How does CETA, and the ammendments made so swiftly & efficiently to the trade agreement in December, impact attempts to prevent these applications going through?

Sign the petition EU digital rights are under attack! @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu is weakening protections against Big Tech and its AI, instead of defending our democracy and privacy. Let's make our voices heard: demand she stands strong. Sign the petition now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/lDdo7N8s

Jennifer O'Connell: Nobody is talking about the Great and not-so-Great Irish Men whose names won’t make headlines

💯 “How can a government give allowances to every TD who chairs a committee – while they are on a very good salary – and then refuse to give an allowance to people doing one of the hardest jobs in the country?” Terry Dignan, CRAVA Laoise Neylon, DublinInquirer www.dublininquirer.com/department-o...

We should not be allowing investors to benefit financially from providing care for children. "Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care?" Louise Neylon & Thomas Hubert, Dublin Inquirer, January 2026 www.dublininquirer.com/who-gets-pai...

"Domestic abuse victims who flee the social housing they shared with a perpetrator are deemed to have “voluntarily” surrendered their tenancy and may have to wait for up to three years for new accommodation." Ellen Coyne, The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

"The more you read about Epstein, the more you realise you’re not dealing with one monster, but with an ecosystem of monsters, enablers, and cowards." Colin Sheridan, The Irish Examiner www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

"X lied to your minister. X lied to your government. Now they're giving two fingers to this parliament..." We know the horrific effect this abuse has on victims of it. That's why there is already legislation to criminalise it. Are there criminal investigations into X themselves or not? #SpéirGhorm

aeon.co/essays/why-y... I recently wrote this piece about why the body and not just the brain is important for thinking Theory paper developing these ideas and arguments more formally will follow up soon Watch this space 😎

Celebration of resistance and hope #láfhéilebríde #spéirgorm

My friend, carer and disability activist @bernardmulvany.bsky.social is fed up of carers and people with disabilities being left behind by this government. Full tortoise shack podcast out now: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

I'm a classical musician - having your instrument destroyed is soul-crushing. It is so unspeakably cruel and inhumane to do this. Free Palestine, free Palestine, free Palestine. We must continue to divest and boycott and pressure wherever we can, and support those in Palestine.

Did we have the data but no system in operation so warnings weren’t sent out?? JFC 🤦🏾‍♀️ “Hobbyist meteorologist, @carlowweather.bsky.social Alan O’Reilly, says Storm #Chandra has shown how secrecy & delay are leaving communities exposed…” www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm... #spéirghorm #Floods

"Children are living in hotel rooms...That is devastating. That is something that we need to be more focused on than attendance rates and blaming parents if their children are missing 20 plus days." share.google/uQV5nSr0OFLY...

One year ago today, on 26 January 2025, during the ceasefire, pharmacist Ahmed Khalil Abdullah Al-Absi (38) was killed by Israel in Gaza. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health 11 other Palestinians were killed in Gaza on that same day. gazahcsector.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1068

Only 2000 signatures needed now for Ireland to pass the threshold. We're at 70%, France is at 300%!! For gawds sake. C'mon #speirgorm we can do better than France! Don't just share on the socials, send direct what's app, message, get the phone out at break time. ✊ 🇵🇸 🇮🇪 #JusticeForPalestine

A quiet message for anyone struggling today.

“We might ask — does the law ever work? How can we have faith in international humanitarian law when it did not protect Hind and her rescuers?” ~ Deirdre Garvey Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

The first thing that occurred to me when I saw a pair of Meta’s smart glasses is that the *only* thing they offer that differs from a regular smartphone camera is covert filming. That’s it, that’s the business case

"Tusla has continued to fail...." www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

ARMED GARDAÍ FORCED their way into a hotel room to save 11-year-old Oisín O’Reilly after his father Wayne threatened to kill him in October, three months before their deaths. www.thejournal.ie/tusla-indepe... Irish social systems are failing the children they are meant to protect. #spéirghorm

[8] … I gained from it was the importance of everyone working together online, not fighting, not quibbling, not platforming the hate posts but addressing issues without referencing the bigots saying them or even satirical responses. We trended, they didn’t despite their $$$

I've discovered Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=207 #skyfollowerbridge

'What is that supposed to mean? That the law is obsolete in the face of a white supremacist sexual exploitation material-generating machine?' It's the first column of the new year and it's grimmer than ever before, my friends.