Claire McGing

Reminds me of how important Repeal Shield was during the 2018 referendum. The amount of mental space that was freed up by just ignoring the anti-choicers instead of trying to argue with them. It let us focus on putting forward our own points

My poor boy George Russell. 💔 #austingrandprix

When you've lost Brendan O'Connor, you know you've gone too far.

Well look, the minister is going to commission a report to go alongside of all of those other reports that confirm this and then do nothing until it is time to commission another report.

This is deeply, deeply troubling and frankly, on top of all the other shitshows over the past few weeks, it should be a resignation issue.

No TDs should be allowed on the Internet until they can pass basic social media stress tests. I'm being 100% serious. We can't afford ministers making decisions after getting piled on on social media cause theyve rotted their brains and connection with real people by spending too much time on twittr

Most of us would rather shy away from the hard work of confronting hard truths; the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre does not have that luxury if they are to faithfully serve the people they represent.

The DRCC's campaign was informed by consent workshops and designed to reflect the real-life experiences of participants. The government's response was informed by the discomfort of those who took the messaging in bad faith.

The DRCC's campaign gently pushes us to confront hard truths. If your response to that is retaliation, you are not prepared to do the hard work of facing up to the root causes of widespread sexual violence.

Had a really bad dream where the Minister for Justice, in the name of the government, enabled a pile-on of a rape crisis centre because of a campaign to raise awareness of consent for children.

Btw, remember today the next time a government minister rocks up to a photo opp event to proclaim their "zero tolerance" approach to gender-based violence.

It makes me deeply uncomfortable that the Minister for Justice has used his Twitter account to create an online pile on of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. It also appears to me a dangerous precedent that this minister, and his dept. have instructed the DRCC to remove content that he disapproved of.

That the Government would knee-jerk themselves back to treating, as policy, children as the property of older family members who would have rights over them which would stand ahead of the rights of the child is a fresh new low in a week of novel depths.

People who have experience working in charities know that being reliant on state funding has a chilling effect on how we do our jobs. The Minister for Justice intervened here to make a political point and undermined the work of those with the expertise to do the job. #spéirgorm

Good to see the Minister for Justice's focus today. It's not as if the courts system is in chaos or anything.

Incredible (and worrying) how many people do not grasp the basic concept that consent matters in all types of relationships.

one of Aontú's biggest issues is a school anti-bullying policy because it says trans and nonbinary kids should be treated with respect, and they oppose comprehensive sex education designed in no small part to give kids the understanding to report inappropriate touching. it's getting weird

What's so amazing about these old Irish Halloween turnip carvings is how accurately they also represent what it feels like to live in the 21st century

Did the electoral system determine how many women made it onto municipal councils? Together with @monikaturyna.bsky.social and @jkantorowicz.bsky.social, we've just published our second article on this topic, this time in the European Journal of Political Economy. 1/3

A great read by @clodaghfinn.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

He has to say something like this, I suppose, but it would be nice to acknowledge that dealing with the Passport Office or Revenue is a far smoother experience than big companies like Sky or Three Mobile.

The excitement of receiving article proofs in English and French! 🤓 #womeninpolitics #PRSTV

“It’s only fascism if they manipulate elections!” “It’s only fascism if they disappear people off the street!” “It’s only fascism if they take over the media!” “It’s only fascism if they jail their political opponents!” Is there even anything left?

This is such transparent horsehit. Anyone genuinely believe the Committee for Academic Freedom (sic) has "not pre-judged" this question, and may find that in fact it was reasonable for Cambridge to have hired Arday? A rant www.timeshighereducation.com/news/scholar...

This is probably the most explosive development in generations - US President siding with the invader of a European democracy. This is a real crisis and yet you wouldn't think it from media, public discourse.

Colleagues, family, friends on #strike. No blockades, not a single threat of violence. Unlike the crowd the government rushed to placate in April, and who still haven't claimed a lot of what was given. Because unlike unionised workers, lot of them are not tax compliant and don't play by the rules.

Public sector workers ARE the public.

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Since this discourse is doing the rounds today, it is absolutely gross how so many of these social "influencers" monetise their young children.

Bit of positive news to start the week: the online voter registration system voter.ie is now live nationwide (having previously worked only for Dubliners) - now anyone in the State can register or update their details on the electoral register in a couple of minutes using only their PPS number.

At the end of last month, 1,000,226 patients were on some form of waiting list. The figures come after this week’s budget cut allocation to the National Treatment Purchase Fund – the state agency that buys hospital slots for patients – by €50m

I will not stand for the rehabilitation of Leo (who probably has his eye on Aras). That's the problem with "progressive" views - you can make cute noises sometimes and still hate the poor/have dire class politics.

Anyone who spends €25 bucks on this book shouldn’t be allowed to own a credit card or get a loan.

It makes me feel mental, we're subsiding predatory gambling companies that destroy lives, and doing so in a way that forces thousands of dogs to be killed and dumped every year

Abhorrent use of public funds.

The allocation to reduce the student contribution appears to be the same as the allocation to small rural pubs (~15 million); what a great country. www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

Could the "LLMs can't do anything" crowd and the "LLMs can do everything" crowd go somewhere private to yell at each other so the rest of us can have a normal "this new tech can do things previous tech couldn't but is limited in various ways, let's figure out best uses and regulations" conversation?

And again, gender theory, queer theory, critical race theory - all university level subjects - you are not going to encounter them at primary or secondary levels. What these muppets want is to shut down any age appropriate discussion of sex, sexuality & identity in 1st & 2nd schools.

Notice here how people from the North don’t actually exist in his mind. The people “looking to be outraged” are down here, the existence of actual residents being intimidated hasn’t even occurred to him.

Brian Kerr on Virgin Media: “I’ve been in touch with [Gavin Bazunu] this evening, and he’s feeling quite low, and shunned by some of the players and by the FAI… (🧵)

My God. We have truly crossed a Rubicon when the Irish Times of all newspapers is spreading misinformation about the Royal Houses of Europe. It wouldn't have happened back in the days when it was calling for the execution of the 1916 leaders😂