Val O'D

Busy midlife mum with dancing feet and knitting/crocheting hands, and a head filled with random thoughts.

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

@BarbaraMcMahon8 Incredible, young man... Best of luck!

[Adam Moynihan @AdamMoynihan]

Update: Tommy has been found and is safe

[Adam Moynihan @AdamMoynihan]

Kerry man Tommy O'Neill is missing in Ibiza. Please share with anyone who is over there or might have been there recently

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

A bit of advice to those posting on #StopTheGame:

- posts will be flooded by Zionist Bots

- select hide comment & block user

- post more comments under your post to ensure no bots are seen

*ireland has the US highest bot activity in the world.

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

@MarcD_Weegem @rtenews @Lovindotie @IrishRail Yeah, that makes sense. They can be hard to distinguish. Fire Brigades were there yesterday.

[SavetheHellfire @SavetheHellfire]

Fire near Piperstown this morning. An Orange Wildfire warning is in place. Help stop wildfires igniting by:
🔥 Not BBQing or lighting camp fires in wildland area.
🚭Disposing of smoking materials responsibly.
#thursday #weather #heatdome #nature #wildlife

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

@SavetheHellfire Looks stunning!

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

Wow..... Great shot.

[SavetheHellfire @SavetheHellfire]

Howth emerges from the water like a crocodile at sunrise. #MondayMorning #nature #weather

[SavetheHellfire @SavetheHellfire]

You might be interested in this? @HellfireMassy @LoveSouthDublin @MontpelierHill @MassyFriends @KnocklyonNet

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

@SavetheHellfire Bring a flask, if ya really need it!

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

Noooooooo!!
Please don't take my sunshine away!! 🎶🌞

[Carlow Weather @CarlowWeather]

Cooler air returns for start of June

[shameen suleman @shameensuleman]

🟥 Britain. France. Canada. Italy. Spain. Belgium. The Netherlands. Poland. Australia. New Zealand. The European Union. The United Nations.

🔳 Suddenly they have found outrage because international activists aboard the flotilla were humiliated, abused and tortured by israeli war criminals under Ben Gvir’s prison system. Ambassadors are being summoned. Statements are being released. Diplomats are demanding “clarifications”.

▪️ But where have these governments been while Palestinians endured this for years?

▪️ Palestinian journalist Sami Al-Sa’i @SamiAssai described being raped by israeli prison guards while blindfolded and handcuffed, left bleeding on the floor as guards laughed and discussed filming the assault. Other former detainees described rape with objects, attacks involving dogs, electrocution, starvation and repeated torture inside israeli detention facilities. Human rights organisations, UN experts and former detainees have all warned that this abuse is systematic, organised and protected from accountability.

▪️ Where were these governments when Dr Adnan Al-Bursh was abducted, tortured, sexually abused and ultimately murdered in israeli custody, with his body still withheld from his family? Where are they while Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and Palestinian medical workers remain detained, abused and denied proper medical treatment?

▪️ And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades. In 2010, israeli forces attacked the Mavi Marmara flotilla trying to break the siege on Gaza, killing nine activists before a tenth later died from his injuries. The world condemned it, statements were made, outrage came and went, yet Palestinians remained trapped under siege while israeli war criminals continued receiving arms, protection and political cover from western governments.

▪️ To the people aboard the flotilla who were tortured, humiliated and abused while trying to break the siege on Gaza and deliver aid to starving civilians: may you recover safely and may your courage wake people up. The world saw what happened to you. Palestinians have been screaming about these crimes for years. Credit to @thiagoavila for continuing to expose what so many tried to ignore.

▪️ Summoning ambassadors is not enough. Condemnations are not enough. Expel them. Sanction them. Stop arming them. Stop protecting israeli war criminals while criminalising activists who try to stop weapons reaching them.

▪️ While western governments choose silence, the British state chooses to criminalise, arrest and persecute activists, journalists, doctors, teachers and humanitarians for standing with Palestine. @Majstar7, @swilkinsonbc, Junaid Mayet, @KarakDesi and thousands more whose only “crime” was refusing to stay silent while Palestinians were slaughtered, starved and abused in plain sight.

▪️ My activism is for people. I oppose dehumanisation, torture, rape, abuse and the killing of civilians, no matter who the victim is. But Palestinians have been subjected to all of this in plain sight while the world chose silence. @MENAUncensored

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

Content warning: distressing description of torture

Israel didn’t just humiliate these activists - it showed the world a glimpse of its detention regime.

Nobody should be fooled: Ben-Gvir is not a bad apple – he is a product of an apartheid system.

The UN's Special Rapporteur on torture has just documented widespread, systematic abuse of Palestinian detainees.

The Special Rapporteur counted numerous incidents of torture and sexual violence, including, in her own words, 'mauling by dogs of their genitals.'

Palestinian detainees continue to face horrendous and systematic torture condoned not by one rogue minister, but from the top of Israeli politics.

If the UK government is genuinely appalled, it must:

- End all trade contributing to Israel's ongoing genocide, apartheid and unlawful occupation

- Enforce an immediate ban on all weapons transfers, military assistance and the import of goods from illegal settlements.

Israel's impunity can no longer be tolerated.

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

@UsualSuspect717 @RobLooseCannon JPT was our XFactor I would argue! It was all this country had to showcase our amazing talent on a national platform .
It was how amateurs made it. On the Irish professional stage and the Westend.

[Val O'D @_ValODonovan]

@RobLooseCannon Oh, thank you SO much for this! JPT was a big part of my life. I danced in 3 national finals (pssst...ya didn't have to work for the company ! A small % outsiders allowed🤭)
Amazing times & friendships made to this day .
It should never be forgotten!♥️

[Ciaran Tierney @ciarantierney]

Our President's sister and a current @uniofgalway student are among 15 Irish humanitarian aid volunteers who were kidnapped by armed Israeli terrorists in international waters yesterday.

There's a protest at the main #Galway hospital entrance this evening (7pm).

@ipsc48

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

ALERT! Yet another act of piracy by the Israeli army in international waters: intercepting the flotilla carrying basic necessities to a desperate population in Gaza. Shame on European govts who are not acting to stop Israel! When will Israel's impunity end?

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Among the reasons most EU states and EU institutions are quiet about Israel's daily slaughter of civilians in the region, is that they do not care: Lebanese, Palestinian, Iranian lives are disposable, their loss negligible.
And this is so wrong.
Immoral.
Illegal.
Irresponsible.

[RKM @rkmtimes]

JUST IN🇮🇱🇪🇺🔥Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Iceland will tomorrow submit a formal request to the European Union to terminate the partnership agreement with Israel.