A wonderful project. Anyone in Dublin on Sunday 9th August and would like to get involved just get in touch!
Sheila Ahern
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Researcher in TV & film, from Dublin, Ireland "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". (Maya Angelou)
It's awful to watch beautiful buildings around the city (and the rest of the country)left to rot by their owners and facilitated by Councils Many hours of sewing went into that banner! @frankmcdonald60.bsky.social @frankoconnor.bsky.social #DerelictIreland
These are the real people of Belfast. Thousands of anti-fascists rally against the far-right at Belfast City Hall today. They sent a clear message that racism is not wanted in their city. Things you love to see ✊❤
Some really interesting events at the Jaipur Literature festival in Dublin next week. I am planning a trip to Jaipur early next year and came across this, serendipity in action! jlflitfest.org/ireland/city...
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A group of craft activists will launch the Irish Pachamama project next week. The aim is to alleviate period poverty making reusable sanitary pads that are distributed around the world wherever the need is greatest. We are meeting tomorrow Sunday in Phibsborough.
The front cover of tomorrow's Irish Times magazine. I'm still feeling the warmth of her conversation with Fintan O'Toole in last week's @phizzfest.bsky.social @sallyhayd.bsky.social
Last night at the Big Book event in Dublin with HarperCollins Ireland/ @4thestatebooks.bsky.social. It was wonderful to get to meet in person (& thank!) so many lovely & passionate booksellers, without whom our work would never reach any audience.
The sooner Ireland and the EU end all economic & political relations with this terrorist state, the better. Kudos to Haaretz, a rare voice of truth, for reporting on Gestapo-style Israeli policing.
The bill has been defeated, by 85 votes to 30. Only three government TDs voted in favour, despite having a free vote, with Sinn Féin abstaining.
Gavan Reilly@gavreilly.com · 3mo agoThe SocDems’ Jennifer Whitmore has broken down in tears during a Dáil debate about widening access to abortion in Ireland. TDs will vote this evening on removing the 72-hour waiting period for abortion within 12 weeks, and removing the 28-day limit applying to cases of fatal foetal abnormalities.
Only 30 TD'S voted in favour of positive changes in the abortion law. Shame on all those who voted no or sat on the fence and abstained.
Social Democrats' Bill proposing abortion law changes defeated in Dáil vote
The bill proposed to scrap the three-day waiting period and change rules around fatal foetal abnormality cases, but ministers had raised legal concerns.
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They are so lucky to have @sallyhayd.bsky.social for the #GalwayArtsFestival. Her appearance, with @fotoole.bsky.social @phizzfest.bsky.social was an inspiration, a reminder there is still love and humanity in a cruel world #thisisalsoalovestory
Sally Hayden@sallyhayd.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew event announced - I'm speaking at Galway International Arts Festival on July 26, with Nick Maynard and Catriona Crowe. Info here: www.giaf.ie/festival/eve...
Thom McGinty was a true icon. Exhibition opens tomorrow and runs for the weekend @phizzfest.bsky.social more details on www.phizzfest.ie
Gay Community News@gcnmag.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe new exhibition will chart The Diceman’s legendary silent street incarnations. Read 👉 buff.ly/Jtt6rTo #GCNnews
👹🎥🪽Join us to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Murnau’s silent masterpiece ‘Faust, Unshaped Form’ with a new live score! The performance brings a haunting, immersive soundtrack to revive this timeless depiction of the struggle between good and evil 🪽🎥👹 🔗 for 🎟️ in bio @olionaird.bsky.social
Emilie Flöge was really interesting as was her very talented companion Gustav Klimt, a fascinating relationship.
womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3mo agoEmilie Flöge (1874-1952) was an innovative Art Nouveau Austrian fashion designer who aimed to reform dress designs for women. Though (typically) not noted widely by history, she influenced the work of her companion, the artist Klimt and featured in his work #WomensArt
Testimony is showing during @phizzfest.bsky.social next Saturday May 9th. An opportunity to see this powerful documentary on the big screen.
Looks like I picked the wrong time to come to Crete! On the bright side we are indoors up in the Lasithi Plateau in front of a big log fire drinking Cretan wine.
Carlow Weather@carlowweather.bsky.social · 4mo agoSandstorm in Crete today
Latest toll since March 2, released by the Lebanese ministry of health. 886 killed including 67 women & 111 children.
Really looking forward to reading this.
Sally Hayden@sallyhayd.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm starting to put together a list of places that already have my new book 'This is Also a Love Story' available for preorder (as we know preorders really help overall reach). I haven't found any Irish ones yet, if anyone comes across one do let me know. sallyhayden.net/2026/01/26/t...
This was my favourite book of 2025. I'm enchanted by Elif Shafak
Women Writers Network@womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 7mo agoWhat are you reading this week? This is my first book of the year, a copy of There are Rivers in the Sky signed by Elif Shafak after her beautiful talk at Stroud Book Festival. I'm so excited to kick off the year this way. What's your book of the moment? #BookSky #WritingCommunity
an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 10mo agoJane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
A reminder about the ethical protocols underpinning the work of the Magdalene Names Project & why we don’t publish lists of names. If you’re seeking info about a deceased family member, or if you’re a survivor seeking evidence of your confinement, you’re welcome to contact us.
@jfmresearch.bsky.social · last yr.JFMR has updated our Magdalene Names Project webpage. The update includes important information on our ethical protocols, and why (save for a small number of exceptions) the Names Project does not name women (living or deceased) on our website or in publications. jfmresearch.com/home/magdale...
ℹ️ If you're having difficulty filling out the expression of interest PDF for representation on the National Centre for Research & Remembrance panels/Special Advocate's Advisory Council, there's a Word version of the form on this page that's not flagged in the dept's email: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Survivor Representation on Key Engagement Structures
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- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
Adrian+Shane@adrianandshane.bsky.social · 11mo agoThey erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support. #speirgirm my.uplift.ie/petitions/i-... @uplift.ie
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All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support.
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