@clareruffalo.bsky.social
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Along with Shannonwatch, we spoke to the Irish Examiner about the use of Shannon Airport by the US military and ICE, deepening our government's complicity in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians, in opposition to the will of the majority of people here #USMilitaryOutOfShannon #FreePalestine
February 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Along with Shannonwatch, we spoke to the Irish Examiner about the use of Shannon Airport by the US military and ICE, deepening our government's complicity in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians, in opposition to the will of the majority of people here #USMilitaryOutOfShannon #FreePalestine
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Why is it always, always about handing more power, data and influence to these huge companies, instead of holding them responsible for what they do online?
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
Happy Days for Musk, Thiel, Zuck and pals:
The Government is preparing a system where age verification for certain websites will be checked against an individual’s Personal Public Service Number
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
The Government is preparing a system where age verification for certain websites will be checked against an individual’s Personal Public Service Number
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
State age verification for websites an ‘important first step’, says Harris
The Government is preparing a system where age verification for certain websites will be checked against an individual’s Personal Public Service Number (PPSN)
www.irishexaminer.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Why is it always, always about handing more power, data and influence to these huge companies, instead of holding them responsible for what they do online?
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
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Wage increases, health and safety regulations, refusing mining licenses, legislating for the public good will become almost impossible and incredibly costly
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Wage increases, health and safety regulations, refusing mining licenses, legislating for the public good will become almost impossible and incredibly costly
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I know there's a massive amount going on but the government amending the arbitration act to sign us up to CETA needs serious coverage and the risks of corporate courts need to be spelled out.
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I know there's a massive amount going on but the government amending the arbitration act to sign us up to CETA needs serious coverage and the risks of corporate courts need to be spelled out.
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The chilling effect of this disgusting practice on survivors going to the Gardai cannot be overstated.
It is beyond shameful and every person in this country should be outraged at the violation.
Thank you @independent.ie & @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#counselling #counsellingnotes
It is beyond shameful and every person in this country should be outraged at the violation.
Thank you @independent.ie & @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#counselling #counsellingnotes
January 28, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The chilling effect of this disgusting practice on survivors going to the Gardai cannot be overstated.
It is beyond shameful and every person in this country should be outraged at the violation.
Thank you @independent.ie & @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#counselling #counsellingnotes
It is beyond shameful and every person in this country should be outraged at the violation.
Thank you @independent.ie & @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#counselling #counsellingnotes
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Therapeutic counselling space should be a place of safety, trust & healing -instead the system that seems to be entirely structured around protecting abusers reaches into that safety and destroys that too-leaving people who might speak out with nowhere to turn for support.
#counsellingnotes
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#counsellingnotes
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January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Therapeutic counselling space should be a place of safety, trust & healing -instead the system that seems to be entirely structured around protecting abusers reaches into that safety and destroys that too-leaving people who might speak out with nowhere to turn for support.
#counsellingnotes
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#counsellingnotes
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Sign! For ECIs to be considered by the European Commission, each country must meet its threshold, for Ireland that's 10,080. We are currently at just under 6,000, approx 58%, so we need a big push! Belgium, Finland, France and Spain are there, let's get there too!
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Sign! For ECIs to be considered by the European Commission, each country must meet its threshold, for Ireland that's 10,080. We are currently at just under 6,000, approx 58%, so we need a big push! Belgium, Finland, France and Spain are there, let's get there too!
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
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Disturbing that a garda investigation was carried out into the source of media reports concerning the case of a serving member of the force charged with domestic violence.
Justice Minister must make a statement to the Dáil.
@garygannontd.bsky.social
www.socialdemocrats.ie/garda-invest...
Justice Minister must make a statement to the Dáil.
@garygannontd.bsky.social
www.socialdemocrats.ie/garda-invest...
Garda investigation into journalist’s reporting of domestic assault case is troubling - Social Democrats
It is deeply disturbing that a garda investigation was carried out into the source of reports in the Irish Times concerning the case of a serving member of the force charged with domestic violence aga...
www.socialdemocrats.ie
January 20, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Disturbing that a garda investigation was carried out into the source of media reports concerning the case of a serving member of the force charged with domestic violence.
Justice Minister must make a statement to the Dáil.
@garygannontd.bsky.social
www.socialdemocrats.ie/garda-invest...
Justice Minister must make a statement to the Dáil.
@garygannontd.bsky.social
www.socialdemocrats.ie/garda-invest...
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Trump has announced his Gaza Board of Peace. None of whom are Muslim, Arab or Palestinian. 🤔 #USA #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
January 18, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Trump has announced his Gaza Board of Peace. None of whom are Muslim, Arab or Palestinian. 🤔 #USA #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
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Solidarity with #MargaretLoftus & absolute shame on the Gardai who testified on behalf of a violent abuser. Margaret commended the women who’ve gone before her. Survivors increasingly break anonymity to call out the traumatising, misogynistic legal system.
January 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Solidarity with #MargaretLoftus & absolute shame on the Gardai who testified on behalf of a violent abuser. Margaret commended the women who’ve gone before her. Survivors increasingly break anonymity to call out the traumatising, misogynistic legal system.
