Laura O’Farrell
@leabharcons.bsky.social
Book Conservator. Audhd.
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"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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I actually can't get over Pádraig Mac Lochlainn of all people driving the wedge on minorities - first migrants, now trans people. Brother have you looked at what has been done to your own people in this country for centuries
April 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I actually can't get over Pádraig Mac Lochlainn of all people driving the wedge on minorities - first migrants, now trans people. Brother have you looked at what has been done to your own people in this country for centuries
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Taking negotiation tips from the DUP is like looking for sex tips from Enoch Burke.
Reading this while a section of unionism pleads for help from ketamine rasputin because they think they're being annexed from the uk by the protocol
March 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Taking negotiation tips from the DUP is like looking for sex tips from Enoch Burke.
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Incredible bit to be fair by O'Donovan. Literally just this:
February 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Incredible bit to be fair by O'Donovan. Literally just this:
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30 years today since an event that the FA & British media have chosen to entirely forget.
www.balls.ie/football/lan...
www.balls.ie/football/lan...
Lansdowne Road Riot - Reliving The Night Ireland Vs England Turned Ugly | Balls.ie
Thursday marks 29 years since the infamous Lansdowne Road riot saw an international soccer friendly between Ireland and England abandoned
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February 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
30 years today since an event that the FA & British media have chosen to entirely forget.
www.balls.ie/football/lan...
www.balls.ie/football/lan...
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Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes.
There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU.
Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU.
Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes.
There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU.
Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU.
Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.
January 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.
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Those relaxing story apps seem like a great idea until you realise they're all read by people with British accents, which means that instead of drifting off to a restful sleep you just unconsciously start panic-hiding potatoes
January 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Those relaxing story apps seem like a great idea until you realise they're all read by people with British accents, which means that instead of drifting off to a restful sleep you just unconsciously start panic-hiding potatoes
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In "The Dead" by James Joyce, a story set on Oíche Nollag na mBan, a man called Michael Furey is remembered for how he stood outside in the bitter cold and could not be deterred.
My only consolation is how unbelievably cold it will have been out there today. Does anyone know how long he stayed there?
Enoch Burke returns outside Co Westmeath school
Schoolteacher Enoch Burke has turned up at Wilson's Hospital School as it welcomed students back after Christmas.
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January 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In "The Dead" by James Joyce, a story set on Oíche Nollag na mBan, a man called Michael Furey is remembered for how he stood outside in the bitter cold and could not be deterred.
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Congratulations Larry the 🐈 cat
January 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Congratulations Larry the 🐈 cat
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They did the 'I actually felt unsafe as an English person in the
Aviva’ lad dirty with their photo choice because his expression and the low camera angle trigger a mental reflex that you’re dealing with a man on horseback visiting your smallholding to discuss the forthcoming rent
Aviva’ lad dirty with their photo choice because his expression and the low camera angle trigger a mental reflex that you’re dealing with a man on horseback visiting your smallholding to discuss the forthcoming rent
January 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
They did the 'I actually felt unsafe as an English person in the
Aviva’ lad dirty with their photo choice because his expression and the low camera angle trigger a mental reflex that you’re dealing with a man on horseback visiting your smallholding to discuss the forthcoming rent
Aviva’ lad dirty with their photo choice because his expression and the low camera angle trigger a mental reflex that you’re dealing with a man on horseback visiting your smallholding to discuss the forthcoming rent
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Incredible replies to this from the type of people who would have a heart attack if you said a Bodega is the same as a Centra
I was in Tesco last week and asked the child working if they sold buckfast and he asked me what it was. I said tonic wine and he said it might be beside the tonic water. What are they teaching in schools?
