Delighted to get so many messages of congratulation on my “nomination” for #FirstMinister. Roll on Acht na Gaeilge!
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Senator Paul Gavan
@paul_gavan
Irish Republican Socialist, Sinn Fein Senator, Union Organiser. Also Spurs & Treaty Utd supporter. All views personal.
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Fair play to Emma Watson. Showing solidarity with Palestinians is not anti-Semitic, it’s standing up for human rights. #FreePalestine
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Emma Watson, accused of antisemitism after posting in support of Palestinians. @SarahChampionMP @paul_gavan @SeanKellyMEP independent.co.uk/tv/culture/emm
Looking for useful things to do during a Lockdown? Why not paint a Palestinian Flag on your garden wall? #FreePalestine #Palestine #Gaza
32 human beings murdered including 6 children- still no sign of the outrage that should be there from western leaders- including Ireland. And absolutely no chance of any meaningful measures being taken against #ApartheidIsrael . Rank Hypocrisy of the worst kind. #Gaza #GazaStrip
You committed to the Occupied Territories Bill on page 146 of the Fianna Fáil 2020 manifesto, .
Abandoning our friends in their hour of need is the worst sort of betrayal.
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Taoiseach insists Occupied Territories Bill breaches EU law irishtimes.com/news/politics/ via @IrishTimesPol
I think Richard may be missing the point....
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Fine Gael's Richard Bruton: "Sinn Fein will have to change dramatically to be part of the next government."
#GE2020
As a member of the Irish Senate I call for the immediate release of the Speaker of the Catalan Parliament Carme Forcadell #FreeForcadell
I continue to call for the release of Julian Assange. His only “crime” was to expose war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. #FreeAssange #FreeAssangeNOW
Great to hear Mick Lynch on say “There shouldn’t be a border in Ireland”. Truly inspirational Union Leader. Victory to the #RMT #MickLynch #railstrike #RMTsolidarity
What we are witnessing now is a deliberate attempt to ethnically cleanse the Armenian population of #NagornoKarabakh . With Tightening Of Blockade, Azerbaijan Presents #Karabakh Armenians With A Choice: Surrender Or Starve
Julian #Assange should not be punished for his publications on war crimes by #US Military as part of his work with . Sign the petition now and urge #USA to drop the charges against #JulianAssange - Protect the right to #FreedomOfExpression.
Full Solidarity to our Palestinian brothers & sisters as they commemorate #PalestineLandDay today March 30th. #Apartheid in Israel will be defeated just as it was in South Africa.
My latest statement in the Irish Senate calling for release of Julian Assange.
#Assange #assangecase #FreeAssangeNOW #DropTheCharges #JournalismIsNotACrime
Would you be convinced by the Tanaiste’s answers to my questions on #CETA ? twitter.com/caulmick/statu
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Having declared to be an “undemocratic totalitarian regime” now pledges to support them in a vote of no confidence. You literally could not make it up. #noconfidence #sinnfein #noconfidencevote
This week I spoke in the Irish Senate to call for the release of Julian #Assange. #FreeAssangeNOW #FreeAssange
Senator Paul Gavan hails Dublin City Council call for Assange freedom
It’s gas. A few weeks ago FF & FG told us a rent freeze would be unconstitutional. By Friday it will be law. Now that we have that legal point sorted the only question is how long: The caretaker govt say 3 months. say 3 years.
The efforts of to relegate #ArdFheis21 to “other news” is both predictable & deeply cynical. No matter. You can’t stop us on the road to freedom.
