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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/08/2026
Perfect. No notes bsky.app/profile/rodg...
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Rosemary Mac Cabe @rosemarymaccabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I’ve had one of the most stressful weeks of my professional life thanks to an influx of non-stop hatred, vitriol and attempts to hack all of my accounts… because I wrote about Glen Hansard’s habit of preying on teenage girls.
rosemarymaccabe.substack.com
Glen Hansard Is No Irish Hero
…no matter how great a musician you thought he was
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 27/07/2026
"What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority" great piece from Allison Morris in the Belfast Telegraph. Please support Allison as she will no doubt be targeted now. Archive link below. archive.ph/oQ2Cs
What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority
Belfast Telegraph27 Jul 2026ALLISON MORRIS
I’ve thought long and hard about commenting on the controversy over the cancellation of the Women’s Rights Network (WRN) event at Féile an Phobail — not because I don’t have an opinion, but because it is a debate that attracts the most toxic elements.

WRN NI was not a group I was familiar with beforehand, so I did some research.

No speakers were listed in the Féile programme for the planned event, which in itself is odd as there are for almost every other of the 90-plus debates and discussions.

The group has since announced who its speakers were to be in a series of online posts.

My research took me down quite the rabbit hole — a who’s who of the anti-trans movement not just on this island but Europe-wide.

I don’t pretend to understand their motivation.

In fact, I remain baffled as to why in one of the most dangerous places for women to live in Europe, the group — which has spoken out about femicide before — is obsessing about a small minority instead of the actual dangers we face from domestic violence and femicide.

I have worked for decades covering violence against women and girls in all the distressing forms that takes.

I know the names of every woman and child murdered in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years without even having to look them up.

Not a single one was caused by a trans woman — I checked the list twice just to be sure.

None of them were murdered in a public toilet either, which having looked at the online posts of WRN and their many affiliates, is apparently the most dangerous place on earth for women, with trans predators lurking in every cubicle.

Apart from the absurdity of much of the group’s argument regarding the perceived dangers of trans women, the claim that women are being silenced by Féile is the most disingenuous of them all.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/07/2026
British followers! BBC Two, right now. The aristocrats of Gaelic football, Kerry seeking their 40th title, versus the eternal nearly men of Mayo who are 0-for-14 since their last win 75 years ago (when, like today, they wore white). Ireland’s most compelling sporting storyline. Get on it.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Please sign this petition and add your name to the demand that this government backs the call for peace not war with Iran: Triple Lock our Future. my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie
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Triple Lock our Future
Please sign this petition and add your name to the demand that this government backs the call for peace not war with Iran: Triple Lock our Future.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Scary Dan🎃👻💀🪣 BASTARD FOREVER🖤🔪 @nemox2001.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Now some of y'all might still be wondering where she's got the funds from to do so. It might be the reason we don't touch the wizard stuff, even if it's free
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@damienmulley.bsky.social post today is 🎉
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
c.org/sZQ64Xg5Mf #Speirgorm #Speirghorm please sign
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Sign the Petition
Save Bessboro - the former Mother & Baby ‘home’/Institution in Cork from being developed.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Excellent thread about the "right"ening of SF
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Signed #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm
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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Poster for the COB-MS CLinical Trial with diverse group of people sitting, smiling and talking together. 

