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Fitzgerald Park, Mardyke, Cork.
Pauline Murphy writes:
On display at the Cork Public Museum –
A doll the people of Catalonia gifted Terence MacSwiney’s daughter following his death [after 74 days of a hunger strike] on this day 99 years ago….
Tag Archives: Catalan Independence
My intervention on behalf of over 2million EU voters who are denied their voice in European Parliament. 3 Catalan MEPs have been refused access to EP – this undermines the democratic process & cannot be tolerated by those who value human rights in the EU.#Catalonia #Strasbourg pic.twitter.com/gufM8rRzmy
— Matt Carthy MEP (@mattcarthy) July 2, 2019
This afternoon.
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy in the irish Corner with, back row, from left: Mick, Clare and Ming.
In fairness.
Will jailed and exiled Catalan MEPs ever get to sit in EU chamber? (Catalan News)
U2 concert screen collage containing images of Catalan independence supporters and Charlie Chaplin in ‘The Great Dictator’; Above the same collage in Madrid (@2.25)
Having announced that their current European tour would be based on standing up for “democratic European values”, the group’s concerts on the tours have opened with a powerful video collage of historical images on the theme of people power, accompanied by Charlie Chaplin’s famous pro-democracy speech from the film “The Great Dictator”.
However, the images of a huge Catalan crowd waving pro-independence estelada flags that appeared in the first concerts (above) on the tour had been chopped out before Thursday night’s show in Madrid…
U2 censor Catalan independence images from visuals for Madrid concerts (ElNacional.cat)
Thanks Ruadhan