Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird
@niamhnih.bsky.social
Disability activist and journalist ♿️ Interested in disability issues, accessible comms and politics. Email: niamh.h96@gmail.com
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I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our name, says British-Palestinian video producer and journalist Jad Salfiti
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti
I’ve always been frustrated with the mainstream media’s lack of interest in disability. I often like the media is refusing to diversify and make space for disabled stories, so I’ve decided to tell them myself.
Follow me on TokTik @niamhnih!
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Follow me on TokTik @niamhnih!
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Hi, im Niamh. I’m an disabled journalist who mostly covers disabilities issues. #disability #disabled #disabilitytiktok #disabledinthemedia #journalist
TikTok video by Niamh | disability journalist
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May 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’ve always been frustrated with the mainstream media’s lack of interest in disability. I often like the media is refusing to diversify and make space for disabled stories, so I’ve decided to tell them myself.
Follow me on TokTik @niamhnih!
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Follow me on TokTik @niamhnih!
www.tiktok.com/@niamhnih/vi...
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We've launched our new @dublininquirer.com Things To Do newsletter today, we sent out the first edition this morning. If you didn't get it, you can have a read here, and, if you like what you see, you can sign up to get next week's free, there's a button/link at the bottom.
Things To Do: Visit Richard Proffitt's Spent Dreams, walk the Poetry Trail, see The Graceless Age, hear a Song for Ghosts
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May 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We've launched our new @dublininquirer.com Things To Do newsletter today, we sent out the first edition this morning. If you didn't get it, you can have a read here, and, if you like what you see, you can sign up to get next week's free, there's a button/link at the bottom.
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Many of us are gathering in Berlin next week for the Global Disability summit.
But Germany's treatment of disabled people has a troublesome underside – it segregates hundreds of thousands.
Talking with @raulkrauthausen.bsky.social I find out more:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/choi...
But Germany's treatment of disabled people has a troublesome underside – it segregates hundreds of thousands.
Talking with @raulkrauthausen.bsky.social I find out more:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/choi...
The choices are not equal
Raúl Krauthausen challenges segregation of disabled people in Germany
www.disabilitydebrief.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Many of us are gathering in Berlin next week for the Global Disability summit.
But Germany's treatment of disabled people has a troublesome underside – it segregates hundreds of thousands.
Talking with @raulkrauthausen.bsky.social I find out more:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/choi...
But Germany's treatment of disabled people has a troublesome underside – it segregates hundreds of thousands.
Talking with @raulkrauthausen.bsky.social I find out more:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/choi...
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Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal has said that he was attacked by Israeli settlers for winning an Academy Award earlier this month
jrnl.ie/6660454
jrnl.ie/6660454
'Because I won the Oscar': Palestinian director says Israeli soldiers helped settlers to attack him
Ballal, co-director of Oscar-winning film “No Other Land”, was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
jrnl.ie
March 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal has said that he was attacked by Israeli settlers for winning an Academy Award earlier this month
jrnl.ie/6660454
jrnl.ie/6660454
I was genuinely honored to sit amongst these amazing disabled women last week on International Women's Day to talk about representation, intersectionality, and disability justice. #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
Thank you Sightsavers Ireland for hosting this event!
Thank you Sightsavers Ireland for hosting this event!
March 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I was genuinely honored to sit amongst these amazing disabled women last week on International Women's Day to talk about representation, intersectionality, and disability justice. #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
Thank you Sightsavers Ireland for hosting this event!
Thank you Sightsavers Ireland for hosting this event!
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Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else).
My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a shameful British tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else).
My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A post on X that was re-shared by Elon Musk contains numerous false claims about teacher Enoch Burke and his legal troubles.
Burke is not being punished for refusing to use pronouns, and fines against him are not new and have never been collected.
jrnl.ie/6645019b
Burke is not being punished for refusing to use pronouns, and fines against him are not new and have never been collected.
jrnl.ie/6645019b
Debunked: Enoch Burke payment claim that was shared by Musk is filled with misinformation
The post Musk shared was made by a racist conspiracy theorist account.
jrnl.ie
March 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A post on X that was re-shared by Elon Musk contains numerous false claims about teacher Enoch Burke and his legal troubles.
