Sarah Clancy's Avatar

Sarah Clancy

@sarahmaintains.bsky.social

Poet, Community Worker, LGBTQIA+ Politics, Climate Action FREE PALESTINE

1,764 Followers  |  1,247 Following  |  461 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  2.1584

Latest posts by sarahmaintains.bsky.social on Bluesky

This is a poster advertising a fee book club event on Dec 4th at 6.15 pm in Ennis Library.  It will be a discussion between me and Cecilia Brizuela about her chosen book The Adventures of China Iron, by Gabriela Cabezon Camara.

This is a poster advertising a fee book club event on Dec 4th at 6.15 pm in Ennis Library. It will be a discussion between me and Cecilia Brizuela about her chosen book The Adventures of China Iron, by Gabriela Cabezon Camara.

Clare People, it's Beyond Borders Book Club time again- myself and Cecilia Brizuela from Argentina will be chatting about her book choice 'The Adventures of China Iron, by Gabriela Cabezon Camara in Ennis library this thursday at 6.15pm all welcome and it's free and friendly.

01.12.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Richard Boyd Barrett given all-clear following treatment for throat cancer Dรบn Laoghaire TD says treatment has been โ€˜successfulโ€™ and the disease had been โ€˜eliminatedโ€™

Richard Boyd Barrett given all-clear following treatment for throat cancer

31.10.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This image is of the results of a poll carried out for Uplift by Ireland thinks. It shows that the majority of voters across all parties want our current policy on neutrality maintained.  If you have a screen reader or other you can read the results and analysis of the whole poll at this link: https://www.uplift.ie/neutrality-files/  basically these results show that FG voters are 62 per cent in favour of retaining our neutrality ranging up to 99 per cent of PBP voters

This image is of the results of a poll carried out for Uplift by Ireland thinks. It shows that the majority of voters across all parties want our current policy on neutrality maintained. If you have a screen reader or other you can read the results and analysis of the whole poll at this link: https://www.uplift.ie/neutrality-files/ basically these results show that FG voters are 62 per cent in favour of retaining our neutrality ranging up to 99 per cent of PBP voters

Uplift and Ireland Thinks did the research on it recently so there's actually not any excuse for them not knowing this is the case:

29.10.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0


#รras25
The Irish Times Oct 29. 2025

Election
commentary

Sir. - Much of the commentary on
the presidential election has focused
on trving to interpret the meaning be-
hind spoiled votes, and what they sug-
gest about the gap between parts of
the electorate and our political class.
Catherine Connolly's victory, how-
ever, points to an overlooked gap-the
one between voters and much of the
prevailing media consensus. More
than 900,000 people - the largest
number ever to support a presidential
candidate - voted for her despite
weeks of coverage often portraying
her views on neutrality, Nato, Pales-
tine, and prisoner rehabilitation as na-
ive. riskv or dangerous

Taken together. these results sug-
gest a public that feels misread from
the political and media spheres. Un-
less those gaps are honestly examined
as a whole, politicians and iournalists
may risk continuing to speak to each
other in circles. - Yours, etc.

LORCAN MYLES,
Drogheda,
Co Louth.

#รras25 The Irish Times Oct 29. 2025 Election commentary Sir. - Much of the commentary on the presidential election has focused on trving to interpret the meaning be- hind spoiled votes, and what they sug- gest about the gap between parts of the electorate and our political class. Catherine Connolly's victory, how- ever, points to an overlooked gap-the one between voters and much of the prevailing media consensus. More than 900,000 people - the largest number ever to support a presidential candidate - voted for her despite weeks of coverage often portraying her views on neutrality, Nato, Pales- tine, and prisoner rehabilitation as na- ive. riskv or dangerous Taken together. these results sug- gest a public that feels misread from the political and media spheres. Un- less those gaps are honestly examined as a whole, politicians and iournalists may risk continuing to speak to each other in circles. - Yours, etc. LORCAN MYLES, Drogheda, Co Louth.

The Overlooked Gap

29.10.2025 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 150    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

'Jock Stirrup' :-)

29.10.2025 07:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251026-cat...

27.10.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
'Sadistic and petty': Irish flotilla activists on their treatment in a notorious Israeli prison They were keen to stress that what they experienced was only โ€˜a fractionโ€™ of what Palestinian detainees endure.

www.thejournal.ie/irish-activi...

27.10.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Absolutely delighted for our @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social alumna, Catherine Connolly, on her likely election as President of Ireland! Gach rath ort, Catherine! #รras25

(Photo by Aengus McMahon, taken at our conference on Replacing the Offences Against the State Acts in 2024)

25.10.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

C'mon Catherine

22.10.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New Red C poll for Biz Post

C 44

H 25

G 10

Und. 21

#รras25

22.10.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Preview
'Peace deal' or not, Gaza remains the holocaust of our time Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians who continue to count their dead

'For as long as Palestinians get up each morning and face the unimaginable each day in Gaza, we have a duty to ensure that this story does not end with their erasure, but with their liberation.'

