Carl Gibson @carlgibson.bsky.social 📚 Researcher in Critical Terrorism Studies and Palestinian security politics | 💼 Assistant Professor of IR | Often in 🇵🇸 | Views own
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Cllr Denise Johnston @johnston67.bsky.social Honesty in politics is important to me and it should be to you. It doesn’t have to be like this.
Cllr for Moyola, Mid Ulster
Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social Sinn Féin. PhD from Queens University Belfast. Book: Screening Ulster: Cinema and the Unionists. Donegal. Email: drrichiegallagher@gmail.com
Daniel Mulhall @danmulhall.bsky.social Retired Irish Ambassador, author, consultant, media commentator, Director, #Carlichauns.
Freya McClements @freyamcc.bsky.social Northern Editor, The Irish Times
Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social Devolution anorak, parliamentary history nerd & recovering academic. Any views expressed are not those of my employer (yada yada etc passim)
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Mark Devenport @markdevenport.bsky.social Broadcaster, Commentator, Conference Chair, former BBC United Nations Correspondent, Ireland Correspondent & NI Political Editor
Stephen Walker @stepwalktv.bsky.social
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‘ David Trimble : Peacemaker’.
‘John Hume : The Persuader’, ‘Ireland’s Call’ ,’Hide and Seek’, ‘Forgotten Soldiers.’
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Peter McReynolds MLA @petermcreynoldsmla.bsky.social Alliance MLA for East Belfast | Multiple Sclerosis | Infrastructure & Transport Spokesperson | Fighting for Social and Environmental Justice for all in East Belfast |
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Ryan Miller @mrdoorstep.bsky.social Editor @ FactCheckNI. Rugby sicko. I love words and numbers equally.
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Philip McGuigan @philipmcguigan.bsky.social Sinn Féin MLA
GAA, Cycling, Running
Britain Elects @britainelects.com Britain's leading aggregator for polling, forecasts and election results. Run by @bwalker.uk. Est. 2013 with the late, great, Lily Jayne Summers.
Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify.
https://www.benchu.co.uk/
Author of "Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails", published May 2025
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com US Political Editor at the Mirror
Making sense of Trump's nonsense since 2016
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
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Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
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Wesley Johnston 🇺🇦 @niroads.bsky.social Interested in the history and development of the Northern Ireland road network, as well as planned road developments. Sometimes tweet about Ukraine. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond.
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Cllr. Lilian Seenoi Barr @lilianseenoibarr.bsky.social Former Mayor of Derry City and strabane District. Proud maasai woman and Derry girl
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Simon Harris @simonharrisireland.bsky.social Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland) & Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Minister for Defence.
Leader of Fine Gael and Wicklow TD.
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
Matthew Thompson @mattuthompson.bsky.social Recovering journalist. Formerly of Sky News, LBC & BBC.
Norn Irish, girl dad, linguist.
DMs open.
John Morrissey @jomocam.bsky.social BBC Lighting Cameraman based in Belfast. Can sometimes be mildly amusing.
The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social Social Democratic & Labour Party 🕊️🌹
Progressive. Cross-community. Building a New Ireland 🤝 Be part of it ✊
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Gavin Robinson @grobinsondup.bsky.social DUP Leader
Member of Parliament for East Belfast
Lord Mayor of Belfast 2012/13
Emma Little-Pengelly @little-pengelly.bsky.social MLA Lagan Valley | DUP | deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Lyndsey Telford @lyndseytelford.bsky.social Reporter, BBC NI - lyndsey.telford@bbc.co.uk
New Ireland Commission @newireland.bsky.social Building a movement for a New Ireland
Sinéad McLaughlin @sineadforfoyle21.bsky.social @sdlplive Foyle MLA working for economic justice for Derry and promoting regional balance. Campaigning for affordable childcare, women's health care and advocating on many other issues.
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Dominic O’Reilly 🕊️ @dominicoreilly.bsky.social Trying to make gentle the life of the world. Nonviolence. Occasional scribbles. Kindness is catchy.
Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh.bsky.social Anti-prohibitionist.
Drug researcher.
Historian.
Socialist.
ADHD
Abortion/Miscarriage.
North of Ireland.
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social Writer, Irish Times columnist, New York Review of Books contributor, We Don't Know Ourselves author.
