Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It makes me feel mental, we're subsiding predatory gambling companies that destroy lives, and doing so in a way that forces thousands of dogs to be killed and dumped every year 29917 99
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The gambling addiction and dead dog factory that is greyhound racing is the lifeblood of rural Ireland no doubt 515130 151
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialClodagh Finn @clodaghfinn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I've been haunted by the words of former Cumann na mBan women who led lives of quiet desperation in the state they helped to build. @lloislanel.bsky.social has done eye-opening & vital research laying bare the hardship faced by single women in Cork. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #SpeirGormirishexaminer.comClodagh Finn: The Cork women who helped build the State were left with almost nothingNew research uncovers the poverty, neglect and quiet desperation faced by Cork women who fought during Ireland’s revolutionary period 48545 85
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialSiobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It would cost €130 million Euros to fund. That's too much apparently for a state that has given has given €386 million to greyhound racing since 2001.thejournal.ieTreatment for Friedreich's ataxia should not be funded by HSE, drugs group recommendsThe HSE Drugs Group made the recommendation following a meeting to consider an application for the reimbursement of Skyclarys. 4153 15
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 30/07/2026A video that left the world in disbelief and horror. Israel prevented the media from broadcasting it. Israel did this. 15134120 134
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026It's also available here. Please share and spread this report. Trans folks in the UK can't for fear of lawsuits by gender critical groups. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...drive.google.com 191538732 1.5K
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialaodhán @aodhan.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026trans and intersex pride put up their accessibility info on instagram for the march tomorrow in dublin. starting at city hall at 2pm with an access point at nassau street. www.instagram.com/p/DakzVVXCoO... 11917 19
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialColm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026URGENT APPEAL A mam and her 5 children from Gaza need a wheelchair-accessible 3-bed home in or near Dublin. One child is awaiting critical surgery and stable accommodation is urgently needed. Rental support (up to €2,500/month for 18 months) is available through the Irish Red Cross. Info below: 02543 43
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialSvante Thunberg @svantethunberg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026"Researchers found undisturbed primary forests store 83% more carbon per acre than the managed forests that are replacing them." This study is "shocking" - as in "we've been lied to by the forest industry" and... it's not in our climate models. sustainability.stanford.edu/news/shockin...sustainability.stanford.eduA ‘shocking’ carbon discovery in Sweden’s forestsA new study finds old-growth forests in Sweden store far more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference. Protecting u... 6558306 558
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialSteph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 09/04/2026One of the ways protests work is by sheer numbers. It takes a lot of people to block a city, ergo a lot of people feel strongly about an issue. When 11 fascists with massive vehicles block a motorway it presents a disproportionate picture of the level of support. 616268 162
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 08/04/2026The Israeli national airline last week illegally transported munitions of war funded by the US through Irish territory to the Israel Defense Forces. Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians on Monday in an airstrike near a Gaza school. www.ontheditch.com/us-funded-mu...ontheditch.comUS-funded Israeli munitions through Irish airspace last weekThey were on an El Al flight on their way to the Israel Defense Forces. 11713 17
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026This massive Canadian agtech company has put in an application to harvest seaweed from basically the entire west coast. The maps are actually shocking www.gov.ie/en/departmen...gov.ieFS006108 Arramara Teoranta Harvesting of SeaweedSeaweed Harvesting 95840 58
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialAntonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world. 291535891 1.5K
aideenmc.bsky.social @aideenmc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.iemy.uplift.ieI've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing & sharing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same?I've signed this petition calling for the government to stop X allowing their chatbot Grok to ‘digitally undress’ women and share sexualised and illegal photos of children. Will you sign too? 100 1
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM. 7524291024 2.4K
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialWear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Another Palestinian infant has died of hypothermia in Gaza today as the occupation continues to block caravans and mobile homes, which are sitting at the border, from entering the besieged city. Saeed Asa’eed Abedin was only a month old and is the 13th child to die of hypothermia this year in Gaza. 01210 12
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialRural Ireland Against Fox Hunting @banfoxhunting.bsky.social · 06/12/2025!! Ireland has a unique opportunity to end foxhunting on Dec 17th when the Dail will vote on a proposed ban. Please contact your TDs and ask them to support a ban. #speirgorm Print used with kind permission by @katelouisepowell.bsky.social, find her lovely work here: www.etsy.com/ie/shop/Kate... 18844 88
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th. Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...my.uplift.iePetition to Ban Fox Hunting in IrelandCan you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses? 6204109 204
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialGráinne Blair @grainneblair.bsky.social · 08/11/2025#Speirgorm #RTEOne 21.30 tonight watch it with some young wans and talk about it. Never Forget 395 9
