Morag Friel
@moragfriel.bsky.social
She/her
Fucking love swearing!
14 months w Long Covid sucks massively
Hate fash of any kind
Pro LGBTQI+, 🇵🇸 + pro anything that’s against people fucking up the planet
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
Fucking love swearing!
14 months w Long Covid sucks massively
Hate fash of any kind
Pro LGBTQI+, 🇵🇸 + pro anything that’s against people fucking up the planet
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
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“In fairness, we also seem to believe that over one-in-three Irish people are accessing social housing compared to the real figure of 9.2%, which begs the question: how much social housing do these people think that Ireland has?”
Here is this week’s column.
Here is this week’s column.
Surrealing in the Years: We've found out we know nothing about a lot of Very Important Things
Maybe it’s a bad thing that we’re completely clueless.
jrnl.ie
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
“In fairness, we also seem to believe that over one-in-three Irish people are accessing social housing compared to the real figure of 9.2%, which begs the question: how much social housing do these people think that Ireland has?”
Here is this week’s column.
Here is this week’s column.
Woah - this cd have some far reaching consequences; even in a world that has abandoned public masking.
If WHO admits that surgical masks are useless against airborne pathogens like Covid it will unleash a host of consequences. And if they don’t, it will likely come back to haunt them anyway….
If WHO admits that surgical masks are useless against airborne pathogens like Covid it will unleash a host of consequences. And if they don’t, it will likely come back to haunt them anyway….
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Woah - this cd have some far reaching consequences; even in a world that has abandoned public masking.
If WHO admits that surgical masks are useless against airborne pathogens like Covid it will unleash a host of consequences. And if they don’t, it will likely come back to haunt them anyway….
If WHO admits that surgical masks are useless against airborne pathogens like Covid it will unleash a host of consequences. And if they don’t, it will likely come back to haunt them anyway….
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This is called critogenesis, the harm caused by the legal system itself, not by the original matter.
It is to the legal system what side effects, or iatrogenesis, is to medicine.
The courts do not favour victims of gendered abuse
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
It is to the legal system what side effects, or iatrogenesis, is to medicine.
The courts do not favour victims of gendered abuse
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
“Today marks the end of a very difficult, traumatic journey that has taken me 14 years and 58 court appearances to get to.
“My experience of the criminal courts of justice has been every bit as damaging as the abuse itself.”
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
“My experience of the criminal courts of justice has been every bit as damaging as the abuse itself.”
www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...
Garda who carried out 'protracted and vicious assault' on former wife avoids jail
Trevor Bolger, 48, was given a three-month sentence, which the judge suspended in full on strict conditions
www.irishexaminer.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This is called critogenesis, the harm caused by the legal system itself, not by the original matter.
It is to the legal system what side effects, or iatrogenesis, is to medicine.
The courts do not favour victims of gendered abuse
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
It is to the legal system what side effects, or iatrogenesis, is to medicine.
The courts do not favour victims of gendered abuse
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
Such a relief that Sean Binder has been acquired of all the ridiculous charges against him. The Greek authorities tried to make an example of him - and they have; he’s an absolute legend! Maybe they won’t try to criminalise being a decent human being in the future….
www.thejournal.ie/sean-binder-...
www.thejournal.ie/sean-binder-...
'Huge relief': Irish man Sean Binder found not guilty of people smuggling in Greece
Binder faced a total of 23 charges, including money laundering and smuggling.
www.thejournal.ie
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Such a relief that Sean Binder has been acquired of all the ridiculous charges against him. The Greek authorities tried to make an example of him - and they have; he’s an absolute legend! Maybe they won’t try to criminalise being a decent human being in the future….
www.thejournal.ie/sean-binder-...
www.thejournal.ie/sean-binder-...
Hard to read the print on this but the main point is clear; a single data centre using as much power as 200k homes. Two hundred thousand! Absolutely nuts. And this is what the Irish govt is promoting wholesale?!
