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@weepep The location of Derry Walls on the west bank played a big part in that decision.

Look at any map and its clear that Derry is both part of and indeed the capital of NW Ireland and inishowen in particular How unionists thought it was a good idea to cut us off from our Donegal family is their biggest mistake and one which will hasten the end of the putrid union

@PaulGosling1 FF and Micheál Martin in particular shafted the SDLP and it's hopes for a 32 county presence. Martin sacrificed that in his power play to thwart SF rather than take SF on on a 32 county level.

Someone else was making this point to me last week.

@TomClonan @dibsfitz @CaniceMcCarthy The Irish government putting the Irish Army on stand by for civil disobedience protests lends to its the chilling militarisation trajectory.

@CaniceMcCarthy They should not have been deployed in ATCP role - They (if they had been needed) should have been tasked in aid to civil authority role & should never have been in line of sight of protestors - these are all facts Canice

Poor Decision Making & Judgement On Deployment Of Defence Forces Personnel During #FuelProtests -Can We Trust Same Decision Makers On Deploying Our Troops Overseas In Absence Of #TripleLock ? Now Is NOT Time For Ireland To Abandon UN Missions -Referendum On #Neutrality Needed Now

@JohnJCarvill The universal policeman in so called western democracies.

It seems to becoming very clear that the Defence Forces were deeply uneasy about being ordered to turn on their own people. However the Garda Public Order Unit did so with gusto. It makes one wonder about the character of those being recruited into the Gardai.

@CalJamieson Apparently the Irish National Army had approximately 3000 ex British forces, 3000 new recruits and a couple of thousand of Civil War veterans. My grandfather and his brother were new recruits.

When Tom Barry was imprisoned by the Free State... those guarding him were ex British soldiers from disbanded Irish regiments in the British army - something I didn't know! #Mountjoy

@davidrkadler @MichaelRosenYes By definition it’s rigged.

@MichealMartinTD @PetteriOrpo Jeez Martin is really going for that international job just like Paschal.

Very pleased to be in Helsinki this morning to meet Prime Minister @PetteriOrpo. Important discussions on competitiveness, the Multi-annual Financial Framework and our continued support for Ukraine ahead of Ireland’s presidency of the EU.

@MichaelMcI92861 @AnStreachailt The only thing Irish republicans are certain of is that those who made the supreme sacrifice would’ve been as divided as those who survived. By all means argue your corner but don’t divide our fallen dead in death what the British couldn’t do in life.

@AnStreachailt The SDLP is just a 6 county party- Sinn Fein is a 32 county party- Nobody knows what bobby would be doing today if he had of lived-

Using Bobby's image to promote a constitutional conference is absolutely abhorrent. Bobby had the opportunity in life to avail of the civic nationalist route with the SDLP through Sunningdale, but he didn't opt for it, instead he decided the best route for the Irish people was to join the IRA and engage in an armed struggle for a 32 county socialist republic. "Foremost in my tortured mind is the thought that there can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign, oppressive British presence is removed, leaving all the Irish people as a unit to control their own affairs and determine their own destinies as a sovereign people, free in mind and body, separate and distinct physically, culturally and economically."

@hugx4pets @Cray_tweets1 @PhilSmithIsBack @wesstreeting You describe perfectly how it destroyed the middle classes as well as the working class.

@peadarmor @Cray_tweets1 @PhilSmithIsBack @wesstreeting It has been, since the 1980's. Saw it first with removal of locally owned, onshore tax paying pharmacies, while offshore company, with a legal case on "the" had a lot of influence to get market share. (imo)

It's like saying we will not invest in the armed forces despite being on the cusp of war cos the regiments disagree with the commander. It's pathetic. Training places are part of the vital infrastructure of a country. IMHO it should never be part of pay negotiations @wesstreeting

@Cray_tweets1 @hugx4pets @PhilSmithIsBack @wesstreeting Defund, demoralise and privatise is the intention?

