Robert Dowling

Life is short, enjoy it. current affairs, international relations, Europe, politics…blocked by people who can’t handle civilised opinion

[Helen McEntee TD @HMcEntee]

Full statement: https://t.co/j9ZcVLjK9A

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

@FelipeMurrelli @HMcEntee @oana_toiu Russia can end the war now.
Ukraine has to stay fighting as long as it is under attack and occupied.

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

@FelipeMurrelli @HMcEntee @oana_toiu It was confirmed by the Romanian state to be a Russian made drone.
People in north east Romania, often get warnings on phones about drones passing overhead on the way to Ukraine.
Previously some have crashed in Romania in rural areas.

[Helen McEntee TD @HMcEntee]

Russia’s drone attack of an apartment building in Galați, Romania is utterly unacceptable and I condemn this blatant violation of Romanian sovereignty. I have conveyed Ireland’s solidarity with Romania to my colleague @oana_toiu

Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine must stop.

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

@LindseyGrahamSC

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

THREAD 🧵

An Al Jazeera investigation has found that military goods from at least 51 countries were sent to Israel, even after the ICJ warned in January 2024 of a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza and ordered states to help prevent it.

🔗: https://t.co/GF2bUMOLOQ | #Infograph

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Dichiarazioni congiunte alla stampa con il Primo Ministro d'Irlanda, @MichealMartinTD

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Bienvenue à Paris, cher ami Premier ministre @MichealMartinTD.

La France est le voisin le plus proche de l’Irlande au sein de l’Union européenne !

En juillet, l’Irlande prendra la présidence du Conseil de l’Union européenne. Nous serons à ses côtés pour faire avancer notre agenda commun : sur la défense et la sécurité, la compétitivité, la protection de nos démocraties.

Pour une Europe plus souveraine, plus compétitive, plus protectrice. Nous serons au rendez-vous !

[Irish Foreign Ministry @dfatirl]

Statement by Minister McEntee on the Treatment of Irish Citizens Detained in Israel. https://t.co/oSAjd1dL76

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Le immagini del ministro israeliano Ben Gvir sono inaccettabili. È inammissibile che questi manifestanti, fra cui molti cittadini italiani, vengano sottoposti a questo trattamento lesivo della dignità della persona.
Il Governo italiano sta immediatamente compiendo, ai più alti livelli istituzionali, tutti i passi necessari per ottenere la liberazione immediata dei cittadini italiani coinvolti.
L’Italia pretende inoltre le scuse per il trattamento riservato a questi manifestanti e per il totale disprezzo dimostrato nei confronti delle esplicite richieste del Governo italiano.
Per questi motivi, il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale convocherà immediatamente l’ambasciatore israeliano per chiedere chiarimenti formali su quanto accaduto.

[Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער @gidonsaar]

You knowingly caused harm to our State in this disgraceful display - and not for the first time.

You have undone tremendous, professional, and successful efforts made by so many people - from IDF soldiers to Foreign Ministry staff and many others.

No, you are not the face of Israel.

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

@DrNeilStone Except it’s reported to cases of the virus in both Kinshasa and the Ugandan capital Kampala.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Ebola has broken out in DR Congo and Uganda, reaching the capitals, and @WHO has declared this a global health emergency. I traveled along the Congo/Uganda border last year, and the public health structure--especially community health workers--was being dismantled because of President Trump's demolition of USAID. This Ebola outbreak will also be harder to address because it involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no vaccine or approved therapy and for which even testing is complicated. And Trump has also withdrawn the US from @who, limiting the world's ability to work together to fight the virus. Uganda has a decent health system, but Congo's is a disaster and is complicated by war in Eastern Congo. Large numbers of Congolese are in camps in southwestern Uganda, and the US aid cuts mean that UN agencies are able to offer them less support so that the refugees increasingly are on their own and traveling more in search of food. If the Ebola spreads more broadly, then the cost in lives and money could be considerable -- so it's important to act early to contain it. I hope Trump will reconsider his moves, work with WHO, and dispatch assistance to the Uganda/Congo border area. https://t.co/J7MAf3qix1

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda with over 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. https://t.co/6Q8THRgahf

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

@hippieal @journo_ben @nypost It’s not about Judaism.
It’s about the actions of the Israeli state whose leader is a wanted by the ICC to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Russia and Belarus were kicked out for similar behaviour.
Boycotting is a valid means of protest.

[Irish Examiner @irishexaminer]

Cork City Council to consider tiny statue honouring mosquito linked to Oliver Cromwell’s death https://t.co/mTcVClG3VK

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

@drsjcostello The Russians didn’t perceive like you do.

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

@BelgianFOI @POLITICOEurope Untrue - no one argues that Israel doesn’t have a right to defend itself.
The argument is Israel doesn’t have a right to go beyond self defence which its actions have done, and which violate international laws.

[Robert Dowling @DunlaingRob]

Eurovision is used by certain states that have an international public image problem to portray a false image of their country.
This is why the Israeli government has spent heavily on the Eurovision in recent years to manipulate the public vote.
Eurovision in this case is used as a form of expression of popularity via the public vote - to counter the overall negative image of Israel that exists due to the genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the ethnic cleansing that the Israeli state engages in.