🌐Fraser Freeman

The campaign calling on the Republic of Ireland Men’s team to refuse to play Israel in the Uefa Nations League this autumn has been backed by high profile figures from football and the arts. Music legends Paul Weller, Bobby Gillespie, Christy Moore, and Mary Coughlan have been joined by Kneecap and Fontaines DC and others in signing an open letter to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). Read more: tinyurl.com/2r774pks

🗣️"I'm not anti-Israel – I'm anti-wrong." 🗣️ "If something's wrong, we need to speak out and try and right that wrong,” says Roddy Collins. #TonightVMTV

Quite an extraordinary interview on @RTELateLateShow last night. @BoyGeorge lived in Golders Green and speaks about his life long relationship Jewish people, explaining how his support for Jews has resulted in him receiving much abuse. Two defining moments come when he asked the audience if they know any Jewish people and is met by stone cold silence. The silence represents a combination of fear that admitting such relationships publicly might cause difficulty and the reality that most Irish people don't know any Jews. As he said himself, the silence is deafening. The second incredulous aspect of the interview is @PatricKielty's singular lack of empathy when speaking about Jews. Here is a public figure who has been rightly applauded for his brave public confrontation with the tragic sectarian murder of his father and the manner in which he has engaged with the loyalist community in the North. How is it that a man capable of extraordinary courage is blind to the persecution of another minority in the city of London where he calls home? Has he been corrupted by the RTE hive mind where the narrative around the issue of Israel and Jews is disturbingly unbalanced? So disappointed. Segment begins at 10.30. H/T @ElmaRyder rte.ie/player/series/…