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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 2d

The quiet power of never forgetting.

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Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group

Nihon Hidankyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribable’

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 3d

Via Sarah Clancy's partner Anne Mulhall:

"Friends I am so happy to tell you that Sarah and all the Irish flotilla heroes are in the air flying to Athens and will all be on flights home to Dublin tonight or tomorrow.
Sarah will be arriving into Dublin airport at 11pm tonight."

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · 4d

World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now action.eko.org/a/world-lead...

World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now

Right now, the last remaining vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, The Marinette, is approaching Gaza's waters -- carrying brave activists who are all risking their lives to break Israel’s illegal siege on G

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · 20d

Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hardworking midwives—deserve much better. my.uplift.ie/petitions/mo... @uplift.ie

Choice in Maternity Care Matters: Mothers Deserve More

Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hard...

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · 25d

All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support. my.uplift.ie/petitions/i-... @uplift.ie

I'm supporting the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the illegal siege of Gaza.

All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support.

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · 25d

Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...

Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup

Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · 27d

Enough is enough. Lets get toxic chemicals out of period products!: action.eko.org/a/toxic-peri...

Get toxic chemicals out of period products!

An explosive new study by PAN UK and Wen (Women's Environmental Network) has just found toxic glyphosate in period products at *40 times* higher than the legal limit for drinking water.Glyphosate is l

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Ola Majekodunmi @olamajekodunmi.bsky.social · Aug 31

We're very excited to announce this— Off The Scéal is a brand new Multilingual Open-Mic night created and hosted by the amazing @danflynn94.bsky.social and myself 😍

Come on down to the DLR Lexicon Studio and join us for a night of poetry and song —

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Sep 9

A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...

Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food

A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Aug 24

Protect elephants: keep the global ivory ban
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Protect elephants: keep global ivory ban!

Elephants are being slaughtered so their tusks can be turned into trinkets. And now, some governments want to make it legal. Japan and South Africa are pushing to overturn the global ivory trading ban

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Aug 9

Help Jana and her family in Gaza chuffed.org/project/1434...

Help Jana and her family in Gaza

I am asking for your help for a family of seven in Gaza who my wife and I know personally. They have been living through terrible hardship for the past two years. They have lost everything. They now h...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 2

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Jul 23

First look: the gorgeous cover of FILLY, Rosamund Taylor's stunning novel-in-verse, coming from Banshee Press in October 2025. Cover photography by Oana Stoian, with design by Jack Smyth ✨

@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @jackflag.bsky.social

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · Jul 24

For a whole year I shared a riverbank with a male mute swan

Everyday on my walk we conversed without a word being said

Every day I hoped he found the partner he craved

This year he brought his new family to see me

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Jul 24

£76 million. That’s how much Stormont exempted companies such as Coca-Cola, Moy Park and Kingspan from paying rates last year. I've signed this petition calling Finance Minister John O'Dowd to scrap the exemption today - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns my.actnowni.org/petitions/ca...

Sign Now: Caoimhe Archibald Scrap Rates Exemption for Big Business

£76 million. That’s how much Stormont exempted companies such as Coca-Cola, Moy Park and Kingspan from paying rates last year. I've signed this petition calling @johnodowdsf to scrap the exemption tod...

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Jul 21

Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction.
action.eko.org/a/stop-fuell...

Stop fuelling the “economy of genocide”

A historic new UN report just did what the UN almost never does — it named dozens of global corporations fuelling Israel’s “economy of genocide”. They’re helping bomb Gaza and steal Palestinian land f

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Jul 20

Adorable otters are being captured and trafficked for use in exotic pet cafes in Japan. We need to stop this! Help protect otters, join the global call. action.eko.org/a/stop-otter...

Stop otter poaching!

Cute and cuddly otters are being brutally kidnapped, separated from their tight-knit families and forced into a life of misery as captives in otter cafés.Many otters die in transit, stuffed into airpl

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Jul 10

I've just signed this petition calling on the government to protect the GPO as a national monument and to scrap plans to turn it into shops and offices. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr... @uplift.ie

Protect Our Revolutionary History - Make the GPO a National Monument not a Shopping Centre

I've just signed this petition calling on the government to protect the GPO as a national monument and to scrap plans to turn it into shops and offices. Will you sign too?

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Jul 5

I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to not raise university fees. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie

Keep Your Promise - Don't Hike University Fees

I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to not raise university fees. Will you sign too?

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · Jul 5

African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade action.eko.org/a/african-un...

African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade

Millions of donkeys are slaughtered every year so their skins can be used to make ejiao, a gelatin found in cosmetics and supplements.Donkeys are stolen from communities that rely on them for survival

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Katie Donovan @katiedpoet.bsky.social · May 22

This day last year - the launch of "May Swim". Thanks to Sinéad MacAodha for her lovely speech, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social for publishing my 6th poetry collection, & to the friends, family and poetry lovers who cleared out the shop! Missing my swimming friend Sydna Farrar, who has since swum on...

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · May 20

New peer-reviewed research: wolves in Poland mostly hunt wild animals, not livestock.
Predators keep ecosystems stable.
And ecosystems are what feed, clean, and cool the planet.
Biodiversity isn’t a luxury.
It’s humanity’s life support system.