Reposted by Orla BreslinJack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 08/10/2026Would like to see a journalist ask the 7 of Ireland's 14 MEPs (3 FG, 3 FF, 1 II) who just voted to: -endorse burqa bans -call "hatred of Israel" a sign of "Islamist influence" -identify European Muslim communities as potential tools of "malign foreign actors" to justify themselves 8153103
Reposted by Orla BreslinNot Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 20hThe Government's planned LNG terminal is bad for County Clare and for all of us New film explores impacts LNG import and export has on communities in the US and Europe Ennis 11/10 6:30pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe... Dublin 14/10 6:00pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe...eventbrite.comGaslit Speakers Tour - West of IrelandJoin us in Ennis for the Irish Premiere of the award-winning Greenpeace documentary 013
Reposted by Orla BreslinPaul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ireland & Council of the EU are pushing the 'Omnibus' proposal that will increase pesticide risks to the public and nature. Scientists have been ringing the alarm but the politicians pushing it —Fine Gael (EPP) and Fianna Fáil (Renew)—would rather listen to chemicals & agri-food industry lobbyists. 02212
Reposted by Orla BreslinSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Don't be confused, this is just a public grant to gambling companies 720975
Reposted by Orla BreslinAn Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Have your voice heard! Nearly a million people have said: ✋ HANDS OFF NATURE! And we’re taking their demands directly to the EU Commissioner for Environment! Let’s make our message impossible to ignore. Sign the petition before it closes on 20 October: www.handsoffnature.eu #handsoffnature 06749
Reposted by Orla BreslinIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026More than 160 great civil society organisations and groups have endorsed our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us, 1pm, Garden of Remembrance. #FreePalestine 02219
Reposted by Orla BreslinRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Government promises that this budget will finally help parents, provided their child is a greyhound. 27321
Reposted by Orla BreslinShazzy @shazbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thousands in emergency accommodation, HSE in an absolute mess, Teachers striking over wages, Generations now unable to even rent, never mind buy a home, but yea, millions for organised crime groups, I mean for horses and greyhounds pfffffffffft #SpéirGorm #Budget2027 13415
Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026100% agree with this sentiment. Velcro all the way! Also, toggles are a great alternative and easily accessible to convert laced up shoes and runners. Tying shoelaces are the bottom of the pond in terms of things to be worried about. 010
Reposted by Orla BreslinIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Well done to Ken Early, Irish Times and Second Captains, for pointing out the total hypocrisy of the Israeli FA who said sport and politics don't mix even as the captain of the apartheid state's team and its fans praised its genocidal army. There is still time for the FAI to pull out. #StopTheGame 05113
Reposted by Orla BreslinGay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Publishing this open letter is just a first step in our campaign. We will be taking further action in the future to ensure our voices are heard!" Read 👉 buff.ly/9V3sJBU #GCNnews 083
Reposted by Orla BreslinIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our tribute to Gavin Bazunu last night 💚 09224
Reposted by Orla BreslinEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A gut-punch of a statistic, reflective of what's happening throughout the entire natural world. But using the word "stocks" to describe a wild population of one of Earth's most breathtaking, magical species indicates precisely why we've reached such a predicament. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...irishtimes.comIreland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970sPublic consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers 1125575
Reposted by Orla BreslinAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026says something about the workings of Ireland's democracy that we have no mechanisms to keep the government in check on climate. Climate Action Plan delayed, public transport not funded, Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity ignored 13912
Reposted by Orla BreslinH 🍉🌿 @helendublin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"People across the country are being encouraged to take part in a 15-minute walkout on Wednesday September 30 to highlight violence against women and girls. The walkout has the important message that tackling violence, abuse, misogyny and intimidation is an issue for everyone in Ireland" #speirgorm 12014
Reposted by Orla BreslinDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Huge congratulations to our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social on this win! In a landmark ruling on 25 Sep, the ICCL secured a precedent that will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in GDPR class actions that impact their operations across the entire EU enforce.ie/digital-data...enforce.ieICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - EnforceLandmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions 16232
