Dr Paul Mullan MRIA

Every event should be remembered! Atlantic Avenue in North Belfast.

Apologies for rushing off. Keep challenging the “common sense” mob!

No better way to spend the afternoon as in the company of @profdanhicks.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Derrygonnelly : 'Mind-blowing' discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement A QUB team was hoping to find the ruins of a castle, but they discovered artefacts dating back to the Mesolithic period.

So pleased to be supporting this project!

Blue Lights is more than great TV. It might be the best chance Britons have of reckoning with the Troubles | Jonathan Freedland The reaction to the Bloody Sunday trial makes it clear: those of us outside Northern Ireland just don’t understand the painful legacy of this brutal conflict, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...

Thoughtful article!

It was excellent. It was great to see your mum!

The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting

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Wonderful!

‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity

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I’m a British MP, a doctor and Jewish. This is what happened when I tried to enter Israel | Peter Prinsley Barred from entry on ‘public security’ grounds, I had a moment to reflect on how far the country has fallen, says British MP Peter Prinsley

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Came across this wonderful Roman bridge near Alghero, Sardinia!

Nazis ban comedians shock.. NYT, 4 Feb 1939

Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ poem about Trump’s UK state visit Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by war

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Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’ The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events

Just in case anyone does not know just who Charlie Kirk was. It still does not excuse his murder!

When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan

A must-read on racism and its cruelties from the brilliant Cauvery Madhavan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There are worse ways to spend the day! #Zandvoort #Formula1

Five Finger Strand.

Malin Head, bank holiday Monday.

Mrs Robinson review – the politician whose joyful underdog triumph made the establishment suck lemons This profile of former Irish president Mary Robinson runs from her brilliant convention-defying election victory to passionate human rights roles

Mrs Robinson review – the politician whose joyful underdog triumph made the establishment suck lemons

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength - and Germany violates human rights more than El Salvador.

on the upsidedown world of the new State Department human rights reports

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Trump:

Kompromat -> doormat

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Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance

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Ben Jennings on Israel’s strikes on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza – cartoon The key hub for humanitarian efforts is being targeted by the IDF amid mounting warnings of starvation in the Gaza Strip

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Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food Pontiff also speaks of anguish over Israeli strike on territory’s only Catholic church, which killed three people

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Even on a wet day Tollymore is quite spectacular! #Photography

Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap say group will support those subject to ‘aggressive, vexatious campaigns’ by pro-Israel advocates

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Bastille day!

The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse

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