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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Today we’re marching together, and tomorrow the real work begins” 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Read 👉 buff.ly/kZhnRC3 #GCNnews
Two people in high vis vests holding a banner that reads 'Belfast Dyke March'. There is a crowd of marchers behind them in the background. It has a blue and purple gradient with the GCN logo and the article's title that reads: "Belfast Dyke March: How the community made history in 2026". At the bottom of the image, a message says: "Read more on www.gcn.ie at the link in bio".
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The Just Transition Commission, an independent body set up by the Government in 2024, said it is 'particularly concerned' about the planned fare hikes at a time when €100m a month is being spent on cutting excise duty cuts."
independent.ie
Minister rejects calls to scrap planned public transport fare hikes as €100m-a-month fuel excise cuts continue
Climate Minister Darragh O’Brien on Tuesday morning defended the upcoming fare increases
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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looking forward to this on Saturday as part of @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social with Evgeny Shtorn, Alice Rekab and David Gilbert, chaired by @sorchapollak.bsky.social Their conversation will explore borders as physical, affective and racialised experiences dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/festiv...
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Festival Forum: On Bodies & Borders - Dublin Theatre Festival
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Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's time to start our exhibitor thread for the October edition of DCAF! A quick reminder of when and where – 11th October in Bohemian Football Club, Dalymount Park, Dublin 7. Let’s MEET OUR ARTISTS!
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why yes, of course you can build out your gigantic 72,500 m2 energy and resource-sucking data centre, but be sure to “encourage staff to use public transport, cycling & walking”. Beyond parody from the crack squad at An Coimisiún Pleanala. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Chester Beatty @chesterbeatty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ever wondered what it would be like to rediscover a lost artefact? Join us on Friday 2 October and satisfy your curiosity! Tickets €6.50, find out more here 👉 ow.ly/vRgl50ZSA7m
A poster for the talk 'On Finding a New Copy of the Oldest English' poem. In the top half you can see a vellum folio, with lines of text in neat brown-black ink. Superimposed on this in a small circle is a picture of two people standing proudly over a medieval book in a library. In the lower half, white text on a red background gives information such as 'Friends Talk', 'Friday 2 October, 1pm', the venue (Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, D02 VR66) and the Friends of the Chester Beatty logo.
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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❗ The deadline to apply for this year's round of the Screen Mentoring Scheme is today, 29th September 2026 at 1pm! Any application left in draft form cannot be accepted. Please log in to the application portal and ensure your application has been submitted. Learn more & apply ➡️ bit.ly/4pURx1o
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Ross Byrne vol.II @rbwarlock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh, HELL to the yeah!!! Coming to the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social this Oct 30th, Ken Russell's Director's cut of THE DEVILS.
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ireland rolled out red carpet for Intel. Barred by EU sanctions from exporting hi-tech chips to Russia, Ireland's been sending heaps to Israel. They've both civilian and military uses. Israeli defence co. Elbit Systems uses them in "advanced tactical computer" for infantry, Special Forces etc
thecurrency.news
Tax breaks, grants and energy costs: How Ireland rolled out the red carpet for Intel - The Currency
In the two weeks following the last general election on November 29, 2024, the dust settled and it became clear that the outgoing Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael-led coalition would remain in government once it...
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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is Michaelmas, a quarter day in the Irish calendar, and traditionally when rents were paid & contracts signed. It's also the last day to eat blackberries - after today, they belong to the Devil and will make you sick!
Detail of a page showing text in Spanish and a woodcut of blackberries. From Dioscorides' Materia Medica, 1555
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 29/09/2026
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for 9 counties today and a Status Yellow rain warning has also been issued for five counties
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Yellow wind warning for 9 counties, rain warning for 5
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for 9 counties today and a Status Yellow rain warning has also been issued for five counties.
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Bogshuffler 🐛 @bogshuffler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just got my new passport and it's a real work of art. Well done the design team - the artwork and detail is beautiful, especially under UV. www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/passp...
