Because I am old and 10pm is far too late for me to be watching a #PresidentialDebate, I am now watching it on my lunch. I'm 15mins in, please tell me Jim Gavin gets less infuriating.

The headline is purely inaccurate and so so dangerous. Those without status don't and have never qualified for HAP. Being assessed as unable to meet habitual residency condition (seemingly the core issue here) is not the same as being undocumented, or as the Mirror calls it, "illegal"

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Irish bluesky, who uses the phrase "plug it out" to unplug an electrical device? Is this a uniquely Irish phrase? Or is it even more niche and confined to the west coast?

Day 2 of #2030InSight live is kicking off. Today I'll be talking about the upcoming Global Eye Health Summit including about the work of the Policy and Legacy committee in the main auditorium. For those of you not in Nepal, you can tune in online lnkd.in/d4iBkQaY

At #InsightLive in Kathmandu? I will be speaking at two sessions today. - 11:15 I will be speaking at "Eye Health in the Development Frame: Key Intersections to consider" in the Kathmandu room. - 15:15 I will be doing at 90 seconds pitch at the Roundtable on Refractive Error in the Action Cafe.

Today sees the inaugural meeting of the IAPB Disability Inclusion Member Group along with all other MEGs before the full conference kicks off tomorrow. I'll be speaking about eye health in the development sphere, policy change for addressing refractive error & the global eye health summit.

What a fucking tool. Every racist “Ireland is full” bollix talking point trotted out while presuming to speak for Irish people. This prick speaks for nobody but himself - and he can barely do that

Lest anyone be confused, the person found guilt of sexual assault, allegedly speaking on behalf of the Irish people in the White House today, does not and will never represent me or most of the people I know.

How on earth do you explain smaller city/town St Patrick's Day parades? Why yes, that is a man dressed as Elvis riding on the front of a vintage Massey Ferguson.

Me watching the White House press conference

Honored to co-author a @cehjournal.bsky.social article for #IWD2025 on practical steps to improve women and girls access to eye care. Drawing from experience in three countries the steps can be translated to any health sector setting where inequity in access exists. cehjournal.org/articles/854

Honestly with the state of the world, anyone or any council who would nominate this idiot would want to take a long hard look at themselves - we don’t have time these days to indulge these ignorant, inconsequential bros!. #speirgorm

My most used gif this week

Today marks the first day this year that sunset is after 6pm. Let the evening light begin 🙌

Utterly shameful - a sickening betrayal of some of the poorest people. And counterproductive too - as if global security isn’t also dependent on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, global poverty, inequality, and humanitarian needs.

Increasing spending on defence by decreasing spend on development aid is short sighted. Aid contributes to security, aid continues to the British interest (which is how Starmer framed the defence increase). This a very worrying trend

If I were to pick one of the things the EU has done that I appreciate every day (apart from you know free movement) it's the fact that my laptop charger also charges my phone

Glances at calendar

"But why do you care about the US election?"- well it impacts us all, everywhere. It impacts the sector I work in, it impacts people who are already in positions of vulnerability, it impacts everyone. If you don't care it's because you are immensely privileged.

You know it's windy when the doors on your wardrobes as shaking with the wind even though all your windows and doors are closed. #StormEowyn

Justice for Natasha at last

@gavreilly.com can you explain using smarties why independents, who are in government, want opposition speaking rights and why they think they should be allowed play both sides?

Cool. Great. No problem.

Cool. Great. No problem.

Not gonna lie, over the past week and a half I have wondered, more than once, how blissfully ignorant I could be if I didn't care so much about government make up, foreign policy and, ya know, human rights.

So what are well calling these little posts? The bird app had tweets so here are some options - clouds - rays I admit it's a work in progress

Our work is not done! A ceasefire is only the most important first step to end the genocide against the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

This. 100%. Between dawn this morning and the ceasefire being announced Israeli strikes killed 59 Palestinians. And the ceasefire doesn't start until the 19th. Let Palestinians rejoice but let the rest of us keep pressure on. Continue with BDS, look for the occupied territories bill,

Anas al-Sharif, announces the ceasefire live on Aljazeera amidst a jubilant crowd in Gaza, saying he can “finally remove his helmet and flak jacket” and recalls, emotionally, the names of all the journalists Israeli killed doing their job, in Gaza.

Parts of this Programme 4Government are great, a commitment to increasing ODA until 0.7%, to transgender healthcare that is based on evidence &compassion but other parts are hugely worrying, restricting movement of asylum seekers while applications being processed, flights between Dublin &Derry

I came out of a meeting where what the Trump presidency means for global health to the news that the Healy-Rae's will be junior ministers with responsibility for forestry and biodiversity.

If one of the brothers, who have denied climate change and likened rising sea water levels to Noah's ark, become a junior minister for agriculture, we are doomed!

Are we all in agreement that the new year starts today? Last week was too cold to be all "new year new me"

This past week, while sub zero for the most part, has had a real stretch. The sky has still been blue when I finish work!

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

I very much noticed the @theauldsthretch.bsky.social yesterday evening. We are coming out of the relentless night 🙌

Cool. Great. Love this. (sarcasm intended)

So how did everyone survive the Christmas period? Me? As the token liberal lefty I got in many heated debates over a 24 hour period on 1) the need for a vacant property tax, 2) why people hoarding houses is not acceptable, 3) the need for trans youth to be supported, 4) why religion should not be in

Going back to work, after the holidays, on a Thursday, is very discombobulating.

Me following the #GE2024 coverage

Thankfully sense prevailed but there needs to be a serious look at how Dublin inner city feels so disenfranchised to vote for a convicted criminal with no policies to speak of.

3,689,896 people are eligible to vote today, electing 173 TDs across 43 constituencies. #ge24

Today please..