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Dr Mary McAuliffe

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Historian, UCD Gender Studies - ‘woke, leftist academic’. Research-gendered & to sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine .. more

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Sep 16

Talking with Irish historians Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe about their views on Irish history-writing, their recent work and book and how they first became interested in gender studies #skystorians #irishhistory newbooksnetwork.com/jennifer-red...

Book cover - the Politics of Gender and Sexuality in modern Ireland

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 38m

HH said she was not running in July … what changed her mind?

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1h

*hand

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2h

I know!

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2h

Loved that last minute McCullagh intervention- Paul Murphy did not lock Joan Burton into her car, she was found not guilty on all charges. Heather’s desperate smears were a fail! #speirgorm #aras25 #connollyforpresident #smearthebejaysus

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2h

Humphreys really has no new ideas … stealing Mary McAleeses ideas as President on Northern Ireland - building bridges #aras25 #connollyforpresident #speirgorm

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Lisa Fitz @lisafitz.bsky.social · 2h

Good God, CC is just in another league. Must be nice for HH to have David McCullogh in her corner. If only he held HH to account as much as CC.. #speirgorm #aras25 ##connellyforpresident

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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 2h

honestly thought that Humphreys was better than this. All she is doing is mudslinging. I'd have thought she would have been smart enough to leave that to her proxies. #aras25

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2h

I never had much regard for Heather Humphreys as a Minister, but the level of vitriol she’s firing around the studio during the #rtethisweek debate is highly unpresidential. On the other hard Catherine Connolly is unflappable, reflective and calm … #connollyforpresident #aras25

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Mick Muldoon @mickmuldoon.bsky.social · 2h

I haven’t heard Humphreys say anything positive yet. That’s not a president I want. #RTEThisWeek #Aras25

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2h

We are back to the staff vetting and Syria again - Heather is desperate #aras25 #smearthejaysus

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2h

I see that Heather has decided to continue with the #smearthebejaysus on #rtethisweek #aras25

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2h

Does Heather Humphreys think she’s running to be head of the IDA, or President of Ireland #rtethisweek #aras25

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 5h

Mindless environmental crimes happening daily #Spéirghorm - native trees hundreds of years old felled - used access through State agency Coillte www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe... forget Dept of Agriculture - gardai should be informed. @antaisce.bsky.social

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 10h

You’ve come up with a few good one, in fairness

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 17h

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests.

www.rte.ie

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 18h

#Aras25 poll: Business Post/Red C
(October 1-7, MoE 3%)

ℹ️ Sampling began before Gavin’s withdrawal

Connolly 36
Humphreys 25
Gavin 12
undecided 27

After Gavin eliminated:
Connolly 39
Humphreys 31

W/o undecideds:
Connolly 56
Humphreys 44

www.businesspost.ie/article/red-...

Red C Poll: Connolly leads but Heather gains from Gavin exit

www.businesspost.ie

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve heard Catherine Connolly pretends she’s not home when wren boys come calling on Stephenses Day #smearthebejaysus

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

Why am I voting for Catherine? She’s an ambassador for an Ireland that would have brought me home sooner.

Her election feels like the beginning of a broader movement to build a better Ireland, one worth fighting for, worth canvassing for. It’s a vision that feels like home.

Katie Ryan
Kilrush

Photo of Catherine Connolly with reader’s letter - I’m not a very political person.

That’s a strange thing to admit as someone with two degrees in politics, but whatever enthusiasm I had for political engagement was quickly snuffed out as I graduated into an Ireland of austerity and dwindling opportunities.

I knew change was needed and I was excited to vote for it, but time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour — I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens — I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house prices. It was obvious there was no future for me in Ireland, so I took the same path as so many others before me and sought a better life in Australia.

I had no intention of coming back. Ireland had turned her back on me long before I turned my back on her. Covid forced me back home and I wasn’t happy about it. I met someone when I returned and we’ve done our best to build a life here, but Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22, my partner happened to be watching Catherine Connolly’s campaign launch and sitting beside him I felt something stir that I thought was long gone — hope.

Catherine Connolly and the people she shared that stage with shared a vision for Ireland’s future that had a place for me in it. I heard Holly Cairns express that the presidency can be a role that highlights who we want to be, not just accepting the shortcomings of who we are right now. I heard Mary Lou McDonald speak of an Ireland where the aspirations and wellbeing of the people come first. I heard Paul Murphy reassure us that there is indeed hope that the 100-year rule of Fine Fáil and Fine Gael can be ended.

Finally, when Catherine herself spoke, I saw why each of these leaders who took the stage had put t…

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

The horror!!!

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

I heard she takes bites out of milk tray chocolates and puts them back in the box

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly always forgets to turn off the immersion 😱 #smearthebejaysis

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Ceol for Connolly - the Grand Social, Dublin (upstairs), 7.30pm, Tuesday Oct 14th #speirgorm #aras25 #connollyforpresident - tickets below 👇🏼 www.catherineconnollyforpresident.ie/ceol-for-con...

Ceol for Connolly - Dublin Central - Connolly for President

www.catherineconnollyforpresident.ie

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Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸 @karsugrue.bsky.social · 1d

Homophobia 🤝 transphobia

Growing up in the 70s, 80s, & 90s we heard the exact same stuff - word for word - being said about gays and lesbians.

#transrightsarehumanrights

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

That’s not the point, they are all good communicators and presenters but it all male voices - #wherearethewomen

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

True

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

@rteradio1.bsky.social
refreshed its line up -9-11am it’s David McCullagh, 11-1pm it’s Oliver Callan, 1.45-3pm it’s Kieran Cuddihy-so except for news where there may be a woman presenter, between 9-3pm it’s man, man, man. How refreshing it that? #manel #speirgorm #missedoppertunity #sameoldsameold