I’m assembling a team… #spéirgorm #Áras25

i know i'm just repeating what we all already know, but the side-by-side of a football manager candidate forefeiting his campaign while his 68-year-old opponent demonstrates preternatural keepy-uppy skills and wins unanimous praise for it is historically funny

The GRA was passed in 2015 with very little fanfare following years of courageous campaigning by trans people. We have yet to see any negative ramifications in society - and we won't. We simply *cannot* have a President of Ireland who speaks about trans women or their human rights in this way.

"Jim Gavin revealed that he did not know if he owed a tenant more than €3,000 after they sought a refund over 16 years ago." And to think, I wasn't sure if Jim Gavin was actually Fianna Fáil. #Áras25 #Spéirghorm

Oh my goodness. What a gift she was!

Labbacallee • Cork Labbacallee is Ireland’s largest example of a wedge tomb. The name Labbacallee derives from Leaba Chaillí, which can be roughly translated to ‘The Hag’s Bed’. Archaeologists discovered the remains of an adult woman, a man, and a child. All dating between 2456–1776 BC.

Papery Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) always looks spectacular, even when it's gone over (hmm, it always looks a bit like it's gone over!) Lots on the dunes at #Strandhill, #CoSligo @bsbibotany.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #seedheads (just!)

CC from 1:15:20 on: "It is the existential threat to our planet." "& I've always said Irish is part of the solution when it comes to nature. Not alone that we have so much words for aspects of nature and that, but that it doesn't have that artificial distinction [between nature & the human being]."

Tomhas eile daoibh, a Spéiríní: 'An fear a rinne é, níor chaith sé riamh é; agus an fear a chaith é, ní fhaca sé riamh é.' Ón leabhar 'Tomhais:' tomhais ón mbéaloideas do pháistí roghnaithe ag Cliodhna Cussen (Oifig an tSoláthair, 1977)

Cannot believe as a serving army officer Gavin never stood with the #womenofhonour - cannot believe he did not know how women were being treated. First report on how women were being so badly treated was 35 years ago, he could not have not known #speirgorm

Tomhas daoibh, a Spéiríní: Cuirtear isteach tirim é, tagann sé amach fliuch, agus dá fhad a mbeadh sé istigh, is amhlaidh is láidre a bheadh sé. Ón leabhar 'Tomhais:' tomhais ón mbéaloideas do pháistí roghnaithe ag Cliodhna Cussen (Oifig an tSoláthair, 1977)

tidal.com/browse/track... Bithbhuan @tadhgmacdh.bsky.social

Yes, I want to see headlines about the millions of euros that are spent so people who were once elected can store their car in the centre of Dublin. haul them in front of an oireachtas committee!

Irish detainees from the Gaza flotilla have told their lawyers they were kicked, pushed and cable tied. Outside the notorious Ktzi’ot prison where they are currently held, Miriam Azem told me of “aggressive treatment and violence” the detainees say they received: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

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One by one our waterways are dying off. Lough Carra has people who care about it, but will it be enough to reverse the damage already done? www.westernpeople.ie/news/major-m...

Really worth doing this - these are historically queer spaces and should be protected as such. There are about 5 main questions (one for each "solution"), then a few basic "about you" questions

Your timeline is hereby thoroughly cleansed.

the EU parliament is looking for a native-level irish speaker for a press officer traineeship, starting next march it's paid (€1660/month, no tax) and is a pretty sweet opportunity to see how the EU sausage is made, and a chance to try brussels (if you're not already here) deadline end of october!

Just getting ready to hop on the bike and head home after coming from work to stand in the rain with a very lovely crowd of people. Send the feicin email. Make the call. Stand out in the rain. Bring it up in conversation. Do something. Do anything. #SaoirseDonPhalaistín #Speirgorm #Ireland

🇵🇸 Look at this solidarity! Even more great civil society organisations have endorsed our National Demonstration for Palestine tomorrow. See you at the Garden of Remembrance at 12.30pm, all out for Palestine! #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide 🇵🇸

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The funny thing is, whoever likely broke the law to leak confidential Garda vetting information about a private citizen with a political aim to hurt Catherine Connolly in her run for #Áras25 has just demonstrated she can & does seek the advice from colleagues with different politics #Spéirghorm

Gael ar lár - fear a spreag suim sa Ghaeilge ar fud an domhain, fear a bhí lách, uasal agus séimh. Fear a mhair ar son na cúise. Cé nach mbeidh a leithéid arís ann, mairfidh a thionchar go deo. Go dté tú slán a Mhancháin. tuairisc.ie/manchan-maga...

