Orla Breslin
@stitchlily.bsky.social
Designer/Maker, and sometime organiser w a bit of humanities too. Sí/í she/her
Let's get the Occupied Terrorites Bill passed!! 🇵🇸🇱🇧
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/enact-the-occupied-territories-bill
Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland. 🇮🇪
Let's get the Occupied Terrorites Bill passed!! 🇵🇸🇱🇧
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/enact-the-occupied-territories-bill
Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland. 🇮🇪
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🚨 Take action! We do not want our National Women's Basketball team to play apartheid Israel. We do not want them to cross the Palestinian picket line. #BDS #BanIsrael
Email ➡️ www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
Email ➡️ www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🚨 Take action! We do not want our National Women's Basketball team to play apartheid Israel. We do not want them to cross the Palestinian picket line. #BDS #BanIsrael
Email ➡️ www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
Email ➡️ www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
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All Airbnbs being rented year round are in contravention of planning laws. Houses built for private residential tenancy need to apply for change of use. If you built a house without following the rules it could be torn down. We could solve this Airbnb problem overnight, there’s no political will.
Rental crisis to intensify as ‘starved of supply’ housing stock dips below 2,000
Rental crisis to intensify as ‘starved of supply’ housing stock dips below 2,000
Housing stock is now less than half of the average available supply between 2015 and 2019
www.irishtimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All Airbnbs being rented year round are in contravention of planning laws. Houses built for private residential tenancy need to apply for change of use. If you built a house without following the rules it could be torn down. We could solve this Airbnb problem overnight, there’s no political will.
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An extraordinary mapping of Big Food/Big Ag's influence at COP30, by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and co at @desmog.com.
As #COP30 begins in Belém @DeSmog can reveal over 140 ways food & agriculture firms to sway the summit. Meet the main players in Brazil's powerful agro lobby, along w/ US meat, dairy & grain industries -- and where they will target messages #AgroLobby. By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
An extraordinary mapping of Big Food/Big Ag's influence at COP30, by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and co at @desmog.com.
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President Catherine Connolly has called for action on war, genocide and climate change, saying the normalisation of war “has never been and will never be acceptable” to Ireland, a nation with a long tradition of neutrality and peacekeeping.
#VMNews
#VMNews
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
President Catherine Connolly has called for action on war, genocide and climate change, saying the normalisation of war “has never been and will never be acceptable” to Ireland, a nation with a long tradition of neutrality and peacekeeping.
#VMNews
#VMNews
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The finest. Slán agus go raibh maith agat Micheal D Higgins. Fáilte ó chroí Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The finest. Slán agus go raibh maith agat Micheal D Higgins. Fáilte ó chroí Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly.
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President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were greeted by cheers and gifted roses as they left Áras an Uachtaráin for the last time.
A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
jrnl.ie/6870482
A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
jrnl.ie/6870482
President Higgins and wife Sabina given roses and cheered as they leave Áras for the final time
President Higgins was late departing as he and his wife Sabina wanted to ring the peace bell one last time.
jrnl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were greeted by cheers and gifted roses as they left Áras an Uachtaráin for the last time.
A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
jrnl.ie/6870482
A guard of honour was formed by members of the Sanctuary Runners who wanted to show their appreciation for his support.
jrnl.ie/6870482
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Listen to Bohemians COO Dan Lambert on the landslide vote yesterday in favour of their proposal for the FAI to submit a formal motion to UEFA calling on it it to expel apartheid Israel. Time for UEFA to #BanIsrael
Should Israel be banned from football competition?
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Should Israel be banned from football competition?
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Should Israel be banned from football competition? | Newstalk
The pressure on Israel’s participation in international competition is building.It’s after t...
www.newstalk.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Listen to Bohemians COO Dan Lambert on the landslide vote yesterday in favour of their proposal for the FAI to submit a formal motion to UEFA calling on it it to expel apartheid Israel. Time for UEFA to #BanIsrael
Should Israel be banned from football competition?
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Should Israel be banned from football competition?
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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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...
As our Miggeldy leaves office, I hope he takes those restrained presidential gloves off and returns to the gloriously outspoken man he used to be, listen to the fire in his voice in this old interview.
Let the "wankers whipping up fear" beware, he still has a lot to say.
#Miggeldy #MichealDHiggins
Let the "wankers whipping up fear" beware, he still has a lot to say.
