Reposted by Teresa CollinsRose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What happened on Garvaghy Road, Portadown, N. Ireland. 154
Reposted by Teresa CollinsBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026Peace in Northern Ireland is brittle. It needs nurturing, not the Parades Commission’s recklessness and ineptitude over Drumcreebloom.bgNorthern Ireland’s Peace Is Under Threat AgainThe last time I was in Drumcree, the Northern Ireland tinderbox where Catholic residents are engaged in a standoff with Orange Order marchers, I was hit on the leg by a golf ball. It was launched at me by rioters as the police blocked unionists from parading down the Garvaghy Road, a pro-Irish nationalist enclave of largely Protestant Portadown. 072
Reposted by Teresa CollinsBill Drees @billdrees.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Portadown OO lads shouldn’t be out in this inclement weather. We don’t want them getting pneumonia!! They can now walk indoors to their hearts content with this wonderful service. 072
Reposted by Teresa CollinsFelicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 22hThe PSNI & the Parades Commission have serious questions to answer, BUT the fact is that the Portadown Orange Lodge has spent the last 28 years with their balls in a bundle over being told to show some decency & go 6 minutes out of their way. A *28 YEAR long* temper tantrum. That's some entitlement 041
Reposted by Teresa CollinsThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 21hThe stand-off on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown over a contentious Orange Order parade has entered its third day despite efforts to mediate a solution. jrnl.ie/7176305jrnl.ieGarvaghy Road stand-off continues for third dayNorthern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant is facilitating what he has described as “positive” talks. 086
Reposted by Teresa CollinsMicheal @michealhalton.bsky.social · 22h#stopthegame #spéirghorm www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...irishexaminer.comBaltic boycotts expose holes in FAI case for playing IsraelBetween 2024 and May of this year, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia opted out of competitive fixtures when drawn against Belarus in qualifiers. Their punishments were 3-0 defeats and, in one case, a smal... 134
Reposted by Teresa CollinsStoryclare she/her @storyclare.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Me chatting with the lovely Michael Rosen on Word of Mouth a few years back... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, The power of telling storiesMichael Rosen talks to storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy about the wonder of stories. 122
Reposted by Teresa CollinsConor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social · 19h4/4 That points to the bigger issue. Stormont has been non-operational for nearly 40% of the time since the institutions were established. Drumcree has again exposed how precarious powersharing remains. #SpéirGorm #NorthernIreland #UKPolitics #IrishPolitics ukandeu.ac.uk/what-happens...ukandeu.ac.ukWhat happens next if power sharing at Stormont collapses over Drumcree? - UK in a changing EuropeConor J. Kelly and Colin Murray discuss what would happen next if one of the major parties pulled out of the Stormont... 051
Reposted by Teresa CollinsThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/09/2026‘She never accepted no’: Liam Neeson on dogged heroine behind Tuam mass baby grave filmtheguardian.com‘She never accepted no’: Liam Neeson on dogged heroine behind Tuam mass baby grave filmCatherine Corless’s exposure of almost 800 infant deaths at a home led by nuns prompted Neeson to bring the story to screen 410635
Reposted by Teresa CollinsAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026in case Irish people don't know the context, Stan Cullis played for and managed Wolverhampton Wanderers. in 1938 he objected to a proposed Nazi salute by 🏴 players before a game vs 🇩🇪 and was dropped from the side. he's a club legend at Wolves, the Stan Cullis Stand was where I sat last weekend 110037
Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 19h#Speirghorm "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead 0132
Reposted by Teresa CollinsFelicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 20hCheers, @bookstationeire.bsky.social 📚✍️x #spéirgorm #Booksky #feelgood #fiction #AWinterWedding 1101
Reposted by Teresa CollinsSon of the Wolf @sonofthewolf.bsky.social · 19hOther than Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Ned O’Sullivan, who are the other members of the Ireland-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group? I’d hate to accidentally vote for any of them. Israel withdrew their ambassador a while ago so why does this group of genocide apologists still exist? #speirghorm 2103
Reposted by Teresa CollinsPaul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 28/09/2026Another betrayal of those failed by CHI. 021
Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It must be a complete coincidence that this is what kicked #Portadown #Garvaghy off the rolling news coverage yesterday morning, Must be. Course it is. What's that, the "terrorists" are out on bail? Was the judge not very terrified? Or is this a decoy? #Spéirghorm 120
Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Solution-focused person-centred progress is the best kind. #Speirghorm 021
Reposted by Teresa CollinsLouth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Screeching about SF law breaking, some context nobody is supplying. The College of Policing's own guidance says a breach of the notification requirement under the 1998 Act does not render a procession or protest unlawful, & does not put an otherwise peaceful assembly outside Article 11 protection. 394
Reposted by Teresa CollinsSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Quite the principle being laid down here. 1183
Reposted by Teresa CollinsCarole (Ducky) (IrPsych) @caroleducky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For crying out loud! 🙄🤦🏻♀️ Grown adulthood comes with a thing called personal responsibility. ‘Vegetarian offered pâté loses discrimination case against Sheridan's Cheesemongers’. jrnl.ie/7175651 #SpeirGormjrnl.ieVegetarian offered pâté loses discrimination case against Sheridan's CheesemongersThe Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Sheridan’s Cheesemongers had not breached the Equal Status Act. 5151
Reposted by Teresa CollinsBrendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Very odd comment, now deleted, as the Garvaghy road residents are of a Christian background too, and as it happens, Catholic tradition has disobedience to unjust law as a fully orthodox part of its theology. 97215
Reposted by Teresa CollinsAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Claims circulating on social media that the Garvaghy Road parade is a coordinated Sinn Fein/DUP psyops to distract from the "real issue" of uncontrolled migration.static.klipy.comSister Michael: You Might Want To Wise UpAlt: Sister Michael: You Might Want To Wise Up 1488
Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A change from NI politics, soccer, the relentless genocide in Gaza, data centre debates and the cost of everything. Just the thing on a Monday evening. youtube.com/post/UgkxrqN...?youtube.comPost from mythicalireland - YouTubeWho sat in the Hag’s Chair? And why do two very different ancient monuments share that name? At Loughcrew, County Meath, the Hag’s Chair is a kerbstone at Ca... 020
Reposted by Teresa Collinspolifeed @feed.gavreilly.com · 28/09/2026TheJournal.ie: 20 minutes' walk separates Drumcree and Garvaghy Road; on both sides they're settling in for Day Twothejournal.ie20 minutes' walk separates Drumcree and Garvaghy Rd; both sides are digging in for the long haulCome midday, hundreds were gathered on the Garvaghy Road, with a marquee providing food and drink. 001
Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.pbp.ie/every-electe... #Speirghormpbp.ie"Every elected representative on the Garvaghy Road was right to be there - First Minister included."People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll, who stood with residents on the Garvaghy Road this weekend, calls out the hypocrisy of DUP who have flip-flopped between support for the Parades Commission to c... 040
Reposted by Teresa CollinsAoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026📣 It's #InternationalSafeAbortion Day & #TheMorrigan we are hosting a series of blogs edited & starting with @ruthfletcher.bsky.social on witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th - 9 posts from across disciplines & experience #safeabortion #reproductivejustice dflw.ie/witnessing-l...dflw.ieWitnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th: Soft law and the curious case of discontinuous care after a failed early medical abortion - Doing Feminist Legal Work“It was like an epiphany. We just felt a weight lifted off us to know that there was even an option. They told me someone local to me where I could go and 044
Reposted by Teresa CollinsElaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Listening to Carla Lockhart on the radio and its curious that this is the first time she has noticed police allowing the law to be broken before their eyes. This was a peaceful protest and not a pogrom mind you 7419
Reposted by Teresa CollinsEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Such an odd agency. I know a little; but I certainly don't understand what's going on rn. I think there's useful information in this video. My tip: skip ahead to 07:40 when they get into how the PC works. Tip #2: turn on captions. It can help when listening to complex legal stuff. (May not for you!)youtube.comDrumcree: Inside the court battleYouTube video by BBC News NI 121
Reposted by Teresa CollinsDáiligh @dailigh.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026So the sectarian bigots will to reapply to march again. Surely now parades commission and PSNI have evidence now to show that this parade is contentious & not go ahead? #speirgormrte.ieAs it happened: SF tell protesters to 'hold the road'Police stopped Portadown Orangemen from marching from Drumcree Church towards Garvaghy Road in Portadown earlier this evening. 1143
Reposted by Teresa CollinsRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"21.9.2026 Palestinian carpenter Iyad Abu Amer crafts school benches from the wreckage of destroyed homes and wood from aid crates in Khan Younis, southern #Gaza Strip, in an effort to provide seating for students as the new school year begins." www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHJV... #GazaNews #Israelyoutube.comالنجار أبو عامر يصنع مقاعد مدرسية من بقايا المنازل المدمرة وخشب صناديق المساعدات في خان يونس بغزةYouTube video by Wafa Agency 0107
Reposted by Teresa CollinsNetpol @netpol.org · 24/09/2026Thirteen British universities have discussed how to handle pro-Palestine campus protests with BAe Systems, Britain's largest weapons manufacturer, including ramping up security at events and coordinating responses to criticism www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...aljazeera.comHow UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protestsSeveral universities discussed protests with the weapons maker, raising concerns about influence and academic freedom. 178
Reposted by Teresa CollinsPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?theguardian.comTom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive LewisWhen a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis 29660298
Reposted by Teresa CollinsJosep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026During the night, Israeli forces killed Palestinian businessman Shadi Abu Hasira in a strike targeting his vehicle at Al-Sina’a intersection, Gaza City. 062
Reposted by Teresa CollinsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid? 23277073063
Reposted by Teresa CollinsRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Kamel’s call to Netanyahu’s office came just days before the attack, the Arab government officials said. The Egyptians continued to warn Israel up until 48 hours before the attack, one of these officials said." 113875
Reposted by Teresa CollinsCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Massively 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 121032
Reposted by Teresa CollinsTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Poverty is a toxic stressor.” - Dr Sharon Lambert on Inequality, Empathy and Social Cohesion. Highly recommend this one 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/2hvb... 0146
Reposted by Teresa CollinsP. O'Leary @p-oleary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Fantastic! Well done to all involved. #ActiveTravel #SpéirGorm www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/dublin-cycli...irishcyclingcampaign.ieDublin Cycling Campaign Full Moon Cycle to Dunsink Observatory 2026As part of a broader series of articles on what Irish Cycling Campaign’s Local Groups are up to, we report here on Dublin Cycling Campaign’s Full Moon Cycle to Dunsink Observatory on Friday 25 Septemb... 052
Reposted by Teresa CollinsEnd Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Supremacist behaviour is the one constant in the North of Ireland. The far right who incited the August 2024 pogroms, who the state has refused to act on are organising around terrorising another community. Official Protestant Coalition are at it again. [1/5] 22713
Reposted by Teresa CollinsTrish Conneely @trishconneely.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Shout out to Gavin Bazunu for giving some of us a reason to get out of bed today. #stopthegame #spéirghorm 0284
Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"An ongoing standoff on the Garvaghy Road" were words we never expected to hear again. 28 years of bitter intransigence later, here we are. #Spéirghorm 0130