Report on on fruit farms, and their “struggle” to get employees, but no mention of rates of pay, or working conditions ? #morningireland #LivingWage
“What the market needs…” says Micheál. You see that’s the problem right there. always puts the “market” first. That’s why we have record homelessness, record rents and record house prices. #HousingCrisis #homelessness #Housing
Why the imperialists hate China the most: it’s taking away their global economic grip by Rainer Shea
This is utter nonsense- at no point did I “defend”Lukashenko. I simply pointed out FF hypocrisy in ignoring #Catalan political prisoners languishing in Spanish jails whilst preaching about Europe’s “democratic values”
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Senator @MalcolmByrne calls out Sinn Féin and the hard left as they voice support for the Lukashenko regime. He urged @dfatirl and @eucouncil to continue to #standwithbelarus
Just a thought: now that we’re all in this together, how about our celebrity tax exiles come back under our tax code and pay their fair share towards tackling #COVID19 ? #coronavirus #Coronavirusireland
My speech on #Catalonia at today in Strasbourg. Time for justice for Catalan Political Prisoners! Time for real dialogue to find a political solution. mediacoebox.coe.int/px-core-web/ex
“Cost of #Covid PUP Payment has now hit €6 Billion” declares . Only another €58 Billion to go till it matches the #BankBailout then. #COVID19 #COVID19ireland
Today I called on the Irish Government to recognise what the rest of us know to be true - that #Israel is an #ApartheidState #Apartheid #FreePalestine #Palestine
I'm calling for a passport office for Irish citizens in the North of Ireland. Will you join me by signing this petition? my.uplift.ie/petitions/6-co via
Not two weeks ago, the Government passed a law to end the eviction ban. Sinn Féin and others opposed it.
This is the result. Families getting turned out on to the roadside in the middle of a pandemic.
This is what FFFGG rule looks like.
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Update - with the support of Gary Daly, a very kind and comradely solicitor, the tenants are back in the property. However look at the state the private security goons left it in - deliberately smashed up to make it uninhabitable. Remember the Garda watched them do this
Politics has changed forever tonight. No more charades of FF versus FG. Finally a Left/Right Divide has been established. We didn’t take power this time, but they can’t stop us on the road to freedom. #pfg #Greens #government #AnPhoblachtAbú
Standing room only here. Packed to the rafters because understand that democracy also means dialogue. Judging by the numbers the people of #Cork agree! #changeiscoming #change #SinnFein
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More than 500 people attending a Sinn Féin meeting at the Rochestown Park Hotel in #Cork tonight...
Mass unemployment, mass emigration,poverty housing& drug crises marked the 1980’s in Ireland, all thanks to so called “pro enterprise” policies. I remember my whole college class emigrating in 1987. And Billy thinks these were the good old days?? 🤡
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What happened in 1980s Ireland due to our pro enterprise tax policies?
Apple sets up in 1980
Eli Lilly opens manufacturing plant in 1981
Microsoft establishes in 1985
What were Sinn Féin doing in the 1980s?
...... Enough said!
#AppleTax
Apple sets up in 1980
Eli Lilly opens manufacturing plant in 1981
Microsoft establishes in 1985
What were Sinn Féin doing in the 1980s?
...... Enough said!
#AppleTaxDelighted & relieved to be re-elected late tonight. Thanks to all for your support & encouragement. Looking forward to the new Seanad, but disappointed that my friend & comrade will not be there too.
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Sinn Féin's @paul_gavan has been re-elected to the Seanad
Comhghairdeas Paul, tofa chuig an 26ú Seanad ar an Roll Oibreachais
#Seanad2020 #SeanadElection
Well Done for raising the scandalous proposed hikes in the retirement age backed by FG & FG. #PrimeTime . are crystal clear - we will restore retirement age to 65.
Very proud to know as a friend and comrade. A passionate Republican, a Connolly Socialist, a tireless campaigner for Equality, and an all round Top Bloke. #SolidarityWithFintan
Lovely, cosy & deferential chat with Paschal Donohoe on . Really looking forward to this new style of interview when is next interviewed. #morningireland
This whole article is about the character of a 15 y/o who has been drugged and raped. Not once is the word 'rape' used even though by law it is clearly rape; a 15 y/o cannot consent. Not a word about the character of the men who drugged and abused her.
This is obscene journalism. twitter.com/IrishTimes/sta
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I predicted this #merger years ago. The dogs in the street know there’s no difference between & - two sides of the same Irish Tory coin. Finally we have a Left/Right divide.
