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Sinéad McGarry

@sineadmcgarry.bsky.social

Irish social worker. Writes about safeguarding and social justice issues.

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Image using Eurovision branding and font modified to say "Don't watch the Genocide Song Contest" from Uplift

Image using Eurovision branding and font modified to say "Don't watch the Genocide Song Contest" from Uplift

I haven't actually seen any Zionist genocide defenders on Bluesky in months.

But they're out in force under the #Eurovision posts!

That shows you how much Israel values @eurovision.tv for hasbara & whitewashing their Genocide of Palestine.
It's why you #BoycottEurovision til they kick Israel out

16.05.2025 13:20 — 👍 124    🔁 53    💬 3    📌 4
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Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering

01.04.2025 05:10 — 👍 50210    🔁 11519    💬 1048    📌 722
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Vivian Geiran: Tusla failings reflect deep-seated problems with cost and demand New apprenticeship model for social workers via UCC masters should see an improvement in numbers and diversity entering the job

Ireland does not have enough social workers to adequately serve all the people who need them - especially our youngest and most vulnerable citizens, children in care.

But steps are being taken to address this shortage, writes Vivian Geiran

19.03.2025 12:13 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Good to know so that I can continue avoiding using Amazon #boycottbezos

18.03.2025 09:22 — 👍 49    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 0
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Former Irish PM

17.03.2025 20:58 — 👍 10478    🔁 2400    💬 171    📌 72

They say that you should dress for the job that you want.

Anyone know where I can get a “peasants revolt” outfit?

14.03.2025 12:41 — 👍 34    🔁 4    💬 5    📌 0

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

04.03.2025 17:57 — 👍 76345    🔁 22770    💬 1772    📌 979
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Israel continues sabotage of ceasefire deal with suspension of aid into Gaza Israel has suspended the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and resumed targeting Palestinian civilians, bringing the ceasefire with Hamas the closest it has even been to collapse.

Netanyahu said there’s “no free lunch” for Palestinians—meaning no food, no medicine, no aid unless Hamas hands over captives. Israel is using starvation as a weapon and sabotaging the ceasefire. Read more:
mondoweiss.net/2025/03/isra...

03.03.2025 21:37 — 👍 122    🔁 66    💬 4    📌 5
became paralyzed from the waist down before adolescence, the result of a congenital disease known as Klippel-Feil syndrome. He had little, if any, use of his arms and could not have fed himself or kept himself clean. But he lived another 10 years or so.

They concluded that the people around him who had no metal and lived by fishing, hunting and raising barely domesticated pigs, took the time and care to tend to his every need.

became paralyzed from the waist down before adolescence, the result of a congenital disease known as Klippel-Feil syndrome. He had little, if any, use of his arms and could not have fed himself or kept himself clean. But he lived another 10 years or so. They concluded that the people around him who had no metal and lived by fishing, hunting and raising barely domesticated pigs, took the time and care to tend to his every need.

I always remember Burial 9, a paraplegic man from 4000 years ago. he was loved and taken care of. similar cases have been found all over the world from so many time periods.

Someone who insists a society would choose cruelty over love reveals nothing of historical truth and everything of themselves

02.03.2025 16:35 — 👍 105    🔁 32    💬 0    📌 2
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Stop calling people 'morons', 'idiots' and 'retards'.

My new book (out in June from @Wildfirebks) tells how badly people with learning disabilities have been treated in the past, and the way that is embedded in everyday culture today.

03.03.2025 00:14 — 👍 103    🔁 44    💬 10    📌 6
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Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.

02.03.2025 19:34 — 👍 55380    🔁 17225    💬 1110    📌 790

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

28.02.2025 05:16 — 👍 37908    🔁 13807    💬 1144    📌 811

Always a very humbling experience to see colleagues observe Ramadan. I hope this Ramadan is filled with happiness, love & peace for all. #Ramadan

28.02.2025 20:57 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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‘My uncle’s family was incinerated before me’: Investigation into Israeli army’s massacre of 90 civilians from the Juha family in Gaza The Israeli army targeted the Juha family’s home without warning or military necessity resulting in a massacre that killed nearly 90 civilians

Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza since Oct 2023 continues with brutal force. The unprovoked attack on the Juha family home killed ~90 civilians—71 women & children—and injured many more. euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6...

