Donncha O'Connell @DonnchaLaw Twitter profile

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The last time Ireland beat the All Blacks I posted this video of my niece and nephew and it went (very) viral. Didn’t think it would happen again so soon! ⁦ @IrishRugby ⁩

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Love this letter in today’s Irish Times: Sir, – Here in rural Ireland, a relationship that survives the weather and the calving and lambing season is by definition infinitely durable. –Yours, etc, TOMAS FINN, Ballinasloe, Co Galway.

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Juno from Mooncoin outside the polling station in Maigh Cuilinn where voting is slow...too slow...and there aren’t enough parking spaces for #dogsatpollingstations ! #KeepThePoet #Aras18

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For the night that’s in it here’s my niece and nephew singing the rugby anthem ... while colouring in... #IREvNLZ

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Shoreditch today...

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This may well have been suggested by others, I don’t know, but wouldn’t it be a good idea to name the new national maternity hospital after Dr Noël Browne?

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My nieces, Clíodhna and Siun, met ⁦ @rhasidatadeleke ⁩ in Santry a few weeks before #Paris2024 . She’s an inspiration to them and so many other kids who take part in athletics. They were cheering her on from Lanzarote tonight. Beidh lá eile aici! ⁦ @TeamIreland ⁩

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The Far Right - with their allies and sneaking regarders - want to burn the country and rule over the ashes. It’s time for real political leadership, locally and nationally, to fight racism and hatred: Fire at Galway hotel due to host 70 asylum seekers

Galway hotel fire: Gardaí believe blaze at premises due to house 70 asylum seekers started delibe...

Ross Lake House Hotel in Rosscahill had been named by the Department of Integration as an accommodation centre

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6 years

Turning up since the 1960s...

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A suspended sentence is meant to punish and deter. There is no adequate punishment in the suspended sentence imposed on Cathal Crotty today in the Limerick Circuit Court, and no meaningful justice for the victim of his criminal offence, Natasha O’Brien. Judge got it wrong.

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“The truth is the most basic form of redress” - well said, ⁦ @maeveorourke ⁩ on #rtept #MotherandBabyHomes

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6 years

Introducing the new pooch, Juno from Mooncoin, who arrived yesterday. She will be tweeting in a personal capacity...

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3 years

I’m not religious but...

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4 years

Heartbroken at the news that my good pal, Mary McPartlan, has died. Deepest sympathy to Paddy and ‘the girls’. May she sing forever.

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5 years

Don’t know if there will ever be a radio interview to match the unforgettable one done (in the Galway studio, I think) by Marian Finucane with Nuala Ó Faoláin on her terminal cancer diagnosis. May they rest in peace #marian

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6 months

That was a brutal Árd-Fheis speech by Simon Harris. Can’t see him connecting with voters beyond the FG family. He was like a bad actor auditioning for a part as a patronising primary teacher, all slogans and no substance. Dire.

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4 years

President gives uplifting and unapologetic interview on TV and, predictably, some of the commentariat get lathered up about ‘lines being crossed’. These lines exist in their heads. I am happy to live in a country where Head of State provides great thought leadership #LateLate

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6 years

Brilliant points about women’s constitutional rights made by Catherine Forde, SC on #CBLive

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6 years

The kids in this Tullamore school are amazing and their decency gives us hope for the future...

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6 years

Celebrations at Tullamore College after 14-year-old student was granted leave to remain in Ireland

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7 years

There’s something truly reprehensible about people (many anonymous) who think it’s okay to use platforms such as this to tear strips off people like Peter Sutherland who have just died. Have they no sense of how hurtful this is to surviving family members of the deceased.

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2 years

Happy St Patrick’s Day! (No, I’m not in hostiple)

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5 years

Universities do not exist ‘to produce students who are useful’, President says

Michael D. Higgins says spaces for debate needed to combat growth of populism

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3 years

WhatsApp on fire tonight!

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Have always loved this poem, ‘Begin’. Seems especially fitting for the last weekend before a new academic year, a year of renewal, energy and gratitude…

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5 years

What an off-putting, noisy, utterly pointless leaders’ debate - the way the leaders are being treated, by Yates especially, is beneath contempt. Switching off... #vmtvdebate

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1 year

Re the illegal road blockade at Inch: wouldn’t it be good if, just once, a public rep pushed back against local hostility instead of justifying or rationalising it by reference to tropes of differing levels of supine baselessness. Just once.

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4 years

So much pointless, self-serving, narcissistic nonsense tweeted all day every day and then you read one tweet as arrestingly sad as this...