Shameful comments from Israeli Health Minister on his Govts refusal to share #Covid vaccine with the people of Occupied #Palestine. The Smiling Face of Apartheid. #marr #Israel #ApartheidIsrael #FreePalestine
Over 25 years after collapse of #Apartheid South Africa we still have a Conservative party in Ireland wedded to support for Apartheid in Occupied #Palestine .What is wrong with these people? #OccupiedTerritoriesBill
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What an absolute bluffer! Housing will sink this Govt.People are fed up of empty promises, endless “launches”& announcements.We don’t need more PR & Spin. We need Public Housing. Housing strategy a plan for ‘squeezed middle’, says Minister
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Proud to march with comrades today alongside thousands of others from a huge coalition of trade union, political, civil society & community group’s. One message: #IrelandForAll
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were so embarrassed to support tax relief for cuckoo funds they did this…...
Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael are on the wrong side of history when it comes to Palestine. We need to see Government deliver the Occupied Territories Bill. #FreePalestine #Palestine
Depriving northern citizens who work and pay tax in the South of the #COVID19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is "the worst sort of partitionism".
The government needs to give these workers the financial security they have paid for and are morally entitled to.
I was proud to nominate my friend and comrade for the position of Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. We did not win today, but our day will come!
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There’s a very simple way to settle this difference of opinion: Azerbaijan should allow the fact- finding mission to Nagorno-Karabakh requested by to take place without further delay. Unless of course you don’t want people to see what is happening there?
I spoke today on the plight of contract cleaners, who put their lives on the line to keep our hospitals and care homes clean throughout this pandemic, and who are now being denied a modest pay rise of 40c an hour from €10.80 to €11.20.
Pay justice for our frontline heroes now.
Sammy blaming the voters for the election results on . He’s right too. #AE2022 #AssemblyElection2022
Dan O’Brien has just compared to Alternative For Germany on @WeekendOnOneRTE , & not one person on the panel challenged this outrageous slur. O’Brien knows well that Sinn Fein is a Democratic Socialist Party- the very antithesis of AFG. #WeekendOnOne
Another “row”between identical Irish Tory-Boy Parties. Did you never notice that these “rows” are never about policy?
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State forces are killing their own citizens in #Colombia . I am calling on to condemn what is happening to innocent people at the hands of the Colombian State. The Right to Protest must be upheld! #SOSColombiaDDHH #SOSCali #ColombiaResiste
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Statement on current situation in Colombia:
"Justice for Colombia condemns horrific levels of police violence against protesters"
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Always proud to stand with the Cuban people. Saturday next is a worldwide day of action against the unjust & cruel blockade imposed by the US. #unblockcuba #NoMasBloqueo
Interesting to see some of the “good” journalists across media today trying to ameliorate the damage for their #golfgate pals. It ain’t gonna work- people are furious.
The “incident” involved a carrier of US troops which had no business being in our civilian airport in the first place! #shannon #shannonAirport #USMilitaryOutOfShannon
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I will always be proud to stand behind this banner. Fair play to the People’s Movement for their protest at Leinster House today. #NoToAnEUArmy
Humanitarian Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
“He’s won the lotto!” Millionaire Pat is getting plenty of air-time to give out about people getting the princely sum of €350 per week. Real question should be how long can we afford not to introduce a wealth tax for the elite in this country? #TodayRTE
Delighted to see the #SafeAccess Bill pass all stages in the Seanad this afternoon. A great victory for activists from right across our country. Over to the Dáil now!
Don’t be fooled by the “drama” between Micheál & Leo. This is all carefully choreographed to make #GE20 appear to be a two way contest between FG & FF & disguise the fact that their policies are identical in every way. We’ve had enough of Conservative Politics!
Whenever we discuss #WarCrimes we must always demand that Julian Assange be freed. I was happy to do so today at #FreeJulianAssange
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Dans l'hémicycle de la @PACE_News @paul_gavan évoque Julian #Assange l'homme condamné pour dénoncer les méfaits et crimes de guerre. Nous aurons tjs besoin d'hommes et de femmes pour informer comme aujourd'hui en #Ukraine #DontExtraditeAssange #FreeJulianAssangeNow
Lovely fireside chat between & this morning. No need for hard questions - it’s not as if the country is in crisis. #RadioBrendan #Taoiseach #RTE
According to the there were “a few left outside”. Disgraceful mis-reporting by Fiach Kelly.
