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Well now, Micheál Martin rightly supportive of RTÉ boycotting Eurovision 2026 due to apartheid Israel's participation, recognising its solidarity with Palestinian journalists in Gaza, but still refusing to do even the bare minimum and pass the Occupied Territories Bill. #BDS

Whole families buy matching PJs for the Toy Show.

That’s how annoying it is.

You have been warned.

Oooooh enjoy:)

A strong and welcome response from Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill.

I hope it is backed up with the substantial action needed to improve trans healthcare and trans lives very soon.

I Did Think, Let's Go About This Slowly I did think, let's go about this slowly. This is important. This should take some really deep thought. We should take small thoughtful steps. But, bless us, we didn't.

One of my favourite lesser known Mary Oliver poems.

I dislike the Late Late Toy Show.
There. I said it.
Even as a child I disliked the Toy Show and it's endless Billie Barry tappitty tappitty tap Glee kids.
I tried watching it with grandkids when they were smallies.
Turns out disliking the Late Late Tot Show might be genetic.

#SpéirGhorm

As they say, the best time to boycott was several years ago, the next best time is now.

Trip and T'Pol are sitting at a table in the Enterprise mess hall having a conversation. Trip is sitting on the left, both arms on the table, hands clasped. T'Pol is sitting on the right, holding a cup of tea with both hands. Sitting between them is Kermit the Frog casually sipping from a cup of Lipton tea.

Day 45 of inserting a random Muppet into a random Star Trek screenshot

#StarTrek #StarTrekEnterprise #TheMuppets

Jesus.

Explore live radio by rotating the globe Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...

Best of both worlds!😆

We weren’t allowed put our tree up til a week before Xmas when we were kids. By then we were so excited to put it up.

Don’t think I’d do the same tbh (I like the lights as the evenings darken, it’s not about Xmas for me) but it did make it special.

I realise many people decide to go after much thought for any number of very good reasons.

It’s the living in bubble that still amazes me. It shouldn’t, but it does.

I really don’t know what to say to people who holiday in the US without a second thought rn, or those who are thinking of moving there, for whom human rights abuses don’t even seem to factor into their decision making.

I find it a mind-blowing level of obliviousness tbh.

Save The Complex in Dublin I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share

The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.

Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex

Sorry to share an Insta link, but this is well worth a listen. SF’s inability to take a clear stance, to have reliable progressive values, is why I can’t, in good conscience, vote for them.

So many people feel hurt and frustrated by the divisions in our society.

Division affects us all — but together we can choose connection, friendship & solidarity. 🤝💙

Join our 12Ks of Christmas and #StepUpForSolidarity to help build communities where EVERYONE is respected and valued.

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Toxic 'forever chemical' TFA found in food - with Irish breakfast cereals among worst offenders Researchers tested breads, breakfast cereals and pasta from across Europe, with some worrying results.

The 'forever chemical' TFA accumulates in the food chain and is set to be classified as toxic to human reproduction.

High levels have been found in cereal products such as breakfast cereals - purchased in Ireland - and bread. jrnl.ie/6893077t

I’m so glad smart fridges aren’t a thing here.

My perfectly ordinary stupid fridge is JUST FINE.

Plumber is back to fix the boiler again. This time with instructions from the manufacturer.

Could this be the visit that fixes it? Visit 7 or 8 or something. After almost 3 months. Do I dare hope?

I’m daring.

Maybe I’m a fool.

Let’s see.

Collage of prints from my site #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

One of the handwritten gift notes that I can include for free with all orders, if desired.

First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

It makes me yearn for the countryside too:)

Two goats, one with dark fur, eating grass and uninterested in the photographer, the other with light fur who is staring straight at the camera and seems to be smiling a little💜 🐐

Lads

A herd of goats among vegetation at the bottom of a hill.

A herd of goats turned up behind a friend’s house and it’s one of those moments when I wonder why on earth I live in the city.

I know it’s to be connected to people, but GOATS!

I’m totally for this.

Still, I would never begrudge you an afternoon mimosa.

Well, I would because I can’t have one, but don’t let that stop you😔

It is not almost Xmas, friends. It’s WEEKS away still😢

The women beside me are having afternoon mimosas in this restaurant and I keep thinking it’s almost Xmas because everyone seems to be like “Fuck it, we’re drinking at lunch”.

i saw someone a while in ago in a "make ireland great again" and i was thinking, when, even in the most demented nostalgic view of an ethno-nationalist, under any definition was this place ever 'great'

Ireland was fucking miserable to live in for the vast majority of its past up to very very recently so there’s no real Arcadian past to return to.

The symbols held up by these people of Utopia, the church, cultural homogeneity, etc, were tools of oppression that immiserated millions.