jim rainey

@tim_brannigan More perforations than a Tetley teabag.

I saw Tony laughing, running across the C Wing canteen tables as the Tyrone lads tried to give him the bumps for his birthday. He got out, promptly ‘weighed back’ to the Ra and got killed by the SAS. I salute his family for their long struggle. Tony was brave, and he fought. RIP

@TRobinsonNewEra @tompl897

I see the false report made by Allison Morris of An Phoblacht... I mean the Belfast Telegraph... has been removed - after they were given the facts, which they should have ensured they had in the first place before publishing their lies/propaganda/bullshit. Morris/BT deliberately & wrongly stated that Caroline Moreland was murdered by the IRA after they rang 1471 to obtain the last number she used and accused her of being an informer.

@William37290640 @michaelricesf Intelligence officer.

@michaelricesf There was more in the queue for McDonalds on Easter Monday .

A really thought-provoking event last last night in Theirafurth, Kilcoo. South Down Irish Republicans were joined by Declan Kearney, Rosie McCorley, and Pat Treanor, each bringing lived experience, honesty, and clarity to the discussion. From reflecting on the past and the realities of conflict and imprisonment, to challenging narratives in the present and shaping a vision for the future. There was great discussion on all things Irish unity, broad alliances, and meaningful engagement with unionism. These conversations matter. Go raibh maith agaibh to everyone who attended and contributed. @M_AndersonSF @DeclanKearneySF

JIM McCAFFERTY Over four decades, Jim McCafferty coached and enjoyed access to hundreds of children who dreamed of being football stars. In his wake, he left a trail of misery and destruction. He chose his victims, all boys, from the various youth football teams he managed in North Lanarkshire, from Celtic Boys Club and from Celtic FC’s pro youth set up, where he coached and was kitman. They were then groomed, abused and manipulated into silence. But it was a silence that would not hold forever. On Tuesday, at the High Court in Edinburgh, McCafferty, 73, cut a shambling figure, as he pleaded guilty to 10 charges of indecent assault, one charge of lewd and libidinous behaviour, and a breach of the peace. He wore a grey cardigan and trousers, and sat with his head down for the majority of the hearing. As the charges were read in detail by the advocate despite, he did not react. Some of McCafferty’s nine surviving victims were at court to see the man they’d once feared jailed for six years and nine months. He was already serving a jail term for abuse. One of his victims, now in his late 50s, was abused by McCafferty in the 1970s. He told the BBC how McCafferty had groomed him, from age 13, and abused him more than a dozen times during the 1970s. Craig (not his real name) said: “It was a period of three years where the attacks increased in intensity and frequency. “One particular attack… he was on top of me, pressing me against the wall… physically abusing me. “I was shaking, it’s almost like freezing, a numbness comes over you that the sense of, is this real? Is this happening to me? What do you do here? It’s like a bad dream where you don’t have the power of your own muscles.” Craig said he arrived home from school a few days later and McCafferty was sitting in his living room, speaking to his parents. He told them Craig was on Celtic’s radar, but had been missing training. “My father was proud and puffed up by that, and was telling me that I had to get over myself and get back… so I did.” Craig says he was taken to Celtic Park by McCafferty and introduced to the management team as a potential new recruit for Celtic. “[But]…. in growing up I often reflected on not really having the ability to make it professionally, never mind with Celtic. It was stupidity on my part.” On another occasion, Craig says he was introduced to Jim Torbett, the Celtic Boys Club founder, who was jailed for a second time last year after a BBC Scotland investigation revealed fresh evidence against him. McCafferty was also a coach for Celtic Boys Club, and four of his victims played for the club and the Celtic youth team. Craig, who was then playing for a youth team called Motherwell Boys Club (not connected to the professional side), says he was taken to play a six-a-side tournament in Glasgow where Celtic Boys Club was also taking part. He said: “I was called over, and McCafferty was introducing me [to Torbett] and saying odds were, that at some point I would be joining Celtic. “Celtic was always the carrot he dangled in front of me.” Jim Tobett is not the only known football paedophile McCafferty was linked to. Another of McCafferty’s victims told the BBC he was taken to meet Barry Bennell, the former Crewe Alexandria coach now serving 30 years in prison for what has been described as “industrial scale” child abuse. David (not his real name) is in his early 50s, and played for Netherdale Boys Club in the 1980s. He was abused by McCafferty, who coached the team, and has struggled with alcohol and gambling problems ever since. “I didn’t know what grooming meant back then, but I do now. “I had a paper round, then one day he turned up and got me a job in a charity he worked at called the Drake Fellowship." This charity would later become Fairbridge. In 1992, Jim Torbett was listed in company accounts as managing director. Impossible these clubs didn’t know ⛔️⛔️⛔️

