[11:41] Richard Boyd Barrett being treated for throat cancer

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has announced that he is stepping back from politics for a period as he receives treatment for throat cancer.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0407/1506247-richard-boyd-barrett/

#PeopleBeforeProfit #RichardBoydBarrett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tINNo_l51_0

#NewsTalk 🇮🇪

'We're obliged to do everything in our power to deter even the possibility of a #genocide'

Taoiseach #SimonHarris and TD #RichardBoydBarrett debate whether #Ireland is applying enough pressure on #ApartheidIsrael and the countries that arm #ApartheidIsrael, during their invasion of #Gaza and the wider attacks in the Middle East

#FreePalesineNOW 🇵🇸 #HandsOffThe MiddleEast #HandsOffNorthAfrica

Seems like Simon's a bit of a bellend, eh?

Dear TD Boyd Barrett: Can we clone you and secretly parachute your clone into #UK parliament?

[19:18] People Before Profit select Boyd Barrett as party leader

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has been selected as the party's leader and national spoksperson and will lead it into the next general election.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1010/1474795-richard-boyd-barrett/

#PeopleBeforeProfit #RichardBoydBarrett

December 2022

Hey kids! Guess what I found!

TD #RichardBoydBarrett 🇨🇮 to President of the European Commission #UrsuladeVonDerLeyen
Consistency over #warcrimes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-_5shclNA4

#Palestine🇵🇸
#WesternSahara
#Ukraine

#EndTheOccupation

“You’re happy to correctly use the most strong and robust language to describe the crimes against humanity of Vladimir #Putin but you will not use the same strength of language when it comes to describing #Israel’s treatment of the #Palestinians,” Irish lawmaker #RichardBoydBarrett told the Irish parliament on Wednesday.

He calls out what he saw as “double standards” of the Irish government for imposing sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine but not doing the same for Israel with regards to its actions in Palestine.

He listed Israeli infringements of Palestinian rights, including assaults on #Gaza and the annexation of land, and said: “You don’t want to even use the word apartheid, never mind sanctions.”

"[It took] five days for sanctions against Putin and his thugs -- 70 years of oppression of the Palestinians, and it wouldn’t be -- What was the word you used? – it wouldn’t be ‘helpful’ to impose sanctions.”

He said #AmnestyInternational has called for Israel to be referred to the #InternationalCriminalCourt for crimes against humanity.

“They (Amnesty) are calling for targeted sanctions against Israeli officials perpetuating the system of #apartheid,” he said. “Just exactly the same types of sanctions you’ve just initiated against Vladimir Putin.”
https://youtu.be/mu2uI0gZD-c