New Gist: The Presidential Selection The time is ticking down to pick the candidates to replace Michael D. We take a tour around through the people looking to define the next seven/ fourteen years of Ireland. This is the Gist. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Teaching children kindness is left-wing now

The latest spate of attacks on Indian people is simply the outworking of a renormalisation of racism within our public discourse.

Plus the images associated with were AI generated. One debunking here from, er, 2 days ago. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/false-claim-...

Lads. Did anyone in The Phoenix do any checking on this story? Because the Norwegian publication that it likely originated from has deleted it.

🧵 Recently, a poll was carried out in the UK to see what respondents thought of the Supreme Court case about trans ppl. The findings of that court have been challenged by a number of experts & are likely to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights [1]

It took us eight more years, but we got there. Grateful today and every day for the decision made by the people of Ireland in May 2015 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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When art becomes a crime, power goes unchecked. Political artists are not the threat—those who try to silence them are. #KneeCap #ArtIsResistance

Today my artwork has been featured in an art exhibition. If you're from Ireland and live in Kerry, I recommend dropping by to have a look! My artwork is being featured at Siamsa Tire Tralee county Kerry. As a future cartoon artist, I am honored. #art #gallery #exhibition #feature #artwork #work

I think it’s important to draw attention to small acts of courage and dissent (like this NYT ad and the message from the VT ski resort social media manager) that remind people of the range of possibilities for standing up, speaking out, and fighting back.

The council says it will facilitate community-safety forum meetings, following calls from city councillors. “It’s important that we have a structure where people are held to account, can voice concerns and have questions answered." dublininquirer.com/2...

A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway dublininquirer.com/2025/02/19/a...

In front of UN CESCR, last week the UK Gov Admitted Failure in the Handling of the Separation of Children from Families in Poverty. 🇬🇧 An issue raised by Essex HR Centre @universityofessex.bsky.social with @grippuk.bsky.social & @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social hrcessex.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/t...

this is really fucking bad. what the fuck.

I am thrilled to be in UCC this morning to input my own contribution to the panel discussion of "What does it mean to be black in Ireland today ?" I want to see a more empowered, diversified, and inclusive with no hierarchy in the society. Ireland is changing positively.

Every time this comes up, it turns out the babies with Pulse records in the Garda intelligence system created for them are Travellers. Just in case that wasn’t clear. Pulse even has a setting for “family tree”.

ICYMI: We released a joint investigation with the Hope and Courage Collective documenting 55 incidents of political violence, harassment, intimidation and threats during the GE campaign across a spectrum of activity. @ciaranoconnor.bsky.social @isdglobal.bsky.social www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...

This is my favourite piece of #GE2024 literature 😬

Delighted to see my old lecturer elected. Loved attending his classes on Geographies of the Crisis in Maynooth. Right person in the right place! #GE24

I think one of the more troubling things I discovered while researching candidates was that Nick Delehanty is a solicitor working for Arthur Cox. #ge24

We wanted to do a Gift Guide for Irish Design businesses. As you can see, we struggled to find numbers. If you can think of any Irish Makers on here please let me know. #SLATED slated.ie #IRISHDESIGN go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq Reposts would be wonderful.

If you don't know already from Twitsville, @seamusryan.bsky.social has mastered the art of making local politics engaging. His live updates of Limerick County Council meetings are both informative and entertaining. His use of memes is perfection 👌 I would highly recommend a follow

1. Kill 'em 2. Remove 'em 3. Educate 'em 4. Steal their children (the pattern of white euro settler colonization)

👋 I’m supporting Lynn Ruane's fundraiser. She is authentic, compassionate & works her ass off everyday to push for a fair & equitable society. If you can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference. gofund.me/d23a2859

I've started on a first starter pack - some Twitter Ireland originals and media types go.bsky.app/FLAa4Lb

Reminder: you have no obligations with how you use social media. It's something you chose to use for your own reasons. Ideally it should be fun, rewarding, and/or interesting. You are absolutely NOT obliged to expose yourself to bullying, hated, and misinformation!

Hello everyone My name is Emma and I decided to join here as well (I am on every other app with the same username) I am a disabled Irish Traveller activist and my interests are in journalism, disability rights and accessibility, a little of politics and just sharing what my life is like 🩵

In case we do, I put together a social work academic Starter Pack. I’m sure I’ve unintentionally omitted folks who are already here, but I’ll keep updating.

I'm afraid folks we have to rebuild Irish Twitter. And I need your help to do it. That means re-following all the lovely people you already know. Let's get to it, until bsky is the first app you open, rather than shitter app.

Delighted to see this podcast out. We'd a great chat with Rory about what is working and what isn't in our cost rental sector, and heard from a cost rental tenants. Thanks @tonygroves.bsky.social tinyurl.com/6dnk2f8h @daraturnbull.bsky.social @sanvanlan.bsky.social @ronanlyons.bsky.social

Really interesting research & thread on what older people want to be supported with at home. Not matching with what the state thinks & provides in patches. Practical supports, physio high on the wants #socialwork

For those wondering what's trending on #IrishBlueSky #Sneachta is the "Irish word for snow and it's got a lovely soft sound [Shh-nok-Ta], it's almost like the sound of snow falling." ❄️☃️ Tá sé ag cur #sneachta : It is snowing (pronounced: Ta shay egg cur sh-nack-ta)

Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me. I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc

Join us tomorrow (Tues) night at 22.15 where our #tonightvmtv panel will be debating childcare #GE24 Roderic O’Gorman Neale Richmond Claire Kerrane Jennifer Whitmore We would like to hear from parents and providers. Send us your comments and questions to put to the candidates.

Mo Chairde, we have a live fact checker 🥹 @stemcdermott.bsky.social Gerrup owa da 💅🥂 #GE2024

Always watch this party. Their reason for creation was anti abortion politics. Don’t be fooled by the rest of their manifesto. We didn’t go througu repeal to be right back fighting for our rights www.thejournal.ie/aontu-aborti... #ge24

Dashboard of Irish Party Manifestos Our website contains over 85 manifestos from General, Local, and EP Elections. You can read/download the documents or search for specific terms. We’ll add more #GE24 manifestos as soon as they get published. ➡️ irishpoliticsdata.shinyapps.io/manifestoexp...

Live footage of Richard Boyd Barrett. #LeadersDebate #GE24 #RTÉUpfront

Few weeks ago, the Irish Tattler emailed me to say I'd won their media award, asking me to attend to accept it, I said I couldn't attend on the night, thanking them. I see that they gave the award to another person just because of that. Not that I care one bit, but still seems like bad practice.

Looks like the social work crew are starting to arrive on here, so I've had a first go at making a starter pack. Let me know if you want adding on, plenty of room for everyone! go.bsky.app/56PBom2

Bluesky is now the #2 social app in the US, Canada, and #3 in the UK 🦋 On bsky, ~30% of y'all are posters compared to the 1% main characters on other platforms. Turns out there's more chattiness & connection when you have algorithmic choice 🤭

I made a political economy & climate crisis starter pack! 💸🏝️⛽️🌲 It’s incomplete - who else is on here? go.bsky.app/GJLn7zk

The second phase of VoteSmart, now including other non-Dáil parties and independents who responded to our statement questions www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...