@PhilSmithIsBack @wesstreeting The only conclusion I can draw from everything that’s happening across the board in the NHS is the govt has decided training doctors is superfluous to future requirements. I predict that increasingly, if you want to see a doctor for your medical care, you’ll need to go private.

@Ben_Scallan Out of the mouth of babes.

Playing Hungry Hungry Hippos with my son, but instead of playing the game he keeps trying to make sure all the hippos get a roughly equal number of marbles so the other ones aren't sad. Apparently I'm raising a Communist.

@TufferB They are a lot series when it is a case of - I’ve started so I’ll finish.

If you have an hour and forty five minutes spare and are thinking of watching the Peaky Blinders film. Don’t.

@angiebeeb It seems to me that the Irish government treats its citizens with total contempt when they pursue civil, natural justice whether The Stardust Families, Creeslough Families, Mica Families and the government owned ESB above. It is reminiscent of so called ‘special powers’ justice.

This country is totally lawless. We have no Government to protect us. Clearly this is wrong and shouldn’t be allowed. But with no accountability nobody gives a damn!

@PBresnihan The ‘two state solution’ is to Palestine what ‘reconciliation’ is to a border poll in Ireland. Meaningless sentiments that absolves him of doing anything meaningful in the mean time. Like passing the OTB in Palestine and preparing a White Paper wrt to a Border Poll.

'Enduring solidarity'. The most significant thing his Government has done for Palestine is endorse the IHRA definition of antisemitism, suppressing activism and speech critical of Israel and Zionism.

@itsjohncrotty It’s so political unionism to demand changes before a United Ireland is even in place. Changes that ‘not an inch’ political unionism has never discussed let alone implemented in the existence of the six counties.

1) It won’t be a new Ireland. It will be the same Ireland as it was before an undemocratic partition to suit an island minority 2) There is no ‘must’. I am all for a new flag, at least a discussion on it, but democracy rules 3) Changing flags because of perceived associations isn’t the norm. Otherwise every flag in the world would be changed every 25 years. And certain flags that flew over Empire would be long gone. 4) The harp on azure flag is a cracker. Chosen by French heralds as the first formal symbol to represent Ireland in 1260, it has incredible pedigree. Its adoption by English Kings in the 1400’s shouldn’t bother anyone, and we took it back for the Presidents flag. But it is NOT St Patrick’s blue, the made up colour of no historical pedigree. The blue harp flag has always been and is today the Harp on Azure x.com/itsjohncrotty/…

@MichealMartinTD As you eulogise Lemass so you condemn yourself and your FF.

A privilege to launch 'Sean Lemass – the Lost Memoir' by Ronan McGreevy. By any measure, Seán Lemass is one of the great figures of independent Ireland. This book captures the intellect and vision of a truly remarkable man who laid the foundations for our modern state.

Another Palestinian prisoner killed in Israeli jails: Prisoners’ organizations announced the death of prisoner Musab Hassan Omar Adili, 20 years old, from the town of Hawara south of Nablus, inside Israeli occupation prisons.

@NicAirtFiles @AineNicOisin Apparently it is EU law that protects the housing rights of asylum seekers but does not cover the housings rights of Irish citizens. Irish law does not cover the housing rights of Irish citizens either.

What about the human rights of all the Irish who are homeless? Or is it only immigrants who have human rights?

@NewstalkFM @AineNicOisin We are all getting hammered economically but Irelands Financial Stasi keeps their jack boot firmly planted on our collective necks.

People who have not paid their property tax have been warned that Revenue is “very clear that they're going to come looking for you”. newstalk.com/news/property-…

@caulmick @debatuin @ST__Ireland How cosy.

Former Political Editor with @ST__Ireland now Deputy Government Press Secretary Hugh O'Connell overseeing questions to the media this afternoon. #HowIrelandWorks #BlueHugh #BeMediaAware