@dondeniamh.bsky.social - there is no peace without justice.

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...

14.10.2025 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This murdering shower of fuckers. And they wonder why people distrust politicians. Because they are lying gaslighting racist genocide apologists. That's my reason anyway.

14.10.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You should be in the Hauge answering charges of aiding a genocide against Palestinians you can't even bring yourself to mention them even now as they count the human cost and losses from a genocidal onslaught by Israel.

14.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm from Galway and will be voting for Catherine Connolly in #รกras25 I campaigned with her *against* the Lisbon treaty & for Marriage Equality & Repeal, I was there the day she lost a dail seat by 17 votes after which she brought us all out for breakfast and apologised for letting us down!

13.10.2025 07:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

of course. Let me reword that !

13.10.2025 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not remotely, Ray, I call that democracy, anyone can contest any seat. It's a bit of a weird question isn't it? However it is one of the factors of supporting an independent TD, there may be no obvious successor or party candidate ready to slot into the vacancy.

13.10.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When #รกras25 is over and certain parties are doing postmortems, the fact that Catherine Connolly did so many one-on-one podcast interviews and the other candidates didn't must be part of the conversation.

People don't get to know candidates in debates.

05.10.2025 08:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Aside from anything else I think this election will show us how badly legacy media's influence has deteriorated. The IT, Indo and now Newstalk are throwing everything at Connolly but nothing has gotten the same traction as a short-form video of her playing ball with some kids. #SpeirGorm #รกras25

09.10.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The wonderful @sarahmaintains.bsky.social #speirgorm

11.10.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the Global Sumud Flotilla. I'm home safe & will be followed by the other Irish people today. I'm just catching up and have much more to share but for now I am so so grateful for everyone's attempts to free us. Remember that Gaza is the story not us.

07.10.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 336    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Home safe Joe! Thanks for watching out

07.10.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image

The #GlobalSumudFlotilla on its way to Gaza is an incredible sight. Hopeful, inspiring and terrifying for what might come in equal measure. Israel has killed people on similar flotilla in international waters before. The Spectre is @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and Chris Andrews' boat. Amazing people.

30.09.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

25.09.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Preview
Credible threats to three Clare activists en route to Gaza - The Clare Champion A credible threat to sink the boats carrying three Clare based activists in the Mediterranean was received by the Global Sumud Flotilla yesterday evening, September 24. Speaking to The Clare Champion ...

clarechampion.ie/credible-thr...

25.09.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Our friend, poet and activist Sarah Clancy, is on the Spectre, one of the boats on the Flotilla which was attacked last night. Contact the Taoiseach and Tรกnaiste to demand protection, there must be safe passage for all trying to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza. #LiftTheSiege

24.09.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Preview
Conor McGregor witnesses were not living opposite Nikita Hand at time they claimed, gardaรญ told Gardaรญ have taken statements from key witnesses contradicting a Dublin coupleโ€™s claims that they were living across the street from Nikita Hand at the time she said she was raped by Conor McGregor.

Conor McGregor witnesses were not living opposite Nikita Hand at time they claimed, gardaรญ told

www.independent.ie/news/conor-m...

14.09.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Post image Post image

Never underestimate local media, here are two articles from the Clare Champion this week where they gave us all the space we needed. One from me and one from Leigh Brosnan on the legal boat. #GlobalSumudFlotilla

11.09.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Clare Poet On Gaza Flotilla Says Passengers Lucky To Be Alive Following Two Alleged Drone Strikes - Clare FM Clare Poet On Gaza Flotilla Says Passengers Lucky To Be Alive Following Two Alleged Drone Strikes - News % Clare FM

More media from me re Flotilla:
www.clare.fm/news/clare-p...

11.09.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Galway activist on Flotilla heading in hope for Palestine - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune SALTHILLโ€™s Sarah Clancy takes the helm of a boat for the first time as she sets sail for Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla. As fellow crew members battle seasickness, she gives the captain a brief r...

connachttribune.ie/galway-activ...

11.09.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Preview
Galway activist on Flotilla heading in hope for Palestine - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune SALTHILLโ€™s Sarah Clancy takes the helm of a boat for the first time as she sets sail for Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla. As fellow crew members battle seasickness, she gives the captain a brief r...

Media from me re flotilla and Gaza connachttribune.ie/galway-activ...

11.09.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@sarahmaintains is following 20 prominent accounts