He's making sure he gets his jaunt to Washington for Paddy's Day. Well actually no, somewhere around that date. We haven't forgotten that he wasn't important enough to be invited ON the day last year even if he has. #Speirgorm

Very good piece today on women’s return to work and breastfeeding policies in Ireland - some great initiatives here from Vodafone (four day week but paid for five!) www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...

MAGA supporters, the rich and perpetually ignorant and hangers-on will trample on the mass graves of children just to be seen and photographed. And they'll pay big money to desecrate these graves. It's grotesque and so is everyone associated with it and the Board of Peace. #Speirgorm #Gaza

Why do I see a Darina Allen version of Jamie's School Dinners coming to an Irish TV station in the near future? #Speirgorm

My speech today on the EU’s response to Trump:

No state agency or representative should be on X

Join Limerick @ipsc.bsky.social Saturday 24th January, 1pm Bedford Row. There is no ceasefire, apartheid Israel's attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank are ongoing and catastrophic. And still our government won't act. Come out in protest and in solidarity. #FreePalestine

The clown show in the White House has driven this stuff off the front pages. We should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing that to happen.

My husband has warned our kids about me because of my meds. He's warned EVERYONE about my mother. There was an incident with a corkscrew which led to her directing us to the wrong gate, racing to the opposite side of the airport - me holding a buggy, him a squirming toddler - and barely making it.

With the decision of the Dublin football players that they won’t consent to being interviewed in front of Allianz signage, show the GAA that it must #DropAllianz. No material support for any companies complicit in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians Thursday 12pm, Croke Park. #FreePalestine

I feel like the media have a responsibility to ignore the Burkes at this stage. I don't mean to stop reporting on them, but to stop giving them a platform to share their nonsense after every disturbance they initiate. #spéirgorm

Just learned that the number of staff supporting disabled young adults in my daughter’s day service has been cut by 1/3 by the HSE 😢😡 This country is awash with cash, so why cut services to those who desperately need them? #Disability #ProfoundDisability #Speirgorm

I’m telling you, this is a line we should not allow to be blurred. Assert that what has been done is illegal. Have it investigated as illegality. Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality. Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.

Shannon Peace Vigil again today. #USmilitaryOUTofSHANNON

I know this family personally. They were very lucky to get out with minor injuries after saving their 4 month old granddaughter and they've lost everything. If anyone can spare a few bob it would be appreciated. I know things are tough for people right now. Thanks x gofund.me/53b9a6bc0

Why would the ceasefire in Gaza impact the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill? For one thing, it's not a ceasefire, Israel is still murdering Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Secondly the OTP is about all illegally occupied territories, not just Gaza. FF/FG are cowards. #Spéirgorm

3 hours ago, The Taoiseach posted photos on X of school children from a visit he made to Gorey. How is that not a severe safeguarding issue, given what can be done with any photo on X now? #IrishPol

No jail time for Garda who carried out 'terrifying' assault on his wife after family event. The judge suspended the sentence on strict conditions. www.thejournal.ie/trevor-bolge...

I don’t know what to say anymore. Really, I don’t. The equivalent of playground mean girl terfs are championed by a UK court - who say THEIR dignity was violated by being near a woman who is trans. When they were the ones doing the harassing and being vile.

"Minister is uttering rubbish" or "Minister is utter rubbish" #Speirgorm

Has @newschambers.bsky.social slept since the #Grok story broke? Asking for a (grateful) friend. #Speirgorm

Home is where the Chimneys rise. Iconic. Industrial. Unmistakably Dublin. Our Poolbeg Board brings the chimneys home — handcrafted slate with a skyline that means everything. #SLATED #Poolbeg #Dublin #IrishDesign #Poolbeg

Irish man and humanitarian volunteer Sean Binder has been acquitted of all charges, including membership of a criminal organisation, fraud, money laundering, and smuggling, at a court in Greece this evening jrnl.ie/6928251

@garygannontd.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head! Now it's on Dáil record! #Speirgorm

“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.

All Govt Ministers and Depts OFF X NOW

Living with a disability brings extra costs. 1 in 5 disabled people live in persistent poverty. Yet the Government removed supports instead of delivering a cost of disability payment. This is about dignity, respect and real support. A modest, targeted payment would make a meaningful difference.

He's right, once off payments aren't a substitute but they will help while we wait for permanent changes to be implemented because god only knows how long that will take. #Speirgorm

Patrick O'Don't Ask Me Difficult Questions #Speirgorm

Help Emma out here #Speirgorm

Ofcom are investigating X. Ofcom still have an X account and posted this on X. I won't hold my breath. #Speirgorm

'How many golf trips is that complicity worth? How many bed nights? How many Irish coffees?' clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...

This is the only reason I'm happy to see him winning an award. G'wan Wanda!!! 👏👏👏 #Speirgorm

Surely to god we could be redirected to another platform other than X to see clips of the Golden Globes???!!! #Speirgorm

Mark Ruffalo telling USA Today that the black-and-white pin he's wearing was in honor of Renee Good. He also speaks out against the war in Venezuela and calls Trump a pedophile and a rapist, 'the worst human being'

Mark Ruffalo easily won the night — @markruffalo.bsky.social: I’m not feeling so great. We have a woman, Renee Good was murdered in our streets of America. And as much as I love all this, I don’t know if I can pretend like this crazy stuff isn’t happening. #GoldenGlobes

In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material. You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system. It’s a feature. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Yesterday we asked shoppers in Dublin to stand with the Palestinian people against Israel’s apartheid and #BoycottZara

Idk I just feel we should be making a bigger deal about members of the Oireachtas speaking at an event run by anti-semitic conspiracy loon Eddie Hobbs

New Gist: The Abuse Factory It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Yeah, I'm out out. Tomorrow will be interesting.

I'm going out tonight. Now it appears I'm going out out. God help me. There are cocktails involved. #SpeirGorm

I like James Blunt's self-deprecating sense of humour. Inviting Grok to create images of him is not funny. Another one who needs to read the room. #SpeirGorm

The Voice of Hind Rajab, Friday 16th January screenings with attendance of Academy-Award nominated director, Kaouther Ben Hania. Light House Cinema 18:30pm with introduction from Kaouther Ben Hania and Irish Film Institute 18:30pm, followed by Q&A with Kaouther Ben Hania #FreePalestine

Patrick O'Donovan outlines his reasons for deleting his X account. His number one reason on this day, after everything we've heard this week, is the abuse HE gets. Would someone teach him to read the room and shut his mouth. #SpeirGorm Link to Limerick's 95FM www.facebook.com/share/r/1KQ1...

📺 Today’s report: X didn’t respond to the Government or the EU - so we went to try to have a word. Meanwhile, AI Minister urges EU to immediately suspend Grok and says she’ll speak to the Taoiseach about the Government off X. 🗣️ @conorom.bsky.social @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Non-Irish: X's EU HQ is based in Dublin. X operates under IRISH LAW: 14 years to those who host CSAM. Point your cannons at Dublin, and put our ghouls under pressure. This dope is the relevant minister. We're not dealing with 1st raters. #speirgorm is the tag to use (Irish bluesky).