Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026AND yet we have to listen to the meanest TDs make a huge stink over a hospital building a bike shed or whatever 0532
Reposted by @clareruffalo.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 29717
Reposted by @clareruffalo.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 514930
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialCianan Brennan @ciananbrennan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Horse and greyhound fund up €3m in the budget, up to €102m - split €81.6m horseracing, €20.4m greyhound racing. In 2020, the fund stood at €84m, so it's gone up 21% over the past six years... 138251
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen. 521597827
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gavin Bazunu maintained his connection to all of us opposed to this match. He was also able to act, facing implicit and explicit threats. He turned his character to action, in a decision that was deeply personal but also collective. Thank you. www.ontheditch.com/comment-than...ontheditch.comComment: Thank you Gavin BazunuHe turned his character to action, in a decision that was deeply personal but also collective. 110437
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialTina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026An enchanted goblet of fire...Fly Agaric ❤️ A magical time of the year.... @claireissimo.bsky.social @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social 295
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is not a training budget, this the government providing a marketing budget for some obscenely wealthy, private companies based in other countries. #SpeirGorm 0247
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialGary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame 3235101
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"I would be willing to consider changes, such as changing the flag and anthem and joining the Commonwealth" Now why would you include the Commonwealth in the question but not the headline? And then paywall the article? This is deliberate, misleading, atrocious journalism and abuse of polling data 810833
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Micheál Martin applauded at the UN, condemning what’s happening in Gaza/West Bank “Nobody will be able to say that we did not know. Let it not be said that we did not act.’ Meanwhile his Gov has refused visas to fully funded students from Gaza. Talking out of both sides of his mouth 721278
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Our minister for justice is a disgrace … seems cruelty is the point. 24114
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialSocial Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today, the deadline passed for visa application approvals for Palestinian students wishing to study here. The Minister for Justice must account for the inexplicably high refusal rate this year. Govt has slammed the door shut on these students' hopes and dreams. @patriciastephenson.bsky.socialsocialdemocrats.ieGovernment slams the door shut on Palestinian students’ hopes and dreams - Social DemocratsThe Minister for Justice must account for the inexplicable increase in visa refusals to Palestinian students after the deadline for application approvals passed this afternoon, according to Social Dem... 12417
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialJack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 17/09/2026This is absolutely insane. The speed with which everyone in politics and media in Europe has accepted that pervasive state oversight of the internet is not only acceptable but so clearly necessary it should be beyond debate makes my head spin 23317
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialbanbloodsports.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NPWS’s shameful recommendation to Minister: Grant hare coursing licences and DON’T sanction coursers who breached licence conditions www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... 034
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Just look at that angry face - he did not enjoy that meeting. Thank you President Connolly for telling him truths about his war and a genocide he’s enabled, to his orange face. At least we have one politician with a backbone #nowelcomefortrump 617133
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly! 1407233265291
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I guess we weren’t just imagining it being frosty so. 1334546
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Statement from President Connolly: We are in a world facing the existential threat posed by war and climate change, both of which are inextricably interlinked. I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted. 501272363
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialTaraNicRóibín @tararoonies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A big thanks to the people protesting THAT PIG in Doonbeg. As always Sarah Clancy able to get to the heart of the matter. Reminding us of the terrible attrocities prepatrated by the united states of terror on ordinary citizens. Both directly or indirectly. 418270
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialJen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The maximum personal rate for the State Pension (Contributory) in Ireland is €299.30 per week, while the maximum State Pension (Non-Contributory) rate is €288.00 per week. That's about €15,500 a year. 1174
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialJen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The waiting list for a fully funded home retrofit under Ireland's Warmer Homes Scheme is 24 months. A full deep retrofit can take up to 20 years before it pays itself back in costs lowered, depending on the improvements made. 3245
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialJen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here's some figures, apropos of nothing. Median cost to retrofit a mid-terrace is €55,250, rising to €60,805 for a semi D. Median salary in Ireland is €41,500. Senior minister salary is €217,136. 38148
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialTina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This Birch Shieldbug was on Devil's Bit Scabious, and its beauty took my breath away when I viewed it through the macro lens. Covered in misty dew, his shield shaped back appeared like he was covered in precious jewels. Magical encounter ♥️ @peatlandecr.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social 02710
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Jim O’Callaghan’s justice department granted residency to Israelis who served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Gaza genocide – while new statistics show Palestinian long-term visa refusals continuing to rise. www.ontheditch.com/government-g...ontheditch.comGovernment grants residency to IDF soldiersPalestinian visa refusals continue to rise. 74457
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialAnnie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026#TheDogsInTheStreet #Doonbeg #Trump #VertigoAngustior 123
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026the most toxic dynamic in Irish politics right now is the endless dick-measuring contest between Jim O’Callaghan, Matt Carthy, Ken O'Flynn and Peadar Tóibín to see who can be the most anti-immigrant. just four utter dickheads bidding up the rate of public bigotry to pave their way to power 37322
