Leah Nic Aodha
@leahnicaodha.bsky.social
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Diarmuid Johnson agus Ceallach á phlé. Aistrithe go Gearmáinis, is cosúil. Bhfuil fhios agat cé d'fhoilsigh @leabharbreac.bsky.social ?
Diarmuid Johnson agus Ceallach á phlé. Aistrithe go Gearmáinis, is cosúil. Bhfuil fhios agat cé d'fhoilsigh @leabharbreac.bsky.social ?
‘Nuair a tháinig an Béarla in áit na Gaeilge, chuaigh go leor seanchais i léig’
“Ach cuid den eolas a bhíodh ag na seandaoine faoi na naoimh áitiúla, faoi na tobair bheannaithe, na hoilithreachtaí, na laethanta pátrúin a bhí ann go háitiúil agus go forleathan ar fud na tíre – chu...
m.independent.ie
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Diarmuid Johnson agus Ceallach á phlé. Aistrithe go Gearmáinis, is cosúil. Bhfuil fhios agat cé d'fhoilsigh @leabharbreac.bsky.social ?
Diarmuid Johnson agus Ceallach á phlé. Aistrithe go Gearmáinis, is cosúil. Bhfuil fhios agat cé d'fhoilsigh @leabharbreac.bsky.social ?
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A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
Watch now they'll call me an elitist for bringing up that lucht na Gaeltachta are often at a severe disadvantage in terms of housing and opportunity and they don't get much support outside of their own community
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
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Leftist President, Neoliberal Government.
I think the first analysis of the recent Irish Presidential election that references Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism.
#Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/left...
I think the first analysis of the recent Irish Presidential election that references Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism.
#Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/left...
Leftist President, Neoliberal Government
Last week, Catherine Connolly, a socialist, was inaugurated as Ireland’s president. But she cannot save Irish politics alone — for real change, the Left must ensure that radical symbolism is backed up...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Leftist President, Neoliberal Government.
I think the first analysis of the recent Irish Presidential election that references Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism.
#Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/left...
I think the first analysis of the recent Irish Presidential election that references Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism.
#Spéirghorm #Spéirgorm
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/left...
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"no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
Fleeing From The North
Fleeing the North of Ireland across the border in times of conflict.
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
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The Irish language is not theirs to pity or police. It belongs to the future.
And the future, finally, is speaking Irish.
The Irish language is not theirs to pity or police. It belongs to the future.
And the future, finally, is speaking Irish.
The Future Speaks Irish!
Why Ireland’s new confidence in its own language has unsettled the establishment
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Irish language is not theirs to pity or police. It belongs to the future.
And the future, finally, is speaking Irish.
The Irish language is not theirs to pity or police. It belongs to the future.
And the future, finally, is speaking Irish.
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We wish the very best for their future to President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins as they leave the Áras for the last time. President Higgins opened the doors of Áras an Uachtaráin to us, to many of the brilliant Palestinian speakers, artists, lawyers and activists that came here to advocate
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We wish the very best for their future to President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins as they leave the Áras for the last time. President Higgins opened the doors of Áras an Uachtaráin to us, to many of the brilliant Palestinian speakers, artists, lawyers and activists that came here to advocate
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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"Intensive dairying is only wildly profitable as long as the sector is allowed a free ride to produce massive pollution impacts"
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
John Gibbons: Saying nuclear power is better for the environment than solar is ludicrous
The idea that intensive dairy farming is some kind of pastoral idyll with no impact on the environment has been allowed to take hold to the point that serious people are now suggesting nuclear reactor...
www.irishexaminer.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Intensive dairying is only wildly profitable as long as the sector is allowed a free ride to produce massive pollution impacts"
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Extremely interesting discussion/debate around what's going on in our national parks.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
I discussed the management of our National Parks earlier with Minister Christopher O'Sullivan. There are positives but we're not at the stage where we can say that the State is managing Parks to a high standard.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Are we doing enough to protect our National Parks?