Burke is not being punished for refusing to use pronouns, and fines against him are not new and have never been collected.
jrnl.ie/6645019b
Burke is not being punished for refusing to use pronouns, and fines against him are not new and have never been collected.
jrnl.ie/6645019b
A great explainer by @rachelcdailey.bsky.social.
I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that these proposed cuts are terrifying and will hurt (maybe even kill) thousands of British disabled people.
national.thelead.uk/p/labours-pr...
I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that these proposed cuts are terrifying and will hurt (maybe even kill) thousands of British disabled people.
national.thelead.uk/p/labours-pr...
Labour’s proposed disability benefit cuts are nothing short of terrifying, say campaigners
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) cuts appear to be focused on the Personal Independent Payment (PIP), reports award-winning disabled journalist Rachel Charlton-Dailey
national.thelead.uk
March 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A great explainer by @rachelcdailey.bsky.social.
I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that these proposed cuts are terrifying and will hurt (maybe even kill) thousands of British disabled people.
national.thelead.uk/p/labours-pr...
I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that these proposed cuts are terrifying and will hurt (maybe even kill) thousands of British disabled people.
national.thelead.uk/p/labours-pr...
For #RareDiseaseDay I wrote for the Journal about rare diseases in Ireland.
Although I was glad to hear that a new National Rare Disease Strategy is on the horizon, I still wonder if the government actually cares about rare diseases. Can you blame me?
www.thejournal.ie/readme/rare-...
Although I was glad to hear that a new National Rare Disease Strategy is on the horizon, I still wonder if the government actually cares about rare diseases. Can you blame me?
www.thejournal.ie/readme/rare-...
Living with a rare disease: 'After so long, we're reluctant to take the government at its word'
Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird says talk is cheap when governments promise action on supports for people in Ireland with rare diseases.
www.thejournal.ie
February 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
For #RareDiseaseDay I wrote for the Journal about rare diseases in Ireland.
Although I was glad to hear that a new National Rare Disease Strategy is on the horizon, I still wonder if the government actually cares about rare diseases. Can you blame me?
www.thejournal.ie/readme/rare-...
Although I was glad to hear that a new National Rare Disease Strategy is on the horizon, I still wonder if the government actually cares about rare diseases. Can you blame me?
www.thejournal.ie/readme/rare-...
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“We have a right to be angry” – protestors on the 20th anniversary of France's disability law.
All this more from around the world in today's Debrief, covering disability news from 45+ countries:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/righ...
Photo by Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.
All this more from around the world in today's Debrief, covering disability news from 45+ countries:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/righ...
Photo by Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.
February 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“We have a right to be angry” – protestors on the 20th anniversary of France's disability law.
All this more from around the world in today's Debrief, covering disability news from 45+ countries:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/righ...
Photo by Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.
All this more from around the world in today's Debrief, covering disability news from 45+ countries:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/righ...
Photo by Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.
I'm in today's Irish Independent Weekend Magazine with my thoughts on Pennys new range of adaptive clothing and the landscape of the adaptive fashion industry!
www.independent.ie/style/fashio...
www.independent.ie/style/fashio...
‘As a disabled young woman, I have to choose between my clothes being functional or fashionable. Is the new Penneys adaptive range the answer?’
If you were to have asked me when I was 11 what I wanted to be when I was older, I would have told you I was going to be a fashion designer.
www.independent.ie
February 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm in today's Irish Independent Weekend Magazine with my thoughts on Pennys new range of adaptive clothing and the landscape of the adaptive fashion industry!
www.independent.ie/style/fashio...
www.independent.ie/style/fashio...
I'm mourning the progressive cabinet we could have had with the likes of Holly Carins as Minister for Disability and Rory Hearne or Eoin Ó Broin as Minister for Housing.
There are plenty of familiar faces returning to seats around the Cabinet table - some have taken up new roles, while a number of newcomers have also made the cut.
http://jrnl.ie/6600369f
http://jrnl.ie/6600369f
Who's in? Who's out? Here is the new Cabinet
These are the new ministers in the incoming government.
jrnl.ie
January 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm mourning the progressive cabinet we could have had with the likes of Holly Carins as Minister for Disability and Rory Hearne or Eoin Ó Broin as Minister for Housing.
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin is facing backlash for his decision to appoint just three women to his 15-member government.
