Cllr Eddie Fennessy

[Ireland's Trees & Mythology @Tree_Folklore]

In Irish myth, the number seven is the most magical of all...the face of The Dagda is hidden by seven cowls, people disappear to the Otherworld for a period of seven years....and, for just one day, every seven years, an island named Hy-Brasil, normally shrouded in impenetrable mist, appears off Ireland's Atlantic coast 🌊

And this year is one of those seven years...

Belief in the "phantom" island, which, even on the day it is visible can still not be reached, was so strong that it appeared on a number of European maps from the 1300s until the 19th century ☁️

In modern culture the island is said to be inhabited by black rabbits but this was a 17th century addition to the myth and bears no basis in traditional folklore 🐰

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

Britain doesn't have an
Independence Day because
everyone else got their
Independence Days from Britain.

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

The "what the FAI can do" section of their document is so disappointing.

It speaks of "engaging UEFA channels" in full knowledge nothing will happen.

It also fails to even mention the objective breach of UEFA & FIFA statues.

One sided, devoid of any moral courage at all.

[The Falls Curfew @FallsCurfew]

Over the weekend of July 3rd-5th 1970, British troops flooded the Falls, imposed an illegal curfew, left a trail of destruction and murdered 4 innocent civilians. Their actions changed the course of history. We will never forget. #FallsCurfew.

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

Significant and lasting harm?

22,000 Palestinian children have been murdered.

Wonder if that counts as "lasting harm" as we line up to play a game against the perpetrators...

[Amanda Ferguson @AmandaFBelfast]

I’ve been around a few corners. I’ve observed. I’ve talked. I’ve listened. I’ve written extensively. I’ve even learned a cúpla focal along the way. The demonisation of the Irish language in Northern Ireland is irrational and appalling. It is yet another example of totally abnormal hostility being normalised as if it’s a valid viewpoint. It isn’t.

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

Father Murphy from County Wexford was brutally executed on this day 1798. RIP

He was stripped, flogged, hanged, decapitated, his corpse burnt in a barrel of tar and his head impaled on a spike as a warning.

It did not have the effect the British planned.

[Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx]

It took a little longer than expected, but we have created a website for people to view the footage collected from Gaza in one place. You no longer have to download the entire archives to see them.

It includes:

64,537 videos
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Ability to download individual videos
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It can be accessed here: https://t.co/s0Se94PXWF

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We will keep adding the rest of the archives to the site, be patient- it is difficult work. Continue to seed the torrents provided, as that is the best way to ensure the footage remains stored in decentalized way.

God bless all those who sacrificed their lives to get this footage out, and everyone invovled in collecting/archiving it.

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[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I am officially nominating Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) for the Nobel Peace Prize.

No President in History has ended the same war so many times.

Our Dear Leader has ended the war with Iran at least 38 times by CNN’s count.

No President has ever done this before.

And he is nowhere near finished ending it.

It’s a record worthy of the Nobel committee’s recognition. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

To everyone celebrating the first flight on Qatar Force One today, understand what you are actually applauding.

A foreign government handed the sitting President of the United States a $400 million plane. American taxpayers then paid to retrofit it, with an estimated cost of at least another $400 million (some estimates far higher), for security and communications work in a Texas hangar since last September.

When Trump leaves office, the plane does not stay with the government. Ownership transfers to his presidential library foundation. In other words, he keeps it.

You are being asked to treat pure corruption as normal, to shrug at a President personally profiting from a foreign gift the taxpayers paid to upgrade.

In any other administration this would be the scandal that ends a presidency.

With Trump, it’s Wednesday.
https://t.co/qAfVUp8KBd

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

2 Kings, 3 Kingdoms,1 river! It's the Battle of the Boyne. Occurring today in 1690, why does the Orange Order march on the 12th? Calendars have changed from the Julian to the Gregorian. "The Twelfth" commemoration was originally about the Battle of Aughrim, which happened after the Boyne in 1691.

Although fought on Irish soil, the Battle of the Boyne was not an Irish battle. But it was a sectarian one. The prize was the English throne, the combatants were James Stuart (the Jacobite) vs William of Orange (King Billy).

William's title was Stadtholder of the Netherlands. He wanted to amalgamate the English into a Grand Alliance against Louis XIV of France. Williamite forces included a smorgasbord of European powers (Dutch, Danish,German). On the other side French bulked up the Jacobites' ranks.

Billy previously invaded England with a Dutch Army, invited by elements of English Parliament to depose James II. James was a Catholic. Catholic rights had plummeted dramatically during Cromwell's barbarous reign of terror. Then, under King James, Catholic rights were restored such as being able to bear arms & hold public office.

For the Protestants, it was about maintaining their monopoly on all aspects of state; political, economic, and religious. It also meant they would retain a subservient class of Catholics at their service. There was doubtless also a fear that if the Jacobites were victorious the Catholics would avenge themselves for the widespread sectarian theft and massacres they had suffered.

James supporters hoped a victory for the deposed monarch would also gain that ceaselessly craved autonomy from England and restore confiscated lands and property stolen by Cromwell in the 1650s.

