Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh
@mousketeer.bsky.social
Cork like. Artist, Historian, chef, retired and broken from rugby, occasional talking head on TV mainly about Gráinne Ní Mháille. Dilettante extraordinaire.
Not fond of humans. Dog rescuer. PWD, GNC, nearing OAP, proudly Socialist, and absolutely Queer.
Not fond of humans. Dog rescuer. PWD, GNC, nearing OAP, proudly Socialist, and absolutely Queer.
Pinned
Deputy Catherine Connolly- speech from 1 Mar 2022
YouTube video by VideoParliament Ireland
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Dear Journalists, Muckslingers, adherents to the Ivan the Smearer playbook, and those who genuinely wish to know her position.
Catherine Connolly on Russia/Ukraine.
A thread of primary sources. Pinned on my page for anyone who needs it.
2022
"Blatant breach of international law by Russia"
Catherine Connolly on Russia/Ukraine.
A thread of primary sources. Pinned on my page for anyone who needs it.
2022
"Blatant breach of international law by Russia"
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I mean, look. What paved the way for the way for the rise of the fascist right? I’m afraid it was professional Sensible Moderates screaming in idiot terror at the public about the thousand nations of transgender Bolshevik student totalitarians marching upon the Shire, to deprave their Hobbit-holes.
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I mean, look. What paved the way for the way for the rise of the fascist right? I’m afraid it was professional Sensible Moderates screaming in idiot terror at the public about the thousand nations of transgender Bolshevik student totalitarians marching upon the Shire, to deprave their Hobbit-holes.
Can borrow to buy lashings of pew-pews we don't have the personal to operate or maintain.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
That €150 BILLION EURO that @simonharrisireland.bsky.social and @micheal-martin.bsky.social want to spend on military would buy 300,000 houses at €500,000.
I wonder what armaments companies they are talking to already?
I wonder what armaments companies they are talking to already?
Harris promises to use EU loans if military funding is not forthcoming
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Can borrow to buy lashings of pew-pews we don't have the personal to operate or maintain.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
A prolific sex offender arrested by police was able to carry on offending while on bail, leading to the death of a 12-year-old girl, according to a report from Northern Ireland's Office of the Police Ombudsman
Sex offender carried on offending while on bail - report
A prolific sex offender arrested by police was able to carry on offending while on bail, leading to the death of a 12-year-old girl, according to a report from Northern Ireland's Office of the Police ...
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
"A new, younger, Dublin-based leader like Jim, who has the glamour with his sister Miriam...
Deportation Jim "Has the Glamour" be the hokie!
These people are so deeply stuck in a bygone era why the actual fuck does anyone under 60 vote for them?
#SpéirGhorm #IrishPolitics
Deportation Jim "Has the Glamour" be the hokie!
These people are so deeply stuck in a bygone era why the actual fuck does anyone under 60 vote for them?
#SpéirGhorm #IrishPolitics
Martin 'was warned Jim Gavin was a media dud'
Fianna Fáil's leadership was hoping to make Jim Gavin its candidate without a parliamentary party vote and was aware he was a poor media performer before he
extra.ie
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
"A new, younger, Dublin-based leader like Jim, who has the glamour with his sister Miriam...
Deportation Jim "Has the Glamour" be the hokie!
These people are so deeply stuck in a bygone era why the actual fuck does anyone under 60 vote for them?
#SpéirGhorm #IrishPolitics
Deportation Jim "Has the Glamour" be the hokie!
These people are so deeply stuck in a bygone era why the actual fuck does anyone under 60 vote for them?
#SpéirGhorm #IrishPolitics
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Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power
New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.
news.mit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.
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We’ve started sharing insights from our Disabled Women & Poverty event! 💭
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
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#SpeirGorm
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
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#SpeirGorm
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November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We’ve started sharing insights from our Disabled Women & Poverty event! 💭
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
www.instagram.com/disability_p...
www.instagram.com/dwireland
#SpeirGorm
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
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www.instagram.com/dwireland
#SpeirGorm
When people learn to think critically they tend to engage in critical thinking.
Truth
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When people learn to think critically they tend to engage in critical thinking.
Today, in Cork.
Hello Cork Based #SpeirGorm.
A Christmas fair is taking place on Sunday at the Sacred Heart, Western Road, Cork. There are some fantastic local craftspeople selling some gorgeous gifts. all welcome. Could you share 😃
A Christmas fair is taking place on Sunday at the Sacred Heart, Western Road, Cork. There are some fantastic local craftspeople selling some gorgeous gifts. all welcome. Could you share 😃
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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"The housing crisis will end when steps are taken to end it. It will end when entire streets’ worth of houses can’t be bought up by vulture funds, it will end when short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are banned or heavily restricted, .."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"The housing crisis will end when steps are taken to end it. It will end when entire streets’ worth of houses can’t be bought up by vulture funds, it will end when short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are banned or heavily restricted, .."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
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Amazing how different Sean Bean looks in real life to the movies
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Amazing how different Sean Bean looks in real life to the movies
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
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My letter regarding the Irish Government's lurch towards the far-right. We all need to redouble our efforts to protect our communities with compassion and anti-racism activism. #spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
My letter regarding the Irish Government's lurch towards the far-right. We all need to redouble our efforts to protect our communities with compassion and anti-racism activism. #spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Might be just me, but following recent revelations that Brian O'Driscoll is happy to take Zionist money the sight of him gives me the same visceral ick as seeing Bono.
