I hadn't planned on speaking on
@NewstalkFM
today, but I felt compelled to.
This is a complex topic, one which I have plenty of views and thoughts on.
There was not enough time to get into it all here.
& no, still no contact from anyone.
Éist leis anseo...
Growing up...
I went to mass regularly.
I sang in the choir.
I even thought I wanted to be a nun when I was kid!!!
But I am not a Catholic & I haven't been for many many years.
The abuse, the cover ups, the corruption, the wealth...it makes me sick.
Dúisigh suas.
#Stand4Truth
Taking lots of deep breaths watching the Referendum debates on
#latelate
Doctor Peter Boylan...calmly & clearly stating the reality & the consequences of the 8th amendment.
Unlike the emotive & manipulative rhetoric of the No campaign.
#Together4Yes
#repealthe8th
#thelatelate
We're engaged!!!
Overjoyed & overwhelmed.
I never saw it coming.
It's still sinking in...I am so happy.
Himself & the sister had been in cahoots about the ring for some time apparently!
@grainne_seoige
designed it especially which is incredibly special & I absolutely adore it! 💚
Paráid Lá Fhéile Pádraig, An Spidéal, 2024
A surreal moment in my home village of Spiddal today 😂
What can I say...I'm a lover....and a fighter! 😉
#AnSpid
éal
#Gaeilge
#StPatricksDay
Today is my birthday and it's a biggie.
Taking stock of where I am at in my life...I feel very thankful for what I have experienced so far but most especially for what and most importantly who, I have in my life right now and I'm excited about what this decade will bring...
In tears at the end of
#Whistleblower
Maurice & Lorraine McCabe are incredibly strong and resilient people.
Character like that cannot be silenced.
Bravo
@KatieGHannon
and the team behind the programme.
Powerful & necessary viewing.
#MauriceMcCabe
Thinking of anyone who is having a tough time right now.
Go easy; retreat and rest if needed.
There'll be plenty time for everything else.
I've been there.
Just breathe & take it a step at a time.
All is good and you are doing better than you think X
Amazing how a short clip in an airport can reflect such massive pride, love and respect for one's country AND such embarrassment at the same time.
Not enough emojis to convey the holy morifiying cringe of Shane Ross.
🙈🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
My beautiful Granny.
She gives the best hug of any human I've ever met...she is kind, funny, wise & is still sharp as a tack.
Today marks her 99th birthday & it was pure magic.
Cathal is the youngest & 21st (I think!) great grandchild
#GoMaireT
úAnCéad
#Gr
áMoChroíThú
#Thankful
Irish Women...& Men, you are feckin brilliant.
All ages, all areas...YES looking like the majority.
So relieved
No more control, judgement, shame.
These past months in particular have been harrowing for many, regardless of which side you were on.
#ExitPoll
#LateLateShow
#LateLate
🎙 Podcast
It's not that complicated, actually.
Irish-Palestinian artist Róisín El Cherif on the creation of Isr
@el
.
Listen to
@roisinelcherif
on Ready to be Real wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Links are in my BIO 🍉
#R
óisínElCherif
#Podcast
#ReadyToBeReal
#Zionism
Respect to all involved in the Spiddal parade today, especially the absolute Queen in heels knocking seven shades out of Ivan Yates 😂👏
Bhí sé chomh greannmhar 👌🏻😂
#AnSpid
éal
#Gaeilge
#StPatricksDay
This Friday on Ready to be Real, I speak to the truly brilliant
@MyriamFrancoisC
As someone who has studied post-colonialism & whose Mum is Irish (she's from Leitrim) her take on Irish is so valuable.
Míle buíochas Myriam ❤️
#ReadyToBeReal
#Podcast
#MyriamFran
çois
#Gaeilge
Ryan Tubridy is exceptional.
He played a blinder this week and it can't have been one bit easy.
I don't know many (if any) broadcasters who would've handled it better.
You did Gay proud.
Respect.
#GoodnightGay
#LateLateShow
Feeling so many emotions today.
Mainly it feels downright weird.
