Every time I come to holyhead I'm taken by how much nicer they are than Dublin but they also have worse understanding of accessibility than we do so it truly is a trade off

Nothing to see here just the Chancellor of the University of Limerick retweeting a post suggesting that those of us who campaigned for Catherine Connolly would have preferred Ayatollah Khomeini (though I think Shatter actually means Khameini) as a candidate... Outrageous stuff.

Getting pure sick of living through unprecedented times. Could really do with some precedented times

my latest in The Ditch. Juan Carlos Rosas O’Donnell is currently on trial for money laundering in one of the biggest trials in Panama's history

he is also the Irish honorary consul in Panama. his consular offices are at the law firm he's alleged to have laundered money through

Hell yeah Anurag, massive congratulations!

Hampstead Heath Ponds to remain inclusive The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive

The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive

goodlawproject.org/hampstead-he...

Legal Observers Under Threat With the death of a US legal observer at the hands of ICE; how do we avoid the brutalisation of Irish legal observers?

open.substack.com/pub/livelaug...

Wrote about Legal Observers and their vital contribution; and how you can get involved.

I needn't have been upset about my new chair arriving and the anticipatory grief because not only has my old chair not been taken away yet but the new one is broken :) I love when the health system is reliable

Social Democrats’ motion seeks emergency winter payment for disabled people within a month - Social Democrats The Dáil will today debate a Social Democrats’ motion calling on the government to introduce an emergency winter payment of €400 for disabled people within a month. Eoin Hayes TD, who is the party’s s...

The Dáil is currently debating our motion calling for an emergency winter payment of €400 for disabled people.

This is the minimum they deserve from this govt until such a time that a permanent cost of disability payment is introduced.

@liamquaidetd.bsky.social @eoinhayestd.bsky.social

I've been struggling with leaving my house lately. Thankfully I have mandatory dinners to help me get over it

I realise Laoise de Brún is an easy go-to for MSM journalists writing about trans people but given her history of not knowing Ireland is bound by EU law in this area, maybe she shouldn’t be your only legal source

I don't know how we can move forward as a society while judges like this have such power to hold us back.

I and others who are lucky enough to have jobs and be able to work, work to pay for additional costs and thus have limited incomes. Meanwhile the inaccessibility of society in all its forms remains, we don’t qualify for so many things because we are working - all while our costs are not recognised.

A screenshot from the Simpsons of Mr burns unveiling a sign which reads don't forget you're here forever

Twitter @ me because disability advocacy isn't viable on Bluesky yet

Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.

Ian Somerhalder and William Shatner charging the same price at comic con doesn't sit right with me

the perennial "is this a good replacement for twitter / can it become as big as twitter" discussion is so confused. hominids became bipedal about 7 million years ago. for most of the time since we did not have microblogging. it's not a necessity it's a habit, if it all goes away that's fine

The deplatforming of the Molly Russell Foundation, whose raison d'etre is the harms done by social media, but which inconveniently opposes a ban, has been an especially illuminating feature of this 'debate'.

The media is not interested in what experts think. It just wants voices who agree with it.

Reminder that Blue Monday isn't a real phenomenon, it was made up by the boyband Blue in 2002 to make me wanna call you in the middle of the night, make me wanna hold you 'til the morning light, make me wanna love, make me wanna fall, make me wanna surrender my soul

Unfortunately my heart belongs to judicial review but in another life I'd be in a place of work that doesn't feel hostile to my existence 🤍

Always struck by how accessible the CCJ is compared to the four courts. By no means perfect, but 100x better

Husband just asked how old that school gate haunter is and just realized I have no idea. Surely no older than 35?

I'm giving an alumni talk in my old college next week so I'm plotting out the things I've done since I've left.... it's been a busy 8 years

Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.

Doing a big event today and I will be honest it never gets easier. Telling myself that nerves mean you care

Mountjoy Prison inspection finds cockroach infestations, degrading treatment and sexual assaults The unannounced inspection found conditions that did not meet minimum human rights standards

An unannounced inspection of Mountjoy Prison found that inmates were being subjected to “degrading treatment” in conditions that did not meet minimum human rights standards, according to a report published today.
jrnl.ie/6928198

Again, I refer to my post where I write about the Attorney General’s paper where he defined the “public interest” as meaning what the Government wants to spend money on.

This is the return of the Royal Prerogative to Irish law, not seen since the Irish Supreme Court killed it in the 1960s.

Many people think immigration happening on larger scale than is really the case The report by the ESRI found that many people overestimated the proportion of people in Ireland who were born in another country.

"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%."

www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...

Feel bad for my two token straight male friends for being replaced in my heart with Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie

Its on to new things, but nobody warns you when you become a wheelchair user how attached you become to the chairs you use and how interwoven they are to certain memories and moments 🥹