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YouTube video by Catherine Connolly TD Catherine Connolly for President (with ISL)

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"People are starting to put the pieces together, and ironically the most divisive forces in this country are actually starting to bring more of us together." AOC

How MAGA Scrambled Disability Politics - Truthdig The right's crusade against DEI and trans people is threatening disabled Americans — and straining the coalition behind the Americans with Disability Act.

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34,000 people showed up for the Fight Oligarchy rally today in Denver.

‘Delighted’: School that dismissed Enoch Burke wins inclusivity award Wilson’s Hospital among 44 schools and centres recognised by LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group Belong To

Wilson’s Hospital among 44 schools and centres recognised by LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group Belong To

Ireland could financially punish Israel without Occupied Territories Bill, says UN special rapporteur Ireland is one of few European countries to take action against Israel but more is needed, Francesca Albanese says

Ireland is one of few European countries to take action against Israel but more is needed, Francesca Albanese says

'...we are actively colluding with genocide, we are actively colluding with the slaughter of innocent people.'

Catherine's full question on the Tánaiste in relation to Palestine /Ceist iomlán Catherine ar an Tanáiste maidir leis an bPalaistín: youtu.be/i2ClSvjHts0

Clare Sheridan “She was beautiful, fearsome, an English aristocrat, a communist spy, a loose woman, a middling novelist, a doting mother, an impossible parent, a successful sculptress, a respected journalist.” This…

In Old Galway this week, Tom Kenny looks back on the life of renowned Galway resident Clare Sheridan

Today is International Day for elimination of Racism

The route for our National March for Palestine tomorrow. Join us, let's have a huge show of solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers and let our government know they must sanction apartheid Israel. All out for Palestine! #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Join us Saturday, all out for Palestine! Bring your rage to the government's doorstep - no more pathetic excuses, no more hiding, no more words: we want sanctions on Israel now! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow 🇵🇸

Once-off, temporary and short term measures are insufficient to address poverty.
We have the resources to progressively reduce and ultimately eliminate poverty.
Is there the political will?

Galway supporters to have their photos on display in Times Square Supermac’s will be doing a takeover of Times Square and putting images of Galway supporters on the famous billboard screens throughout the weekend of the New York vs Galway football match.

Supermac’s will be taking over Times Square and putting images of Galway supporters on the famous billboard screens throughout the weekend of the New York vs Galway football match

A ‘middle-aged rave’ that ends before midnight? I’ll get my dancing shoes Events are springing up for those who want an old-school club experience without the attendant exhaustion the next morning

A ‘middle-aged rave’ that ends before midnight? I’ll get my dancing shoes

'We need more help' - young carers ask for more support Young carers who are looking after family members have told politicians they need more help from the State in order to continue providing voluntary support.

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A reminder for these times.

240,000 Ukrainians face deportation from US as Trump administration to revoke legal status US President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familia...

240,000 Ukrainians face deportation from US as Trump administration to revoke legal status

And 70,000 Afghans, and more than 500,000 others from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti all of whom entered the US legally.

This is profoundly wrong.

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Marine Institute — helping us make the best decisions about our valued seas As you read this article now and tonight as you sleep, out at sea lies much of the hardware that informs the learning of the Marine Institute. Out there, where nobody goes but the brave and the birds,...

Ireland, an island nation, oversees a vast marine territory—seven times the size of its land area—making the role of the Marine Institute all the more significant. And it is about to become even more central www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Jeremy Corbyn calls it out.

Don't Hesitate, by Mary Oliver. If You suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. It. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

My wife shared this today. She is the best.

#poetry

'War-Crime Starvation Strategy': Israel Blocks All Humanitarian Aid into Gaza | Common Dreams “There will be famine and chaos”

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Irish study identifies financial and canvassing barriers for disabled political candidates The first Irish study of disabled political candidates has identified financial costs and difficulty canvassing as among the many systemic barriers facing disabled candidates who wish to participate…

The first Irish study of disabled political candidates has identified financial costs and difficulty canvassing as among the many systemic barriers facing disabled candidates who wish to participate in political life in Ireland

A roughly rose-shaped and rose-colored nebula with an open cluster of bright young stars in its central dark space. This is the Rosette nebula, Caldwell 49, in the Monoceros constellation.

I turned away from drinking in the firehose of bad news last night to take my telescope out to a dark clearing in the forest. It was a bit cold, 4 degrees F, but stars shined bright overhead.🔭🧪

"Children’s Books Ireland are currently looking for two young readers to help select the next KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist, longlist and winners 2026."

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