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Wendy Lyon
@wendylyon.bsky.social
· Jun 30
The kids are all right.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
Presume we’re also going to stop letting British xenophobia dictate our immigration and international protection policies?
Taking back sovereignty is it? So I presume we'll stop paying rent to British lords for Dublin Castle, the four courts and custom house in Cork then, among others?
Triple-lock reforms are about ‘taking back sovereignty’, Helen McEntee says
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Presume we’re also going to stop letting British xenophobia dictate our immigration and international protection policies?
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We’re doing Brexit Bus slogans now.
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 9:12 AM
We’re doing Brexit Bus slogans now.
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“A universal system of human rights was built to make sure that we could never end up in that nightmare scenario [of hierarchisation of rights in the Nazi era] again. We have to be very cautious and careful about the ultimate consequences of the paths we might embark on.”
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“A universal system of human rights was built to make sure that we could never end up in that nightmare scenario [of hierarchisation of rights in the Nazi era] again. We have to be very cautious and careful about the ultimate consequences of the paths we might embark on.”
In case you have also woken up today hoping the world will be less terrible, it isn’t. Go back to bed.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
In case you have also woken up today hoping the world will be less terrible, it isn’t. Go back to bed.
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"I am halfway through my pregnancy with my second child and I have only one viable option for my birth care: to return to an understaffed and under-resourced maternity unit, which has some of the highest intervention rates of the country, where I experienced birth trauma."
jrnl.ie/6901567
jrnl.ie/6901567
Opinion: Pregnant women in Ireland deserve options and respect. Too often we have neither
Lack of meaningful choice is the reality many pregnant women are facing, writes Adriana Casserly.
jrnl.ie
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"I am halfway through my pregnancy with my second child and I have only one viable option for my birth care: to return to an understaffed and under-resourced maternity unit, which has some of the highest intervention rates of the country, where I experienced birth trauma."
jrnl.ie/6901567
jrnl.ie/6901567
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Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
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Immigration detention, including Larne House immigration detention centre in Northern Ireland is state mandated violence against women. The Home Secretary's call to half violence against women while she is implementing extreme harm to women is galling. [1/2]
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Immigration detention, including Larne House immigration detention centre in Northern Ireland is state mandated violence against women. The Home Secretary's call to half violence against women while she is implementing extreme harm to women is galling. [1/2]
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His name is Ahmad Al-Ahmad and we can all choose to highlight him instead of the murderers who committed a massacre
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
His name is Ahmad Al-Ahmad and we can all choose to highlight him instead of the murderers who committed a massacre
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Confidence is showing up to work when you’ve been suspended for years (Burkelife)
The Gardai can be avoided if you hide under Mammy’s bed in what is know as (Burkelife)
The Gardai can be avoided if you hide under Mammy’s bed in what is know as (Burkelife)
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Confidence is showing up to work when you’ve been suspended for years (Burkelife)
The Gardai can be avoided if you hide under Mammy’s bed in what is know as (Burkelife)
The Gardai can be avoided if you hide under Mammy’s bed in what is know as (Burkelife)
I would 100% be more afraid of these guys than I would of any trans woman in the restrooms
In order to "protect women" Texas made it so that women have to go through armed guards with an ID check. They literally created a potty police.
December 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I would 100% be more afraid of these guys than I would of any trans woman in the restrooms
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A friend's quite-a-lot-younger brother was called Tim, they used to tease him that it was short for Timpiste.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A friend's quite-a-lot-younger brother was called Tim, they used to tease him that it was short for Timpiste.
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Minister O'Donovan appears to be a complete incompetent, far out of his depth, with no real understating at all of the technology he's attempting to regulate. It's just embarrassing. We're long past the time when you could just shove any old eejit into roles that need real expertise and knowledge
An age verification tool is being developed as part of the creation of a national digital wallet in a bid to keep children safe online.
