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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 10h

It bears repeating that if you can't get through a campaign without getting sued for defamation, then an office demanding subtle diplomacy may not be for you.
www.thejournal.ie/paul-murphy-...

Paul Murphy is suing Heather Humphreys for defamation over debate remarks

The case concerns remarks made by the Áras hopeful during a debate on RTÉ Radio’s This Week show on Sunday.

www.thejournal.ie

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 4h

Heather Humphreys called herself brave today for withdrawing the Green Paper on disability and claims she did so after consulting with disability groups

not only did Humphreys never meet with members of the Scrap the Green Paper coalition, she didn't even reply to correspondence

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 4h

extraordinarily, Humphreys made this claim on the radio while Catherine Connolly was at an event organised by Disabled People and Carers for Connolly on the rights of disabled people and carers, with many members of the Scrap the Green Paper coalition in attendance. a very striking contrast

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 3h

also, just a while after Humphreys was patting herself on the back for passing Catherine's Law, Catherine Gallagher was speaking from the floor at the Disabled People and Carers for Connolly event about the toll going public with our suffering to force change takes on disabled people and carers

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Conchúr Mag Eacháin @mageachain.bsky.social · 6h

Ó thaobh na huachtaránachta de, seans gur leag muid síos caighdeán ró-ard an chéad lá.

Ní gá gur bailitheoir béaloideasa a bheadh sa chéad uachtarán eile ach ba deas an rud dá mbeadh Gaeilge aici gan amhras

beirt fhear ina suí ar chairt capaill. Caipíní ar an bheirt acu - Dubhghlas de hÍde agus Séan Ó Díomusa, scéalaí Gaeilge as Sligeach, c.1901. I gcló in Béaloideas 1930

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 1d

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterways: an ecological death

'The Environmental Protection Agency's latest verdict on water quality in Irish rivers, lakes and estuaries details a shocking level of decline, with few improvements over decades'

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterways: an ecological death

Nutrients from agriculture and poor wastewater treatment have led to 48 per cent of waters being rated below minimum standards

www.irishtimes.com

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Áine Ní Bhreisleáin @aineeibhlin.bsky.social · 21h

Cór ban as an Phalaistín ag teacht go hÉirinn go luath

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Cór ban Palaistíneach ar camchuairt in Éirinn

Tá an líonra Irish Artists for Palestine ag ullmhú le cór ban Palaistíneach Banat Al-Quds a thabhairt go hÉirinn níos moille an mhí seo le trí cheolchoirm a chuir i láthair.

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 13h

This #exhibition of changing Ireland over the last 100 years includes lost wildlife such as this White-tailed Sea Eagle, driven to extinction but now reintroduced. Free admission museum.ie

White-tailed Sea Eagle taxidermy mount beside an egg

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 13h

tuairisc.ie/dul-amu-ar-a...

I ngach píosa taighde atá déanta le tríocha nó daichead bliain anuas, léirítear go roghnódh idir 25 agus 50 faoin gcéad de thuismitheoirí, i bpíosa taighde áirithe, an ghaelscolaíocht dá mbeadh Gaelscoil neamhspleách cóngarach dóibh

‘Dul amú’ ar an aire oideachais nach bhfuil aon ghá le Gaelcholáiste do chontae an Chláir

Deir an tAire Oideachais nach bhfuil aon phlean aici féin ná a roinn Gaelcholáiste neamhspleách a bhunú i gcontae an Chláir agus gur leor don chontae an t-aonad Gaeilge i scoil in Inis

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 13h

“I 1926, do mhol Coimisiún na Gaeltachta go mbeadh dhá iarbhunscoil lán-Ghaeilge neamhspleách ann do chontae an Chláir, mar sin ní hí an tAire McEntee an chéad aire oideachais atá tar éis diúltú don iarratas sin.”

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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 12h

Just ordered 32 books for €32 in this sale!
AND there's free delivery for any orders over €20
AND there's 10,000 books for €1 each
AND I've only browsed 1/5 of them

TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social · 14h

From today until Sunday, over 10,000 used books reduced to only €1 per book in our big autumn sale. We only do 3 big clearance sales on the website per year - the best books sell quickly so get going! #spéirgorm

thebookshop.ie/october-1-bo...

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The Folklore Library & Archive @folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 2d

ONLINE TALK: Saturday 8th November at 8pm

IRISH DEATH CUSTOMS
with Michael Fortune of folklore.ie

Tickets £5 + booking fee, including recording, from

bit.ly/flaevents

An intriguing one-hour long talk on the superstitions, beliefs and practices surrounding death in Ireland, plus audience Q&A.

Join us for an intriguing one-hour long talk from Michael Fortune (folklore.ie) on the superstitions, beliefs and practices surrounding death in Ireland.

November is a month associated with the dead and remembering in Ireland, and the talk will range from death customs and funeral practices to signs and omens. This talk will be relaxed and informal and he will share content he recorded, heard and experienced over his life.

