Gráinne Healy
@gertieh.bsky.social
Feminist activist, researcher and author , former co director of Yes Equality campaign and Chair Marriage Equality, Doctorate of Philosophy DCU
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God woman Sally Rooney, and hats off to her publishers @faberbooks.bsky.social. Quite the world we live in now.
Sally Rooney won the Sky Arts award for literature for Intermezzo. Her editor collected it for her as she couldn't travel in case of arrest for her support for Palestine Action.
"to reiterate... and my solidarity with the people of Palestine." We are proud of her always. #BDS #SolidarityIsAVerb
"to reiterate... and my solidarity with the people of Palestine." We are proud of her always. #BDS #SolidarityIsAVerb
September 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
God woman Sally Rooney, and hats off to her publishers @faberbooks.bsky.social. Quite the world we live in now.
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Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VA) just now on CNN:
"We have a President moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism. He's suing media who criticize him. He's going after law firms that have clients who were against him. He's suing universities who teach courses he doesn't like"
"We have a President moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism. He's suing media who criticize him. He's going after law firms that have clients who were against him. He's suing universities who teach courses he doesn't like"
June 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VA) just now on CNN:
"We have a President moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism. He's suing media who criticize him. He's going after law firms that have clients who were against him. He's suing universities who teach courses he doesn't like"
"We have a President moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism. He's suing media who criticize him. He's going after law firms that have clients who were against him. He's suing universities who teach courses he doesn't like"
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Right now —
The call from the Madleen crew, share EVERYWHERE and demand safe passage for the crew and the critical humanitarian aid they are carrying
#Madleen
#FreedomFlotilla
#AllEyesOnMadleen
The call from the Madleen crew, share EVERYWHERE and demand safe passage for the crew and the critical humanitarian aid they are carrying
#Madleen
#FreedomFlotilla
#AllEyesOnMadleen
June 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Right now —
The call from the Madleen crew, share EVERYWHERE and demand safe passage for the crew and the critical humanitarian aid they are carrying
#Madleen
#FreedomFlotilla
#AllEyesOnMadleen
The call from the Madleen crew, share EVERYWHERE and demand safe passage for the crew and the critical humanitarian aid they are carrying
#Madleen
#FreedomFlotilla
#AllEyesOnMadleen
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A majority of EU countries, including Ireland, France and Germany, called on Brussels to take action against Hungary unless it rows back on anti-LGBTQ+ measures aimed at banning Pride events
EU countries criticise Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ measures
A majority of EU countries, including Ireland, France and Germany, have called on Brussels to take action against Hungary unless it rows back on anti-LGBTQ+ measures aimed at banning Pride events.
www.rte.ie
May 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A majority of EU countries, including Ireland, France and Germany, called on Brussels to take action against Hungary unless it rows back on anti-LGBTQ+ measures aimed at banning Pride events
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Former Irish President (and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) says it is her view that genocide is being committed by Israel - she’s called for sanctions and a suspension of arms trade with Israel.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Former Irish President (and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) says it is her view that genocide is being committed by Israel - she’s called for sanctions and a suspension of arms trade with Israel.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
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DCU's Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social said that masculinity influencers “target men and boys by manipulating anxieties about their physical appearance, about financial insecurity and about loneliness or mental health issues”.
Read in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4dnNJjb
Read in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4dnNJjb
May 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
DCU's Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social said that masculinity influencers “target men and boys by manipulating anxieties about their physical appearance, about financial insecurity and about loneliness or mental health issues”.
Read in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4dnNJjb
Read in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4dnNJjb
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Thinking of all the people who travelled home to vote #OnThisDay ten years ago for the Marriage Referendum! 📝
[IMAGE: #hometovote pen, ink and watercolour drawing of the Marriage Equality Referendum by @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social, 2015; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...
[IMAGE: #hometovote pen, ink and watercolour drawing of the Marriage Equality Referendum by @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social, 2015; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...
May 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thinking of all the people who travelled home to vote #OnThisDay ten years ago for the Marriage Referendum! 📝
[IMAGE: #hometovote pen, ink and watercolour drawing of the Marriage Equality Referendum by @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social, 2015; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...
[IMAGE: #hometovote pen, ink and watercolour drawing of the Marriage Equality Referendum by @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social, 2015; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...
@latelateshow.rte.ie super interview with great leader @ivanabacik.bsky.social @labourpartyireland.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@latelateshow.rte.ie super interview with great leader @ivanabacik.bsky.social @labourpartyireland.bsky.social
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Exeter on Saturday. Read the room, prime minister!
April 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Exeter on Saturday. Read the room, prime minister!
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🚨 Stark stats from the CSO on Enforced Deprivation for 2024 🚨
Lone parents, disabled people & renters are hit hardest, with nearly 1/2 (44.5%) of lone parent households affected. Urgent action is needed to tackle poverty & gender inequality.
Read more: cso.ie/en/releasesa...
Lone parents, disabled people & renters are hit hardest, with nearly 1/2 (44.5%) of lone parent households affected. Urgent action is needed to tackle poverty & gender inequality.
Read more: cso.ie/en/releasesa...
March 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🚨 Stark stats from the CSO on Enforced Deprivation for 2024 🚨
Lone parents, disabled people & renters are hit hardest, with nearly 1/2 (44.5%) of lone parent households affected. Urgent action is needed to tackle poverty & gender inequality.
Read more: cso.ie/en/releasesa...