After all this country has endured at the hands of the so called holy...our government have given over 32 million to put on an extravaganza for a man at the top of the richest organisation in the world.
Mad Ted.
I am heartbroken for the family, friends & colleagues of Detective Garda Colm Horkan.
As the daughter of a member & the partner of one, I feel this deeply.
It sounds like he was a true gentleman and a great policeman.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
#Garda
#ColmHorkan
The verdict in the Belfast Rape Case genuinely surprised me today.
So much pain caused & damage done.
Compassion & love are so badly needed, especially now.
A sad, sad day.
For what it's worth
#IBelieveHer
I'm blown away by the honesty of Marian Finucane's husband John in the documentary on
@rte
now.
She was, as we all know a true powerhouse of broadcasting but this gives such an incredible insight into the woman behind the microphone.
So moving & so raw.
John I am in awe of you.
Another incredible summer of matches.
All Ireland Final day is very special.
Feeling a bit low but Limerick winning after 45 years & hearing Dolores O'Riordan's voice in Croke Park.
Powerful stuff.
Comhghairdeas!
...beidh laids na Gaillimhe ar ais 😉💪
#GALvLIM
#GaillimhAb
ú
I naively thought it was a given that we all understood what CONSENT means.
Surely it's simply being a decent human being...someone who respects themselves and in turn others.
But from what I have read by some today...classes are clearly needed.
#rtept
Struggling to find the words to express my gratitude and heartbreak over this. We never know what's going on in someone else's life. May he and his family find peace and be given privacy.
#ThankYouTony
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.
I am proper dumbfounded.
Ryan you were class.
The best song by far.
Honestly, I don't have a clue what that voting was all about.
And the song that won?!?
Ehhhhh 😳😳😳🐓🐔🐓
What am I missing?!
#LoveIsLove
@Ryan_Acoustic
#Eurovision
Of course I respect those who have faith.
I have faith myself.
Just not in the Catholic take on it.
And I know that there are a lot of good Catholics in pain...but it is time to wake up.
Abusers were protected in the Church not the children they abused.
How was/is that right?
That was spectacular.
Such confidence from Ireland.
Peter O' Mahony...what a class act.
I actually have cramps after watching it! 😂
Iontach uilig.
#IREvNZL
#Br
ód
I can't stop thinking of Ashling Murphy but I am struggling to put into words how I feel. My heart goes out to her family and friends, to the kids she taught, to the community in Tullamore and to women, everywhere. And as a mother to a 9 week old daughter, I feel it deeply 💔
To those of you who delight in sending nasty comments to others, remember...
"When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you."
If this is you, I hope you are never treated the way you try to make others feel.
#Together4Yes
#Love
#Compassion
I feel like I've dropped half a stone listening to that second half.
The relief!!
Fair play Clare but delighted we're in the final.
Hurling, what a spectacular game.
#GALVCLA
#GalwayVClare
#HonGalway
#GaillimhAb
ú
#Br
ód
Scrolling through Twitter tonight is sobering.
How many of us think of the impact our words may have before we type?!
Trial by media is very real.
Of course, truth & bravery are to be commended but does that mean the complete destruction of others should follow?
The Snow of 2018...luckily for us, it meant lots of craic!
It was baby Cathal's first time seeing it and he may never see the likes of it here again but we captured it with a load of videos & photos to remind him! 😉
#7MonthOld
#StormEmma
#BeastOfTheEast
#Sneachta
#Sneachtageddon
Well that was AMAZING!!
Glorious feel good telly!
So much craic, so many tears.
€5.2 million raised....phenomenal!
Take a bow Ryan and the
@RTELateLateShow
team
#LateLateToyShow
I’m wearing this jersey in memory of the amazing Laura, for her family who are left behind, and for all the young people who have a chance to be protected from the HPV virus.
We all need to do our research and learn the facts.
#ProtectOurFuture
#ThankYouLaura
You're fully entitled to your opinion Fergus. It's unlikely that a Women's Health event would be up your street anyway though, so no need to worry that I'm 'off-putting'✌
This seems to be an appropriate time to mention that although I am a proud Galway girl, I was born in Castlebar. Mighty stuff altogether!
