Tara Gráinne Ní Chonghaile
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Professional border hopper. Working in human rights. Formerly @bbcni , @niassembly , @UNYouthIRL . All the usual caveats about views and opinions. sí/í.
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“Awk it’s Pennywise! Sure you know Pennywise. Fella with the balloon. Loves scaring the daylights out of weans.”
‘It’ prequel series ‘Welcome to Derry’ has been ordered at HBO Max.
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the Normal People phase of lockdown seems like it was 4 years ago
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the video of the girl falling on to the tracks in Howth has really bothered me.
every woman knows that gut feeling of fear when passing a large group of men in public, but it’s still shocking to watch a wee girl who minding her own business almost be killed in broad daylight.
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Conor McGregor is an embarrassment to Ireland and has to be held accountable for his role in inciting tonight’s attacks in Dublin.
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litmus paper trying to decide if something is an acid or an alkaline
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Penny Mordaunt’s moment in the sun today is reminding me of meeting her in the House of Commons and telling her that her form of Brexit was damaging to peace in Ireland, only for her to tell us that we were “too young to worry about all that” 😌😌😌
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you can tell Biden is a Catholic with the amount of random sitting down and standing up at this inauguration
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genuinely cannot believe that a GAA boy with communication issues has been romanticised worldwide
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A shout out to the girl at the till in my local Spar who broke our lovely fresh baguette in half to “make it fit in the bag”
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charli xcx lipsyncing to c’est la vie by b*witched surrounded by UNION JACKS is the eighth deadly sin
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if a woman goes to a rape crisis centre immediately after her rape, puts evidence of her rape in writing, and goes to therapy to recover from the trauma of her rape and people still don’t believe her… it’s because they’re rape apologists who don’t want to believe her
#Dispatches
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Adam and Eve, not Antrim and Meath!!
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Can’t get over Brianna Ghey’s texts to her mum the day she died telling her that she was scared to be on the bus by herself. She was anxious and afraid but pushed herself to go and meet people she thought were her friends, only for them to brutally end her life.
Desperately sad.
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Paul Mescal’s ex-driving instructor tonight
The Olivier Award for Best Actor goes to
@Mescal_Paul
for
@StreetcarPlay
at the
@AlmeidaTheatre
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#OlivierAwards
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multiple young women being stabbed at random by a man on a bike in Belfast last year.
a young woman attacked and blinded in Dublin this week.
a young woman beaten and murdered in Tullamore yesterday.
this isn’t a one off. this is life for women, every single day.
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It is so infuriating to hear Irish being referred to as a “minority language” instead of what it is - the indigenous language of the island.
It’s less widely spoken not because of people dropping it like a hobby, but because of brutal colonialism. It was stamped out by force.
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Everyone involved in the Good Friday Agreement, regardless of political opinion, agrees that Mo Mowlam was an extraordinary person, and a pivotal force in getting the agreement over the line.
Yet her face and name are so rarely seen or heard. She deserves so much more.
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I asked my boyfriend for a sharpener and he looked me dead in the eyes and said “you mean a parer?”
the absolute Free Statery of it all
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obsessed with the Mescal family taking photos of each other in their nice outfits in the fancy hotel bathroom. it’s like a family christening. their wee mammy in her Gucci suit? adorable.
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I can’t live through the Paul Mescalfication of Cillian Murphy when Oppenheimer comes out. We cannot globally romanticise Irish men anymore. The world does not know what they truly are.
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unmatched
Twitter was founded 17 years ago today.
What is your favorite tweet of all time?
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My mum’s cousin Brian Stewart is on this list.
Shot in the head with a plastic bullet by the British Army at 13, and buried on his 14th birthday.
Brian was falsely accused of being the ringleader of a riot, which “justified” his murder.
There is no British justice.
7 years of work. Politics is about getting things done for people who need it.
