Damian Jackson

Speaking from the transit centre in Renk in northern South Sudan, our CEO @rosamondbennett explains the challenges faced by people seeking shelter there having fled fighting in neighbouring Sudan.

Why many seeking asylum in Ireland may be without a passport irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/0…

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@kevinhargaden @ErringtonA See my replies to Gary, below ….

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Thousands of people are participating in a march in support of diversity and opposition to racism. The 'Ireland for All' solidarity march in Dublin was organised by a coalition that includes community groups, trade unions and political parties | Read more: bit.ly/3S7tDiF

@Stoxo Thank you Steve

Fitzroy women... I have found this week a tough one... women in Fitzroy that I dearly admire were "angry", "furious" "insulted", "deeply hurt"... so I had to share... stocki.typepad.com/soulsurmise/20…

An invitation to celebrate the centenary of the Irish Council of Churches & the 50th Anniversary of the Ballymascanlon Talks, which led to the establishment of the Irish Inter-Church Meeting. St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast Sunday 22nd January at 3pm irishchurches.org/news-blog/5488…

"applicants to the “once-in-a-generation” scheme for undocumented #migrants to regularise their status in Ireland [...] have been successful in their bid with a 97% approval rate so far" Starting 2023 with some good news ❤️ irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4103…

Seeing firsthand how the homeless are helped at Tomb St tonight .under the flyover under most people's radar...

Congratulations Philip!

Class of 2022 Graduation theologicalinstitute.ie/news/208/class…

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BREAKING : negotiations to hammer out a #BindingTreaty on Business and Human Rights have just finished. Trócaire's @GarryTweets shares his initial reaction from Geneva.

Have you seen the video #EcoQuakers Ireland has released to mark International Day of #ClimateAction? >> youtu.be/UiN-TERy-24 #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #Quakers #Environment #Sustainability @BritishQuakers @FWCCAmericas

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Then I went to meet @wjhayes who is the Minister of Tullamore Presbyterian Church in Co Offaly. Through their ‘Welcome Centre’ they are doing an important work in welcoming international migrants to the town. Working across such a broad geographic area is a challenge.

V unclear what effect this measure is designed to achieve. 🧵 ▫️ State has power to charge protection applicants since 2018. ▫️ Our understanding: it was deemed too complex to integrate different gov dept systems and ultimately an ineffective tool. irishtimes.com/politics/2022/…

Nations are made up. The fact that we kill each other over where we draw the lines on our invented political maps is one of the dumbest things our species does.