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No plans have been put into effect for Irish troops to evacuate Irish citizens from Iran and Israel, as the conflict between the two nations enters its seventh day jrnl.ie/6737177

ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out (unmasked/in unmarked cars) protesters are dumping pounds of glitter on them. So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward. Time to buy glitter . . .

amp.rte.ie/amp/1519297/ very sad to see.

#Speirgorm #DMP

Occasionally RTE publishes a well considered article. One assumes by accident. Official Ireland's relationship with colonisation has long favoured the colonists narrative. And that includes the Roman Catholic Church who first posited English rule. #SpéirGhorm #Kneecap.

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Funny how Hermann ‘anti choice’ Kelly is all ‘my body, my choice’ when it comes to organ donation and his ‘giblets’, and entirety the opposite when it’s comes to women’s rights over our bodies! Misogyny in so central to far right ideology #speirgorm

Thank You Judge

Adorable and awesome as heck 🥹

I've started the young man (9) watching nationwide on RTÉ one and he absolutely loves it. Being honest I do too. It's a great show. They're currently doing a wild Atlantic way show. He's learning loads about Ireland

#Speirgorm on tonight superb curation from private&public collections together in Dublin Castle & Polish Embassy Dublin & United Arts Club & Lissadell

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#irishsky #Spéirghorm For those of us that didn't study Irish history www.rte.ie/player/serie...

In a regular bookstore and they've replaced the BookTok table at the front with Canadian Authors and all the CanLit has tiny flag stickers in the corner. #ElbowsUp as the kids say.

Superb films one after the other tonight. Enjoy.

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Join the 2025 IAMAS Conference, themed (Re-)producing Motherhood, Motherwork, and Mothering, taking place at Boston University June 17-20, 2025. More than 200 abstracts have already been accepted! Fees run on a sliding scale. Find out more at iamas.com.

CfP Alert: We are seeking contributors for chapters across a wide range of themes, genres, time periods, authors, and nationalities, theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and more for a Routledge anthology on motherhood and literature. Find out more via DM.

And we're off! #IAMASConf2025 @iamasmotherscholar.bsky.social

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Whoops! I fecked up the editing the first time around, but it's fixed now! My reading of "Larger Than Life" from "Body of Evidence" @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social youtu.be/-RtXF_1_k-s (cc @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social) #SpéirGorm #BookSky

If you are in London, go see my short play 'Growing, Grown, Gone' this Wednesday and Thursday as part of The Richmond Festival of Arts and Ideas! Book tickets here: www.ticketsource.com/whats-on?q=O... More information www.thescriptroom.com

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Did you wash your hair this morning? Then you've Dean Mahomed, the "Shampooing Surgeon" to thank. Born in India in the 18th century, he fought in the British army under an Irish man, Captain Baker, who encouraged him to move to Cork, where he fell in love with an Irish woman, Jane...

@ciaraioch.bsky.social, I bought this print as a present for a friend and gave it to her today. Tá ríméad uirthi leis!

#Bloomsday #Speirgorm Have a great one

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Gilead in FORT WORTH, TX #NoKingsDay

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Happy June 14th. #NoKings

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

#RositaSweetman #ChupiSweetman