President-Elect Catherine Connolly, meets President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin The two former socialist politicians have received the highest ever number of votes in Irish history, in their respective elections. This year is the 14th & final for Michael D’s term.

Last weekend I was in Barcelona sketching and generally having an amazing time. This is Barceloneta, in the large Plaça del Poeta Boscà with its wonderfully funky market building. #urbansketching

That's this year's baby on the left, fully grown now. Very soon, she will go off in search of a mate. Within a few months after that, her parents will begin their mating ritual and make preparations for next year's babies

Contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

Hey #speirgorm, I'm seeing reports of an alarming number of "spoiled votes." What the heck is going on?

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Okay Lads, time to show the rest of the world how a democratic republic works. Your vote is your voice, and it matters. Now go use it! 🇮🇪💚

Watching part of the White House come down feels like watching a piece of our story disappear. The East Wing has always stood for service, grace, and possibility things no one can demolish. You can tear down walls, but you can’t erase history.

When someone starts a sentence with the phrase, "not to sound like a racist, but..." I can guarantee that the words that follow will absolutely be the words of a racist. Every time

Take it from an American, vote as if the lives of people you care about depend on it 🇮🇪 💚

'Between the Leaves' by Brighton-based UK artist Emma Brownjohn #WomensArt #Autumn #Fall

Paging @davidmccullough.bsky.social ...

Even I'm embarrassed by this

Sheri order the "Blueberry Scones". They don't have clotted cream 😏

I ordered the "Full Irish Breakfast" and asked them to keep the baked beans in the kitchen

Johnson City, Tennessee 💚

The world is WITH US... No Kings in the USA

Grew up with Schoolhouse Rock and maybe it should be revived again. No more kings.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R1t...

Betty Acquah, Ghanaian painter, Heart of innocence, 2021 #WomensArt

I used to think I had to hide parts of myself to be accepted. Now I see those parts are what connect me to others the most. Being yourself really is your superpower.

#painting "Clontarf Shelter" came out of a cycle one morning from Howth harbour home to Dublin west, when I stopped a few times along the promenade at Clontarf to enjoy the architecture of the wind shelters, resolving to paint one when I got home. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #WindowsOnWednesday

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

Alpaca family. Baby girl is a week old

I hear there's a popular new restaurant in Cork that is getting a lot of attention. Never change, Corkans, you're the best!

share TF out of this 🚀

This clap-back is 🔥 “You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.” "Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!

Sometimes you have to take a deep breath and count to 10; realize you wouldn’t look good in prison clothes and walk away.

A newer #painting for you. "Roscommon Bog", finished only a few weeks ago, came out of a lifetime of enjoying the bogs in the middle of Ireland. Many of my earliest days of cycling involved 200 km loops out into the bog of Allen. This painting came out of a later day. #ArtYear #Scape #SpeirGhorm

MAGA: If you want to know what the rest of the world thinks of Donald Trump, here you go. They think he's an idiot and a buffoon. Because that's what he is. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The thing that bothers me so much is not the “we have to enforce our borders and laws.” We do. It’s the giddy joy and celebration they have at the misery of people far less fortunate. Always punching down

If you’re watching us from outside the United States, it’s pretty much as bad as it looks.

Ah here, have another #painting. "Ormond Quay" was done 3 years ago. I based it on a lifetime of loving Dublin City's quays. I like buildings, squares, rectangles, right angles, that sort of thing, and my head is full of them all the time. Sometimes they come out like this. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm

"Portrush Station", a #painting from a time I spent on my bicycle in Ireland's Antrim coast. After starting the day in Derry I cycled by Lough Foyle and Magilligan and around Binevenagh. I was sick when I reached Portrush so conked out and the next day walked around and painted. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm

Try it!

A little more about why I can’t just “go out for a walk” by myself. Some people have suggested I go outside more even just for a short walk on my own. I know they mean well, but I need to explain something important. 🧵1/5

A #painting from a happy time. "Derryreel 4" is a north County Donegal work of the hills that were directly behind the cottage where I briefly lived with my little American dog. This is the far side, where we would walk through the bog on an old railway line. #ArtYear #MountainMonday #SpeirGhorm

St John's church, Glastonbury peering out of the mist. Photograph taken this morning from Glastonbury Tor on Michaelmas day.

Just brilliant. We've been planning for months to start a bathroom renovation after the first of the year. Also planned to buy some new living room furniture. Guess we'll live with what we have until he's gone

Well, perhaps if they had 1.5 guns per person in the UK as we do in the US they wouldn't be so far behind. It's the guns, people

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol. Not because of vaccines. Not because of some headline. I’m autistic because that’s how my brain works. Stop treating us like a problem. Start listening to us.

This photo alone, even without it's context, is evidence of just how far this country has fallen. I can only hope that it's not irreversible. And I fear for my grandchildren who have yet to be conceived

The cruelest thing about the Trump/Kennedy pseudoscience press conference today is that there are now women who believe they caused their child’s autism. To those women: you didn’t.