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Anna Pringle

@annapr.bsky.social

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Climate Alarm Clock podcast host (https://the-climate-alarm-clock.captivate.fm/) Sanctuary Runner (www.sanctuaryrunners.ie). https://notherenotanywhere.com/ #LoveDonegal #ClimateActionNow

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · Nov 14

Ok, Ireland is not full but my starter packs 1 & 2 are!

So here's a third and *final* one from me (felt too guilty ignoring people asking to be added! This one is not full... yet).

Tús maith, leath na hoibre!

go.bsky.app/RW66srq

Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · Nov 14

Ireland 🇮🇪 Starter packs here

1. go.bsky.app/Mh5ihbM

2. go.bsky.app/44QEcbP

Thanks @annapr.bsky.social

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 14h

The Connolly campaign see the Presidency as an opportunity to further Catherine's lifelong mission of helping people. Fine Gael see it as a strategy game to be won at any cost. Straight from the horse's mouth #spéirgorm #Áras2025

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 10h

If at first you don't succeed, promise you'll definitely maybe try again
#Aras25 #Aras2025 #Speirgorm

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 11h

Heather Humphreys has recommitted to learning Irish, 11 years after first making this pledge.
In 2014, Humphreys became the Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Minister, but faced criticism due to her lack of Irish.
http://jrnl.ie/6840258

Heather Humphreys says she was too busy to learn Irish before but recommits to learning it for Áras

She first committed to learning Irish when she became the Gaeltacht Minister in 2014.

jrnl.ie

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 13h

"I would smear the bejaysus out of her, simply because you've nothing to lose... you've got to create a fear... in my experience, nothing works like negative campaigning."

They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 16h

Even Michael O’Leary dismisses SAF as a viable option.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Hey lovelies: here's part 2 of my @crikey.com.au series on Meta's massive new effort to wildly worsen their climate damage but mask that by lobbying to change the way emissions are measured.

IT IS EXTREMELY SNEAKY

Inside Meta's fight to change climate reality... all so it can frantically expand a risky AI program

Everyone is ignoring the science on what Meta’s generative AI investment really costs, even though there's no evidence of a single, significant societal benefit.

www.crikey.com.au

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

There are two candidates available to us in this election. It's an undeniable fact that one of them will better represent our most vulnerable citizens. I don't even need to say who it is. It's a small thing we can do to at least make these people feel like we haven't abandoned them. Vote. Please.

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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 2d

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 16h

Coming our way instead though! (there’s a metaphor here somewhere)

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 16h

After her lecturing us about how much time she has spent in the north (“not just day trips”), this is funny.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations, used to justify Gaza strikes and amplified by international outlets, discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators

www.972mag.com/israeli-army... @972mag.com

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 17h

Jim Allister is a (v good ) Barrister & has said multiple times that he would have no qualms taking the case of an IRA person if he was approached because the cab rank rule is fundamentally part of the legal system here.
JIM ALLISTER.
So quit with this angle about Catherine Connolly, it’s a smear

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 17h

Yes, very irresponsible Seána.

Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 17h

Wait what, is this another language she’d have to learn or is she fluent already?

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 17h

I mean seriously, we're back to 'Syria' again... move on IT...

Probably dusting off more Clare & Mick stories next...

Also: €3,700 -- wow, what a scandal 😱. How is that even newsworthy?

#Aras25 #SpeirGorm

🎃 Graham 🎃 @1fivefive.bsky.social · 19h

(Massive exaggerated finger quotes)
✌️ 'SYRIA' ✌️

Screenshot of the first Google New result for "catherine connolly" which is an Irish Times article with the headline "Catherine Connolly spent €3,700" from taxpayer-funder allowance on 'Syria'.

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🎃 Graham 🎃 @1fivefive.bsky.social · 19h

I need to know if Catherine Connolly would kill baby Hitler.

I equally must understand what Heather Humphreys' favourite episode of Friends is.

If only the Irish Times could get me this info before I have to vote.

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Hannah O'Sullivan @sullydaysleeper.bsky.social · 18h

I feel this little bit of hope because of Catherine Connolly too. #Áras2025

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 18h

My partner's letter in today's Clare Champion. I'm very proud of her. Catherine Connolly's campaign is giving hope to people who have felt disenfranchised for so long. #spéirgorm ##Áras2025

Young people do have a future in Ireland

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 always with one foot out the door. Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22nd, 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 le…

A photo of 4 women and a man canvassing for Catherine Connolly. It's a selfie style shot and most people are wearing Catherine Connolly badges or clothing.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 3d

Balance and focus.

@catherinegalway.bsky.social

Catherine Connolly plays keepy uppy. Photo via Gary Gannon TD.

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 17h

I did not know that, but it makes sense or else only the wrong people/institutions would have access to legal expertise!

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Global Solidarity Run @global-run.bsky.social · 2d

JOIN US!
🎽 Wear Blue
🏃Run/Jog/Walk any distance, anywhere
🌎 In solidarity with those who are forcibly displaced or living in extreme poverty
📸 Take a photo/short video and share to social media with the #globalrun2025 @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social

ONE RUN, ONE DAY, ONE WORLD, ONE TEAM OF EQUALS!!

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Global Solidarity Run @global-run.bsky.social · 2d

We are thrilled to introduce the team from the traditional quilombola village of Engenho II, located near Brasilia, Brazil, who will be taking part this year. Thank you to the Embassy of Ireland, Brasilia who have facilitated this wonderful collaboration and expression of solidarity. #globalrun2025

Participants from the traditional quilombola village of Engenho II, located near Brasilia, Brazil

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 17h

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Global Solidarity Run @global-run.bsky.social · 19h

There's only 2 days to go until thousands of people from around the world join together in the Global Solidarity Run. There's still time to take part and show your SOLIDARITY. Wear blue, run/jog/walk any distance/anywhere, post to social media with #GlobalRun2025

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Sanctuary Runners Ireland @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social · 24d

Canoeing Ireland & Sanctuary Runners recently celebrated the growth of the Sanctuary Paddlers programme 💙

Since March, 290+ people of all ages have found friendship, solidarity & respect on the water 🛶

A huge thanks to our partner clubs & supporters🙌

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUJ...

Sanctuary Paddlers 2025

YouTube video by CanoeingIreland

www.youtube.com

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 18h

Next headline in the Irish Times or Irish Independent - shock, horror, Catherine Connelly refuses to share her last rollo.
Notice no real hit pieces on Humphreys and constant, daily sniping at Connolly - almost as if there was an agenda 🤔 #speirgorm #aras25

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 17h

When you hear disingenuous smears of Catherine Connolly's work as a barrister, please keep Seána's point here in mind.

#Aras25

Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a disciplinary offence to turn work that you’re qualified to do, down. It is a fundamental principle to preserve access to good legal
Rep and protects people from the system ending up like *gestures at America*

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George Smeeton @gsmeeton.bsky.social · 20h

UK’s national security under severe threat from climate change and looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, UK’s intelligence chiefs to warn:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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