#IREvJAP
#IREvJAP
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Might be just me, but following recent revelations that Brian O'Driscoll is happy to take Zionist money the sight of him gives me the same visceral ick as seeing Bono.
#IREvJAP
#IREvJAP
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When is a Guarantee not a guarantee?
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
When is a Guarantee not a guarantee?
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Bitta history.
Beagánín staire.
The Govt made a solemn commitment to keep the Triple Lock in the “National Declaration” on neutrality during the second Nice Treaty referendum.
That Declaration was responded to by EU Member States in their 2002 Declaration made at Seville.
Beagánín staire.
The Govt made a solemn commitment to keep the Triple Lock in the “National Declaration” on neutrality during the second Nice Treaty referendum.
That Declaration was responded to by EU Member States in their 2002 Declaration made at Seville.
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Bitta history.
Beagánín staire.
The Govt made a solemn commitment to keep the Triple Lock in the “National Declaration” on neutrality during the second Nice Treaty referendum.
That Declaration was responded to by EU Member States in their 2002 Declaration made at Seville.
Beagánín staire.
The Govt made a solemn commitment to keep the Triple Lock in the “National Declaration” on neutrality during the second Nice Treaty referendum.
That Declaration was responded to by EU Member States in their 2002 Declaration made at Seville.
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Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hey kids, we are a small Irish family business.
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
We make lovely things by hand.
Could you buy something so we can pay for our Christmas packaging?
Thanks a mill.
#Boycottamazon
#shoplocal
slated.ie
Reposts would be fabulous.
#SLATED
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An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
To truly understand Airbnb expansionism in Ireland look to the Gaeltacht.
www.ontheditch.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
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Today would have been Brianna Ghey’s 19th birthday.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today would have been Brianna Ghey’s 19th birthday.
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Several winners of Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling prize decline award due to exclusion of trans women 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
Several winners of Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling prize decline award due to exclusion of trans women
Cycling UK say the decision was made following legal advice but that the rule change "doesn't alter our commitment to transgender and non-binary people"
road.cc
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Several winners of Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling prize decline award due to exclusion of trans women 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
"violent" right-wing extremist group...Two men were brought before a special sitting of Portlaoise District Court, charged with possession and control of explosives."
Garrett Pollock and Karolis Peckaukas, who requires an interpreter, allegedly had explosive plans to 'save Ireland's sovereignty'.
Garrett Pollock and Karolis Peckaukas, who requires an interpreter, allegedly had explosive plans to 'save Ireland's sovereignty'.
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"violent" right-wing extremist group...Two men were brought before a special sitting of Portlaoise District Court, charged with possession and control of explosives."
Garrett Pollock and Karolis Peckaukas, who requires an interpreter, allegedly had explosive plans to 'save Ireland's sovereignty'.
Garrett Pollock and Karolis Peckaukas, who requires an interpreter, allegedly had explosive plans to 'save Ireland's sovereignty'.
Post you from a different era
1985.
A lifetime ago.
1985.
A lifetime ago.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Post you from a different era
1985.
A lifetime ago.
1985.
A lifetime ago.
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This short audio clip describes the rights that tenants in England have. Hardly groundbreaking in European terms, but compared to the regime tenants in this State are forced to live under by our government, it's positively enlightened.
shows.acast.com/sensemaker/e...
shows.acast.com/sensemaker/e...
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This short audio clip describes the rights that tenants in England have. Hardly groundbreaking in European terms, but compared to the regime tenants in this State are forced to live under by our government, it's positively enlightened.
shows.acast.com/sensemaker/e...
shows.acast.com/sensemaker/e...
Please remember that Sinn Féin support both hare coursing and fox hunting.
They need to be SHOWN this is an election issue, and they are on the wrong side of public opinion.
They need to be SHOWN this is an election issue, and they are on the wrong side of public opinion.
Up to 6,000 hares a year are forced into hare coursing. The stress of being chased by dogs can cause death by heart failure. Urge the Irish government to ban this cruel bloodsport. petauk.org/2oh
Tell the Irish Government to Stop Cruel Hare Coursing
Every year, thousands of hares are snatched from their homes and horrifically maimed or killed when forced to run for their lives. It’s time to end this cruel bloodsport.
petauk.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Please remember that Sinn Féin support both hare coursing and fox hunting.
They need to be SHOWN this is an election issue, and they are on the wrong side of public opinion.
They need to be SHOWN this is an election issue, and they are on the wrong side of public opinion.
The ability of deeply mediocre people to fall upwards in Ireland is nearly as incredible as the inability to provide even the most cursory oversight or regulation of State and Semi-State bodies.
At this point it's looking like design as there can't possibly be this much genuine incompetence.
At this point it's looking like design as there can't possibly be this much genuine incompetence.
Any truth in this & we really have to worry about what's going on in both AGS & GSOC.
The initial story was bad enough: Gardaí being so incompetent that statistics on homicides were wildly incorrect, & whistleblower attacked; but this is batshit.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#Spéirghorm
The initial story was bad enough: Gardaí being so incompetent that statistics on homicides were wildly incorrect, & whistleblower attacked; but this is batshit.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#Spéirghorm
Garda whistleblower says she took work leave as she was ‘terrified’ of new analysis chief
Civilian was installed as Garda analysis bureau head after Lois West testified to Oireachtas about errors in homicide data
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The ability of deeply mediocre people to fall upwards in Ireland is nearly as incredible as the inability to provide even the most cursory oversight or regulation of State and Semi-State bodies.
At this point it's looking like design as there can't possibly be this much genuine incompetence.
At this point it's looking like design as there can't possibly be this much genuine incompetence.