•91% of Irish 🇮🇪exports went to UK 🇬🇧in 1953. Now it’s 11%
•Irish 🇮🇪firms in UK 🇬🇧employ more people than 🇬🇧firms in Ireland🇮🇪
•Ireland 🇮🇪is UK’s🇬🇧 5th largest export market, larger than China
•Irish 🇮🇪are 25% richer than 🇬🇧
•Since 1995, 🇮🇪is growing 5 times faster than 🇬🇧
Ireland’s Parliament, Leinster House lit up tonight in the Ukrainian 🇺🇦 colours.
The people of Ireland 🇮🇪 stand in solidarity with the people of the
#Ukraine
President Zelenskyy is a true leader for his people & the world, honoured to meet him & again affirm Ireland’s support for the Ukrainian people 🇺🇦🇮🇪
@ZelenskyyUa
asked that we not only support their EU membership application, we also advocate for it, I pledged to do so
Majority of people in the Republic want Irish unity referendum within five years In the age range 18-24, a total of 70% of people wished to see the referendum take place,
The United Nations 🇺🇳 has ranked Ireland 🇮🇪 2nd in the world in their
@UN
Human Development Index of Health, Education & Income.
1🇳🇴 Norway
2🇮🇪 Ireland
2🇨🇭 Switzerland
4🇭🇰 Hong Kong
4🇮🇸 Iceland
6🇩🇪 Germany
7🇸🇪 Sweden
8🇦🇺 Australia
8🇳🇱 Netherlands
10🇩🇰 Denmark
Irish Independent Today carrying my opinion piece:
Based on research done by myself & a senior economist for the IMF during German reunification. The analysis shows that Northern Ireland is near a balanced budget in a unification situation.
Discussing cost of United Ireland on The Business RTE Radio 1. I spoke to them about report I & Senior Economist on Germany desk at IMF during German Reunification published on true running cost of North in reunification scenario. Not £10billion it’s £700 million
#think32
Not my usual morning cup of coffee ☕️ on the way from Kerry Airport with Congressman Richie Neal and the members of the US House of Representatives 🇮🇪🇺🇸
United Ireland preparation must begin by Irish Government given results in Northern Ireland & Scotland. Time now to implement the 1 report in history of Dail & Senate which I complied on Uniting Ireland
#ElectionResults2019
#UKelection2019
#GE2019
#GE19
My latest “Unifying Ireland Tracking Poll”, the second of four, reveals that support from a united Ireland vote is up by 7% to 80% since the last poll, carried out in October 2018.
#Think32
via
@IrishCentral
Today marks the anniversary of US President, John F Kennedy’s address to a joint Sitting of the Dáil & Seanad
He presented to the people of Ireland the battle flag of the 69th Reg. of NY Volunteers, the famous “Fighting Irish” lead by BG TF Meagher, creator of the Irish Flag🇺🇸🇮🇪
President of Ireland has just signed in to law Civil Rights for the Deaf Community. 'The Irish Sign Language Act' becomes the law of the land on Christmas Eve, best kind of Christmas present for my friends in the Deaf Community
#IrishSignLanguage
#YestoISL
Gregory Peck, Oscar winning actor for his part in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was a cousin of Patriot, Thomas Ashe, and had a picture of Irish cousin at his home in Hollywood. Honoured to give the Oration commemorating the 101st anniversary of the death while on hunger strike of Ashe
Senator Mark Daly, who compiled the 1st report in the history of any Dáil or Senate committee on Irish Unity, calls on government to make a
#UnityPlan
for a
#UnitedIreland
following Election results -Irish government should prepare for United Ireland
In the Chair with 200 US Legislators from across 50 States in the Chamber of Dáil Éireann for the largest ever meeting of US State and Federal Legislators to take place in Ireland
Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives with state legislators
On this the 100th anniversary of the 1st meeting of Dáil Éireann the parliament of the whole island
Paddy Power gave me odds of 20/1 on a United Ireland by 2024
#OnThisDay
in 1847 Leaders of the Choctaw Nation donated $170 (about $5,500 today) to help starving Irish men, women & children during the famine
It came only 14 years after their own people faced starvation during the ‘Trail of Tears’
May their generosity never be forgotten
Thanks to my good friend & Ireland’s 🇮🇪 good friend Congressman
@RepBrendanBoyle
for his defence of the
#GoodFridayAgreement
& as he said himself the “fragile peace” on this island
"It is preserving a fairly fragile peace... I don't know why anyone in their right mind would want to bring back this issue. It is truly staggering."
Congressman Brendan Boyle expresses his concern over the UK’s Brexit plans and its effect on the Good Friday Agreement.
