Anne-Marie
@amflynn.bsky.social
Columnist, board member, learner,
dreamer, scribbler, Gaelic Games fan, Left leaner, cat servant 🐈🐈⬛️
📍Mayo, Ireland
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dreamer, scribbler, Gaelic Games fan, Left leaner, cat servant 🐈🐈⬛️
📍Mayo, Ireland
👩🦰 She/her
🔐 Views my own
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They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
I mean I am *really* struggling to see why this is a bad thing (aside from an organised FG capitalising, of course)
www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/12/14/e...
www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/12/14/e...
Editorial: Has Fianna Fáil HQ washed its hands of Mayo county town? | Connaught Telegraph
Fianna Fáil HQ has washed its hands of Castlebar and apathy is endemic within the party's county town membership.
www.con-telegraph.ie
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I mean I am *really* struggling to see why this is a bad thing (aside from an organised FG capitalising, of course)
www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/12/14/e...
www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/12/14/e...
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Fine Gael, of course, arduous defenders of Irish sovereignty - such as when they unquestioningly implemented Troika austerity, and ratified Ireland's joining of CETA at 1am, allowing private corporations to sue us for protecting our climate, jobs, etc.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
Government moving ‘quickly’ on legislation to remove need for UN mandate for peacekeeping missions
www.irishtimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Fine Gael, of course, arduous defenders of Irish sovereignty - such as when they unquestioningly implemented Troika austerity, and ratified Ireland's joining of CETA at 1am, allowing private corporations to sue us for protecting our climate, jobs, etc.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Probably time to point out that the government has in all likelihood already promised lobbyists and foreign powers to do away with the triple lock and spend billions on war matèriel, and now all that remains is to manufacture consent.
This is all part of that process.
This is all part of that process.
🤦♂️🤷♂️
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Probably time to point out that the government has in all likelihood already promised lobbyists and foreign powers to do away with the triple lock and spend billions on war matèriel, and now all that remains is to manufacture consent.
This is all part of that process.
This is all part of that process.
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This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise
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December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise
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My car broke down away from home during the week and I had to get it towed to a garage with which I'm not familiar. Collected the car, it seems to be going well and I wasn't ripped off... but I think the garage guy might have nicked my big rainbow umbrella. It's vanished.
I hope it brings him joy 😂
I hope it brings him joy 😂
December 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My car broke down away from home during the week and I had to get it towed to a garage with which I'm not familiar. Collected the car, it seems to be going well and I wasn't ripped off... but I think the garage guy might have nicked my big rainbow umbrella. It's vanished.
I hope it brings him joy 😂
I hope it brings him joy 😂
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Count yourself lucky.
Galway Co co have only 5 properties on the register!!!!
Galway Co co have only 5 properties on the register!!!!
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Count yourself lucky.
Galway Co co have only 5 properties on the register!!!!
Galway Co co have only 5 properties on the register!!!!
Every time I open this app I feel more scared. Apart from wrt women's health, I've never felt unsafe in Ireland. But reading about facial recognition legislation being shoved through makes me wonder how far this government is going to erode our rights and therefore safety w/out someone shouting stop
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Every time I open this app I feel more scared. Apart from wrt women's health, I've never felt unsafe in Ireland. But reading about facial recognition legislation being shoved through makes me wonder how far this government is going to erode our rights and therefore safety w/out someone shouting stop
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What would happen if a foreign army occupied Shannon airport? What a strange concept! tis hard to figure out what would happen if a extremely militarised nation with notions of empire decided to use Shannon. The idea is so wild and out there.
Oh.. right...
Oh.. right...
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What would happen if a foreign army occupied Shannon airport? What a strange concept! tis hard to figure out what would happen if a extremely militarised nation with notions of empire decided to use Shannon. The idea is so wild and out there.
Oh.. right...
Oh.. right...
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The Govt have announced they plan to pass the Facial Recognition Technology Bill through the Dáil on the last sitting day before Christmas. They’ve also removed most of the safeguards the legislation had at earlier stages and widened the scope of use.
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Govt have announced they plan to pass the Facial Recognition Technology Bill through the Dáil on the last sitting day before Christmas. They’ve also removed most of the safeguards the legislation had at earlier stages and widened the scope of use.
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
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I'm sure it would be a challenge for anyone to supply their sibling phone numbers and DOB's. I'm from a family of 12. I would love to test my siblings memory of everyone's birthday! Bye bye USA. #ETSA
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'm sure it would be a challenge for anyone to supply their sibling phone numbers and DOB's. I'm from a family of 12. I would love to test my siblings memory of everyone's birthday! Bye bye USA. #ETSA
"Mayo County Council collected just €37,000 in Derelict Sites levies for 2024, despite 245 properties being listed in the county on the Derelict Sites register at the end of the year."
#DerelictIreland
#DerelictIreland
Council missing out on potential "thousands" in uncollected levies - news - Western People
Council missing out on potential "thousands" in uncollected levies - news - Western People
www.westernpeople.ie
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Mayo County Council collected just €37,000 in Derelict Sites levies for 2024, despite 245 properties being listed in the county on the Derelict Sites register at the end of the year."
#DerelictIreland
#DerelictIreland
This is really awful news. Local papers are, among other important community-related things, vitally important when it comes to holding local government and officials to account. They are disappearing (or being taken over by awful companies) and we will be all the worse for their loss.
Monaghan regional newspaper The Northern Standard to cease operations after 186 years
Monaghan regional newspaper The Northern Standard to cease operations after 186 years
Last editor of family-owned newspaper says closure will leave ‘void’ in the community it served for almost two centuries
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is really awful news. Local papers are, among other important community-related things, vitally important when it comes to holding local government and officials to account. They are disappearing (or being taken over by awful companies) and we will be all the worse for their loss.
