Tara O'Donovan
@taraodonovan.bsky.social
ADHD who loves a good hyper-focus.
ANA, Tidy Towns, Clean Coasts, Cobh history and throw some Lego in the mix.
She/Her
ANA, Tidy Towns, Clean Coasts, Cobh history and throw some Lego in the mix.
She/Her
Norma Foley is a former teacher and she was completely inept as Minster for Education.
I think the main issue is the rather impressive lack of regard for humanity that FF/FG show.
I think the main issue is the rather impressive lack of regard for humanity that FF/FG show.
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Norma Foley is a former teacher and she was completely inept as Minster for Education.
I think the main issue is the rather impressive lack of regard for humanity that FF/FG show.
I think the main issue is the rather impressive lack of regard for humanity that FF/FG show.
Hey, @birdwatchireland.bsky.social who do we petition to change our national bird?
Sorry to the lapwings but today is all about the #Parrott!
#COYBIG
#SpéirGhorm
#IreVHun
Sorry to the lapwings but today is all about the #Parrott!
#COYBIG
#SpéirGhorm
#IreVHun
Time to start working on that Troy Parrott Statue!!! #coybig #speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hey, @birdwatchireland.bsky.social who do we petition to change our national bird?
Sorry to the lapwings but today is all about the #Parrott!
#COYBIG
#SpéirGhorm
#IreVHun
Sorry to the lapwings but today is all about the #Parrott!
#COYBIG
#SpéirGhorm
#IreVHun
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our Child & Adult Mental Health System is a shambles. More resources are needed. More staff, more spaces.
#OurChildrenDeserveBetter
#FixCAMHS
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGorm
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#OurChildrenDeserveBetter
#FixCAMHS
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGorm
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Sign the Petition
Fix Ireland's Failing Mental Health System for Children
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October 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Our Child & Adult Mental Health System is a shambles. More resources are needed. More staff, more spaces.
#OurChildrenDeserveBetter
#FixCAMHS
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGorm
chng.it/JCwM2DxCXt
#OurChildrenDeserveBetter
#FixCAMHS
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGorm
chng.it/JCwM2DxCXt
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Thinking of all aboard the #SumudFlotilla & watching live as boats begin to be intercepted.
#Alma has already been boarded. Much love to our #Irish activists en route to Gaza in particular. Safe travels to all.
#SumudGlobalFlotilla
#FreePalestine 💚🍉🇵🇸
#SpeirGorm
www.youtube.com/live/iCAN2Ay...
#Alma has already been boarded. Much love to our #Irish activists en route to Gaza in particular. Safe travels to all.
#SumudGlobalFlotilla
#FreePalestine 💚🍉🇵🇸
#SpeirGorm
www.youtube.com/live/iCAN2Ay...
BREAKING: A Fleet of Vessels is Approaching the Global Sumud Flotilla
YouTube video by Novara Media
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October 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thinking of all aboard the #SumudFlotilla & watching live as boats begin to be intercepted.
#Alma has already been boarded. Much love to our #Irish activists en route to Gaza in particular. Safe travels to all.
#SumudGlobalFlotilla
#FreePalestine 💚🍉🇵🇸
#SpeirGorm
www.youtube.com/live/iCAN2Ay...
#Alma has already been boarded. Much love to our #Irish activists en route to Gaza in particular. Safe travels to all.
#SumudGlobalFlotilla
#FreePalestine 💚🍉🇵🇸
#SpeirGorm
www.youtube.com/live/iCAN2Ay...
Would you mind keeping that rain up there with ye? We've had a tough enough few days here in Cork and could do with some more sunshine.
July 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Would you mind keeping that rain up there with ye? We've had a tough enough few days here in Cork and could do with some more sunshine.
An easy decision to make.
Action Alert for #Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill. Please sign it too, we have to take real action.
#StandWithPalestine
act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...
Action Alert for #Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill. Please sign it too, we have to take real action.
#StandWithPalestine
act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...
Petition to include services in the Occupied Territories Bill
What is the occupied territories bill? The Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 (commonly known as the Occupied Territories Bill) is a proposed Irish law that would ban and cr...
act.forsa.ie
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
An easy decision to make.