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
Im signed up to the ESB "is this a good time", where they text ya when there's an 'energy flex/peak event'. Basically just hold off on the washing machine, or dishwasher until it's over. Usually it's between 5pm and 7pm.
WTF are we bothering at all, when this is what the government agrees to.
WTF are we bothering at all, when this is what the government agrees to.
🚨🇮🇪 A single Dublin data centre found to consume as much power as 200000 homes.
Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social
Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com
Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social
Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Hard to read the print on this but the main point is clear; a single data centre using as much power as 200k homes. Two hundred thousand! Absolutely nuts. And this is what the Irish govt is promoting wholesale?!
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
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January 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Urgent - deadline Jan 15th for submission on Irish govt draconian proposed planning restrictions.
#spéirgorm #spéirghorm
#spéirgorm #spéirghorm
If you live in Ireland and truly care about nature and our environment, please make a submission objecting to the government's plans to *severely* restrict communities' ability to defend them in the courts.
Instructions below, it only takes minutes, and the deadline is the day after tomorrow!! 🙏
Instructions below, it only takes minutes, and the deadline is the day after tomorrow!! 🙏
Have your say by January 15 deadline.
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Urgent - deadline Jan 15th for submission on Irish govt draconian proposed planning restrictions.
#spéirgorm #spéirghorm
#spéirgorm #spéirghorm
“The idea that there are wide-scale biases because we live in car-centric society is often denied but research published last year found that there are clear biases in society when it comes to people forgiving the behaviour of motorists and being less forgiving of transgressions by people who cycle”
Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…
Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara. According to court reports yesterday, Judge O’Donohoe said in the Circuit Civil Court said: “You never know with cyclists what they are going to do or anticipate what they are going to do...
irishcycle.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
“The idea that there are wide-scale biases because we live in car-centric society is often denied but research published last year found that there are clear biases in society when it comes to people forgiving the behaviour of motorists and being less forgiving of transgressions by people who cycle”
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A typical reaction “but if the government bow to prisoners being held indefinitely without trial, then simply everyone will go on a 71 day hunger striker to the point of death to get what they want”
January 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
A typical reaction “but if the government bow to prisoners being held indefinitely without trial, then simply everyone will go on a 71 day hunger striker to the point of death to get what they want”
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The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Hard to imagine an article with more hypocrisy/ irony than this one.
Also; Michéal Martin, addressing the attack on protestors by Iranian govt but omitting those in the US. He never fails to disappoint - at least he’s consistent, I suppose….
www.thejournal.ie/iran-protest...
Also; Michéal Martin, addressing the attack on protestors by Iranian govt but omitting those in the US. He never fails to disappoint - at least he’s consistent, I suppose….
www.thejournal.ie/iran-protest...
Taoiseach condemns 'repression' in Iran as Trump says US considering 'very strong options'
Trump said his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Tehran.
www.thejournal.ie
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Hard to imagine an article with more hypocrisy/ irony than this one.
Also; Michéal Martin, addressing the attack on protestors by Iranian govt but omitting those in the US. He never fails to disappoint - at least he’s consistent, I suppose….
www.thejournal.ie/iran-protest...
Also; Michéal Martin, addressing the attack on protestors by Iranian govt but omitting those in the US. He never fails to disappoint - at least he’s consistent, I suppose….
www.thejournal.ie/iran-protest...
2026 has already left us reeling but we can’t let slide that the Irish government has capitulated to Elon Musk and his rancid women/children sexual abuse material factory. The racism + fascism was enough for me but not for our gov apparently. Now not even *this* is a red line. Absolute shame on FFG
"Consequence-free physical and sexual abuse of children was part of the deal the institutional Church offered the Irish state for to run schools, hospitals and other expensive-looking services.
This week the Taoiseach demonstrated the same mental habits."
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
This week the Taoiseach demonstrated the same mental habits."
