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Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 11h

#spéirghorm

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 12h

AYO SUPREMACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 12h

Ayo Edebiri Covers Vogue US, November 2025

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 59m

I feel like most Irish and British writers who complain about being silenced have never done anything as brave as what Naoise has done here

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14h

Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan...The flotilla was illegally intercepted last night and seized by armed Israeli forces in international waters.
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Thousand Madleens flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann

8 October 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Thousand Madleens f...

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MsMc @msmcglencree.bsky.social · 19h

Red Squirrel!!!!!! Hurragh!!!!!
#speirgorm #wicklow #nature

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 23h

Trawler by Redmond O'Hanlon.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to be the brand ambassador for Design & Craft Council Ireland’s “Made Local” campaign this Christmas. Especially as I’m a grassroots made local craft project myself! And blessed to be dressed head to toe in Irish made “rigouts” and jewellery pretty much every time you’ve ever seen me

Me in a gorgeous colourful kaftan by Stables and jewelry by Mellissa Curry, and Edge Only. My arms are outstretched and I’m posing in front of large red and orange drapes

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 1d

Was it ok? As in people weren't allowed get away with being abusive? I couldn't bear to watch either.

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 1d

#speirgorm #Aras25

dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 1d

Would be a great day for [email protected] to have a full inbox.....

dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

#speirgorm #Aras25 please if you have 5 minutes let [email protected] know that throwing trans people and EU human rights law under the bus is not a vote winner.

dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 1d

Would be a great day for [email protected] to have a full inbox.....

dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

#speirgorm #Aras25 please if you have 5 minutes let [email protected] know that throwing trans people and EU human rights law under the bus is not a vote winner.

dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

Just emailed Heather. "Just letting you know, you just lost about 40 votes from our extended family in Monaghan when you threw our son and all the trans people in Ireland under the bus by pandering to the rightwing rag Gript (1/)

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 1d

I really liked the phrasing! I agree.

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

You have to book Kilmainham Gaol well in advance I think but I honestly think there's nowhere better for getting a sense of 500 years of condensed history. I found it very moving, if you don't have a little tear in your eye in the yard, I'd be very surprised!

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!! I was unenthusiastically voting Connolly and now I'm enthusiastically voting Connolly and enthusiastically campaigning against Heather.

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

We live in Monaghan, my husband has met her many times and just wrote her a very long emotional email asking her to speak directly with our family; we'll see if anything happens. But personally, I'm not surprised.

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

I saw what she said and it wasn't good. Saying "a woman is an adult female" and maybe the GRC needs reviewing is playing direct to the TERFs.

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Spare a thought for poor @gavreilly.com, sadly putting his smarties back in the box #Aras25

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

Not impossible at all, happening in England frequently now.

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Rita Wild @ritawild.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not complex though, just listen to trans people and listen to the science. Our legislation works and needs expanded to include non binary people. Saying it’s complex is avoidance.

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

"Unsure about spaces" is abdolutely TERF. There have been no problems with spaces since the GRA was passed, it's a completely manufactured issue and very much the thin end of the TERF wedge.

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 2d

This is horrendous. One of my favourite book shops. Buy some books from them in support.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

www.irishtimes.com

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

#speirgorm #Aras25 please if you have 5 minutes let [email protected] know that throwing trans people and EU human rights law under the bus is not a vote winner.

dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

Just emailed Heather. "Just letting you know, you just lost about 40 votes from our extended family in Monaghan when you threw our son and all the trans people in Ireland under the bus by pandering to the rightwing rag Gript (1/)

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

I imagine you lost many of his teachers and friends(many new Monaghan voters)as well.The entire family will now actively be campaigning against you.Clearly not a President for all, willing to make the country more unsafe for minorities."I wasn't voting for her anyway but some of the family were. 3/3

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

and questioning the legitimacy of the Gender Rcognition Act, which you should well know was required for compliance with an EU judgment and has caused no problems whatsoever.2/

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

Just emailed Heather. "Just letting you know, you just lost about 40 votes from our extended family in Monaghan when you threw our son and all the trans people in Ireland under the bus by pandering to the rightwing rag Gript (1/)

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 2d

I've been restrained about Heather but that's it. #aras25 100% behind Catherine Connolly now.

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 3d

This is causing a lot of confusion so there's a handy mnemonic you can use:

If your Gavin be gruesome, you'll find he's a Newsom.
If your rent he be havin', you've got a Jim Gavin.

#spéirgorm #MainCharacterSky

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