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Kevin Teljeur @kevinteljeur.bsky.social · 41m

O’Brien: There must be rehabilitation and restorative justice
Us: What? Well, yes we agree, absolutely, wow

O’Brien: Great. So I have these religious orders here and a bunch of priests, who everyone said should-
Us: Oh no

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 29m

Nevertheless, I’m not a big fan of the diagnostic pathway of self-understanding (for myself), but I enjoy playing with the idea of different neurology in ways that feel more expansive to me.

I guess I feel like there’s no way of describing my difference just yet and I’m not sure I want one.

Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 29m

Out of curiosity I checked whether introverted intuitives (MBTI) are more likely to have a neurodivergent diagnosis and it seems we are.

I’ve found the neurodivergence movement really helpful for supporting me to think about both myself and others in more creative and compassionate ways.

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macmuiris @macmuiris.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely wanton fuckery here. I'm looking forward to the inevitable "there's nothing anyone can do" response from Coillte, the gardaí, and anyone else who ought to be hunting these pricks down and reducing them to penury.

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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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 11h

I’m with you there. Definitely a Y.

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 11h

Oh I’ve done my back in just bending over. It’s awful.

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 11h

I pop into a make up store to buy some mascara.

Me: “I’ll take this one, thanks”.

Shop person: “Can I just direct you for a moment? We have a special offer”.

Me: *whispering* “It’s ok, you can just speak like a human, I won’t tell them”.

(It was a 👌 special offer btw, so yes, she can direct me)

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 12h

I despair. I really do.

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 13h

#Speirgorm

It appears a very serious concern has emerged over the last 24 hours or so.

Is it bejaysus, bejaysis, bejasus, or bejasis?

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 13h

This is exactly what I was thinking when I saw your other post. We can’t name evil in the other until we can name it in ourselves.

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Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social · 15h

RIP to Diane Keaton. Not only a woman who made extraordinary films but someone who always seemed to be exactly herself, and to be enjoying the experience very much.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 15h

MDH prediction from 2023:

“You know, in a couple of years’ time people will be able to resolve this issue themselves, in relation to whether they want a silent person, a puppet, or whether they want a president.”

- President Michael D. Higgins
#áras25 #Prescient

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 15h

This one hurts. Damn😢

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 15h

The Oscar-winning actress has died, People first reported on Saturday.

Actress Diane Keaton Dead At 79

The Oscar-winning actress has died, People first reported on Saturday.

www.huffpost.com

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 18h

Catherine Connolly skipped parts of Ulysses #Smearthebejaysus #Smearthebejaysis

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 17h

🙌

Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 17h

FFS😅

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 17h

Catherine Connolly calls it The Potato Famine.

#SmearTheBejaysus #SpéirGorm

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 20h

Catherine Connolly is just three Michael Ds in a trench coat!

#SmearTheBejaysus #Spéirgorm #Áras25

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 17h

It’s a rough year, have two.

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 17h

Well, if that’s the outcome I’m glad he said it. I’m so so tired of his whiny bullshit.

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 17h

Christ😒

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 17h

I’m not looking for niceness in a presidential candidate. I’m looking for courage and integrity.

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 17h

“Appealing for votes, Ms Humphreys said she was “a centre ground candidate” at a “divisive” time who “won’t fall out with our European neighbours”.”

An interesting dig at CC. All I hear is that HH wouldn’t challenge them when they very much need to be challenged on their collusion with Israel.

Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 19h

Ivan Yates ‘no more involved in my campaign than Joe Brolly is in Catherine Connolly’s’ – Heather Humphreys on former minister’s comments

Heather Humphreys has said she will not smear anyone but will ask hard questions of her fellow presidential candidate Catherine Connolly.

Ivan Yates ‘no more involved in my campaign than Joe Brolly is in Catherine Connolly’s’ – Heather Humphreys on former minister’s comments

Heather Humphreys has said she will not smear anyone but will ask hard questions of her fellow presidential candidate Catherine Connolly.

www.independent.ie

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 18h

Best yet😂

Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 1d

Catherine Connolly built the RTÉ Player #Smearthebejaysus

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 18h

Do I regret it? I don’t know. I respected them very much and maybe I was too quick to criticise and harmed the connection.

It was a lesson learned, and they’re a good soul I’m sure, but I don’t think I want to expose myself to their apparently impulsive rejection again.

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 18h

Blocked someone on here who I had a long time connection & who had force-unfollowed me from their account on Twitter when I criticised them on something.

Not because I didn’t want to connect with them but bc I was very hurt that the connection was thrown away so easily, & it hurts to see them tbh.

JD @jdfromqueens.bsky.social · 20h

Have you ever regretted blocking someone?

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 22h

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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