Gillian Kearns 🏳️⚧️🇦🇪
@jonkskearns.bsky.social
Multiply ND (Autistic, ADHD, Dyspraxic) Agender (she/they), co-founder of NeuroPride Ireland and Board Secretary of Disabled Women Ireland "nothing about us, without us"
Not to begrudge any of the other kids but my Autistic kids and I are feeling very incensed for the kids who are getting nothing just a 'good luck & thanks'. Every year there's injustice #LateLateToyShow #Spéirghorm
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Not to begrudge any of the other kids but my Autistic kids and I are feeling very incensed for the kids who are getting nothing just a 'good luck & thanks'. Every year there's injustice #LateLateToyShow #Spéirghorm
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If you thought Tom the signing sausage dog was cute as a button as he told us about signing and audio descriptions, remember to use alt-text on all your Bluesky photos.
Don't let Tom the sausage dog down!
#spéirghorm
#LateLateToyShow
Don't let Tom the sausage dog down!
#spéirghorm
#LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you thought Tom the signing sausage dog was cute as a button as he told us about signing and audio descriptions, remember to use alt-text on all your Bluesky photos.
Don't let Tom the sausage dog down!
#spéirghorm
#LateLateToyShow
Don't let Tom the sausage dog down!
#spéirghorm
#LateLateToyShow
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📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
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December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Still buzzing from this event and actually looking forward to helping compile the report in the New Year - such valuable, honest & frankly maddening insights & stories shared (but also laughter & camaraderie).
#Speirghorm #IDPWD2025 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
@dw-ireland.bsky.social
#Speirghorm #IDPWD2025 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
@dw-ireland.bsky.social
Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we celebrate our amazing community of disabled women and non-binary people and recognise there’s still so much work to do.
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Still buzzing from this event and actually looking forward to helping compile the report in the New Year - such valuable, honest & frankly maddening insights & stories shared (but also laughter & camaraderie).
#Speirghorm #IDPWD2025 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
@dw-ireland.bsky.social
#Speirghorm #IDPWD2025 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
@dw-ireland.bsky.social
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Get ready for the Irish Garden Bird Survey, which kicks off on Monday 1st December! We need records from as many gardens across Ireland as possible, so please spread the word! birdwatchireland.ie/irish-garden...
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Get ready for the Irish Garden Bird Survey, which kicks off on Monday 1st December! We need records from as many gardens across Ireland as possible, so please spread the word! birdwatchireland.ie/irish-garden...
Happy to get the opportunity to present to the Disability Matters Committee on behalf of @dw-ireland.bsky.social alongside my colleague @amyhassett.bsky.social & others about barriers to work for Disabled people
#Spéirghorm
#Spéirghorm
Last week we talked to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters about the barriers which make it difficult for disabled women to access work.
Read more about it here:
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Read more about it here:
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Help sought for people with disabilities to secure jobs
Ireland has the lowest rates of employment for people with disabilities in the European Union, politicians have been told.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy to get the opportunity to present to the Disability Matters Committee on behalf of @dw-ireland.bsky.social alongside my colleague @amyhassett.bsky.social & others about barriers to work for Disabled people
#Spéirghorm
#Spéirghorm
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Today, as part of our reflections on last month’s Disabled Women & Poverty event, we are sharing Breaking Silence, the poem read by Alice Doyle (The Autistic Poetess) at the start of our discussion (1/2)
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today, as part of our reflections on last month’s Disabled Women & Poverty event, we are sharing Breaking Silence, the poem read by Alice Doyle (The Autistic Poetess) at the start of our discussion (1/2)
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The DPO Network, represented by Amy Hassett from DWI, and Mairead Forde and Joe McGrath from the The National Platform of Self-advocates will be appearing before the Joint Committees on Disability and Social Protection.
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
Oireachtas committee meeting live stream
Live stream of public Oireachtas committee meeting in committee room 1
www.oireachtas.ie
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The DPO Network, represented by Amy Hassett from DWI, and Mairead Forde and Joe McGrath from the The National Platform of Self-advocates will be appearing before the Joint Committees on Disability and Social Protection.
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
@neuroprideireland.bsky.social is coming to Limerick!
Join Neuro Pride Ireland organisers and members of the Limerick Neurodivergent community for a wintry gathering at the Bandstand in the People's Park on 3 January 2026. Wrap up warm (Cafe close by if needed) (1)
#Spéirghorm #Neurodivergent
Join Neuro Pride Ireland organisers and members of the Limerick Neurodivergent community for a wintry gathering at the Bandstand in the People's Park on 3 January 2026. Wrap up warm (Cafe close by if needed) (1)
#Spéirghorm #Neurodivergent
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
@neuroprideireland.bsky.social is coming to Limerick!
Join Neuro Pride Ireland organisers and members of the Limerick Neurodivergent community for a wintry gathering at the Bandstand in the People's Park on 3 January 2026. Wrap up warm (Cafe close by if needed) (1)
#Spéirghorm #Neurodivergent
Join Neuro Pride Ireland organisers and members of the Limerick Neurodivergent community for a wintry gathering at the Bandstand in the People's Park on 3 January 2026. Wrap up warm (Cafe close by if needed) (1)
#Spéirghorm #Neurodivergent
A Miggedly anecdote from my sibling's wedding celebration, they'd worked on his 2nd campaign so we included a little Micheal D as part of the cake (along with other key figures). Alice-Mary Higgins was at the party & took photos, so hopefully he got to see it.