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialRay Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Orange Maniac is coming to Ireland. Join the Dublin protest on Saturday, 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance 177
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I specify far right because this has fuck all to do with migration, underlying pressures, or actually changing the dynamic within the state; he just wants people from foreign to have more obligations and less rights 1559
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Guys, we have to have a serious conversation about the Minister for Justice being captured by far-right ideas on migration Also on him just being a stupid arsehole who loves making people suffer for no reason 612437
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialWWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Quote Of The Day 213461
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026he's already a disastrous Minister for Justice, but in ways that seem to please the pundit class because he's "making all the right enemies", even as he scorns due process, undermines access to justice and threatens to collapse the entire legal system under the weight of his hubris and ambition 0101
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Jim O'Callaghan is what you get when you combine Micheál Martin's sneering contempt for other human beings with the bourgeois authoritarianism of Michael McDowell and the ruthless self-regard of Leo Varadkar. he would be a disastrous Taoiseach 1181
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialKatherine Nolan @dochara.com · 23/08/2026Some signatories from Irish universities on these pathetic open letters/petitions: Tim Crowley, School of Philosophy, UCD David Limond, Trinity Luca Riva, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer, UCD Eoin O'Malley, School of Law and Government, DCU Dr Brian O'Mahony, UCD 11110
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Latest update from the Irish Department of Justice. Out of 134 applications for visas from Palestinian students in 2026 - at least 97 have been refused. Last year, out of 144 applications received - 122 were accepted. 710168
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is a complete distraction. Ireland cannot build a nuclear power plant fast enough to matter. Making a decision to do so would excuse punting on all the wind and solar things it can and must do. This is a lobby project of the tech industry to have something to say when building data centres. 22270120
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialbanbloodsports.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“Animal welfare is at the heart of what people involved in coursing do. The welfare of hares is hugely important. The animal husbandry practised by people associated with coursing is of the highest standard" - Ridiculous nonsense from Niall Collins TD (Fianna Fail) facebook.com/reel/1690730... 001
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialSocial Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The Taoiseach knows that missing women and children who lived in Bessborough may well be buried there. Yet he maintains that he can't do anything to stop the site being turned into apartments. He's the head of govt: he holds the purse strings. It's time he stopped sitting on his hands, and acted. 35323
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialCarl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 11/07/2026"If all of these industries are so essential to the healthy functioning of the Irish economy, then why does the Irish economy feel so terrible for so many people? The whole trade-off of building your economy around such awful things is that at least the economy is supposed to be good." New column!thejournal.ieSurrealing in the Years: Government deserves little credit for passing the zombified Territories BillWe’re sacrificing everything at the altar of an economy that doesn’t even work. 49642
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I certainly think this will likely have unintended consequences for Sinn Féin. 4449
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.social𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 06/07/2026“We must take on bad vibes to appease 6 farmers in Donegal who vote Independent anyway“ Why. are they afraid they’ll set the dogs on the TDs or is it more a fear of appearing “woke” to the masses? 0303
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.social𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I know tons of people in “rural Ireland” and none of them know anything about Hare Coursing. I need to see the constituency data that keeps TDs fearing for their lives over it. 5487
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialThe Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Sinn Féin backs hare coursing — a controversial blood sport — despite widespread public support for a nationwide banthecanary.coSinn Féin confirm intention to back continuation of cruel, colonial hare coursingSinn Féin backs hare coursing — a controversial blood sport — despite widespread public support for a nationwide ban 51613
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A bit of good news. The Thiel fashrally in Nuremberg stadium … er… sorry, Ireland has been cancelled because of a young non-binary hacker in Switzerland. :-)thecanary.coPeople power works: evil Thiel's Ireland retreat cancelled after campaignActivists have forced the cancellation of a controversial Dialog conference — led by Palantir's Peter Thiel — at Ireland’s Powerscourt Hotel 28519
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“Attorney Nasser Odeh provided a most harrowing affidavit regarding his most recent visit with Dr. Husam Abu Safia. At the underground facility at Ramle Prison. According to him, Dr. Abu Safia was beaten to the brink of life-threatening danger…” @nirhasson.bsky.social x.com/nirhasson/st...x.comنير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון (@nirhasson) on Xעו"ד נאסר עודה בתצהיר קשה ביותר על הביקור האחרון שלו את ד"ר חוסאם אבו ספיה. במתקן התת קרקעי רקפת. לדבריו, ד"ר אבו ספייה הוכה עד כדי סכנת חיים, הכרתו מעורפלת והוא אחוז אימה מהאלימות של הסוהרים. לדברי ... 01512
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026"Sky News has verified the identities of everyone from the school who was killed. 120 students, 73 boys & 47 girls, aged from 6 to 13, & 26 teachers, who were killed in the strike". Tom Cheshire reports on the primary school bombed by the US. 120 children & 26 teachers, all murdered. 10294254
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I will buy a subscription to the first mainstream Irish publication that simply states the truth in the headline of a news report that "racist pogroms" took place in Belfast last night and doesn't weasel word it by calling it a "protest" and continues do so 6419118
Reposted by @clareruffalo.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Why hasn’t Somali referee Omar Artan, who was robbed of his well-earned World Cup participation and denied US entry despite having the proper documents and credentials, been invited to referee World Cup matches in Canada and Mexico? Seriously. 1830581
