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Dr. Orla M

@orlanimh.bsky.social
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Living with complex regional pain syndrome and an unhealthy obsession with shoes and handbags! Post-doctoral researcher in inclusive higher education.

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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When looking for a pain specialist, look for one who works within a multidisciplinary team. These will have the best scope of procedures while also having physios, psychologists and occupational therapists who also specialise in chronic not acute pain!
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Went to see Gearóid Farrelly in Westport on Friday! What a joy! Fantastic!!! #speirgorm
Me, Gearoid Farrelly and my sister in law at his show in Westport
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Pascal Derrien @pasca68.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Mental Health Ireland @mentalhealthirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Menopause can bring changes that affect both physical and mental wellbeing. Our Menopause and Mental Health booklet offers information and practical guidance to help you better understand the connection between menopause and mental health. bit.ly/menopbooklet #Menopause #MentalHealthIreland
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Presenting at #BERA2026 was fun! Now the work begins to get my chronic pain and exhaustion back to manageable! Thought my case was check-in, it wasn't 👀 So many steps in airports where you have to lift your case up and down! Noted for next time, case must be a check-in! :) #speirgorm #chronicpain
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Repping for #MaynoothUniversity yesterday at the #BERA2026 conference in Manchester. What a fabulous few days of research, presenting and networking! #Speirgorm #Research #STEMPassportForInclusion
4 leather chairs in front of a BERA sign at a conference. I am sitting in one of the chairs.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Last week Sweden, this week Manchester... this week is the BERA conference! #BERA2026
The aisle of an aeroplane
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I always carry a mask for emergencies! Guy beside me on the plane home with a runny nose!
Woman wearing a white face ask and yellow headphones
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What lovely last night in #Gothenburg ♡
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Eh... what is this magic?! #sweden
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Bed time! Up at 2am to get on the road for Dublin Airport! Sweden here I come!
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So.... I booked the wrong 2nd leg of flights to Sweden 🤣 I booked flying at 2pm from London instead of landing at 2pm in Gothenburg 👀 Glad I found out now instead of at the airport, meant to others could change the rental car size! #speirgorm #Sweden #mistakes
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Evening walks on campus
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Back on campus 🥰 #MaynoothUniversity
Huge green tree with overhanging branches
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Happy Sunday! My wrist/hand is so much better! Travelling to Maynooth this evening to give myself 2 days between drives instead of one.
A big old but sturdy tree in a green area. Smaller trees in the background.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Number of mildly disabled children waiting more than nine years for first assessment
More than 50% of 30,000 children with mild to moderate disabilities waiting more than 12 months for first occupational therapy assessment, note HSE data
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Nervous about driving to the airport next week have to leave during the night. Every time I turn on the news (which I try avoid) there seems to be another crash.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
So, somehow, I managed to hurt my ligaments in my sleep at the weekend. So much pain! Doctor today, scan tomorrow!
Bottle of paracetamol beside a hand in a support brace.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What an experience! Bit emotional from that and planning a trip to Spain for next year's total eclipse! #eclipse2026 #speirgorm
Man standing with woman sitting in front at a door. Both are wearing solar eclipse glasses and looking upwards.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This evening in 3 weeks we will be in Sweden after surprising my friend at the airport. She thinks her and her hubby are going. There's 6 more of us joining her to celebrate her 50th!! 🥳🍸
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Chasing Abbey were amazing last night in Castlerea! #speirgorm
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Such sad news. I never met Glen but he was so loved in our community in Ballymun. Thoughts are with his family, I know the community will rally around. I cry anyway when I watch and listen to High Hopes, extra tears for this one. A huge loss. #speirgorm youtu.be/y2gJ8uNtk4A?...
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Glen Hansard - "High Hope"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I drive up to Maynooth Mondays and back home Tuesday after work... the exhaustion on a Wednesday morning is real! I'm usually awake and up just after 6am... except Wednesdays 🤣🤣 #speirgorm #tired
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Full circle moment today. I had BITE (Ballymun Initiative for Third Level Education) scholarship students spend the day at Maynooth. I had BITE from 1993-2000. Over the years I've linked back for talks etc but to have them come visit me in my role in inclusive education was extra special.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Looking out the window #MaynoothUniversity #Windows #speirgorm
Looking out a window onto the square of St Patrick's University
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The European Association for the Study of Obesity @easoobesity.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Prof. Sadaf Farooqi, winner of the EASO-@novonordiskfond Obesity Prize for Excellence, has shown that single gene defects can cause severe obesity. By proving the biological basis of eating behaviour, her work helps address biases and fosters compassion. vimeo.com/1191075447?s...
