Sheila Ahern
sheilaahern.bsky.social
Sheila Ahern
@sheilaahern.bsky.social
Researcher in TV & film, from Dublin, Ireland "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". (Maya Angelou)
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an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously

when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint

the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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A reminder about the ethical protocols underpinning the work of the Magdalene Names Project & why we don’t publish lists of names.

If you’re seeking info about a deceased family member, or if you’re a survivor seeking evidence of your confinement, you’re welcome to contact us.
JFMR has updated our Magdalene Names Project webpage. The update includes important information on our ethical protocols, and why (save for a small number of exceptions) the Names Project does not name women (living or deceased) on our website or in publications. jfmresearch.com/home/magdale...
Magdalene Names Project
ABOUT THE MAGDALENE NAMES PROJECT The Magdalene Names Project (MNP) is a JFM Research initiative which was established in 2003 in the context of the exhumations at High Park Magdalene Laundry. The …
jfmresearch.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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ℹ️ If you're having difficulty filling out the expression of interest PDF for representation on the National Centre for Research & Remembrance panels/Special Advocate's Advisory Council, there's a Word version of the form on this page that's not flagged in the dept's email: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Survivor Representation on Key Engagement Structures
www.gov.ie
August 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support. #speirgirm my.uplift.ie/petitions/i-... @uplift.ie
I'm supporting the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the illegal siege of Gaza.
All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support.
my.uplift.ie
September 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Irish Red Cross is hiring a head of communications: www.redcross.ie/wp-content/u...
www.redcross.ie
August 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The staff at Iran's National Museum in Tehran have sandbagged the exhibitions they cannot move. I just...
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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This is an image maga is posting to stoke fear of Mamdani. A list of things that sound awesome
June 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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A mature student, MA Linguistics, at @qmullinguistics.bsky.social, I am having Zoom chats - over the next few weeks - with people brought up and living in Dublin, to explore Dublin English. To get involved - or if you can encourage others - DM or email me at j.p.mcloughlin@hss24.qmul.ac.uk
June 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l... www.ricksteves.com/.../iran/ira...
This was made in 2009. My experience in 2015 was similar, except Irish people don't need a minder & can travel freely. Iran is the most beautiful country I have ever visited, full of culture, beauty & the warmest kindest people.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
www.ricksteves.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Normal Greeks: “emergency exit procedure.”

Me, a late antique Hellenist: “liturgy of the exodus of danger.”
June 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Brutal, cruel and barbaric behaviour by Israel!
June 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Funny how Hermann ‘anti choice’ Kelly is all ‘my body, my choice’ when it comes to organ donation and his ‘giblets’, and entirety the opposite when it’s comes to women’s rights over our bodies! Misogyny in so central to far right ideology #speirgorm
June 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You can live track the flotilla to Gaza. What courage! Respect to all aboard. freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/
June 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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After drones repeatedly hovered over the #Madleen last night, we need people of the world to help tag and email their foreign ministry. The volunteers aboard are delivering life-saving aid to Gaza. They are unarmed, carrying only food, medicine, baby formula; acting fully within international law.
June 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Brilliant scheduling!
RTÉ1 Housewife of the Year
RTÉ2 The Handmaid's Tale

#housewifeoftheyear
June 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The beautiful Linenhall Library in Belfast.
June 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Not much of a pub crawl in Belfast. 😉 The Crown to Robinsons.
June 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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"Know your enemy.
Whether they’re attacking Kneecap or Gary Lineker, or Mark Ruffalo or journalists who are actually doing their jobs
never forget what they are trying to silence."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The #phizzfest film programme is highlighted in RTÉ's Whats On: www.rte.ie/culture/2025... If you haven't seen Blue Road here is an opportunity, Q&A with director @sineadoshea.bsky.social and Sheila de Courcy afterwards, tickets and more info at www.phizzest.ie
Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days
Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1pm
www.rte.ie
May 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Confiscate their assets and compensate survivors. If it needs legislation, then legislate. #RTEInvestigates great work @ritaoreilly.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I am very sorry to read of the death of Michael O'Brien, former mayor of Clonmel and survivor of abuse in the Industrial School in Ferryhouse, Clonmel. His contribution on RTÉ'S Q&A programme in 2009 was one of the most powerful pieces of television I have ever seen. Condolences to his family.
April 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Be more like Bette Davis!
Actresses Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, 1962 #WomensArt
April 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Beckett in Thessaloniki
April 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM