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This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl. If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Also, please support the disability community, if you can, at this march on Saturday #disability #speirgorm

“For an Irish Government Minister, no movement is imaginable unless the Minister experiences an external pressure. Making decisions because the actions might be a good idea doesn't even enter the discussion.” Comprehensive and incisive as usual from @Tupp_ed #IEPOL www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Anyone got a spare ticket for @stereolabgroop.bsky.social in Whelans tonight? Will pay real money #speirgorm #speirghorm @foggynotions.bsky.social

I think of this, from 2020,often...

As a climate science/policy person, I looked around and thought, this is what our environment can be if we decarbonize the economy, clear skies, nature healing - but not like this. I had hoped we would emerge to decide just that. Alas, we did not decide...

A remarkably disheartening thing is you get the sense there are a handful of genuine historic fork in the road moments of what kind of country we want in our lifetime, and I still can’t shake how much during the height of Covid we had a decision of what lessons we’d all take from it and what…

Who will stand up for disabled people and their carers? #WhoCares #autism #disability

LOST CAT! Milo has gone missing from Seapark apts on Mount Prospect Ave in #Clontarf. He’s an indoor cat and still quite young so he’s probably pretty scared. Please let me know if you spot him hiding somewhere in the area. Thanks so much! This is in Dublin, Ireland btw.

The Foo Fighters are in Ireland to play a last-minute gig in Dublin tomorrow night. Tickets go on sale from midday today at Dame Street for their show in The Academy. www.thejournal.ie/foo-fighters...

For the sunny day that’s in it, my favourite version of the Irving Berlin classic #Speirgorm youtube.com/watch?v=FG_X...

Thanks Frank, just to let everyone know, my Derelict Sites website www.derelictsites.com is now live.

@deck.blue is the service down? I’m just getting a white screen atm

1/2 Masks at the Olympics & NASA, but not chemotherapy wards. Another excellent article from Tess Finch-Lees www.independent.ie/opinion/comm... Plz click link ⬆️ Behind paywall in 2/2

The wording of this - "who most need their care" - has bothered me for days. Any child who has been deemed to need the care of an SNA needs it. It sounds to me like Minister Naughten wants to rank the level of need here and I think it should be closely watched. #Speirgorm

"Double, double toil & trouble... For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil & bubble". "Just 4% of newly-built homes saw sales completed in Dublin city...for 4,521 houses & apts... there were just 208 sold on the private market." www.thejournal.ie/how-many-hou... #spéirghorm #Housing

My cartoon in @thetimes.com #unprecedented

#3goodthings 1. A home visit from a TD: I didn’t know they did that! See oftencalledcathy.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/a... for more 2. Passed my first certified course since getting my degree aeons ago 3. The surviving plants in my window box think it’s spring #Disability #BeforeWeDie

I counted 19 empty shops on my walk to work in Ennis today (a ten minute walk). How many of these could be turned into housing? Some of them were converted from housing to shops/offices, so some of them could easily be converted back. Its crazy to me that so many properties are laying empty.

Child Of Prague Let Go By Met Éireann After Poor Performance Review #speirgorm waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/02/20/c...

Muting *Andrew* Yes, I’m grumpy!

Why didn’t Charles just gracefully archive the Royals after Elizabeth died?

⚠️ Clearwater ⚠️ Multiple reports of a collision on Finglas Road at Clearwater. Delays of 5 minutes from the Tolka river bridge.

This is the number of patients who need to be admitted to #UHL and have been left on trolleys today. No privacy. No dignity. No adequate treatment. This is not healthcare. This is not good enough. #SpeirGorm

Lord above, the Kerry CAMHS story is triggering panic attacks and flashbacks of memories I thought I’d successfully buried, but I still have to keep going! #TraumatisedCarer

There’s been a doubling in passenger numbers at Dublin airport since 2004, but tourism spending in Ireland has been static. “The increase in air connectivity has done wonders for the tourism industry, just not the Irish tourism industry.” #DublinAirportCap #ClimateCrisis

Last week I ditched the blanket when putting my feet up Today, I’ve 5 layers on, and still not warm Indoors!!!!

there are a lot of reasons why I don't do "give up X food for Lent" anymore - partly a general resistance to toxic diet culture and food moralizing in general, but also because it's never once spiritually enriched me as a person. I gave up all caffeine in college, TWICE, and it made me an asshole

An old cottage on a large enough plot of land, beside the Phoenix park in Dublin. Sold I think a few years and left to rot #DerelictIreland

Ain't nothing goin' on but the Lent

"the level of political power held by the ultra-rich & their corporations is so immense that even a govt with popular support & commitment to..cuts would struggle under the weight of..investment strikes, pressure from credit agencies, & catastrophic market disruption" futurism.com/science-ener...

Another trick politicians use is to say we are making x amount available for a service. But there is rarely accountability as to how much money was actually used and in what way. Making money available is not the same as spending money on something!

Those of you who followed me from The Other Place will know how much I love a bit of nominative determinism. Well imagine my delight when I realised the man beside me in the green room in RTÉ today is Niall Hatch of @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

When government politicians are asked about disability they will always reply by saying by how much is spent on services. It always sounds impressive But the reality is very different It’s of a state trying to grind disabled people and their families into the ground ⬇️ #disability #speirgorm

I wasn’t imagining it then #speirgorm #climatecrisis

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm

I might be somewhat marooned after yesterday's fun on the M9, but what a view here on the Copper Coast this morning #Waterford #Ireland #speirgorm

A wintry sunrise from my kitchen window

Please share✨ Great opportunities for young people in Ireland. This work experience could bring your to new places, new spaces with people from so many cultures & could change the trajectory of your life 🤩💪🏾 Give it a go! #spéirghorm #EU #Disabled #ChronicIllness #MS #JobFairy

Snowdrop plants are still flowering, and I found one small patch with double flowers #WildflowerHour

🎉 Community Festival Grants 2026 now open! Support for locally run events that bring neighbours together across Galway City. Grants €300–€2,000 available. Apply: https://submit.link/4Cf Deadline: 12pm, 9 March Info: www.GalwayCity.ie

The #GoodNews we need

#3goodthings 1. First daff, a bit battered by the rain but not bowed 🌼 2. Written another blog post, link now in profile ✍️ 3. I’ve hung out with all my close friends in the past 9 days ❤️

Looking for a recent article on research into breast milk & how signalling from the baby's saliva that prompts changes in the milk should the baby need, e.g., immune system help etc. Can't find the article. Any help?! Thank the researcher was Irish. Thanks. #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm

I try my best to empathise with everyone, but I find it very hard to empathise with those who hate their jobs and take it out on those who don't have jobs or need government supports. Those who say "I'm miserable so everyone should be" instead of "Nobody should be miserable, let's fix this together"

A long thread on the GigaBlue UHD Quad 4K Pro PVR: allows me to combine/watch/record Saorview and Freesat on one box - the ability to stream multi room in high quality is the icing on the cake!

For the day that it is 💚😘

💘 Love is in the air on O’Connell Street! 💘 Our Valentine’s Day pop‑up is open today and tomorrow, bringing a little extra joy to the heart of the city. Drop by for a photo under our romantic arch. ❤️🌹 📍 O’Connell Street 📅 13–14 February Share your snaps using #LoveDublin