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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

3 years

I was 21 when Covid first reached Ireland. I will turn 24 in a month's time. For many students the "best years of our lives" have been robbed from us by Covid. Looking forward to a full reopening! Hopefully we never experience a pandemic like this again🤞🙏 #NPHET

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Luke Silke

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2 years

Rural Ireland: "We're hungry, cold and petrol and fuel prices keep going up, please help!" Green Party / Eamon Ryan: "Drive slower, take shorter showers, walk to work and stop buying turf" 🙈😫

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Luke Silke

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3 years

"Several arrests made" as Tony Holohan gets angry at Leaving Cert students just finished their year celebrating outside in the street. The Garda armed support unit driving around St Stephen's Green. This has gone way too far.

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

7 months

Sinn Fein are advocating a yes vote in #Referendum2024 but they're hiding from it - Mary Lou tweeting "come out and vote" but neglecting to say what side she's on. They're so spineless.

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Luke Silke

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3 years

The minutes of the last NPHET meeting this month show that the Department and HSE presented them with the findings of an opinion poll showing public appetite for more restrictions. Surely NPHET / government should be following science as opposed to opinion polls? 🤨

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2 years

Hard to understand how anyone would want to become a journalist when they see the level of abuse @FergalBowers gets on Twitter. An exceptional journalist - asking hard questions on Covid in nursing homes, cervical check, cancer rates, etc. A gentleman.

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Luke Silke

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7 months

The government doesn't need a referendum to do this... After four years of government why hasn't it been done already? #VoteNoNo

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@luke_silke

6 years

Despite attempts by the Health Minister #SimonHarris and others to paint a different picture these are the sounds of public support for #nursesstrike today. We #StandWithNursesAndMidwives #nurses #Galway #UCHG #UHG ❤🇮🇪 ❤ 🇮🇪 🏍 🏥 🚑 🚐 🚗 🚘 🚚 🚛

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5 years

Department of An Taoiseach phoned me following an FOI request and encouraged me to withdraw the request. That normal? (Arguing that it would take more than month to gather all correspondence between #LeoVaradkar and the 'owners' of newspapers!) How many emails are there? 🧐😱

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9 months

@Michael_O_Regan "I'm voting yes because I don't like Dev or McQuaid" is a fairly immature attitude to the debate! I haven't decided how I will vote, need to do a lot of research!

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3 years

What do you mean by "a time", Michael? I was 21-years-old when the first Covid case reached Ireland. Now I'm 23. Asking me to sacrifice my social life for longer is in fact a big ask - I've obeyed all the rules since the start!

Michael O'Regan

@Michael_O_Regan

3 years

Curbing our social lives for a time is surely not a big ask. Not suggesting another lockdown! #covid

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Luke Silke

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4 years

I have constructed a timeline charting the various decisions and actions taken by the Government in response to the situation in nursing homes. "A Fatal Mistake"... #nursinghomes

A Fatal Mistake: Timeline Of Covid_19 And Nursing Homes

There can be no doubt now that a series of oversights, mistakes and stubbornness from a number of bodies have proven fatal for some of our most vulnerable citizens. In this article I will se…

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5 months

While some are trying to stop us cutting turf - 172,000 tonnes of peat have been imported from abroad 😳🤯 The green policies of this government are anti rural and make no sense!! Vote Aontu for common sense 🗳️ #RuralIreland #Tuam #LocalElections2024 #Aontu

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

11 days

The OPW have just admitted that the security hut at the Department of Finance cost €1.4 million!!! Here is the hut... Utter waste of taxpayer money 😲

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

3 years

Leo Varadkar would be gone by now if we had proper opposition. Where is Mary-Lou and where is Alan Kelly? Haven't seen or heard them on the radio or TV in over a week, normally they'd have something to say every day... #SinnF éin #Labour #Hiding

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Luke Silke

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4 years

BREAKING: The EU Commission looks set to investiate Ireland's treatment of survivors of institutional abuse. The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors were informed today that their Petition to the European Parliament has been declared to be admissible. #TuamBabies

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 years

"In taking the case that she did to the High Court and then to the Supreme Court..." 😱 Ruth didn't "take" the case to the Supreme Court, the State, of which Leo Varadkar was leader, dragged her there, terminally ill 😥 How dare he pretend to admire her for fighting him 😡

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@PhelanVicky

4 years

My link to the interview with the Tánaiste is not working in my thread but my good friend @caulmick has a working link below to the part of the interview dealing with Ruth Morrissey.

