The Green Party's Mothin Ali on the importance of community spaces and how the Green Party has a plan to invest £5 billion to revive them #C4News
"People are angry, our country is divided. And I get it"
"One of the main reasons is the loss of our country's social infrastructure"
“It is a recurring mistake in modern Iranian political life — one learned painfully in the aftermath of 1979. We confuse the force that can topple a ruler with the force that can build a free society.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
Our Chair, Dr Kate McCann, was delighted to attend the launch today of An Post's collection of stamps celebrating Irish women doctors.
It is wonderful to see this acknowledgment of four great #SundayWiMIN - Dr Emily Winifred Dickson, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Prof Janice Walshe and Dr Rhona Mahony!
From FT comments
No, fair moderation apart, their motivations are dubious and respect for you in the process and protection of you both during and after are unlikely.
Luxembourg lawmakers have voted to enshrine the freedom to have an abortion in the country’s constitution. However, wording was changed from "right" to "freedom" making it much weaker, and the country has a 12-week abortion limit that won't change.
#SundayWiMIN26 Week 8: Prof. Geraldine McGinty, our keynote speaker at #WiMINConference26, March 21st*. Internationally recognized expert in imaging economics. 2018 Chair of ACR's Board of Chancellors. Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs @weillcornell.bsky.social.
*Register now: www.wimin.ie
Our impact thus far. www.resistandunsubscribe.com
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.
*one voice altered to disguise identity
Revealed: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from Tory donors. The Nerve. Photograph of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage (centre) stands with his “shadow cabinet” (l-r): Zia Yusuf, “shadow home secretary,” “shadow chancellor” Robert Jenrick, Richard Tice, “shadow deputy prime minister”, Suella Braverman, “shadow education secretary”, 17 February 2026
Follow the money: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from Tory donors, we can exclusively reveal
The majority of the money behind Farage’s movement was being supplied by Conservative interests even before the defection of so many high-profile figures from the party, writes @charlienotold.bsky.social
Really great to see these types of posts being advertised in Irish Universities- Professor of Social Justice and Democratic Resilience universityvacancies.com/university-l... #AcademicSky
Epstein’s Nerds: How the Tech Titans Weaponised Troll Armies to Beat Hillary Clinton
Would convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein deploy misogyny as a weapon in the 2016 Presidential Elections? How could he resist?
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Jeffrey Epstein was a paedophile, and we all live in his world. By Carole Cadwalladr. Image of Epstein and documents against a blue background
In a week of grim revelations, perhaps the darkest of all was that the attitudes the dead millionaire represented – misogyny, control, abuse of girls – are embedded in power structures throughout our culture, writes @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
This is the chance to go after the soft tissue of big tech, whose leaders the president listens to,,, says Leia.
Foreign interference distorts both the information people rely on and the level playing field democracy depends on.
Tomorrow MPs will debate Russian interference in our democracy. This is why a full inquiry remains necessary.
citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...
For a more local take on my previous post.
Nobody is talking about the Great and not-so-Great Irish Men whose names won’t make headlines
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
This piece is seminal. It manages to be both deeply personal yet global in its reach.
also, when you undermine the rule of law, it's much easier to steal
NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you.
Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked!
But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊
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Dear @washingtonpost.com
journalists. Solidarity on a terrible day. But also: it’s an opportunity. The @theguardian.com also fucked over its journalists last year.
Months later, 5 of us launched @thenerve.news - with zero £ - & it’s working! Rebuild your own media from the ground up 👊👊👊
The 10 companies to boycott during February:
- Microsoft
- Apple
- Amazon
- Google
- Meta
- OpenAI
- Netflix
- Paramount+
- Uber
- X
Great piece on Ireland's future health and social care workforce strategy by @jimc-hrh.bsky.social and @tiagocorreia.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Findings from the GP Retention Project. Crucial info for workforce planning.
www.medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
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Photo of Prime Minister Carney speaking at a podium in Davos, Switzerland. A quote from his speech is edited on top: “WHEN THE RULES NO LONGER PROTECT YOU, YOU MUST PROTECT YOURSELF. BUT LET US BE CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHERE THIS LEADS. A WORLD OF FORTRESSES WILL BE POORER, MORE FRAGILE, AND LESS SUSTAINABLE.”
We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.
‘The old order is not coming back.’
Canadian prime minister’s seriously thoughtful speech about the new world order at Davos.
www.youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...
Dr. King believed our democracy would only make sense when every child was fed, every mind was educated, and every community had dignity and freedom.
That vision is still unfolding. So, on this MLK Day, let us recommit to the work of building the world he dared to imagine.
Proud.
Good morning.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