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From today, I will be taking time out from all of my work commitments to be with my family. I would like to thank everyone for their support, understanding and respect for my family’s privacy and would wish that to continue. Continue to stay vigilant and look after each other.

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To whip up controversy about a non-trans woman beating another woman in a boxing match on the basis that one of those women isn’t really a woman is surely the definition of transphobia. To persist in the tendentious discourse on the basis that it’s complex is wilful transphobia.

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5 years

Didn’t Dick Spring say that being Leader of the Labour Party is like having a bath in public...difficult to do with dignity! Brendan Howlin did it with great dignity and plenty of skill. A decent politician if ever there was one.

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3 years

One of the things I’ve noticed since we returned to on-campus teaching is that students say thanks when they’re leaving the classroom. I think this is really lovely in the same way that passengers casually saying thanks must be nice for bus drivers. It’s the small things...

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5 years

Before you all get carried away with the #GE2020 count don’t forget it’s my birthday too! Looks like no single party will get a number of seats that matches my age. 🎂

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Today is such an important day because it could be the day when Trump is fired but, more importanter, it’s my father’s 90th birthday 🎂 Happy birthday, Dad!

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Have great admiration for Drew Harris - doing a very good job in difficult circumstances and providing effective leadership to an organisation that was in deep crisis a few years ago. #LateLateShow

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7 months

It’s rare to feel useful as a law academic. Today, I’m amused by the number of friends who are asking me how they should vote. They don’t even want an explanation or a mini-tutorial, they just want to be told how to vote. I feel like a plumber telling friends how to fix a boiler.

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3 years

Taken just now (4:30pm) in Salthill...

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1 year

This is an ill-advised, facile stunt driven by a puerile obsession with PR, it plays to a loud law & order lobby enabled by the media while evading the more difficult but less eye-catching work of harm reduction, crime prevention and policing with communities…

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An Garda Síochána is to deploy specialist officers in its armed, anti-riot, mounted and dog units, in an effort to increase visibility in Dublin city centre following several high-profile attacks on tourists

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2 years

Mary Lou owning The Late Late Show tonight

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5 years

That was as near to perfect a speech from @LeoVaradkar on RTÉ just now, a model of clear communication in a crisis #COVID19

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3 years

Have always thought that Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey is one of the most compelling, eloquent human rights advocates on this island. Her brilliant book ‘The Price of My Soul’ remains a must-read. Great to see her in conversation with @Tommedian . #TommyTiernanShow

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4 years

Habemus Puppy! Meet Winnie from Mooncoin who, today, joined her half-sister, Juno, in Moycullen. Long road trip, both snoring now.

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3 years

I’m actually speechless watching Gerry O’Carroll on #crimesandconfessions especially in relation to the misplaced sense of victimhood over the disbandment of the Murder Squad

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4 years

Happy Easter from my socially-distanced garden dinner with the neighbour from No.40 🐣

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6 months

On what should be a joyful weekend of national pride, as Ireland wins the Six Nations and we celebrate St Patrick’s Day, our government is transporting immigrants from a tented street ghetto to the side of a mountain while potential accommodation lies vacant everywhere. Shame.

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5 years

Very disturbing to see an academic of unimpeachable integrity and the highest credibility like Prof Colin Harvey of @QUBelfast being abused so vociferously for expressing his views openly and without rancour #WeSupportColin

#Think32

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A message from Colin Harvey: 1. "I greatly appreciate the very kind and generous recent expressions of solidarity and support. Please be assured that I will continue with many others in the collective hard work of defending the values of the Good Friday Agreement.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her visit to @NUIGLaw in 2007 with myself and the then President of @nuigalway Dr Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh @iognaid . Suaimhneas dá hanam cróga.

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3 years

Credit where credit is due, great interview by @MichealMartinTD on @RTELateLateShow tonight - very much in tune with low public mood on the tragedy in Tullamore while striking a note of measured optimism on the pandemic. Not easy.

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3 years

Why do GAA players - male and female - use the word ‘look’ at the start of every sentence and sometimes as punctuation? It seems to have replaced ‘so’.

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3 years

Who needs a thurible...

