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FactCheckNI @factcheckni.bsky.social FactCheckNI is Northern Ireland’s first and only dedicated not for profit fact checking and training service. Accuracy matters.
Cllr Micky Murray @micky-murray.bsky.social 💛 Lord Mayor of Belfast 2024-25 | Alliance Party Cllr for Balmoral | 🏳️🌈 he/him | 📧micky.murray@belfastcity.gov.uk
Scott Jamison @scottjamison.bsky.social Works in politics, gets in car crashes. All views my own and all that.
@simoncallender.bsky.social @simoncallender.bsky.social Misanthropist. Browns, F1, Arsenal and columbo fan. Ex hospitality dude, all round alleged good egg.
Martin McAuley @martinmcauley.bsky.social 📍 Belfast
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Vicki Hawthorne @vickiutv.bsky.social #UTV Political Correspondent
Will Haire @willohir.bsky.social Irish Quaker, enjoying walking the countryside and seeking a shared Ireland
Paula Bradshaw MLA @paulaballiance.bsky.social Alliance Party MLA; Chief Whip; Chair of the Committee for the Executive Office. Hockey coach and umpire. Mother & cat owner.
Mandy McAuley @mandymcauley.bsky.social Mum, Investigative reporter, BBC Spotlight:
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Gary Rocks @rockorocks.bsky.social Social Worker, Espresso Lover, Music Lover and LFC. A Newry Nyuck. "Libraries gave us power"
Sinéad @auntiedoodles.bsky.social Mother of 2 doodles and 2 wonderful young people. Committed to peace, social democracy and a believer that unity will benefit us all. Nurse who believes passionately in the right to choose to be supported, and remain in your own home. Opinions my own.
Mark Carruthers @markcarruthers7.bsky.social Personal account | Presenter of The View, #SundayPolitics & #BBCRedLines for BBC News NI | Author | Visiting Professor of Media at Ulster University |
On Twitter @markcarruthers7
Andrew Thompson @xymbl.bsky.social I do lots of things, some to an acceptable standard. Interested in music, art, photography, history, nature, science, technology, psychology, philosophy, mental health, autism, politics, & (above all!) kindness.
Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Mike Philpott @mikephilpott.bsky.social Writer and PR consultant. Ex-BBC News. Hennessy Award winner. Novel Purblind available at www.wordforward.co.uk
Gary Kennedy @garyjkennedy.bsky.social Fietser. Quant at Clarus.
Leo McParland @leomcparland.bsky.social Husband | Father | Chartered Shipbroker |Chartered Director | Man United | Armagh GAA | Ireland & Ulster Rugby | The Cure | Depeche Mode | Pulp | Led Zeppelin | The Doors
Seamus Leheny @seamusleheny.bsky.social Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (www.nifha.org)
Donegal bred~Belfast settled. Run a bit. #socialhousing
Marie-Louise Connolly @mlchealth.bsky.social Passionate about women’s health & reporting on health & Social care. BBC NI’s health correspondent you can catch me on TV & Radio. A runner too. 🌈🏃♀️
Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social Human rights activist. Head of Nations & Regions and NI Programme Director at Amnesty International UK. Board member, Human Rights Consortium. Integrated school governor.
Brown O'Connor Communications @brownoconnor.bsky.social Communications agency specialist in Public Affairs, Media Relations, Crisis & Issues Management, Planning & Stakeholder Engagement, Litigation PR.
Cllr Anthony Flynn @antoflynnser.greenpartyni.org Green party Councillor 🌍 | East Belfast - Ormiston DEA 🏗 | Anthony.flynn@greenpartyni.org | www.greenpartyni.org
Paul Reilly @paulreilly.bsky.social UTV Reporter / Presenter
Andrew McAnallen @andrewmcanallen.bsky.social Public affairs / PR consultant 💼 Ulster Uni & University of Richmond grad 🎓 Living on the north coast of Ireland. ☘️ He / Him
Ciarán Shannon @ciaranshannon.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist; Director IMPACT Research Centre; Visiting Prof UU; Hon Prof QUB. N. Ireland #mentalhealth #psychosis
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Brendan McIntyre @brendanmcintyre.bsky.social You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. - Roger Kahn
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Mark Tighe @marktighe.bsky.social Author and journalist
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Naomi Long MLA @naomilong.bsky.social Alliance Party Leader | NI Justice Minister | East Belfast MLA | Daisy's 🐶 bestie | Michael's Mrs
Jayne McCormack @bbcjaynemcc.bsky.social BBC News NI Political Correspondent 📺 📱 📻 Part-time fringe.
