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14 years ago my kid pointed up at election posters and everytime delighted at the man she called The Wizard. She was right, for 14 years Michael D Higgins has been a magic president who has delighted us all everytime we see and hear him. You Wizard Higgins are truly the best of humanity. Thank you.

#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬

Women ruin everything 🤫. 🔥🧵

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Great letter in today's Irish Times highlighting our government's absolute refusal to reflect the will of the majority of people here who want sanctions on apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against Palestinians. They promised they would enact the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill, where is it?

Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.

From Connolly in Ireland to Mamdani in New York.. Did socialism just have a branding problem all this time?

Fuck all of these people - craven, opportunist pigs every one of them, completely devoid of compassion or principles who, when threatened, choose to attack the most vulnerable. May they all rot.

Repeat until this message is understood… by politicians and media. ‘Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign’

Much more of this please

The recent attack at the IPAS centre in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. Nor is the silence from those who shout the loudest about protection of women and children. #drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion

Show me a single Irish politician reacting with even a millionth of the empathy of the woman from Drogheda interviewed on RTÉ News - who was weeping in horror thinking of the people inside the hotel and how terrorised they must have been. Or the man saying the same right after.

"Connolly's... campaign proved something about Ireland in 2025. The left can win in Ireland, and we may, at last, not be quite so centrist as those in the centre would like to believe." FFG try pull us to the right but can't get us close to centre. The propaganda has rotted their brains, not ours!

I’ve lost count of the number arson attacks on IPAS centres or even buildings *suspected* of being IPAS. Between 2018-2023 there were at least 25. I suspect the number in the last 2 years may be close to that. We’re not lucky it’s a minor miracle that no one has killed yet

Bad enough the Gardaí gave free run to the far right for years. Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists. Bad enough we've already had race riots. The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.

Simon Harris is a politician of the right. Pass it on.

Since the far right race riot where immigrant families were threatened, Garda were attacked, and a Garda van was set on fire, have you heard our senior politicians talk more about the rioters, or immigration?

Two future Presidents of Ireland. Photo by Joe O’Shaughnessy, in 2003.

One of the reasons some people spoiled their votes is because they are racist and antisemitic, and they even went as far as to write that on the ballot paper. Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...

Please sign and share, the Central Bank of Ireland off-shored this shameful complicity in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians to Luxembourg temporarily. It's time for all states to #StopFundingGenocide Luxembourg, drop the bonds! i.diem25.org/en/petitions...

a state that should spend every living minute in shame of itself

Devastated for the Bloody Sunday families

Regardless of who one supports anyone who believes in democracy and the Republic should be concerned by what played out in the mainstream media. We saw an unholy alliance where journalists parrotted govt spin, lies, and defamation without ever engaging in critical thought. #SpéirGhorm #Áras25

A full blown fascist riot results in 6 arrests. 8 women were arrested by the Gardai during the peaceful Mothers Against Genocide protest outside the Dáil. Tells you everything you need to know.

The Gardaí were totally unwilling to intervene with the Citywest rioters because they weren't Mother's against genocide having a peaceful candle lit vigil or peaceful Debenhams picketers so they just ignored them like so many unanswered domestic abuse calls.

As another of the leaders of Scrap the Green Paper can confirm the fear and harm these proposals caused. HH ignored our requests to meet or to accept a petition signed by thousands of Disabled people. And since this there has been a marked increase in reviews of DA recepients, to punish us

Catherine Connolly has pledged a presidential initiative on disabled citizens and care where disabled people can speak for ourselves about what we need to participate fully in society Heather Humphreys has pledged to go on trade missions

I do not want, under *any* circumstances, a President who ignored disabled people, refused to listen to their lived experience and treated them with utter contempt, while trying to ram through policy that would have materially affected their daily lives. And neither should any of you, frankly. 1/2

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

@micheal-martin.bsky.social Are you also moved by the scenes of hundreds of Palestinian hostages being reunited with their families, some after decades being held without charge or reason by Israel, while thousands more remain in captivity? Why such one-sided compassion? #speirgorm

I overheard Catherine Connelly saying Michael D Higgins is 'always making a show of himself'. #SmearTheBejaysis

Catherine Connelly uses the fancy plates even when it's not Christmas. #SmearTheBejaysis

Where are the Irish, Swedish and other Western governments whose citizens were kidnapped in international waters and illegally transported to Israel? Where are the statements condemning their kidnapping and treatment, and demanding their immediate release?

Being disabled is a minority group you can join at any time. Everyone believes they will be the exception. That it won’t happen to them, or when it does they will “try harder” than us The truth is most people will become disabled. Health is both fragile & temporary. Engage in disability justice

A very brave abled man has made it his personal mission to protect public facilities from anyone who doesn’t look disabled enough, sources have claimed.

Well done to whoever created this pic for the 'rapid release' autism tablets, parodying the Tylenol claims of a well known leader. I'll be topping up with an extra one, just to be sure that I've had the right daily autism dose. Needed the smile. *This is not medical advice. Always read the label.

Dutch late night TV has its take

This 100%

The Seinfeld finale but for the last decade of Ireland

The minimum the Irish government could do is support the legal monitoring ship that is sailing in an observation capacity. Ideally they’d send a representative of Govt, but failing that they must coordinate and offer public support to @lnbdublin.bsky.social who is already onboard.

It’s telling that the only thing most people are interested in knowing about autism is what causes it & how to avoid it. How are #autistic people supposed to live in a world that sees us this way? As a “risk” to avoid rather than as fellow humans & community members?

Whole thread worthy of a read.

Too often, autistic needs are treated like mere preferences We keep getting told that they’re: - annoying - weird - inconvenient - unimportant And then we start downplaying them ourselves too because of shame and fear of rejection We shrink ourselves, we mask And we lose ourselves 💔

Ireland now has over 5000 children living through homelessness. A month ago, the Housing Minister said he was powerless to stop this. Can you imagine being a child stuck living in a hotel, telling yourself it won't be for much longer, then seeing the man with the power to stop it talking like this

You’re not immune from disability. You’re not immune from chronic illness. You’re not immune from homelessness. People always believe they’ll be the exception. That the bad thing won’t happen to them. That we aren’t trying hard enough. It’s not true. It can happen to anyone.

If you’re a US LGBTQ person who has an Irish parent/grandparent & thinking about applying for a passport ▪️do it now Our passport service is struggling with the volume of applications from the US, with so many Queer Irish Americans seeking to escape