Over There
@coreilly.bsky.social
Awkward cranky unpaid carer
Former blogger, old leftie, still curious
She/her 😷
Former blogger, old leftie, still curious
She/her 😷
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Over There
@coreilly.bsky.social
· Apr 5
Pic from 20 odd years ago when I was practising for lone parenthood. The two littlies are my profoundly disabled daughter and my autistic son
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Dublin! Next Saturday!
Run, walk or jog (or just come for moral support) with me to Bring a Friend Day to #Parkrun and @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social. There will be snacks!
#SpeirGorm
Run, walk or jog (or just come for moral support) with me to Bring a Friend Day to #Parkrun and @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social. There will be snacks!
#SpeirGorm
January 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Dublin! Next Saturday!
Run, walk or jog (or just come for moral support) with me to Bring a Friend Day to #Parkrun and @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social. There will be snacks!
#SpeirGorm
Run, walk or jog (or just come for moral support) with me to Bring a Friend Day to #Parkrun and @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social. There will be snacks!
#SpeirGorm
Just learned that the number of staff supporting disabled young adults in my daughter’s day service has been cut by 1/3 by the HSE 😢😡
This country is awash with cash, so why cut services to those who desperately need them?
#Disability #ProfoundDisability #Speirgorm
This country is awash with cash, so why cut services to those who desperately need them?
#Disability #ProfoundDisability #Speirgorm
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Just learned that the number of staff supporting disabled young adults in my daughter’s day service has been cut by 1/3 by the HSE 😢😡
This country is awash with cash, so why cut services to those who desperately need them?
#Disability #ProfoundDisability #Speirgorm
This country is awash with cash, so why cut services to those who desperately need them?
#Disability #ProfoundDisability #Speirgorm
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Super news! 🎉 Usher Syndrome Ireland has free charity places for the Antrim Coast Half Marathon - voted one of the world’s best runs! Click below to find out more.
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #NorthernIreland #IrelandRun #RunForACause
🔗 usherireland.org/antrim-coast...
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #NorthernIreland #IrelandRun #RunForACause
🔗 usherireland.org/antrim-coast...
January 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Super news! 🎉 Usher Syndrome Ireland has free charity places for the Antrim Coast Half Marathon - voted one of the world’s best runs! Click below to find out more.
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #NorthernIreland #IrelandRun #RunForACause
🔗 usherireland.org/antrim-coast...
#Ireland #SpeirGorm #NorthernIreland #IrelandRun #RunForACause
🔗 usherireland.org/antrim-coast...
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Perfect for beginners and experienced practitioners, this traditional Chinese wellbeing activity helps reduce stress and improve balance. Join us for a gentle practice outdoors (weather permitting) or indoors with a view of the roof garden.
🎟️FREE, no booking required.
🎟️FREE, no booking required.
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Perfect for beginners and experienced practitioners, this traditional Chinese wellbeing activity helps reduce stress and improve balance. Join us for a gentle practice outdoors (weather permitting) or indoors with a view of the roof garden.
🎟️FREE, no booking required.
🎟️FREE, no booking required.
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One of the highlights of this place for me is @seamusryan.bsky.social's reports from Limerick Council. Every CoCo should be required to have a Seamus on live broadcast. For transparency, like. Open information. And piss-taking.
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
Morning all.
The January meeting of Limerick Council's Metro District is this morning at 9:45am.
Will be watching on the web, feel free to follow along as usual.🧵
Or just get on with your lives and be happy: that's good too :)
#CouncilMeetingThread
The January meeting of Limerick Council's Metro District is this morning at 9:45am.
Will be watching on the web, feel free to follow along as usual.🧵
Or just get on with your lives and be happy: that's good too :)
#CouncilMeetingThread
a cartoon cat is walking down a street with the words okay here we go again below it
ALT: a cartoon cat is walking down a street with the words okay here we go again below it
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
One of the highlights of this place for me is @seamusryan.bsky.social's reports from Limerick Council. Every CoCo should be required to have a Seamus on live broadcast. For transparency, like. Open information. And piss-taking.
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
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Senior Systems Officer – Dublin City Council
Join our IS & Digital Transformation teams and support key organisational programmes.
💼 Salary: €60,011–€78,015
🕛 Deadline: Midnight, 5 Feb 2026
📄 Apply via the DCC Careers Portal (CVs not accepted)
👉 https://careers.dublincity.ie/Job/JobDetail?JobId=760
Join our IS & Digital Transformation teams and support key organisational programmes.