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. @PearseDoherty addressing the crowd outside Liberty Hall who can't get in as it is too packed inside.
This mornings murder of #Iran ‘s General #Soleimani is an illegal & reckless act-one that threatens a further escalation of war & terror. it should be roundly condemned by the #Irish Government & every right thinking individual.
Proud to stand with #cesupervisors today alongside . Well to & for organising a powerful protest for pension justice for CE Supervisors & #section39 workers
The world needs to be vaccinated or we risk more new variants. So why are Fine Gael refusing to support the call for Intellectual Property Rights on Covid Vaccines to be waived? There should be no profit from a pandemic. With this pandemic nobody is safe until everybody is safe.
Huge victory tonight for the campaign as motion passes calling on Irish Govt to publically campaign for #TRIPSwaiver .Significant that Govt counter-motion was withdrawn. Great unity across the Left, and fair dues to Govt Senators who also spoke out! #TRIPS
Identical Conservative Parties scramble to exclude Sinn Fein
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Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael have taken 4 weeks to publish a document that would make a Junior Cert student blush.
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I signed my waiver for Oireachtas Salary increases today for 2021, totalling €3892. Our Front-Line workers deserve a pay rise, TD’s and Senators are already paid very well.
EU Leaders lining up to condemn irregularities in Belarus elections & impose sanctions. Meanwhile suppression of #Catalan Independence continues & democratically elected Catalan Leaders are left to rot in Spanish jails. #Hypocrites #Catalonia
Great to meet with today in Dublin at trade union event organised by .Senator Pizarro gave an inspirational speech outlining the challenges & goals of Colombia’s first ever progressive government. With
How can Europe allow an #Apartheid State Israel to take part in #Eurovision ? Would it have been OK to have South Africa take part in the 80’s? #FreePalestine
Julian Assange is on trial for his investigative journalism work with Wikileaks. Trying him for this means trying the right to freedom of expression #Assange #FreeAssange
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We're old enough to remember last year when, while the Americans diverted medical supplies bound for Europe at the airport for their own stockpiles, Cuba sent it's doctors to Italy to fight the pandemic at its most desperate juncture.
Stand with those who stood with us.
Some “peaceful protest”. There’s nothing “peaceful” about #Fascists on our streets. Ever. #COVIDIOTS #graftonstreet
It’s not a “worrying trend”- it’s Capitalism! Ireland’s billionaires saw their fortunes rise by €3.28bn last year in ‘worrying trend’ irishtimes.com/business/econo
Fantastic reception for & on the streets of #Limerick this afternoon. So many new supporters pledging their vote to More & more people saying they have had enough of FG/FF Govt.
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More partitionist nonsense from . That’s some “shared Island” when he can’t even include our brothers & sisters in the North when quoting the population of our country.
FF & FG Senators talking down the clock on Finance Covid Bill to ensure that amendments to cancel tax exemptions for vulture funds are not reached. They are too embarrassed to even defend their own policies. #vulturefunds #cuckoofunds #housing #Seanad
Brian Dobson on #MorningIreland : “The two Civil War parties are going to put aside their political differences”
Here’s a lunch box to put them in, there should still be room for a sandwich & a drink! #governmentformation
Concerted effort on #radiobrendanRTE to defend Phil Hogan, “Too Big To Fail” etc. This is the man who has championed #TTIP which will be disastrous for farmers & rural Ireland. We don’t just need a change of EU Commissioner we need a change in ideology! Hogan must go. #Golfgate
Always proud to stand with #Palestine . We need Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against #ApartheidIsrael #FreePalestine #standwithgaza #StandwithPalestine
. now most popular party in the state according to opinion poll.
I’m really looking forward to hosting this meeting this evening. Please log in if you can! Challenging Israeli #Apartheid #israel_apartheid
This is my response to Irish Minister who referring to the war on #Yemen refused to utter even a single word of condemnation to the Saudi dictatorship that has murdered nearly 400,000 #Yemeni citizens over the past 7 years. #YemenCantWait