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/10/2025“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”yaledailynews.comYale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activismThe Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days. 3915481038 1.5K
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialAmy Ní Mhuircheartaigh @amynim.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I just signed this petition, will you join me? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #SpeirGorm #Aras25 #Áras25my.uplift.iePetition to Ban Fox Hunting in IrelandCan you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses? 074 7
aideenmc.bsky.social @aideenmc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.iemy.uplift.iePetition to Ban Fox Hunting in IrelandCan you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses? 110 1
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialUilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Reserves for every blood type are critically low, with only B+ being close to the bare minimum. You can literally save a person's life by donating as soon as you can. giveblood.ie 🩸 #Ireland #Áras25 01822 22
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialVirgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal as national blood supplies fall below 3 days. It says over 12,000 donations are needed in the coming days and weeks to restore stocks. More on #VMNews 035 5
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/10/2025BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n 17540382 540
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialReg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I'm not linking to the article but Heather Humphries thinks the Gender recognition act needs to be looked at, and trans women are not women. #Aras25 #SpeirGorm 42415 24
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death. 8223812116934 38.1K
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2025BREAKING: At least 40 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, medical sources in the besieged enclave's hospitals told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/co3mdm 9269210 269
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025You said Ireland would do what it could. Why are we waiting? @micheal-martin.bsky.social @simonharrisireland.bsky.social #spéirghorm 2114 11
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialResident E. 🐈⬛ @ethecatstan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025An important message for #speirgorm 24530 45
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialFrank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 05/09/2025From 15,915 to 16,058 without a home & thats not counting hidden homeless This government continues to break all wrong records Manufactured housing crisis with empty homes everywhere @judesherry.bsky.social & I updated register on Lower John St, Cork City ffud for #DerelictIreland 🎵 Meryl Streek 13925 39
aideenmc.bsky.social @aideenmc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025School Secretary entitled to just five days pay during cancer treatment - school secretary #pensionparity #speirgorm www.offalyexpress.ie/news/tullamo...offalyexpress.ieEntitled to just five days pay during cancer treatment - Offaly school secretary speaks outMairead Guinan is secretary at Daingean National School 054 5
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialAnnie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 31/08/2025This is TOP #Aras25 summary (so far) by the irrepressible @tupped.bsky.social 2115 11
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialOftentimes Jack 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 31/08/2025#Speirgorm If you are unsure of what to do to help Palestine, here is something you can do right now. 2158 15
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Weeks of debating if kids with disabilities also need food to live or countries dropping a single air drop then patting themselves on the back bought Israel just enough time to move into full extermination www.democracynow.org/2025/8/22/he...democracynow.orgU.N. Declares a Famine in Gaza, Where Over 500,000 Face “Starvation, Destitution and Death”The United Nations has formally declared a famine in the Gaza Strip, where more than a half-million Palestinians face widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths. The declaration follows... 616961 169
aideenmc.bsky.social @aideenmc.bsky.social · 25/08/2025I just signed this petition calling for a new admissions unit for people having a mental health emergency that's separate from A&E. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ad... @uplift.iemy.uplift.ieAdam's Protocols - Someone presenting as suicidal shouldn't have to go through A&EI just signed this petition calling for a new admissions unit for people having a mental health emergency that's separate from A&E. Will you sign too? 020 2
aideenmc.bsky.social @aideenmc.bsky.social · 25/08/2025I just signed this petition calling for a new admissions unit for people having a mental health emergency that's separate from A&E. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ad... @uplift.iemy.uplift.ieAdam's Protocols - Someone presenting as suicidal shouldn't have to go through A&EI just signed this petition calling for a new admissions unit for people having a mental health emergency that's separate from A&E. Will you sign too? 010 1
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialMadeline Layne 🤍 DC Oct 20-22 | PHL | KOP | NYC @madeline-layne.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Israel just bombed Nasser Hospital, murdering two Drs, five journalists, numerous aid workers and civilians, ALL LIVE ON AIR. We are seeing televised war crimes of the most brutal and inexcusable kind. There is nothing Israel will stop at because the Isr govt knows it has total impunity from the US 02017 20
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialfreemeplease.bsky.social @freemeplease.bsky.social · 24/08/2025I am so angry with the world for allowing the #genocides in #sudan and #gaza. I fail to see how people currently in positions that could impact these #genocides do nothing. It’s unbelievable. Humanity fails. 012 2
Reposted by @aideenmc.bsky.socialdBmedico @dbmedico.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Pictures from #Gaza in only one body. When you can only think with rage of those capable of consenting to this massacre. #Israel @ec.europa.eu www.lamarea.com/2025/08/23/e...lamarea.comFotografía de Gaza en un solo cuerpo | lamarea.com«Si te mirara a los ojos de verdad, debería quedarme ciega», escribe Edurne Portela ante la foto de un bebé moribundo por inanición en Gaza. 012 2