January 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Incredible replies to this from the type of people who would have a heart attack if you said a Bodega is the same as a Centra
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Even taken as given Ireland has real issues with antisemitism that need to be addressed (which I agree with!) you have to wonder at some point if the focus on this one tiny country on Europe's periphery might be motivated by something other than concern for the welfare of its Jewish population
December 23, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Even taken as given Ireland has real issues with antisemitism that need to be addressed (which I agree with!) you have to wonder at some point if the focus on this one tiny country on Europe's periphery might be motivated by something other than concern for the welfare of its Jewish population
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Never mind the stocks being sold a month after being elected or lying on the ethics declaration but after 9 months of watching horrors unfold on our screens, that's when he decides to sell?? it took him 9 months
Newly elected Soc Dem TD Eoin Hayes has been suspended from the party with “immediate effect” following the revelation that he sold his shares in a US company that supplies the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) a month after he was elected as a councillor
Read more: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Read more: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
December 10, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Never mind the stocks being sold a month after being elected or lying on the ethics declaration but after 9 months of watching horrors unfold on our screens, that's when he decides to sell?? it took him 9 months
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Newly elected Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes has confirmed he gave incorrect details about when he divested shares he held in a software firm that supplies technology to the Israeli Defence Forces.
New Soc Dems TD admits he sold shares in IDF-linked company after he entered politics, contradicting original claim
Eoin Hayes was elected as a TD for Dublin Bay South in the general election.
jrnl.ie
December 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Newly elected Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes has confirmed he gave incorrect details about when he divested shares he held in a software firm that supplies technology to the Israeli Defence Forces.
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For 20 minutes newly elected Soc Dems TD Eoin Hayes refused to answer:
1) When he divested his shares in Palantir (Cian O’Callaghan said last week it was “this year”)
2) How much he received from the shares
3) If he will be donating any of it to Palestinian causes.
1) When he divested his shares in Palantir (Cian O’Callaghan said last week it was “this year”)
2) How much he received from the shares
3) If he will be donating any of it to Palestinian causes.
December 10, 2024 at 12:01 PM
For 20 minutes newly elected Soc Dems TD Eoin Hayes refused to answer:
1) When he divested his shares in Palantir (Cian O’Callaghan said last week it was “this year”)
2) How much he received from the shares
3) If he will be donating any of it to Palestinian causes.
1) When he divested his shares in Palantir (Cian O’Callaghan said last week it was “this year”)
2) How much he received from the shares
3) If he will be donating any of it to Palestinian causes.
Perhaps before arguing for compulsory turnout, we could consider that a party leader couldn’t vote yesterday because she was in hospital having a baby. How about we widen access to postal votes & deal with the state of the electoral register first and see what that does to turnout? #ge24
November 30, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Perhaps before arguing for compulsory turnout, we could consider that a party leader couldn’t vote yesterday because she was in hospital having a baby. How about we widen access to postal votes & deal with the state of the electoral register first and see what that does to turnout? #ge24
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Lots of chat about the Greens, who delivered policy is spades, being punished in #GE24 is missing a key point: the majority of Green voters are values/principles voters. It's not just about what you do, it's about how you do it, how you communicate it, and how you frame it.
November 30, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Lots of chat about the Greens, who delivered policy is spades, being punished in #GE24 is missing a key point: the majority of Green voters are values/principles voters. It's not just about what you do, it's about how you do it, how you communicate it, and how you frame it.
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Checking this board for “Misrepresent the law to try to withhold Mother and Baby Home Records”.
This is fascinating. The Greens' Ossian Smyth posted a June 2020 wishlist for government, and they've achieved much of it. Yet, the Greens could lose all their seats. It's a bit depressing.
November 30, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Checking this board for “Misrepresent the law to try to withhold Mother and Baby Home Records”.
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Oof, the poor woman. Imagine working up the nerve to raise something with the Taoiseach in front of multiple cameras/mics & this is the flippant snarky reply you get? Makes the heart hurt 🥺
Great piece as always from Carl 👏
Great piece as always from Carl 👏
November 23, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Oof, the poor woman. Imagine working up the nerve to raise something with the Taoiseach in front of multiple cameras/mics & this is the flippant snarky reply you get? Makes the heart hurt 🥺
Great piece as always from Carl 👏
Great piece as always from Carl 👏
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Just think it's unfair that people in relationships get things like couples discounts and wedding presents and tax breaks but as a single woman I'm expected to build my gingerbread cottage to lure children into my oven on my own dime
November 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Just think it's unfair that people in relationships get things like couples discounts and wedding presents and tax breaks but as a single woman I'm expected to build my gingerbread cottage to lure children into my oven on my own dime