Action Alert for #Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill. Please sign it too, we have to take real action.
#StandWithPalestine
act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...
Action Alert for #Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill. Please sign it too, we have to take real action.
#StandWithPalestine
act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...
We could do with something to clear the fog...the @hollandamericaline.bsky.social is looking like a ghost ship as it leaves the @portofcork.bsky.social.
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We could do with something to clear the fog...the @hollandamericaline.bsky.social is looking like a ghost ship as it leaves the @portofcork.bsky.social.
It was all thanks to Jim's lens. He had it set up, all I had to do was align my phone to the eyepiece!
The judgemental posing is all falcon!
The judgemental posing is all falcon!
June 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It was all thanks to Jim's lens. He had it set up, all I had to do was align my phone to the eyepiece!
The judgemental posing is all falcon!
The judgemental posing is all falcon!
They've been very obliging any time Jim Wilson does a bird walk and will obligingly pose for a photo when Jim sets up the lens. I snapped this a few years ago by sticking my phone to the lens which was, apparently, a major faux pas because look at the judgemental face it gave me!
June 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
They've been very obliging any time Jim Wilson does a bird walk and will obligingly pose for a photo when Jim sets up the lens. I snapped this a few years ago by sticking my phone to the lens which was, apparently, a major faux pas because look at the judgemental face it gave me!
It's giving, "Dulce Est Decorum Est" vibes.
June 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's giving, "Dulce Est Decorum Est" vibes.
I grew up in Blarney when Blarney was the county and not the city (in the late 1900s, as the kids would say) & always knew it as the motto of Cork but maybe that's because of my city-born mom?
I'm living in Cobh now, which has yet to be annexed by the city, and the shelter of the cove starts here.
I'm living in Cobh now, which has yet to be annexed by the city, and the shelter of the cove starts here.
June 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I grew up in Blarney when Blarney was the county and not the city (in the late 1900s, as the kids would say) & always knew it as the motto of Cork but maybe that's because of my city-born mom?
I'm living in Cobh now, which has yet to be annexed by the city, and the shelter of the cove starts here.
I'm living in Cobh now, which has yet to be annexed by the city, and the shelter of the cove starts here.
The nesting box is close to that. One of last year's young fella's kept coming back and being fed by Dad this year and that seems to have prevented Mom from laying but hopefully next year we'll get some more chicks!
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June 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The nesting box is close to that. One of last year's young fella's kept coming back and being fed by Dad this year and that seems to have prevented Mom from laying but hopefully next year we'll get some more chicks!
www.youtube.com/live/yfQrj3_...
www.youtube.com/live/yfQrj3_...
"Statio Bene Fide Carinis" or, "Safe Harbour For Ships" is our motto because Cork Harbour is a sheltered cove. When big storms are coming, we get many ships coming in to drop anchor close to the Spitbank Lighthouse just off Cobh's west side.
June 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Statio Bene Fide Carinis" or, "Safe Harbour For Ships" is our motto because Cork Harbour is a sheltered cove. When big storms are coming, we get many ships coming in to drop anchor close to the Spitbank Lighthouse just off Cobh's west side.
Finally orcas have somewhere to park their bike! They've been calling for this for years. Now, who is working on the roller-stake arena for pelicans?
(Apologies, I'm sleep-deprived. Gorgeous work!)
(Apologies, I'm sleep-deprived. Gorgeous work!)
May 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Finally orcas have somewhere to park their bike! They've been calling for this for years. Now, who is working on the roller-stake arena for pelicans?
(Apologies, I'm sleep-deprived. Gorgeous work!)
(Apologies, I'm sleep-deprived. Gorgeous work!)
Listening to the #DawnChorus on RTÉ Radio 1 with #JimWilson & Derek Mooney in the background with @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social running alongside it to aid identification is fascinating.
Also, the black-headed gull sounds like a gibbon escaped from @fotawildlife.bsky.social.
Also, the black-headed gull sounds like a gibbon escaped from @fotawildlife.bsky.social.
May 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Listening to the #DawnChorus on RTÉ Radio 1 with #JimWilson & Derek Mooney in the background with @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social running alongside it to aid identification is fascinating.
Also, the black-headed gull sounds like a gibbon escaped from @fotawildlife.bsky.social.
