Irish Republican & Donegal County Councillor, proudly representing the people of Inishowen
Inishowen, Donegal
Joined April 2009
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Jack Murray retweeted
This is not Andy Burnham's call to make. No British Prime Minister has any right to rule out a unity referendum.
The Good Friday Agreement is clear: the people of the island of Ireland alone must determine their own future.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ruled out calling a referendum on Irish unification, describing a border poll as "off the table".
He was speaking during his first official visit to Northern Ireland as prime minister.
Read more here: bbc.in/45ML13X
Jack Murray retweeted
Mr. Prime Minister, I would suggest that you read the Good Friday Agreement.
This is a question for the people, and for the people only. Both sides agreed to the terms of the peace accord, including the principle that the right to self-determination should not be left to one person. That agreement has been honored and has helped maintain peace on the island of Ireland for 28 years.
As a guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, the United States has a critical role to play in ensuring that the people of Ireland have the right to control their own destiny.
Border poll on united Ireland ‘off the table’, says Burnham on first visit as prime minister to North irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
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The Rep clearly hasn’t read the GFA as it clearly states that the UK Secretary of State could call a referendum if they felt there was sufficient support. The UK PM was within his rights to reject calls for a referendum when support in NI for a united Ireland is <40% cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/unifica…
Jack Murray retweeted
Hi John, Irish Jew here, daughter of a German born Holocaust survivor and no, I have never experienced antisemitism here in Ireland. I'm very happy with our boycott of the Eurovision and Richie Sadler's comments re the football match. I'm extremely proud of my fellow Irish and their stand against genocide. As my late mother taught me.."Never again means never again..to anyone ..anywhere... ever.." I hope this clarifies the issue for you.
Jack Murray retweeted
Today I challenged the Taoiseach on a decision taken by former Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe to transfer €141.4 million to the World Bank, €10 million more than the Bank itself sought and in direct contradiction of his own officials’ advice.
This happened just months before he resigned as Finance Minister to take up a €600,000 a year job with the World Bank.
We’ll keep going until we get a straight answer.
With all the chat today being about the election of our next president, it's worth taking a second to pay tribute to this man.
One day he could politely be waiting in line for the ATM then eviscerating international war criminals the day after.
Go raibh maith agat a Uachtaráin
Jack Murray retweeted
I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza.
"Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”
Jack Murray retweeted
As Gaza city is flattened & a level 5 man-made famine confirmed
As toddlers die of starvation & parents are shot getting flour
As England arms those commit these crimes
They haul kneecap to court and pull the Mary Wallopers off a stage for chanting Free Palestine
Unforgivable – at Dublin City, Ireland
The UN has just confirmed "famine" in #Gaza City for the first time.
We Irish, who remember our history, know what's happening. It's genocide.
History will not be kind to those political leaders who dont call this out. 🇮🇪🇵🇸
#FreePalestine
Jack Murray retweeted
You’re not imagining being ripped off! A major report published today reveals Ireland is the second most expensive country in the EU. We’re paying some of the highest prices for food, electricity, and gas.
As the rip-off continues, FF-FG refuse to help. That’s not going to cut it! The government must act now with real cost-of-living supports. People need relief from these crushing price hikes!
Jack Murray retweeted
Israeli war criminals should be before the courts, not Mo Chara of Kneecap.
Sinn Féin joined with huge crowds at court in solidarity with Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh & the people of Palestine.
The Irish people will not be silenced by the British establishment.
Saoirse don Phalaistín! 🇵🇸
Jack Murray retweeted
Update:
The Israeli army committed a horrible massacre today in Gaza killing 88 civilian Palestinians including 60 who were trying to get humanitarian aid.
The total number of Palestinian civilians killed near the so called “ humanitarian aid centers” in the last weeks is 403.
Jack Murray retweeted
"Mo Chara’s real problem is that the message he put out landed. Working-class people aren’t meant to speak like this, organise like this, or connect struggles across borders like this. That’s what scares them.
While Mo Chara stands in the dock for allegedly waving a flag, those complicit in a genocide walk the streets untouched. Since October 2023, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza – entire families erased, journalists targeted, children bombed in their beds.
More than 300 officials at the Foreign Office raised their concerns about Israel’s “stark … disregard for international law”. And yet, the UK government continues to greenlight arms deals and offer diplomatic cover. That’s not a performance. That’s a conscious policy decision. Made in Westminster, paid for by the taxpayer, and buried beneath silence.
They’ve tried this before. Give Ireland Back to the Irish – banned. Christy Moore – detained. The Pogues’ Streets of Sorrow – silenced for decades. And now, it seems to be Mo Chara – for turning protest into poetry, politics into art.
So here’s the question – the same one Pete Seeger asked, the same one Mo Chara asks now: Which side are you on?
👉express.co.uk/news/uk/207047…
Something seriously wrong with a society which seeks to punish artistic expression but not the mass slaughter of human beings.
Solidarity with #Kneecap 🇮🇪🇵🇸 – at Benview Estate, Northern Ireland
Jack Murray retweeted
Israeli air strikes killed 66 Palestinian civilians today including many children. Most of the victims and many of the injured are under the rubble.
2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza are starving due to 96 days of the Israeli siege on Gaza .
Jack Murray retweeted
The HSE are refusing to listen to 171 Donegal doctors and all of our public representatives.
We will not accept second class health services anymore. We demand a Surgical Hub for Letterkenny University Hospital.
The Minister for Health must now urgently intervene.
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing"
It was a hard won, personal victory for @GerryAdamsSF but also a win against the regular vilification of the dream of Irish Unity – at Benview Estate, Northern Ireland