💼 Salary: €60,011–€78,015
🕛 Deadline: Midnight, 5 Feb 2026
📄 Apply via the DCC Careers Portal (CVs not accepted)
👉 https://careers.dublincity.ie/Job/JobDetail?JobId=760
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Senior Systems Officer – Dublin City Council
Join our IS & Digital Transformation teams and support key organisational programmes.
💼 Salary: €60,011–€78,015
🕛 Deadline: Midnight, 5 Feb 2026
📄 Apply via the DCC Careers Portal (CVs not accepted)
👉 https://careers.dublincity.ie/Job/JobDetail?JobId=760
Join our IS & Digital Transformation teams and support key organisational programmes.
💼 Salary: €60,011–€78,015
🕛 Deadline: Midnight, 5 Feb 2026
📄 Apply via the DCC Careers Portal (CVs not accepted)
👉 https://careers.dublincity.ie/Job/JobDetail?JobId=760
Am I allowed to say #TimeLineCleanser? Cos BG we need them right now
Uenoyama Himawari Basket - Japanese woodcut, by Orkney based Japanese artist, Megumi Barrington
This artist's work is currently being exhibited at The Scottish Gallery
#art #japanesewoodblock #printmaking
This artist's work is currently being exhibited at The Scottish Gallery
#art #japanesewoodblock #printmaking
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Am I allowed to say #TimeLineCleanser? Cos BG we need them right now
“The abiding experience of living with authoritarianism is the sense not of imminent assault, but of the constant possibility that suddenly, you could be in trouble.”
What ICE is doing on US streets looks terrifying, but don’t forget: it could happen anywhere | Nesrine Malik
This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s
There is not much that can still shock about Donald Trump’s second...
This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s
There is not much that can still shock about Donald Trump’s second...
What ICE is doing on US streets looks terrifying, but don’t forget: it could happen anywhere | Nesrine Malik
This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’s, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:23 AM
“The abiding experience of living with authoritarianism is the sense not of imminent assault, but of the constant possibility that suddenly, you could be in trouble.”
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Money talks.
And children can't vote.
We have always treated children badly in this country. Shamefully, we still do.
And children can't vote.
We have always treated children badly in this country. Shamefully, we still do.
January 18, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Money talks.
And children can't vote.
We have always treated children badly in this country. Shamefully, we still do.
And children can't vote.
We have always treated children badly in this country. Shamefully, we still do.
So am I to understand that while our government believes that tariffs are “unacceptable”, child abuse images are less of a problem?*
*Except to Niamh Smyth, and fair play to her
#IEPOL
*Except to Niamh Smyth, and fair play to her
#IEPOL
January 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
So am I to understand that while our government believes that tariffs are “unacceptable”, child abuse images are less of a problem?*
*Except to Niamh Smyth, and fair play to her
#IEPOL
*Except to Niamh Smyth, and fair play to her
#IEPOL
Praise be to the gods of sleep: my daughter has settled for the first time this week
#Disability #ProfoundDisability
#Disability #ProfoundDisability
January 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Praise be to the gods of sleep: my daughter has settled for the first time this week
#Disability #ProfoundDisability
#Disability #ProfoundDisability
The 100
And I only started watching it cos my eldest wanted someone to talk to about it
And I only started watching it cos my eldest wanted someone to talk to about it
What show that you absolutely loved do you think had a super disappointing ending?
I'll start.
Veronica Mars. I'm still mad.
I'll start.
Veronica Mars. I'm still mad.
January 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The 100
And I only started watching it cos my eldest wanted someone to talk to about it
And I only started watching it cos my eldest wanted someone to talk to about it
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Hey there Bsky!
Would anyone know of any Irish/Based-in-Ireland Queer LGBTQ+ journals/literary magazines/publications who are currently active and open to submissions?
Preferably, but not exclusively, on the somewhat academic side!
Would anyone know of any Irish/Based-in-Ireland Queer LGBTQ+ journals/literary magazines/publications who are currently active and open to submissions?
Preferably, but not exclusively, on the somewhat academic side!
January 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
#OneSmallStep and we’re the furthest we’ve ever been on our regular Saturday canal side walk. With B and @audsme.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
#OneSmallStep and we’re the furthest we’ve ever been on our regular Saturday canal side walk. With B and @audsme.bsky.social
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"After 48 hours of torture, Dr. Christie wrote a forced confession
“the best thing I ever wrote,” he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included “all my recommendations to the ANC” about the best way to sabotage Koeberg & other facilities.”
#spéirghorm #ANC #SouthAfrica
“the best thing I ever wrote,” he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included “all my recommendations to the ANC” about the best way to sabotage Koeberg & other facilities.”
