Avo 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@ailbhe.bsky.social
Irish Mammy, wife, rugby, lefty, LGBT+ she/her
Politics without empathy is just greedy capitalism.
A bee isn't going to waste time trying to convince a fly that honey is sweeter than shite...
Politics without empathy is just greedy capitalism.
A bee isn't going to waste time trying to convince a fly that honey is sweeter than shite...
We have a rules based system.
What the suddenly right swinging SF are trying to do is pretend we don't have any rules at present, because having a rules based system is hard to argue against.
The reality is, they're pandering to the right and it won't go well for them.
What the suddenly right swinging SF are trying to do is pretend we don't have any rules at present, because having a rules based system is hard to argue against.
The reality is, they're pandering to the right and it won't go well for them.
Calling for a “rules-based” immigration system is a “classic left-wing position” for a party that supports the working class, Mary Lou McDonald has said.
Sinn Fein leader contests claim her party is not left wing
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Sinn Fein leader contests claim her party is not left wing
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Mary Lou McDonald says left should support ‘rules-based’ system on immigration
‘We are not a kind of a luvvie outfit,’ says Sinn Féin leader of her party’s approach to policy
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We have a rules based system.
What the suddenly right swinging SF are trying to do is pretend we don't have any rules at present, because having a rules based system is hard to argue against.
The reality is, they're pandering to the right and it won't go well for them.
What the suddenly right swinging SF are trying to do is pretend we don't have any rules at present, because having a rules based system is hard to argue against.
The reality is, they're pandering to the right and it won't go well for them.
Remember this.
Hours of no texts going through. Then your blockia would go psychotic and absolutely erupt.
Hours of no texts going through. Then your blockia would go psychotic and absolutely erupt.
I’ve been sending all my contacts texts wishing them Happy New Year since 4pm to get ahead of the networks being overloaded later 😂😂😂 #Spéirghorm
December 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Remember this.
Hours of no texts going through. Then your blockia would go psychotic and absolutely erupt.
Hours of no texts going through. Then your blockia would go psychotic and absolutely erupt.
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How I am walking out of 2025
December 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
How I am walking out of 2025
A stunning little local brew for new years
December 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A stunning little local brew for new years
Question for the women out there.
On a daily or even weekly basis, do your choices, decisions or others perceptions of your behaviour risk your identity as a woman?
It doesn't seem to be a thing for women.
But for men, how they sit, what car they drive, what words they use risk their identity.
On a daily or even weekly basis, do your choices, decisions or others perceptions of your behaviour risk your identity as a woman?
It doesn't seem to be a thing for women.
But for men, how they sit, what car they drive, what words they use risk their identity.
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Question for the women out there.
On a daily or even weekly basis, do your choices, decisions or others perceptions of your behaviour risk your identity as a woman?
It doesn't seem to be a thing for women.
But for men, how they sit, what car they drive, what words they use risk their identity.
On a daily or even weekly basis, do your choices, decisions or others perceptions of your behaviour risk your identity as a woman?
It doesn't seem to be a thing for women.
But for men, how they sit, what car they drive, what words they use risk their identity.
Bringing my kids to see some men in drag tell them stories tomorrow.
Hup the Panto!
Hup the Panto!
December 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bringing my kids to see some men in drag tell them stories tomorrow.
Hup the Panto!
Hup the Panto!
Vetting rule questionnaire:
Do you want to kill brown children? If not, you're banned.
Do you want to kill brown children? If not, you're banned.
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Vetting rule questionnaire:
Do you want to kill brown children? If not, you're banned.
Do you want to kill brown children? If not, you're banned.
Don't buy from Rathwood/RW Living.
I spent an hour in a queue to someone and was hung up on automatically when it hit one hour.
What a disgusting way to treat paying customers.
I spent an hour in a queue to someone and was hung up on automatically when it hit one hour.
What a disgusting way to treat paying customers.
Just took apart a kids bed to put together their new bunk beds that Santa brought.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Don't buy from Rathwood/RW Living.
I spent an hour in a queue to someone and was hung up on automatically when it hit one hour.
What a disgusting way to treat paying customers.
