Stephen Spillane
@spiller2.bsky.social
Chair Gay Project, Chair St Luke's NS Montenotte, Cork Greens, Churchwarden St Anne Shandon, Hon Sec St Fin Barres, General Synod COI, Diocesan Council CCR. Union Member, All views my own
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As President Micheal D Higgins finished his term of office yesterday, we give thanks for him and his term in office, we also offer our prayers up for President Catherine Connolly as she begins her term in office.
(prayer adapted from 1926 Book of Common Prayer)
(prayer adapted from 1926 Book of Common Prayer)
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
As President Micheal D Higgins finished his term of office yesterday, we give thanks for him and his term in office, we also offer our prayers up for President Catherine Connolly as she begins her term in office.
(prayer adapted from 1926 Book of Common Prayer)
(prayer adapted from 1926 Book of Common Prayer)
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President-elect Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated as the 10th President of Ireland in a ceremony today.
Here's everything you need to know about it.
Here's everything you need to know about it.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
President-elect Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated as the 10th President of Ireland in a ceremony today.
Here's everything you need to know about it.
Here's everything you need to know about it.
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As leaders assemble for the #COP30 climate talks in #belem, we need to remind our own government that #ClimateActionNow is absolutely essential. We must fight for a #JustTransition to a stable climate 🌍
We'll see you there!
We'll see you there!
We'll be joining the National #Climate Demonstration on the 15th and want to see you there too.
We need to send the message to the government and EU that #ClimateAction is needed now more than ever
We need to send the message to the government and EU that #ClimateAction is needed now more than ever
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As leaders assemble for the #COP30 climate talks in #belem, we need to remind our own government that #ClimateActionNow is absolutely essential. We must fight for a #JustTransition to a stable climate 🌍
We'll see you there!
We'll see you there!
In Tullamore this Friday?
For one night only Gay Project is teaming up with LGBT Ireland to bring a bit of Drag School fabulousity to you! Join DJ Mia Gold and Jackie Off at John Lee’s Bar.
📅 Friday, 14th Nov
🕘 9PM – 12:30AM
📍 John Lee’s Bar, Tullamore
#DragShow #LGBTQIA #TullamoreEvents
For one night only Gay Project is teaming up with LGBT Ireland to bring a bit of Drag School fabulousity to you! Join DJ Mia Gold and Jackie Off at John Lee’s Bar.
📅 Friday, 14th Nov
🕘 9PM – 12:30AM
📍 John Lee’s Bar, Tullamore
#DragShow #LGBTQIA #TullamoreEvents
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In Tullamore this Friday?
For one night only Gay Project is teaming up with LGBT Ireland to bring a bit of Drag School fabulousity to you! Join DJ Mia Gold and Jackie Off at John Lee’s Bar.
📅 Friday, 14th Nov
🕘 9PM – 12:30AM
📍 John Lee’s Bar, Tullamore
#DragShow #LGBTQIA #TullamoreEvents
For one night only Gay Project is teaming up with LGBT Ireland to bring a bit of Drag School fabulousity to you! Join DJ Mia Gold and Jackie Off at John Lee’s Bar.
📅 Friday, 14th Nov
🕘 9PM – 12:30AM
📍 John Lee’s Bar, Tullamore
#DragShow #LGBTQIA #TullamoreEvents
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To President Michael D. Higgins, on your last day as President of Ireland, we say thank you for your service.
#Ireland #Politics #President
#Ireland #Politics #President
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
To President Michael D. Higgins, on your last day as President of Ireland, we say thank you for your service.
#Ireland #Politics #President
#Ireland #Politics #President
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Thanks Amy Campbell and the Echo for reporting the upgraded streaming service going live for the first time this evening at Cork City Council.
Join from 5:00pm for debate on cost-rental housing for key workers, childcare facilities in city council developments, and more.
📺 corkcity.public-i.tv
Join from 5:00pm for debate on cost-rental housing for key workers, childcare facilities in city council developments, and more.
📺 corkcity.public-i.tv
Cork City Council to use new system to live-stream meetings
The system will feature on-screen information showing the names of speakers, and the agenda items being discussed.
www.echolive.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Thanks Amy Campbell and the Echo for reporting the upgraded streaming service going live for the first time this evening at Cork City Council.
Join from 5:00pm for debate on cost-rental housing for key workers, childcare facilities in city council developments, and more.
📺 corkcity.public-i.tv
Join from 5:00pm for debate on cost-rental housing for key workers, childcare facilities in city council developments, and more.
