Alicia O’Rourke
@aliciaorourke.bsky.social
A glass half full kinda person, enjoys learning something new every day… news & politics plus 🧬🥘🎭🐶🌺🏉
Supports EU project & values - peace, freedom, democracy, equality & human rights 🇪🇺
Dublin 🇮🇪 Be kind 🙏
Supports EU project & values - peace, freedom, democracy, equality & human rights 🇪🇺
Dublin 🇮🇪 Be kind 🙏
Why does the Minister for Housing (and Dept staff www.gov.ie/en/departmen...) need a housing tsar & ever more ‘special working groups’ & ‘subcommittees’… to review the Government’s progress on housing and water infrastructure?
🤔 Isn’t that his actual job?
#Speirgorm
🤔 Isn’t that his actual job?
#Speirgorm
Government seeks new housing tsar to oversee supply on a salary of €217,000
Housing Activation Office to focus on sites with potential for large-scale housing development
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Why does the Minister for Housing (and Dept staff www.gov.ie/en/departmen...) need a housing tsar & ever more ‘special working groups’ & ‘subcommittees’… to review the Government’s progress on housing and water infrastructure?
🤔 Isn’t that his actual job?
#Speirgorm
🤔 Isn’t that his actual job?
#Speirgorm
🎭 What a cast! 🤩
Privileged to have seen
The Weir last night in #Dublin. Brilliant performances with witty pub banter & shenanigans as well as riveting storytelling.
#ConorMcPherson
#BrendanGleeson #OwenMcDonnell #SeánMcGinley #KatePhillips #TomVaughan-Lawlor #3Olympia #TheWeir
Privileged to have seen
The Weir last night in #Dublin. Brilliant performances with witty pub banter & shenanigans as well as riveting storytelling.
#ConorMcPherson
#BrendanGleeson #OwenMcDonnell #SeánMcGinley #KatePhillips #TomVaughan-Lawlor #3Olympia #TheWeir
August 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🎭 What a cast! 🤩
Privileged to have seen
The Weir last night in #Dublin. Brilliant performances with witty pub banter & shenanigans as well as riveting storytelling.
#ConorMcPherson
#BrendanGleeson #OwenMcDonnell #SeánMcGinley #KatePhillips #TomVaughan-Lawlor #3Olympia #TheWeir
Privileged to have seen
The Weir last night in #Dublin. Brilliant performances with witty pub banter & shenanigans as well as riveting storytelling.
#ConorMcPherson
#BrendanGleeson #OwenMcDonnell #SeánMcGinley #KatePhillips #TomVaughan-Lawlor #3Olympia #TheWeir
Don’t miss this wonderful exhibition of Irish modernists Mainie Jellett & Evie Hone in the #NationalGalleryIrl - well worth a visit if you’re in Dublin. Just a few of my favourites below ✨
April 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Don’t miss this wonderful exhibition of Irish modernists Mainie Jellett & Evie Hone in the #NationalGalleryIrl - well worth a visit if you’re in Dublin. Just a few of my favourites below ✨
Really good 🧵 on how disinformation spreads & fuels division - a timely reminder to check sources carefully before you share!
Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
April 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Really good 🧵 on how disinformation spreads & fuels division - a timely reminder to check sources carefully before you share!
Eye watering stuff here!!!
Great reporting by journo John Mulligan in @independent.ie 👏🏼
Why has a global firm with cosmopolitan directors set up its home in a small business unit in Longford?
Great reporting by journo John Mulligan in @independent.ie 👏🏼
Why has a global firm with cosmopolitan directors set up its home in a small business unit in Longford?
Why has a global firm with cosmopolitan directors set up its home in a small business unit in Longford?
There’s a unit at a small, nondescript business park just outside Longford town that is quickly becoming a surprising hub of international business.
www.independent.ie
March 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Eye watering stuff here!!!
Great reporting by journo John Mulligan in @independent.ie 👏🏼
Why has a global firm with cosmopolitan directors set up its home in a small business unit in Longford?
Great reporting by journo John Mulligan in @independent.ie 👏🏼
Why has a global firm with cosmopolitan directors set up its home in a small business unit in Longford?