#spéirghorm #ANC #SouthAfrica
this is fucking incredible
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
"After 48 hours of torture, Dr. Christie wrote a forced confession
“the best thing I ever wrote,” he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included “all my recommendations to the ANC” about the best way to sabotage Koeberg & other facilities.”
#spéirghorm #ANC #SouthAfrica
“the best thing I ever wrote,” he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included “all my recommendations to the ANC” about the best way to sabotage Koeberg & other facilities.”
#spéirghorm #ANC #SouthAfrica
This will be a very empowering read for many older women 💪
Are you a regular user of social media and especially instagram or Tic Tok. Do you regularly apologise for how you look when speaking to camera?
Did you see the bruhaha about Rachel Ward and her Insta video?
Here are my thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/barbaras...
Did you see the bruhaha about Rachel Ward and her Insta video?
Here are my thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/barbaras...
WE ARE ALL MATRIARCHS
In my book, ‘Wise Up’ and in my One Woman Show, ‘Older, Bolder, Wiser’, I talk about the freedoms that come with being in your 60s.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
This will be a very empowering read for many older women 💪
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Last day of Christmas tree recycling locally, and I think I’m going to have to take mine down 😞
It’s still alive and twinkling away in the corner 🎄
It’s still alive and twinkling away in the corner 🎄
January 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Last day of Christmas tree recycling locally, and I think I’m going to have to take mine down 😞
It’s still alive and twinkling away in the corner 🎄
It’s still alive and twinkling away in the corner 🎄
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Dolores O’Riordan died #OTD 15 January 2018
An amazing voice and a great songwriter
#DoloresORiordan #TheCranberries
#SpéirGhorm
youtu.be/G6Kspj3OO0s?...
An amazing voice and a great songwriter
#DoloresORiordan #TheCranberries
#SpéirGhorm
youtu.be/G6Kspj3OO0s?...
The Cranberries - Linger (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheCranberriesVEVO
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Dolores O’Riordan died #OTD 15 January 2018
An amazing voice and a great songwriter
#DoloresORiordan #TheCranberries
#SpéirGhorm
youtu.be/G6Kspj3OO0s?...
An amazing voice and a great songwriter
#DoloresORiordan #TheCranberries
#SpéirGhorm
youtu.be/G6Kspj3OO0s?...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Elon Musk has now gotten into a little spat with Michael O'Leary - I think a fight to the death in a boxing ring would be the best way to resolve this
Obviously pay to view with the proceeds to charity
www.thejournal.ie/elon-musk-mi...
Obviously pay to view with the proceeds to charity
www.thejournal.ie/elon-musk-mi...
Elon Musk has now gotten into a little spat with Michael O'Leary
The war of words relates to Starlink, Musk’s satellite-delivered global internet connectivity system.
www.thejournal.ie
January 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Elon Musk has now gotten into a little spat with Michael O'Leary - I think a fight to the death in a boxing ring would be the best way to resolve this
Obviously pay to view with the proceeds to charity
www.thejournal.ie/elon-musk-mi...
Obviously pay to view with the proceeds to charity
www.thejournal.ie/elon-musk-mi...
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You can still create bikini images for free on grok’s website, app and on X.com’s grok tab. Confirmed as of five minutes ago. It’s more than tech that needs a good dose of cop on. www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...y/
People keep trying to make AI more human. Why?
For all the technology and computing power behind it, it seems the one thing AI lacks is a good dose of cop-on
www.irishtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
You can still create bikini images for free on grok’s website, app and on X.com’s grok tab. Confirmed as of five minutes ago. It’s more than tech that needs a good dose of cop on. www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...y/
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Everything that's wrong with Ireland in one screenshot.
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Everything that's wrong with Ireland in one screenshot.
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🧵Just to say i'm sharing this as set against d background of having one off measures removed in budget '26 for me this was €1400 with no permanent cost of #disability payment to replace it. #Disability #DisabilityRights #Spéirgorm @newschambers.bsky.social told to apply for emergency needs payment -
#Spéirgorm 🧵sharing this despite how humiliating to try to help the #disability cause in Ireland. Would really appreciate a share. So my car broke down before Christmas I have a bill of over €1200 on it. I am on the disabled drivers scheme. Decided as much as I really didn't want to that I would
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM
🧵Just to say i'm sharing this as set against d background of having one off measures removed in budget '26 for me this was €1400 with no permanent cost of #disability payment to replace it. #Disability #DisabilityRights #Spéirgorm @newschambers.bsky.social told to apply for emergency needs payment -