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 29/09/2026
At least 6 people, including 3 children, are reportedly missing. Lampedusa has finally been assigned to us as a place of safety. Our Aurora crew is on its way there with the 28 survivors of the horrific shipwreck and 2 dead bodies. 👉 tinyurl.com/arjc9jak
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The context for We Only Want the Earth is ongoing, unpredictable social change. The perceived legitimacy of international institutions and international law is collapsing.
There are three polaroid photos on a white background. The polaroid photos are of a. a volcanic site in the north of ireland. There is a hill or small mountain in the background and green fields in front. b a text image that reads ' it might be a mirage, it might be a mirage, it might be a mirage, it might be a mirage on 4 seperate lines c. a close up photograph of a berry bush growing wild on a fench.
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Born to be alive. acts as a mechanism for an ongoing iterative conversation between A4 Sounds, artists, and audiences about the goals and strategies of social change: what kind of society do we want and how should we get there?
Banner image for the Born be alive. exhibition brief. There are three polaroid photos on a white background. along the top is text that reads Born to be alive. A brief. The polaroid photos are of a. a volcanic site in the north of ireland. There is a hill or small mountain in the background and green fields in front. b a text image that reads ' it might be a mirage, it might be a mirage, it might be a mirage, it might be a mirage on 4 seperate lines c. a close up photograph of a berry bush growing wild on a fench.
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The exhibition is a continuation of our previous group show The Cosmos, The Earth, and Us. Get the brief and read more here: a4sounds.org/born-to-be-a...
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Born to be alive_Brief – A4 Sounds
Born to be alive. A Brief A4 Sounds invites artists to propose work for our upcoming exhibition Born to be alive. as part of our We Only Want the Earth Programme.Over the course of 6 weeks, the…
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It took 8 years for McEntee's F/FG government to pass a watered down version of the Occupied Territories Bill. They could have supported boycott of the Ireland-Israel football match, a potentially huge moment in the global cultural boycott campaign. Such hollow words. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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'We are failing' - McEntee questions EU's Israel response
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said the EU's credibility "is gone" regarding its response to the actions of the Israeli government in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's so fucking depressing and humiliating to beg and beg and beg for our country to do the right thing JUST ONCE, despite it clearly being something the vast majority of Irish people support. But no - the small people clinging to the levers of power will go their own way, to our eternal shame.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are the people that the FAI and the Irish government, players and coaching staff are bending the knee for - bitter, entitled genocide-deniers protected by bigger nations, pissing in the faces of those who support the right of the Palestinian people to exist. For shame.
Tweet from the Israeli football association about Ireland head coach Heimir Halgrimsson that says: 
We have contributed to the world and humanity in countless fields, earning an impressive number of Nobel Prizes along the way. Unfortunately, we have not yet found a cure for stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy displayed by Ireland’s national team coach. We’re not playing with ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity, We’re playing against the coach who embodies them.
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Katherine Nolan @dochara.com · 21/09/2026
I contacted all my TDs expressing revulsion at this , it's easily to do and if enough people do it, it can make a difference. www.contactyourtd.ie
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Who is my TD? | Find my local TD | Search local TD using your home address | Contact Your Local TD - Contact Your Local TD | Who is My TD | Find My TD
Find and contact your local TDs (Teachta Dála) in Ireland. Easily email or tweet all representatives in your constituency. View Dáil vote results and breakdowns by party. Enter your address to get sta...
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you're against these new proposed immigration laws do let your local TD know. It only takes a few minutes but it lets them know that there's disagreement as opposed to whatever bots on X & Facebook are telling them etc.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Did anyone hear back about the BIA at all? I've been waiting at the window for news via a raven on a dark and stormy night but nothing yet
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 22/09/2026
We do not follow the EU's values compass. Because that would mean ignoring international law. Over the past two days, three NGO ships rescued 102 people at sea. Here's what our aircrew witnessed. 🧵
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New polling from the National Youth Council of Ireland: - 68% of 18–24-year-olds are considering emigrating - 71% believe they'd have a better quality of life outside Ireland - 83% support stronger government regulation of AI - 89% agree the housing crisis disproportionately affects young people
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RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland
RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland Young people are responding to unaffordable housing, the rising cost of everyda...
