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Ann Marie
@annmariedunne.bsky.social
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'Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people are calling for clean water, but our voices are being drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. And the thing is, you can’t drink politics.'

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation
Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?
www.irishexaminer.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Despite a 16% jump in nitrates levels in Irish rivers in the last year alone, it's looking like the derogation (special dispensation to pollute more) will *still* be extended by another 3 years.

Help farmers financially if needs be, but killing our rivers is just WRONG.
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Nitrates derogation could be extended by three years after proposal backed by European Commission
Too much nitrogen in a river can lead to an over-growth of algae, which causes damage to, and can even kill, wildlife and plants.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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A wonderful afternoon yesterday at the launch of The Storms V. Grateful to be included in such a beautiful publication @thestormshelter.bsky.social @eatthestorms.com @rhonagreene.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Delighted to be one of the Stormers
eatthestorms.com Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · Sep 27
⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️

@annmariedunne.bsky.social lives in Kildare. She is pursuing a Masters in Poetry in Queens. Her poems are in Washing Windows V, Sidhe Press, The Apiary, The Ogham Stone & The Honest Ulsterman.

The Storms is supported by #fingalarts @dublincityoflit.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️

@annmariedunne.bsky.social lives in Kildare. She is pursuing a Masters in Poetry in Queens. Her poems are in Washing Windows V, Sidhe Press, The Apiary, The Ogham Stone & The Honest Ulsterman.

The Storms is supported by #fingalarts @dublincityoflit.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
annmariedunne.bsky.social
Hagstone, found on Dunmoran Strand #speirgorm #hagstone #magic #wildatlanticway
August 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Sorry to have missed the launch of our pamphlet showcasing our work in the Seamus Heaney Centre last night. #queensuniversity #irishpoetry #speirgorm
July 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Opportunities for writers: July 2025 🖊️

Our monthly list of submission windows, competitions, bursaries, residencies and general literary opportunities has just gone live.

irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
Opportunities for Writers: July 2025 - Irish Writers Centre
Discover upcoming literary opportunities with summer 2025 deadlines.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
annmariedunne.bsky.social
Pleasently surprised and delighted to be a recipient @poetryireland.bsky.social #irelandchairofpoetry #seamusheaneycentre
May 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Honoured to have a poem in Washing Windows V among such wonderful poets. A celebration of 50 years of @arlenhouse.bsky.social and Irish women's poetry #washingwindowsv #irishpoetry
May 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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The eBook is available on our website! All proceeds will be transferred to The Sameer Project, starting the end of this month, please share. #Poetry #CNF #Loss #KeepTelling
#ToLaySunIntoAForest
sidhepress.bsky.social Sídhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social · Apr 22
#PublicationDay! #ToLaySunIntoAForest is out today. Please find out how to order this book here: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay... #Poems #Grief #CNF #Loss
All proceeds go to The Sameer Project, please share!
Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book. Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.
April 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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#PublicationDay! #ToLaySunIntoAForest is out today. Please find out how to order this book here: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay... #Poems #Grief #CNF #Loss
All proceeds go to The Sameer Project, please share!
Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book. Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.
April 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
annmariedunne.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading this from @sidhepress.bsky.social. Thanks to Annick and Sue for including me.

E-book proceeds go to Gaza. www.sidhe-press.eu/ebook-shop/
Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book. Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.
April 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
annmariedunne.bsky.social
Finally got to read this beauty. Lucky to have a poem featured alongside such talented writers and artists.
March 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Newsletter, day 19:
THIS IS REALLY HARD (BUT WE ARE NOT QUITTING): REFLECTIONS ON KINDNESS AND RESOLUTENESS
If you're reading this, you got through the first month of the assault on everything, none of it a surprise except in how stupid and ruthless the sabotage was, but a lot of its shocking, also because ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Launching! 🚀

Today I'm launching a new service for landowners in Ireland who want to rewild their land. I hope this will be the start of a network that will promote rewilding in this country - the time is right!

New social 🙋‍♂️
@rewildyourland.bsky.social

take a look 👇
www.rewildyourland.ie
HOME | Rewild!
Join a growing network of people in Ireland taking action in the face of the biodiversity emergency
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February 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term..." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...
The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with political scientist Erica Chenoweth By Rebecca Solnit • 8 Feb 2025 View in browser "The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term than relying on institutional checks and balances alone." That's what political scientist Erica Chenoweth told me when I asked them if we could have a conversation (by email, below in full) about the current constitutional crisis/coup attempt and what we can do about it. Chenoweth is a hugely influential scholar of nonviolent social change, best known for their empirical research that not only documents what makes civil resistance work but demonstrates that it works, often extremely effectively. They direct the Nonviolent Action Lab, which studies how people have built movements and developed strategies to resist authoritarianism successfully and documents how nonviolence can be effective. There's no one I wanted to hear from more in this constitutional crisis, and I'm grateful I can share their insights with all of you.
February 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency
We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...
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February 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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A good way to spend Monday morning #queensuniversity #seamusheaneycentre #poetryheaven
November 25, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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“It does not have to be this way.”
The rallying cry & leitmotif of the great David Graeber, whose work & vibrancy we need now more than ever.
Here’s @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, beautifully, on DG’s anarchism, self-organisation, voluntary association & mutual aid.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David Graeber
As a new collection of his writing is published, Rebecca Solnit remembers her friend, the late activist and anarchist who believed ordinary people had the power to change the world
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:03 PM
annmariedunne.bsky.social
Delighted to have a poem in this alongside so much talent. Thanks to Niamh @boycie.bsky.social and Shauna @shaunagilligan.bsky.social for including me.
November 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM