Orla Breslin

Behind all the hyped-up talk from the Government about their plans for social media, what they have actually done is bottled the regulation of the tech companies and are proposing to regulate the users instead, because we look easier to tell what to do.

ICCL publishes Ireland’s first ever “Know Your Rights” guide for trans and non-binary people The guide sets out in plain English the rights of trans and non-binary adults and young people, with information on areas including legal gender recognition, family life, healthcare, and equality, saf...

"Know Your Rights", a guide for trans and non-binary people in Ireland, was published today by @iccl.bsky.social: www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-pu... #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm

Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."

"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."

Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?

There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...

Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?

Excellent article from @elainemcgoff.bsky.social on the many, many failures that have led us to where we are.

Nobody asked the people of this country if we were willing to sacrifice our waterways so the dairy industry could wallow in profits

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

Tomorrow! Tuesday 9th December, 12.30pm at the Central Bank to demand it #StopFundingGenocide
Protests in Dublin & Luxembourg demand an end to complicity on UN day of Genocide Remembrance and Prevention. CBI and CSSF must stop enabling apartheid Israel to sell its genocide bonds in Europe

why is @news.rte.ie using a discredited platform of disinformation to simply repeat a Met Eireann storm warning - when they already have that information direct from ME? Why is @rte.ie continuing to drive traffic to X ? #spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Mind yourselves folks! Remember the wind doesn't ease/change colour as it hits land. Stay the feck away from the coast. ⛈️🌊

Hitting Kerry now. 🫩

Been asking this same question since Musk went to the Dark Side. It's amazing the number of Irish government institutions, TV and radio stations, and businesses that are still clinging on to this rancid platform. You are the company you keep.
#Speirgorm

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People who save lives should not be criminalized European governments are not only failing people seeking protection, they’re also punishing those who try to fill that dangerous gap.

Tomorrow 24 humanitarian volunteers face 20 years in prison in a Greek court for saving lives at sea. One, Seán Binder, grew up in my local town, Castlegregory, Kerry.
#SolidarityIsNotACrime
#StandWithSeán #DropTheCharges #FreeHumanitarians #NotMyEurope #speirgorm
www.politico.eu/article/sean...

Israel colluded with Fine Gael to defeat council motion The state of Israel was in “constant contact” with a Fine Gael councillor.

The state of Israel was in ‘constant contact’ with a Fine Gael councillor to help him defeat a county council motion calling for an Irish government boycott of Israeli military equipment.

It directed ‘concentrated and intensive activity’ on social media.

www.ontheditch.com/israel-collu...

I love the term morbidly rich.

"I'm afraid I have bad news; your wealth has metastasized and become malignant. It will have to be removed for your own good."

Family homelessness in the South-West more than doubles in four years, says report 'Behind every percentage increase are children growing up in emergency accommodation, often for extended periods,' says Focus Ireland

Here is the piece

A broken social contract

#speirgorm

www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Yeah, I think this is the better solution, any spelling going into the one feed.
I just have to remember to actually use the bleedin hashtag 😳

This week I had a meeting with an amazing advocate who works with a local charity. They don't feel safe publicly criticising government failures because they're applying for government funding to do work the state is failing to do. #spéirgorm

Great campaign but honest confession. I don't really like the Irish flag colours. That shade of green and orange, far too flashy. Made by bolshie French women who never sat in a Irish stone cottage in February eating turnips.
I'd love more earthy tones, mosses and lichens, or naturally dyed fabric.

Ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs on horseback in Ireland Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?

This cause is close to my heart. No one needs to hunt other species for fun. 🦊🦊

- please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie

#BoycottAI

A green map of the United States set against a black and white photo of a sky. Each state is labelled with the name and the percentage of the population that have Irish roots. Some of the proportions are very high, with Rhode Island at 22.1%, New Hampshire at 23.3%, and Masschusetts at 25.2%.

Whenever I see the 'Ireland is Full' mob in the news, I often think of this map. I think I took the photo at the Dunbrody Famine Ship Museum, years ago. There was a time when it was *our* people leaving their country in their masses, either fleeing a crisis or in search of a better life.

#SpeirGorm

Well said Anne-Marie! 👏

But I also think it's really important to remember why we need to give, and acknowledge that ordinary people are filling a huge gap left by the State, and now, during a cost living crisis. And to remind our politicians of that.

And to remember that #RightsNotCharity should *always* be the default.

Great thread, and something that needs to be said louder and more frequently.

We are so dependent on charities to run essential care, from medical to housing, we are so dependent on volunteers to fundraise and run basic services, all of which our government should be providing.

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

Gods no, we can't be upsetting the tourists!

Thats what most Irish cycle paths are unfortunately. I still prefer that to this, weaving in and out past car doors opening randomly.
Complaints about it just end up with statements about the town needing parking for visitors. Always about the $$

I don't even know if we have a tow truck in the peninsula! 😳

Cycling lanes on both sides of a road, full of parked cars, in Dingle town.

This is what Dingle thinks of cyclists. Every festival, the only cycle path in town is full of parked cars, right outside the secondary school too. No Garda or parking inspector in sight, ever. It drives me nuts. 🤬

But yeah, blame cyclists visibility for accidents.

@irishcycle.com #cycling

16,766 without a home
This is f*cking scandalous
A result of shameful government policy with empty homes everywhere
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social updated the numbers on our dereliction billboard yesterday with music by Meryl Streek

Lower John St, Cork City
#DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis #SpeirGorm