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3 years

Got vaccination appointment text tonight, only took four days from registration date. Very impressive, credit where credit is due. @HSELive

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5 years

Excellent letter by Prof Kathleen Lynch, UCD: Wealthy students and educational attainment

Wealthy students and educational attainment

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Maybe now we can move on from ‘visibility’ and ‘recognition’ in the Constitution and open up to the idea of meaningful socio-economic rights to underpin policy and legislation drawing for inspiration from international human rights instruments which we have ratified…

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6 years

A real hero of the campaigns to oppose and then repeal the Eighth Amendment, Catherine McGuinness

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10 months

WHITE IRISH MEN RIOTING TO KEEP IRELAND SAFE…INDEED.

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4 years

Today is my last day as a Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission ( @IrishLawReform ) having served two terms since I was first appointed by Government in 2012...

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7 months

What a miasma of meaningless codswallop from former President McAleese, platitudinous nonsense about journeys and destinations where rights are reduced to ‘values’: Yes votes will see ‘new realities’ put into dated parts of Constitution, McAleese says

Referendums: Yes votes will see ‘new realities’ put into dated parts of Constitution, McAleese says

Former president says proposals being voted on next Friday ‘part of a journey’ and ‘not a destination’

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3 years

Magnolia flower, not a bird...I swear

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6 years

Now at 12000 views the morning after. I’m getting them an agent! #IREvAllBlacks

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6 years

For the night that’s in it here’s my niece and nephew singing the rugby anthem ... while colouring in... #IREvNLZ

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5 years

SF did better in the debates from which they were excluded #rtept #GE2020

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8 months

Shame on the members of Mayo County Council who voted in favour of this …

Irish Independent

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Breaking: Mayo County Council votes to cease all cooperation with Department of Integration over refugee response

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6 years

Where’s Hume?

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Listening to the #Stardust formal apology delivered by the Taoiseach just now, a Taoiseach not even born when the tragedy happened, you can’t but be impressed by the sincerity with which it was delivered & the thoughtfulness of the text. In particular, reading the…(1/4)

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‘His Worship’ - Such pompous nonsense from a City Council in a Republic ... and why not an announcement in both official languages?

Galway City Council

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His Worship, the Mayor of Galway City, Cllr. Mike Cubbard elected this afternoon with Deputy Mayor, Cllr. Donal Lyons, pictured at the Annual Meeting of Galway City Council 2019. Also pictured are the Elected Members at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. #Gaillimh #Galway

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6 years

These four candidates are constitutionally illiterate and it’s just ridiculous that they are seeking to be elected as Head of State #cblive

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2 years

Shocked & saddened to hear that James Kingston of @dfatirl has died. He worked so hard & thought so deeply, wearing his scholarly high-mindedness with modesty. He was generous in spirit & deed, practising allyship and demonstrating courageous solidarity. And he could be so funny.

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If FG have any sense it will be wall-to-wall Coveney during the election campaign. His name is all over their proclaimed successes - Brexit and NI Deal - and he was very effective in campaigns like the Marriage Referendum too. And, of course, the FG grassroots like him a lot...

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Amid all the hot takes don’t forget the crucial referendum intervention by @flacireland supported by @ICCLtweet , two NGOs whose activism over many years is informed by values of independence and good authority grounded in a deep commitment to human rights.

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Medtronic to double number of staff making ventilators in Ireland

Galway plant central to building life-saving machines for Covid19 outbreak

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6 months

What an incredibly resourceful and likeable couple from Churchtown on #TheGreatHouseRevival tonight - they deserve every happiness in their lovely home.

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Can’t take Sinn Féin seriously as a party that seeks to position itself as progressive. This latest pivot is a shameless, cynical concession to the Far Right and their enablers. The Bill can easily be amended, not scrapped; but that wouldn’t be as eye-catching:

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Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice Pa Daly TD has demanded that government scrap their Hate Speech legislation as it is not fit for purpose

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Now that Frank Clarke has resigned from the Dubai court Peter Kelly’s position on the same court is completely untenable. There should be a full, detailed report from the Judicial Council about how all of this came to pass.

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Another year, another neighbourly gesture from the wonderful people next door, Pat and Ger, who placed a homemade Christmas wreath on my front door while I was out. It would warm your heart...

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“More than 73 per cent of Irish people reported feeling positive about immigration, while three-quarters of people agree Ireland should help migrants seeking protection…”

Ireland has one of the most positive attitudes towards immigration in Europe - study

Irish people’s positivity towards immigrants has declined in recent years, particularly between June and November 2023, according to ESRI study

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6 years

Odd that pro-lifers condemn British abortion when it’s only British abortions that they want women in Ireland to get #LateLateShow

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This is a bad week for ‘nailing it’ with the final Sindo column by Gene Kerrigan - what a legacy of outstanding journalism and peerless writing for various media outlets.