📺 corkcity.public-i.tv
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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The Collect for Remembrance Sunday
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the king of all: Govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the king of all: Govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The Collect for Remembrance Sunday
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the king of all: Govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the king of all: Govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
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🌈 Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2025 LGBTIQ+ Community Services Fund!
👏 Gay Project
👏 LINQ Ireland
👏 The Sexual Health Centre
👏 Skibbereen Community & Family Resource Centre
👏 Cumann na Daoine
👏 PRISMA Queer Film Festival
Your work is the pride of Cork!
👏 Gay Project
👏 LINQ Ireland
👏 The Sexual Health Centre
👏 Skibbereen Community & Family Resource Centre
👏 Cumann na Daoine
👏 PRISMA Queer Film Festival
Your work is the pride of Cork!
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🌈 Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2025 LGBTIQ+ Community Services Fund!
👏 Gay Project
👏 LINQ Ireland
👏 The Sexual Health Centre
👏 Skibbereen Community & Family Resource Centre
👏 Cumann na Daoine
👏 PRISMA Queer Film Festival
Your work is the pride of Cork!
👏 Gay Project
👏 LINQ Ireland
👏 The Sexual Health Centre
👏 Skibbereen Community & Family Resource Centre
👏 Cumann na Daoine
👏 PRISMA Queer Film Festival
Your work is the pride of Cork!
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In a joyful and historic service today, the 15th Archbishop of Wales was enthroned in Newport Cathedral! Mewn gwasanaeth llawen a hanesyddol heddiw, gorseddwyd 15fed Archesgob Cymru yng Nghadeirlan Casnewydd! www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...
#ChurchInWales #ArchbishopOfWales
#ChurchInWales #ArchbishopOfWales
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In a joyful and historic service today, the 15th Archbishop of Wales was enthroned in Newport Cathedral! Mewn gwasanaeth llawen a hanesyddol heddiw, gorseddwyd 15fed Archesgob Cymru yng Nghadeirlan Casnewydd! www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...
#ChurchInWales #ArchbishopOfWales
#ChurchInWales #ArchbishopOfWales
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Great to join @corkgreens.bsky.social for their AGM tonight in Blackpool Community Centre 🌻
At @corkgreens.bsky.social AGM tonight. Cllr @janetphorner.bsky.social and @rodericogorman.bsky.social also here.
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Great to join @corkgreens.bsky.social for their AGM tonight in Blackpool Community Centre 🌻
At @corkgreens.bsky.social AGM tonight. Cllr @janetphorner.bsky.social and @rodericogorman.bsky.social also here.
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
At @corkgreens.bsky.social AGM tonight. Cllr @janetphorner.bsky.social and @rodericogorman.bsky.social also here.
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Launch of The Planter's Daughter
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Launch of The Planter's Daughter
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
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Sunday, 9th November - Remembrance Sunday
10:15 am - Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance and 2 minute Silence
All are welcome
Read about those remembered on our war memorial: buff.ly/wa6VXKd
10:15 am - Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance and 2 minute Silence
All are welcome
Read about those remembered on our war memorial: buff.ly/wa6VXKd
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sunday, 9th November - Remembrance Sunday
10:15 am - Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance and 2 minute Silence
All are welcome
Read about those remembered on our war memorial: buff.ly/wa6VXKd
10:15 am - Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance and 2 minute Silence
All are welcome
Read about those remembered on our war memorial: buff.ly/wa6VXKd
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'the fact that the 'gender critical' are willing to go ballistic because a trans person appeared on tv is yet more evidence that their campaign is not about women's toilets. It is about eradicating the trans community.' Billy Bragg
Quite so.
Quite so.
Victoria's response to kamikazi transphobe Linehan reminds us that angry men are happy to harass women in the name of (checks notes) women's rights and that if a trans woman appearing on tv sends them ballistic then this is not about women's rights, it's about the eradication of the trans community
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
'the fact that the 'gender critical' are willing to go ballistic because a trans person appeared on tv is yet more evidence that their campaign is not about women's toilets. It is about eradicating the trans community.' Billy Bragg
Quite so.
Quite so.
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"The Minister of State said that the civil service has grown by 50% in the last decade. But he asked if citizens feel they have received a comparable growth in services and their quality of life".
This is copy-and-paste rightwing "when you're explaining you're losing" bullshit.
This is copy-and-paste rightwing "when you're explaining you're losing" bullshit.
Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, Minister of State Robert Troy has warned
Bureaucracy acting as hidden tax on progress, warns Troy
Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, a Minister of State has warned.
www.rte.ie
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"The Minister of State said that the civil service has grown by 50% in the last decade. But he asked if citizens feel they have received a comparable growth in services and their quality of life".
This is copy-and-paste rightwing "when you're explaining you're losing" bullshit.
