Vincent McKenna

[Vincent McKenna @IrishObserver7]

@PaddyShanks @KJH19322252 Dominic, Seamus and I, were in A Wing together, both psychopaths, no question about that, however, the key point I was making was that the courts were restrained by the Constitution, and as they were appointed by the politicians, possibly also constrained by certain politicians.

[Vincent McKenna @IrishObserver7]

@PaddyShanks @KJH19322252 In 1984, Dominic McClinchey and Seamus Shannon were extradited, two serious terrorists, both were acquited, as there was not enough evidence to convict, the Irish Constitution guarantees the right to fair procedures for all its citizens, the High Court bound by constitution.

[Cormac O'Keeffe @CormacJOKeeffe]

Garda North Central Division have charged 16 individuals under Operation Táirge, targeting incidents of theft, handling stolen property, criminal damage and assault on staff in retail premises.
31 charges brought against 8 men & 8 women (aged 18-60).
Due in court tomorrow.

[Eugene Diamond @EDiamond136]

Believe it or not this how Broughshane st looked when I arrived 46yrs ago although this picture was taken long before that The petrol pumps were beside my shop and lots of trees were just across the street #Memories

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Academic, feminist, freedom fighter, and politician. Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington became a template for the possibilities and necessities of women's places and powers in Irish and international politics.

British Dublin in 1912 was a city riddled with injustices targeting its colonised citizens. One unique to inequality, oppressing its female population, was the absence of Women's Suffrage in the Home Rule Bill. This half measure of human rights would not be tolerated.

Proud Nationalist suffragette Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877-1946) protested by breaking the windows of Dublin Castle, the seat of the Empire in the city and a place where ladies "knew their place" as ornaments and silent servants.

For her activities, she was arrested and imprisoned in Mountjoy more than once. This scandalised society when the vast majority of female inmates were voiceless, poor "criminals," who stole or engaged in sex work to avoid starvation, not unofficial political prisoners. Though the iconic window breaking protest is often the only thing people know about her, it was just one act in a lifetime of brave achievements in her fight for justice.

Coming from a privileged background paradoxically influenced her desire for equality. She could've easily availed of what was considered a "charmed life" for a lady but instead chose academia and activism.

Highly intelligent and well-travelled, she became a teacher in her alma mater, the Dominican Convent on Eccles Street, and earned several degrees. She found a soulmate in her equally progressive and patriotic husband, Francis Skeffington.

In honour of their beliefs, he decided he would take her surname with his own when they married, a symbol of their equality. They even married in their respective academic gowns to further focus on their equal relationship.

During the 1913 Lockout, she assisted in distributing food to strikers' families and engaged in planning suffragette activities in Liberty Hall. Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington went on to co-found the Irish Women Workers’ Union, the Irish Women’s Franchise League, and the Irish Citizens newspaper. When 1916 came, Hanna, like her more famous husband, answered the patriot's call.

She risked her life bringing intelligence messages and food to the GPO, as well as other roles in the Rising. Sadly, her beloved husband was killed in the fighting. Due to the fog of war, she didn't realise she'd been widowed for a few days.

After the Rising, she continued her Nationalist and Feminist activities. She published anti-British imperialist books and, after joining its executive, represented Sinn Féin in the USA, raising awareness for Irish independence.

She would also briefly hold a high position in Fianna Fáil before returning to Sinn Féin for the remainder of her life, even being imprisoned in the North for campaigning for Irish unity.

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[Eugene Diamond @EDiamond136]

GOOD MORNING HERES THE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR WEDNESDAY 3-6-26 …..#BuyANewspaper

[Eugene Diamond @EDiamond136]

It’s 6am on a mild grey Wednesday morning here on Broughshane Street 12c …… #BuyANewspaper

[Cormac O'Keeffe @CormacJOKeeffe]

Civil servant remanded in custody for allegedly supplying official information to a foreign intelligence service is to apply for bail at the High Court
https://t.co/wbHbz8CKE7

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A garda has been sent forward for trial on charges of burglary, criminal damage, assault and sending grossly offensive messages
https://t.co/zZTsc3fvqk

[Irish Examiner @irishexaminer]

Civil servant accused of passing information to foreign intelligence service to apply for bail at High Court https://t.co/qaMcTHTan0

[Paddy Shanks @PaddyShanks]

Belfast City Council has mysteriously found a £1.9m underspend from last year, unused on correction of litter, potholes, graffiti, blocked drains etc, to be wasted to enforce an Irish language advertising campaign on ratepayers who don't want it in their local area.
BCC lawyers say it won't "adversely affect" unionists ratepayers, though they do not explain whether this would be a physical or emotional affect.

[Vincent McKenna @IrishObserver7]

@BelTel @AndrewEMadden Terrorist criminals and their cheer leaders Groomed tens of thousands of children, Sinn Fein members Raped children and then told the victims they would be treated as informers if they told anyone, I am sure Sinn Fein will have alot to contribute to the debate...

[Vincent McKenna @IrishObserver7]

@businessposthq It is difficult to equate such figures when set against such failures...

[Vincent McKenna @IrishObserver7]

@Independent_ie Our system is build on rehabilitation, that is why former terrorist prisoners have been able to sit in Leinster House without question...

[Vincent McKenna @IrishObserver7]

@businessposthq It has been predicted for many years that Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail would merge, just as the Stickys merged with Labour, the only difference between Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail, is that Sinn Fein have less Millionaire Landlords in their ranks...

[Michael O’Toole @mickthehack]

Man who died after Dublin city stabbing was hunted down as he ran for his life https://t.co/DhBevxes26

[Eugene Diamond @EDiamond136]

GOOD MORNING HERES THE SPORTS HEADLINES FOR TUESDAY 2-6-26 …..#BuyANewspaper

[Eugene Diamond @EDiamond136]

GOOD MORNING HERES THE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TUESDAY 2-6-26 …..#BuyANewspaper

[Business Post @businessposthq]

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is under mounting pressure as support for her party has dropped sharply in the aftermath of poor by-election results - https://t.co/sCkWPkBDlz

[Vincent McKenna @IrishObserver7]

@KeithMillsD7 While I agree, it is the people who decide not the legislator, that is why traitors and criminals have consistently sat in the Dail...