Reposted by Orla BreslinRob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This Kikdare-based group are doing incredibly effective organising re: Data Centre resistance. I could see them writing the playbook that helps communities across Ireland protecting themselves from these energy-guzzling monstrosities. Please sign and support #spéirgorm 174
Reposted by Orla BreslinSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I don’t think that this should just be shrugged off. One of our Ministers (Enterprise or Justice, probably) has presented this plan. It isn’t an anonymous creature called the Irish Presidency. That is our Government. 612669
Reposted by Orla BreslinOrla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Thank you Gavin Bazuna for taking a stand on behalf of the Irish people and against genocide. I wish the FAI, the Irish government and the other players were as principled and brave as you. Show your support for him on instagram: @gavin_bazunu #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm 24115
Reposted by Orla BreslinIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Via IPSC 🧵1️⃣ "The Irish team has not showed up for training yet and their press conference has been pushed back as there are rumblings of unhappiness among the players with Gavin Bazunu telling the squad he doesn't want to play against Israel. There might be others too. There is time to pull out 16832
Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026I'm not a sports fan, but I'd be prouder of the Irish team for not playing, than playing. C'mon #Ireland, do the right thing and #StopTheGame! #SpéirGhorm 0192
Reposted by Orla Breslinᚃᚓᚏᚌᚐᚂ ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚒ ᚌᚐᚇᚆᚏᚐ @storzundbickel.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026#Ireland #Spéirghorm #Petition calling for a moratorium on data centres: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/act/no-more-...friendsoftheearth.ieAct now: Data centres are increasing your billsSign our petition 077
Reposted by Orla BreslinAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026British mathematician & physicist Phyllis Nicolson co-developed the Crank–Nicolson method, a foundational algorithm in numerical analysis. Her contributions during/after WWII laid the groundwork for modern computational science, fluid dynamics & heat transfer modeling. Born #OTD 1917. #WomenInSTEM 201942566
Reposted by Orla BreslinAbortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Hear us Now! at the 15th annual March for Choice, this September 26th in Dublin. Meet us at 2pm outside the Department of Health before we march to the Dáil. Share this post far and wide and show your interest by clicking "interested" on our facebook event page, link in our tree. 16156
Reposted by Orla BreslinGavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is the GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/our-friend...gofundme.comDonate to Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney, organized by Joseph GalvinOur friend, colleague and comrade Eoghan Sweeney has been diagnosed with termina… Joseph Galvin needs your support for Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney 26679
Reposted by Orla BreslinC Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sign the European Citizen's Initiative for a right to housing. Because, #speirgorm , let's face it: we'll need a bigger stick. Organise accordingly eci.ec.europa.eu/064/public/#...eci.ec.europa.euEuropean Citizens' InitiativeGive your support ! 043
Reposted by Orla BreslinDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026i personally got so much shit for signing my name on a letter asking the Irish government to recuse itself from fiscal files during its presidency of the EU but i see the Irish government is now saying the quite part out loud bsky.app/profile/abeb... 218133
Reposted by Orla BreslinAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm like, 95% confident that the Irish government wasn't elected by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, SpaceX or Meta. And I don't recall seeing "putting tech companies ahead of citizens fundamental rights" on any of the election manifestos. 8426130
Reposted by Orla BreslinFared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this. 5629461402
Reposted by Orla BreslinClodagh Finn @clodaghfinn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Anne Devlin: honouring the woman behind the myth on the 175th anniversary of her death. Irishwoman's Diary in today's Irish Examiner #SpeirGorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...?irishexaminer.comClodagh Finn: Anne Devlin was never just Robert Emmet’s housekeeper. It’s time we told her storyA new children’s book and the work of historian Mícheál Ó Doibhilín are helping restore Anne Devlin’s place in Irish history 02610
Reposted by Orla BreslinKev ó Mhaigh Eo @kevfrommayo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#speirgorm #StopTheGame 11111
Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026I agree with this sentiment, but... screenreaders can struggle with all capital letters. It can read them out as individual letters, rather than a word. So you're better off not using all capitals to make your point. And while we're on an #AccessibilityMatters point, #CamelCase your hashtags.... 230
Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026If you haven't signed the petition against the IFA and Irish Gov from making Ireland play Israel, please sign!! No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing!! Sign and share ❤️🇵🇸 #SpéirGhorm #NotInMyName my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...my.uplift.iePetition to #stopthegameI just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g... 097
Reposted by Orla BreslinDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comTurkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalistsProtesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’ 10864508
Reposted by Orla BreslinClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women 6138783685
Reposted by Orla BreslinShade 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026Imagine if assaulting your partner or ex was taken as seriously as assaulting a TD? www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan... #spéirgormirishexaminer.comMan, 51, refused bail after 'violent assault' assault of Kerry TD Michael Healy-RaeAnthony Foley, 51, denies involvement and his solicitor challenged the strength of CCTV evidence linking him to the alleged attack 23710
Reposted by Orla BreslinSam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oh is it like a townhall meeting kind of thing? Can I speak at it next? Or, shockingly, do they only care what billionaires think, and feck the rest of us? 67332
Reposted by Orla BreslinDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is not resolved. This is someone who has been offered a scholarship to join our school of public health, but while our other new students are buzzing about as the term begins, she is still living in a tent in Gaza, refused entry by Minister Jim O'Callaghan. 45627
Reposted by Orla BreslinJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Is Ireland's President @president.ie the first Head of State to raise genocide in person with the US President? 16327
Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026I read the article about Michael Healy Rae being assaulted, & I'm curious that there is no mention of it being politically motivated, tho everyone is acting like it was. Was it? Or was it just a random act of violence that happens regularly in Dublin (and sometimes Kenmare). 130
Reposted by Orla BreslinAnne Horgan @kerryanne123.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#StopTheGame #SpéirGhorm my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...my.uplift.iePetition to #stopthegameI just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g... 022
Reposted by Orla Breslinlostexpectation.bsky.social @lostexpectation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026 Citizen Data Directory A curated directory of Irish civic tech tools, platforms, and initiatives that empower citizens and strengthen democratic participation across Ireland. citizendata.ie a lot of them AI made #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepolcitizendata.ieCitizen DataA curated directory of Irish civic tech tools, platforms, and initiatives that empower citizens and strengthen democratic participation across Ireland. 032
Reposted by Orla BreslinAn Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The European Commission has just opened a call for tenders to build 7 AI gigafactories in the EU This type of big project could soon benefit from a “strategic” label allowing a bypass to legal nature protection requirements before they get permission to build Have your say: www.handsoffnature.eu 1117
Reposted by Orla BreslinNational Women’s Council @nwc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are devastated to learn of the violent death of another young woman, Natasha Kernan Connors. 🖤Today are thoughts are with Natasha, and with all her loved ones who have suffered this terrible loss. Women, everywhere, deserve to live free from violence, abuse, and fear. Rest in peace, Natasha. 0237
Reposted by Orla BreslinRaven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A bitter-sweet moment to receive copies of Manchán's final book 16717
Reposted by Orla BreslinOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There’s a major overlap between technocrats who want a science fiction world, but have taken all the wrong lessons from sci-fi, and far-right guys who are nostalgic for a past that didn’t exist, but they don’t know because they don’t read enough history. Ignorance is a cultural identity now. 28031
Reposted by Orla Breslinelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Despite not breaking any Italian or EU laws, the infrastructure that A/I relies on - including their Italian bank - complied in advance to the Trumpist dictate. Their servers aren’t even in the US. An Italian/EU institution was forced to shut down without any Italian/EU support - because of the US 115357
Reposted by Orla BreslinPresident of Ireland @president.ie · 13/09/2026Inniu, d'fhreastail an tUachtarán Connolly ar an gcuimhneachán do mhná a raibh i Neachtlanna Mhaigdiléana na Gaillimhe i Reilig an Bhóthar Mhóir. ~~~ Today, President Connolly attended the memorial for the women of the Galway Magdalene Laundry at Bohermore Cemetery. 115034
Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026Annoyed I can't make it to a protest myself today, but am there in spirit. Míle buíochas to all of you who do go marching this weekend. May you have the craic along the way. SpéirGhorm ✊️🇵🇸 032
Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026See!! I was right to go with my #SnailsAgainstTrump theme. #SpéirGhorm 010