I spent an hour in a queue to someone and was hung up on automatically when it hit one hour.
What a disgusting way to treat paying customers.
They literally want to exterminate trans people, including children.
As I said recently in The Guardian:
"Despite their hopes to the contrary, anti-trans campaigners have not won the hearts and minds they believed the Supreme Court would give them"
So they turn to this; desperate, fascistic calls for the destruction of those they hate (framed as ideas, not people).
"Despite their hopes to the contrary, anti-trans campaigners have not won the hearts and minds they believed the Supreme Court would give them"
So they turn to this; desperate, fascistic calls for the destruction of those they hate (framed as ideas, not people).
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They literally want to exterminate trans people, including children.
How do you explain to a child that Santa made a big mistake with their present?
Blame the c*nting elves?!
Blame the c*nting elves?!
Just took apart a kids bed to put together their new bunk beds that Santa brought.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
How do you explain to a child that Santa made a big mistake with their present?
Blame the c*nting elves?!
Blame the c*nting elves?!
Just took apart a kids bed to put together their new bunk beds that Santa brought.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Just took apart a kids bed to put together their new bunk beds that Santa brought.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
But Santa, without me realising, only delivered package 1 of 4, so now I have a child with no bed.
Ordered in October 5th, projected 2 week delivery, they shipped ¼ of it 4 weeks later.
I'm LIVID.
Always a private call with Putin and a public meeting with Zelensky.
"Yes President Putin, I'll tell him exactly that. Whatever pleases you master."
"Yes President Putin, I'll tell him exactly that. Whatever pleases you master."
Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
December 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Always a private call with Putin and a public meeting with Zelensky.
"Yes President Putin, I'll tell him exactly that. Whatever pleases you master."
"Yes President Putin, I'll tell him exactly that. Whatever pleases you master."
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It’s that time of year again… and I’m sharing a photo of me from 1993. That’s how seriously I’m taking this.
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It’s that time of year again… and I’m sharing a photo of me from 1993. That’s how seriously I’m taking this.
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
God tier Christmas breakfast
December 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
God tier Christmas breakfast
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ADHD hack of the year
December 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
ADHD hack of the year
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Someone really needs to find out who these men were #speirghorm
A very disturbing account by one of Epstein's victims:
"The men were a part of an organisation that would take naked photos of young girls and used [REDACTED] photo where she flew to Ireland for politicians and notable men"
news.sky.com/story/epstei...
#MastoDaoine #SpéirGhorm
"The men were a part of an organisation that would take naked photos of young girls and used [REDACTED] photo where she flew to Ireland for politicians and notable men"
news.sky.com/story/epstei...
#MastoDaoine #SpéirGhorm
Epstein files latest: Accuser describes being 'blindfolded, taken underground and raped' | US News | Sky News
We're continuing to go through the tranche of Epstein files released yesterday by the US Department of Justice. Follow the latest updates.
news.sky.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Someone really needs to find out who these men were #speirghorm
The tree is lit, the chocolates are out, Trump has been found out, and Santa is on his way.
🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas everybody! 🎄🎄🎄
🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas everybody! 🎄🎄🎄
December 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The tree is lit, the chocolates are out, Trump has been found out, and Santa is on his way.
🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas everybody! 🎄🎄🎄
🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas everybody! 🎄🎄🎄
The right in the US is so deeply confused. They're Nazi's, only supporting Jewish people cos they're killing the brown Arab people.
After a tragic shooting at Brown University, right-wing figures linked to Trump—including Laura Loomer and Trump DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon—falsely accused a Palestinian student of being the gunman, launching a doxxing campaign that left him facing death threats. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/righ...
Right-wingers ignite anti-Palestinian doxxing campaign amid Brown shooting
Right-wing figures connected to the Trump administration launched an online witch hunt by falsely accusing a Palestinian student of a campus shooting at Brown University, potentially putting him at…
mondoweiss.net
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The right in the US is so deeply confused. They're Nazi's, only supporting Jewish people cos they're killing the brown Arab people.
Things I've achieved this year
Well, first of all, no major failings or blunders. This is a big deal.
