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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh

@mousketeer.bsky.social

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Cork like. Artist, Historian, chef, retired and broken from rugby, occasional talking head on TV mainly about Gráinne Ní Mháille. Dilettante extraordinaire. Not fond of humans. Dog rescuer. PWD, GNC, nearing OAP, proudly Socialist, and absolutely Queer.

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · Aug 16

The grand total of €275 euro was raised.
In the first few days of a similar campaign for Ukraine over €700 was raised - eventually it was thousands.

And this time Cottonhound got appalling abuse.

I'm fucking disgusted at the response tbh.

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO DID BUY A WEE BANDANA!

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · Jul 4

"Free Palestine" dog bandanas still available.
Details of where to get them here.

(no - I'm not affiliated with the printers bar being a long standing customer of this small ethical Irish business).

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is Filo.
Once upon a time she was starving, bleeding, malnourished, and hiding in fear under an industrial wheelie bin.

Filo says #FREEPALESTINE

personalised bandannas available from Cottonhound on SpecialGifts.ie proceeds to the Irish Red Cross fund for Palestine.

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 42m

A triple question one shot followed by a repeat until we get the right answer. As is traditional.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 1h

They did tell someone. An ex Garda journo.
7 year after the events.

The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1h

So hang on the government line is now that the gardaí were aware that someone they deemed a potential security threat being let into Leinster House every day, but did nothing about it and told nobody?

This story has never made any sense, even less so now

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 2h

She has been moved to hospice, so please donate or share, as able! 🙏🏾

Melinda Magpie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 Free Link, free Palestine @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 7d

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 1h

Get an education about the world outside your horrible, gaslighting, built on exploitation country, and learn the reason the rest of the world dislikes Americans.
Self-righteous narcissists experiencing what ye dealt out across the globe now claiming no one has ever had it so bad.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 1h

OH MY GOD!

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEEN IN COURT ON MULTIPLE OCASSIONS TALKING TO RIFF RAFF - INCLUDING BANKERS.

Campaign tries to deflect by insisting she 'was instructed by solicitors'.

#Áras25 #IrishPolitics #SpéirGhorm

Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 1h

Lawyer Represents Different Types of Clients Shocker

Lead; IRELAND WAS REELING LAST NIGHT AS IT EMERGED CATHERINE SO CALLED "CONNOLLLY" WAS ONCE A 'LAWYER' WHO 'REPRESENTED CLIENTS' AT SINISTER GATHERINGS KNOWN AS 'COURT CASES' - PAGES 1,2,3,4 etc etc

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

www.irishtimes.com

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 3h

It makes about as much sense as the 'Gardaí blocked Connolly from employing an ex con who was being signed into Leinster Hse to do the job she was blocked from because she hadn't yet been vetted to get the key to access Leinster Hse to do the job she was blocked from' timeline.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 3h

I have zero issues with the death of the AI industry.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 4h

I'm going with 'Fuck All' for the jackpot, Orla. Final answer.

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 4h

"Unpaid carers are predominantly women, which might go some way to explaining why their contributions are ignored." Catherine Connolly speaking out following yesterday's budget on the continuation of the means test for carers, and the unfulfilled promise of a cost of disability payment.

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 4h

They were not 'in Gaza', they were in International Waters on the way to the State of Palestine. A country Ireland recognises.

And the Irish govt did feck all to help them. As Sarah Clancy made abundantly clear.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 5h

"The garda press office said it doesn’t comment on 'security and vetting matters relating to individuals or locations'.... but if ye meet us in the canteen at the table reserved for 'multiple sources' we can have a chat over a latte and a pastry."

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 5h

This backs up Connolly's version that Ní Shionnáin was employed and waiting for vetting.

Which turns out was for an access key. Not a job.

But adds more questions - since Ní Shionnáin had left before the vetting was completed what did the superintendent of the Oireachtas have to decide?

#Áras25

The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 7h

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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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 5h

Response from The Indo, IT, Examiner, Virgin Media, Newstalk, RTE etc etc

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 5h

Some people never know when to stop digging.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 5h

You certainly embraced hectoring, lecturing, exceptionalism, and myopia as far as the rest of the world is concerned.
Which is pretty on point for Americans.
And no one said you 'embraced' fascism, it was pointed out fascism has existed outside the US for 100 years, and is a tool in US imperialism.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 6h

Perhaps one day Americans like you will manage to take ownership of the legacy you have created all by yourselves, become mature enough to realise there's a world out there that has real reason to hate your policies, and stop acting like you are exceptional.

Until that day ye are fucked.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 6h

In Spain the democratically elected govt was overthrown by a fascist coup - Heard of Picasso? Look at his work Guernica.

Wanna talk about what your tax dollars and your governments have been doing in Gaza for decades?
Wanna look a Palestinian in the eye and tell then how hard it is in the USA?

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 7h

WE HAVE BEEN THERE!

Would you, for your own sake, take your head out of your insular arse and learn about the world.
Europe was torn apart by fascism. And it's rising again. Millions died - perhaps even you have heard of the Holocaust?
People were dropped alive out of planes in Argentina.

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Seanfhear míshásta 🇵🇸 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦📎 @seaghano.bsky.social · 9h

Pirates kidnap Irish citizens in international waters.

Irish government does absolutely nothing.

Failure on primary duty.

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12h

More Irish activists have now been taken by the IDF from international waters including author Naoise Dolan, TD Barry Heneghan and psychiatrist Veronica O’Keane.

They are part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 8h

It could save their political careers if they did.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 8h

You did.
But Pascal listens only to a very specific kind of business person. And 'arts and crafts' as he sneeringly called a vital sector ain't included.

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 8h

If the pissed off in the FF parliamentary party 'stood up' for workers, pensioners, people with disabilities and voted against the budget they would look like they give a shit, trigger a GE, and Martin would also fall.

Just saying...

Because we know they won't.

#SpéirGhorm #IrishPolitics

🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 9h

Taoiseach know the daggers are being whetted before tonight’s FF parliamentary party meeting. He’s throwing them all under the bus on newstalk to ‘get out in front of it, in terms of’
#Áras25

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 9h

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 8h

The level of incompetence is frankly insulting.

Time for the press to mention Ní Shionnáin again me thinks. Or Clare Daly.

No chance they'll mention data protection concerns.
#IrishPolitics

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 9h

The now deleted video from Heather Humphreys’ team including an image of the Reichstag building in Berlin.

Video focused on how Heather knows the border and the North - and was posted days after she said she doesn’t just go on “day trips”.

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Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 8h

My cartoon on today's front page of the @irishexaminer.bsky.social

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