Paddy Power gave me odds on the 21st of January of 20/1 on a United Ireland by 2024
By February 2, the odds had been cut by Paddy Power to 15/2
#Think32
We can Afford a United Ireland according to senior economist @ IMF during German reunification he says the deficit is NOT £9.4billion its £700million in a reunification scenario
#Think32
#Brexit
@LordAshcroft
After 18 months of research in Northern Ireland among the Unionists community my report is released today. Unionists fear identity loss if Ireland united - survey via
@rte
United Nations 🇺🇳 Human Development Index (HDI)
🇮🇪 Ireland (4th)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom (14th) Northern Ireland (44th) Measures Ranking according to Health, Education & Income
@brianmlucey
#brexit
President Biden & I discussed how I canvassed for Congressman Brendan Boyle when he was 1st running for Congress
@CongBoyle
is a great friend of many on all sides in Ireland & a friend of the President, he was the 1st member of Congress to support Vice-President Biden for
@POTUS
‘’ASTONISHING” Why would it be? It’s the main aim of the state in ARTICLE 3 of Constitution
It is the firm will of the Irish Nation, in harmony and friendship, to unite all the people
Astonishing amount of Irish adults would vote for a United Ireland
Professor of Human Rights Law at Queen's University, Colin Harvey, Director of the Human Rights Centre & Fellow of the Senator George J Mitchell Institute, presenting his submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on the Constitutional Future on the Island of Ireland
In the main hall of the Irish Parliament stands the Ukrainian Flag 🇺🇦 next to Ireland’s Proclamation of Independence which states “summons her children to her flag and strikes for her Freedom “
“Brexit & The Future of Ireland Uniting Ireland & It’s People in Peace & Prosperity “ the title says it all. 1st report by Dail & Senate Committee on Uniting Ireland which I complied for Good Friday Agreement Ctte
#GeneralElection2019
#ExitPolls
#GE2019
#unitedIreland
#brexit
Lesson of
#brexit
is a lot of preparation is needed in advance of a referendum on New Agreed Ireland but planning needs to begin - Dublin council to vote on lobbying minister to ask Northern Irish secretary to organise a border poll
Today the Seanad recognised the Holodomor as a genocide on Ukrainian people on its 90th anniversary
This man-made famine which was inflicted on Ukrainians by the deliberate policies of the totalitarian Stalinist regime
@ZelenskyyUa
@Denys_Shmyhal
@r_stefanchuk
#Holodomor
#Ukraine
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.”JFK
@FineGael
party reveals itself by the way its remembering those who fought to prevent the freedom of the country in which we live
@fiannafailparty
#RIC
#BlackandTans
“The former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne believes the majority of the English public “will not care” if Northern Ireland leaves the UK for a united Ireland.”
“British Home Office won an appeal against an immigration tribunal case that had originally upheld Emma DeSouza from Co Derry’s right to declare herself as Irish, without first renouncing British citizenship.” Both Govt need to sort this, otherwise lots of renouncements coming
The
@FineGael
party
@LeoVaradkar
has revealed itself by choosing to remember the men of the RIC who used every means, legal& illegal, to prevent the establishment of the parliament in which I serve & the freedom of the country in which I live
#RIC
#BlackandTans
@fiannafailparty
The lesson of
#brexit
for Ireland 🇮🇪 is a referendum on a United Ireland requires careful planning and engagement with everyone and the referendum is the final piece
🇪🇺🇨🇮
@Tsihanouskaya
has declared today, July 16th, the Day of Solidarity with Belarusian women.
This morning in the Seanad, I encouraged Senators to adopt a political prisoner of Belarus so we can make change happen there
🇮🇪 Senate unanimously passed the resolution on Belarus rejecting the legitimacy of Lukashenka, calling for free & fair elections, sanctions on the regime & its cronies. Grateful to the Senators & the Chair
@SenatorMarkDaly
for this strong message of solidarity with Belarusians.
This is undemocratic & unworkable
@irish_news
if a
#borderpoll
was held & the majority voted to remain in the UK by 50% + 1 would the same people who are saying that it should not be the basis for a United Ireland say it is not the basis for NI remaining in UK
@Think32_
#brexit
Speaking at the First Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform with speakers from around the world. I witnessed some of the horrors firsthand in Bucha when I visited, it is vital the international parliamentary community continue our outspoken support of Ukraine.
In 2017 after years of fighting along side
@DeafnotDefeated
&
@IrishDeafSoc
we passed Irish Sign Language Act in Senate to give Civil rights to the 5,000 members of the deaf community people like Calum
#LateLateShow
NOW we need to make the rights a reality for the deaf community
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, a strong voice for Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement during the Brexit negotiations
I am due to be on Sky News this evening at 7.45pm to discuss my Report on Uniting Ireland
‘
#Brexit
& The Future of Ireland : Uniting Ireland & It’s People in Peace & Prosperity’
1st report for a Dail & Senate Committee on Irish Unity
#think32
Senator George Mitchell with his wife Heather receiving a standing ovation
@QUBelfast
at
#Agreement25
. An amazing and inspiring speech from a hero of the Peace Process
"[DUP] are are on the verge of achieving the most rapid destruction of their own core objective to keep Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom."
