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Fiona Murphy

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DCU MA Pol Comms Mum to the real boss and who’s creative side is inspired by her Dad/Mam - Comms Photography Art Writing seaswims GAA YNWA ☮️

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Ray Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 11h
Next week he will scatter coins to the peasant children as his coach travels through the town.
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 20h
In 2013, Micheál Martin said the Triple Lock was at the core of Irish neutrality. Now he says removing it is essential to our 'peacekeeping tradition'. He is twisting words to deceive the Irish people. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
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Taoiseach says abolishing 'Triple Lock' is essential to retain peacekeeping tradition
The Government is pressing ahead with controversial legislation that would drop the requirement to get UN Security Council approval before sending peacekeeping troops abroad
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21h
Again, this proposal- accurately denounced here as incompatible with the EU Chart of Fundemental Rights- is the product of our Government. One of our Ministers has proposed it. Amongst other changes, it proposes that the rights of AI companies to harvest data should stand above humans’ data rights.
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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From 1999 a postcard to be sent to the then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on behalf of the residents of Garvaghy Road calling on the Taoiseach to ensure that the parade from Drumcree Church was rerouted away from The Garvaghy Road.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 28/09/2026
The decision by the Parades Commission to allow a march down the Garvaghy Road was in stark contrast to the one it arrived at just three months ago, and to the ones it had made for the past 28 years. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Why the controversial Orange Order parade was approved
The Parades Commission's Drumcree decision shocked many. Its written ruling reveals how it was reached.
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Fiachna Ó Braonáin @fiachnaobraonain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Night swim by the light of the moon 💙💙
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Massively frustrating that despite being pro-Palestine generally as a nation with many working tirelessly to support and help those suffering, we, and by extension the people of Gaza, are consistently let down on a global stage by the people who are supposed to represent us
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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Did Israel have a shot on target tonight or is that only for when they're gleefully shooting Palestinian kids?
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Jennifer O'Meara @jenniferomeara5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a pity the public can't vote for Sportsperson of the Year. #Speirgorm
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘What the young Dubliner clearly understood is that the sorry state of the world will only change when comfortable people acknowledge the status quo, and the criminal harm it does to others. And reject it.’ Colin Sheridan, Irish Examimer Thank you #Gavinbazunu
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Sheila O’Flanagan @sheilawriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Libraries are a sanctuary where nobody tries to sell you anything, you're not followed by an algorithm and you can take home books for free!
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In 1985, poets Michael Hartnett, Hugh Maxton, and Seamus Heaney joined the strikers in solidarity and in protest against the hanging of South African poet Benjamin Moloise.
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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To anyone that says "oh you can't blame the players..." listen to how they treated Gavin Bazunu. Chap's a hero. #speirgorm #StopTheGame
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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is why it's not 'just football.' 'Politics has no place in sport' is a really convenient line if you're actively engaging in genocide and would rather the world didn't discuss it. Israel are well aware of the power of sportswashing. They're usually just too shit to take advantage of it.
The leadership of the Israel team used their press conference to read a statement congratulating Ireland on their decision to play. “What we have seen today is that football has won,” it read. “The separation between football and politics must continue. Anything else spells chaos and creates consequences for the game we love. The Irish took the right decision in agreeing to this. Even if it took longer than it should, it was welcome.”
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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nobody gives a shit if we win or lose tonight. By playing the game Israel wins.. there's still a massive opportunity to do what's right #StopTheGame
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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fergal Keane: Gavin Bazunu’s lone act of resistance will be remembered in the broken alleys of Gaza www.independent.ie/comment/ferg...
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Fergal Keane: Gavin Bazunu’s lone act of resistance will be remembered in the broken alleys of Gaza
You can be familiar with what war does — to people, to buildings — and believe you have seen the worst. Then one day you are on a helicopter with the Jordanian military and you land inside the Gaza St...
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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Given all the talk of agents being involved. Interesting that Gavin Bazunus agent (Graham Barrett) is Irish based. #StopTheGame
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If Israel is commending you your definitely doing something wrong #stopthegame #fai #coybig #speirgorm www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer... www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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Ireland v Israel build-up live: Israel commends FAI for playing game saying ‘football has won’
Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu told the Irish team that he does not want to play fixture, with others believed to share his position
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The 42 @the42.ie · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu was not one of 30 Ireland players contacted by FAI about thoughts on playing Israel. Process of how association reached this point thrown into disarray after Ireland goalkeeper took stance not to be involved in Sunday’s fixture. www.the42.ie/bazunu-irela...
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Gavin Bazunu was not one of 30 Ireland players contacted by FAI about thoughts on playing Israel
Process of how association reached this point thrown into disarray after Ireland goalkeeper took stance not to be involved in Sunday’s fixture.
