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Mother Ireland by Eavan Boland.

Global democracy score hits historic low: report The U.S. continues to be seen as a "flawed democracy."

This is the Global #Democracy Index 2024.
I wonder how 2025 (coming ~Feb. '26, I believe) and 2026 are going to look for the USA. They're already considered a flawed democracy.

#Trump #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #USA #MAGA #POTUS #SCOTUS #Congress #HouseOfRep #Senate #DOJ #DHS #ICE #FBI

👉 #FaceOff

When spoken to like this, #journalists should walk out, collectively. Do not allow the regime to pretend to be a normal state. This is not how a normal state talks to the press. By staying, and not acting in solidarity, you're providing them with a cover. #Journalism #WhiteHouse

YouTube video by Foras Feasa: Exploring Irish History Exploring the Rock of Dummase: history, ruins, and medieval mysteries

New video out now on the beautiful and enigmatic Rock of Dunamase, which has had a very interesting history, from Vikings to Normans and more..
youtu.be/EAkQO9enF-g

#irishhistory #ireland #medieval #irelandsancienteast #knights #castle #militaryhistory #HistoricSites #castleexploration

Morning light at the deserted village above Carlingford on the Cooley mountains - some lovely light and lots of sheep.
#thedesertedvillage #cooleymountains #irelandsancienteast #carlingford #discoverireland

Goniatite fossils spiraling through a piece of dark shale concretion.
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #fossil #irishfossils #goniatite #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #Ireland

Revolutionary Women of Tipperary 1914-1923 by Noreen Higgins McHugh, Oral Kelly Publishing, 2024 Any substantive contribution that illuminates the role of women in the Irish independence movement deserves recognition, particularly when it uncovers their personal sacrifices and achievements. In…

We have a new book review on our website this morning. Thanks to Cécile Chemin for reviewing this wonderful book for us.
womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...

Global Sumud Flotilla - Global As the genocide in Gaza gets worse by the day and the governments and institutions fail the Palestinian people, the free people of the world are trying their best to maintain solidarity and to create ...

Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...

We are excited to announce we have been shortlisted with Kildare Credit Union for our project "A LIttle Book of Brigid"
#BtoAAwards #PurposefulPartnerships #Ireland #art
www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local-n...

Beginner Book-binding Workshop | Blueway Art Studio Take part in a creative book-binding workshop and learn the coptic stitch technique

Join us for beginner Bookbinding with the button hole stitch on Sunday 22nd June in the beautiful village of Narrghmore, Kildare, Ireland #bookbinding #Irelandsancienteast #Ireland

bluewayartstudio.ie/book-binding...

TCD’s Israeli boycott draws criticism from Ireland’s Jewish community Trinity’s board voted on Wednesday to cut all ties with Israeli universities and companies

Huge respect to TCD for its brave, principled stance against genocide and its many enablers.

As for Shatter & his fellow Zionists, well cry me a river.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Statue of St. Fiachra, a man sitting on a stony outcrop over water. With green trees in the background.

Statue of St. Fiachra, a man sitting on a stony outcrop over water. With green trees in the background and a bush in the foreground.

St. Fiachra statue at the National Stud in Kildare. #amateurphotography #fujifilm #kildare #ireland

As over 60,000 students across Ireland sit down for their #leavingcertificate exams, one question should be on all our minds, not just theirs:

If you had to take a climate exam today, would you pass?

globalactionplan.ie/blogs/as-stu...

#leavingcert2025 #exams #ireland

Morning #BlueSky ☕️ Taken yesterday for the art challenge. Have a colourful Saturday my friends ☺️ #BlueSkyArtShow #vibrant #Photography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWacky #Ireland #Village #Pub #Colourful #Urban #Guinness #Toucan #Saturday

Natural Dye Eco-Printing Workshop | Blueway Art Studio Harness the power of natural dyes when you join an eco-printing workshop at the Blueway Studio. This hands-on beginners’ workshop is an excellent experience

We create with the seasons! Our immersive mindful workshop, Eco-Printing on Bamboo Paper returns next Sat 14th June at 11am, we have a couple of spaces free for people who love to connect with nature. #EcoPrint #IrelandsAncientEast #discoverireland bluewayartstudio.ie/natural-dye-...

Excited that community artist Angelina Foster & I will present at 2025 Mary Robinson Climate & Nature Conference in Ballina Co Mayo. We’ll explore how creative professionals use the Earth Charter for ecological values, intergenerational dialogue & community change @bluewayartstudio.bsky.social

My Rooftops of St. Ives print looking down over the rooftops towards the harbour. In the foreground is a heron nesting on a roof and on the left is a man up a roof ladder. In a square a tourist takes a photo.

For #PrintPromptMonday #FavouritePiece my favourite print so far is my Rooftops of St. Ives print.

I like the composition and it combines lots of natural media with vibrant colours.

I would like to do more like this.

#screenprint #printmaking #printmaker

We have 1 space left in our intro to textile screenprinting tomorrow. Design& print your own Tee!
#printmaking #screenprint #Ireland

Two colours down on a screen printed colour proof of thatchers working on cottage roofs.

I'm printing my proof. I'm trying to work out what order to print the layers in. Here are the first two colours.

#thatchers #screenprint #printmaking #printmaker

One of many artists interviewed for the NEW WomensArt book 'Reframing Women Printmakers' is UK artist Rebecca Vincent (her artwork 'Spring Shadows' below) #womensart

Painted artwork of pink poppy blossoms and poppy seed heads on long green stems against a pale yellow background

Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #womensart

Print for a remote cottage to the left in a hilly landscape at dusk with a brooding cloudy bluish sky

Contemorary UK printmaker Sarah Morgan, 'Follow the path' #WomensArt

Been reading a little mythology and it seems like one of the main cross-cultural themes is, “do not, under any circumstances, get on a boat.”

Ellen Coyne: Burke family’s bid for stardom in US falls flat as they exhaust their 15 minutes of fame With three clicks of his fingers, the suited and booted security guard gestured with concern towards the three figures lingering at the edge of the Washington gala dinner.

'America simply won’t give the Burkes the attention that they are plainly desperate for,' writes Ellen Coyne. 'This is a dire situation for the Burkes, who are really boring everyone at home now too'

A plus-size lilac mermaid character under a cobalt blue sea surrounded by a variety of lilac seaweeds. Above the waves is a cobalt blue sky with a lilac full moon and stars in the sky.

It's #PrintPromptMonday and the prompt is #water so what better than a linoprint of Sedna the Inuit Goddess of the Sea.

This was definitely the "before dinner" snap...

(RIA RLP/176)

#RIALibrary #LibraryLoversMonth #InstagramVsReality

Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For more—and to sign— go to

saynotoethniccleansing.org

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

#NorthCarolina #Protests #protest #trump Massive Turnout for Peaceful Protests in North Carolina Share please