Aoife Kelly

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[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Israel has assassinated Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and four other staff in a targeted attack on a tent in Gaza City, taking the total number of journalists killed since October 7, 2023 to 269.

— in pictures https://t.co/8o4LpIq8Oh

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

Two tickets for sale to Picture This tonight Monday 21st July at The Big Top for the Galway International Arts Festival #GIAF DM if interested

[Carlow Weather @CarlowWeather]

A video between Shrule and Headford in Galway by @bg_tours showing a large number of phone and broadband poles down!

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

Finally will get a decent government representation for Galway @albertdolan_ We listened Michael O'Leary we do need more accountants to get things done! #GeneralElection2024

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

"Mark it down, this is an Obama-type figure. He's a potential future leader of @fiannafailparty."

Ivan Yates on Albert Dolan, who has been elected on the eighth count in Galway East.

Check out our live blog and stream for all today's #GE24 news:

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[Frank Greaney @FrankGreaney]

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Nikita Hand has WON her case against Conor McGregor.

She sued the MMA fighter for damages, claiming he raped her in a Dublin hotel in 2018.

She didn't win her case against the second named defendant, McGregor's friend, James Lawrence.

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

Love this. An all male panel BUT so passionate and knowledgeable about a female boxing match.🥊 Need men championing women for women to succeed. We are equal 💪 #Olympics2024 #Paris2024

[sarah @sahouraxo]

“I’ve seen children shot twice by snipers in Gaza.”

“No toddler gets shot twice by mistake by the world’s best sniper.”

“I’ve seen shredded children”

“All the disaster zones combined don’t equal the level of carnage I saw in Gaza.”

—Doctor Perlmutter

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

KO @uniofgalway for #Atlantec a wonderful annual gathering of tech thought leaders to debate the latest tech trends and the opportunities and challenges

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

We received greater detail on Saturday’s high-risk @WHO-led mission in #Gaza to Al-Ahli Hospital. We are deeply concerned about prolonged checks and detention of health workers that put lives of already fragile patients at risk.

The mission was stopped twice at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint - on the way to north Gaza and on the way back - and some @PalestineRCS staff members were detained both times.

As the mission entered Gaza City, the aid truck carrying the medical supplies and an ambulance were hit by bullets.     

On their return, some patients and Red Crescent’s health workers were instructed at the checkpoint to leave the ambulances and be identified. Some health workers were held and questioned for several hours.

Due to the hold-up, one patient died en route, given the grave nature of their wounds and the delay in accessing treatment.

The people of Gaza have the right to access health care. The health system must be protected. Even in war.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

WHO calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk mission to transfer patients, deliver health supplies

WHO reiterates its call for the protection of health care and humanitarian assistance in #Gaza, following military checkpoint delays and detention of health partners during a mission to transfer critically-ill patients and deliver supplies to a hospital in northern Gaza.
During the mission, a patient reportedly died.

On 9 December 2023, a WHO team, in collaboration with the @PalestineRCS and the @UNOCHA, and with support from the @UNDSS, completed a high-risk mission to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City to deliver medical supplies, assess the situation in the hospital, and transfer critically-injured patients to a hospital in the south.
The mission delivered trauma and surgical supplies, enough to treat 1500 patients, to the hospital, and transferred 19 critical patients with 14 companions to Nasser Medical Complex in south Gaza, where they can receive a higher level of care.

On the way north, the UN convoy was inspected at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, and ambulance crew members had to leave the vehicles for identification. Two PRCS staff were detained for over an hour, further delaying the mission. WHO staff saw one of them being made to kneel at gunpoint and then taken out of sight, where he was reportedly harassed, beaten, stripped and searched.

As the mission entered Gaza City, the aid truck carrying the medical supplies and one of the ambulances were hit by bullets.

On the way back towards southern Gaza, with the patients from Al-Ahli Hospital on board, the convoy was again stopped at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, where PRCS staff and most of the patients had to leave the ambulances for security checks. Critical patients remaining in the ambulances were searched by armed soldiers.

One of the same two PRCS staff temporarily detained earlier on the way in was taken for interrogation a second time. The mission made numerous attempts to coordinate his release, but eventually—after more than two and a half hours—had to make the difficult decision to leave the highly dangerous area and proceed, for the safety and well-being of the patients and humanitarian workers. (Three ambulances carrying extremely critical patients had already continued onwards earlier, while three remained with the convoy.)
PRCS reported afterwards that during the transfer process, one of the injured patients died, as a result of his untreated wounds.

