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Gráinne Blair

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Memory keeper. Networker. Historian. ABI &PTSD #DisabilityMatters #MakeNMHOurs @RepealRathdown ♿️ @DADACampaign #Magdalen #SalvationArmy &much more #Resistance ☘️

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#DIBNewLives ‘[He] would arrive at the Shelbourne in a top hat and cape...So flamboyant a sight was he...that I wanted to cheer.' Patron of the arts & founder of Claddagh Record Garech Browne made an enormous contribution to the preservation of Irish culture. www.dib.ie/biography/br...

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#Soeirgorm why are we still allowing these planes land and refuel in Shannon as these planes provide logistical support to another illegal war by USA

04.03.2026 11:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cork family settles High Court action over death of mother due to Covid-19 'We felt this was the only action we could take'

'We felt this was the only action we could take'

03.03.2026 19:08 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Back to ‘The Crusades’!

04.03.2026 11:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

03.03.2026 21:48 — 👍 20218    🔁 8435    💬 2458    📌 1178

Absolutely and so many choose to ignore that fact. Pure evil

04.03.2026 10:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kathy Sheridan: Forget the egregious pinkwashing of International Women’s Day – this is what women need Places such as maternity hospitals and the family law courts, where women are most likely to need physical privacy and comfort, are the least likely to provide them

Kathy Sheridan: Forget the egregious pinkwashing of International Women’s Day – this is what women need

04.03.2026 10:50 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

#Speirgorm #TouchySubjects

04.03.2026 10:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Flyer advertising the "Touchy Subjects" Podcast. 
The image shows headshots of Shawn Schutt, Hazel Katherine Larkin, and Amanda Courier. 
The episode of Touchy Subjects which will be available on March 6th will deal with the issue of the disclosure of sexual assault.

Flyer advertising the "Touchy Subjects" Podcast. The image shows headshots of Shawn Schutt, Hazel Katherine Larkin, and Amanda Courier. The episode of Touchy Subjects which will be available on March 6th will deal with the issue of the disclosure of sexual assault.

Dropping March 6th

03.03.2026 21:43 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Illustration is a water colour by Louisa Beaufort, entitled a Connemara net-maker. It shows a lady and gentleman on the quays with nets, water, cobbled, stone, clouded sky. Uploaded to Wikipedia by JaneMaxwell63

Illustration is a water colour by Louisa Beaufort, entitled a Connemara net-maker. It shows a lady and gentleman on the quays with nets, water, cobbled, stone, clouded sky. Uploaded to Wikipedia by JaneMaxwell63

#DIBNewLives Born in July 1781 and at a time when women’s intellectual contributions were rarely publicly disseminated, Louisa Beaufort was among the first in Ireland to publish in her own name and to contribute original antiquarian research. www.dib.ie/biography/be...

04.03.2026 10:24 — 👍 65    🔁 24    💬 0    📌 1
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BREAKING: Babe, wake up. New war just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

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Minnesota is mourning the loss of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake who was killed in Kuwait on Sunday.

She answered the call to serve and gave her life in service to our state and nation. Minnesotans are wrapping our arms around her loved ones.

04.03.2026 01:21 — 👍 17364    🔁 3575    💬 655    📌 189

Another land grab on top of the rest so far & what he’s already done in funding Israel .

04.03.2026 00:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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This is another land grab by a greedy USA Government who think they can ignore world agreements on ‘war’ and smash their own constitution.

03.03.2026 21:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Government wouldn’t even put them up overnight and now the hunger strikers have to face travelling back home straight after this’apology’ no thought for the triggering this has don’t for these survivors.

25.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It will be tough for America’s global reputation to recover after this absolutely shameful vote.

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25.02.2026 16:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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#Speirgorm THIS AFTERNOON

25.02.2026 14:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2
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Zelenskyy gets a standing ovation after addressing the European Parliament

Video by journalist Eddy Wax, shared on X

24.02.2026 13:27 — 👍 2564    🔁 704    💬 62    📌 35
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#Speirgorm Tonight Tuesday

24.02.2026 21:54 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”

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Yes. We need a moratorium on data center construction.

23.02.2026 21:41 — 👍 2102    🔁 424    💬 53    📌 30

Starting tonight 21.00 Starting shortly true story of more lies, betrayal and murder with those ex royal Yorks. Am sure the makers never imagined the free publicity from ‘that arrest’ during the week. Keep exposing all of it.

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But all of you have allowed tgeir resistance, achievements and history to be erased by the Naxos ignoramouses in power right now. Please start lighting those fires.

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Aah no hope he’s ok. Very tough time for them

16.02.2026 12:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Speirgorm just started

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