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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 2h

Go give blood

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2h

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.

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 3h

I wrote this book because I wanted to do a deep dive into why we Irish are so unforgivably crap at looking after our natural environment and why we resist attempts to mitigate climate change. But in a way that is entertaining and a page-turner. I hope it sparks discussions.

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 3h

I wrote this book because I wanted to do a deep dive into why we Irish are so unforgivably crap at looking after our natural environment and why we resist attempts to mitigate climate change. But in a way that is entertaining and a page-turner. I hope it sparks discussions.

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Limerick Urban Cycling @lmkurbancycling.bsky.social · 3h

I've asked the Council to reinstate these bike stands, hopefully grumpy emails will do the trick.

No harm emailing customerservices@limerick and asking for them back.

Also, ask them to stop removing parklets around the city, especially the nice ones

Limerick Urban Cycling @lmkurbancycling.bsky.social · 13d

A cynical and tone-deaf move to remove the parklet and bike stands outside Canteen. They were very popular and well used.

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 4h

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Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 5h

#BookReview

#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social

Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao

Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent

www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...

#booksky

Cover of The Planter's Daughter by Susan Lanigan

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 5h

Mairead! What a wonderful review to wake up to. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and your kind words about The Planter's Daughter.

Mairéad Hearne (Swirl and Thread Book Blog) @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 5h

#BookReview

#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social

Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao

Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent

www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...

#booksky

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PATRICIA SCANLAN Author @patriciascanlan.bsky.social · 18h

Great reads in my Oct #BookClubPicks
irelandsbigissue.com All Subscriptions welcome. #AHandUpNotAHandout
🙏 @itakennedy.bsky.social @juliakellywrites.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social #JoNesbo @rfkuang.bsky.social #HugoHamilton #HachetteIrl #DagogoHart #AnitaSchmidt #SophieMorris #GillBooks

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 20h

Writing novels is very hard, and everyone who finishes writing one deserves praise and accolades purely for that accomplishment.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 20h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Richard Nicholls @richardnicholls.net · 1d

Day 287 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Pablo Rochat is an artist who turns everyday ideas into witty magic

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Declan @extramelt.com · 1d

more like The Lads (No Craic) wha

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2d

An acquaintance was showing me a funny video on his phone yesterday and I noticed that his WhatsApp had two interestingly-named groupchats:

The Lads
The Lads (No Declan)

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 1d

Woohoo! 🦔

GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 1d

The randomly selected winner of the hedgehog house is @susanlanigan.bsky.social . Congratulations.
Folks, these are available from many sources, Get yours now and give those hedgehogs somewhere to hibernate over winter. If you want to reduce the slugs in your garden, hedgehogs are your only man.

GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 11d

Hedgehog House Giveaway

Hedgehogs are looking for safe places to hibernate now. A shelter in your garden could save a life this winter.

I’m giving away this hedgehog house.

To enter: like, repost & tag a friend.

More tips 👉 gardeningwell.ie/climate-action/wildlife-gardening/irish-hedgehogs

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes!

Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 1d

Heather Hunphries - Puffin Killer #Aras25

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

She facilitated two weeks of filming on Skellig Michael for the Star Wars movies, during the height of the breeding season for the resident seabirds, despite objections from An Taisce and other environmental groups. Chicks from vulnerable species were blown into the sea by helicopter #spéirgorm 5/n

Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 1d

Also in one of those odd little messages from the universe, @gardeningwell.ie have been in touch to let me know I won a hedgehog box.

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, Carrie. Glad you can at least get it. I hope there will be better chances one day.

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 1d

I’m probably more centrist in my outlook in that I prefer an imperfect start to nothing getting done at all. But this article just strikes me as a huge sulk.

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 1d

I do not regret the decision to enter coalition government. It was the one way we could get things done. But the constant attempts to keep ppl in line so that we could appease those with views such as the above were energy sapping. I’m glad Roderic is taking a broader course.

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking as a *current* Green Party member, the flaw in the “why don’t you stick to the environment” canard is, pace Greta Thunberg, you cannot honour the environment if you don’t see your neighbour as human. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

www.irishtimes.com

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 2d

Anton Savage, head of the highly influential Communications Clinic and someone who by his own admission has threatened to sue for defamation in the past, seems a strange target for complaints about censorship…just saying.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2d

Comedian Mario Rosenstock has called out what he said is 'censorship' at RTÉ, saying that he feels the broadcaster is 'financially compromised'
www.thejournal.ie/mario-rosens...

Mario Rosenstock calls out 'censorship' at RTÉ

Rosenstock was speaking in an interview with Newstalk’s Anton Savage yesterday.

www.thejournal.ie

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh, that sucks. I think I can guess the chain too. I hope you get great sales in independent shops to compensate.

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 2d

Returns from a chain bookshop have reduced our sales to a minus figure in the most important sales month of the year.

Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.

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Oliver Moran @oliver.ie · 2d

Brilliantly up-front piece by Geraldine Herbert on the culture-war driven U-turn on road safety by Micheál Martin's new government with the "Rural Independents".

Bottom line: "The original vision of a consistent, national approach has been replaced by a fragmented and much slower process."

Auto advice: Why speed limits are slow to change despite Government recommendations

What changes were recommended by The Speed Limit Review?

www.independent.ie

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 2d

Final draft of The Planter's Daughter ebook and paperback uploaded to all outlets today (with updated epigraph thanks to Micheal Martin!) Just got to do the cover. If you are local and available, please come to the launch

www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...

Book Launch - The Planter's Daughter

Join us for the exciting book launch of "The Planter's Daughter" - a gripping crime novel about eco-activism and ancient feuds in West Cork

www.eventbrite.ie

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 2d

I'm just getting the final proofs ready for my eco-crime novel The Planter's Daughter and I've overhauled the epigraph - this quote is going in, and one other.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 26d

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 26d

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the Gawker comments section, way back in the day. But as progressive movements swept through social media, others were tossed off Twitter and Facebook for stepping over a variety of lines, from allegations of harassment to claims of election misinformation. Pandemic era public health rules and fevered enforcement cost others their accounts.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 5d

Really minor in the grand scheme of things, but Heather Humphreys claiming credit for hot school meals must come as news to Pauline O'Reilly and the Green Party

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