Power outages increasing, if you haven’t already charge your phone

There are lots of actions around the country in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla and Palestine today. #LiftTheSiege

A favourite bit of trivia is that the basement of Dublin Airport's terminal one (currently used as a spillover check-in area) is double-height because when it was originally built in the 1960s it was with the expectation that it would be used as a metro station. Only seventy years late.

Images of wood #fishweir wicker fence 2 meter tall on the shore #RhosonSea #ConwyCounty Borough, #Wales. Historical sources indicted used for seasonal fisheries for herring and mackerel late 19th century. 1/6 #maritimeheritage #oceandecadeheritage #coastalhistory

The Mikeno boat at the front of Sumud flotilla has now reached Gaza’s territorial waters. It’s so close. I’m praying to every deity and secular source of hope that a single one of our boats gets through

ILLEGALLY seized in international waters. This language is factually accurate and not in the least controversial. Stop giving Israel a pass.

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

This one is actually going to happen!

m.independent.ie/seachtain/mo... An fhadhb atá ann ná nach n-amharcann iriseoirí ar chearta teanga mar chearta daonna mar dar leo níl i gceist ach teanga shiombalach a labhraíonn daoine ceanndána chun pointe polaitiúil a dhéanamh. ~ @ciarandunbarrach.bsky.social ní iriseoirí amháin, faraor

FÉILE IMRAM 8-23 SAMHAIN 2025 Tar linn ar aistear mistéireach! DÁN NA CAILLÍ: SONG OF THE HAGWITCH CEOLTA: AN HIP-HAP GAELACH BARD NA PÁIRCE: THE POET OF CROKE PARK AMHRÁIN NA GEALAÍ: TIONSCADAL PHOEBE BRIDGERS agus go leor leor eile! Imram.ie

Buaiteoirí ghradaim leabhar na bliana 2025 fógartha ag Oireachtas na Gaeilge tuairisc.ie/buaiteoiri-g...

Nasc eile ar na comharsana béal dorais

"women, like men, often wore the mantle"

"Once fully operational, the MycoToilet is expected to produce roughly 600 litres of soil and 2,000 litres of liquid fertilizer annually, converting maintenance into a resource and reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers."

“We used to build public housing. We stopped building public housing in 2009. That was an ideological decision. Now we go from crisis to crisis.” @catherinegalway.bsky.social #Aras25 #Áras25 #Tonightvmtv

‘Gné bhunúsach de chultúr náisiúnta ar bith atá i dteanga’ – Ambasadóir na Palaistíne ar cuairt ar an nGaeltacht tuairisc.ie/gne-bhunusac...

My contribution to Maths Weeks 2025 (www.mathsweek.ie/2025/), I will part of a panel speaking on "Matamaitic as Gaeilge" at Uni Galway, 12 October. My talk will be on "How to conceptualise numbers in Old Irish".

Turkey are now sending a ship. Ireland could easily send a ship.

A reminder that today is Michaelmas, on which day in parts of Ireland rent could be paid in geese. If you’re due to pay rent this month, please consider setting a very irritated goose on your landlord in lieu of payment, in the name of upholding important Irish traditions.

Ná déan dearmad gé a mharú, an fhuil a dhóirteadh ar do dhoras ⁊ a rá "In onóir do Dhia ⁊ do Mhicil"

"Oíche Shamhna the púca spits on the sméara dubha. Can't be eaten after that night."

⭐️Tar ag obair linn : Bainisteoir Abhcóideachta - ó dheas⭐ 📅 Spriocdháta: Céadaoin, 15 Deireadh Fómhair @ 11 r.n. Tuilleadh eolais 👉 peig.ie

Ainm-àite na Seachdaine Carrick-kee ~ Carraig Fhèidh 'deer (coastal) crag' NX1454530273 buff.ly/9G0nLGr #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic