Aimée Walsh

'Nothing has changed since Sarah Everard’s murder - this is our national shame' Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied, argues columnist Aimee Walsh

Nothing has changed since Sarah Everard’s murder - it's our national shame.

Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied.

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Exciting News!!!

Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April

Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April

More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.

Nigel Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman Women’s bodies are the new battleground as Nigel Farage aligns with the US hard-right. His link to the group that toppled Roe v. Wade puts UK reproductive freedom at serious risk, writes columnist Aim...

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In today’s @mirror.co.uk , my column on why every woman in the UK should be alarmed by Farage’s cosying up with a US hard-right group that played a significant role in overturning Roe v Wade.

Link to article in comments below

Trans charities say UK Supreme Court ruling on biological sex is 'disappointing' On April 16, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the term 'woman' used in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Trans charities speak to The Mirror about what this ruling means for the trans com...

Thank you for sharing! I'm glad that my coverage is resonating.

I always try and give the mic to trans voices where I can, too. See here, this story headlined: 'We won't stop fighting for equal rights': Trans charities respond to UK Supreme Court ruling www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Our 2026 Poetry Workshop runs from January until May and will provided a group of likeminded poets the opportunity to seriously pursue and develop their craft.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd December, 5pm Irish time.

Apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...

If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist As Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. This is an evasion of moral responsibility, writes columnist Aimee Walsh

If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist?

As Labour's Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. In my column, I argue this is an evasion of moral responsibility.

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— Are you reading the -
— The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am.

Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social !

@doubledayuk.bsky.social

Margaretta D'Arcy, writer, actor, pirate broadcaster & life-long activist, outside the Dáil in June 2025. She is under a black umbrella, wearing a blue rain poncho & flashing a thumbs-up at the camera. She is carrying a homemade sign that says "STOP FUNDING GENOCIDE."

RIP Margaretta D'Arcy, pictured outside the Dáil, June 2025, aged 91. [pic: Rose Comiskey]

"The music pulsates with promises made and withdrawn: CMAT pricks the economic bubble and its devastating aftermath... But there is a call-to-action too. “I know it can be better if we hound it,” she sings."

The Irish the world over feel that lyric in their souls.

@cmatbaby.bsky.social

‘We’ve got to release the dead hand of the past’: how Ireland created the world’s best alternative music scene Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself

This is brilliant from Anna Cafolla for the Guardian @theguardian.com

"A generation of artists are reckoning with what it meant to come of age through recession, austerity and the tail end of the Troubles."

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

received the proof for Tim's collection (thank you for sending!) very excited to get stuck in!

Announcing the Banshee Press list for 2026 — Banshee Press We are thrilled to announce the next two books from Banshee Press, forthcoming in 2026: Found in a Context of Destruction , the debut collection of poetry by novelist and memoirist Tim MacGabhann;…

We're thrilled to announce the next two poetry books from Banshee Press: Found in a Context of Destruction by Tim MacGabhann (February 2026) and Render by Billy Ramsell (June 2026) 📚

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Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' with millions of women abused A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse

Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' as millions of women face online abuse

A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse

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BREAKING: Police mass arrest protestors at the Ministry of Justice for peacefully holding signs which say:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

The Terrorism Act is being weaponised to silence the public. We will continue to resist until the ban is lifted.

wedonotcomply.org

The Mirror partnered with @mollyroseorg.bsky.social for this series. The bereaved families and survivor are calling for a public inquiry. It takes two minutes to sign their petition, which you can do here:

mollyrosefoundation.beaconforms.com/form/90ddb8e4

YouTube video by The Mirror Exposing the online forums linked to deaths of children and teenagers | Mirror Investigation

I have been reporting on this forum for months and months. The real world harms this digital space causes is truly horrific.

I lead the investigation and presented a three part documentary series on this forum.

You can watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUsO...

Justice for families as UK man to be sentenced for online suicide forum deaths A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths

Justice for families as UK man to be sentenced for online suicide forum deaths

A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths

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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I do wish that Smith got more than 10 mins on stage with Atwood though — their conversation about epochs of language was brilliant. Wish there was more of it

Surprise guest Ali Smith at the Margaret Atwood London @barbicancentre.bsky.social event! Happy Monday!

This has been on my radar for a while!! I saw a clip of Blindboy saying that the black & tans were in Palestine too — which I wish was more widely known!

Ordering a copy! Thank you

Turns out the Brits were at the same carry on in Kenya as they were in the north of Ireland.

It’s great on collective & individual sacrifices & traumas incurred for freedom — & what that freedom from violence looks like once the war is over. (Spoiler alert: it’s mental health crisis xxx)

Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest news

Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. Congratulations to Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Catherine Airey. And to Clair Wills, shortlisted for the Ackerley memoir prize

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Gladstones library! Pub, shop & restaurants close by — and you get to stay in an old library!

A conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh — TOLKA by Liam Harrison

Weekend reading: a conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Pop culture made millennial women hate themselves I spoke with Sophie Gilbert about the relationship between pop culture and modern women in her book Girl on Girl

From Britney’s breakdown to Pamela Anderson’s sex tape, pop culture made millenial women hate themselves substack.com/@thereadpart...

I feel this in my bones right now! Solidarity x

Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?

This might be of interest to Irish writers.

my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...