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Luke Silke

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5 years

SF, PBP and Greens, holding signs which read "stop the screening" of #Unplanned . What is it that these "pro choice" people are trying to prevent you from seeing? Well the film exposes how the abortion industry exploits vulnerable women. Check it out! #Galway #Omniplex

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Luke Silke

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3 years

No matter what direction the Katherine Zappone saga takes, one thing is sure, the Taoiseach's position has been damaged irreparably - weakened. Is Micheál Martin in charge or is Fine Gael in charge? With whom does the buck stop? #Zapponyism

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6 years

Great excitement on O'Connell Street waiting for #PopeFrancis lots of young people! Dublin at a standstill with huge crowds! Who said religion was dead? #popeinIreland #WMOF2018

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Luke Silke

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5 years

Interesting to note that Maria Bailey TD is a cousin of Minister Simon Harris. She sought legal advice from Madigan's Solicitors (where Minister Madigan comes from). The journalist Hugh O'Connell quoting "sources" is a brother in law of Kate O'Connell TD. #FineGael #TodaySOR

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Luke Silke

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2 years

This tweet isn't nice. Lots of our elderly in this country are deeply religious, deeply compassionate and loving. Whether or not it is your cup of tea - it isn't nice to poke fun at someone who is praying for you and wishing you well.

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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2 years

Shout out to my anonymous fans for sending me merch in the post.

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Luke Silke

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6 months

This is the list of TDs who voted against the hate speech Bill. Sinn Fein and all parties except Aontu and People Before Profit voted for this Bill. Michael Ring and Charlie Flanagan also voted for it. Trying to hoodwink the electorate in an election year...

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

7 months

Peadar Tóibín TD, leader of Aontu, the only party to advocate a No/No vote in today's referendum, embraces his mother on the grounds of Dublin Castle this afternoon. #Referendum24

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

8 months

Tusla have openly admitted to us that they are placing children in "unregulated placements" consisting of rented accommodation with "staffing from third party providers". This should be a national scandal. Coverage on RTE today:

Concerns over vulnerable children in Special Emergency Arrangements

Brian O’Connell, RTÉ Reporter and Kate Duggan, CEO of Tusla

www.rte.ie

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

5 years

I see The Irish Times have devoted a full page today to celebrating #repealedthe8th . Whatever side of the abortion debate we're on can we agree that abortion is not something to be celebrated? #SaturdayMorning

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Luke Silke

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4 years

Very inappropriate from RTE. Many people, myself included, have taken great solace in our faith during these troubling times. An apology from the national broadcaster is well warranted! 😥🙏

Archbishop hits out at RTÉ over ‘blasphemous’ New Years Eve skit

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland is expressing shock over what he says is a “blasphemous” satirical clip broadcast on RTE’s New Year’s Eve Countd...

www.independent.ie

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@luke_silke

4 years

Let the record reflect that while government inaction let Covid_19 rip through nursing homes, direct provision centres and residential disability care centres, Colm O'Gorman @Colmogorman of Amnesty Ireland was busy tweeting photos of garlic bread and scones. #HumanRights

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 years

Disgraceful answer from Simon Harris, when asked by @PFitzpatrickTD if he will commit to an inquiry into Ireland's handling of nursing homes - the Minister says HIQA will inspect nursing homes. Its NPHET and government that need to be investigated, not the frontline staff! 😠

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

2 years

@boucherhayes Bite your own. You're telling people poorer than you to bite their tongues, if the purpose of travel was for a holiday, even though they've lost hundreds - if not thousands - of euro (hotels, transport) which took them months or years to save. Check your privilege again! 🤐🔇

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Luke Silke

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5 years

Brid Smith and others are set to introduce an abortion amendment to the emergency legislation to abolish the 3 day waiting period. Trying to use a time of global crisis as an opportunity to sneak in abortion amendments without due debate. 1/

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Luke Silke

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3 years

Tomorrow morning I will be releasing some fresh research I have conducted into the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home - including the names of 50 + infants who died under the care of the same people but who are not included in the 798 figure. #RememberThem #TuamBabies

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1 year

Hello from inside Leinster House. Very sad to see American style politics imported here. Democratically elected politicians should be free to enter and leave their place of work without intimidation.

