Conrad J Bryan

I really enjoyed the ‘Moonlight’ musical on Sunday at the Apollo, covering the life and music of Thin Lizzy lead singer the kate Phil Lynott. Great performance by Peter Smith + Padraic O'Loingsigh Resonates to hear songs I grew up with +his sad struggles. @Moonlightrockmu

UN resolution fuels global slavery reparations debate Excellent piece by Deutsche Welle ⁦@dwnews⁩ dw.com/en/un-resoluti…

EU must show how chattel slavery of African and the slave trade was not a violation of international customary law. Whose law are they referring to?

EU Explanation of abstention Vote – UN General Assembly: Action on A/80/L.48 - Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity ….. 2 eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un…

This week, Ghana will table a historic resolution at the UN to recognise the transatlantic trafficking and enslavement of Africans as a crime against humanity. I’ve written to the government to ask whether they will support this and, if not, why?

It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity. Will European States vote for Ghana’s resolution at the UN General Assembly this week? As part of reckoning with the colonial past I do hope so. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

Seven-year-old Canadian girl with autism and mother detained by ICE in Texas. Shocking story of family separation theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

Woman allowed to challenge 'arbitrary' refusal of mother and baby homes redress payment (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/6982159

Source: RTE Radio Patricia Carey talks about the Philomena Law for survivors in the UK share.google/ET8QaX6OUBg2yD…

WATCH: Barack Obama's full eulogy at Rev. Jesse Jackson's memorial in Ch... youtu.be/vvrxJ1dTnXE?is… via @YouTube

Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes start to have benefits cut in UK after accepting compensation from the Mother and Baby Institutions payment scheme. This is wrong, Taoiseach Michael Martin and the Irish Gov must do something to put this right theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks estate over use of her ‘stolen’ cells to advance medicine and profits. Cells were taken without her consent. amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/03/0… via @NYAmNews

For anyone interested in children’s rights and child protection, I would urge you to listen back to Judge Dermot Simms on the RTE radio one ‘this week’ programme. @RTERadio1 His authoritative concern over how @NormaFoleyTD1 and her dept plan to dilute the voice and protections of children in our court system were and are unanswerable.

If @NormaFoleyTD1 does proceed with her voice of the child reforms in childcare cases, legally I will be able to achieve far more for an abusive adult in child care cases than I will for the victim child. Where is the equality and the child protection lens in that? That’s how serious this is.

Special Rapporteur in Ireland urges anti-racism mandatory education @RTENews rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Irish Legal News: In this recent Judicial Review of the mother and baby payment scheme the Court states that it cannot order the Government to make any further remedies to survivors, under the Act, s 49. This is not a good outcome. ⁦@breeda_murphy⁩ share.google/UjFZtgBq7ksOGR…

Pope Leo apologises to Irish abuse survivor after meeting rte.ie/news/2026/0202… via @rte

Today President Connolly welcomed Mr. @EOBroin TD to Áras an Uachtaráin where he presented a copy of his book ‘Flats and Cottages: Herbert Simms and the Housing of Dublin’s Working Class 1932–1948’

RIP Tatiana and condolences to the Kennedy family