sean O'Farrell

The Settlers, the doc I made for the BBC, is now available to stream in the US on BBC Select. It couldn’t be more timely with the announcement today that the Israeli govt has approved construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank - which are illegal under international law.

On April 7, 2025, Israel bombed a tent inside al-Aqsa Hospital. The journalist who israel wanted to kill survived the air strike and sustained some wounds. His name is Hasan Islayeh. Just now, Israel bombed the room in Nasser Hospital using an explosive drone where he was being treated. He got killed.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

“We were sheltering in the Church of Saint Porphyrius, who was the Bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, with 500 other citizens, but the IDF bombed this holy sanctuary on a pretext.” We are Majd, Suhail, and Julie Al-Souri from Gaza. We are the only children of our parents, and to keep safe we sought refuge in Saint Porphyrius Church, a Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City, thinking the occupation would not attack a place of worship. How wrong we were, because on October 19th 2023, as we lay down to sleep, we were targeted with an Israeli missile strike, martyring us along with over two dozen Christian and Muslims sheltering in the church.

⚡️BREAKING: English testimony of Palestinian hostage Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Shawish who was released today by Israel. For 45 days, he was blindfolded, shackled, and forced to kneel, before being transferred to Naqab (Negev) prison, where he suffered electric shocks and attacks by dogs. Upon his release, visible signs of torture and extreme malnutrition marked his face.

Great to hear of the impact of our #Socialfarming @Lairdhse06 project / supports on the lives of young people in #Tipperary with CAMHS team @HSELive in Nenagh #Tipperary @BernardGloster @MaryButlerTD @martinheydonfg @theILDN @CarrollJennifer @1Hildegarde rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Farm Diversification Seminar to take place next week #Sponsored agriland.ie/farming-news/f…

Focusing on rural development, sustainable business practices and innovation, learn from farmers, enterprises and industry specialists at the upcoming @TUS_ie Farm Diversification seminar. Free tickets - eventbrite.ie/e/tus-agrinext…

@sharifkouddous That's about 700 babies under one year of age. #GazaGenocide. @IntlCrimCourt @CIJ_ICJ

@sharifkouddous 14 pages of names of babies under 1 year old... If this is not #EthnicCleansing what is? @CIJ_ICJ @IntlCrimCourt are you watching? Your judgments & arrest warrants (not issued) being scorned by Israhell. The monster needs to be stopped & made to pay! #EndOccupation

@sharifkouddous "The Ministry of Health in Gaza has just published a 649-page document with the the name, age, gender, ID number of every Palestinian killed in Gaza from October 7 to August 31" "This is exact what #Genocide looks like" A. Goldberg #GazaGenocide #CeasefireNOW

🚨As elections approach, ActionAid calls on all parties to commit to supporting the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill. Let’s make Ireland’s stance on #humanrights clear. For more: passtheotb.eu #PassTheOTB #OTB2024 @trocaire @ChristianAidIrl @SadakaIreland @frances_black

There isn't a single Nature Reserve in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Leitrim or Longford. Meath has one (not marked on the map and in private hands). Every community needs a Nature Reserve!

Recent decades have seen a collapse in wild Irish salmon by >90%, from 1.76 million in 1975 to just 171,700 in 2022. Most parts of the natural world present a similar picture: catastrophic wipeout due to multiple human impacts. We MUST turn this around. irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

All life on Earth – oaks, mosses, microbes, elephants, fungi, blue whales, shrews, people – evolved from a single common ancestor, some 4.2 billion years ago. We are all KIN. That thought alone should be enough to cease all the wars we are waging on each other, and on nature 🌏

Great to see areas like this wild flower meadow managed for native biodiversity at the National Botanic Gardens Kilmacurragh.

The summer edition of @Irishwildlife magazine is stacked. Delighted to have contributed an article on the work of @Env_Pillar to unlock the potential of 🇮🇪 #PublicLand for Nature Restoration & Climate Action.

Holocaust Survivor Demolishes Israel

Fantastic article in today’s Daily Star on the remarkable rise of soccer in our school @faischools @FaiMunster @NenaghGuardian @TippFMSport @TipperaryLive

Another conservation success story despite a wash-out of a summer