Started a podcast
Floored (most of) our kitchen and playroom
Realised I've ADHD and found the forgiveness that comes with that
Made a new friend and another friend told me I'm their safe space 😭
Well, first of all, no major failings or blunders. This is a big deal.
Started a podcast
Floored (most of) our kitchen and playroom
Realised I've ADHD and found the forgiveness that comes with that
Made a new friend and another friend told me I'm their safe space 😭
December 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Things I've achieved this year
Well, first of all, no major failings or blunders. This is a big deal.
Started a podcast
Floored (most of) our kitchen and playroom
Realised I've ADHD and found the forgiveness that comes with that
Made a new friend and another friend told me I'm their safe space 😭
Well, first of all, no major failings or blunders. This is a big deal.
Started a podcast
Floored (most of) our kitchen and playroom
Realised I've ADHD and found the forgiveness that comes with that
Made a new friend and another friend told me I'm their safe space 😭
Yes, but we're the snowflakes....
An entire library board just disbanded over a single trans book https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/16/an-entire-library-board-just-disbanded-over-a-single-trans-book/?utm_content=1766336400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
An entire library board just disbanded over a single trans book
An entire library board in North Carolina has disbanded over a single trans book.
www.thepinknews.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes, but we're the snowflakes....
This sums up the gap between myself and my mother.
My kids aren't a problem. The challenge is ALWAYS the adults to solve. My job is to enable my child to navigate the world we live in as best they can. To teach them. To support them. To remind them that they're enough.
I never had that.
My kids aren't a problem. The challenge is ALWAYS the adults to solve. My job is to enable my child to navigate the world we live in as best they can. To teach them. To support them. To remind them that they're enough.
I never had that.
December 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This sums up the gap between myself and my mother.
My kids aren't a problem. The challenge is ALWAYS the adults to solve. My job is to enable my child to navigate the world we live in as best they can. To teach them. To support them. To remind them that they're enough.
I never had that.
My kids aren't a problem. The challenge is ALWAYS the adults to solve. My job is to enable my child to navigate the world we live in as best they can. To teach them. To support them. To remind them that they're enough.
I never had that.
I spent a weekend with one of these people. A retreat. To do nothing but sit by a log fire, chat and watch murder documentaries.
Bliss!
And I felt whole afterwards.
Bliss!
And I felt whole afterwards.
Do ya ever just find friends you absolutely love and adore, and it's totally platonic and mutual and lovely?
I've a best friend and a work wife that are wonderful people and my day is instantly better when I get to see them.
Love your friends. And tell them. It's fabulous.
I've a best friend and a work wife that are wonderful people and my day is instantly better when I get to see them.
Love your friends. And tell them. It's fabulous.
December 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I spent a weekend with one of these people. A retreat. To do nothing but sit by a log fire, chat and watch murder documentaries.
Bliss!
And I felt whole afterwards.
Bliss!
And I felt whole afterwards.
To the less than lovely woman in Swords pavilion that was cleaning the bathrooms and refused to let my son rush into a stall, he wet himself in public queueing for the one disabled toilets.
I get you're doing you're job, but you can make exceptions for emergencies.
Poor child was mortified.
I get you're doing you're job, but you can make exceptions for emergencies.
Poor child was mortified.
December 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
To the less than lovely woman in Swords pavilion that was cleaning the bathrooms and refused to let my son rush into a stall, he wet himself in public queueing for the one disabled toilets.
I get you're doing you're job, but you can make exceptions for emergencies.
Poor child was mortified.
I get you're doing you're job, but you can make exceptions for emergencies.
Poor child was mortified.
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David Walliams' reputation was an open secret, junior staff were told to meet him in pairs & never visit his home, yet HarperCollins only dropped him when a Telegraph investigation came out. The problem is not just him. HarperCollins knowingly promoted & funded a guy sexually harassing junior staff.
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
David Walliams' reputation was an open secret, junior staff were told to meet him in pairs & never visit his home, yet HarperCollins only dropped him when a Telegraph investigation came out. The problem is not just him. HarperCollins knowingly promoted & funded a guy sexually harassing junior staff.