Orla Breslin

Yes, isn't it great to see.

👀 interesting

Ok so im from NYC where we hava a history of coopertive property ownership. Similar to a condo but we all own shares in the company that owns the property instead od a company that you have no stake in.

Is it possible to form cooperatives to buy these properties? From the government? 🧵 #speirgorm

Shona Murray: Powerful countries no longer bother with international norms Europe appears to have accepted the law of the jungle supplanted by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, writes Shona Murray

If 176 children were slaughtered in their classrooms in Dublin, Brussels, Berlin, Tel Aviv or Texas by a foreign adversary, the world would rightfully be at a standstill.

- Shona Murray

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... @shonamurray.bsky.social

We wrote this report with the OTB in mind, but it equally helps explain the Govnt's refusal to condemn the illegal US-Israel bombing of Iran.

'Ireland’s economic dependency on the US ensures that the US holds a de facto veto over Irish foreign policy.'

www.uplift.ie/neutrality-f...

Irish people remember when Israel used Irish passport numbers to create passports for assassins to murder people for Israel. #Spéirgorm

Israel has a history of using false flag operations. See the Lavon Affair where Israel did false flag terrorist attacks in Egypt.

So why not with drones?

Very pleased to see apartheid free zones appearing around Cork….

Well done all the businesses doing the right thing!

#WestCork4Palestine

US troop carrier at Shannon hours before attack on Iran It was on its way to a critical hub for US military in the region.

A US military chartered aircraft used to transport troops stopped at Shannon last Friday before flying straight to Kuwait – a critical hub for American forces in the region – just hours before Washington-backed Israel attacked Iran.

www.ontheditch.com/us-troop-car...

We’re having a massive impact.

New Email tool set up to target TD's along the west coast ✊️

#SpeirGorm

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I refuse to not care, and I'm very happy to be a crank if I have to.

They tell us to get out of the cars, get exercise, it's healthy for us, healthy for the environment, but it's really not. You're not even safe on paths or at pedestrian crossings anymore.

Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

Just the other day, I was cycling, wearing my helmet and high viz, broad daylight, and was missed by a car by inches, as they swung out onto a roundabout without looking. And it was right outside the police station.
The trauma of a near miss stays with you. I love cycling, but it's frigging scary.

Yup. Its a conscious decision.

I think speeding is a conscious decision.
If you make a decision to speed and you make a decision to drive away after hitting someone. I think it's more than manslaughter.
And the only way we will deal with the road carnage is to get ridiculously strict.

Again the passive voice. Sick of it.

A man died after a coward hit him with their car and fled the scene. His life wasn't worth your 5 mins of a free adrenaline rush.

A pox on the person that killed him. Why can't we be safe going for a walk or cycle where we live.

I thought it was just me and middleage-dom!
Last gig I went to in Dublin was in Whelan's, smaller then 3arena, but still only a handful of us dancing and singing along, the rest were chatting and filming.

Join us tomorrow for the opening event of This is Ireland!
Presented by @CrawfordSupportedStudios & @CorkCountyCouncil’s LHQ Gallery, This is Ireland is a vibrant, powerful group exhibition featuring the work of 16 disabled artists, a powerful perspective that challenges stereotypes. Details below!

Stop being so fecking generic when talking about injury & death. Machines don't kill, their human operators do. Use names, people's names! People make these decisions.

US government, everyone who works for Maven Smart Systems, and the Anthropic's CEO decided to bomb and kill Iranians mercilessly.

The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

“You have a lot of people here for whom the risk of extreme flooding is much higher than people thought’' - @alevermann.bsky.social comments on a new study showing that baseline calculations for coastal water levels have been underestimated in a majority of studies.
apnews.com/article/sea-...

It takes two minutes to send the email. Link in second post in the thread.
#Speirgorm

Photo of ucd protest

Probably the largest protest I’ve seen in UCD - in solidarity with the UCD medical student who suffered horrific #GBV I’m proud to see so many of my students here.

Hey, #speirgorm, boycott this brand

Ireland’s Draft National Drugs Strategy: A Missed Opportunity for Meaningful Reform The Government has opened a public consultation on Ireland's Draft National Drug Strategy 2026-2029, developed by the Departmnent of Health, and they need to hear your voice!

Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly & Oireachtas Committee called for bold drug reform, including decriminalisation and expanded harm reduction.

The Draft National Drugs Strategy avoids the biggest changes.

#SpeirGorm #Ireland #DrugSky

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SNAs plan to "stand up and fight back" amid threat of cuts Despite the government saying they have U-turned on planned cuts to SNAs, 100s of SNAs, teachers and parents protested outside the Dáil last week

Covered the protest by special needs assistants outside the Dáil last week, and it has become clear that the austerity mindset is still present in the civil service and within the halls of government. #Speirgorm dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...

QuitGPT — ChatGPT takes Trump's killer robot deal Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.

I don't use ChatGBT but if I did use it on a regular basis, I'd sure boycott it now!

Join the @quitgpt boycott.

OpenAI's president was the biggest donor in Trump's Super PAC's year-end report, and is literally being used to kill and subjagate.

It's time to quit.

quitgpt.org // #QuitGPT

Destruction from bombing in Iran

#spéirghorm
#galway

US war planes stopped at Shannon on way to Iran war hub The state allows these aircraft use of Irish territory. It prosecutes Irish people who oppose this.

Two US Air Force aircraft stopped at Shannon Airport before flying straight to the main European hub used to transport weapons for use against Iran

They arrived in Ireland the same day a US-backed Israeli airstrike killed more than 150 schoolgirls in Iran

www.ontheditch.com/us-military-...

Planning permission has been granted for 140 apartments to be built on the site of Bessborough Mother & Baby Home.

Reports have shown that 923 children died in the home.

To build over the site – instead of examining the grounds for remains – would be a desecration.

The government intends to oppose our bill tomorrow.

This is the most craven of actions by the most craven of Governments, and in the debate tomorrow we will call them out for this unforgivable failure to protect the public.

These algorithms are driving an epidemic of mental health problems.

Before he had to resign after #GolfGate, as a minister he threatened the Irish people that he would turn their water down to a trickle if they refused to pay water charges.
After he resigned he took a lobbying job. But that was also against the rules (2yr cooling off period).

#SpéirGorm