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An absolute role model for the next generation who witnessed the shitshow that unfolded today. A rarity in today’s world. Thank you 🙏 #respect #courage #Ireland #fai #stopthegame #speirgorm
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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tony O'Donoghue RTE: "...if they stay to their stated ambition that they have to be all in it together, if one or more want to be out, maybe they will all be out." #stopTheGamr #speirGorm
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Joanne Dalton @jdalton79.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fair play Gavin for stopping the game. Come on now everyone , do the right thing lads ! 💚🙏 🇵🇸 #stopthegame
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There is still time #stopthegame
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The FAI are just appalling they are making a meal put of this - press conference is full of contradictions what is the point #stoptgegame #coybig #speirgorm Thank you Bazunu
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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Inishturk is ridiculously beautiful. Having a little break from the hike and enjoying the view of Clare Island. Very windy so I'm getting a year's worth of good sea air in the lungs ready for a winter in landlocked Tipperary
A view of a small lake on Inishturk looking towards a glass square structure that is an artwork known as Tale of the Tongs, Clare Island looms in the background with the Atlantic inbetween
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If the Irish team or indeed any players really do refuse to play this match they would be heroes on an international scale
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The long game.
Tony O'Donoghue speaking to Brendan O'Connor on RTÉ Radio 1: "From other sources I was hearing it could be four or five players that have now decided they don't want to be involved either. And if they stay to their stated ambition that they have to be all in it together, if one or more want to be out, maybe they will all be out."
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Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It shouldn't have been left to the players to stand up for humanity. But they now have a chance to become hero's not just here in Ireland but all over the world. Come on boys in green #DontPlay & #StopTheGame #Speirghorm
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good Question.......?
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Money from foreign students (who pay multiples of the domestic and EU fees) is a critical source keeping Irish colleges afloat. The Minister for Higher Education’s complaint is another thinly veiled effort to address the synthetic bot army of X, and their demands to see fewer brown or black people
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. Remember this.
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Natalie O'Regan @natalieoregan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Caused his partner to suffer stab wounds " Caused!!! Fucking CAUSED!! It's 2026 #SpeirGorm #Ireland
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No excuse #stopthegame #coybig #speirgorm #fai
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Jon Marcus @jmcrapola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Moon over the Pacific.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
This is welcome, but it simply isn’t true that “There are legal complications which appear to inhibit the appointment of a mediator”. Jim is using the pending High Court judgment as an excuse not to engage in mediation because he doesn’t want to. #speirghorm www.independent.ie/comment/edit...
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The Irish Independent’s View: It is time for a compromise deal in lawyers’ row
The sunny days and holidays masked a serious unfolding crisis in our court system. Now that everyone is back to work, and a new legal year begins in 12 days, the full extent of the breakdown is starkl...
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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#JeSuisKaitlan
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don’t think that this should just be shrugged off. One of our Ministers (Enterprise or Justice, probably) has presented this plan. It isn’t an anonymous creature called the Irish Presidency. That is our Government.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I can't wrap my head around the fact that, only four days from now, Ireland is actually going to legitimise the ethno-supremacist state of Israel on the international stage while it's actively engaged in genocide and ethnic cleansing. www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...
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Israel FA hits out at Hallgrimsson's genocide comments
The Israel FA has hit out at Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson, insisting his recent comments embody "stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy".
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m today’s post have I missed something #speirgorm #Ireland
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 22/09/2026
The housing crisis is creating a "cascading, devastating impact" on one-parent families according to a new report from One Family, an organisation which advocates for one-parent families
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Housing crisis 'devastating' for one-parent families
The housing crisis is creating a "cascading, devastating impact" on one-parent families, according to a new report from One Family.
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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ok Bluesky it's rare I ask for help. But this time I need huge help from the #osint community and #speirgorm #speirghorm, and everyone who follows me. I have a goal to raise up to €100,000 for a long time friend and colleague who is going to leave us.
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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Huh. Israel aren’t playing nice. Who would’ve seen it coming?
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 21/09/2026
Over 160 Irish sportspeople have signed an open letter to the Irish senior men's national football team, urging them to "act collectively with conscience" and refuse to participate in their upcoming games against Israel
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Sportspeople ask ROI players to boycott Israel fixtures
Over 160 Irish sportspeople have signed an open letter to the Irish senior men's national football team, urging them to "act collectively with conscience" and refuse to participate in their upcoming g...
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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
deregulation of housing standards & environmental protections aren’t free, we all bear the costs www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Orla Hegarty: Garden cabins, rural sprawl and tiny apartments: housing has become a numbers game
The push is for more supply, any supply - but at what cost?
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for genocidal murderers. my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Petition to #stopthegame
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g...
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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If the Dunnes Stores strikers can do it & they had way more to lose - then the footballers can do it c’mon #stopthegame #speirgorm #coybig
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"No government will ever care about you except for your ability to do work. Talk to your neighbours, care for each other" Spotted in Somerset, UK
"No government will ever care about you except for your ability to do work.
Talk to your neighbours, care for each other"
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hell of a piece by @jonathanliew.bsky.social here. Grateful my solo car crash yrs ago got me sober & equally grateful I didn’t enter the public eye until I was years sober, married & a dad. Don’t envy Sterling or any young footballer right now. Wish him well. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Raheem Sterling’s bleak tale a reminder of absurd path young footballers face | Jonathan Liew
The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned
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