Reposted by Catherine StockerGavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 26/09/2026The brave and lonely stance taken by Gavin Bazunu makes the moral cowardice displayed by the administrators of Irish football even more stark. 0447
Reposted by Catherine StockerWill Lawless @willlawless.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There's only one Gavin Bazunu 219548
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well that's disappointing - the players shouldn't have to make this call - the FAI and Govt should grow a pair - but given that they haven't the players had the opportunity to go down in history for something so much more important than kicking a ball around a field and they've made the wrong call. 271
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton 😭. Anyone for a national day of mourning? 000
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026With the level of discussion of the Lindsay Clancy case I feel it's timely to remind folks in Ireland that despite promises made by govt in 2017 - there is not single inpatient psychiatric mother and baby bed in Ireland. #SpeirGorm #IrishSky #LindsayClancy 12718
Reposted by Catherine Stockerpaddydeadman @paddypadman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Because of course he did www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comIrish entrepreneur Patrick Collison donated $7m to group opposing California wealth taxBuilding a Better California opposes proposal that would require California’s billionaire residents to pay a one-off tax on their assets 011
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The gorgeous Dan Ennis talking to a packed room at a #DanForTheDail fundraiser. Dan is always inspirational, always about inclusion and would give you back a spark of hope in a slightly dismal world. Can honestly say without a shadow of hesitation the Dail would be a better place with Dan in it. 000
Reposted by Catherine StockerSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The IFA never seem to care about all the cattle feed imported from Brazil 🤔🤔 so weird, you'd think that their quality concerns would extend to what they feed their cattle 2327
Reposted by Catherine StockerWendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 28/01/2026I analysed the DoJ’s immigration chatbot for @iccl.bsky.social and the amount of seriously wrong information it gave was shocking even to me. The idea that people fleeing persecution would be expected to rely on a chatbot in lieu of actual legal advice is 😱😱😱 www.dublininquirer.com/chatbots-con...dublininquirer.comChatbots considered for providing legal counselling to people seeking asylum, documents suggestThe Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission doesn’t believe chatbots are suitable “in provision of legal counselling”, a spokesperson said. 07143
Reposted by Catherine StockerÉibhear Ó hAnluain @eibhear.gibiris.org · 18/11/2025Let us not forget, either, his outright, steadfast refusal to borrow money for capital investment at a time when interest rates were 0 or less! 054
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Centrist dad media columns incoming. Unless the left manages to select a single candidate to represent all parties and contest both the Galway and Dublin Central by-elections simultaneously all hope for them is lost. ⚰️🗳️ 000
Reposted by Catherine StockerAnn Marie B @psycicflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2025An Irish election with only 2 candidates? Won't someone please think of the count, the spreadsheets, the transfers speculation! #Áras25 #SpeirGorm 192
Reposted by Catherine StockerPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Jim Gavin quits Irish presidential race. Irish media tomorrow: "CATHERINE CONNOLLY ONCE BORROWED A LIBRARY BOOK ABOUT TROTSKY!!" 58414
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I have to say - although there is truth to it of course -the defence of migration on the basis of economic usefulness is just so dispiriting. Does that mean that people with limited ability to work (disabilities/caring roles/whatever) don't have value for their humanity. #Aras25 #SpeirGorm 0110
Reposted by Catherine StockerDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I wish I could edit like this. 613123
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Jesus H Christ - has Tony Blair not done enough damage in the middle east. 010
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 01/09/2025I'm delighted to share that Karl Stanley, a longtime friend, comrade and DBN Social Democrats member has been selected as my replacement to represent the Clontarf LEA on Dublin City Council. I have every faith in Karl's ability & commitment to delivering for the people of Dublin and our local area 010
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Once more for the Ministers at the back of the class. You got us into this mess by reducing standards & sizes to begin with ➡️ driving up the price of land (if you can sell a piece of land that would have fit 10 apts as now fitting 20 you can sell it for €€++) Stop doubling down on your idiiocy 100
Reposted by Catherine StockerPaul Hannon @jonesclarke.bsky.social · 03/06/2025So Lynn moved on. As for my Dad, he was doing some work on how to improve what had been a truly awful education system that,until the mid-1960s, had only offered high school to the children of the middle classes, and a university education to a tiny elite 101
Reposted by Catherine StockerPaul Hannon @jonesclarke.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Lynn was interested in IQ, where Irish people did not score highly. “So I formulated the theory that the low IQ was likely a significant reason for the economic backwardness. The solution for this problem was obvious. What was needed was a set of eugenic policies that would raise the Irish IQ.” 101
Reposted by Catherine StockerPaul Hannon @jonesclarke.bsky.social · 03/06/2025I was surprised to discover (from Hayek’s Bastards) that Richard Lynn had worked in Dublin in the early 1970s, and even more surprised when I discovered that he was a researcher at the Economic and Social Research Institute at exactly the same time as my father. 101
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Keir Starmer should be ashamed of himself. The entire Labour party and British left should be ashamed of him. The ends do not justify the means when the means are dehumanising. Pandering to the far right is never the answer. Labour party in name only. 063
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Was great to meet with Zarah from As I Am this week to take a walk through City Hall and discuss measures to achieve Autism Friendly City Hall accreditation. This initiative has been spearheaded by my colleague Cllr Jesslyn Henry as one of the measures we need to move towards a more inclusive city. 020
Reposted by Catherine StockerSamantha O'Flanagan @samanthaoflanagan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Thank you @cianocallaghantd.bsky.social and @catzstocker.bsky.social for highlighting this issue. At our Fórsa AGM, I put forward a motion on this very topic. No family should have to endure the stress of a High Court action just to access the support their child is entitled to. 001
Reposted by Catherine Stockersm1712.bsky.social @sm1712.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Disgraceful that this is the lengths parents have to go to. 😔 011
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 20/02/2025TD @cianocallaghantd.bsky.social spoke in the Dáil on delays in Assessment of Need I became aware - through my own experience - that many are being forced to take legal action in order to get AON It shouldn't take an application to the High Court to get a child assessed bit.ly/3QoGqx0 #SpeirGormindependent.ieWait for children’s assessment of disability needs jumps 60pc in 12 months, Dáil toldThe waiting list for parents requesting an assessment of needs for their children has grown by 60pc in just a year, the Dáil heard today. 076
Catherine Stocker @catzstocker.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Many thanks to @antonsavage.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social for talking to me about the hugely important issue of lack of access to PHN developmental checks for babies. This govt is playing healthcare jenga with our services and we are all suffering podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comBaby developmental checks suspended - is there reason to worry?Podcast Episode · The Hard Shoulder Highlights · 11/02/2025 · 17m 010