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MS Ireland, Health Research Board, University of Galway, and the Pride Progress Flag.
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Sclerosis
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
notinourname.org.uk
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Bravo #DiamondLeague #MarkEnglish #800m #Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In a county that voted for Repeal in 2018, against all expectations, the current sitting TDs decided they know better than the electorate with 2 TDs voting Níl and 1 abstaining. How can they justify this? #Repeal #Roscommon #FreeSafeLegalLocal #Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Shameful and lacking compassion. Unfortunately not surprising though #Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
TDs need to vote with their constituents in this matter. We did not vote for 3 day waiting periods, for heartbroken parents to leave the country to access healthcare elsewhere. We voted for Repeal for everyone that needed access to abortion healthcare. #FreeSafeLegalLocal #Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
##FreeSafeLegalLocal for every person that needs it
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with... excellent read from Sarah Clancy
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Orla @somebogwitch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
"A small number of far-right actors are disproportionately influencing public debate, shaping conversations, and exerting political pressure, a report has suggested." Almost like capitulating to far right fear mongering wasn't a sensible political position huh
irishexaminer.com
Most Irish people reject far right despite strong social media presence – report
Network of 89 public pages and profiles on Facebook publishing racist and far-right talking points with a follower count of over 2.2m
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
These numbers should be amplified everywhere there is a flat surface. The 3,000 person sample size was statistically significant. The direction of travel is positive but runs directly contrary to the perception born in the echo-chamber of Twitter-brained media and politics. (H&CC is a client)
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Year-on-year datasets tracking changes in public sentiment in Ireland between 2024 and 2025 show
that 66% agree that immigrants contribute positively to Irish culture and community, which is up 2% up from 64% in 2024.
79% believe working-class people are struggling due to systemic inequality which is also up 2% from 77% in 2024.
Those who believe wealthy people are successful because they were given more opportunities than others has risen from 63% in 2024 to 69% in 2025.
The number of people who support the freedom of transgender people to live their lives is up 5% up from 70% in 2024.
80% agree that Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities face greater barriers to success than white people, up 5% up from 75% in 2024.Research Framework
Ireland in Focus draws on multiple sources of data to provide a clearer understanding of how hate, disinformation and far-right mobilisation are evolving across Ireland in
2025. This includes H&CC's analysis of far-right developments in political organising, informal networks and far-right agitators, giving insights into how narratives, mobilisation and organising strategies are emerging and shifting.
company Dynata. The data was independently weighted by Ireland Thinks using demographic and methodological controls such as age, gender, ethnicity and voting behaviour at time of poll fielding to ensure representativeness and statistical robustness. The consistent methodology across both waves allows for reliable year-on-year comparison of sentiment and social trends and the large sample size gives high levels of statistical significance.
Ireland in Focus also draws data from 89 communities' crisis responses (49 in 2024 and 40 in 2025) supported by H&CC to capture how local communities responded in real time to moments of tension, protest and disinformation.
Ireland in Focus, assesses public attitudes through two large, nationally representative, anonymous surveys conducted in 2024 and 2025, each with approximately 3,000 respondents via independent polling
The consistency in design across both years provides a robust basis for tracking how attitudes are shifting - making this one of the first datasets of its kind in Ireland to capture changes in public sentiment over time. Finally to understand how narratives were spreading and evolving in the public sphere, narrative benchmarking was analysed using a commercial social media research tool.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 ##Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Holy moly
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
#SpeirGorm ##SpeirGhorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/ro... @uplift.ie
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Roscommon County Council - Defend the Triple Lock, Save Irelands Neutrality
The Triple Lock is core to Ireland's Neutrality. It prevents us being dragged into foreign wars by our government or, more accurately, by pressure on the government from the US, the UK and the EU. W...
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Oh happy days. A bright spot #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm #DonalRyan #Netgalley
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
While many are protesting fuel costs, far-right actors and international figures are using the movement to push anti-immigrant narratives. www.thejournal.ie/ireland-fuel...
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How Ireland's far-right movement got involved in the fuel protests and tried to hijack them
While many are protesting fuel costs, far-right actors and international figures are using the movement to push anti-immigrant narratives.
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DJ Uncle Fishbits @unclefishbits.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Stephen Roberts: “I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.”
