President Michael D Higgins said some of the EU's strongest members are "deciding to stay silent in watching emaciated children in what is a human, manmade, really atrocious infliction on people" in Gaza
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The main role of the President of Ireland is to serve as the head of state, a largely ceremonial position. The President represents Ireland both domestically and internationally, performs constitutional duties such as signing bills into law, and acts as a guardian of the Constitution.
@rtenews I’m seeking a nomination. My promise is -
I will sign Two things. The Occupied Territories Bill and My Resignation Letter and I’ll do it on the one day.
It’s then up to the Government on how long I stay in office should I get nominated and elected.
@DefiantWorld That Ricky had to explain the joke to Jerry Seinfeld tells a huge story. Jerry Seinfeld didn’t get the joke. It also tells a huge story that Rickey Gervias apologetically explained the punch line.
@Margare27461789@thejournal_ie Two weeks I’d say. Fair play to the formation parties for allowing them the press release I suppose. Unless that came at a cost too 🤷♂️
@Ostrov_A As an Irish man who has never lived in Ireland and has absolutely no connection to Ireland (other than I claim to be descendant of the Ancient Druid people of Ireland - I have a Hill of Tara tattoo) move into the vacant embassy as my rightful home?
Very sad. Israeli flag taken down at the Embassy in Dublin. Hopefully it can go up once again, when Ireland has a government that is not so viscerally hostile towards Israel and antisemitic.
@movementcoachkm I’m starting to think that 2 point efforts might not be worth it. You’d get 2 points just as quick as a single point, win kickout & tap another over.
@paulmurphy_TD@MaryLouMcDonald Ye need to stop ruling out stuff. It’s grand supporting Mary Lou but will ye set a load of ‘ruling outs’ if it comes to it? The left vote know there’s integrity there, you need to help make it possible.
I am voting for @MaryLouMcDonald for Taoiseach because we need a Left government.
SF should rule out coalition with FF/FG, stop pandering to those who would blame asylum seekers, and work together to build movements on the streets on housing, disability justice and Palestine.
@Partisan_12 I think applauding this type of behavior is reprehensible. No people should be discriminated against regardless where they came from as they entered VietNam legally.
It is shameful.
@kenfoxe We always said ‘down to Omagh’ even though it’s north of us, which confused me. My Da explained though that the river runs towards Omagh, then it made sense. It’s ‘Down to Omagh and up to Enniskillen’.
If you live in Dublin, how many counties are "up to", how many are "down to" and how many are "over to"?
As in "down to Kerry", "up to Donegal", or "over to Galway".
There needs to be a map to understand this.
@GingerBoBag@IrishPropaganda I’ve lived in Dublin for 25 years and to be fair, the Dubs have always been very supportive to Northern nationalists isolation.
I don’t think it’s that simple.
The match program for the Ireland Euro 2025 play off last night refers to Derry as Londonderry
James McClean has called this out
He’s spot on, so disrespectful…