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As Justine says, restricting family reunification solves no real problems. It’s performatively cruel & also bizarre given how many separated from their families get jobs minding ours. I’ve written in the past about carers (not just refugees) in similar situations
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
As Justine says, restricting family reunification solves no real problems. It’s performatively cruel & also bizarre given how many separated from their families get jobs minding ours. I’ve written in the past about carers (not just refugees) in similar situations
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
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"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%."
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
Many people think immigration happening on larger scale than is really the case
The report by the ESRI found that many people overestimated the proportion of people in Ireland who were born in another country.
www.thejournal.ie
January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%."
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
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Irish man and humanitarian volunteer Sean Binder has been acquitted of all charges, including membership of a criminal organisation, fraud, money laundering, and smuggling, at a court in Greece this evening
jrnl.ie/6928251
jrnl.ie/6928251
'Huge relief': Irish man Sean Binder found not guilty of people smuggling in Greece
Binder faced a total of 23 charges, including money laundering and smuggling.
jrnl.ie
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Irish man and humanitarian volunteer Sean Binder has been acquitted of all charges, including membership of a criminal organisation, fraud, money laundering, and smuggling, at a court in Greece this evening
jrnl.ie/6928251
jrnl.ie/6928251
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I find it astonishing that the idea that children should upload selfies to X as part of a state-mandated age verification scheme is still being floated.
Particularly unhappy with the attempt to move discussion off the X illegal abuse image factory to the pre-existing Garda wish to bring in age verification to allow surveillance of all adults and children’s access of *lawful* material.
These are incomparable issues in terms of seriousness.
These are incomparable issues in terms of seriousness.
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I find it astonishing that the idea that children should upload selfies to X as part of a state-mandated age verification scheme is still being floated.
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Among the 138 greyhounds killed in racing at tracks around Ireland in the first eight months of 2025 were three who died with broken necks and one who suffered a lacerated humeral artery banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/1... Don't go greyhound racing. #YouBetTheyDie #BanGreyhoundRacing
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Among the 138 greyhounds killed in racing at tracks around Ireland in the first eight months of 2025 were three who died with broken necks and one who suffered a lacerated humeral artery banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/1... Don't go greyhound racing. #YouBetTheyDie #BanGreyhoundRacing
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UK hunger strike passes 60 days with Palestine activists suffering severe health complications - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-palestine-action-hunger-strike-passes-60-days-palestine-activists-suffer-severe-health-complications
UK hunger strike passes 60 days with Palestine activists suffering severe health complications
Campaigners warn that detainees, including Heba Muraisi, face risk of organ failure as the protest enters its third month
www.middleeasteye.net
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
UK hunger strike passes 60 days with Palestine activists suffering severe health complications - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-palestine-action-hunger-strike-passes-60-days-palestine-activists-suffer-severe-health-complications
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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I wish journalists would stop treating MHR like some funny, contrarian opposition backbencher from the bogs. He is a minister of state and one of the wealthiest and most unscrupulous self serving TDs in the dail. It's just a hat and an accent!!! Look past it please!!!
January 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I wish journalists would stop treating MHR like some funny, contrarian opposition backbencher from the bogs. He is a minister of state and one of the wealthiest and most unscrupulous self serving TDs in the dail. It's just a hat and an accent!!! Look past it please!!!
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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Right now Sinn Féin are the biggest barrier to a future free from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael ideology.
When the lead opposition party are dropping the ball this badly they have some ownership of the current state of affairs. #spéirgorm
When the lead opposition party are dropping the ball this badly they have some ownership of the current state of affairs. #spéirgorm
December 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Right now Sinn Féin are the biggest barrier to a future free from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael ideology.
When the lead opposition party are dropping the ball this badly they have some ownership of the current state of affairs. #spéirgorm
When the lead opposition party are dropping the ball this badly they have some ownership of the current state of affairs. #spéirgorm
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Artists having to protest outside the Dáil to save The Complex studios/gallery and the fox hunting ban bill defeated, just a day it’s hard to keep the faith
December 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Artists having to protest outside the Dáil to save The Complex studios/gallery and the fox hunting ban bill defeated, just a day it’s hard to keep the faith
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"Fox hunting is a colonial bloodsport and it does not enjoy the support of the rural communities where it occurs."
@saoirsemc.bsky.social on the facts behind the spin: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Sign the petition: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm
@saoirsemc.bsky.social on the facts behind the spin: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Sign the petition: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm
Saoirse McHugh: There is no urban-rural divide on a fox hunting ban
Polling conducted by Ireland Thinks shows that 72% are against fox hunting, while only 2% of us have ever engaged in it, writes Saoirse McHugh
www.irishexaminer.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Fox hunting is a colonial bloodsport and it does not enjoy the support of the rural communities where it occurs."
@saoirsemc.bsky.social on the facts behind the spin: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Sign the petition: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm
@saoirsemc.bsky.social on the facts behind the spin: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Sign the petition: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm
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Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.