#Miggeldy #MichealDHiggins
Michael D vs Michael Graham Full Interview
YouTube video by Newstalk
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As our Miggeldy leaves office, I hope he takes those restrained presidential gloves off and returns to the gloriously outspoken man he used to be, listen to the fire in his voice in this old interview.
Let the "wankers whipping up fear" beware, he still has a lot to say.
#Miggeldy #MichealDHiggins
Let the "wankers whipping up fear" beware, he still has a lot to say.
#Miggeldy #MichealDHiggins
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It’s great to live in a country where your president gets an informal public guard of honor of Bernese Mountain dogs and their owners as he travels out of the official residence for his last day in office. #SpeirGorm he is so popular he appears in children’s books and even as a tea cosy
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It’s great to live in a country where your president gets an informal public guard of honor of Bernese Mountain dogs and their owners as he travels out of the official residence for his last day in office. #SpeirGorm he is so popular he appears in children’s books and even as a tea cosy
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This is an attack on Access to Justice, championed by the “abundance bro’s” and media insiders who peddle government talking points in lieu of actual journalism
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 11:19 AM
This is an attack on Access to Justice, championed by the “abundance bro’s” and media insiders who peddle government talking points in lieu of actual journalism
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Make no mistake, this excavation wouldn’t be happening if Catherine Corless hadn’t stuck her neck out and defied people telling her to leave it alone.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Make no mistake, this excavation wouldn’t be happening if Catherine Corless hadn’t stuck her neck out and defied people telling her to leave it alone.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
I've noticed a lot of artists residencies popping up recently, and the prices seem crazy. Niche AirB&Bs.
Can't you just rent an old cottage anywhere and bring your notebooks, or does the name of the cottage have to have arts/residency in the title before you get to add it to your artist bio?
Can't you just rent an old cottage anywhere and bring your notebooks, or does the name of the cottage have to have arts/residency in the title before you get to add it to your artist bio?
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I've noticed a lot of artists residencies popping up recently, and the prices seem crazy. Niche AirB&Bs.
Can't you just rent an old cottage anywhere and bring your notebooks, or does the name of the cottage have to have arts/residency in the title before you get to add it to your artist bio?
Can't you just rent an old cottage anywhere and bring your notebooks, or does the name of the cottage have to have arts/residency in the title before you get to add it to your artist bio?
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Really REALLY important that everyone who enjoys #SpéirGhorm goes through these settings and toggles the switch to enable 'rude' posts. Tis a rare one of us who doesn't have a colourful tongue.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Really REALLY important that everyone who enjoys #SpéirGhorm goes through these settings and toggles the switch to enable 'rude' posts. Tis a rare one of us who doesn't have a colourful tongue.
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Well. Today I learned that there is a review process happening for the government's pilot draft pay gap portal this month. Guess who's not invited to take part?
Honestly, more than a little insulting. It's not like they don't have my contact info, I email them about once a month...
#genderPayGap
Honestly, more than a little insulting. It's not like they don't have my contact info, I email them about once a month...
#genderPayGap
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Well. Today I learned that there is a review process happening for the government's pilot draft pay gap portal this month. Guess who's not invited to take part?
Honestly, more than a little insulting. It's not like they don't have my contact info, I email them about once a month...
#genderPayGap
Honestly, more than a little insulting. It's not like they don't have my contact info, I email them about once a month...
#genderPayGap
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I'm a bit of a nerd about this - but it's hard to quantify just how popular Local Link buses have been in 'rural Ireland' - new one will link villages from Cork to Kerry that haven't had a bus service since the 1960s... www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
New Local Link rural bus link from North Cork to Kerry
Six buses a day - seven days a week
www.corkbeo.ie
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I'm a bit of a nerd about this - but it's hard to quantify just how popular Local Link buses have been in 'rural Ireland' - new one will link villages from Cork to Kerry that haven't had a bus service since the 1960s... www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
Gougane Barra for Gaza are running a raffle w some fantastic prizes.
www.idonate.ie/donate/raffl...
#SpeirGorm #Gaza #Palestine #Cork
www.idonate.ie/donate/raffl...
#SpeirGorm #Gaza #Palestine #Cork
Gougane Barra for Gaza | Buy Tickets | Charity Raffle Fundraising Ireland :: iDonate.ie
Participate in a charity raffle and support good causes with iDonate.ie – the home of online fundraising in Ireland.
www.idonate.ie
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Gougane Barra for Gaza are running a raffle w some fantastic prizes.
www.idonate.ie/donate/raffl...