Govt to develop tool to verify age of social media users
An age verification tool is being developed as part of the creation of a national digital wallet in a bid to keep children safe online.
www.rte.ie
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Minister O'Donovan appears to be a complete incompetent, far out of his depth, with no real understating at all of the technology he's attempting to regulate. It's just embarrassing. We're long past the time when you could just shove any old eejit into roles that need real expertise and knowledge
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6/ "Those attacking the European Court of Human Rights for an over-reaching jurisprudence regarding migrants’ rights misconstrue the actual case law."
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
Migrants’ Rights Before the European Court of Human Rights
verfassungsblog.de
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
6/ "Those attacking the European Court of Human Rights for an over-reaching jurisprudence regarding migrants’ rights misconstrue the actual case law."
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.
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The person of the year is just outside of the frame, sawing through the girder.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The person of the year is just outside of the frame, sawing through the girder.
Reposting for the morning #speirghorm crowd. Ernie has been spotted near to his home but he’s scared and hiding.
#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reposting for the morning #speirghorm crowd. Ernie has been spotted near to his home but he’s scared and hiding.
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Selling 2 standing tickets to block rocking beats tonight as can no longer attend 😢. secure.ticketmaster.ie/rs/180063319...
secure.ticketmaster.ie
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Selling 2 standing tickets to block rocking beats tonight as can no longer attend 😢. secure.ticketmaster.ie/rs/180063319...
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It gets lost in all of this nonsense every time, but it is worth pointing out that it's not illegal to use any toilet you like. Toilets aren't legally restricted places and never have been, for very obvious reasons. This whole thing is based on an absurd fiction about who can and can't go where.
It's not illegal to use the right toilets and no one should adhere to Mary-Ann Stephenson's headmistressly call to "follow rules" that serve no good purpose, breach the UK's human rights obligations, will be bad for all women, and debase trans dignity. Make her appoint her sodding toilet police.
December 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It gets lost in all of this nonsense every time, but it is worth pointing out that it's not illegal to use any toilet you like. Toilets aren't legally restricted places and never have been, for very obvious reasons. This whole thing is based on an absurd fiction about who can and can't go where.
Things like this make me so glad Ireland still has laws against maintenance
can someone please for the love of god tell me where i can see a trans woman? i want to career switch into litigation. ... attorney? what do you mean? no you dingus i'm going to be a professional plaintiff
December 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Things like this make me so glad Ireland still has laws against maintenance
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Finnish doesn't have gendered or neutral articles for that matter.
Our personal pronouns are gender-neutral. That's not something we did because it's woke. It's always been that way.
Thank goodness -
We got to skip that entire episode of culture wars.
Our personal pronouns are gender-neutral. That's not something we did because it's woke. It's always been that way.
Thank goodness -
We got to skip that entire episode of culture wars.
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Finnish doesn't have gendered or neutral articles for that matter.
Our personal pronouns are gender-neutral. That's not something we did because it's woke. It's always been that way.
Thank goodness -
We got to skip that entire episode of culture wars.
Our personal pronouns are gender-neutral. That's not something we did because it's woke. It's always been that way.
Thank goodness -
We got to skip that entire episode of culture wars.
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Sorry, Jim O'Callaghan wants to give the Circuit Court the power to hear Judicial Reviews? Has he finally lost it completely?!
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sorry, Jim O'Callaghan wants to give the Circuit Court the power to hear Judicial Reviews? Has he finally lost it completely?!
Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
December 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
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Another west of Ireland #painting. "Connemara Cottage" came from a day cycling in circles in north Connemara up and down hills and onto a beach, looking for roads that didn't exist while making memories that lasted forever. And I kept coming back to this scene. #art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Another west of Ireland #painting. "Connemara Cottage" came from a day cycling in circles in north Connemara up and down hills and onto a beach, looking for roads that didn't exist while making memories that lasted forever. And I kept coming back to this scene. #art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
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The ease with which sections of the Irish media can be convinced to pivot to shilling for racism and fascism should be causing you all to be very worried indeed.
The Irish Times view on migration: Ireland joins the objectors
The Irish Times view on migration: Ireland joins the objectors
The Government’s decision to sign a letter seeking changes to the rules is an important signal
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The ease with which sections of the Irish media can be convinced to pivot to shilling for racism and fascism should be causing you all to be very worried indeed.