God some women are really beautiful. Today I felt like a polished turd

The Glorious 12th is a celebration of traditional Ulster Loyalist history and culture.

It is truly incredible how some of these male leftists who correctly criticize the police and court system will turn around and say a rape allegation can’t be taken seriously unless it passes through the cops and courts

I found Varadkar’s admission that his once-ultra conservative social views were motivated by his unhappiness as a closeted gay man. I don’t doubt that but what I will say is that the conservative economic ideas he still embraces are also hindering many people from living free, happy, authentic lives

The Housing Essay is a weekly deepdive from a rotating variety of voices into issues impacting Ireland's property crisis. This week, the founders of Derelict Ireland say that while taxes can be an effective way of combating dereliction, this shouldn’t be seen as the only solution. jrnl.ie/7096084

I honestly could not get over the number of public toilets when I was in France over the past few weeks… what is WRONG with Ireland!!

When someone's behaviour harms other people we don't tax them to make them stop We "didn’t just tax tobacco, they brought in an outright ban on second-hand smoke" So aren't we doing the same for hoarding & speculation Read our latest piece in The Journal 🔗👇 #DerelictIreland #SpéirGhorm

The Housing Essay: ‘Use it or lose it’ is a policy measure whose time has come Like the strong action of the smoking ban, it will take more than a ‘sin tax’ to de-normalise dereliction. www.thejournal.ie/housing-essa...

#Ireland #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis #RentCrisis #Housing #Europe #EU #Spéirghorm

Our hearts are so heavy this morning as we mourn the death of Jamey Carney, another woman killed in violent circumstances. We extend our deepest sympathies to her friends, family and wider community at this unimaginably difficult time. Women everywhere deserve to live free from violence. 🖤

1. No enforcement. 2. No enforcement. 3. No enforcement.

No surprise This was designed to fail Me & @judesherry.bsky.social called it out in piece for Irish Examiner (Oct '22) We also raised it in the Oireachtas (Oct '25) But all falling on deaf ears 'cos its a manufactured housing crisis Time for 'Use It or Lose It' so we have homes not #DerelictIreland

This is what a well designed Vacant Homes Tax looks like 🏚12k homes back into use 🏘️36% vacancy rates reduction 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦20% more rental home 💰$231m raised over 3 yrs This is what Vancouver's 5% VHT achieved despite only a 0.9% Vacancy Rate #DerelictIreland#VacantIreland #Speirgorm

Was at this tonight, had a great time ☺️ all for charity #speirgorm

Addicted to shopping, Im not even joking. It's depression or shop instead, it's all online so it's so easy to daydream (that would make me feel better) and then spend money #speirgorm

Domestic violence is enabled by the state as they ignore the plight of all these women and children. And still there's people begrudging others a safe place to call home. It's maddening 😤 #speirgorm

This is outrageous Who are our politicians serving? Because its not the vulnerable or those in real need Everyone should have a home

I know it's not that simple But there are over 180,000 wasted homes in Ireland Policies such as compulsory rental/sales & squatting would be transformative giving everyone a home as well as building community Think about that when you next walk in your front door #DerelictIreland

"One in 10 Irish homes is at risk of overheating. Supermarket fans won’t cut it. Middle-floor and top-floor apartments and compact dwellings are at increased overheating risk, as are deep retrofitted homes"

This 👇 "I was shocked when all those 900 names were printed on the front page of the Examiner. I thought there would be an outrage,” she said. "Do Cork people not care? All those little children and young babies. And does the church not care?” #Bessborough www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

“When we know the likely effect of future climate change on our housing, it is incredible that we are introducing standards that will make apartment liveability worse. Health impacts have been ignored in the constant drive for output over outcomes.” @irishtimes.com

Omg one of my dresses are lovely. An army green one with black flowers, another one comes in second. I'm delighted 😎

Some help required. Daughter lost her very special to her Coraline Cat (pictured) at the Kneecap Crystal Palace gig on Saturday night last. Incredibly long shot but means a lot to her. Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.