#SpeirGorm #Gaza #Palestine #Cork
www.idonate.ie/donate/raffl...
#SpeirGorm #Gaza #Palestine #Cork
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79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
🗣️ "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 8:28 AM
79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
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The survey is open, #speirgorm do your thing! More than 83% of primary schools are of Catholic patronage, which is definitely not the case for the Ireland of today www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The survey is open, #speirgorm do your thing! More than 83% of primary schools are of Catholic patronage, which is definitely not the case for the Ireland of today www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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So far I've heard some really rich and interesting stories from my participants on how second-gen identity is negotiated in contemporary Ireland.
Still looking for more participants, and would appreciate another push from my Irish followers if possible 🙏
#spéirghorm #identity #migration #Ireland
Still looking for more participants, and would appreciate another push from my Irish followers if possible 🙏
#spéirghorm #identity #migration #Ireland
What does it mean to call Ireland 'home'?
This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants!
Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story.
#identity #ireland #spéirghorm
This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants!
Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story.
#identity #ireland #spéirghorm
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
So far I've heard some really rich and interesting stories from my participants on how second-gen identity is negotiated in contemporary Ireland.
Still looking for more participants, and would appreciate another push from my Irish followers if possible 🙏
#spéirghorm #identity #migration #Ireland
Still looking for more participants, and would appreciate another push from my Irish followers if possible 🙏
#spéirghorm #identity #migration #Ireland
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We are proud to support this project and collaborate with others in promoting a clear, anti-racist message in Cork
news.corksafetyalerts.com/cork-mural-s...
#spéirgorm
news.corksafetyalerts.com/cork-mural-s...
#spéirgorm
Cork Mural Sparks Nationwide Conversation on Immigration and Irish Identity
Cork students paint 50m mural quoting James Connolly on Sullivan's Quay, drawing half a million views and igniting conversation on immigration and Irish identity.
news.corksafetyalerts.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We are proud to support this project and collaborate with others in promoting a clear, anti-racist message in Cork
news.corksafetyalerts.com/cork-mural-s...
#spéirgorm
news.corksafetyalerts.com/cork-mural-s...
#spéirgorm
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The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
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For years, @coastwatch-ire.bsky.social have been coordinating citizen scientists to survey seagrass habitat around Ireland.
Now, they've published a new national map of seagrass beds, helping provide the data needed to protect these vital ecosystems 👏👏
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Now, they've published a new national map of seagrass beds, helping provide the data needed to protect these vital ecosystems 👏👏
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Anja Murray: Seagrass meadows and other Irish marine life marvels
Dublin lifeguard and diver, Gordon Leonard, saw a seagrass bed just at the shore in Sandycove, County Dublin. He reported the find to Coastwatch Ireland who identified the seagrass he had found as a s...
www.irishexaminer.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
For years, @coastwatch-ire.bsky.social have been coordinating citizen scientists to survey seagrass habitat around Ireland.
Now, they've published a new national map of seagrass beds, helping provide the data needed to protect these vital ecosystems 👏👏
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Now, they've published a new national map of seagrass beds, helping provide the data needed to protect these vital ecosystems 👏👏
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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Never forget: your government didn't give a shit about 7 years of escalating arson attacks on IPAS centres & street assaults on immigrants & LGBT people & that they & the media described the arsonists & shitters on ballot papers as having "reasonable concerns." www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Never forget: your government didn't give a shit about 7 years of escalating arson attacks on IPAS centres & street assaults on immigrants & LGBT people & that they & the media described the arsonists & shitters on ballot papers as having "reasonable concerns." www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
Cork BDS are on the ball. They have started an apartheid free zone campaign. Pass on to any businesses you know to join the campaign. 🇵🇸🇸🇩
(Website currently being built)
apartheidfree.ie
(Website currently being built)
apartheidfree.ie
Apartheid Free Zones - Apartheid Free Zones
Apartheid Free Zones are a new initiative that will help to transform our local communities into spaces of solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality. By pledging to su...
apartheidfree.ie
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Cork BDS are on the ball. They have started an apartheid free zone campaign. Pass on to any businesses you know to join the campaign. 🇵🇸🇸🇩
(Website currently being built)
apartheidfree.ie
(Website currently being built)
apartheidfree.ie