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Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Minions and Monsters is in cinemas right now and it's a fun-filled 90 minutes which will keep everyone entertained. The film enthusiast in your family will live all the cinematic tropes. Here's my review 👇 Banana! #FilmSky #Movie #SpéirGhorm www.thefourthwall.xyz/post/yellow-...
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Yellow Chaos Meets Classic Cinema: A Monstrously Fun 90 Minutes
Rating: ★★★½☆ Minions and Monsters delivers exactly what you would expect from the beloved, babbling yellow sidekicks, sticking closely to a very familiar formula. While it might not reinvent the whee...
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Has anyone used 3 presale codes? It's 8 letters/numbers. Ticketmaster says enter 9 character code. Do I include the full stop at the end of the 8? The stress of this? #speirgorm #ticketmaster
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Staff bbq today ♡
A burger, a baby potato in half and a glass of white wine on a wooden picnic table
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
10 days of dog sitting!
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
How was your week? Aside from being horrifically sick, I've also been dog sitting!!! #speirgorm #mayo
White Bicton freis dog on the back of a sofa leaning on a person's shoulder
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Gastro tummy started Sunday. Had to keep it together for work Mon/Tues as funding interview Tues... was SO ill. Then had to drive from Kildare to Castlebar to dog sit while v sick... off work Wed v sick. Back to work Thus and cried with the cramps... this morning... TADA all gone!?
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StanfordPain @stanfordpain.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
One of the biggest mistakes pain clinicians can make is assuming their patients experience pain the same way they would. Full Soulture episode: bit.ly/4woNNIG
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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just noticed at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social don’t have X on their promo material anymore, but maybe give them a follow on here.
The corner of an IFI - Irish Film Institute - poster, showing various social media profiles but not X.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This 👇 #speirgorm
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Who doesn't love this kind of view in May?! #bluesky #speirgorm
A walled garden at Maynooth University.  Green bushes in the forefront. Trees in the background and a very blue, clear sky
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 23/05/2026
Daniel Ennis has won more raw votes, despite a lower turnout, in the 2026 by-election than Gary Gannon did in the 2024 GE. An objectively huge performance by the SocDems in the capital.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Wow #speirgorm
Kissing trees tunnel at Maynooth acampus
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I finally got around yesterday to sorting out my shoe and hangbag room! Also known as my hot press room! #speirgorm #collector
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My window view this evening 🥰 #MaynoothUniversity #speirgorm
View out of a window of old grey historical building of St Patrick's Campus in Maynooth  University. Green grass and trees in the square area.
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Why are grant applications so tedious! Seems to be a different internal process depending on who you talk to 🤣 Got there in the end. Submitted with 4 minutes to go! 👀 #funding #speirgorm #hatebudgets
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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Former WHO director, Dr Mike Ryan, ‘blown away’ by low life expectancy in inner-city Dublin www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...
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Former WHO director ‘blown away’ by low life expectancy in inner-city Dublin
Dr Mike Ryan tells conference that average life expectancy of 61 in Summerhill is shocking when compared to national average of 83
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 14/05/2026
📈 New figures show 7,062 eviction notices were served in the first two months of the year - a 51% increase in the same period last year. Notices to quit peaked in February, at 3,138 - the final month before new tenancy rules, including longer-term tenancies by default, took effect on March 1st.
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The race in Dublin Central is neck and neck. Now more than ever, your vote matters. If you want a politics of decency, inclusion and compassion. If you care about public services. If you want a passionate voice for communities across Dublin Central. On Friday May 22, vote #1 Daniel Ennis.
Now more than ever your vote matters
Poll shows a tight race

If you want a politics of decency, inclusion and compassion. 


On Friday May 22, vote #1 Daniel Ennis.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Going to bed (angry), and for the first time in many years I will wake up in a different Irish political landscape after Sinn Féin killed any idea of Irish "left unity" stone dead. Tomorrow, the lines must be redrawn and something new will have to be built - without them. On we go. #speirgrom
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Dáiligh @dailigh.eurosky.social · 13/05/2026
Presumably the government parties, Sf & Aontú will vote again in 3 days, just in case they change their minds? What no? That’s not how it works? #speirgorm
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Happiness is... the history of the West V East German traffic lights! #Berlin #speirgorm
Green man with hat striding across the roadRed man with good hat sensing at a stop
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Art ♡ #Berlin #Speirgrom
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Back to reality after 4 fabulous days in Berlin visiting friends #Berlin #Speirgorm
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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
When in Berlin, we "spritz"!! #Berlin #speirgorm
Me with an approl spritz
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