We had a great talk at Green Drinks last night by Kieran Cunnane from Galway Energy Co Operative, who shared insights about how to access renewable energy and make homes more efficient.

UN experts condemn Israel’s unprecedented bombing in Lebanon after ceasefire announcement, demand immediate halt to hostilities GENEVA — UN experts* today condemned Israel’s illegal aggression and indiscriminate bombing campaign against Lebanon on 8 April, only hours after a ceasefire agreement was brokered by Pakistan between...

“This is not self-defence. It is a blatant violation of the UN Charter, a deliberate destruction of prospects for peace, and an affront to multilateralism and the UN-based international order”

UN human rights experts condemn Israel’s attack on Lebanon

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Amazing result.

Irish lawyers have long carried a particular instinct: that power should answer to law, wherever it is exercised.

It was striking to see that tradition alive and well in the room on the night.

Grateful to LILA for the platform, and for the extraordinary generosity shown in support of GLAN’s work.

It can force uncomfortable questions

It can expose connections that would otherwise remain hidden.
It can shift the terrain in favour of those who have the least access to it

And at moments like this, when international norms are under strain & might is right, that kind of friction matters

At GLAN, we try to close that gap through innovative means.

Not because we think the law is a perfect tool. It isn’t. It has often travelled alongside power.

But used strategically, persistently, and sometimes creatively, it can still do something important: it can create friction.

Power operates transnationally. Accountability, far less so.

And that creates a gap.

A gap between harm and responsibility.

Between those affected and those who decide.

Between what the law promises and what it delivers.

can the law meaningfully hold power to account across borders?

It’s a question that feels increasingly urgent.

Because many of the most serious harms today - from climate breakdown to corporate abuse to conflict - are shaped by decisions taken far from where their impacts are felt.

Thank you to the London Irish Lawyers Association for the invitation to speak at their annual dinner.

I returned to a question that has echoed through the work of Irish lawyers for centuries — from Edmund Burke's legal actions against the East India Company onwards:

Don't forget, its our reliance on fossil fuels that green lights the horror that the West inflicts on the people of the Middle East (West Asia).

Rights Group Pushes Delaware AG to Revoke Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's Corporate Charter | Common Dreams A Center for Constitutional Rights lawyer called on Kathy Jennings to "use her power to stop this dangerous entity that is masquerading as a charitable organization while furthering death and violence...

Rights Group Pushes Delaware AG to Revoke Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's Corporate Charter via @commondreams.org

www.commondreams.org/news/ccr-gaz...

Not Gaza 2025, but Jaffa 1948, after the Nakba

The Manshiya quarter of Jaffa was destroyed in a series of bombardments led by the Irgun during the 1948 Nakba in order to drive out its Palestinians inhabitants

#ThisDidntBeginonOct7 #HistoryRepeating

Government accused of 'stark' contradiction over position on Gaza genocide allegations Despite toughening their condemnation of what's happening in Gaza, ministers have consistently refused to describe Israel's actions as genocide. A court ruling has given MPs the chance to further ques...

Yesterday the High Court ruled it was for Parliament to scrutintise UK Gov's supply of Israel with warplane parts. Now the Gov can't hide behind "its for the courts", they must reveal their Gaza genocide assessment & stop withholding info on targeting of civilians news.sky.com/story/govern...

🚨 Monday @ 10.30am we will have a decision! Together with @alhaq_org we challenged UK weapons exports to Israel which are being used to commit atrocity crimes in Gaza. Stay tuned.

We forced the UK gov to reveal it's assessment that Israel is not committed to complying with int'l law. The UK now argues that continuing to supply Israel's war planes is key to maintaining "international peace & security".

On Tuesday we intend to challenge this absurdity.

Israeli warplanes rely on international supply chains. 15% of the F35 jet is sourced from the UK & exports continue

On May 12 we will be in the High Court in London with Al Haq challenging these transfers. The UK Gov could end their complicity now but are opting to enable genocide

9/ GLAN’s Director, @gocuinn.bsky.social said: "Sa'ar is directly linked to mass death, destruction, and suffering in Palestine. The UK government must stop arresting those who speak out or protest against genocide and start arresting those who are responsible." #EndIsraeliImpunity

We are working to stop involvement of economic service providers, like the London Metal Exchange in serious human rights and environmental harms. #westpapua

To be pro-humanity, pro-international law and anti-double standards now makes you ready for deportation and cancellation in the eyes of the Trump regime. #Palestine

In its final days, the Biden administration is pushing an $8 billion arms deal to Israel, right as:
–Human Rights Watch & Amnesty say Israel is committing genocide
–IDF kills several journalists; babies freeze to death
–IDF attacks last hospitals in northern Gaza, detains hospital director

The island rebellion to save Princess Diana’s haven from developers Barbuda has been accused of taking advantage of Hurricane Irma to make itself a playground for the rich and famous. Its people are not happy

“They’re the new #Caribbean pirates. They want to take our land.”

The Times reports on exploitation of #Barbuda by billionaire colonial-style developers, & the strong community resistance

We're supporting local legal strategies to stop land grabbing

www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...

Israel's targeting of the Irish gov has nothing to do with anti-Semitism nor distraction. Others have recognized Palestine & intervened in the ICJ case. Whats different? The Irish gov will pass the Occupied Territories Bill banning goods & services from illegal settlements. Israel is price tagging.

Israeli foreign minister calls Taoiseach Simon Harris ‘antisemitic’ Taoiseach said he would not comment on ‘personalised and false attacks and remains focused on the horrific war crimes being perpetrated in Gaza’

In defiant criticism of the decision, Ireland's PM @simonharrisireland.bsky.social said: “You know what I think is reprehensible? Killing children ... You know what I think is reprehensible? People being left to starve & humanitarian aid not flowing.” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Entire families were crushed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes. Not even memories remain ***

‘Entire families were crushed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes. Not even memories remain’ - mass atrocities including #genocide & yet it continues - #BDS now; new #ICC arrest warrants now. With the UNSC inactive due to US veto other blocks of states must apply sanctions.
www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

Universities should not silence research and speech on Palestine Universities play an indispensable role in supporting the free inquiry needed to do the essential work of analysis, evidence gathering and recording of war crimes.

My latest with Heidi Matthews and Priya Gupta on the role of universities during this moment of genocide. We critique the censorship of anti-genocide protest and critique in Western universities and the role they have sadly played in furthering the scholaticide
: theconversation.com/universities...

1 million children are being starved & bombed in Gaza.

The UK is doing everything it can to continue to supply warplanes sold to Israel. We have just forced them to review this & Amnesty's report adds pressure

David Lammy, don't fight this in court, end all arms exports now.

UK bolsters humanitarian funding for Gaza on minister’s visit to the region The international community will convene at a humanitarian conference in Egypt to collaborate on boosting aid in Gaza.

Will be on @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social at 2125 GMT to discuss the UK's abject failure on Palestine - this being the latest. The UK continues to treat Gaza as a humanitarian crisis not as one of atrocities, war crimes & genocide www.gov.uk/government/n...

#gaza #genocide #freepalestine

Stop the UK's profit from war GLAN pursues innovative legal actions across borders to challenge powerful actors involved in systemic human rights violations.

13/ This does not end here. We need to keep the pressure up to end all arms transfers. Please consider supporting these efforts: www.crowdjustice.com/case/disrupt...

Thanks to @dmachover.bsky.social & @vidyakumar.bsky.social for pushing me to jump me here.