Paul Sceeny

Discussions happening 'at pace' to resolve ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, No 10 says - live updates Government officials are meeting today to discuss fans from the Israeli football team being blocked from a game against Aston Villa.

If only Starmer had moved "at pace" to stop arming Isra-hell and enabing its genocide... 😬

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

I see the pro-genocide grievance factory is in full overdrive about a football match that shouldn’t be happening in the first place.

Adult learning across the island Some thoughts about adult and community education across the island of Ireland

Some thoughts about #AdultEducation across the island of Ireland: energy/momentum in the south; fragmentation/shoestrings in the north.

And with constitutional change coming, how to ensure adults aren't just an afterthought? #EducationPolicy #Think32 #BlogPost
www.paulsceeny.com/post/adult-l...

Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us Connolly has appeared on several podcasts that appeal to younger audiences and the more candid format suits her

Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and Human Rights - UK in a changing Europe Andrew McCormick explains the role ECHR membership plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement.

"The underlying point is that, given the history, there was nothing like sufficient trust that the UK state could, or would, provide the safeguards and protections of minority rights in Northern Ireland, and that remains the case today."

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-belfast-...

We knew.
So did our government's.

Poor Kemi... 😆
Poor Britian (whatever that is...) 🙄
#BadEnoch

Irish language group calls for all parties to condemn UDA and UVF threats to burn Belfast council facilities over language proposals A leading Irish language organisation has called for all parties to condemn threats from the UVF and UDA saying they would carry out an arson campaign against Belfast City Council property displaying ...

When the PSNI were over arresting peaceful protesters in London, loyalist terror groups with 12,500+ members threatened terror attacks for using this island's native tongue. No COBRA meetings, no British reporting, nothing.

This is grim & dangerous over reach.

This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.

Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Abducted from international waters and clearly now being mistreated.

#IsraelIsATerrorState

How many times does this need to said!

Greta Thunberg is the best of us.

If you are not on her side there is something very wrong with you.

Gaza aid boats boarded by Israeli military - organisers Follow live updates as Israeli vessels approach the Global Sumud Flotilla.

#IsraelIsATerrorState

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Gaza flotilla activists say vessels approached boats The international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza said unidentified vessels approached some of its boats before dawn as it got closer to a zone where Israel has imposed a naval blockade on the ...

Israeli warship go fuck yourself!

Gaza flotilla activists say vessels approached boats www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

‘The sky won’t fall in’ - Sinn Féin defends Belfast City Council Irish language policy ahead of vote The DUP say a new English-Irish language logo could be dangerous for workers in some parts of the city while Sinn Féin say the dual Irish logos were already used by other councils.

The sky really won’t fall in.

Belfast is on the island of Ireland, and it’s really time to stop indulging the colonialist bigotry of those objecting about the presence of the Irish language.

Their intolerance is intolerable.

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Student who quit Derry campus after a week was told ‘we hate the English’ Mother complains of ‘racist’ comments from other students in correspondence with Ulster University

I’d never disregard anyone’s lived experience, but I’m sure this isn’t representative of most students’ experience here.

It certainly doesn’t chime with mine as a former wee English fella (who still has the accent💬) who’s lived in Derry for a decade and a half.

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Maria Steen standing outside Leinster House holding the renowned handbag, alongside this passage from her interview with the Irish Times: “The handbag was deliberate,” she says of its appearance at the most public moment of her failed presidential bid this week. “I wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the left who don’t love the poor; they just hate the rich,” she says.

Ah ok, the €10k+ handbag 👜 was all about owning the libs… 🤦

Thank you Zoe for talking sense (as always😀) amidst this madness!

Me too!

More than happy to charge the Cabinet Office (or whoever it was that came up with this ridiculous, fleg-shagging ballix name) an exorbitant fee to school them on why it might be just a wee bit problematic.

At Stormont this morning with #HolywellTrust #LeadershipCollective to make the case for a #NWCatchup - decisive action and to tackle the baked-in disadvantage that holds back potential in the north west of this island.

#RegionalImbalance #DerryHasBeenHeldBack #PotentialForProsperity
🗣️📢😀💪

So necessary, so welcome, so late, and so insufficient from our Government.

Well said! 👏👏

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Leading business figure resigns from Invest NI board alleging ‘discrimination against north west’ Former O’Neills boss Kieran Kennedy tells board he has ‘lost all faith’ in leadership team

For someone like Kieran Kennedy (who had been determined to try to make Invest NI shed its engrained Belfast-centrism and start delivering for the north west) to have become this disillusioned is a damning indictment.
#ThisPlaceDoesntWork
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A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:

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Her name was Melissa Hortman. Her husband was Mark Hortman. Their dog was named Gilbert. Their assassination left two children without their parents and her state without a beloved former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

As the MSM remembers Charlie Kirk and speaks out against his horrific assassination, let’s recall the Minnesota Congresswoman who was assassinated on June 14th 2025 along with her husband and their dog.
Do you even remember her name?!

So pleased to see @rte.ie take a clear stand on this at last.

It's an outrage that Isra*l has been allowed to continuing competing in #Eurovision whilst openly pursuing genocide against the Palestinian people.

#GenocideWashing #MusicWashing #BDS

If only more political leaders throughout these islands would speak out against the far right and racist thuggery with this level of clarity and lack of equivocation. 👏👏

Well of course… 😔

Today is International Literacy Day Let's celebrate all who work within the arena of adult literacies and language acquisition, especially the difference they make to the lives of individuals and communities.

Let's celebrate our sector. #LiteracyDay #ILD2025