#Speirghorm #MichealD #PresIre
#Speirghorm #MichealD #PresIre
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A Miggedly anecdote from my sibling's wedding celebration, they'd worked on his 2nd campaign so we included a little Micheal D as part of the cake (along with other key figures). Alice-Mary Higgins was at the party & took photos, so hopefully he got to see it.
#Speirghorm #MichealD #PresIre
#Speirghorm #MichealD #PresIre
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We’ve started sharing insights from our Disabled Women & Poverty event! 💭
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
www.instagram.com/disability_p...
www.instagram.com/dwireland
#SpeirGorm
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
www.instagram.com/disability_p...
www.instagram.com/dwireland
#SpeirGorm
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November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We’ve started sharing insights from our Disabled Women & Poverty event! 💭
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
www.instagram.com/disability_p...
www.instagram.com/dwireland
#SpeirGorm
Check out the DWI and DPNH Instagram pages to hear what participants had to say about the real costs of participation. #DisabledWomen #Poverty
www.instagram.com/disability_p...
www.instagram.com/dwireland
#SpeirGorm
Happy to present on behalf of @dw-ireland.bsky.social to the Disability Matters Committee - access to work and the exclusion and ableism faced were identified at our previous event as huge contributing factors to the high rates of poverty we experience.
#DisabledRights #Speirghorm
#DisabledRights #Speirghorm
We presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability earlier this week about access to work for disabled women.
We talked about the factors that make it difficult for disabled women to access and retain work. You can read more about it here: www.disabledwomenireland.org/news-1
We talked about the factors that make it difficult for disabled women to access and retain work. You can read more about it here: www.disabledwomenireland.org/news-1
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy to present on behalf of @dw-ireland.bsky.social to the Disability Matters Committee - access to work and the exclusion and ableism faced were identified at our previous event as huge contributing factors to the high rates of poverty we experience.
#DisabledRights #Speirghorm
#DisabledRights #Speirghorm
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Declan Ganley is a US military contractor in business with Peter Thiel and Karl Rove. his son Micheál's previous job before "refounding" the Bethlehem Steel Company, was as a staffer for Lindsay Graham. he's a stooge for US interests and should be treated as such
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Declan Ganley is a US military contractor in business with Peter Thiel and Karl Rove. his son Micheál's previous job before "refounding" the Bethlehem Steel Company, was as a staffer for Lindsay Graham. he's a stooge for US interests and should be treated as such
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Our co-director @amyhassett.bsky.social and treasurer @jonkskearns.bsky.social are appearing before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters, talking about access to work for Disabled Women.
You can watch along (or see the recording afterwards) here:
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
You can watch along (or see the recording afterwards) here:
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
Oireachtas committee meeting live stream
Live stream of public Oireachtas committee meeting in committee room 1
www.oireachtas.ie
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our co-director @amyhassett.bsky.social and treasurer @jonkskearns.bsky.social are appearing before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters, talking about access to work for Disabled Women.
You can watch along (or see the recording afterwards) here:
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
You can watch along (or see the recording afterwards) here:
www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
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Haven’t seen much discussion of this on #spéirghorm today - flagging it in case it winds up going under the radar.
The parents of 826,000 children are to be asked to share with the Department of Education their views on the type of primary school they would like their child to attend
Parents asked to take part in primary school ethos survey
The parents of 826,000 children are to be asked to share with the Department of Education their views on the type of primary school they would like their child to attend.
www.rte.ie
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Haven’t seen much discussion of this on #spéirghorm today - flagging it in case it winds up going under the radar.
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Every minute without a strong statement from the Irish government about the arson and attempted murder in Drogheda is another minute of silent acquiescence to the far right - by remaining silent, the govt is making it very clear which side they are on.
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Every minute without a strong statement from the Irish government about the arson and attempted murder in Drogheda is another minute of silent acquiescence to the far right - by remaining silent, the govt is making it very clear which side they are on.
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
Got away with a cheeky bit of commentary while voting #Áras25 #Spéirghorm
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Got away with a cheeky bit of commentary while voting #Áras25 #Spéirghorm
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CREDIT: @thelittlegreen6
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
CREDIT: @thelittlegreen6
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Don’t flake on voting just because the result is in the bag! Margin matters. Remember how awful it felt seeing Peter Casey jump from 2% polls to 23% after his attacks on travellers. A low turnout/high number of spoiled votes will be seized on by the fash. Every vote for Connolly undermines them
October 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Don’t flake on voting just because the result is in the bag! Margin matters. Remember how awful it felt seeing Peter Casey jump from 2% polls to 23% after his attacks on travellers. A low turnout/high number of spoiled votes will be seized on by the fash. Every vote for Connolly undermines them
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Wouldn't normally ask, but "that fella" is nominated for Author of the Year, please take a few seconds to vote for *anyone* else. Thank you.
anpostirishbookawards.ie/vote/
anpostirishbookawards.ie/vote/
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AN POST IRISH BOOk AWARDS Public Vote 2025 Vote for your favourite books of the year here and win €100 of National Book Tokens Scroll down and vote for your favourite books and be in with a chance of ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wouldn't normally ask, but "that fella" is nominated for Author of the Year, please take a few seconds to vote for *anyone* else. Thank you.
anpostirishbookawards.ie/vote/
anpostirishbookawards.ie/vote/
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We don't talk often enough about the fact that disabled people are twice as likely to experience poverty as non-disabled people, and that disabled women are 25% more likely again to experience poverty relative to disabled men.
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We don't talk often enough about the fact that disabled people are twice as likely to experience poverty as non-disabled people, and that disabled women are 25% more likely again to experience poverty relative to disabled men.