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Help Alaa and her children
Alaa's Story… A Mother of Three Struggling to Survive
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February 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Help Alaa and her children chuffed.org/project/1591...
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Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill claimed he was driving at 190km/h because he was eager to facilitate a meeting with the parents of children with profound disabilities.
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
FF TD detected at 190km/h convicted of dangerous driving
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill has been convicted of dangerous driving after a court heard he was driving at over 190km/h on a motorway last March.
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill claimed he was driving at 190km/h because he was eager to facilitate a meeting with the parents of children with profound disabilities.
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.
#spéirgorm 1/3
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Lord Fitzalan gave this stirring defence of the Black and Tans, who should not all be tarred with the same brush.
Why shouldn't they, I hear you ask? Well, it's not Lord Fitzalan's job to educate you.
Why shouldn't they, I hear you ask? Well, it's not Lord Fitzalan's job to educate you.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Lord Fitzalan gave this stirring defence of the Black and Tans, who should not all be tarred with the same brush.
Why shouldn't they, I hear you ask? Well, it's not Lord Fitzalan's job to educate you.
Why shouldn't they, I hear you ask? Well, it's not Lord Fitzalan's job to educate you.
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‘Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images & videos’
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images and videos
Ads for the apps have appeared on social media sites in recent weeks.
jrnl.ie
January 23, 2026 at 11:48 AM
‘Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images & videos’
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
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Brilliant news, a home in Cork city again after 5 years boarded up, good luck to occupants
@judesherry.bsky.social & I've been recording, sharing this council owned home since Feb 2021
How can it take 5 years to bring a home like this back into use in a housing emergency
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
@judesherry.bsky.social & I've been recording, sharing this council owned home since Feb 2021
How can it take 5 years to bring a home like this back into use in a housing emergency
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
January 23, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Brilliant news, a home in Cork city again after 5 years boarded up, good luck to occupants
@judesherry.bsky.social & I've been recording, sharing this council owned home since Feb 2021
How can it take 5 years to bring a home like this back into use in a housing emergency
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
@judesherry.bsky.social & I've been recording, sharing this council owned home since Feb 2021
How can it take 5 years to bring a home like this back into use in a housing emergency
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
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Data visualization: Every human language, from modern day back through protolanguage to a hypothetical common origin. Accurate, sourced, possibly complete. Includes sign language!
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
Networking
7,370 languages visualized as a force-directed network
dr.eamer.dev
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Data visualization: Every human language, from modern day back through protolanguage to a hypothetical common origin. Accurate, sourced, possibly complete. Includes sign language!
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
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PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.
#MedievalSky
www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
#MedievalSky
www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
PhD Scholarship Opportunity | School of History and Geography
www.dcu.ie
January 20, 2026 at 10:14 AM
PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.
#MedievalSky
www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
#MedievalSky
www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
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Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.
If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.
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For the record: as of right now, the Grok app is still doing all the things they’ve said it is stopping, for users with free/unpaid accounts.
January 15, 2026 at 11:23 AM
For the record: as of right now, the Grok app is still doing all the things they’ve said it is stopping, for users with free/unpaid accounts.
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Consultation ends tomorrow - how to have your say 👇
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
All Hands on Deck Needed to Respond to the Latest Attack on Access to Justice
The Government is seeking to dramatically erode the public right of access to justice via the courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on eNGOs and members of civil society who seek to challen...
www.antaisce.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Consultation ends tomorrow - how to have your say 👇
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
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On this general topic: the Minister seems very quiet about the whole Grok/CSAM generation engine debacle. Has he asked CnAM what they are doing about it or has he asked AGS if they are investigating the generation and distribution of CSAM by a company based in Ireland?
Maybe a journalist can ask?
Maybe a journalist can ask?
'Legal and digital experts have labelled the Government’s new age-verification plans for social media as “intrusive”, “illegal” and an “expensive national embarrassment” waiting to happen'
m.independent.ie/irish-news/g...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/g...
Government’s new digital ID plan for social media users will be illegal, claims expert
Legal and digital experts have labelled the Government’s new age-verification plans for social media as “intrusive”, “illegal” and an “expensive national embarrassment” waiting to happen.
m.independent.ie
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
On this general topic: the Minister seems very quiet about the whole Grok/CSAM generation engine debacle. Has he asked CnAM what they are doing about it or has he asked AGS if they are investigating the generation and distribution of CSAM by a company based in Ireland?
