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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In my annual blog post for @afghnetwork.bsky.social I explore what the reform of the Global Health Architecture means for eye health.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Beoga records, merch and tickets: www.beogamusic.com/store Aaron Rowe records, merch and tickets: www.aaron-rowe.com#merch

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Looking forward to running with/ bringing up the rear with @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social in the #GreatLimerickRun on Sunday

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hell yes, Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals just secured a majority government in Canada, coming just a day after Dictator Orbán lost his tyrannical seat of power in Hungary. Much more global pro-democracy wins please. America needs to be next. 💙👊

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 08/04/2026

America’s intervention in Iran, Feb-April 2026

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Has anyone managed to find an eighth cousin of @mayor.nyc.gov in Ireland yet?

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Limerick people who work remotely, where do you work from? Is there a co-working space where people go? I often hole up on a corner stool in Canteen but feel guilty staying more than 2 hours.

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Daragh @shutupdaragh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I've been thinking about how Britain's legacy in Ireland is a civic tradition of state cruelty and Jim O'Callaghan is that tradition writ large. #speirgorm

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

How many inhumane anti-immigrant policies does it take to change a lightbulb? Change? Change! Don’t be stupid, the idea is to keep people in the dark about the real causes of inequality and the housing crisis.

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Correct. So what is he waiting for? Could someone please remind this man that he is, in fact, the Minister?

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

On Simon Harris and the immigration debate.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I dislike cold, grey weather but 15 degrees at 8am in November is worrying.

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Timmy Dooley is a landlord and has declared income from properties in Rathfarnham and Ringsend. The cheapest one bed listed in daft in these places is 1600 a month. He also owns land in Co. Clare. www.thejournal.ie/who-are-land...

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Who are the 32 politicians in the Dáil who declared themselves as landlords last year?

The register of interest for the new Dáil was published this week.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.

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a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "

ALT: a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords. This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.

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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 01/11/2025

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I have already ended up in a argument today with someone saying I shouldn't assume it was a far-right fire attack on an IPAS centre (following a number of far-right fire attacks on IPAS centres) because it was probably "kids messing with fireworks" so this is worth hammering home I think

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

My first thought when I saw the horrific news from Louth is that our Tánaiste and Taoiseach are directly responsible for inciting this hatred and legitimising hate

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I am going to lose my fucking mind! One more time: THE REASON THERE WERE A LOT OF SPOILED VOTES IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONCERTED ORGANISED CAMPAIGN BY BAD ACTORS TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO… (YOU GUESSED IT!) SPOIL THEIR FUCKING VOTES It wasn’t organic! Now shut up and stop being enragingly thick

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Probably not great for FF/FG to project the impression that they’ll give up on the ol’ norms once they stop working in their favour.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

If I never hear the phrase rural pursuits again it will be too soon. #Aras25

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"I won't insult our allies like the EU/UK/US... Connolly will damage our relations with them" line that FG and FF have used in the campaign would carry more weight if we didn't have Michael D Higgins making similar critiques as the President for the last 14 years. #Aras25

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Jennifer O'Meara @jenniferomeara5.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Noticing lots of people saying that they don't agree with Catherine Connolly on everything. Neither do I. I've yet to find a politician that I fully agree with. I've never found ANYONE I fully agree with, or who fully agrees with me. Have you? #SpeirGorm #Áras25

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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

As a colleague noted, they have only been calling for civil unrest in response to one of these reports, the one reportedly involving an immigrant. 2/

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan has given a staunch defence of the cab-rank rule in the last few minutes, telling reporters it's an "obligation" and "absolutely essential". "I don't think it's correct or fair to criticise lawyers because of the actions of others". @virginmedianews.bsky.social

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

RTE finally had a barrister on this morning who confirmed that barristers are 1) required to take clients in their area of expertise and 2) have a duty of confidentiality and shouldn't talk about their own cases. FG is undermining the rule of law with their attacks. #Aras25 #SpeirGorm

