Paul Doherty

Independent Cllr West Belfast | Founder @Foodstock__ | Right to Food Commissioner | Former Deputy Mayor of Belfast | Anti-Poverty Campaigner |

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

The DUP are bitter and twisted, and their latest attempt to use children’s education as a weapon against the Irish language is absolutely disgraceful!

This is anti-Irish bigotry at its worst. Our children deserve better than this hatred and hostility towards their language and culture!

You can veto legislation, but you will NEVER veto our language!

Ní féidir an Ghaeilge a chur ina tost!

#Gaeilge

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Register here: https://t.co/Zzrg6EnLzV

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

It's incredible to see the Irish language flourishing across Belfast and so many people continuing to join our classes!

Our new FREE 10-week beginners' Irish course starts Monday 9th November, 6.30–7.30pm.

📍 Foodstock Education & Empowerment Centre, King Street, Belfast.

Fáilte roimh chách!

#Gaeilge #Community

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

The egos have landed in Portadown tonight. 🎪

But one thing remains crystal clear - you're still not getting down the Garvaghy Road!

The residents stood firm for their community and for their rights. And we stood with them.

No forced marches. No going back. ✊

[The Nolan Show, BBC @BBCNolan]

Belfast Councillor Paul Doherty fears increasing number of e-scooter injuries could lead to a death due to the illegal vehicles

https://t.co/8DUkRRlQ3k

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Children are being told to wear an extra jumper in the classroom to stay warm while MLA's are set to get another pay rise.

Enough is enough - people here deserve better than this.

[Cool FM News @newsoncool]

⚠️🗣️Belfast charity says communities pulling together to ensure children don't go hungry as cost-of-living pressures tighten

🍎Foodstock Community Hub in west Belfast has been providing thousands of free breakfasts for children.

📈It’s as families continue to struggle with rising food and energy costs, with inflation expected to remain high.

🎙️The hub’s founder Paul Doherty speaks to our reporter @mckee23_r.

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

BREAKING NEWS - THE ORANGE ORDER AREN'T GETTING DOWN THE GARVAGHY ROAD. ✊

The residents stood firm. Ireland stood with them.

No going back. Not now. Not ever.

[General Federation of Trade Unions @GFTU1]

The @RightConfe57651 has launched its brand-new report, setting out a clear plan to deliver food security by 2035.

Now it’s time to turn that plan into action.

#RightToFood🍽️ #GFTU

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[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Garvaghy Update : Today’s Court of Appeal hearing has ended with judgment reserved.

That means there is no final ruling today. The judges are now considering the residents’ challenge to the Parades Commission decision, with the Lady Chief Justice saying a decision will come on a swift timeframe.

For now, we wait.

The position of the Garvaghy Road residents remains clear: no Orange parade should be forced through their community against their wishes.

We continue to stand with them.

Solidarity ✊️

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Down at court this morning standing with the residents of the Garvaghy Road.

If you can make it down, come and show your solidarity.

The Orange Order aren’t getting down that road.

Not now. Not ever.

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

A strong message has been sent from the Garvaghy Road today.

The people of Ireland stand with the residents.

No Orange parade will be forced down this road.

Not now. Not ever.

Solidarity ✊️

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

The Orange Order aren’t getting down that road.

Not now. Not ever.

Proud to send my solidarity to the people of the Garvaghy Road tonight from the Council Chamber.

Solidarity ✊

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

We are back to square one again tonight.

The Portadown Orangemen say they are not prepared to do a deal and remain determined to march.

The message from residents remains loud and clear: you won’t be walking down the Garvaghy Road.

Not now. Not ever.

Solidarity ✊️

[Chris Donnelly @chrisadonnelly]

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has never launched a ‘large scale’ criminal investigation to remove flags erected to intimidate Catholics every year right across the north.

Arresting people who stood against a supremacist, sectarian parade puts him on the wrong side of history

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Around 200 people turning up in a car park to listen to Jamie Bryson last night tells its own story.

For all the noise, threats and grandstanding, he clearly does not have the influence he would have people believe.

I think people, including many within the unionist community, can see through this whole facade. What is happening around Garvaghy Road is increasingly being used by Bryson to put himself at the centre of the story.

An ego trip played out in a car park while a community is being forced through this nightmare all over again.

People see through it.

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

Huge thanks to @PaulDoherty___ for speaking to our Year 12 LLW students on the theme of ‘Lifelong Learning’! The students were so keen to ask questions, and your insights will be invaluable for our Controlled Assessment Task. 💬✍️📚

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Thanks to Leona and the Irish News for taking the time to chat about the origins of our work, what drives it and the people and communities that continue to make it all possible.

[Leona O'Neill @LeonaONeill1]

Among roaring hate and division that is being peddled today, could I interest you in some kindness and solidarity? West Belfast’s @PaulDoherty___ opened a foodbank in his garage during Covid. It has grown into a community hub that helps thousands of people weekly @irish_news

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Whatever happens politically in the coming days and weeks, one thing must be clear: nationalist communities will not accept decisions being made over their heads and imposed upon them.

The Garvaghy Road fiasco showed exactly why that cannot be allowed to happen again.

Our rights, our voice and our communities must be respected.

There can be no return to the politics of the past.

Those days are over.

[The Irish News @irish_news]

When west Belfast community worker Paul Doherty first pitched the idea of a community food hub in the garage of his Turf Lodge home, during the Covid lockdown, most people thought him mad.

But he knew what it was like to be hungry. He looked around him at people who were really struggling. And never being a man to sit back and let others do what was needed, he persevered.

Read more: https://t.co/hDqK3hpq1q