Maybe a journalist can ask?
Maybe a journalist can ask?
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Ramming through CETA at 1am this morning is the mother and father of such measures. Tailor made to handcuff any future government that isn't a shower of hard right corpolackeys.
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Ramming through CETA at 1am this morning is the mother and father of such measures. Tailor made to handcuff any future government that isn't a shower of hard right corpolackeys.
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Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
Science e-Books - NASA Science
From Earth and the other planets in our solar system, to supermassive black holes and the distant galaxies that contain them, explore NASA science and imagery through our library of e-books.
science.nasa.gov
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
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"Judicial review has long been the legal firewall between private ambition and public harm."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Judicial review has long been the legal firewall between private ambition and public harm."
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📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
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Ordered myself a pack? You best believe I did
Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ordered myself a pack? You best believe I did
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Happy 2026!
The EU Commission has launched a call for feedback on the Digital Omnibus, at lnkd.in/dZvgEQWr.
Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dzAdAUaS.
Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dSxvAnjs.
The EU Commission has launched a call for feedback on the Digital Omnibus, at lnkd.in/dZvgEQWr.
Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dzAdAUaS.
Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dSxvAnjs.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Happy 2026!
The EU Commission has launched a call for feedback on the Digital Omnibus, at lnkd.in/dZvgEQWr.
Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dzAdAUaS.
Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dSxvAnjs.
The EU Commission has launched a call for feedback on the Digital Omnibus, at lnkd.in/dZvgEQWr.
Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dzAdAUaS.
Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dSxvAnjs.
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Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
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www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm
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Offer not applicable to women of Palestine.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Offer not applicable to women of Palestine.
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Scientists from TCD, UCC and University of Oxford have debunked claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism.
Gut microbiome does not cause autism, new paper finds
Scientists from TCD, UCC and University of Oxford debunk claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism.
www.siliconrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Scientists from TCD, UCC and University of Oxford have debunked claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism.
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The ICC ditched Microsoft services and is using #Zendis OpenDesk instead. Zendis is Germany’s publicly funded center for #digitalsovereignty. OpenDesk is open source. This is fabulous news! So impressed by the folks who are & have been involved with Zendis www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The ICC ditched Microsoft services and is using #Zendis OpenDesk instead. Zendis is Germany’s publicly funded center for #digitalsovereignty. OpenDesk is open source. This is fabulous news! So impressed by the folks who are & have been involved with Zendis www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
Bingo 👏
Is this the same asylum system that his party/government set up, that both FF and FG have run for years separately and together, that made millions for themselves and their developer pals, that refugees and NGOs have literally protested against for years because the system is not working and cruel.🤔
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way"
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Bingo 👏
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If Jim Gavin gets 12.5% or more, Fianna Fáil gets €250,000 in expenses refunded. Bear that in mind if you're voting for Jim Gavin as a joke.
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If Jim Gavin gets 12.5% or more, Fianna Fáil gets €250,000 in expenses refunded. Bear that in mind if you're voting for Jim Gavin as a joke.
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If you want FF to get €200,000 of public money, vote 1 Gavin.
If you prefer FF to pay for their own mistakes, vote 1 Connolly or Humphreys.
#Aras25 #vótáil #spéirghorm
If you prefer FF to pay for their own mistakes, vote 1 Connolly or Humphreys.
#Aras25 #vótáil #spéirghorm
If you are thinking of voting for Jim Gavin tomorrow, just a PSA that the most likely effect of that vote would be increasing the odds of Gavin meeting the threshold so that Fianna Fáil can claim a load of their expenses back from the campaign.
Just so you know. #Aras25
Just so you know. #Aras25
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If you want FF to get €200,000 of public money, vote 1 Gavin.
If you prefer FF to pay for their own mistakes, vote 1 Connolly or Humphreys.
#Aras25 #vótáil #spéirghorm
If you prefer FF to pay for their own mistakes, vote 1 Connolly or Humphreys.
#Aras25 #vótáil #spéirghorm