strengthen the institutions of international law. Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time.
Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize: bit.ly/4xjOJ03
#NobelPeacePrize #NobelPrize