A woman who was born in a mother and baby home in Cork where hundreds of babies died said that survivors are prepared to chain themselves to diggers to prevent the building of apartments at the site jrnl.ie/7084344

Going through my British crime TV shows marathon.. so relaxed 😎

Thinking of the shit I put up with and mad with myself.. think the worst feeling is being mad with yourself #speirgorm

Dresses coming tomorrow 🤗, hopefully they fit because I forgot about my petite status 😑

Please god we change to decriminalisation, harm reduction and the health led approach to addiction. Was listening to a mother of two children that died who doesn't agree unfortunately it doesn't mean she knows best 😬 #speirgorm

This narrative during Pride month was absolutely intentional. The corporate media is fully in for fascism and desperate for you to agree.

This is tapping into a deep held theory about social media that I have spent far too long thinking about... There are three 'functions' on social media that we all do but everyone does each to varying degrees. 1. Consume 2. Create 3. Connect

FF and FG have placed too much emphasis on individuals making changes to improve emissions, while dawdling on large scale projects. We now have less offshore wind energy production than we did 20 years ago. It's time we stop going backwards, and fast track the country's reduction in emissions.

Someone has been sitting on this historic property on Fr Matthew Quay, Cork city centre for a very, very long time Everyone else has to suffer consequences Built around 1800, sad to see this level of vandalism, captured so well by the photo, particularly the bleakness & scale #DerelictIreland

Fending off depressive mood, seems to be a constant battle. Buying dresses and doing the #musicchallenge in July to help

It's actually so shite that this happened. A fucking capital city and nowhere to dance to proper tunes anymore. Embarrassing.

Yet again begs the question; who is Dublin for.....?

That's deeply intensely shit. Yamamori has been there far longer than the "Hoxton"* Dublin is NOT London

He's insufferable, he also done this shit before. Fat kids, disabled kids, abuse, and Hitler FFS. What a desperate stupid man. And then mansplains to people that you don't understand the misdirection of the joke. Where's the misdirection you fucking idiot #speirgorm

Every edgy comedian is telling the same "jokes" being invented every thirty seconds by every insufferable tryhard from the age of 12. It's boring before its anything else.

The stuff you're not allowed to say anymore is limited entirely to nonce jokes and WW2 stuff

this man has no talent.

💜 We were at Pride today and it was beautiful! There was a great reception for the Palestinian flag with many speakers calling out apartheid Israel's genocide or finishing with Saoirse don Phalaistín. #NoPrideInIsraeliApartheid

Hillary Cass was also there, which should be noted whenever Irish politicians cite the Cass Review as any kind of authority on trans healthcare #speirghorm

Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, September 1979, an image used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #WomensArt

17,447 people are experiencing homelessness 🏠 As homelessness continues to be a national emergency, the Simon Communities of Ireland is calling on Government to pause proposed changes to the Housing Act 1988, where the Minister intends to change eligibility for emergency accommodation. #SpéirGorm

In 2021 @judesherry.bsky.social & I released this landmark report bunking common myths around dereliction Jude had spent 3 months going through all publicly available data for over 300 derelict properties we identified in Cork city Free access here: indd.adobe.com/view/fbe49c7... #DerelictIreland

Still the largest study of dereliction ever in the country Not done by state agencies, academics or think tank Done by two individuals for free Because after 18 months living in Ireland we'd had enough of people dying on our streets & buildings collapsing This is #Derelictireland #Speirgorm

11% rise in numbers in emergency accommodation in 12 months when in reality everyone should have a home with all the vacant houses Do not accept this as normal Its not And sadly you can add another 300k hidden homeless This is structural violence #speirghorm #housingcrisis

A grassroots movement can help change housing policy - we should know The founders of #DerelictIreland on the setbacks and victories of campaigning to bring empty homes back into use in Ireland.