This is copy-and-paste rightwing "when you're explaining you're losing" bullshit.
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I'm sorry but this recent blitz on bureaucracy really boils my fucking piss.
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, Minister of State Robert Troy has warned
Bureaucracy acting as hidden tax on progress, warns Troy
Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, a Minister of State has warned.
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm sorry but this recent blitz on bureaucracy really boils my fucking piss.
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
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TWO WEEKS until Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR - 20 Nov), a global commemoration honouring trans people lost to violence and prejudice this past year.🕯️
Transfigured Mission offers a FREE toolkit of resources for vigils or faith services:
👉 transfiguredmission.uk/trans-day-of-remembrance
Transfigured Mission offers a FREE toolkit of resources for vigils or faith services:
👉 transfiguredmission.uk/trans-day-of-remembrance
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
TWO WEEKS until Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR - 20 Nov), a global commemoration honouring trans people lost to violence and prejudice this past year.🕯️
Transfigured Mission offers a FREE toolkit of resources for vigils or faith services:
👉 transfiguredmission.uk/trans-day-of-remembrance
Transfigured Mission offers a FREE toolkit of resources for vigils or faith services:
👉 transfiguredmission.uk/trans-day-of-remembrance
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Hello Bluesky!
We are #TRANSCEND-XR, a Horizon Europe project exploring how XR can support young testicular cancer survivors.
Follow us for updates and insights!
#HorizonEurope #DigitalHealth #EUResearch #EUCancerMission #EUResearch
We are #TRANSCEND-XR, a Horizon Europe project exploring how XR can support young testicular cancer survivors.
Follow us for updates and insights!
#HorizonEurope #DigitalHealth #EUResearch #EUCancerMission #EUResearch
July 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Hello Bluesky!
We are #TRANSCEND-XR, a Horizon Europe project exploring how XR can support young testicular cancer survivors.
Follow us for updates and insights!
#HorizonEurope #DigitalHealth #EUResearch #EUCancerMission #EUResearch
We are #TRANSCEND-XR, a Horizon Europe project exploring how XR can support young testicular cancer survivors.
Follow us for updates and insights!
#HorizonEurope #DigitalHealth #EUResearch #EUCancerMission #EUResearch
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Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
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🎉 New York City just elected their most progressive Mayor in history!
Congrats to @ZohranKMamdani who won the mayoral elections in NYC, by promising to make the city a more affordable city for the working class.
A strong voice for human & social rights & a politician who listens to its people.
Congrats to @ZohranKMamdani who won the mayoral elections in NYC, by promising to make the city a more affordable city for the working class.
A strong voice for human & social rights & a politician who listens to its people.
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🎉 New York City just elected their most progressive Mayor in history!
Congrats to @ZohranKMamdani who won the mayoral elections in NYC, by promising to make the city a more affordable city for the working class.
A strong voice for human & social rights & a politician who listens to its people.
Congrats to @ZohranKMamdani who won the mayoral elections in NYC, by promising to make the city a more affordable city for the working class.
A strong voice for human & social rights & a politician who listens to its people.
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A huge loss. Rest in Peace.
Death announced of Sister Stanislaus Kennedy
Death announced of Sister Stanislaus Kennedy
Sr Stan died on Monday morning after a short time at the St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown
www.irishtimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A huge loss. Rest in Peace.
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The recent attack at the IPAS centre in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. Nor is the silence from those who shout the loudest about protection of women and children.
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The recent attack at the IPAS centre in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. Nor is the silence from those who shout the loudest about protection of women and children.
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
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People have literally been posting their full names saying they’ll burn down IPAS centres. They’ve been crowding outside, shouting they’ll set them alight and now someone actually does it and the politicians act SO surprised. GTFO.
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
People have literally been posting their full names saying they’ll burn down IPAS centres. They’ve been crowding outside, shouting they’ll set them alight and now someone actually does it and the politicians act SO surprised. GTFO.
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A message to Irish politicians:
Leadership is not always about doing what people want; sometimes it's about doing what is right, and bringing the people with you, even when you think it's not popular.
This is one of those times.
#SpeirGorm
Leadership is not always about doing what people want; sometimes it's about doing what is right, and bringing the people with you, even when you think it's not popular.
This is one of those times.
#SpeirGorm
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A message to Irish politicians:
Leadership is not always about doing what people want; sometimes it's about doing what is right, and bringing the people with you, even when you think it's not popular.
This is one of those times.
#SpeirGorm
Leadership is not always about doing what people want; sometimes it's about doing what is right, and bringing the people with you, even when you think it's not popular.
This is one of those times.
#SpeirGorm