Fergal McFerran @fergalmcferran.bsky.social Policy and Public Affairs Manager at @childlawcentre.bsky.social, amongst other things.
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.
Cllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social Green Party Group Leader and Cllr in Belfast City Council for the Lisnasharragh DEA. In it to build a Greener Cleaner Fairer City. Often grumpy Manchester United and Cliftonville fan.
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Nicola McEwen @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
Nige @nigemcl.bsky.social Totp fan. Love reading especially Fantasy but all genres. Teaching myself Spanish.
Love making Chicken Bhuna and finding new recipes.
Belfast and Casares Playa.
Claire Brennan @clairelbrennan.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC News NI.
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Children's Law Centre @childlawcentre.bsky.social CLC works to protect the rights of all children in NI particularly those who are most disadvantaged. We provide free advice and information to children and young people. For advice contact us on 0808 808 5678 or alternatively #AskREE at reerights.com
Claire Sugden @clairesugden.bsky.social Independent MLA for East Londonderry
David Ford @david-ford.bsky.social Was: Alliance Councillor, Antrim 1993-2010; MLA, South Antrim 1998-2018; Party Leader, 2001-16; Minister of Justice for NI 2010-2016, President, Alliance Party 2019-2022.
Now: grandfather, p/t farmer, Alliance footsoldier, Rathlin CIC, Jubilee Farm, NFFN.
Kathryn Thomson @kthomsonni.bsky.social Chief Executive, National Museums NI, views are my own
Declan Curry @declancurry.com Biz journalist for 25+ yrs. Thanks for following! Might amuse or inform. If you don’t like whimsy or sarcasm, look away now. No one else wants these views. 👬
Steve Stockman @stocki61.bsky.social writer (books & blog), minister (Fitzroy), music fan, Man City fan, theo-musicologist, MBE for dabbling in peace building and organising 4 Corners Festival...
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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 |
Ryan Kearney @ryanfk.bsky.social Governor at South West College • Board Member at NI Youth Forum • UKYP 22/24
Conleth Burns @conlethburns.bsky.social Associate Director - More in Common
Public Sector Chairs' Forum NI @pscfni.bsky.social The Public Sector Chairs’ Forum is a member-led, information sharing and networking resource for chairs of public bodies whose overarching purpose is to enhance leadership in Northern Ireland.
Chloe Gibson @chloegibson.bsky.social BBC News NI Journalist | Got a story? ✉️ Email: chloe.gibson@bbc.co.uk | Views my own
Clodagh Rice @clodaghrice.bsky.social Business Correspondent, BBC Northern Ireland
Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan1981.bsky.social DoH SPPG Interim Commissioning Lead for Early Years (SureStart & Childcare Partnerships). Dad x 3 & Liverpool FC devotee! Is Feidir Linn!
Abigail Taylor @abigailtaylor1.bsky.social Journalist BBC News NI, previously STV News 🎥. All views my own. Northern Irish She/Her
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Peter McKinney @petermckinney.bsky.social Writer, Smallholder, Senior Partnership and Impact Manager - Save The Children NI. Child rights, social justice, alternative economics. Always optimistic! All views my own
Cllr. Séamas de Faoite @seamasbelfast.bsky.social Belfast City Councillor | Lisnasharragh | SDLP Belfast Group Leader | New Irelander | Atlanticist | LGBT+ | San Diego Democrats Alum | YIMBY | defaoites@belfastcity.gov.uk
Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social Twitter gobshite. Housing solicitor, writer and political commentator. Bylines: The Guardian, Belfast Telegraph, Irish Times and Slugger O'Toole
Michael O’Toole @mickthehack.bsky.social Crime and Defence Editor, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star. I’m a crime novelist in my spare time. I’m a linguist, too: 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸🇸🇦. I don’t do opinions, and it’s great. #MCFC OK
Theresa Reidy @theresareidy.bsky.social Political scientist, University College Cork, Ireland.