#Brexit
: Ex-Tory leader Hague warns DUP over no-deal
Now would be the time for the Irish Government to implement the 1st report by Dail & Senate Committee on Uniting Ireland which I complied. Not 1 of 17 recommendations implemented by government to date
@Think32_
@rtenews
@BBCNewsNI
@newstalk
@TodayFMNews
The White House, via Louth and Mayo, thank you
@POTUS
a true friend of Ireland, proclaiming March 2023 Irish American Heritage Month
@JohnWMcCarthy
🇮🇪🇺🇸
As invitations are sent to President-elect
@JoeBiden
from all over Ireland, the Ceann Comhairle & I have written to An Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
, to ask consideration be given to inviting the President-elect home to Ireland & to address the Dail & Seanad as soon as possible 🇮🇪🇺🇸
In a debate against Prof John Fitzgerald he said a United Ireland would still pay pension to RUC & British Army. The report I did with an IMF economist shows we would not and that the deficit is not £9.2B as John claims its £700m
#brexit
#think32
@rtenews
On cost of
#Unity
I did a bit of research with Economist @ Germany Desk in IMF for German unification. Bottom line NOT €10B, ITS €700m.
@ciarakellydoc
Happy to convince you of benefits of
#Unity
. Southern discomfort as Ciara Kelly borders on partitionist
Delighted my Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill is scheduled for all stages in the Dáil next Thursday the 14th. This Bill when enacted will provide Civil Rights for the Deaf Community and the 50,000 Irish Sign Language Users
A privilege to lay a wreath in memory of the 14 innocent victims killed 50 years ago today in Bloody Sunday.
The families of the victims have always shown amazing dignity & resilience in their long pursuit for justice
#BloodySunday50
We are honoured to have an Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
with us here today for this historic occasion as the guest of honour as we celebrate 100 years of Seanad Éireann.
Encouraging news this morning as
@opwireland
has informed me of additional funding for the Finnihy & Keelnagower rivers in
#Kenmare
The money will be used to clear vegetation along the river banks
My cousin Representative Dan Daley
@DanDaley
of the Florida House of Representatives & Co Chair of the Florida American Irish State Legislators Caucus on the House floor in Tallahassee
President Biden in his speech referred to Flag of 69th Regiment,which was presented by President John F Kennedy when he addressed joint sitting 60yrs ago.I explained to
@POTUS
the story of “Immortal Irish Man”Thomas F Meagher who led the 69th regiment &also created the Irish Flag
RUC & British Army pensions & contribution to British Royal family to be paid by Ireland after unification says Professor John Fitzgerald of
@IrishTimes
. Report I did with IMF economist who worked on German Unification proves we would NOT
#brexit
#Think32
Sitting with some of my friends in the Congressional Friends of Ireland
@RepRichardNeal
@CongBoyle
@dankildee
@lawler4ny
at the White House Shamrock Ceremony their support for Ireland & the peace process has been pivotal 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Welcoming the bipartisan Congressional delegation led by
@RepRichardNeal
to the Blasket Centre with Minister
@NormaFoleyTD1
, an important week for the delegation to be in Ireland to reaffirm their support for the peace process & the protocol
@USEmbassyDublin
🇮🇪🇺🇸
The Immortal words ‘Irishmen and Irishwomen’ of the 1916 Proclamation now part of the Washington Monument, thanks to all those who helped to get this done especially acting Chief of Staff at the White House Mick Mulvaney
A plaque commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising has been hung inside the Washington Monument, which has reopened to the public following renovations | Read more:
Today we remember the 14 innocent victims of
#BloodySunday
murdered by the Parachute Regiment
The families of the victims are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time
🇧🇾🇪🇺🇨🇮
@Tsihanouskaya
has declared today, July 16th, the Day of Solidarity with Belarusian women.
This morning in the Seanad, I encouraged Senators to adopt a political prisoner of Belarus so we can make change happen there.
Ireland & Cyprus the only 2 island nations of the nearly 50 in the world who are partitioned.
@CyprusMFA
is making progress & we are too
@Think32_
#unity
‘74 Days: The Hunger Strike of Terence McSwiney', the heroism of the Lord Mayor of Cork
@RTEOne
's new documentary recreates the story of the last
#74days
of his life
‘It is not those who can inflict the most but those who can endure the most who will conquer’ |
@RTEOne
@RTEplayer