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Every year, without fail, I get my two dogs, Juno and Winnie O’Connell, to do the most uptight pose after their Christmas grooming. They smell like one of those candle shops that make you cry…alas, for one day only. They’re definitely more relaxed when they smell like dogs…

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6 years

This is harassment and intimidation of patients and doctors: Anti-abortion protesters picket GP practice in Galway

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2 years

What an extraordinary interview by Joe Duffy with Micheál Martin, it’s rare that politicians are allowed to show their innate human decency in a reflective setting and that’s a pity. Very moving. #meaningoflife

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Sinn Féin opposed the Citizenship Referendum in 2004 and deserved serious credit for the leadership they showed at that time. All of that is now undermined by the cynical posturing about ‘open borders’ and other tropes at a time when political leadership is so desperately needed.

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6 years

Remember to vote...those dragons won’t slay themselves! #Aras18

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1/3- What happened on Sandwith Street ( #SandwithStreet ) in Dublin last night when refugees were burnt out of their temporary homes is from the same playbook of hate-filled vigilantism that has also led to members of the Traveller Community being burnt out of their homes….

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Remembering Donal Toolan on his fourth anniversary with warmth and sadness...

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5 years

Well done to Seán Kyne, Catherine Connolly and others who spoke for reasonable people in Oughterard and Galway last night and did their best to counter the stoking of racism and the cynical manipulation by some of local concerns about a DP Centre outside the village.

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As someone who would, with enthusiasm, vote to delete the sexist provisions of Article 41 (of Bunreacht na hÉireann), I am appalled by the ease with which some non-governmental organisations and political parties of the left accept a neo-liberal conception of limited (1/3)…

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So sad to hear this news, a hugely talented lawyer, academic and commentator who used his many gifts with great style and generosity. Sincere condolences to his family and colleagues: Barrister Paul Anthony McDermott dies

Barrister Paul Anthony McDermott dies

Father of two was a ‘popular lecturer and entertaining newspaper columnist’

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Something very confidence-inspiring and practical about Dr Catherine Motherway on @morningireland despite the rather chilling nature of ethical choices that may be triggered by rising ICU numbers - brilliant communicator with real empathy.

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Today should be the day for the annual @Macnas parade in Galway. Here are some pics from last year’s spectacular parade and here’s to more great parades in the future...

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@GarNob The Minister knows full well that Article 42B is a dead letter legally and in overselling it he is being wilfully disingenuous. The whole thing is a patronising insult to those whose choices are limited by dependency on ‘care in the home’ and their carers.

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Huge swing in favour of citizenship for all born in Ireland | Ireland | The Sunday Times

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A few more weeks of lockdown driving lessons and Juno will be ready for L-plates...

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I think today was the first time that I voted for just one candidate without indicating second or subsequent preferences. Wasn’t even tempted. Maybe I’m too fussy... #Aras18

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Beautiful Inishbofin today...

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Introducing Winnie from Mooncoin who will be joining her half-sister, Juno from Mooncoin, in a few weeks time ... forming a canine COVID bubble of bitches in Moycullen!

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Didn’t get to have a proper chat with this man in Listowel last night but we made up for it this morning before he headed off to open Bloom ⁦ @WritersWeek ⁩

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Tonight in Galway

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Loving the #womansheart documentary featuring Mary Black, Maura O’Connell, Frances Black, Eleanor McEvoy and Dolores Keane - powerful narrative of the emotional life of Ireland in the 1980s and ‘90s, so strongly connected to political doings of the time. Seems like last week.

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They both want to go for a pee but won’t go out in the rain...

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This is a welcome, timely and incisive intervention by ⁦ @flacireland ⁩ in the March 8th referendum to insert Article 42B into the Constitution: Legal body criticises ‘implicitly sexist’ referendum on carers in blow to Yes campaign – The Irish Times

Legal body criticises ‘sexist’ amendment on carers

Free Legal Advice Centres backs family amendment but does not support care amendment in March 8th referendums

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Thought Mary Robinson gave a genuine account of herself on #LateLateShow . No one is infallible, nor should we expect infallibility. She has got more things right than wrong in her life of dogged and courageous commitment to human rights.

Robinson says she made 'big mistake' over princess

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson has said she made a "big mistake" and was "naive" in relation to the case of Emirati Princess Latifa Al Maktoum.

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Great turnout for the gradam presented to my mother, Bríd, by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Swinford this evening, incredible music too by members of the thriving Michael Davitt branch of CCÉ

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