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Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
"If people were paying attention to the what is happening in Europe they would be deeply concerned by us saying we want to align ourselves closer to the EU approach to any overseas mission rather than a UN mission" - Lynn Boylan MEP.
#TonightVMTV
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
The first test of public opinion since the #Drumcree dispute.
@Moreincommon_ poll
Sinn Féin 30% (+5)
DUP 18% (+1)
UUP 13% (nc)
TUV 11% (–1)
Alliance 9% (–2)
SDLP 9% (nc)
Ind / Others: 4% (-1)
Green 3% (-1)
People Before Profit 1% (-1)
Aontú 1% (nc)
(+/- changes since July)
More than 50% of people in NI back move to ban Orange Order parade at Drumcree
irishtimes.com/politics/2026…
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
BBCNI is never more comfortable than when discussing the concerns, interests, desires & affairs of unionism.
It comes natural in a manner betraying a culture continuing to have a massive blind spot for nationalists
Drumcree illustrated how this bias can be dangerous for society
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
The more F/FG leadership resort to claims of 'opposition misinformation', the more it sounds like Trumpian 'Fake News'.
They cannot deal with honest, entirely justified pushback against their unpopular policies.
irishtimes.com/politics/2026…
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Govt intent to join EU (non UN) Enforcement Mission to Disarm Hezbollah -while Israel ethnically cleansing Sth Lebanon -Has potential to be mass casualty event & de facto end to our policy of Military Neutrality by active involvement in Lebanese Civil War on side backed by Israel
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
If, as Helen McEntee has proposed, Irish troops are deployed to Lebanon as part of the EU Security Mission, then they'll be de facto participants in a Lebanese civil war against Hezbollah, at the behest of the Israeli government.
Via Senator @TomClonan
Link below
The danger of Irish troops being dragged into fighting between the Lebanese army and Hezbollah brings the consequences of scrapping the Triple Lock into sharp focus.
Irish troops should be deployed to Lebanon as part of a new EU mission and be involved in both peacekeeping and peace enforcement duties, minister says rte.ie/b/1596797
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Minister McEntee risks putting Irish personnel in a profoundly uncertain and volatile situation in Lebanon mission – @Donnchadhol
“The Minister cannot ask us to tear away safeguards while refusing to confront the dangers they exist to guard against.”
sinnfein.ie/news/minister-mc…
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Absolutely disgusting. To see Irish troops acting as the vanguard for Israel's illegal occupation of Lebanon would represent an historic betrayal. The vital nature of the triple lock laid bare for all to see. This Government has lost all legitimacy by pushing this.
Irish troops should be deployed to Lebanon as part of a new EU mission and be involved in both peacekeeping and peace enforcement duties, minister says rte.ie/b/1596797
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Absolutely noone voted for this. Not one person.
Irish troops should be deployed to Lebanon as part of a new EU mission and be involved in both peacekeeping and peace enforcement duties, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Helen McEntee.
rte.ie/news/2026/1025/159679…
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
I'm genuinely relieved that people are finally seeing Carla Lockhart for what she is. My hometown has had to tolerate her for a number of years now.
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
“We never expected to be in this position but unfortunately the government have taken us here.”
Sean Brown’s daughters are at the Supreme Court to hear an appeal by the UK Government against a ruling compelling it to hold a public inquiry into his murder.
The GAA official was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in May 1997.
More: itv.com/news/2026-10-27/supr…
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
I don't know where to begin with this level of ignorance. This is Carla, having purchased a painting from an exhibition. Delighted to find a 'special place in my office' for a scene of riot police at Drumcree, forcing a march down the road. This is why people are fleeing unionism
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Almost 30 years after Sean Brown was brutally murdered, Bridie & her family are still fighting for truth & justice.
Tomorrow, the Brown family will be in the British Supreme Court in London, continuing a fight that no family should ever have been put through.
The treatment of Bridie & her family by the British government has been nothing short of disgraceful.
I’ll be in London to stand alongside them tomorrow & support their ongoing fight for justice.
Bridie & her family have suffered enough. They deserve the full truth about Sean’s murder.
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Putting an already grievously bereaved family through these ridiculous legal hoops, just to get to the truth, is callous in the extreme. But if that's what it takes, the Brown family and their community are ready for them.
declassifieduk.org/the-murde…
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Tomorrow our family, friends and supporters will travel to London as the Secretary of State appeals to the Supreme Court to block a public inquiry. We are so thankful for the amount of backing we have had from our local community and the wider GAA community #justiceforseanbrown
Seán MacBrádaigh retweeted
Govt intent to join EU (non UN) enforcement mission to Disarm Hezbollah -while Israel ethnically cleansing Sth Lebanon -Has potential to be mass casualty event & de facto end to our policy of Military Neutrality by active involvement in Lebanese Civil War on side backed by Israel
