Pat O'Connor

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Pat O'Connor

Pat O'Connor

@ProfPatOConnor

Prof Sociology & Social Policy (Emeritus) UL & Visiting Prof, Geary UCD. Public affairs nerd and systemic gender equality expert. RTs not endorsement.

Katılım Aralık 2014
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Pat O'Connor
Pat O'Connor@ProfPatOConnor·
Advertising Speechless on RTE player on RTE1. Great if the player would actually work… Pathetic ‘service’. If you have a half hour to watch a programme- forget it. It will take more time than that to get nowhere with the player @RTEplayer
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Pat O'Connor@ProfPatOConnor·
Not good enough. It happens over and over. Improve the service. People who want to watch TV for 30mins do not want to spent it trying to solve your technical problems. Pathetic
RTÉ Player@RTEplayer

@ProfPatOConnor Hi Pat,  We are sorry to hear this, if you contact our support team via rte.ie/player/en_IE/p… they may be able to assist you with this issue.

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Brian Allen
Brian Allen@allenanalysis·
This exchange just happened in Congress. Senator Cohen to FBI Director Kash Patel: “The people you fired were experts on Iran, were they not?” Patel: “I don’t believe so.” Cohen: “They worked in counterintelligence, did they not?” Patel: “I’m taking you at your word.” Cohen: “You’re the director. I’m not. You should know the answer.” The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not know who he fired. Does not know if they were Iran experts. Does not know if they worked in counterintelligence. Is taking a senator’s word for it. This is the man running America’s domestic intelligence agency during the most severe national security crisis since 9/11. Iran has activated sleeper cells. Encrypted communications intercepted as operational triggers. A war with no exit strategy. Joe Kent resigned because the investigation was stopped. Charlie Kirk’s last words to Kent: stop us from getting into a war with Iran. And the FBI Director doesn’t know who he fired. Or what they knew. Or what America lost when they left. Never stop connecting the dots.
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Pat O'Connor@ProfPatOConnor·
Good programme on Welcome to Moore Street on RTE1. It makes you wonder what Dublin City council is at.. Moore street is gone to rack and ruin… Another example of a non- functioning structure?? @DublinCityHall
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Marc Botenga MEP
Marc Botenga MEP@BotengaM·
Condemn Iran's attacks but conceal they came after US-Israeli escalatory strikes on Iran's gas infrastructure. Speak of safe transit through the Hormuz Strait, but erase the US-Israeli aggression that led to its closure. You do not stop a war by covering for the aggressors.
Kaja Kallas@kajakallas

Iran's attacks on Qatar’s energy infrastructure are deepening the chaos. The war in the Middle East needs an exit, not an escalation. This is equally important for Ukraine, as Russia stands to gain from the Iran war. Now is the time to step up support for Ukraine, including by moving forward with the loan agreed by leaders already in December. My doorstep ahead of today’s #EUCO

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John Simpson
John Simpson@JohnSimpsonNews·
I don’t get it. If Hezbollah had flats in this block (unlikely in central Beirut but not impossible) why did the Israelis give everyone inside an hour to get out — including those they wanted to kill? And if there weren’t any Hezbollah people there, why destroy a building with dozens of civilians in it?
The Associated Press@AP

An Israeli airstrike struck an apartment building in central Beirut, on Wednesday. The Israeli army had warned residents to evacuate about an hour before completely flattening it as day broke.

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John Collins
John Collins@HangBlaa·
Where’s the joint statement on the reopening the crossings into Gaza, still being starved by Israel? Where are the naval ships coming to rescue the 2 million Palestinian people of Gaza, dying amongst rubble in flimsy tents, with no sanitary services? Humanity is a disgrace!
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The Daily Britain
The Daily Britain@dailybritainonx·
“There was no diplomatic attempt to obtain a UN resolution to give legality to the war,” the former Tory PM Sir John Major said in a speech on Wednesday night. “No nation – other than Israel – was even consulted."
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Pat O'Connor@ProfPatOConnor·
Prime Time this evening covering the situation of aged parents caring for adult special needs children. The state sees them as the sole responsibility of their ageing parents: no plan for their future. Scandalous abrogation of responsibility by the state. @NormaFoleyTD1
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Pat O'Connor@ProfPatOConnor·
@Keir_Starmer You have undermined international law by colluding with Israel’s action in Gaza. The current situation is an inevitable consequences of that… Will the British tax payer be impressed by your priorities??
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer

I condemn in the strongest terms the overnight Iranian strike on a Qatari gas facility. We are working towards a swift resolution to the situation in the Middle East, in the best interests of the British people – because there is no question that ending the war is the quickest way to reduce the cost of living.

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Furkan Gözükara
Furkan Gözükara@FurkanGozukara·
ABSOLUTE BOMBSHELL. Mearsheimer confirms Joe Kent's claims that the Israel lobby dragged America into war. He exposes how Lindsey Graham coached Netanyahu to manipulate Trump, and reveals top advisors Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are literal Israeli assets!
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Gianl1974
Gianl1974@Gianl1974·
Four days before Trump's inauguration. Secret meeting. Secret contract. The UAE's national security advisor, known as the "spy sheikh", secretly signed a deal to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial. That's the Trump family's crypto company. Eric Trump signed the contract. $187 million flowed directly to Trump family entities. Another $31 million went to Steve Witkoff's family. Steve Witkoff. Trump's Middle East envoy. The man negotiating the Iran war. Months later, the Trump administration approved the sale of advanced AI chips to the UAE, a deal the Biden administration had blocked over national security concerns. So the UAE's spy chief bought into the president's crypto company. Then the president gave the UAE's spy chief access to America's most advanced technology. And the White House said there are "no conflicts of interest." Bro. There is no innocent explanation for this. None. This is the presidency for sale. The price was $500 million. And they did it in secret four days before he took the oath.
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Pat O'Connor@ProfPatOConnor·
@vonderleyen Weasel words. You colluded with Israel in undermining international law in Gaza. Current developments are the inevitable consequences…
Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen

Timely meeting with @antonioguterres. Repercussions of the war in the Middle East are global, and it is our responsibility to work for de-escalation and a diplomatic solution. The EU and its Member States are the largest contributor to the @UN. We are strongly committed to upholding international law and building a world where multilateral cooperation prevails.

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SZTermezi
SZTermezi@TermeziSz·
Israel could only commit all the savage crimes against humanity due to consistent and persistent support from the ruling Epstein class in the West, particularly #USA, #UK and #Germany. They provided the weapons, ammunition and diplomatic cover all the way through. #EpsteinCoalition
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Pat O'Connor@ProfPatOConnor·
@RTEplayer trying ( again) to watch war and peace on the player… red wheel turning.. no action.. when put it into search nothing happens… What a ‘service’. Dreadful
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