24.02.2025 11:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Reminder: Zelenskyy refused to leave Kyiv as bombs fell. Donold hid in a bunker from protesters with cardboard signs.

21.02.2025 02:34 — 👍 23604    🔁 5356    💬 391    📌 182
Elon Musk reposted
Charlie Kirk

@charliekirk11
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VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE: "We cannot rebuild Western civilization. We cannot rebuild the United States of America or Europe by letting millions and millions of unvetted illegal migrants come into our country. It has to stop.

Thank God it stopped here. But it's got to stop there."

Elon Musk reposted Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 · 8h VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE: "We cannot rebuild Western civilization. We cannot rebuild the United States of America or Europe by letting millions and millions of unvetted illegal migrants come into our country. It has to stop. Thank God it stopped here. But it's got to stop there."

This is exactly how Hitler talked. It's not even a comparison or analogy, as people claim.

It's a direct connection in ideology as well as a similar approach to governance and relationship to democracy.

This needs to be how we talk about it. They are the ideological descendants of Hitler.

21.02.2025 00:43 — 👍 5571    🔁 1728    💬 130    📌 81

I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :)

Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

20.02.2025 06:06 — 👍 54812    🔁 7394    💬 2753    📌 489
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New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

20.02.2025 21:00 — 👍 43233    🔁 16643    💬 817    📌 915

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

18.02.2025 23:06 — 👍 67667    🔁 17520    💬 1870    📌 749
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“Going over to Europe to lecture people on principles that he does not himself uphold.”

A brief clip from our Rising segment this morning on J.D. Vance’s Munich speech.

17.02.2025 21:06 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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In 2019 there was enough zoned land controlled by Govt to build 414k homes. In Dublin City two thirds of zoned land is owned by DCC, NAMA/LDA or NAMA Debtors. The 4 Dub Co Co’s, NAMA & the LDA have more land than the entire country of San Marion.
This 👇 is political theatre.

17.02.2025 12:14 — 👍 20    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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This is a quote ascribed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who launched a coup against the French Republic and installed himself as First Consul and later Emperor of the French Empire. So, yeah, things are going great.

15.02.2025 18:49 — 👍 1976    🔁 525    💬 65    📌 37

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

12.02.2025 02:24 — 👍 57273    🔁 15063    💬 2225    📌 623

With this, and the DoJ clearly targeting political opponents, I'm afraid I have to agree with Steve Levitsky and @lucanway.bsky.social -- we are a competitive authoritarian regime.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

12.02.2025 22:30 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 1

Also phn visits are really helpful in identifying post natal depression in mums. This is an essential public service and warning bells have been sounded for years. Would love to know how many qualified nurses have been recruited to admin roles in HSE...

12.02.2025 09:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This issue with the public health nurses in Dublin is absolutely awful. I’ve had a lot of interaction with PHNs in the past year both with my Dad and the baby and it is such a crucial service. How is a first time parent to know *anything* is amiss with a baby without expert input?

12.02.2025 08:53 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
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How Chairman Mao of him..

08.02.2025 07:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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From scars to art: Stories of cancer recovery told through tattoos Overcoming cancer can make a person feel like their body is no longer their own. Tattoos can aid the healing process by helping them reclaim a sense of agency
07.02.2025 14:59 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
This is how YOU disrupt and prevent the final destruction of the Palestinian people
YouTube video by The Mizrahi Perspective This is how YOU disrupt and prevent the final destruction of the Palestinian people

Don't let Trump dictate the agenda. Make your demand of your government now:

If Israel intends to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians, you demand your government cut all ties with Israel.

You do it - you own the agenda, and not Trump

05.02.2025 00:31 — 👍 22    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1

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