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a man with a mustache and a red suit is saying `` great odin 's raven '' .
ALT: a man with a mustache and a red suit is saying `` great odin 's raven '' .
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In praise of Jeremy Bowen open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...
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In praise of Jeremy Bowen
His Today programme monologue on Trump, war in Iran, and the history of the Middle East was exactly how the BBC should be reporting on the world.
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Edna Dowling @libertiesbelle.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#SpéirGorm www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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People are selling your home address online. This privacy tool will help
There's a free automated tool that removes information about you from Google search results. For some reason, most people don't use it.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Please sign this petition and add your name to the demand that this government backs the call for peace not war with Iran: Triple Lock our Future. my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie
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No War with Iran: Triple Lock our Future
Please sign this petition and add your name to the demand that this government backs the call for peace not war with Iran: Triple Lock our Future.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Hilary Cass faces formal complaint over “misleading” BBC interview on trans healthcare gcn.ie/hilary-cass-... #AboutTime #TransWomenAreWomen #TransMenAreMen
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Hilary Cass faces formal complaint over “misleading” BBC interview on trans healthcare
Cass appeared on a BBC show to speak about trans healthcare, with her claims being condemned as “misleading” and based on “falsehoods”.
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
“In fairness, we also seem to believe that over one-in-three Irish people are accessing social housing compared to the real figure of 9.2%, which begs the question: how much social housing do these people think that Ireland has?” Here is this week’s column.
jrnl.ie
Surrealing in the Years: We've found out we know nothing about a lot of Very Important Things
Maybe it’s a bad thing that we’re completely clueless.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Emailed my MEPs to ask them to stop using X, do not expect them to but at least they can't say they weren't asked. #Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Emailed my TDs to request they stop using the hell site. I expect none of them to stop but at least they can't say no one asked them ##Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The best time to delete your Twitter account was years ago. The second best time is right now. You either want to be part of an ecosystem that enriches a fascist billionaire via deepfake porn, unabashed racism, and now CSAM, or you don’t. I need to be there for work is no excuse in my opinion.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The sorest, most wince-making thread ever. Winciest? Most wincey?
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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
For any MSer/person with #MultipleSclerosis on #spéirghorm, check out the #Dublin MS Meetup. We meet every month, mostly online with F2F every few months. Talking with others who KNOW what you’re dealing with makes all the difference 🙏🏾 www.meetup.com/dublin-multi... #Community #BrainHealth #MS
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Dublin MS Meetup Online Saturday 10th January 2026 12:00-13:30, Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 12:00 PM | Meetup
Find Meetup events so you can do more of what matters to you. Or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I thought you might like this: Large Irish Folklore Collection National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project 765,821 manuscript pages, 13,899 photographs and 329 hours of audio are available here www.duchas.ie/en
duchas.ie
dúchas.ie
A project to digitize the Irish National Folklore Collection, one of the largest folklore collections in the world
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Alright that's it! I'm doing it! I'm doing the James Connolly totes! Gets yours here: selkiesstudio.com/shop/connolly-tote
A black tote bag with a portrait and quote of James Conolly printed on it
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Would love to mobilise a load of women to comment "who??? How is this news??" under posts about footballers or whatever aul lads care about as revenge, but the reality is that women typically have better things to be doing
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions. It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Team "parer" all the way, none of this topper nonsense #Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
www.nme.com/news/music/t...
nme.com
Tributes paid after death of Stone Roses icon Mani, age 63: "Going to miss you so much"
Loving tributes have been paid after it was announced that legendary bassist Mani – of Stone Roses and formerly Primal Scream – has died, age 63.
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The cutest delivery from Jane in The Button Studio. Buy Irish this Christmas #BuyIrish #SupportLocalArtists #SupportLocalBusiness #Speirgorm #Speirghorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Oh sweet baby Jesus, the actual noise I made when I opened this email! @liznugent.bsky.social thank you, thank you, thank you! #Speirgorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The resurrection we needed #SpeirGorm
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A thread, read it. Happy birthday @darach.bsky.social
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Georgina Barrow @georginabarrow.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If anyone needs to complain about a certain councillor's Instagram story, not sharing it here, but it's easy found! Here's a link for an official complaint
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