Off back home to Ireland. Thought I’d use one of my @prioritypass.bsky.social on the No 1 lounge No 1 in Birmingham Airport. What a waste of a visit. The offering is terrible and the food I wouldn’t expect in a Pound Shop never mind a Club Lounge.

Many thanks @alcoates.bsky.social & @gayadoptiondad.bsky.social for having our Research Manager, Gillian Elam, and Chair, @euanpreston.bsky.social, on The Adoption and Fostering Podcast to talk about our research report. www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-4r...

Out on Saturday as a podcast! A great conversation and what @thebelayfoundation.org.uk do is quite simple but very well thought thru and managed. Have a listen when it drops on Saturday. 🎧

Delighted to welcome Alan Dillon TD, Minister for Small Business, Retail & Circular Economy to sunny Ennis today with local TD, Joe Cooney. We really appreciate the Minister's support for our work supporting people living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder & their families.

Clare Solomons and I were guests on an emergency episode of @aandfpodcast.bsky.social discussing the @asgsfprotest.bsky.social campaign. Thanks for having us, @gayadoptiondad.bsky.social and @alcoates.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/2TiO...

@alcoates.bsky.social @gayadoptiondad.bsky.social @thepotatogroup.bsky.social Two of of our little team of three organisers went on the @aandfpodcast.bsky.social to discuss the devastating impact of changes to #ASGSF Have a listen: www.facebook.com/watch/?mibex...

Just a short trip to Barcelona from Miami. The cocktails are already flowing!

A very good morning from Miami. Downtown in the background. Thankfully a good nights sleep after the first night of next to zero so feeling myself this morning and ready to get some brekky and then head of to board Brilliance of the Seas!

Living in this glorious country, running an organisation here and have amazing friends is all part of how the Irish do things. Blessed to live in a country that, whilst it doesn’t get everything right, lets us live our lives and dreams to the full. Happy St Patrick’s day ☘️

I am hosting a breakout session on how NEPS can support students with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in school! Join us and further the conversation on this under recognised condition affecting children in nearly every school in Ireland. #EdChatIE

End your weekend on a high - get those early bird tickets in the bag for our conference on May 22nd! 'FASD in Ireland' - with Dr Jolanta Burke, Professor Raja Mukherjee, Professor Farhana Sharif - and that is just the start! Book your place: fasdireland.ie/conference

Just binged the Boyzone documentary… a trip down memory lane for sure. Conclusion: Louis Walsh is an arsehole.

Here we go again! Back on the horse. #FASDIrlConf

New glasses today… replaced my 8 year olds with news ones and didn’t realise how bad my eyes have gotten. No longer closing one eye to choose a programme on telly with glasses on. 😂😂

It’s funny… I had really stopped posting on the bird app and now I forget this is here as I got out of the routine. Need to get back into posting crap! 😂

Have you listened to this? The 200th episode of The Adoption and Fostering Podcast. @alcoates.bsky.social and @gayadoptiondad.bsky.social hand over the hosting to the the one and only @markowers.bsky.social Brilliant as always, a gorgeous listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

What a year 2024 was… professionally - it’ll be good to start a new. Personally… it was bloody brilliant! Topped off only by little lady taking her first steps yesterday! Wishing one and all a Happy New Year!

36 of these bad boys ready for the next few days. Anyone who doesn’t have a yorkie with their Christmas dinner is simply a heathen!

Please tell me everyone else is also giving their homes a deep clean today…. This is the first time in 2.5 years I have felt like the place is minging… and wanted to do something about it. Illness or laziness or both… who knows!

Trying to find all my peeps from the other place… if I miss anyone then can you tag them 👇 please?? 🥰

In the new year I'm signed up to deliver 14 training events for Kinship. I'll be supporting carers to manage challenging/ aggressive behaviour The needs within the #Kinship community are hidden and often laced with complex circumstances. I'm sure we can grow this conversation #CCVAB #CPV #CPVA

Weekend in Madrid… and why the hell not?! Looking forward to meeting the new addition to our friends family who is now nearly a year old. Being a Grandad makes you so bloody broody for babies!

200th episode is in the can. Massive thanks to @markowers.bsky.social for elbowing his way in to guest host the episode! Not least for the research you did and the questions you asked! Out soon!

Really excited to be recording our official 200th episode. Here’s how it works, in case you wondered… not including specials, lives and conversations - this is our 200th episode where Al and I chat. Looking forward to our special guest host and taking a back seat. Hope he has prepared well! 💅🏻

I was never very political until I started working in the charity sector. This election is mind blowing. Absolutely mind blowing. #GeneralElection #GE24

The next 24 hours have two really important things going on. 1) La Voix winning Drag Race And 2) voting in my first Irish general election tomorrow. Do NOT waste your vote if you have one. #DragRaceUK #GeneralElection #GE24

8 years in and 400+ podcasts and we are still going strong. If you are a listener to the OG adoption and fostering podcast - then thank you so much for listening! I podcast for me, but if you listen - then THANK YOU!

Episode 199 - Well, it's been eight years since we started the #Podcast and that coincided with us being together in Ireland. So, we kick back in Scott's kitchen, catch up on events and reflect on stuff. #Adoption #Fostering #Podcast

❄️❄️❄️ It has snowed overnight in the West ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ How is it where you are? When was the last time we saw the white stuff? If you have a snow day, then make sure you are the P in PACE* - Playful - but looking after each other. *PACE - Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy #FirstPost

Haven’t seen a flake of snow since we lived in UK. It’s still November and it’s snowing in County Clare. ❄️ 🇮🇪

So… is everyone here and accounted for now? #Xedous

Yup. Tis me from that bird app. May it rest in peace!