Derval
@dervalmcd.bsky.social
Personal a/c Inclusion Ireland CEO. Chair Irish Penal Reform Trust. ND .she/her .Queer. Former SLT..Information is power, make it all accessible. Deinstitutionalisation and human rights.
Have read so many devastating articles on Gaza, but this floored me again this evening.
Israeli soldiers routinely ordered to fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza jrnl.ie/6745555
Israeli soldiers routinely ordered to fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza jrnl.ie/6745555
Israeli soldiers routinely ordered to fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza
One soldier said firing shells at civilians has become routine.
jrnl.ie
June 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Have read so many devastating articles on Gaza, but this floored me again this evening.
Israeli soldiers routinely ordered to fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza jrnl.ie/6745555
Israeli soldiers routinely ordered to fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza jrnl.ie/6745555
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My article in today's Examiner. A moment of grace, a moment for Grace. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
Derval McDonagh: We cannot say what happened to Grace will not happen again
While 2,400 people with intellectual disabilities still live in institutions, while we continue to think it’s OK for people to live their lives with fundamental rights and freedoms denied, we continue...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My article in today's Examiner. A moment of grace, a moment for Grace. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
My article in today's Examiner. A moment of grace, a moment for Grace. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
Derval McDonagh: We cannot say what happened to Grace will not happen again
While 2,400 people with intellectual disabilities still live in institutions, while we continue to think it’s OK for people to live their lives with fundamental rights and freedoms denied, we continue...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My article in today's Examiner. A moment of grace, a moment for Grace. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
Picture shows child in silhouette standing in a doorway.
My discovery on arrival at the train station this morning on the way to a work meeting. Have decided to embrace the oddness.. what's new!
January 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
My discovery on arrival at the train station this morning on the way to a work meeting. Have decided to embrace the oddness.. what's new!
Wholeheartedly fighting back against these guidelines. I see a repetition of our history in Ireland; we have not shaken off our institutionalised, shameful past. We will continue to see cycles of abuse and harm of children unless we have a deep reckoning with ourselves.
www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Seclusion guidelines 'fall drastically short' - charity
A second disability charity has strongly criticised guidelines to ban or limit the use of restraint and seclusion for children in schools.
www.rte.ie
December 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Wholeheartedly fighting back against these guidelines. I see a repetition of our history in Ireland; we have not shaken off our institutionalised, shameful past. We will continue to see cycles of abuse and harm of children unless we have a deep reckoning with ourselves.
www.rte.ie/news/educati...