RTÉ Radio @rteradio.bsky.social There’s an 89% chance I don’t actually work for or represent RTÉ in anyway
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Matthew O'Toole MLA @otoolematthew.bsky.social Now:
SDLP MLA for South Belfast | Leader of the Opposition
Former: civil servant & journalist.
Future: A social democratic new Ireland
Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social Freelance research/policy/advocacy/writing on all things Parliament and government. Associate at IfG and Associate at State of the Future.
PhD in modern US/UK history.
Sport fan. Mum of one. Views my own.
Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) University of Kent. Also Prof at University of Warwick.
Have taught & written about political conflict & peacebuilding for last 30 years. Still learning. Living in Peak District England but FROM Belfast in NI.
Politics nerd
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social Virgin Media News Correspondent but these are my own views and not those of my employer.
Ireland.
Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social Leader of the Green Party/An Comhaontas Glas,
Dublin West TD.
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Craig Hughes @thenewshughes.bsky.social 🗞️Political Editor: Irish Daily Mail
🎪Festival organiser: @nightdayfest.bsky.social
Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social 
Suzy Byrne @suzybie.bsky.social Here … breathes … she/her… Disabled. Troublemaker on hiatus.
Stephen McDermott @stemcdermott.bsky.social Editor of The Journal FactCheck | Journalist with @thejournal.ie | Royal Canal local living in Grand Canal exile
Dublin, Ireland.
Email: Stephen.mcdermott@thejournal.ie
Cónal Thomas @conalthomas90.bsky.social Political Correspondent, Irish Independent & Sunday Independent. Reach me - Conal.Thomas@independent.ie
Paul Hosford @hosford.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor for the Irish Examiner. Dimestore Saint. True Scene Leader. Tiny Change enthusiast. 
Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.
People Before Profit @pbp.ie Ireland's largest Ecosocialist organisation - Building People Power across all 32 counties
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social Journalist. Presenter of R4's #MoneyBox Live (Weds, 3pm). Also found on #WakeUpToMoney, #R4Today, BBC 5 Live, #GreenMoneyShow. Enthusiast. Humanist.
Marianna Spring @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social BBC’s Social Media Investigations Correspondent | Radio 4 podcasts | @BBCPanorama & current affairs | #Americast host | ARIAS & British Podcast best host
Cllr Sharon Lowry @cllrsharonlowry.bsky.social Alliance Councillor for Castlereagh East. Proud mum to two amazing boys. Demanding better for them.
Connie Egan MLA @connieegan.bsky.social Alliance Party MLA for North Down
Matt Chorley @mattchorley.bsky.social 📻BBC Radio 5 Live weekdays 2pm-4pm
🇺🇸Americanswers Mondays BBC Sounds
🎤Stand-up shows coming in 2025
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Shane Reaction @shanereaction.bsky.social Short and Irish and a bit anxious about everything.
Rachael Ferguson @rachaelfer.bsky.social Mum of two humans, two dogs, two cats. Previously Elected Cllr for Alliance Party Derry & Strabane 2019- 2023. Liberal Coffee Loving Feminist Humanist. And very much looking for Positive Politics and spreading a little joy. 
Cllr Lauren Gray @cllrlaurengray.bsky.social Alliance Councillor for Carrick. Girl Mum. Doing life with Andy. Determined to make change for future generations. All views my own.
Aaron Skinner @aaron-skinner.bsky.social Alliance party Cllr in Mid & East Antrim and Vice Chair of NI Housing Counci
Promoted by Cllr Aaron Skinner, Alliance HQ, 7 Farmley Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7TY
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Politics in Action @politicsinaction.bsky.social Building a Better Peace. Working with young people and communities to connect learning about politics to taking action together for meaningful change. #BetterPeace
Jim Kelly @james-kelly.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Concordia University. Donner Prize Finalist 2005, 2024. Judicial politics. Retired QB. Toronto Blue Jays fan. Belfast born 🇮🇪 @JamesB_Kelly https://www.ubcpress.ca/james-b-kelly
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Declan Harvey @declanharvey.bsky.social Journalist | News Presenter
Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social Ireland correspondent Financial Times - all things N&S. Transplanted from Latam. All views own etc
DIAMONDS NEWSAGENTS BALLYMENA @diamondsnews.bsky.social Independent Newsagent for 47 years - now retired Was owned by Eugene Diamond. 💎