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Abortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Hear us Now! at the 15th annual March for Choice, this September 26th in Dublin. Meet us at 2pm outside the Department of Health before we march to the Dáil. Share this post far and wide and show your interest by clicking "interested" on our facebook event page, link in our tree.
Square illustrated image split into 4 horizontal sections. The is a collaged image, two figures in the centre in teal and pale purple. Their eyes and mouths are from different people and are much larger, and jump off the faces. They are saying "Hear us Now!" in black and white ransom style font. The backgrounds of these are cone shaped speech bubbles, they are both patterned with interlocking points in shades of teal, purple and yellow. The ARC logo is to the right of the two figures in the centre.
The next section says "15th annual March for Choice" in white font outlined in black, with a similar pattern to the speech bubble behind it.
The next horizontal says "Saturday September 26th 2026" in black against a see-through white rectangle, that you can see the pattern through.
The last section is a teal rectangle with rounded ends and says "When: 2pm, Where: Dept of Health Lower Baggot Street"
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Over the course of 6 weeks, the exhibition will be formed, built, born from the works submitted, beginning with six building blocks from our research. We invite submissions of completed works that respond to our brief which is a visual representation of some threads from our ongoing research.
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
OPEN CALL!! Born to be alive. A brief A4 Sounds invites artists to propose work for our upcoming exhibition Born to be alive. as part of our We Only Want the Earth Programme.
1/3 images for the Born to be alive. Exhibition Brief. A polaroid photo on a white background. the photo is a of a volcanic site in the north of ireland. There is a hill or small mountain in the background with green fields in front.2/3 images for the Born to be alive. Exhibition Brief. A polaroid photo on a white background. the photo a text image with the words : It might be a mirage repeated on 4 lines.3/3 images for the Born to be alive. Exhibition Brief. A polaroid photo on a white background. the photo is a close up of an overgrown wild berry bush on a fench.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.fringefest.com/festival/wha...
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Well Being
Breathe in. Breathe out. Listen to the water… the water in the well. Something else is in there. Is that an echo? Oh no. HELP! The HiVis Witches, Ireland’s only occult construction company, have recei...
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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an cailligh rua
Taking its name from the mealtime incantation “Marbhfhaisc ar an gcailligh rua”, destruction to the red-haired girl, this visual art exhibition explores Ireland’s rich but interrupted culture of cooki...
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
OPEN CALL!! Born to be alive. A brief A4 Sounds invites artists to propose work for our upcoming exhibition Born to be alive. as part of our We Only Want the Earth Programme.
1/3 images for the Born to be alive. Exhibition Brief. A polaroid photo on a white background. the photo is a of a volcanic site in the north of ireland. There is a hill or small mountain in the background with green fields in front.2/3 images for the Born to be alive. Exhibition Brief. A polaroid photo on a white background. the photo a text image with the words : It might be a mirage repeated on 4 lines.3/3 images for the Born to be alive. Exhibition Brief. A polaroid photo on a white background. the photo is a close up of an overgrown wild berry bush on a fench.
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We currently have 10 regular studio memberships available at A4 Sounds. We are looking for artists from the following disciplines to join our studio community: • Sculpture • Print • Photography • Ceramics • Textiles • Media
Studio Memberships 
10 available

Image is bright and colourful
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A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
⏰ Tonight! ⏰ The Rookery Stories is back today, 1st Sept! Session Seven starts at 6:30pm. If you haven't been before you are very welcome along! Upcoming Sessions Tuesday 6th October @ 6:30pm Tiered Ticketing €0.00 - €10.00 a4sounds.org/the-rookery-...
