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@kevigi.bsky.social

foghlaimeoir. Dúthrucht don iománaíocht. Is grá liom baidhsiceal mar modh taistil. Teifeach ón áit eile ar líne.

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📍Barna Woods, Galway. Trees damaged during Storm Éowyn transformed into these beautiful pieces.

05.10.2025 19:32 — 👍 209    🔁 62    💬 4    📌 2
Title: "Ní Shionnáin served her sentence - surely she is allowed to rebuild her life?"

I want to clarify something – is it the view of the Taoiseach, and of commentators, that former prisoners should be denied opportunities to rebuild their lives away from violence or criminality, even after they have served their sentence?

Given her qualifications, Ursula Ní Shionnáin was perfectly suited for the role of administrative support for a TD working on the Oireachtas Committee for the Irish language, and Catherine Connolly was in the right to give her a chance.

I think it is much more concerning if our Government thinks that prisoners such as Ní Shionnáin should not be given the opportunity to rehabilitate when they demonstrate a willingness to do so.

As a former employee of the Irish Prison Service, that seems to go against everything that I was told during my training.

Tomás M Creamer, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim

Published 4th October, 2025, on the letter section of the Irish Indepedent.

Title: "Ní Shionnáin served her sentence - surely she is allowed to rebuild her life?" I want to clarify something – is it the view of the Taoiseach, and of commentators, that former prisoners should be denied opportunities to rebuild their lives away from violence or criminality, even after they have served their sentence? Given her qualifications, Ursula Ní Shionnáin was perfectly suited for the role of administrative support for a TD working on the Oireachtas Committee for the Irish language, and Catherine Connolly was in the right to give her a chance. I think it is much more concerning if our Government thinks that prisoners such as Ní Shionnáin should not be given the opportunity to rehabilitate when they demonstrate a willingness to do so. As a former employee of the Irish Prison Service, that seems to go against everything that I was told during my training. Tomás M Creamer, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim Published 4th October, 2025, on the letter section of the Irish Indepedent.

My earlier tweet about Catherine Connolly hiring a former prisoner, in the form of a letter to the Indo.

m.independent.ie/opinion/lett...

04.10.2025 11:53 — 👍 144    🔁 41    💬 4    📌 2
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What a joy to listen to @catherinegalway.bsky.social @universityofgalway.bsky.social #Lit&Deb this week.
Here Catherine Connolly speaks of respecting her hosts, their plans for the evening, and her willingness to take questions throughout this campaign #integrity #respect #aras2025

04.10.2025 10:40 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon.

'The real scandal here is not “bike shed groundhog day.” It’s the groundhog day of car dependency, subsidised at vast public expense, locking us into congestion, pollution, poor health and missed climate targets.'

Great piece from @ciarancannon.bsky.social

www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...

03.10.2025 22:00 — 👍 19    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Salthill. It’s days like today you want protected cycle networks. Very gusty.

03.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unflappable

#Uachtarán

03.10.2025 15:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The funny thing is, whoever likely broke the law to leak confidential Garda vetting information about a private citizen with a political aim to hurt Catherine Connolly in her run for #Áras25 has just demonstrated she can & does seek the advice from colleagues with different politics #Spéirghorm

02.10.2025 17:40 — 👍 70    🔁 34    💬 6    📌 0
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Minister Canny’s U-turn on safer urban speeds risks lives and life-changing injuries. It cannot be let stand.

We were proud to visit the Dáil today at the invitation of Ciaran Ahern TD
to send the Minister our simple message: No delays. No excuses. Implement the law now.

02.10.2025 15:24 — 👍 25    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0
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It was an honour to be in Leinster House today representing Ireland’s Future, and to spend time with Irish Presidential candidate, Catherine Connolly. She is a genuinely warm and compassionate person, deeply committed to the people of Ireland.

We look forward to working with her in the time ahead.

30.09.2025 19:52 — 👍 22    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 2

A reminder that this rally is happening this coming Thursday 2nd Oct.

Please support it if you can by joining us on the day or contact your local TDs & ask them to attend the Love 30 presentation in the AV room.

This effects rural Ireland as much as it does our larger towns and cities.

Bígí linn!

28.09.2025 17:36 — 👍 20    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1
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Ciaran Ferrie's piece in @irishexaminer.bsky.social nails the Govts capitulation on the Speed Limit Review. Identifying the urban roads that should be 50km (arterial) and 30km (everywhere else) is a relatively simple technical exercise with a small bit of guidance. Absolute cowardice.

30.09.2025 06:48 — 👍 21    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 2

cuirfidh mé ar t-léine é

30.09.2025 16:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Go sábháiltear Kevin.