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

No matter who you’re voting for in #Aras25, sensationalised attack ads are just grim, especially at a time when politicians repeatedly (and rightly) call for reducing toxicity in discourse and an end to personalised attacks. Nobody wants this stuff. It sours an electorate that desires civility.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Catherine Connolly can criticise the EU & still become president - nuanced take by Justine McCarthy. We already have a very popular President who keeps his ‘beady eye’ on the EU and has been unafraid to critique it-having another is no change in this case #aras25 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Justine McCarthy: Catherine Connolly can criticise the EU and still become president

With a new generation of voters coming of age, neutrality could be a decisive factor

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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

📢 ICYMI: Most eye conditions are NCDs — but eye care is still missing from the global health agenda. @filawless.bsky.social of Sightsavers makes the case for integrating eye health into #UHC and #NCD action. 👁️ 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/mu9p5j3n

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Eye Health, the forgotten NCD? | Action for Global Health

Vision loss affects 1.1 billion people—yet eye care is missing from global NCD plans. It’s time to act and prioritise eye health for all.

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Brian Leddin seems to think it's impossible to fulfill the duties of a President while disagreeing with FF/FG, but Michael D has managed it just fine for the past 14 years.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This, so much this. We deserve a better "debate", stop dragging up the same questions, the same speculations.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This "debate" is without a doubt the most frustrating I've listened to.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

My, now annual, blog for @afghnetwork.bsky.social discusses eye health as the forgotten NCD and how we need actions to address the over 1 Billion people who have a treatable/preventable vision impairment.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Because I am old and 10pm is far too late for me to be watching a #PresidentialDebate, I am now watching it on my lunch. I'm 15mins in, please tell me Jim Gavin gets less infuriating.

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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 25/08/2025

The headline is purely inaccurate and so so dangerous. Those without status don't and have never qualified for HAP. Being assessed as unable to meet habitual residency condition (seemingly the core issue here) is not the same as being undocumented, or as the Mirror calls it, "illegal"

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Irish bluesky, who uses the phrase "plug it out" to unplug an electrical device? Is this a uniquely Irish phrase? Or is it even more niche and confined to the west coast?

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Day 2 of #2030InSight live is kicking off. Today I'll be talking about the upcoming Global Eye Health Summit including about the work of the Policy and Legacy committee in the main auditorium. For those of you not in Nepal, you can tune in online lnkd.in/d4iBkQaY

A room of people looking at a stage with a man speaking on it. Behind him is a blue screen with the words 2030 In Sight Live Nepal on it

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

At #InsightLive in Kathmandu? I will be speaking at two sessions today. - 11:15 I will be speaking at "Eye Health in the Development Frame: Key Intersections to consider" in the Kathmandu room. - 15:15 I will be doing at 90 seconds pitch at the Roundtable on Refractive Error in the Action Cafe.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Today sees the inaugural meeting of the IAPB Disability Inclusion Member Group along with all other MEGs before the full conference kicks off tomorrow. I'll be speaking about eye health in the development sphere, policy change for addressing refractive error & the global eye health summit.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

What a fucking tool. Every racist “Ireland is full” bollix talking point trotted out while presuming to speak for Irish people. This prick speaks for nobody but himself - and he can barely do that

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Lest anyone be confused, the person found guilt of sexual assault, allegedly speaking on behalf of the Irish people in the White House today, does not and will never represent me or most of the people I know.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

How on earth do you explain smaller city/town St Patrick's Day parades? Why yes, that is a man dressed as Elvis riding on the front of a vintage Massey Ferguson.

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Me watching the White House press conference

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Fiona Lawless @filawless.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Honored to co-author a @cehjournal.bsky.social article for #IWD2025 on practical steps to improve women and girls access to eye care. Drawing from experience in three countries the steps can be translated to any health sector setting where inequity in access exists. cehjournal.org/articles/854

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Improving access to eye care for women and girls: practical steps | Community Eye Health Journal

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Honestly with the state of the world, anyone or any council who would nominate this idiot would want to take a long hard look at themselves - we don’t have time these days to indulge these ignorant, inconsequential bros!. #speirgorm

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