Also, the black-headed gull sounds like a gibbon escaped from @fotawildlife.bsky.social.
The two interviewed here are distant strangers in comparison to the Perth twins!
April 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The two interviewed here are distant strangers in comparison to the Perth twins!
I feel that if they were clearly segregated on the same sign as native vs invasive, it could open discussions on the importance of protecting native species and raise questions on what is being done to eradicate invasive flora & fauna.
February 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I feel that if they were clearly segregated on the same sign as native vs invasive, it could open discussions on the importance of protecting native species and raise questions on what is being done to eradicate invasive flora & fauna.
Out of interest, what would your recommendation be for info signs on flora & fauna?
A split line separating native vs invasive? Or, is it more nuanced with f&f that are non-native but naturalised over centuries and not known as causing harm?
A split line separating native vs invasive? Or, is it more nuanced with f&f that are non-native but naturalised over centuries and not known as causing harm?
February 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Out of interest, what would your recommendation be for info signs on flora & fauna?
A split line separating native vs invasive? Or, is it more nuanced with f&f that are non-native but naturalised over centuries and not known as causing harm?
A split line separating native vs invasive? Or, is it more nuanced with f&f that are non-native but naturalised over centuries and not known as causing harm?
Seeing his little brother growing up with the same mannerisms and loving ways is bittersweet for all of us who knew André. Their parents are absolutely incredible in the way they raise their boys to love and be loved.
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Seeing his little brother growing up with the same mannerisms and loving ways is bittersweet for all of us who knew André. Their parents are absolutely incredible in the way they raise their boys to love and be loved.
Absolutely the hardest piece I've ever listened to. Do not listen to this @rteradio1.bsky.social piece unless you're in a safe headspace but we've all been in a vehicle with someone who drives unsafely. Send it to them.
André deserved better.
#SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
André deserved better.
#SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
André Castro Ladeiro
Joe speaks to César Ladeiro, father of André (8) who was killed at a pedestrian crossing by a dangerous driver.
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February 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Absolutely the hardest piece I've ever listened to. Do not listen to this @rteradio1.bsky.social piece unless you're in a safe headspace but we've all been in a vehicle with someone who drives unsafely. Send it to them.
André deserved better.
#SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
André deserved better.
#SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Great to hear you promoting the move from that other place to #BlueSky.
Using your voice to speak out against the manbabies leading your country right now and the atrocities they are supporting is something you will look back on and be proud of.
Keep raising your voice.
#SaoirseDonPhalaistín
Using your voice to speak out against the manbabies leading your country right now and the atrocities they are supporting is something you will look back on and be proud of.
Keep raising your voice.
#SaoirseDonPhalaistín
February 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Great to hear you promoting the move from that other place to #BlueSky.
Using your voice to speak out against the manbabies leading your country right now and the atrocities they are supporting is something you will look back on and be proud of.
Keep raising your voice.
#SaoirseDonPhalaistín
Using your voice to speak out against the manbabies leading your country right now and the atrocities they are supporting is something you will look back on and be proud of.
Keep raising your voice.
#SaoirseDonPhalaistín
For what it's worth, I stumbled across Smosh for the first time last spring while discovering my own neurodivergent profile. Seeing yourself and the rest of Smosh be so accepting of each other is incredibly powerful and inspiring.
You are positively influencing more people than you will ever know.
You are positively influencing more people than you will ever know.
February 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
For what it's worth, I stumbled across Smosh for the first time last spring while discovering my own neurodivergent profile. Seeing yourself and the rest of Smosh be so accepting of each other is incredibly powerful and inspiring.
You are positively influencing more people than you will ever know.
You are positively influencing more people than you will ever know.
February 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I've no idea who she is, just came across the photo. I've been known to make an occasional mistake once or twice in my life myself so I assume others are liable to make them too.
That photo isn't the kind of wall I'd lose sleep over.
That photo isn't the kind of wall I'd lose sleep over.
February 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I've no idea who she is, just came across the photo. I've been known to make an occasional mistake once or twice in my life myself so I assume others are liable to make them too.
That photo isn't the kind of wall I'd lose sleep over.
That photo isn't the kind of wall I'd lose sleep over.