#HonMayo
#DUBvMAYO
Feeling incredibly lucky today on my first
#MothersDay
And this lil man got me the perfect gift...
#EmmaHannigan
's Letters to my daughters...a woman I know many of us had in our thoughts today.
Sending so much love to those of you who found today tough.
Tomorrow is a new day 💜
THANK YOU to each & everyone who has shared their own personal experiences of the impact of the 8th Amendment.
I admire & respect you for being so brave in telling your stories.
& to all
#YES
canvassers...yee are legends.
#VoteYes
#repealthe8th
#T
á
#WomensRights
#TogetherForYes
Just looking at my lil man 😍 in the latest issue of
@VIPmagaz
Teething like mad on the day itself so the smiles were parked and his best 'blue steel' was rolled out instead! 😂
Huge thanks to all the fab team involved! 🙌😘😘😘
Ah no. I'm so sad to hear of the passing of Larry Gogan.
I have such fond memories of working with him on 'Seoige' with my sis
@grainne_seoige
They say the better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to big yourself up.
This was true about
#LarryGogan
A true star.
Remember that feeling of disbelief waking up to Brexit and Trump (I know I'm not the only one)
Caith do vóta inniú.
Make your vote count today.
Don't take anything for granted.
#Áras18
If you're watching The Tommy Tiernan show & you're connecting with the truly wonderful Brother Richard, I had a chat with him on my podcast in 2022 & it was special 🤍
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#TommyTiernanShow
#BrotherRichard
#ReadyToBeReal
Happy
#FathersDay
from this lil dude & his Momma to the Daddies (well...their arms!) seen in this photo.
& I'm thinking of friends & family that find today tough for different reasons.
Days like this are not a 'one size fits all'.
Let's be kind and mindful X
OK I am bawling now.
So much genuine love and respect for Mark Cagney from all the team and viewers of
@IrelandAMVMTV
Regardless of your hugely successful 20 year career on Breakfast telly...you are clearly a gorgeous human.
Stand tall Mark.
Beautiful sign off.
I'm 41 today and I feel so lucky and so thankful for all I have in my life ❤
I got a lie on this morning, then my boys sang Happy Birthday to me as they served me brekkie in bed and we all snuggled up and watched…
You are a beautiful soul
@NFitzPsychology
Well done on a powerful appearance on the
@RTELateLateShow
I'm in awe of your strength.
You did your sister proud.
Huge love and respect ❤
Honoured to be back hosting the self empowerment & business leadership experience
@PendulumSummit
in the
@TheCCD
#Pendulumsummit
And sharing the stage with these inspirational global leaders.
What a lineup...
Never gild the lily as they say!
Megan is divine.
Simple dress, very little makeup.
So naturally beautiful.
But more important than gúnas, tiaras and veils...
There seems to be so much love between her and Harry.
It's beautiful.
#RoyalWedding
...So far, I've learned that I am stronger than I thought I was, I now fully embrace my vulnerabilities & some of the 'worst' moments in my life have turned out to be my best.
As Carl Jung said...
'Life really does begin at forty.
Up until then...you are just doing research' 🙌😉
Working at the
#IFTAGala18
tonight.
Bravo all the nominees & winners!
Tonight's gúna was from
@TheIvoryCloset
with huge help from
@fhstyle
Pics by Michael Chester &
@LauraMullett
😘
Check out
@TG4TV
on Saturday night for the Awards!
...and one day an IFTA will be mine! 😜😂
Whenever I met Gay Byrne, he was warm and encouraging.
Despite being a bit starstruck every time (which I'm sure he picked up on), he always put me at ease with a smile & a compliment.
My heart goes out to Kathleen, his family & friends.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
#GayByrne
Becoming a Momma in 2017 has easily been my greatest achievement & greatest challenge.
Feeling so incredibly lucky to have a healthy baby to love & nurture, even if I feel like I've aged another 10 years in the process!
But the smiles and snuggles are worth every wrinkle 💜