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Lisa Fenwick

@lisafenwick.bsky.social
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Blew into Galway in 1999; an honorary Galway girl. Love literary fiction, Susie Dent and Philomena Cunk. Community development worker with a passion for human rights, equality and inclusion.

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Self-Directed Support (SDS) Network NI @sdsnetworkni.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#SelfDirectedSupport gives people choice & control over their support. It can mean choosing who helps, how support is used, & building a life around relationships, community & what matters most. Join #SDSNetworkNI to find out more! selfdirectedsupport.org/hubs/norther... #SDS #DisabilityRights
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SDS Network
Leading the global development of self-directed support
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Lisa Fenwick @lisafenwick.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Send in your innovative practices on inclusive housing design, independent living supports or policies to our EU IN-HABIT partner, Eurhonet.
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Lisa Fenwick @lisafenwick.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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Catherine Connolly for President (with ISL)
YouTube video by Catherine Connolly TD
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"People are starting to put the pieces together, and ironically the most divisive forces in this country are actually starting to bring more of us together." AOC
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
www.truthdig.com/articles/how...
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How MAGA Scrambled Disability Politics - Truthdig
The right's crusade against DEI and trans people is threatening disabled Americans — and straining the coalition behind the Americans with Disability Act.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
34,000 people showed up for the Fight Oligarchy rally today in Denver.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 21/03/2025
Wilson’s Hospital among 44 schools and centres recognised by LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group Belong To
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‘Delighted’: School that dismissed Enoch Burke wins inclusivity award
Wilson’s Hospital among 44 schools and centres recognised by LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group Belong To
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 20/03/2025
Ireland is one of few European countries to take action against Israel but more is needed, Francesca Albanese says
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Ireland could financially punish Israel without Occupied Territories Bill, says UN special rapporteur
Ireland is one of few European countries to take action against Israel but more is needed, Francesca Albanese says
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
'...we are actively colluding with genocide, we are actively colluding with the slaughter of innocent people.' Catherine's full question on the Tánaiste in relation to Palestine /Ceist iomlán Catherine ar an Tanáiste maidir leis an bPalaistín: youtu.be/i2ClSvjHts0
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Galway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
In Old Galway this week, Tom Kenny looks back on the life of renowned Galway resident Clare Sheridan
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Clare Sheridan
“She was beautiful, fearsome, an English aristocrat, a communist spy, a loose woman, a middling novelist, a doting mother, an impossible parent, a successful sculptress, a respected journalist.” This…
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Today is International Day for elimination of Racism
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The route for our National March for Palestine tomorrow. Join us, let's have a huge show of solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers and let our government know they must sanction apartheid Israel. All out for Palestine! #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Join us Saturday, all out for Palestine! Bring your rage to the government's doorstep - no more pathetic excuses, no more hiding, no more words: we want sanctions on Israel now! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow 🇵🇸
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Once-off, temporary and short term measures are insufficient to address poverty. We have the resources to progressively reduce and ultimately eliminate poverty. Is there the political will?
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Galway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Supermac’s will be taking over Times Square and putting images of Galway supporters on the famous billboard screens throughout the weekend of the New York vs Galway football match
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Galway supporters to have their photos on display in Times Square
Supermac’s will be doing a takeover of Times Square and putting images of Galway supporters on the famous billboard screens throughout the weekend of the New York vs Galway football match.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 21/03/2025
A ‘middle-aged rave’ that ends before midnight? I’ll get my dancing shoes
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A ‘middle-aged rave’ that ends before midnight? I’ll get my dancing shoes
Events are springing up for those who want an old-school club experience without the attendant exhaustion the next morning
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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'We need more help' - young carers ask for more support
Young carers who are looking after family members have told politicians they need more help from the State in order to continue providing voluntary support.
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Rising cost of living pushes more Irish households into poverty, CSO figures reveal
CSO report reveals Ireland’s poverty rate rose to 11.7% in 2024, with unemployed and renters most at risk
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A reminder for these times.
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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
240,000 Ukrainians face deportation from US as Trump administration to revoke legal status And 70,000 Afghans, and more than 500,000 others from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti all of whom entered the US legally. This is profoundly wrong. www.independent.ie/world-news/2...
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240,000 Ukrainians face deportation from US as Trump administration to revoke legal status
US President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familia...
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Galway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Ireland, an island nation, oversees a vast marine territory—seven times the size of its land area—making the role of the Marine Institute all the more significant. And it is about to become even more central www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
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Marine Institute — helping us make the best decisions about our valued seas
As you read this article now and tonight as you sleep, out at sea lies much of the hardware that informs the learning of the Marine Institute. Out there, where nobody goes but the brave and the birds,...
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Jeremy Corbyn calls it out.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Dr.DreadPirate @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My wife shared this today. She is the best. #poetry
Don't Hesitate, by Mary Oliver.