In light of the much vaunted nitrates derogation, make this make sense
The European Commission is to refer Ireland back to the European Court of Justice and is seeking financial sanctions to be imposed because of Ireland's failure to comply with a 2019 court judgement for breaching of the EU Urban Wastewater Directive
EU seeking financial sanctions on Ireland over wastewater
The European Commission is to refer Ireland back to the European Court of Justice and is seeking financial sanctions to be imposed because of Ireland's failure to comply with a 2019 court judgement fo...
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In light of the much vaunted nitrates derogation, make this make sense
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Ireland’s natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ireland’s natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition
Head of National Parks and Wildlife Service says time to begin conservation efforts ‘was yesterday’
www.irishtimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ireland’s natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Fair play to ye Nemo.
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation share.google/fm3f5lmukvhf...
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation share.google/fm3f5lmukvhf...
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation
Nemo won 2024’s Eurovision on behalf of Switzerland.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Fair play to ye Nemo.
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation share.google/fm3f5lmukvhf...
2024 Eurovision winner hands back trophy due to Israel’s participation share.google/fm3f5lmukvhf...
It can and it will, because no-one is stopping them
Israel shot 6-year-old Sundus Hillis in the head. Then, its blockade prevented her from getting proper medical treatment for her injury.
Israel cannot continue targeting children with impunity and then purposely depriving them of medical care.
Israel cannot continue targeting children with impunity and then purposely depriving them of medical care.
Israel shot my little sister during the Gaza ceasefire
Sundus was not lucky enough for the world to condemn her shooting or even to get proper medical care.
www.aljazeera.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It can and it will, because no-one is stopping them
Great thread
CC Patrick O'Donovan
CC Patrick O'Donovan
For politicians flirting with schemes to protect children online, you will need to answer at least these questions for me to take you seriously:
- What specific harms are you seeking to mitigate?
- What scientific evidence have you that suggest your proposal will be effective? Please cite.
1/3
- What specific harms are you seeking to mitigate?
- What scientific evidence have you that suggest your proposal will be effective? Please cite.
1/3
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great thread
CC Patrick O'Donovan
CC Patrick O'Donovan
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'Not good enough': Senator Frances Black questions whether Occupied Territories Bill is still a government priority jrnl.ie/6896610
'Not good enough': Black questions whether Occupied Territories Bill is still a government priority
Senator Frances Black says the Occupied Territories Bill is a test for this government and whether it meant what it said at the height of the genocide.
jrnl.ie
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
'Not good enough': Senator Frances Black questions whether Occupied Territories Bill is still a government priority jrnl.ie/6896610
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This must be the prelude to CETA, ask it after Simon and Micheál to ram it through at this hour of the morning!!
Scandalously at 1am, the government has just pushed through a law with far reaching ramifications.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This must be the prelude to CETA, ask it after Simon and Micheál to ram it through at this hour of the morning!!
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These two stories are somehow connected. Apparently, if you lobby tirelessly for more pollution & ecological wreckage, that’s exactly what you get.
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
These two stories are somehow connected. Apparently, if you lobby tirelessly for more pollution & ecological wreckage, that’s exactly what you get.
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The new Derelict Property Tax could have been introduced in January 2026 and include all unpaid bills
But that might be too mean to the poor owners who pay no taxes on their hoarded wealth assests
#DerelictIreland #HowIrelandWorks #spéirgorm
But that might be too mean to the poor owners who pay no taxes on their hoarded wealth assests
#DerelictIreland #HowIrelandWorks #spéirgorm
This is f*cking disgusting
Rewarding property owners for letting their assets rot destroying our beautiful city
"it has been confirmed that this money (the €5m outstanding) will not be chased after the Revenue Commissioners take over its collection in 2027"
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm #corkcity
Rewarding property owners for letting their assets rot destroying our beautiful city
"it has been confirmed that this money (the €5m outstanding) will not be chased after the Revenue Commissioners take over its collection in 2027"
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm #corkcity
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The new Derelict Property Tax could have been introduced in January 2026 and include all unpaid bills
But that might be too mean to the poor owners who pay no taxes on their hoarded wealth assests
#DerelictIreland #HowIrelandWorks #spéirgorm
But that might be too mean to the poor owners who pay no taxes on their hoarded wealth assests
#DerelictIreland #HowIrelandWorks #spéirgorm
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And, given the fact that the register of lobbyists features a record of the same Minister being lobbied by Facebook on this exact plan a few weeks ago, I think we may safely let the Magi know they will be spared a trek to Limerick this year.
www.lobbying.ie/return/13174...
www.lobbying.ie/return/13174...
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
And, given the fact that the register of lobbyists features a record of the same Minister being lobbied by Facebook on this exact plan a few weeks ago, I think we may safely let the Magi know they will be spared a trek to Limerick this year.
www.lobbying.ie/return/13174...
www.lobbying.ie/return/13174...
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Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.
But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.
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Anytime Catherine Connolly gave any slight criticism of the EU and you had people reaching for the smelling salts.
The Minister for Justice thinking asylum seekers have too many rights under the ECHR and there's some thoughtful chin stroking going on instead, it seems.
The Minister for Justice thinking asylum seekers have too many rights under the ECHR and there's some thoughtful chin stroking going on instead, it seems.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Anytime Catherine Connolly gave any slight criticism of the EU and you had people reaching for the smelling salts.
The Minister for Justice thinking asylum seekers have too many rights under the ECHR and there's some thoughtful chin stroking going on instead, it seems.
The Minister for Justice thinking asylum seekers have too many rights under the ECHR and there's some thoughtful chin stroking going on instead, it seems.