Lone parents, disabled people & renters are hit hardest, with nearly 1/2 (44.5%) of lone parent households affected. Urgent action is needed to tackle poverty & gender inequality.
Read more: cso.ie/en/releasesa...
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#Iceland:
✅Woman president
✅Coalition Government led by 3 women
✅Women Prime Minister
✅Women Minister for Foreign Affairs
✅7 women in 11-member cabinet (64%)
✅29 women in 63-member parliament (46%)
We need #MoreWomen in Irish politics
Great piece by Karen McHugh in @independent.ie today
✅Woman president
✅Coalition Government led by 3 women
✅Women Prime Minister
✅Women Minister for Foreign Affairs
✅7 women in 11-member cabinet (64%)
✅29 women in 63-member parliament (46%)
We need #MoreWomen in Irish politics
Great piece by Karen McHugh in @independent.ie today
February 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#Iceland:
✅Woman president
✅Coalition Government led by 3 women
✅Women Prime Minister
✅Women Minister for Foreign Affairs
✅7 women in 11-member cabinet (64%)
✅29 women in 63-member parliament (46%)
We need #MoreWomen in Irish politics
Great piece by Karen McHugh in @independent.ie today
✅Woman president
✅Coalition Government led by 3 women
✅Women Prime Minister
✅Women Minister for Foreign Affairs
✅7 women in 11-member cabinet (64%)
✅29 women in 63-member parliament (46%)
We need #MoreWomen in Irish politics
Great piece by Karen McHugh in @independent.ie today
Wonderful acknowledgment of the powerhouse feminist and changemaker @ailbhesmyth this evening in Mansion House courtesy of Lord Mayor - awarded Legion D’honneur by French Government- so well deserved celebrated by family and friends
February 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Wonderful acknowledgment of the powerhouse feminist and changemaker @ailbhesmyth this evening in Mansion House courtesy of Lord Mayor - awarded Legion D’honneur by French Government- so well deserved celebrated by family and friends
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Gather, chat and chip-in for climate action! 🌍💚A coffee morning with a difference - in aid of Friends of the Earth's work on climate!☕🍰
Sign up now: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/cuppa-for-cl...
Sign up now: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/cuppa-for-cl...
January 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Gather, chat and chip-in for climate action! 🌍💚A coffee morning with a difference - in aid of Friends of the Earth's work on climate!☕🍰
Sign up now: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/cuppa-for-cl...
Sign up now: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/cuppa-for-cl...
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Find out more about exciting postgraduate opportunities in areas such as Gender Studies, Equality Studies, Public Policy and Social Work at the UCD Postgraduate Open Day on the 26th February #speirgorm #genderstudies #academicsky
January 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Find out more about exciting postgraduate opportunities in areas such as Gender Studies, Equality Studies, Public Policy and Social Work at the UCD Postgraduate Open Day on the 26th February #speirgorm #genderstudies #academicsky
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Hundreds of LGBTQ couples are set to marry in Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom becomes the biggest nation in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage
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January 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Hundreds of LGBTQ couples are set to marry in Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom becomes the biggest nation in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage
u.afp.com/SkYj
u.afp.com/SkYj
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🧵A new Ireland Thinks poll has found that 55% of voters - 59% of @Fianna Fáil voters & 55% of Fine Gael voters - want the new Government to do MORE on climate change than the last Government.🌍 (1/n)
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/press/new-po...
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/press/new-po...
New poll shows Fianna Fail and Fine Gael voters want MORE climate action not less
Ireland Thinks poll shows two–thirds of Independent voters want the same or more action A new Ireland Thinks poll has found that 55% of voters want the new Government to do MORE on climate change R...
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
January 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🧵A new Ireland Thinks poll has found that 55% of voters - 59% of @Fianna Fáil voters & 55% of Fine Gael voters - want the new Government to do MORE on climate change than the last Government.🌍 (1/n)
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/press/new-po...
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/press/new-po...
RIP Gemma Hussey - always a warm feminist welcome to the younger women of the movement - a trailblazer indeed. Sympathy to her family and friends
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Gemma Hussey. Gemma was closely involved in the foundations of NWC and a trailblazer for women’s equality, in particular for women’s political representation and equality laws. Our deepest sympathies to her family and friends. www.rte.ie/news/2024/11...
Former govt minister Gemma Hussey dies at 86
Former minister and advocate for women's rights Gemma Hussey has died at the age of 86.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2024 at 9:17 PM
RIP Gemma Hussey - always a warm feminist welcome to the younger women of the movement - a trailblazer indeed. Sympathy to her family and friends
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#GE2024 Abortion Rights Campaign have put together a Google Doc with all the parties and candidates' positions on abortion - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 26, 2024 at 8:08 PM
#GE2024 Abortion Rights Campaign have put together a Google Doc with all the parties and candidates' positions on abortion - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Important new resource launched today by the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, authored by Dr. Fiona O'Rourke, Dr. Catherine Baker and Dr. Darragh McCashin, with panelists Dr. Kenny Doyle (Mens Development Network) and Jane McGarrigle (@webwiseireland.bsky.social)
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November 26, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Important new resource launched today by the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, authored by Dr. Fiona O'Rourke, Dr. Catherine Baker and Dr. Darragh McCashin, with panelists Dr. Kenny Doyle (Mens Development Network) and Jane McGarrigle (@webwiseireland.bsky.social)
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First post bye bye X
November 17, 2024 at 5:47 PM
First post bye bye X