@RFC1872UK @LordPatrick0 @RealDonKeith @SorchaEastwood Her party is called Sinn Feins little helpers ,they were pivotal in alot of decisions to erode British identity, plus they don't know the difference between a man and woman .

@LordPatrick0 @sbelfastman @RealDonKeith @SorchaEastwood Definitely doesn’t back SF but definitely backs the UKSF

🚨Northern Irish MP Sorcha Eastwood just delivered a blistering broadside at PMQs. Visibly furious, she tore into Keir Starmer over Labour’s failing economy and the cost-of-living crisis, leaving the Prime Minister looking completely floundering.

@1872RC @RealDonKeith @SorchaEastwood She,s in the party that backs Sinn Fein up,who believe a man can be a woman and who welcomes as many illegal immigrants as possible .

@RealDonKeith Wow incredibly powerful @SorchaEastwood ! You’re not my MP but if you were I’d vote for you! I can hear the hurt and frustration in your voice, I could see the emotion in your face as you put it across to him! Good to see a human being in the HOC that has people on their minds!

Israel did NOT put 60 Palestinians in a garbage truck. The reality is that 60 Palestinians hid in a garbage truck and tried to sneak into Israel to murder Jews. This lie is going viral — please share this so people know the truth.

@MatthewOToole2 Is that right Matty …..

Imagine the CEO of a football club, wearing the top of a rival club . @FalkirkFC Deary me

So this is Jamie Swinney - The Falkirk CEO. This is the guy who posted his moral outrage over the chants of the Rangers fans last Sunday. Ironically this same bitter Republican /Nationalist said NOTHING about the sectarian /IRA songbook by Celtic fans @FalkirkFC a few weeks ago

True fact

A century after the 1916 Easter Rising, salute the flag of the nation that defends Ireland's seas, skies and undersea interests!

@Footballtweet Ian Ferguson's punchbag!

🇮🇹 Do you instantly know who this is?

Gerry Adam's latest fundraiser after the success of the Hinger Striker commemoration plate .

Build your own Bobby sands statue 💀💀 no planning permission required

@Naka1888c Cheer up Tommy ,sad fenian b,tard!

Jimmy Bell if he was a pint

@bhoy2man @Sir__Walsingham @dleighton91 Don't let yourself down ,throw abit of water around your gub ffs .

@sbelfastman @Sir__Walsingham @dleighton91 I’m in Linwood at the minute staying with friends thanks for you’re concern

Once again, Cliftonville fans coming across the Broadway interface has resulted in violence, pyrotechnics, “Up the Ra” chants, a child injured and 9 officers hurt. A clear breach of Parades Commission conditions with the Village community left dealing with the consequences. Time for Cliftonville to be held accountable, and restrictions put on travel to Windsor.

@bhoy2man @Sir__Walsingham @dleighton91 Hows sunny Dundee today?Don't let yourself down and get a wash ,I know it goes against your normal routine. Your friends will be talking if you don't pal.

@sbelfastman @Sir__Walsingham @dleighton91 By the way it’s called the Easter holidays just in case your that thick to understand

@bhoy2man @Sir__Walsingham @dleighton91 Plastic Republican paddy .Enjoy the holiday in Dundee 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣You book with Jet2 ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sbelfastman @Sir__Walsingham @dleighton91 Could be worse I could be like you and worship the pedo royal family and the late pedo protector liz