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

2 years

Why was there an underspend in the Magdalene Scheme, Migrant Integration Scheme and Traveller fund to start with!! 🤯

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@luke_silke

6 years

Why is journalist Hugh O'Connell reporting an "anti-abortion" protest outside the Dáil. Its not anti abortion. Its about #Conscience rights. A recent Amárach Poll found that 7 in 10 Yes voters also support consciention objection. #AmendtheBill #unjustbill #conscientiousobjection

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5 years

At the Claire Byrne debate here in #NUIG . Just spoke to a family of four who got out of a single car with audience tickets. Can Red C Polling explain that please?? #clairebyrnelive

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Luke Silke

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4 years

Leo Varadkar can pretend there is nothing he can do about Big Phil all he wants, but the fact remains he can suspend or expel him from Fine Gael...

Toibin calls on Varadkar to expel Phil Hogan from Fine Gael party | Meath Chronicle

Aontú leader, Meath West TD, Peadar Tóibín, has called on the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, to suspend EU Commissioner Phil Hogan from the Fine Gael party, over Hogan's attendance at the Oireachtas Golf...

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Luke Silke

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6 years

I had the pleasure of interviewing Emma MhicMhathuna some weeks back about her faith. Her last remark to me was "God and love always win". Terribly sad news this morning, may she Rest in Peace 🙏

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 years

What strikes me about @walls2 is not just his passion, but the fact that he is willing to spend some of the precious time he has left fighting for cancer patients 👏 #RTE #BeaconHospital

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5 years

BREAKING: The HSE have just confirmed that since 2015 a total of 11,500 women have been effected by the #cervicalcheck scandal. This comes a week after #SimonHarris talked to RTE news about the "good news" that only "a small number" had tested positive. #ResignSimon

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@luke_silke

5 years

Why is Joe platforming somebody who wears a plastic bag over their head and treating him like the wisdom of Ireland and saviour of the world? #Journalism

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@JOEdotie

5 years

"But with Greta it gets people intensely angry because people don't like hearing a female speaking up." @Rubberbandits Blindboy on why he's inspired by @GretaThunberg , as others feel threatened by her.

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Luke Silke

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7 months

Kate Duggan CEO Tusla this week on RTE said that she "absolutely" knew who was staffing SEAs & they were vetted. Today @jackpowerIT reports there was an internal report from July which explicitly said staff in Special Accommodation didn't have up to date Garda clearance. #Tusla

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1 year

76 migrant children in the care of Tusla have vanished, and Tusla do not know where they are. It is a truly shocking and alarming story. I spoke to Tommy Marren on @radiomidwest during the week: @MECPATHS @Toibin1

Missing Foster Children

Listen to Missing Foster Children by Luke Silke #np on #SoundCloud

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Luke Silke

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3 years

I will be speaking to Galway Bay FM this morning at 9.40 to discuss NPHET's meeting minutes - in particular their research on Mandatory Vaccination (and the reasons Aontú oppose such a measure). Tune in on 96.8 frequency! 👍 #GalwayTalks

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Luke Silke

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6 years

"If abortion was legal back in the day I would not be here today. I'm disappointed to see the yes side using the Tuam babies to push for legal abortion. I'm voting No" - PJ Haverty, Born in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in 1951. #lovebothvoteNO #8thRef #Newstalk @IvanYatesNT

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4 years

Fifty years from now we will look back at the current situation in nursing homes with the same level of shame that we now have when we think of mother and baby homes. #NursingHomes

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 years

⚠️ There is one vaccination centre for all of Galway. ⚠️ It only opened today. ⚠️ In Tuam we have vaccines but no needles. ⚠️ My 90-year-old aunt appt cancelled and told to wait another two weeks. Disappointing to see Dublin / Rural divide even with vaccine rollout.

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Luke Silke

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8 months

@Michael_O_Regan Sometimes I wonder if you are deliberately trying to stir the pot, Michael. 🤔 It's sexist, and old-fashioned to blame mothers for the poor political policies of their sons...