About the speaker:

Speaking in October 2016, the late writer and broadcaster

Manchán Magan stated that

“There have only been a few true pioneers in the field offolklore collection in Ireland, guardians, sacred recorders of ourlore, who have collected and documented the treasures of folktradition, and without doubt, Michael Fortune is one of them. Inyears to come, he may be regarded as Ireland’s Alan Lomax.”

This talk will be presented online, via Zoom, and will be followed by a Q&A with the audience. All ticket holders will receive access to a recording of the talk after the event, so if you cannot attend the whole event live you won't miss anything.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language

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Love Leabhar Gaeilge @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social · 1d

Ní fada uainn anois Seachtain na Leabhar Éireannach! 📚☘️

Bí linn ó 18 - 25 Deireadh Fómhair le moltaí léitheoireachta a fháil ‘chuile lá!

@forasnagaeilge.bsky.social #LoveLeabharGaeilge #SeachtainNaLeabharÉireannach #IrishBookWeek

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 1d

Good afternoon from the Kingdom 🌳

Photograph of tree covered mountains in Killarney national park, with a crow flying between them.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

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sighjinks @sighjinks.bsky.social · 1d

Please give blood if you can. If you're not sure, the IBTS has a quiz you can take to see if you're able to. You could save a life. I've been donating since 2022 when they changed to a person-by-person risk analysis.

www.giveblood.ie/become-a-don...

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 1d

Go give blood

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has made an urgent appeal for blood donations as current supplies for most groups have fallen to under three days of stock.

Ahead of the upcoming bank holiday, the IBTS said it is struggling to stay on top of demand.jrnl.ie/6844970

Urgent appeal for blood donations as supplies for most groups run 'critically low'

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service said it needs 12,000 donations over the next four weeks to respond to patient need and meet hospital demand.

jrnl.ie

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 4d

While listening … am washing cave bones from our July excavation… holding a partial ulna (front leg) bone in my hands of an Ice Age Spotted Hyena (the larger ancestor to modern spotted hyena in Africa). Yes, Ireland has these top predators/scavengers some 40,000 years ago! #PALAEOIreland 🏺

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 1d

Stailc ginearálta ar son na Palaistíne sa Spáinn

Mana na neacha léinn

Ní ionaid míleata iad, scoileanna agus ospidéil iad

elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 1d

Estudiantes salen a la calle durante la huelga por Palestina: "No son bases militares, son escuelas y hospitales" www.eldiario.es/madrid/miles...

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Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 1d

@hoireabhard.bsky.social has moved on to greener pastures (@scs-dias.bsky.social) but all in @ceilteachomn.bsky.social are really looking forward to hearing him talk all about the Northern and Southern Uí Néill (in Belfast and online) tomorrow evening!

Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · 17d

Our first seminar will be Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages.

Sign up here! www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...

@hoireabhard.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social

USIHS Seminar: When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath

The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages by Seán Ó Hoireabhárd

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💀 emmaaaaagh burns 🔥 @betaburns.bsky.social · 2d

People don't realise how malicious the 'reforms' proposed by Heather Humphreys to disability supports were. Very few people appreciate the work put in by disabled activists to resist those reforms or the lasting damage caused. No apology or even acknowledgement, HH is not a President for all #Áras25

Daniella Bella @daniemililly.bsky.social · 9d

I was one of the leaders of Scrap The Green Paper because I & my friends were suicidal after learning proposals for ~84% of disabled to be pushed into work

I've not recovered from pushing myself to fight it, nor my friends

I'm so broken & Humphreys wants a house in the park on our backs

#áras25

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 2d

Gentle reminder…the Special Criminal Court was opposed trenchantly and for compelling reasons by Mary Robinson before she became President; its continued existence has been criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Special Rapporteurs, the Irish Human Rights & …

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition

Presidential candidates clash over Special Criminal Court

The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition.

www.rte.ie

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 2d

Browneshill Dolmen • Carlow

Ireland has around 170 recorded portal tombs, also known as dolmens. They were constructed during the Neolithic period, from around 3800 BC onwards.

The capstone at Browneshill is enormous! It is estimated to weigh well in excess of 100 tonnes.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm

The large portal tomb at Browneshill, Carlow, Ireland. It consists of a giant capstone supported by upright stones. The capstone leans at a dramatic angle, but still stands after 5,000 years.

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 4d

An unusual one for #wildflowerhour this week - Ribwort Plantain with a new basal rosette developing from within the seedhead! Ok not a flower, but it’s all reproduction isn’t it?! 😁

A new rosette of green leaves growing out of the brown seedhead of Ribwort Plantain, held on a long green stalk above a background of green grass

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2d

Huge thanks to @daera-ni.gov.uk for funding our winter programme of Botanical Skills webinars!
They are all free so please use the links below to book your spaces!

James Harding-Morris @bsbicountries.bsky.social · 2d

I'm delighted that we have a whole range of talks from our Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project taking place this winter on Tuesday evenings.

Want to learn more about conifers? Rushes? Clubmosses? Hawthorns? Plant Pathogenic Fungi? ROBOTS??

See them all here:
bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

Botanical Skills Webinars – Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

bsbi.org

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