Simon Bourke

It really doesn't get any lower than luring starving people with promises of food, coralling them in wire cages - and then massacring them 😡

Brilliant. An anthem for our time

Confucius thought we are no more than the sum of the social relationships we have forged and fostered

Yes, I told the fella who had just bought the house across the road that those particular trees were a favourite hunting perch for the buzzies. I told him how privileged he was, that he would never have to worry about rodents... Alas, he knew better

A new motorway nearby brought buzzards to nest near us for the first time. Two years ago, there were five in the mating flight. After an important stand of trees was felled, there are now none

"The conventional wisdom among non-experts has long been that there are limited data” on gender-affirming pediatric care, the authors wrote. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have lead us to the opposite conclusion.”

Israeli military begins ‘extensive’ ground operation as 135 killed in Gaza Israel continues to unleash its bloodbath in the enclave, rendering all public hospitals in north Gaza ‘out of service’.

135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.

Will the real Sinn Féin please stand up? Trans row reveals divide in party Recent comments from Sinn Féin TDs on the trans issue reveals the uneasy choice the party has to make; do they chase the socially conservative voter or the socially progressive kind?

Wrote about this: Sinn Féin is trying to ride both horses by trying to appeal to traditional social conservative base, which has bolted for Aontú/Independent Ireland, and the social progressives who left them for Soc Dems/Labour/PBP. Won't end well.
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Sinn Féin officialy banned from Trans and Intersex Pride march Sinn Féin has been officially banned from Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin march after a period of engagement with party leaders. In a statement, the organisation said "a real alternative to Fianna Fài...

Sinn Féin has been officially banned from the Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin march. In a statement, the organisation said, "a real alternative to Fianna Fàil and Fine Gael has to firmly stand in solidarity with the trans community." #Speirgorm
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Regrettable but entirely understandable

🇪🇺 MEP Marc Botenga calls out EU hypocrisy

#StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #EndTheApartheid #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

A 'deli' is a petrol station that sells greasy fried stuff

New Bob Hope yet?

As often as Micky D elevates us and makes us proud, Micheál Martin demeans and embarrasses us. #speirgorm
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... AND the Ivorian flag #speirgorm #speirghorm

'Somethin Else' by the great Eddie Cochran, also covered by the post-Rotten Pistols

It's certainly standard in Kilkenny but, sure, Kilkenny is East Munster, Oir Mumhain or Ormond

That Trump portrait

A handsome and distinguished looking pig

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

Did you manage to give the Booths a lick and a promise while you were at it?

Please help these people, below. They are being starved, bombed, shot, wiped from the face of the earth - all with US tax dollars. Women, children, babies, old people, journalists, doctors, paramedics. Don't look away 🙏🙏🙏

"Buying basic food has become a dream… 🥀"
This is all I could afford today—at an unbearable cost.
Prices are skyrocketing, and even vegetables feel like a luxury.
How do we survive? How do we feed our children?💔
Any help, no matter how small, can make a difference.🍉💸

Donate here: gofund.me/54c09abc