#unionists — Public Fediverse posts

I love ❤ that the first foreign head of government received by #PresidentConnolly at Áras an Uachtaráin was the #FirstMinisterOfScotland. #JohnSwinney made a courtesy visit on Wednesday.

British #unionists are having another meltdown. 🙄

#PresidentOfIreland #iepol #scotpol #CatherineConnolly

#Sunak: rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves #Rwanda plan ‘having impact’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/27/sunak-rise-in-asylum-seekers-in-ireland-proves-rwanda-plan-is-working
<< some NI unionists are jumping on this as an excuse to argue for a hard border in Ireland.

Exactly like #Brexit and later the #Protocol, they are missing that this issue *encourages* a harder border between #Ireland and Great Britain, and grows support for unification by implying the current NI model doesn't work.

#Unionists are the new #SinnFein

#UI #Think32 #PUL #northernireland

"The battle of the Bogside was an important catalyst for change, triggering a determined British government intervention that ended the unionist monopoly on power. But it also marked the beginning of 30 years of violent conflict that would claim the lives of more than 3,600 people and bring untold suffering."

Niall Ó Dochartaigh: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/why-remember-battle-bogside-troubles-importance/ @histodons

"Teenage Kicks" was created in the same city in 1978. Listen to a later gig: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

#punkRock #TheUnderTones #UnderTones #Derry #FreeDerry #Bogside #RUC #BritishArmy #Unionists #Nationalists #Republicans #counterInsurgency #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IrishHistory #history #nowPlaying

"The battle of the Bogside was an important catalyst for change, triggering a determined British government intervention that ended the unionist monopoly on power. But it also marked the beginning of 30 years of violent conflict that would claim the lives of more than 3,600 people and bring untold suffering."

Niall Ó Dochartaigh: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/why-remember-battle-bogside-troubles-importance/ @histodons

"Teenage Kicks" was created in the same city in 1978. Listen to a later gig: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

#punkRock #TheUnderTones #UnderTones #Derry #FreeDerry #Bogside #RUC #BritishArmy #Unionists #Nationalists #Republicans #counterInsurgency #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IrishHistory #history #nowPlaying

"The battle of the Bogside was an important catalyst for change, triggering a determined British government intervention that ended the unionist monopoly on power. But it also marked the beginning of 30 years of violent conflict that would claim the lives of more than 3,600 people and bring untold suffering."

Niall Ó Dochartaigh: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/why-remember-battle-bogside-troubles-importance/ @histodons

"Teenage Kicks" was created in the same city in 1978. Listen to a later gig: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

#punkRock #TheUnderTones #UnderTones #Derry #FreeDerry #Bogside #RUC #BritishArmy #Unionists #Nationalists #Republicans #counterInsurgency #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IrishHistory #history #nowPlaying

"The battle of the Bogside was an important catalyst for change, triggering a determined British government intervention that ended the unionist monopoly on power. But it also marked the beginning of 30 years of violent conflict that would claim the lives of more than 3,600 people and bring untold suffering."

Niall Ó Dochartaigh: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/why-remember-battle-bogside-troubles-importance/ @histodons

"Teenage Kicks" was created in the same city in 1978. Listen to a later gig: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

#punkRock #TheUnderTones #UnderTones #Derry #FreeDerry #Bogside #RUC #BritishArmy #Unionists #Nationalists #Republicans #counterInsurgency #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IrishHistory #history #nowPlaying

"The battle of the Bogside was an important catalyst for change, triggering a determined British government intervention that ended the unionist monopoly on power. But it also marked the beginning of 30 years of violent conflict that would claim the lives of more than 3,600 people and bring untold suffering."

Niall Ó Dochartaigh: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/why-remember-battle-bogside-troubles-importance/ @histodons

"Teenage Kicks" was created in the same city in 1978. Listen to a later gig: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

#punkRock #TheUnderTones #UnderTones #Derry #FreeDerry #Bogside #RUC #BritishArmy #Unionists #Nationalists #Republicans #counterInsurgency #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IrishHistory #history #nowPlaying