Padraic Fogarty, Ecologist and Author and Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity
www.rte.ie
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Extremely interesting discussion/debate around what's going on in our national parks.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
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Friday the US Supreme Court is set to discuss whether to hear a challenge to Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 landmark decision which extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide. 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 💔
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Friday the US Supreme Court is set to discuss whether to hear a challenge to Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 landmark decision which extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide. 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 💔
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Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
To truly understand Airbnb expansionism in Ireland look to the Gaeltacht.
www.ontheditch.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
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Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
ALT: a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
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Even by the low standards of Irish opinion writings, putting out a column that is just "help help I'm being oppressed by occasionally hearing people speak Irish help helpppppppp" is particularly pathetic, and yet
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Even by the low standards of Irish opinion writings, putting out a column that is just "help help I'm being oppressed by occasionally hearing people speak Irish help helpppppppp" is particularly pathetic, and yet
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naoise2.substack.com/p/cupla-foca...
𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙗𝙝 𝙝𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙪́𝙗𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙖́𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙙 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙞́
Alt ana mhaith ag @naoisedolan.bsky.social
𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙗𝙝 𝙝𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙪́𝙗𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙖́𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙙 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙞́
Alt ana mhaith ag @naoisedolan.bsky.social
Cúpla focail [sic]
Cé hiad na fíorgheatóirí teanga?
naoise2.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙗𝙝 𝙝𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙪́𝙗𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙖́𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙙 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙞́
Alt ana mhaith ag @naoisedolan.bsky.social
𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙗𝙝 𝙝𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙪́𝙗𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙖́𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙙 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙞𝙙𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚́𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙞́
Alt ana mhaith ag @naoisedolan.bsky.social
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Agus alt a mbeidh na foilsitheoirí Gaeilge sásta leis: naoise.substack.com/p/the-strang...
The strange divide
Irish literature versus literature in Irish
naoise.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Agus alt a mbeidh na foilsitheoirí Gaeilge sásta leis: naoise.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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Ní aon ionadh é gur thaistil Catherine Connolly chuig an Oireachtas i mBéal Feirste ag an deireadh seachtaine, téann sí ann gach bliain agus anois tá sé beartaithe aici Gaeilge a úsáid mar theanga oibre in Áras an Uachtaráin extrag.ie/2025/11/03/n...
Catherine Connolly ag tabhairt Gaeilge isteach ón imeall
Tá Catherine Connolly tiomanta gealltanas amháin, ar a laghad, a rinne sí le linn thoghchán an uachtaráin a choinneáil, agus is gealltanas é atá gar dá croí.
extrag.ie
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ní aon ionadh é gur thaistil Catherine Connolly chuig an Oireachtas i mBéal Feirste ag an deireadh seachtaine, téann sí ann gach bliain agus anois tá sé beartaithe aici Gaeilge a úsáid mar theanga oibre in Áras an Uachtaráin extrag.ie/2025/11/03/n...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Free and fair elections which conform with every legal and constitutional requirement to the letter, and where the candidate with the most votes wins according to law, are democratically unhealthy (if the electorate makes the wrong decision) #áras25
October 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Free and fair elections which conform with every legal and constitutional requirement to the letter, and where the candidate with the most votes wins according to law, are democratically unhealthy (if the electorate makes the wrong decision) #áras25
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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...
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In a Historic day for Ireland, we have elected our first female President not named Mary.
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In a Historic day for Ireland, we have elected our first female President not named Mary.
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"Woke" just means "aware of what life is like for other people", just as its predecessor "politically correct" meant "having adequately good manners to be allowed out of the house".
No decent person objects to either. 😃
No decent person objects to either. 😃
October 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Woke" just means "aware of what life is like for other people", just as its predecessor "politically correct" meant "having adequately good manners to be allowed out of the house".
No decent person objects to either. 😃
No decent person objects to either. 😃
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So if the spoiled vote is between 12-13% and with the right wing / St Maria of the holy handbag crowd claiming this vote - Catherine Connolly still wins the election with a commanding win, on or over 60% #speirgorm #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So if the spoiled vote is between 12-13% and with the right wing / St Maria of the holy handbag crowd claiming this vote - Catherine Connolly still wins the election with a commanding win, on or over 60% #speirgorm #aras25