One of the biggest mistakes pain clinicians can make is assuming their patients experience pain the same way they would. Full Soulture episode: https://bit.ly/4woNNIG

Just noticed at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social don’t have X on their promo material anymore, but maybe give them a follow on here.

This 👇 #speirgorm

Who doesn't love this kind of view in May?! #bluesky #speirgorm

Daniel Ennis has won more raw votes, despite a lower turnout, in the 2026 by-election than Gary Gannon did in the 2024 GE. An objectively huge performance by the SocDems in the capital.

Wow #speirgorm

I finally got around yesterday to sorting out my shoe and hangbag room! Also known as my hot press room! #speirgorm #collector

My window view this evening 🥰 #MaynoothUniversity #speirgorm

Why are grant applications so tedious! Seems to be a different internal process depending on who you talk to 🤣 Got there in the end. Submitted with 4 minutes to go! 👀 #funding #speirgorm #hatebudgets

Former WHO director, Dr Mike Ryan, ‘blown away’ by low life expectancy in inner-city Dublin www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

📈 New figures show 7,062 eviction notices were served in the first two months of the year - a 51% increase in the same period last year. Notices to quit peaked in February, at 3,138 - the final month before new tenancy rules, including longer-term tenancies by default, took effect on March 1st.

The race in Dublin Central is neck and neck. Now more than ever, your vote matters. If you want a politics of decency, inclusion and compassion. If you care about public services. If you want a passionate voice for communities across Dublin Central. On Friday May 22, vote #1 Daniel Ennis.

Going to bed (angry), and for the first time in many years I will wake up in a different Irish political landscape after Sinn Féin killed any idea of Irish "left unity" stone dead. Tomorrow, the lines must be redrawn and something new will have to be built - without them. On we go. #speirgrom

Presumably the government parties, Sf & Aontú will vote again in 3 days, just in case they change their minds? What no? That’s not how it works? #speirgorm

Happiness is... the history of the West V East German traffic lights! #Berlin #speirgorm

Art ♡ #Berlin #Speirgrom

Back to reality after 4 fabulous days in Berlin visiting friends #Berlin #Speirgorm

When in Berlin, we "spritz"!! #Berlin #speirgorm

At 3.30 pm tomorrow, I am officially on holiday until lunchtime next Thursday 🥳🥳🥳 Roll on Berlin 🍺🍺🍺🍺

I'd love just ONE lie in! Well, technically, I am still in bed, but why do I keep waking so early! Might read a few pages of my book and see if I can doze back off... although now I can hear the gorgeous bird song outside my window! 🐦

So, I found out my granda was born in Drogheda, not Belfast... and it looks like they had a shotgun wedding! Married 23.6 years, and my uncle was aged 23! #Census1926 #Census #Speirgorm

It has been a long week! Happy Friday! If you haven't watched it yet... BIG MOOD! #channel4 #bigmood #speirgorm

Example of basic lack of services! Roscommon has a 1 track train line (trains pull in for the one coming the other). People can't get to TUS for a 9am lecture. The 8.10/8.25 train gets into Athlone just before 9 (10-20mins to college), or the train that gets in just after 7am! If no delays!

I’ve be involved in various capacities in counter disinformation and counter hate speech activity on Irish online spaces for over 8 years. I have never witness anything as bad as the abuse directed at Senator Eileen Flynn… it’s gamergate levels of targeted & coordinated harassment.

Should a young person be discriminated against because of their accent? #Addthe10th

The DCU Library Leaving Certificate study Scheme is back! Come and study for the big exams in one of our beautiful libraries from 11th May to 23rd June. Spots are free and open to all Leaving Certificate students but you must register in advance: tinyurl.com/4j5kckas @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Monday, I delivered a lecture on behalf of the National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education to students on the Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology in Maynooth University. The topic was "Girls and Digital Inclusion." #MaynoothUniversity #SpeirGorm #intersectionality

Applications now open for Enable Ireland’s Certified Foundations in Assistive Technology 2027 course. Sign up to build essential Assistive Technology (AT) knowledge and gain the confidence to support users effectively. More info: enableireland.ie/events/foundations-assistive-technology-course-2027

Instead of an Easter egg, I got my other half these desserts from a local supplier in Castlerea. WOW! Divine! Guess what... they deliver nationwide! I also recommend their cookies! #SpeirGorm #speirghorm #spéirgorm solasdesserts.ie/collections/...

Is this just in Ireland?! #SpeirGorm 🤣 www.instagram.com/reel/DWULd_E...

The beauty of Mayo... Killary Fjord 😍 The weather cleared on Saturday during our boat trip! #SpeirGorm

The wind was only 10 mins up and our electricity went #StormDave. How bad are the electricity lines in rural Ireland now! It was mild wind in comparison to most times! We are also on yet another boil notice with the water, not that you would ever drink what comes out of the tap! #SpeirGorm

Finishing work at 11.45am & off until Wed! Some family are over from Holland, so dinner tonight & sightseeing tomorrow. A different family birthday celebration on Sunday & then Monday & Tuesday to relax! Best part... only using up 1.5 days annual leave 🥳🤣 #GoodFriday #SpeirGorm #speirghorm

My dinner this evening in Beleek Castle! #Mayo #speirgorm

All I can say, is how much I truly love my job. I feel part of a team, all working hard to break through systemic issues! #speirgorm #mqynoothuni www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

I don't get to attend too many in-person events as I don't live in Dublin anymore, but I changed my campus days this week to attend this report launch. #SpeirGorm #Spéirgorm #speirghorm #IPRT #JusticeImpacted #Poverty The report is available online to access iprtie.sharepoint.com/Shared%20Doc...

For many people, musculoskeletal pain is part of daily life—flaring, easing, and shifting over time. This article explores what’s behind it, and how small changes in movement, sleep, and stress can make a difference. https://stanford.io/4uz8ZdX

We had an industry event today for our STEM Passport for Inclusion programme. The absolute stars were the three students who shared their experience of the programme. 2 now studying STEM in college and one in TY who has just finished the programme. Wow!

So lovely to get out for a walk in the SUN after work today! Lough O'Flynn, Ballinlough. #HiddenHeartlands #Roscommon #speirgorm #spéirgorm

A photo I took this time last year at Lough O'Flynn, Ballinlough, Roscommon #speirgorm

👀 the nerves #sixnations #speirgorm

Who's idea... England in white and France in pale blue? I can't tell which team unless it's a close up 😭 #sixnations #FraVEng #speirgorm

Facial time! Then Ireland V Scotland! #IreVSco #sixnations #speirgorn #speirghorm

I see this top many times! Especially for women with fibro. The symptoms that are dismissed could be something v serious!

I was sent this from Inis Oírr, Aran Islands the other day 🥰

I'm not sure the word exhausted works for how I feel right now! I've had a baptism of fire the last two weeks on grants and funding! No one really to ask for help and lord did I find out today how painful budgets are 🤣. Possibly submitted too late, but if so, I've learnt loads 👀🤣 #speirgorm

One of my neighbours is very sick! I can hear them coughing and spluttering through the bathroom. Trying to work out which apartment?!

My mood hit horrifically low today. Happens me maybe once a year. Had to put my headphones on and pretend I wasn't in the office. Aware I can barely talk to people. It's like I need to recharge & avoid talking to people for a couple of days! I know I need to sit with the low & it will recalibrate!

On Sundays, I pack and head into bed around 7pm, early to bed and up in the car by 5.30am. Tonight I 'extra' don't mind an early night as I get to read another chapter or two of this!