The PRCS staff member was released later that night after joint UN efforts. Yesterday, the WHO team met him, as well as his father, supervisor, and colleagues. He said he was harassed, beaten, threatened, stripped of his clothes and blindfolded. His hands were tied behind his back and he was treated in a degrading and humiliating manner. Once released, he was left to walk towards the south with his hands still tied behind his back, and without clothes or shoes.

Detentions have happened previously during humanitarian missions in Gaza.

On 18 November, six people from the Ministry of Health and PRCS were detained during a WHO-led mission to move patients from Al-Shifa Hospital. Four people–three from the Ministry of Health and one PRCS staff—are still in detention, more than three weeks later. There is no information on their well-being or whereabouts. This is unacceptable.
WHO, along with their family, colleagues and loved ones, is deeply concerned about their well-being. We reiterate our call for their legal and human rights to be respected.

Obstructing ambulances and attacks on humanitarian and health workers are unconscionable.

Healthcare, including ambulances, are protected under international law. They must be respected and protected in all circumstances.

The difficulties faced by this mission illustrate the shrinking space for humanitarian actors to provide aid within Gaza, even though access is desperately needed to alleviate the catastrophic humanitarian situation, as called for in the resolution adopted by the WHO Executive Board members on 10 December.

WHO and partners remain firmly committed to staying in Gaza and assisting the population. But as hostilities increase across Gaza, aid falls short of needs, the humanitarian support system is on the verge of falling apart.

The only viable solution is a sustained ceasefire, so WHO and partners can work safely and unhindered to strengthen a deteriorating health system, replenish critical supplies of fuel, medicines, and other essential aid, and prevent disease, hunger, and further suffering in the Gaza Strip.

Note to editors on Al-Ahli Hospital

During the above mission to the heavily destroyed Gaza City, WHO staff saw hundreds of people, including women, elderly people, youth, and children, who seemed surprised to see aid workers in the area given the highly volatile situation and insecurity.

WHO staff described Al-Ahli Hospital as in a state of “utter chaos and a humanitarian disaster zone.” It is extremely congested with many displaced people and over 200 patients, while it only has enough resources to support 40 beds – half of its original bed capacity. The building has sustained substantial damage because of the hostilities.

Doctors said the situation is “beyond control” as they face shortages of fuel, oxygen, and essential medical supplies, as well as a lack of food and water for patients and themselves. Health staff capacity is minimal, nursing care is extremely limited, and the hospital is relying heavily on volunteers.

Faced with vast numbers of trauma patients inside the hospital, and outside on the street, doctors are forced to prioritize who receives care and who does not. They are treating many serious cases in the hospital’s corridors, on the floor, in the hospital chapel, and even in the street.
The hospital is severely short-staffed, and it is lacking the ability to perform vascular operations. Limb amputations are decided as the last resort to save lives.

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

Thanks @BonhamQuay for a lovely kids Christmas party for all the offices! We had a fab time! 🎅 🤶

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

If only the product had matched the stellar marketing campaign; concept of the product great; "better less bitter" but execution poor #IslandsEdge #productlaunch #fail https://t.co/TpUFS7bxie

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

@gbayfm big thanks for the yummy donuts at the Claregalway toddler group this morning! They were demolished by both the adults and kids! The playroom was hopping!

[Joe Smyth @JoeSmyth10]

We @Genesys are delighted to be working with the Insight Centre at @uniofgalway on the critical space of AI Explainability. Thanks to @EdwardACurry and our own @emir_munoz for bringing the team together to produce this important paper.

[Micheál Martin @MichealMartinTD]

Delighted @Genesys has chosen Galway as the home of their largest R&D site in Europe.

Enterprise-led research and innovation a major part of Ireland’s success story.

Wishing Genesys and the workers here every success in future.

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

Great piece by @jesskellynt on the @portershed Galway on how it has nurtured start ups and FDI tech companies to flourish like @Genesys with @JoeSmyth10 https://t.co/rdV8Y0o28O

[Aoife Kelly @efakelly]

Lovely words from CEO @connachtrugby Willie Ruane thanking principal sponsor @Genesys for their unrelenting support during the last hard 2 years at the Connacht Rugby Ball

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Google is the modern, global utility company. YouTube, Search, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Maps, TV, Photos—all robust utilities backed by a highly secure accounts system. This position makes it a lot more immune to the fickleness of consumer attention than other consumer tech.