It's important to remember the stark ethnic-racial landscape of 17th century Ireland. Unlike today, when even the staunchest Unionists might proclaim themselves British-Irish, in the 1600s Catholic, meant Irish, Protestant meant English or Scottish planter.

King James engaged the larger and better equipped army of William as the Orange forces marched on Dublin from north of the Boyne. The Williamites smashed through, crossing the river anyway. However, they didn't overwhelm the Jacobites, who beat an inglorious retreat. King Billy rolled into Dublin like a victorious liberator, celebrated with the 17th century equivalent of a ticker-tape parade.

The most surprising thing about the battle is that it's still celebrated with such triumphalism and pride. It was neither gruesome nor militarily decisive. Its psychological and political effects on James were noteworthy, though. His nose figuratively bloodied and his old throne forever out of reach, he abandoned his Dublin powerbase and fled Ireland.

This issue of institutional Catholic inequality would continue under various forms right up until the latter half of the 20th century! Rather than using a historic event to teach tolerance, the Battle of the Boyne as commemorated by the Orange Order, is a celebration of sectarianism. Marching season is hijacked to express a Protestant supremacist ideology, yearning for a time when Catholics were 2nd class citizens in their own country.

Discrimination against Catholics was ultimately disastrous for both sides. Unemployment, lack of access to education and government office and apartheid policing created a two-tier system that even the most ardent fascist couldn't excuse.

Not to mention it all being profoundly unchristian(!) The unashamedly unjust gerrymandering zones preventing proportional representation in elections were a recipe for conflict and rocket fuel for terrorist ideologies and atrocities on both sides.

In a 32 county United Republic of Ireland, there should be a place for the celebration and recognition of the British identity and heritage of Unionists, including education of historic injustices.

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[mustafa yazıcı @myzccc]

"Ne ödemelerimi yapabileceğim kredi kartım çalışıyor ne havale yapabiliyorum; sağlık sigortam iptal edildi, otellere rezervasyon yapamıyorum. Kendimi Pablo Escobar gibi hissediyorum. Bunların hepsi, 'Gazze'de İsrail soykırım yapıyor' dediğim için."

— Francesca Albanese, BM Özel Raportörü

[Sinn Féin @sinnfeinireland]

The attack by a sectarian mob on Sinn Féin Assembly candidate for Lagan Valley, Declan Lynch, his wife, and their family while they were canvassing was a desperate attempt to slow down positive change in Lagan Valley.

Declan Lynch and Sinn Féin will continue to grow and build in Lagan Valley, providing strong leadership for workers, families, and communities.

Sinn Féin can make history by winning an Assembly seat in Lagan Valley at the next election.

@CllrDeclanLynch

[Global UPDATES @GlobalUpdates24]

BREAKING –

US becomes the first country in the world to host a team at the FIFA World Cup and bоmb that team's country on the same day

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

STOLE THEIR KNEES
&
Stole their homes.
Stole their land.
Stole their livelihoods.
Stole their schools.
Stole their hospitals.
Stole their dignity.
Stole their freedom.
Stole their futures.
Stole their childhoods.
Stole their loved ones.
Stole their peace.

[Martín Dandach @MartinDandach]

El capitán de la Selección de Irán, Mehdi Taremi, explotó contra la FIFA y la organización de Estados Unidos.

“Esta es una Copa del Mundo desastrosa. Como jugadores profesionales no podemos jugar una competición en estas condiciones, no está bien ni es justo. Si la FIFA piensa que esto es justo, tema de ellos, pero no lo es. ¿Quién debería solucionar este problema por nosotros? ¿La FIFA? ¿EE.UU.? ¡No sé! Díganme un nombre. El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, vino a nuestro vestuario después del primer partido contra Nueva Zelanda y dijo que iba a resolver todos los problemas, pero en realidad, la FIFA no hizo nada. Respondiendo la pregunta de: "¿Sienten que los organizadores de la Copa del Mundo, incluidos la FIFA y los funcionarios estadounidenses, prefieren que Irán sea eliminado de la competencia?", digo: Tenemos que luchar contra absolutamente todo. No podemos quedarnos en el país, viajamos y nos sometemos a controles migratorios cada vez que queremos jugar, ahora no podemos quedarnos en Seattle y tenemos que volver a Tijuana. Han hecho todo lo posible para eliminarnos, entonces desde nuestra perspectiva, sí, creo que lo quieren así, nos quieren afuera”.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

The UN couldn't print the names of Palestinian children murdered and maimed by Israel.

Why?

Because they feared Israel would respond by killing and maiming the families of the children.

[Lajee Celtic @lajeeceltic]

Free all political prisoners

[Mary Lou McDonald @MaryLouMcDonald]

It’s inspiring to hear young Irish people and our diaspora speak about the historic opportunity that Irish unity represents for their generation.

Sinn Féin’s Irish Unity Bill will be debated in the Dáil on the 7th of July. It is an unprecedented opportunity to begin planning for Irish Unity, and one we must seize.

Together, we are writing the next chapter of Ireland’s story.

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

Dschinghis Khan: Dschinghis Khan (1979). The greatest song never to win Eurovision.