There are as many women as there are men called James in the new Cabinet.
http://www.thejournal.ie/new-government-women-6603232-Jan2025/
There are as many women as there are men called James in the new Cabinet.
http://www.thejournal.ie/new-government-women-6603232-Jan2025/
'Depressing': Micheál Martin criticised for appointing just three women to Cabinet
There are as many women as there are men called James in the new Cabinet.
www.thejournal.ie
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is facing backlash for his decision to appoint just three women to his 15-member government.
There are as many women as there are men called James in the new Cabinet.
http://www.thejournal.ie/new-government-women-6603232-Jan2025/
There are as many women as there are men called James in the new Cabinet.
http://www.thejournal.ie/new-government-women-6603232-Jan2025/
I haven't posted on Twitter in a week (and I don't plan to do so anytime soon) but I have a whole network there that I just don't want to give up... Where is the Irish disability community on here? ♿
January 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I haven't posted on Twitter in a week (and I don't plan to do so anytime soon) but I have a whole network there that I just don't want to give up... Where is the Irish disability community on here? ♿
I'm FUMING that a (very big) publication took my pitch and commissioned somebody else to write it. Being a freelancer feels impossible 😭
January 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm FUMING that a (very big) publication took my pitch and commissioned somebody else to write it. Being a freelancer feels impossible 😭
This bodes well.
The Dáil has been suspended just 26 minutes into the sitting amid a furious row between opposition and government.
January 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This bodes well.
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As a European who doesn't really feel like scrolling through twenty million takes on the US TikTok ban, I might spend the rest of today just reading a book
January 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As a European who doesn't really feel like scrolling through twenty million takes on the US TikTok ban, I might spend the rest of today just reading a book
Scríobh mé an alt seo faoi Gaeilgeoirí ar TikTok (Gaeltok) agus a gcuid leideanna maidir le níos mó Gaeilge a úsáid. 🌟
www.independent.ie/life/these-g...
www.independent.ie/life/these-g...
These Gaeilgeoirí are making Irish fun again on social media – follow them if you want to improve your cúpla focal
Bubbling just under the surface of the app, there is a thriving community of Gaeilgeorí on TikTok.
www.independent.ie
January 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Scríobh mé an alt seo faoi Gaeilgeoirí ar TikTok (Gaeltok) agus a gcuid leideanna maidir le níos mó Gaeilge a úsáid. 🌟
www.independent.ie/life/these-g...
www.independent.ie/life/these-g...
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"What about the safety of those sleeping rough? What about their concerns? If you’re scared to walk down O’Connell St at night, then what of the people who have to spend all night, every night, on those same streets, cold, hungry and possibly in pain?"
Surrealing:
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
Surrealing:
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
Surrealing in the Years: 2025 begins on a Dickensian note, and not in a fun way
It was not the best of times.
www.thejournal.ie
January 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"What about the safety of those sleeping rough? What about their concerns? If you’re scared to walk down O’Connell St at night, then what of the people who have to spend all night, every night, on those same streets, cold, hungry and possibly in pain?"
Surrealing:
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
Surrealing:
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
I wrote about eight brilliant activists that you need to keep an eye on in 2025! With these people making waves, the future definitely seems to be in good hands.
From the arts to activism, sport, food and fashion, meet the people to watch in the year ahead
The ones to watch 2025 – Ireland’s rising stars and new talents
?Here are the names you need to look out for next year:
www.independent.ie
December 28, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I wrote about eight brilliant activists that you need to keep an eye on in 2025! With these people making waves, the future definitely seems to be in good hands.
Reposted by Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird
The landmark trial shocked and moved people in France and around the world. Gisèle Pelicot, the 71-year-old woman at the centre of the case, requested that it be open to the public. www.ft.com/content/d8e5...
December 19, 2024 at 11:55 AM
The landmark trial shocked and moved people in France and around the world. Gisèle Pelicot, the 71-year-old woman at the centre of the case, requested that it be open to the public. www.ft.com/content/d8e5...
Obviously no city is 100% perfect but Barcelona may be one of the most accessible cities I’ve been to! I was very impressed by the metro system + the small raised platforms for wheelchair-users to have level access to the door. Such a simple solution to a big problem. I wish Irish stations had this.
December 17, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Obviously no city is 100% perfect but Barcelona may be one of the most accessible cities I’ve been to! I was very impressed by the metro system + the small raised platforms for wheelchair-users to have level access to the door. Such a simple solution to a big problem. I wish Irish stations had this.