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
2026 has already left us reeling but we can’t let slide that the Irish government has capitulated to Elon Musk and his rancid women/children sexual abuse material factory. The racism + fascism was enough for me but not for our gov apparently. Now not even *this* is a red line. Absolute shame on FFG
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Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
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Reposted by Morag Friel
"Israel Is Banning the 'Last Foreign Witnesses' to Its Genocide in Gaza"
In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage, asks Diana Buttu for Zeteo?
In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage, asks Diana Buttu for Zeteo?
Israel Is Banning the 'Last Foreign Witnesses' to Its Genocide in Gaza
In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage?
zeteo.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
"Israel Is Banning the 'Last Foreign Witnesses' to Its Genocide in Gaza"
In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage, asks Diana Buttu for Zeteo?
In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage, asks Diana Buttu for Zeteo?
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same?
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same?
my.uplift.ie
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
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Figures are for UK. Twitter/X is no longer essential for engagement. Stop feeding the fascists. Complements of @robblackie.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Figures are for UK. Twitter/X is no longer essential for engagement. Stop feeding the fascists. Complements of @robblackie.bsky.social
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UN expert group reports that the UK Government denied medical care to the hunger strikers, used excessive physical restraint, denied them contact with family members, denied them legal counsel, and prevented independent medical oversight. UK Labour ministers refuse to speak with their families.
UN experts have expressed 'grave concern' for the lives and fundamental rights of eight activists who have been on hunger strike, calling out the UK Government in the process
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The UN expert group reports that the UK Government denied medical care to the hunger strikers, used excessive physical restraint, denied them contact with family members, denied them legal counsel, and prevented independent medical oversight. UK Labour ministers refuse to speak with their families.
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Watch this video before you do any last minute holiday shopping on Amazon.
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Watch this video before you do any last minute holiday shopping on Amazon.
Reposted by Morag Friel
FREE GRETA
FREE THE HUNGER STRIKERS
FREE PALESTINE 🍉
FREE THE HUNGER STRIKERS
FREE PALESTINE 🍉
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
FREE GRETA
FREE THE HUNGER STRIKERS
FREE PALESTINE 🍉
FREE THE HUNGER STRIKERS
FREE PALESTINE 🍉
This Christmas cookie “factory”has finished its production run for the year. Maybe next year I’ll save time, precious energy & a fortune in organic ingredients & buy everyone a box of chocs!!Time now to put the feet up & have a cuppa with something other than a Christmas cookie; sick of them now!!
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This Christmas cookie “factory”has finished its production run for the year. Maybe next year I’ll save time, precious energy & a fortune in organic ingredients & buy everyone a box of chocs!!Time now to put the feet up & have a cuppa with something other than a Christmas cookie; sick of them now!!
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Pat o Toole in the Farmers Journal and a village near Bethlehem
www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...
www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...
Farming in the Holy Land is a daily struggle
Doha Musa is a farmer in the West Bank in Palestine. Her life is one that makes Mercosur, CAP reform and the nitrates directive seem trivial.
www.farmersjournal.ie
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Pat o Toole in the Farmers Journal and a village near Bethlehem
www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...
www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...
The rise of the fash in Ireland- some of us have been shouting into void about this for several years now but govt, police and MSM have been either asleep at the wheel or encouraging them. Enraging and depressing.
A new report documents how far-right disinformation in Ireland is driving real-world violence, as 13 active extremist groups fuel attacks that are amplified as propaganda by global networks.
Read our report:
Read our report:
Ireland’s Far Right Growing, Driving Escalating Anti-Immigrant Violence
Ireland’s far-right landscape is entering a dangerous phase, marked by rising violence against vulnerable communities, organized protest activity, and deeper integration into transnational extremist n...
globalextremism.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The rise of the fash in Ireland- some of us have been shouting into void about this for several years now but govt, police and MSM have been either asleep at the wheel or encouraging them. Enraging and depressing.