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Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay
https://go.nature.com/43w9Voe
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay
https://go.nature.com/43w9Voe
Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science
Nature - To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.
go.nature.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay
https://go.nature.com/43w9Voe
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay
https://go.nature.com/43w9Voe
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March 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Friday for Stand Up for Science, a rally to protest the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal work force and to federally funded science. nyti.ms/3DruZlu
March 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Friday for Stand Up for Science, a rally to protest the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal work force and to federally funded science. nyti.ms/3DruZlu
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As Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, this would be a good time for the EU Member States who haven’t done so yet to finally ratify #CETA.
I’m looking at Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia.
I’m looking at Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia.
March 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
As Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, this would be a good time for the EU Member States who haven’t done so yet to finally ratify #CETA.
I’m looking at Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia.
I’m looking at Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia.
I don’t know who is behind this website or where they are based, but it’s exactly what I was looking for… a directory of EU made alternatives 🇪🇺 👏🏼 so thanks to @uilliammac.bsky.social for sharing!
A directory of EU-made alternatives. From software and electronics to everyday products
www.buy-european-made.eu
www.buy-european-made.eu
Buy European Made
A directory of EU-made alternatives. From software and electronics to everyday products - all made in Europe
www.buy-european-made.eu
March 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don’t know who is behind this website or where they are based, but it’s exactly what I was looking for… a directory of EU made alternatives 🇪🇺 👏🏼 so thanks to @uilliammac.bsky.social for sharing!
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Emmanuel Macron President of France 👏
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Emmanuel Macron President of France 👏
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Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Freedom and democracy are always worth fighting for. Slava Ukraini.
February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Freedom and democracy are always worth fighting for. Slava Ukraini.
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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“The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Bullies will be bullies.
February 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Bullies will be bullies.
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Jeez. This is absolutely appalling & shameful from Trump and Vance. President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jeez. This is absolutely appalling & shameful from Trump and Vance. President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin
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Still reeling… did that really just happen!!
Truly nauseating behaviour from both Trump & Vance towards
President Zelensky 🇺🇦
Truly nauseating behaviour from both Trump & Vance towards
President Zelensky 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Still reeling… did that really just happen!!
Truly nauseating behaviour from both Trump & Vance towards
President Zelensky 🇺🇦
Truly nauseating behaviour from both Trump & Vance towards
President Zelensky 🇺🇦
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Good point here by @fotoole.bsky.social
“Ireland should offer itself as a refuge for American scientists. Use some of that corporation tax bonanza to attract world-class researchers and up-and-coming geniuses to our universities and institutions to work with the excellent scientists we already have”
“Ireland should offer itself as a refuge for American scientists. Use some of that corporation tax bonanza to attract world-class researchers and up-and-coming geniuses to our universities and institutions to work with the excellent scientists we already have”
Trump and Musk’s war on science presents a startling opportunity for Ireland
Trump and Musk’s war on science presents a startling opportunity for Ireland
Fintan O’Toole: Trump is complaining that we pick America’s pocket. Fair enough – we should instead pick America’s brains
www.irishtimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good point here by @fotoole.bsky.social
“Ireland should offer itself as a refuge for American scientists. Use some of that corporation tax bonanza to attract world-class researchers and up-and-coming geniuses to our universities and institutions to work with the excellent scientists we already have”
“Ireland should offer itself as a refuge for American scientists. Use some of that corporation tax bonanza to attract world-class researchers and up-and-coming geniuses to our universities and institutions to work with the excellent scientists we already have”
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
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Full-on eugenics, in its most rabid, racist form is oozing its way back into mainstream discourse.
A senior US government official has called for “lower quality humans” to be sterilised en masse.
It’s disgusting & terrifying. And America has been here before.
It’s disgusting & terrifying. And America has been here before.
The US is talking about mass sterilisation – again
A senior US government official has called for “lower quality humans” to be sterilised en masse – his country has been here before
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Full-on eugenics, in its most rabid, racist form is oozing its way back into mainstream discourse.