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Luke Silke

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5 years

Pat Kenny isn't a good interviewer - none of his questions are being answered by either Micheál Martin or the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Any decent journalist would shout stop and repeat the unanswered questions. We need Vincent Brown back again!! #leadersdebate

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@luke_silke

6 years

Simon Harris in the Seanad explaining why he won't support an amendment which would ensure early delivery rather than late term abortion. But during the campaign he led us all to believe that post-viability abortion would be early delivery.. #Legisl8 #Unjustbill #AmendtheBill

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3 years

Fantastic to see Fr Peter McVerry at the Aontú Ard Fheis today, speaking about the need to respect the dignity and rights of every person without distinction 🙌 #HousingFirst #HumanRights #AontuArdFheis21 👏

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1 year

@barrymward Pretty cynical of you Barry to try to imply that anyone who has concerns about the wording of the legislation must surely think this sort of abuse, behaviour and transphobia is 100% totally acceptable... Grow up.

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4 years

Since the start of the pandemic anyone who so much as mentioned Vitamin D was dismissed as a conspiracy theorist... Now Fine Gael are running with the 'take vitamin D' line. Scientists have been saying it all along.

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5 years

Just debated exclusion zones on @TodaySOR . Mary Higgins suggested that pro life people needn't offer supports to women in crisis because MyOptions and the government already do this. Say that to women queuing for nappies and baby food outside the Capuchin Day Centre. #ProLife

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@luke_silke

2 years

The #ConsistentLifeEthic is the way forward 🙌 Imagine a world every State agreed on a policy of non violence? If we agreed that every human being, regardless of race, sex, age, size, ability, sexual orientation, etc deserved the full protection of the law? 😍 #RoeVsWade

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Luke Silke

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5 years

I interviewed Emma Mhic Mhathúna before she died of last year. The last text she sent me read: "Don't worry Luke, God and love always win". Simon Harris is a liar. I have followed the #CervicalCheck scandal closely and want to make some observations... {Thread}

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@luke_silke

3 years

"Government to ask CMO to consider relaxing close contact rule" - RTE. There is so much wrong with that sentence 😬 #Schools back Thursday, TD's not for another three weeks. Who is in charge and where are they? Norma Foley now meeting with ASTI with two days to go 🙈🤨

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Luke Silke

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6 years

While RTE get all the praise for their #Whistleblower story, lets not be so quick to hail the media as saints. INM sacked #GemmaODoherty when she attempted to uncover this story!

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

2 years

Over the past five years 357 homeless people have died in Dublin... Dublin City Council have confirmed following a Freedom of Information request.

‘Dark statistics’ as number of deaths of homeless people continues to rise

Homeless deaths have risen sharply in recent years with 70 deaths recorded so far this year.

m.independent.ie

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3 years

Some pro life TDs have introduced a bill seeking to ensure that unborn babies are given pain relief prior to late term abortion. I have many pro choice friends who've said they'd support such legislation but I imagine the #ReactivateRepeal crowd wouldn't? #repealedThe8th 💔😢

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@luke_silke

2 years

This is very alarming! The Minister says he is not aware of the tusla's 13 internal case reviews two of which I have been furnished with by two victims of child sexual abuse. Horrific similarities in one report to Grace case. Why hasn't Tusla briefed the government on this? 🤯

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Luke Silke

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5 years

Free speech? The @IrishTimes Newspaper tells the President of Young Fine Gael, @Kilfalwol , to "shut up" 😧 All views are not welcome, and some people should not speak, according to those on the moral high-ground of the Irish media. #FreeSpeech #Media

Kathy Sheridan: Killian Foley-Walsh should shut up and listen

Young America’s Foundation funding merits close ideological inspection

www.irishtimes.com

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@luke_silke

4 years

Those who think that the Cervical Check Scandal is consigned to the history books at this stage are very much mistaken. The scandal has not gone away. 😠 #CervicalCheck

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4 years

When asked about the reopening of cancer screening by Peadar Tóibín today, Simon Harris laughed a lot in his response and dotted it with words like "conspiracy theory" and "ludicrous", but did not give a date for the reopening 😵 #CervicalCheck #CancerScreening #D áilLive

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@luke_silke

3 years

Great to see my message printed in this week's Tuam Herald. I would strongly encourage everyone to #ShopLocal this Christmas! 🌲 #Tuam @Toibin1 @AontuIE