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
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Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
Geri Scott @geraldinescott.co.uk Assistant political editor at The Times.
Kate Nicholl MLA @katenicholl.bsky.social Alliance Party MLA for South Belfast | Former Mayor of Belfast 💛
Shelagh Fogarty @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social Broadcaster, Journalist, lover of swimming.
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Liam Tunney | Journalist @ismiseliam.bsky.social ✍️ Journalist | Belfast Telegraph
🏆 MFA Regional Investigation of the Year
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Peter Donaghy @peterdonaghy.bsky.social Belfast based spreadsheet guy
Prof Gráinne McKeever @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social Law Professor at Ulster Uni, Belfast. Co-Editor of Journal of Social Security Law. Former Vice-Chair of Social Security Advisory Committee. Writing a book on 'Effective participation for litigants in person: protecting the right to a fair trial.'
Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social AI slop cannon
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
Maria Delaney @mariadelaney.ie Editor @investigates.thejournal.ie / The home for investigative journalism from The Journal
🕵️♀️ Reporting: Health • Social justice • Science • Data • FOI
Visit: thejournal.ie/investigates/about • She/Her
Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent 🇮🇪
Amanda Ferguson @amanda.ie North Belfast woman. Freelance journalist c2010. NUJ member. Writer. Talker. Events. Consultant. Reasonable. A wee bit fancy.✌🏻❣️#BeanUltach Also Director @wimbelfast.bsky.social And everywhere else: https://linktr.ee/amanda.ie
Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social MP for South Belfast & a social democratic, anti-sectarian, new Ireland. Leader of @sdlp.Bluesky Like arts, sustainability, Europe. Mum of 3 great girls Claire.Hanna.MP@parliament.uk.
David Sterling @davidsterling7.bsky.social Former Head of NI Civil Service, Chair of NI Screen and NIE Networks. Associate with EY. Board member of Irish Times Trust, Catalyst Inc, Ulster Wildlife, Inspire Wellbeing and Centre for Cross Border Studies. Gooner!
grania mcfadden @grania.bsky.social Journalist and radio producer at BBC NI. @BBCTalkback and
@BBCSounds Year 21 podcast. 
David McCann @dmcbfs.bsky.social Lecture, Write & Commentate about Politics & Elections. Columnist with @irish_news All musings are my own.
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂 @nwhyte.bsky.social He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
http://fromtheheartofeurope.eu
Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social I am UK/Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC News. Police, prisons, law, crime and terrorism. Before that Moscow Correspondent so still post about Russia/Ukraine.
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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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Tim Cairns @timcairns.bsky.social Former SpAd. I’m assuming I will end up blocking as many people here as I did over there
Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.
Andrée Murphy @andreemurphy.bsky.social Human rights. Feminism. United and reconciled Ireland. 
Prof Siobhan O’Neill @profsiobhanon.bsky.social Mental Health Champion NI | Prof Ulster Uni | mental health, trauma & suicide | mum 
Richard O’Reilly @richardoreilly.bsky.social BBC News NI Journalist and Presenter. Often found on Evening Extra, Talkback, GMU, etc. Formerly Presenter of the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Foyle
Darran Marshall @dmarshall.bsky.social BBC News NI
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On Twitter @DarranMarshall
Based in Belfast / Tyrone
Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk Northern Ireland news, sport, features, opinion and debate
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Katy Hayward @katyhayward.bsky.social As it turns out, a Professor of Political Sociology at Queen's University Belfast working in & on the island of Ireland.
Own my own views.
http://go.qub.ac.uk/hayward 
William Crawley @williamcrawley.bsky.social BBC presenter. @BBCNIreland, @BBCNewsNI. @BBCR4Sunday. #BBCTalkback. Member @RIADawson. @EF_Fellows. Cynophilist. Talking on-air against my better judgment.
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