Saoirse McHugh
@saoirsemc.bsky.social
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Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
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This is really important, please read #speirghorm
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is really important, please read #speirghorm
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
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Trans day of remembrance is celebrated by the media and institutions worldwide by trying to release the most heinous articles and reports they can manage all at the same time just because they can. It is not a surprise the UK times also leaked the ECHR segregation guidance today also.
Physicians for Reproductive Health: "Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released a new “report” touted by known anti-trans clinicians and researchers known for historically supporting an anti-trans agenda."
prh.org/press-releas...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
prh.org/press-releas...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
HHS Releases Anti-Trans "Report"
Physicians for Reproductive Health condemns HHS’s anti-trans “report.” It is pseudoscience used to justify restricting lifesaving gender-affirming care.
prh.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Trans day of remembrance is celebrated by the media and institutions worldwide by trying to release the most heinous articles and reports they can manage all at the same time just because they can. It is not a surprise the UK times also leaked the ECHR segregation guidance today also.
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Correct. So what is he waiting for? Could someone please remind this man that he is, in fact, the Minister?
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Correct. So what is he waiting for? Could someone please remind this man that he is, in fact, the Minister?
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One very quick thing the government could do to fill vacant posts in the health care sector is to STOP GIVING PEOPLE A STAMP 3 INSTEAD OF STAMP 4. It's absurd at a time of full employment that we are giving people the right to live here but not work
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
HSE facing bill of more than €720m for agency workers as thousands of staff jobs remain unfilled
The HSE is on course to spend more than €720m hiring agency workers this year while not filling more than 3,700 staff jobs for which it has funding.
www.independent.ie
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
One very quick thing the government could do to fill vacant posts in the health care sector is to STOP GIVING PEOPLE A STAMP 3 INSTEAD OF STAMP 4. It's absurd at a time of full employment that we are giving people the right to live here but not work
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
#speirghorm
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
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I know it's been said before but "we don't know who is in those hotels" is SO WEIRD. I don't know who is in a hotel when I STAY in a hotel. I never know who is in any hotel at any point. How did this dogshit prevail?!
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I know it's been said before but "we don't know who is in those hotels" is SO WEIRD. I don't know who is in a hotel when I STAY in a hotel. I never know who is in any hotel at any point. How did this dogshit prevail?!
There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
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> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
Oh my GOD my nerves
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oh my GOD my nerves
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TOMORROW!!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
TOMORROW!!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
We shouldn't own animals as property or exploit them.
AND the relationship that humans have with animals is the scaffolding on which we build the worst horrors we inflict on other humans. The very worst things humans have ever done to other humans we have normalized and practiced by doing to animals
AND the relationship that humans have with animals is the scaffolding on which we build the worst horrors we inflict on other humans. The very worst things humans have ever done to other humans we have normalized and practiced by doing to animals
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We shouldn't own animals as property or exploit them.
AND the relationship that humans have with animals is the scaffolding on which we build the worst horrors we inflict on other humans. The very worst things humans have ever done to other humans we have normalized and practiced by doing to animals
AND the relationship that humans have with animals is the scaffolding on which we build the worst horrors we inflict on other humans. The very worst things humans have ever done to other humans we have normalized and practiced by doing to animals
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November 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Misleading headline, this site has a very long backstory #Planning
Brent geese put paid to 580 Dublin apartments
Brent geese put paid to 580 Dublin apartments
An Coimisiún Pleanála refuses planning permission for scheme near St Anne’s Park
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Misleading headline, this site has a very long backstory #Planning
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🎤 What is wrong with Ireland’s #housing & #planning system
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
What is wrong with Ireland’s housing and planning system?
open.spotify.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🎤 What is wrong with Ireland’s #housing & #planning system
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
My discussion today with Hugh Linehan, @irishtimes.com Inside Politics & Sean Keyes, Progress Ireland #Speirgorm
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0KXu...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Web: shows.acast.com/inside-polit...
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New report uncovers cause of shocking string of whale deaths 🐋
NOAA data shows that since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by fishing lines, many linked to commercial crab operations. 🦀🎣
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
NOAA data shows that since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by fishing lines, many linked to commercial crab operations. 🦀🎣
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
New report uncovers cause of shocking string of whale deaths: 'Our current safeguards are not enough'
"This report paints a clear picture."
www.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
New report uncovers cause of shocking string of whale deaths 🐋
NOAA data shows that since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by fishing lines, many linked to commercial crab operations. 🦀🎣
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
NOAA data shows that since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by fishing lines, many linked to commercial crab operations. 🦀🎣
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Whatever your view on judicial review and NIMBY-ism, this is an appalling attack on the rule-of-law —
If a person successfully (successfully!) proves wrongdoing by the state, the state will bankrupt them?
Cui bono? Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael conies and the worst days of An Bord Pleanála corruption.
If a person successfully (successfully!) proves wrongdoing by the state, the state will bankrupt them?
Cui bono? Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael conies and the worst days of An Bord Pleanála corruption.
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.
www.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Whatever your view on judicial review and NIMBY-ism, this is an appalling attack on the rule-of-law —
If a person successfully (successfully!) proves wrongdoing by the state, the state will bankrupt them?
Cui bono? Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael conies and the worst days of An Bord Pleanála corruption.
If a person successfully (successfully!) proves wrongdoing by the state, the state will bankrupt them?
Cui bono? Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael conies and the worst days of An Bord Pleanála corruption.
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
The Irish masters of foxhounds association was founded in 1845 if that doesn't tell you everything about them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Irish masters of foxhounds association was founded in 1845 if that doesn't tell you everything about them.
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Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse.
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
Bird flu outbreak at commercial turkey flock in Carlow
Restriction zones have been put in place around a commercial turkey farm in Co Carlow, after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu was detected there.
share.google
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse.
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
I should know better than to even think about US politics but the NY mayor election is pretty great
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I should know better than to even think about US politics but the NY mayor election is pretty great
Crying about not being able to talk about migration while being one of the most powerful politicians in a country that has had almost 7 years of non stop talk about migration is top tier useless crybaby behavior
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Crying about not being able to talk about migration while being one of the most powerful politicians in a country that has had almost 7 years of non stop talk about migration is top tier useless crybaby behavior