Irish Wheelchair Rugby were drawn against Israel in the European Championship that will take place on May 28. The Irish team plans to protest the match.
Team player Alan Dineen announced that he will boycott the game against Israel and made the following statement:
“I am boycotting the game against Israel because I cannot separate sport from the reality of what is happening in Gaza and Palestine. Through my fundraising work with Aclaí Palestine in the Aida Refugee Camp, I have seen first hand the impact that occupation and violence have on people’s daily lives. Gaza now has one of the highest numbers of child amputees per capita in the world, with thousands of children having lost one or more limbs.
I believe what is occurring constitutes genocide, as described by numerous human rights organisations and legal experts. Sport is a powerful platform that can create social change, and I believe athletes have a responsibility to take a stand when fundamental human rights are at stake.”
A brave model during Copenhagen fashion week pulls out a Palestinian flag from her dress to unveil a message for the world:
“ACT NOW AGAINST GENOCIDE.”
Minister of health Jennifer Carroll McNeil on Primetime doing everything to avoid acknowledging that the open ended contract Simon Harris signed for the national children’s hospital has been an absolute disaster.
The party always comes first!
#ChildrensHospital
“My concentration is not looking at the past because I don’t have time”
You absolutely need to look at the past @CarrollJennifer to be able to address the issues and scandals that have been allowed to go on within CHI. Without looking to the past to address the current problems in paediatric healthcare, children will continue to be failed regardless of how shiny and new the hospital is.
Buildings don’t provide care.
@RTE_PrimeTime@SarahAMcInerney
A perfect example of how to lead would include the Minister For Disability NOT blocking a wheelchair accessible space , while double parked on double yellow lines for over an hour outside the Department of Children,
Disability and Equality. This is really inexcusable , but a perfect example of how what is said is not matched by actions. @AccessForAll7 #disabilityparking
All around the country, #GAA fans have protested the #Allianz sponsorship of the National Leagues.
Today at Croke Park, #Palestinian flags were seized from fans before the Div 3 and 4 finals.
(Each square on the below quilt represents ten children in #Gaza murdered by #Israel)
GPA co-founder Donal O’Neill believes the GAA should not only have dropped Allianz as its named sponsor but also run the current campaigns as ‘The Free Palestine National Leagues’.
Read more: https://t.co/izC4Us1B4Z
What an upside-down world we live in when an Irish President who stands for peace, human rights, and international law is being told to shut up in case she annoys a #US President who is prepared to destroy thousands of lives to distract people from the #EpsteinFiles