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Morag Friel

@moragfriel.bsky.social

520 followers 290 following 460 posts

She/her Loves swearing + outdoor socialising Hates fash of any kind Proudly pro LGBTQI+, pro 🇵🇸 + pro anything that opposes people fucking up the planet 12 months into Long Covid; it sucks Wd like to see more non-US politics posts on Bsky #spéirgorm

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 3h

Ha, this is damn clever. Has them all of a Twitter here on Bsky!

Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 2d

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 9h

Heather Humphreys is spreading misinformation that Oireachtas political staff need so-called garda clearance – they don’t, according to documents obtained by The Ditch

Alan Shatter joined in – posting a fake document on X purporting to be official policy

www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

Humphreys spreading misinformation about Oireachtas vetting

Humphreys’s former party colleague and ex-justice minister Alan Shatter has also joined in.

www.ontheditch.com

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 5h

Or maybe it’s just typical, when you look at how many politicians will give reference for rape accused….

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 12h

Please do not vote for this awful person in the Irish election; she’s a disastrous ex-minister for biodiversity, supported an animal cruelty perp and anti-trans.🤮
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm

Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 19h

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 12h

@sheelaghnagig.bsky.social too!

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 12h

Support your independent book shop (and other shops too) over poxy Amazon.
I’d add @sheelaghnagig.bsky.social in Cloughjordan, North Tipperary, to this list. Best wee book/coffee/health food/crafts shop ever!

🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 12h

Some independent Irish bookshops you can support rather than Amazon. And most offer free postage in 🇮🇪too.
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com
www.marrowbone.ie/shop
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
#Spéirghorm

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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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 1d

Never trust a Blueshirt, Nigel….

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 1d

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 1d

Message from Kneecap on the latest bullshit from the British govt #Kneecap #Spéirghorm

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 1d

Last chance to register for Irish presidential election today.
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
www.thejournal.ie/presidential...

Today is the deadline to register to vote in the presidential election

Polling day is on Friday 24 October.

www.thejournal.ie

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, Ziobot!

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 5d

So proud of these brave people who out themselves in harm’s way to try to help Gaza. #IsraelIsATerroristState #FreePalestine

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 5d

Am so sorry that you lost your beautiful child.

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 5d

I noticed that too but no way was I putting that on a public register! So I ignored it and it wasn’t a problem

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 5d

Every day is potato celebration day for me! So I'll prob just eat some more delicious spuds..

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Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for the shout out to #DerelictIreland by Martin Leahy
on Opinion Line
Come See Martin sing his famous #EveryoneShouldHaveAHome on Saturday
#SpéirGorm

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 5d

Ah feic, another unique, intelligent and lovely person lost to cancer.
#spéirghorm
#spéirgorm

www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

Manchán Magan: Writer and documentary maker dies aged 55

Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair

www.irishtimes.com

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 6d

This is so powerful! #FreePalestine

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 6d

New workout jam has dropped

Hassaan Ahmed حسان احمد @ancienthydra.bsky.social · 6d

What a performance. Australian broadcasting has no idea what to do with artists like Mudrat. Genuinely surprised the video is still up. #FreePalestine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g528...

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 6d

What an absolute moral vacuum of a human being; not sure on which side of the line mass murdering children falls….

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 6d

Fucking genociders - as well as the illegal attack and kidnap of activists they will, of course, make damn sure that all the aid being carried by the flotilla won’t make to the people who need it.

Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 6d

My friend Sarah Clancy is currently in IOF captivity, kidnapped last night when her boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was illegally intercepted in international waters.

Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social

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Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 6d

Kidnapped or illegally taken by the IOF (Israeli Occupation Force), more like it

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 6d

I first read yr comment as “whole political scrotum from FG to FF”😁

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 6d

(Maybe I misunderstood; had you’d emailed to ask? I just input my details directly online and it came up on the screen that I was registered.)

Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social · 6d

It should tell you immediately if you’re registered, once you put in your details.

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 7d

Israeli warship circling one of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla boats.

#AllEyesOnSumud #AllEyesOnGaza

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