For a college project I am trying to find mainstream representations of M.E in fiction, does anyone have suggestions? Preferably in film/TV but anything fictional really. I've only found 3 so far, an episode of The Golden Girls, Flying Doctors, and Absolutely Fabulous...

30,000 Homeless By 2030 Pledged In New Govt Housing Plan https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/13/30000-homeless-by-2030-pledged-in-new-govt-housing-plan/

Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?

"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else To everyone else they are just "homes"

There's no polite way to say this - if you still think Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are capable of solving the housing crisis, you're a fucking moron.

I hate when YouTube ads spend the first few seconds trying to get you to not skip the full ad when they should be selling their product in those few seconds. All Vine stars should have been picked up by marketing and advertising agencies

The birth of the author

Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve. I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.

A shockingly well-developed plan to disrupt and destroy facilities. Right-wing terrorists are terrorists. From demos outside the Dáil with a guillotine, to terrorising library staff, to vigilantes on the streets beating people, to pipe bombs. It’s an escalation and FFG need to take it seriously.

Thank you @carlkinsella.bsky.social Unfortunately Carl is right, until FF & FG actually consider thousands of homeless kids a crisis which effects them & thier voter base, they won't act. jrnl.ie/6866350 #supergluedpockets #speirgorm

It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column

This is a terrible move. Standards in RTÉ are in audible decline. This is an essential public service not a for profit enterprise, something made all the more vital in an age of rampant disinformation. Short sighted, shallow thinking.

"However, Catherine Connolly’s historically successful campaign has certainly proved something about Ireland in 2025. The left can win in Ireland, and we may, at last, not be quite so centrist as those in the centre would like to believe." Yussss

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

Justice Minister confirms arson attack on IPAS building in Drogheda last night. "Fireworks were thrown into the building, causing a fire and putting lives at risk. This was a terrifying ordeal for the women and children living there, a number of whom were taken to hospital." (1/2)

We never should have told David Harbour he was hot

So unsurprising.

Monstrous. news.sky.com/story/tens-o...

If establishment parties think pivoting to violent racists will earn them votes, they need to reflect on whether they'd feel comfortable delivering this news to the baying mobs in person. Roll on up to the next riot and see how they receive a politician in their midst. Fucking clowns. #spéirgorm

We knew they'd learn the wrong lessons from the pres election but it's still so maddening to see

Israel is bombing tents again with F35 jets. They commit genocide with impunity. There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day. They must be held to account. Speak up. Take action. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Ireland elects an independent, socialist woman to the position of president. Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’ #SpeirGorm #Áras2025

As is always the way with these wankers Aontu didn't sack him for being a racist piece of shit, they sacked him for getting caught.

This is bull. Steen has done no public service and had ample time to prepare a campaign if she was actually bothered. Sheridan wasn't bothered to have documents right for LA meetings. Who else came close to actually trying to get on the ballot? Far-right twats who wanted the free publicity?

So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for. No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.

Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest. #Aras25 #Speirgorm

This campaign showed that this system works because that's why there wasn't a rapist on the ballot

Now that the Presidential election is over (yay CC!!) we have 2 tasks: making sure this new left unity continues and produces something voters can get behind in the general election; defeating this small but well-funded and growing racist, fashy, far-right goon squad.

Human existence has only been about wage labor for ~0.1% of our history. Having a job isn’t the same as having a purpose, and there’s nothing bad about losing jobs. The only way that could ever be a problem is if a bunch of assholes had tied all of our basic needs to our usefulness to rich people.

Given that Connolly got the biggest personal mandate in the history of the state AND the highest percentage of first preferences ever in a presidential election, anyone in media engaging this pereniial fuckwit for analysis is pissing in your eye and telling you it's soda water.

Wrote this piece two weeks ago: - CC was reaching voters outside of traditional media - CC spoke about values and vision - HH's communication was very poor - CC's strength was calmness - HH had a tendency to freeze under no pressure - Fine Gael attack-style negative campaigning would backfire

I have to say I found this highly motivating in terms of getting off my hole to vote

i look to history for an explanation for the spoiled votes campaign: more deaths from the 1918 flu led to support for fascism in italy and fewer deaths in america led to support for the kkk. this is where we are. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36880549/

Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.

The papers on Monday:

I'm hoping we've heard the last of the phrase "rural pursuits" along with FG's hope for the presidency. #aras2025

A sitting Dublin city councillor has posted a call for "ethnic cleansing". Don't call them far right though

impossible to tell what proportion of the spoils are racists (some), what are genuine mistakes (some), and what are middle aged men who are just horny for maria steen (loads)

Reminder: don't ever buy from Amazon.

Some crimes I think are fine if you get away with them. I think the Louvre robbery is fine and if they can make it like six months without getting caught they should be able to admit to it publicly and all the French police should be able to do is shake a fist at them

Unsurprised but still angry and speechless

Don’t flake on voting just because the result is in the bag! Margin matters. Remember how awful it felt seeing Peter Casey jump from 2% polls to 23% after his attacks on travellers. A low turnout/high number of spoiled votes will be seized on by the fash. Every vote for Connolly undermines them

I knew he was out of touch but not this much... It's pretty funny

There will never be justice for what the British state did in Northern Ireland

There is no British Justice.

Not that surprising a result

There is no justice in the British system, only blood on their hands. Remembering today and always the 14 innocent boys and men intentionally massacred by the British state on the streets of Derry 💔

There was no conceivable world in which the British justice system would find one of their own guilty of war crimes when they're enthusiastically supporting a genocide. But even still, the Bloody Sunday verdict is a slap in the face for all Irish people.

So angry for the Bloody Sunday families and the people of Derry. Absolutely no justice in this at all.

a state that should spend every living minute in shame of itself