Kate Demolder

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Dublin’s iconic statue has a groping problem Tourists keep fondling Molly Malone, the bronze statue that originated as an emblem of working-class Dublin. Here’s what locals are doing about it

A protection order is being enforced to stop tourists fondling the chest of the Molly Malone statue. It’s not a “Dublin tradition”, writes @katedemolder.bsky.social.
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Making our way in music: Three Cork artists on sticking with the thing they love It rarely makes financial sense, but some determined souls manage to find a way to keep making music. Kate Demolder spoke to three Cork artists at various stages of their career about keeping it all o...

Three Cork artists on sticking with the thing they love - great piece by @katedemolder.bsky.social ft @caoiliansherlock.bsky.social and others

We’re hiring two reporters - Dublin Inquirer If you’re interested, please apply by Wednesday 19 February.

We’re hiring two reporters. If you’re interested, please apply by Wednesday 19 February. dublininquirer.com/2...

I'm looking to speak to people who have changed their names in some way to fit in or for others' convenience since moving to Ireland. Get in touch if this is you and you don't mind sharing your story. 🙏🏽

How many men who’ve been accused of sexual assault are in this room we do reckon? Ballpark #inauguration

I don’t like how folk are trying to read shame. If you read 100 books, awesome. If you read 10 books, awesome. Just read.

What If by Kate Winslet deserves what All I Want For Christmas is You by Mariah Carey gets.

Coming off antidepressants: I’d spent almost my entire adult life on them. Who might I be without medication? Two weeks after I stopped taking the lowest dose of antidepressants I’d been on in years, the feelings I’d been avoiding came screeching back. I was terrified, nauseous, irritable and pathetic. I coul...

I came off antidepressants one year ago. I was shocked by how little info there is online about withdrawal, so I wanted to share my exp in the hope of helping someone. If you’re on them, I think you’re brave as fuck. Here’s my story, I hope it gives you something — www.independent.ie/life/health-...

Spotted on the tube 💔

Omg

I am in genuine awe at the courage, strength and resilience Nikita Hand has shown in taking this case, and in how she dealt with the hearing.

She really is an extraordinary, inspiring woman.

Nikita Hand is an incredibly brave, incredibly strong woman. It's a disgrace this wasn't a criminal trial but glad she finally got some sort of justice.

Please don't call what RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya are going to do medieval. It's not medieval. It's nothing like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were happy to try all kinds of things to not die of the plague and if you'd given them antibiotics and vaccines they would have loved it.

arriving to bluesky after shedding all the bots and naz*s

First bleet