The Rookery Stories poster
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 27/08/2026
How have zines enabled mental health survivors to express their personal experiences? @hspandler.bsky.social explores the history of madzines and their centrality to the collective production of experiential knowledge.
historyworkshop.org.uk
From the personal to the political and back again?
Hel Spandler explores the evolution of madzines and considers why they should be recognised as a form of activism.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/08/2026
Glaciers in the Himalayas are rapidly retreating under climate change, leading to widespread formation and expansion of glacial lakes and increasing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods. To date, more than 388 GLOF events have been documented in the region 😰 Source ⬇️
nature.com
Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward - npj Natural Hazards
npj Natural Hazards - Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The genocide continues. In the past 2 days, the IDF have destroyed a warehouse storing food supplies intended for children and mothers in Gaza and seized the UNWRA centre in Jerusalem. And the Irish govnt is refusing visas to Palestinian students. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...
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Seven killed in Gaza as Israeli strike ‘destroys’ aid supply warehouse
Health Ministry warns of 'complete collapse of the basic necessities of life' in Gaza as Israel's attacks continue.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We have to change the world.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ireland is turning forty shades of brown as our water (as well as our clean energy and land) is taken by big tech! www.thejournal.ie/ireland-data...
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Data centre water use almost doubled during Ireland's long, hot summer months
Data centres used over 514 million litres of water between May and July this year, increasing during the hosepipe ban.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Keir Starmer literally enabled fascism. Labour proscribed the anti-genocide direct group Palestine Action as terrorists. They paved the way for Trump to do that on a global scale - which will mean the US state will crash down on the heads of thousands of British citizens.
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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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A woman inside a room full of mirrors and mirrored spheres
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Drop Allianz - Contact Friends, family colleagues in Dublin GAA to support the crucial motion being brought before the Dublin County Committee on September 7th by St. Joseph's O'Connell Boys GAA Club (Naomh Seosamh/Buachaillí Uí Chonaill CLG) #DropAllianz
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Aw shucks, it's too late to stop #climate breakdown so let's just throw in the towel? Besides, Ireland is so teeny tiny. Cynical BS by economist Colm McCarthy in new chapter of climate denial playbook – sure to find a willing audience in Farmers Journal. www.farmersjournal.ie/amp/viewpoin...
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Puddin' @puddin1916.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We're playing a lil 10 minute set at this tonight! Tickets on eventbrite or on the door. €12 or €8 unwaged/ student. All proceeds go to support Transgress the NGS. Come down, see some fun acts and support a good cause. It's on at Wigwam, doors at 7pm. We're on near the end. 💜
Pink and green poster with sparkles and big font in the middle that says Trans Cabaret II. It is presented by Transgress the NGS. Down the bottom is the date and address:

August 27th
19:00 - 22:00
Wigwam, 54 Middle Abbey Street
D01 E2X4
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OskiDarski @oskidarski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Palestine is older than the state of Israel. Physical evidence of the LIE that Palestine was never a state, must be desroyed for it to be convincing in the revised histories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Far-right Israeli lawmaker damages Palestinian memorial with sledgehammer
Zvi Sukkot's actions have drawn widespread condemnation, including from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Over 7 months into the construction phase and there’s a lot happening at Crawford! We’re excited to give you an inside look at our progress so far... Read more: crawfordartgallery.ie/redevelopmen... #CrawfordArtGallery #TransformingCrawford #ProjectIreland2040 #PureCork
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today my GP stopped prescribing me HRT. I am just done. Absolutely done with this fucking system! I am once again having to debase myself by sharing disgusting psych assessments - albeit edited to fix names & pronouns and the worst parts redacted - to be referred to an endocrinologist from scratch.
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Little Deer Comics @littledeercomics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Had to put the works of the Patron Saint of Literacy front and centre today. littledeercomics.ie/search?q=dol...
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026
Loving this new Four Courts art #speirghorm
Painted electrical boxes outside the Four Courts depicting two cats as barristers
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