Martin McAuley

That’s the WORST 😔

Poster for the Mayhem Ball at the O2 arena in London, crowds stream in the doors

With my husband Christopher ahead of the Mayhem Ball in London

Lady Gaga on stage during Paparazzi at the Mayhem Ball in London

Broken after the Mayhem Ball

A religious experience at the Mayhem Ball 🙌

For the day that’s in it - on the subject of flags and politics.

Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement 1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media sup…

Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR.

Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.

davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...

Preach 🙌

A squirrel with a walnut

Go get your nut, girl.

With Christopher ahead of Texas in Belfast

Texas playing at the Custom House Square festival in Belfast

The crowd at Texas at the Custom House Square Festival in Belfast.

With Christopher ahead of Texas in Belfast

Awestruck. I want to be Sharleen Spiteri when I grow up.

The gays and Raffo

Getting gayed up ahead of Lurgan pride.

Our mission is to build a new Ireland by winning a referendum. That means we need to understand the needs, hopes, concerns and fears of everyone but particularly people in the middle who are open to change.

@columeastwood.ie speaking to @dmcbfs.bsky.social at Féile an Phobail.

At the driving range

One good shot makes an hour of cursing yourself worthwhile 😅

Imagine being the person at the International Criminal Court that has to read these every day 🤯

At the beach with Christopher

At the beach with Christopher, Eoighan and Anthony.

Escaping the city for a few hours with my beach babes.

Scissor Sisters front man Jake Shears performing in Belfast.

Scissor sisters frontman Jake Shears performing in Belfast.

Scissor sisters were 🤩✨

Joining the trans rights protest march in Belfast

Trans flag in the foreground with Belfast city hall in the background

Stage with trans rights speakers in the background. Progress pride flag flying above. People in the foreground.

Pint of Kopperberg in the sunlight

Protests and pints 🍻 🏳️‍⚧️

Few snaps from the wedding last week.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

In other decades this would be an era-defining scandal with hearings on the Hill and possible legal consequences. This will run for a day on Twitter and everyone will admit they can't do anything.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A stack of NIPSA flags are held in a large Royal Mail sack

"Belfast Prankster" tiktoker livestreaming with his smartphone on a selfie stick.

Two men put up a banner with Union flag and Irish flag together with the caption "It is time to take back our "countries"".

A vlogger raises his arms in the air as an anti-immigration protester blows a horn.

[Photo Thread] Our Belfast.

Racists try to organise again and get severely outnumbered again.

Christopher at the start of the night

Me midway through the night

Fra Fee, Anna-Jane Casey and the Ulster Orchestra

Date night 💕

The cuts to disability support are cruel, immoral and unethical. It’ll make already vulnerable people poorer, less independent and more isolated. After fighting to get rid of the Tories for 14 years, what was the point if Labour are going to do this?

Sometimes it’s just a coffee and cartoons Sunday morning ☕️

And an unreliable ally in this US administration could conceivably turn on partners and argue that peacekeeping forces (British/French or broader European) are a provocation to Russia.

That’s the unenviable context that’s forcing Starmer/Macron to bend the knee to Trump. Nauseating as it is.

Michael McGrath: Prospect of Russian tanks invading an EU state no longer ‘unthinkable’ Ireland’s EU commissioner says Republic’s geography no ‘guarantee’ of safety

Michael McGrath is right - it’s not inconceivable that an emboldened Putin will move on other Eastern European territory. That’s a real threat that we should be prepared for.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

There’s so much in this that’s wild but the ‘thank you for your attention to this matter’ sign off is so weird. Folksy fascist vibes.

Irish government begins work of costing out a United Ireland Irish government begins costing for reunification

Welcome news that the Irish Government is engaging in the detailed work of examining the cost of harmonising services in a New Ireland.

This practical preparation is essential and will help build the case for change. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

At the Derry City vs Waterford match at the weekend.

Lads lads lads ⚽️

Opinion | A Day of American Infamy A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Would very much like to be back in the sun plz.

She’s started adopting this psychiatrist pose in the evening and it’s really disconcerting #catsofbluesky

Good first episode last week - lots of interesting points about opposition 2016/17 and today. And a few robust exchanges on MLA pay 👀

Can’t see the haters with my Chikorita love glasses on 💚