My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

The memes are wonderful

☣️The Mercosur deal is poisonous - just look at this data below👇 The deal is being pushed by agro-chemical giants in Europe looking to export billions in pesticides to South America - Brazil is already approving record numbers of hazardous pesticides and increasing their usage.

The parents of Harvey Sherratt said today they were 'shocked' at a whistleblower’s claim CHI had removed their son from its active spinal surgery waiting list after it wrongly determined he was a 'palliative' patient jrnl.ie/6869491

For all horrified by the fire in an Ipas Centre in Drogheda and wishing to help those impacted - a go fund me has been set up - see 👇🏼#speirgorm www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-dr...

“We have a zero-tolerance policy to any forms of discrimination,” said Mr P Tóibín, who set up the party because he believes women have too many rights.

this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳

Feel so angry. The news could not get sadder or more depressing today. How are the Palestinian people ever going to forgive or forget the world turning it's back on them. They must feel so abandoned.

The irony of a show full of people wanting to win a house deposit being murdered one by one by an estate agent #TraitorsIRL

Kirk’s ‘memorial’ getting a live coverage on The Guardian is a great example of how the right gets automatically framed as the default political movement to be ‘understood’ while the victims of that same movement never will never get the same amount of coverage

This is the vibe I wish to bring to the function.

Was wondering who Nick and Ben reminded me of #TraitorsIRL

My entire identity as a feminist relies on the #traitorsirl remaining contestants realizing that the alpha bros are pitting the ladies against each other.

#traitorsirl Viv the cat says Will is going to win as the rest of the contestants implode.

Willkin will win #TraitorsIRE because the traitors forget he's in the game. Of course they're going after the ladies.

My winter mood now that Paudie is imithe #TraitorsIRE #TraitorsIRL

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

🚨Breaking🚨 Israeli war bonds won’t be sold in Ireland from tomorrow. Israel today moved its bond prospectus approval process to Luxembourg. It has also not included Ireland as one of the member states where it will sell its war bonds.

If money is not a problem, then the worst homelessness crisis in my lifetime must be a conscious choice. Women dying of cancer because they can't get chemo post surgery due to a lack of resources must be a choice. The kids in waiting in agony for scoliosis surgery for years must be a choice.

"Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah"

youtu.be/koOL_9ikfpQ?... I still giggle at this 6 years later as a fan of both artists

Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a 🇵🇸 flag and saying Free Palestine Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡 Free Palestine! Free the 6 counties!

Our Minister for Justice announced his plans to demand encryption backdoors from the state’s tech companies. He might want to take a look at how that went for the U.K. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-a-b...

🇮🇪 Irish woman Sally Rooney, in 🇮🇪Ireland, makes comments that are entirely legal in 🇮🇪Ireland 🇮🇪 A message to Starmer 🇬🇧

This Sally Rooney being threatened of being cut loose by her publisher and her shows been taken off BBC because she supports Palestine Action who’ve put red paint on a few planes? While Israelis are shooting dead starving five year olds who queue for food? God help me, this world is batshit insane.

I delivered the 700 page business case and cost benefit analysis for MetroLink to Michael O'Leary's office yesterday. O'Leary said on RTÉ Radio that there’s been no cost-benefit analysis done on Metrolink which was then repeated on multiple news outlets.

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

Very excited for today's press conference! 👀🍿

Everyday I open this app, or most apps I ask myself if this is satire. It never is anymore.

They SAY "doer-upper" but they MEAN "the Blair Witch lived here" www.daft.ie/for-sale/ter...

I don’t need graphs about what jolly good citizens migrants are to justify why they shouldn’t be attacked. They shouldn’t be attacked because racism is bad and racists are cunts

You'll be all glad you know that I've just captured a monster spider. Huge. He'll be set free tomorrow when my partner can enter the room. Meanwhile me.......

This video has a wild (but satisfying, if you understand the context) jump scare at the 58 sec mark. If like me you know nothing about these things, some rummaging in the comments and a google explained the video is being shot from the Filipino boat which is being harassed by two Chinese ships

At the end of this segment he says he wants to protect journalists too. His bestie just bombed five of them in a tent on the grounds of a hospital.

Actually it means he’s a dictator.

And, if that same side does not make the same allegation about the other four journalists, then it is borderline malpractice not to say "there are no allegations against the remaining four, making their killing a breach of international humanitarian law".

Gonna try and be as fair as possible here. Journalists are not prosecutors and the bar for what we say or print is not as high. But. If one side admits knowingly killing 5 journalists but says that one was terrorist, if you carry those words they have to be caveated with "without offering proof".

This is a bad indicator.

I admire Mo Salah's restraint. "Farewell". Really? Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.

It's John Boyne, for anyone who's not aware. Well done, OP

1060 babies died at Sean Ross mother and baby home, only 44 graves accounted for. Where are they? With convent lands sold to the neighbouring quarry and local rumours of secret adoptions, an inappropriate mass burial like Tuam could be the least awful outcome here.

Wtaf is going on with American journalism ? They have zero clue and no gumption holding politicians to account - but pointless gimmicks? All over that.

“The ‘grown women’ of Ireland remember very well what erasure and control and lack of bodily autonomy feel like and it’s for this very reason that we stand so passionately with the trans community today” #TransRightsAreHumanRights @independent.ie

I've written the text for an email – you can copy and paste from the alt-text in the images – which I'd suggest you send to any contacts you've done events for in libraries or arts offices recently. Feel free to use it as is, or even better, to write your own version. 4/5

This means that if you live in Donegal and you're invited to do a session in Cork, you might be asked to bring your ID down to Cork, in person, a couple of months ahead of the session, which is, of course, ridiculous. 2/5

Okay, this is one for any writers or illustrators in Ireland doing children's events. In case you haven't already heard, it looks like Garda Vetting rules are changing, so that you will have to appear in person to show your ID documents for any organization that looks for vetting. 1/5 #SpeirGorm

forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/singlemessag... This is why I'm so proud to be a @forsatradeunion.bsky.social member. #OccupiedTerritoriesBill

The introduction of age-verification in the UK this weekend appears to be an unmitigated disaster. Anyone accessing socials now has to upload ID, scan their face or otherwise verify. The outrage is widespread and everyone is just finding workarounds. The government has gone into defense.

The government which has spent 8 years blocking the Occupied Territories Bill, refuses to stop Israeli war bonds being approved here, and refuses to enforce our own laws to ensure weapons are not transiting to the IDF through Shannon says that it "feels helpless" to do anything about Gaza.

BBC: The UK and 27 other countries have called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, where they say the suffering of civilians has "reached new depths". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...