30.09.2025 16:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

#SaveTheKevins

Go sábhála Dia Kevin

An féidir saorbhriathar a úsáid sa mhodh foshuiteach sin, go sábhála Kevin (gan tagairt díreach ar Dhia)?

30.09.2025 16:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Kevin nó Kévin sa Fhrainc. Brian nó Brayan sa Cholóim. Mo thrua iad agus a n-ainmneacha uaisle. 😥

30.09.2025 15:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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"I sat on a Joint Policing Committee for quite some time in my life, and the biggest request was for more Community Guards on the ground... Walking around, a presence, on bicycles where we can engage with them and feel safer."

#TonightVMTV

29.09.2025 22:32 — 👍 18    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1
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We must stop victim blaming after road deaths The way in which these incidents are reported can make it seem that victims are the agents of their own demise, writes Ciaran Cannon

We must stop victim blaming after road deaths - Ciaran Cannon

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

27.09.2025 07:33 — 👍 20    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2
a person in a wheelchair stopped at a curb that has no way to get up.
"when would be a good time to make cities accessible for all? Seriously, when? We're waiting....literally.

a person in a wheelchair stopped at a curb that has no way to get up. "when would be a good time to make cities accessible for all? Seriously, when? We're waiting....literally.

Accessibility Denied.

Developed for Steven Hardy-Braz (pictured) who does work in the accessibility space.

26.09.2025 17:30 — 👍 121    🔁 24    💬 7    📌 1

Is mór an trua. Ó m'eispéaras féin le feachtasaíocht ar son sráideanna níos sábháilte do rothaí bhí meas agus fáilte do dearcadh 'eile' sna meáin Gaeilge.

Bheadh suim agam féin cloisteáil an méid a bheadh le rá ag Bean Uí Stíbhin (i díospóireacht TG4).

26.09.2025 17:19 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Beidh mo dearcadh féin níos soiléire dom freisin. Níor smaoinigh mé go séimh ná go leathan ar na hábhair a bhíonn sna meáin cé go bhfuil mo tuairimí agam.

Má tharlaíonn an comhrá stuama, agus le triúr iarrthóir stuama dáiríre tá seans maith go dtarlóidh, machnóidh daoine ar ár gcuid polaitíochta.

26.09.2025 16:38 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Beidh na ceisteanna á gcur uirthi as seo go ceann míosa agus beidh a dearcadh níos soiléire dúinn dá mbarr.

25.09.2025 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Níl Catherine Connolly dall ar impiriúlachas na Rúise ar chor ar bith, ná ar impiriúlachas na Stát Aontaithe. Duine macánta í a sheasann go neamhbhalbh ar son neodrachas na tíre — rud a chuireann as do lucht na cumhachta — agus dá bharr sin is cur síos claonta a bheas uirthi sa Times & RTÉ.

26.09.2025 08:04 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

There is something so magical and calming (at least for me) about being able to ride for miles and miles on car-free infrastructure.

We should build more Greenways (& protected bike infra) in more places so that more people can experience this joy and freedom.

26.09.2025 14:24 — 👍 51    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 1

Gaeilge agus fáilte me bhollix

26.09.2025 15:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's desperate that our state bodies support a platform whose owner aims to destabilise our governments and create disunity, disharmony and division.

It's also a problem that some real people (and many many bots!) don't feel their views reflected or respected in traditional media.

26.09.2025 06:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We have all been saying that government needs to move from X/Twitter to Bluesky, so give these people and other govt departments a follow! #Speirgorm

25.09.2025 22:29 — 👍 40    🔁 23    💬 3    📌 0

“I’m trying to find a monastery where all the monks are over six foot five”
“That’s a tall order”

25.09.2025 11:57 — 👍 587    🔁 95    💬 11    📌 3
Photo of Catherine Connolly speaking with everyone on stage

Photo of Catherine Connolly speaking with everyone on stage

Photo of merch

Photo of merch

"Is siombail mise d'fheachtas atá i bhfad níos mó ná aon duine amháin, feachtas atá ag aontú daoine le chéile, atá bunaithe ar síocháin, ar an gcothroime, ar ghuth a thabhairt dóibh siúd nach bhfuil aon ghuth acu.

Ceithre seachtaine le dul!"

24.09.2025 17:01 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Car company: our entry level cars are now like Ferraris!!

Community: can we get a speed bump on our street to help slow down drivers

City: No, it will upset drivers.

That’s the entirety of the safe streets discussion.

24.09.2025 18:25 — 👍 162    🔁 46    💬 7    📌 1

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