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Ciaran Tierney

Sharing the shamrocks of shame

By Ciaran Tierney

7 min readMar 13, 2024

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Sharing the shamrocks of shame

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Ciaran Tierney

Sharing the blood-soaked shamrock

By Ciaran Tierney

6 min readFeb 8, 2024

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Sharing the blood-soaked shamrock

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Ciaran Tierney

Marching in grief for the children of Gaza

Long before October 7 last, I knew that Gaza was a prison camp.

8 min readJan 30, 2024

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Marching in grief for the children of Gaza

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Ciaran Tierney

The Irish understand what it is to live without hope

The Galway contingent at the huge demonstration for Palestine in Dublin on Saturday

9 min readOct 23, 2023

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The Irish understand what it is to live without hope

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Ciaran Tierney

They only want to be seen as human beings

A young woman from Gaza addresses a shocked audience in Galway this week. Photo: Ciaran Tierney

7 min readOct 12, 2023

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They only want to be seen as human beings

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Ciaran Tierney

When the mask slips, it’s fascism

A protest against COVID-19 vaccines in Dublin, Ireland, in November 2021. Photo via Mx Granger (WikiCommons)

8 min readSep 27, 2023

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When the mask slips, it’s fascism

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Ciaran Tierney

An insult to the soccer kids of Gaza

Children from Gaza on a soccer trip to Ireland in 2016. Photo by John Kelly.

6 min readJun 29, 2023

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An insult to the soccer kids of Gaza

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Ciaran Tierney

Derry gives hope to the oppressed

Paul Doherty, whose father was killed on Bloody Sunday, leads a walking tour of the Bogside. Photo by Ciaran Tierney

6 min readMay 3, 2023

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Derry gives hope to the oppressed

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Ciaran Tierney

Joyfully rediscovering the ‘language of poverty’

There is an old Irish saying that a land without a language is a land without a soul.

8 min readFeb 22, 2023

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Joyfully rediscovering the ‘language of poverty’

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Ciaran Tierney

Social media and the spread of hate

When mass murder was taking place in Myanmar seven years ago, social media played a significant role in the genocide of Rohingya Muslims.

7 min readFeb 16, 2023

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Social media and the spread of hate

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Ciaran Tierney

Ciaran Tierney

A former newspaper journalist, with an interest in human rights, travel, and current affairs, Ciaran won the 2018 Irish Current Affairs Blog of The Year award.

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