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5 years

Niall Boylan says that Classic Hits has reached out to Galway Pro Choice to see if they would debate @AbbyJohnson on his show and they declined. #Unplanned #GoSeeTheMovie

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6 years

A Doctor debunks the misinformation being spread by #Together4Yes and others in yesterday's @Independent_ie . Again I'm confused that @senatornoone couldn't find "a single medical professional" who was against repeal?? @doctors4lifeire #LoveBothVoteNO #factcheck #8thref

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Luke Silke

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6 years

@SimonHarrisTD I attach a screenshot of the Dáil record (27th March 2018). You said you were not interested in Debate on the legislation back then as thats not what we were voting on. Now you're saying we voted on the legislation so that debate is over. Which is it? "Ample Time"? #8thref

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Luke Silke

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5 years

Following queries, The Oireachtas have confirmed that the software used to display the results of today's Seanad election count was developed in 1993 and has "worked perfectly" in every election since then, adding that it also "works on Windows 10" 😂👏 #Seanad2020

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Luke Silke

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2 months

Éamon Ó Cuiv has been a mighty force for good in Irish politics, and has served Galway with distinction. No matter who is selected to replace him they won't fill his shoes. @eamonocuiv has done enormous work for the vulnerable, for migrants, Travellers, and the unborn.

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3 years

Vote for someone who will look out for the vulnerable. Vote for Mairead Tóibín! 🙌 💗 👏 Dublin Bay South. #DublinBaySouth #Aont ú #Cancer #Homeless #DomesticViolence #NursingHomes

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Luke Silke

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3 years

Thanks to @Barnacles09 for the coverage in this week's @CTribune . Shocking to think that while nursing homes in Tuam and Ahascragh were crying out for assistance there were 4,345 volunteers in Galway, but only 16 were recruited. 💔 Shocking stuff. @Toibin1

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5 years

I will never eat Brazillian beef. For the sake of our climate. For the sake of our farmers. Boycott them. Who is with me? #AmazonFires #Brazil #Beef

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Luke Silke

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6 years

@Berlinnaeus @nialring Can @SimonHarrisTD explain why, in December, he praised @IrishFPA on #D áil record. An organisation that were subject of DPP investigation in 2012, after giving women "life-endangering" advice according to then Master of Rotunda Hospital? #repealedthe8th

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Luke Silke

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4 years

1 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will not be taking questions today. 2 There will be no Tony Holohan press conference. 3 NPHET haven't published their meeting minutes. 4 FOI requests are delayed. 5 Opposition TDs can't ask written questions as they normally can. Transparency?

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Luke Silke

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2 years

@AodhanORiordain The irony is that it was a religious school which sought the injunction against him! (and rightly so). Yet you're blaming religious influence? What do you mean when you refer to the "values of the state" ? The imposition of the Minister of the day's ideology? Your ideology?

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4 years

RIP Granny 🙏

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Luke Silke

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1 year

Delighted to support the campaign for justice for the families of those who died in nursing homes during the pandemic. Great to meet so many familiar faces @caulmick @CMHaughey @MargoHannon @CareChampions2 @Toibin1 @MaireadTobin2 #CareChampions #MandatoryReporting #CarePartner

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Luke Silke

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5 years

There will be 10,000 terminations in Ireland a year, according to a Rotunda Hospital board meeting document released to under a Freedom of Information request. Thats more than one abortion every hour 😓 #FineGael #abortion #repealedthe8th

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Luke Silke

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6 years

So there seems to be a great deal of confusion over my letter in the @IrishTimes . I've been called a "stupid", "idiotic", "cry baby". For the sake of clarity: My letter was cut by the editor, here is the original. Colm O'Gorman's name was removed from my letter. #itstimetotalk

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 years

How dare @LorrCliff call Peadar Tóibín "populist" for calling for reopening of cancer services! Peadar has always been passionate about cancer services and screening and recently shared his own story - battle with cancer - in the Dáil. @LatedebateRTE @KatieGHannon

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4 years

Face masks to be mandatory in shops, public transport etc. Why only now though? If face masks save lives and stop the spread of the virus then why weren't they made mandatory in February? #COVID19

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Luke Silke

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1 year

@FineGael A pound of butter costs nearly a fiver. Many people currently in full time jobs are on the verge of homelessness. We need to stop using employment rates as a sole means of measuring success.

