Saoirse McHugh
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Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
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After 10+ years of people fighting against it, this government is pushing through this dystopian CETA legislation.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After 10+ years of people fighting against it, this government is pushing through this dystopian CETA legislation.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
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This article doesn't get into the details of it, but a key point of my planning observation was that because Mayo CoCo isn't enforcing planning around AirBnBs, it cannot accurately judge whether hospitality is being overdeveloped in Westport or not.
www.mayonews.ie/news/westpor...
www.mayonews.ie/news/westpor...
Mayo hotel development will not benefit people of Westport claims objector
Objector to Wyatt Hotel development claims there is a conflict of interest between developer and Mayo County Council
www.mayonews.ie
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This article doesn't get into the details of it, but a key point of my planning observation was that because Mayo CoCo isn't enforcing planning around AirBnBs, it cannot accurately judge whether hospitality is being overdeveloped in Westport or not.
www.mayonews.ie/news/westpor...
www.mayonews.ie/news/westpor...
Please sign and share
There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Please sign and share
Please follow rural Ireland against fox hunting
We are people from all walks of life who live and work in rural Ireland. We strongly support a ban on fox hunting, and we know we represent the vast majority of everyone in our communities.
We are asking all Irish TDs to support the proposed ban fox hunting on December 17th 2025.
We are asking all Irish TDs to support the proposed ban fox hunting on December 17th 2025.
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Please follow rural Ireland against fox hunting
I've spoken to a few TDs and they seem to genuinely believe that foxhunting is something farmers do to control troublesome foxes. Remarkably they don't seem to have done a modicum of research into who actually does it
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I've spoken to a few TDs and they seem to genuinely believe that foxhunting is something farmers do to control troublesome foxes. Remarkably they don't seem to have done a modicum of research into who actually does it
Watch this full video, an absolutely bananas response from Mary Lou's office on fox hunting and so weirdly defensive and unprofessional www.instagram.com/reel/DR0XFzd...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Watch this full video, an absolutely bananas response from Mary Lou's office on fox hunting and so weirdly defensive and unprofessional www.instagram.com/reel/DR0XFzd...
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Some contrast between politicians bigging up tech companies and AI following the Taoiseach's visit to the Microsoft offices and the news about the Covalen workers
Staff at Irish Meta client firm told 400 jobs at risk just weeks ahead of Christmas
One employee whose job is now at risk told The Journal that the news has come as a complete shock.
www.thejournal.ie
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Some contrast between politicians bigging up tech companies and AI following the Taoiseach's visit to the Microsoft offices and the news about the Covalen workers
The light is so beautiful at this time of year but it really shows up all the dust and there is so much dust
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The light is so beautiful at this time of year but it really shows up all the dust and there is so much dust
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Verysad to hear about the loss of Bill Abom. 💔
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Verysad to hear about the loss of Bill Abom. 💔
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Horrible story, and I hope those assholes are caught and dealt with
And while I certainly blame far right agitators, Facebook etc, and sleeveens like McGuirk/Gript for fomenting this kind of awful stuff, Simon Harris and others in government need to take a hard look at themselves and their rhetoric
And while I certainly blame far right agitators, Facebook etc, and sleeveens like McGuirk/Gript for fomenting this kind of awful stuff, Simon Harris and others in government need to take a hard look at themselves and their rhetoric
Asylum seekers have told of how they were followed by men on motorcycles before being subjected to an alleged attack in rural Co Dublin yesterday.
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
'They started punching us': Asylum seekers followed before alleged attack in Co Dublin village
One man who came on the scene told of how the men had been ‘badly beaten’ and left bloody by the incident.
www.thejournal.ie
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Horrible story, and I hope those assholes are caught and dealt with
And while I certainly blame far right agitators, Facebook etc, and sleeveens like McGuirk/Gript for fomenting this kind of awful stuff, Simon Harris and others in government need to take a hard look at themselves and their rhetoric
And while I certainly blame far right agitators, Facebook etc, and sleeveens like McGuirk/Gript for fomenting this kind of awful stuff, Simon Harris and others in government need to take a hard look at themselves and their rhetoric
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Palestine campaigning in Ireland and the UK has badly needed more union action and collective support of workers. That’s where the most power is, not with celebrity activists; the murder machine relies on labour. Stand with this Tesco worker who refused to handle Israeli goods
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Palestine campaigning in Ireland and the UK has badly needed more union action and collective support of workers. That’s where the most power is, not with celebrity activists; the murder machine relies on labour. Stand with this Tesco worker who refused to handle Israeli goods
I need somebody to make a video of all the royals and posh types being sabotaged on a foxhunt with H.O.O.D by kneecap playing over it
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I need somebody to make a video of all the royals and posh types being sabotaged on a foxhunt with H.O.O.D by kneecap playing over it
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This is really important, please read #speirghorm
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is really important, please read #speirghorm
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
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Trans day of remembrance is celebrated by the media and institutions worldwide by trying to release the most heinous articles and reports they can manage all at the same time just because they can. It is not a surprise the UK times also leaked the ECHR segregation guidance today also.
Physicians for Reproductive Health: "Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released a new “report” touted by known anti-trans clinicians and researchers known for historically supporting an anti-trans agenda."
prh.org/press-releas...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
prh.org/press-releas...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
HHS Releases Anti-Trans "Report"
Physicians for Reproductive Health condemns HHS’s anti-trans “report.” It is pseudoscience used to justify restricting lifesaving gender-affirming care.
prh.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Trans day of remembrance is celebrated by the media and institutions worldwide by trying to release the most heinous articles and reports they can manage all at the same time just because they can. It is not a surprise the UK times also leaked the ECHR segregation guidance today also.
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Correct. So what is he waiting for? Could someone please remind this man that he is, in fact, the Minister?
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Correct. So what is he waiting for? Could someone please remind this man that he is, in fact, the Minister?
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One very quick thing the government could do to fill vacant posts in the health care sector is to STOP GIVING PEOPLE A STAMP 3 INSTEAD OF STAMP 4. It's absurd at a time of full employment that we are giving people the right to live here but not work
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
HSE facing bill of more than €720m for agency workers as thousands of staff jobs remain unfilled
The HSE is on course to spend more than €720m hiring agency workers this year while not filling more than 3,700 staff jobs for which it has funding.
www.independent.ie
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
One very quick thing the government could do to fill vacant posts in the health care sector is to STOP GIVING PEOPLE A STAMP 3 INSTEAD OF STAMP 4. It's absurd at a time of full employment that we are giving people the right to live here but not work
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
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I know it's been said before but "we don't know who is in those hotels" is SO WEIRD. I don't know who is in a hotel when I STAY in a hotel. I never know who is in any hotel at any point. How did this dogshit prevail?!
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I know it's been said before but "we don't know who is in those hotels" is SO WEIRD. I don't know who is in a hotel when I STAY in a hotel. I never know who is in any hotel at any point. How did this dogshit prevail?!
There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Reposted by Saoirse McHugh
> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
Oh my GOD my nerves
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oh my GOD my nerves
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TOMORROW!!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
TOMORROW!!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!