If You suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. It. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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'War-Crime Starvation Strategy': Israel Blocks All Humanitarian Aid into Gaza | Common Dreams
“There will be famine and chaos”
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Galway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The first Irish study of disabled political candidates has identified financial costs and difficulty canvassing as among the many systemic barriers facing disabled candidates who wish to participate in political life in Ireland
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Irish study identifies financial and canvassing barriers for disabled political candidates
The first Irish study of disabled political candidates has identified financial costs and difficulty canvassing as among the many systemic barriers facing disabled candidates who wish to participate…
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Larry Hamilton @ichiloe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I turned away from drinking in the firehose of bad news last night to take my telescope out to a dark clearing in the forest. It was a bit cold, 4 degrees F, but stars shined bright overhead.🔭🧪
A roughly rose-shaped and rose-colored nebula with an open cluster of bright young stars in its central dark space. This is the Rosette nebula, Caldwell 49, in the Monoceros constellation.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"Children’s Books Ireland are currently looking for two young readers to help select the next KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist, longlist and winners 2026." childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...
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We're looking for Young Judges for the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards! | Childrens Books Ireland
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Citizen Network @citizennetwork.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Join us ⏰ Wednesday 19 March 🌐 Global meet up of the Self-Directed Support Network hosted by @keyringliving.bsky.social we'll be looking at how we measure outcomes for people in receipt of direct support 👉 Reserve a spot: actionnetwork.org/events/self-... #SelfDirectedSupport #Inclusion #SocialCare
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Self-Directed Support Global Network Meet Up
Join the latest in an ongoing series of meet ups focused on embedding and establishing self-directed support. In this meeting we will be looking at how we measure outcomes for people in receipt of di...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 28/02/2025
Zelenskyy is a warrior for democracy. Putin is a war criminal. Full stop.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The courage of President Zelenskyy…
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Zelenskyy should rip up the mineral deal and pee on it.
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bonsai54.bsky.social @bonsai54.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The entire world just witnessed the shameful ambush of Zelensky, a heroic man trying to save his country, by the orange Mussolini and his VP. Kudos to Zelensky for walking away and not succumbing to the shakedown for Ukraine's critical minerals.
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Polly_Titian @pollytitian.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I doubt Eisenhower asked Churchill the same question. He was intelligent enough to understand Churchill wasn’t being disrespectful, but was just making a simple show of solidarity with workers & soldiers.
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Paul Woodcraft @paulwoodcraft.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Churchill wore a Siren Suit to the White House in WW2 people.com/politics/vol...
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Military Attire at the White House Draws Comparisons to Winston Churchill
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being hailed for his live address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday – a moment that's drawing comparisons to Winston Churchill for, among other things, what ...
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Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.” www.politico.eu/article/volo...
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‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support, as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump and Vance are part of the tiny percentage of Americans who sympathize more with Russia (4%) than Ukraine (62%) and who view Putin more favorably (75% unfavorable) than Zelensky (28% unfavorable) today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
www.politicususa.com/p/zelenskyy-...
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Zelenskyy Broke Donald Trump
Zelenskyy refused to bend the knee to Trump, so the rare minerals deal between the US and Ukraine imploded and now the White House is spinning.
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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Jesper H 🇩🇰 @hjelms.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Zelenskyy refused to bend the knee to Trump, so the rare minerals deal between the US and Ukraine imploded and now the White House is spinning.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Unlike oligarchs, corporate media and so many others, Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to bend the knee to Trump.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 28/02/2025
‘Why must we fight for our children’s basic rights?' – Parents sleep out over lack of school places for pupils with special needs
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‘Why must we fight for our children’s basic rights?' – Parents sleep out over lack of school places for pupils with special needs
McEntee says department doing ‘everything possible’ to help
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