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Luke Silke

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4 years

The fact that Oliver Callan is trending and Rose Hegarty is not just shows how effective the Fine Gael spin unit is. You don't know who Rose Hegarty is? Google her! 😞 #LateLateShow #Taoiseach #Spin

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Luke Silke

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9 months

People need to be educated on the number of people who have died, been imprisoned, been murdered, or had their lives ruined along the path of production and sale of that bag they are offered on a night out..

Local Aontú rep "considered odd" because he doesn't do drugs - Galway Daily

The Aontú representative for Tuam, Luke Silke, has said that he is "almost considered odd" because he doesn't take drugs.

www.galwaydaily.com

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

6 years

Simon Harris defends his #UnjustBill by saying "The people have spoken". Because people voted Yes does not mean they oppose an amendment to ensure pain relief for the baby prior to the abortion procedure, does it? #legisl8 #AmendTheBill #8thref #AbortionBill

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

3 years

Now would probably be a good time to delete this tweet...

Ógra Shinn Féin

@Ogra_SF

3 years

No pasaron.

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

6 years

Mattie McGrath talks about reports, inquests, statistics, facts and @SimonHarrisTD shakes his head. Don't you like facts and reports Minister or whats all that about? #unjustbill #AmendTheBill #OireachtasLive

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

7 years

The Irish Traveller Movement have today announced they will support repeal. I've spoken to many travellers and asked them how they intend to vote. I've yet to find someone who doesn't reply with a certain and solid "I'm voting no!" #HumanRights #Togetherforyes ?? #TogetherForNo

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

6 years

@senatornoone Notice how so far @RuthCoppingerTD and @bridsmithTD have given us: The name of the woman. Her address. The name of the hospital. Rough date of when abortion will take place. Far more details than @ProfRayKinsella ever gave. No uproar? #Confidentiality #abortion #Coombe

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 years

Totally understand the need for restrictions, but for the life of me I cannot understand how it is ever deemed appropriate to pause cancer screening and cancer services. These are absolutely essential services, and pausing them will cost people their lives.

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

1 year

The Minister for Children has deleted three of the four reports sent to him by Judge Simms in relation to concerns over children in care, citing GDPR, despite the fact that the reports were anonymised. He has confirmed this to Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD.

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

5 years

Sometimes when I'm fighting with red tape from Dept of Health & Simon Harris, and get overwhelmed, I scroll through old texts to read the last one #EmmaMhicMhathuna sent to me: "God and love always win", and I realise that the fight for truth must go on. #RIP #CervicalCheck

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 months

Managed to stay ahead of Sinn Fein by the skin of my teeth. I expect to get 100 transfers from Fianna Fail now. Won't take a seat but very grateful for the phenomenal support I have received from the people of Tuam 🙏

Tuam Herald

@TuamHerald

4 months

TUAM update: 9th count. Distribution of Green Party candidate Kadejo vote. No one elected. IND McHugh pulls ahead of FF Sheridan but all eyes on 10th count and transfer of FF Quirke who was eliminated #elections2024 #localnews #galway #LE24 #tuam

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

4 years

Despite the government having apologised to these women, the HSE/Cervical Check maintain there was no wrongdoing. Cervical Check says that these women were just "unfortunate", that they were not "wronged". They are also critical of words like "mistake" and "misreading".

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

1 year

@greenparty_ie ✅ Sealing mother and baby home records. ✅ Ending eviction ban. You lot will never be on the right side of history, regardless of how many times Fox News criticise you. Your metric for measuring your morality or success in government is somewhat skewed 🥴

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

5 years

The Irish Times describe Ireland as "a narrow Catholic little dump". Last week my cousin, a priest, returned after treatment for cancer, to feed the people of Venezuela. Today's headline is shameful. Religious discrimination and sectarianism is still rife in this country 😓

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

5 years

@drg1985 An apology was warranted. Well done on having the balls to say sorry. More than can be said for Ciara Kelly. I hope Vicky Phelan is back tweeting again soon.

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

5 years

2/2 So basically Fine Gael expect the media to inform them in advance if there is a chance that one of their TDs is about to do something stupid? #TodaySOR #swinggate #FineGael #MariaBailey

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Luke Silke

@luke_silke

3 years

Simon Coveney now says he would not regard Katherine Zappone as a "good friend". Ouch.

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