I pay tribute to all those who served. The Nation is deeply proud of your service. I’m sorry it didn’t always feel like that. With this and the Overseas Operations act, it will never happen again.
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the rise of Paul Mescal is dangerous. it’s going to give GAA boys everywhere notions.
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I hate this story.
The focus is all on Enoch Burke, but at the centre of this story is a child brave enough to come to terms with their own identity, only to have their teacher refuse to accept them. This is a grown man pitting himself against a child.
Secondary school teacher Enoch Burke has attended Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath today, the first day back after the Christmas break
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me after seeing my Twitter feed full of the Earl of Shaftesbury ruining Lough Neagh, the Prime Minister being a transphobe and Suella Braverman stepping on a guide dog’s tail
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In honour of the anniversary of Brexit, here’s a throwback to this English lad working out a totally new and unheard solution to the Irish border problem xx
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I’ve received some of the most vile, disgusting messages I’ve ever seen over the last couple of days, but something about this - under a post about the Toy Show - stands out.
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can’t wait to see “you can be British, you can be Irish, you can be bi” on placards at Pride this year
#DerryGirls
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I have nothing against Irish Americans who connect to their Irish heritage.
I do take issue with a person claiming that they are more Irish than people born on this island, including the children of immigrants, and defining the Irish experience purely as the Famine.
@aoifedevirgo
Lmao she’s getting cranky that white Americans can’t celebrate their ethnicity.
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Wee rant but about 5 minutes ago group of lads on the escalator in Castlecourt grabbed and tried to hold on to my hand, laughing and jeering at me.
I’m sick of men thinking they can catcall and touch women they don’t know without their permission. It’s not funny, it’s gross.
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such aggressive Trinity Ball energy going on here
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St Brigid was the original girlboss. Scamming a king out of loads of land with a growing cloak? Mega slay.
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every single woman I know has been catcalled, touched inappropriately, or made to feel unsafe by total strangers in public. it happened to me only two days ago. it’s so insidious and disgusting.
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I love being from the north because it means I can slabber about three different governments in equal measure.
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anyone: *breathes*
me: “WE NEED TO START ADDRESSING HOW IRISHNESS IN THE NORTH IS PERCEIVED IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE UK. WE HAVE TO BREAK DOWN STEREOTYPES ABOUT WHAT MAKES SOMEONE IRISH AND RECOGNISE THAT NORTHERN PEOPLE ARE EVERY BIT AS IRISH AS ANYONE IN THE SOUTH.”
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God the names of the Irish cohort at the BAFTAs are just dripping with da energy.
Colin. Brendan. Paul. Barry. they could all be fellas that live down the road. they’re on the credit union committee. they own the massive tea urns that get lent out at wakes.
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not the Irish alcoholic trope in reference to an actor who is very open about his journey with sobriety. absolutely not the one SNL.
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I’m Irish. I wouldn’t call myself Northern Irish. I wouldn’t call myself British.
I also wouldn’t tell someone else that they’re not allowed to call themselves Northern Irish.
take a day off.
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Dial Éireann
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Spent all day talking to people about
#GFA25
, yet this clip sums it up better than any amount of political conversation ever could.
@LisaMMcGee
is such a special writer.
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And yet the English say they struggle with the name Aoife
Lady Rose Hanbury: Who is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley?
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I am CRYING this is the funniest thing
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I would like to thank the writers and cast of Schitt’s Creek for rewiring my brain to associate The Best by Tina Turner with David and Patrick instead of the UVF x
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seeing 20-something fellas with Ivory Coast flags in their bio referring to Conor McGregor as their “king”
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I did NOT just see someone calling the DUP leak catcher/meeting saga tonight Flagatha Christie
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I’ve said this on here before, but I never recovered from the time I walked out of my office in Dublin with a red bow in my hair and someone shouted “alright there Amy Winehouse”
As a Dub there's something about wearing a hat that makes me paranoid, like a little youngfella on a scooter is going to pass me and shout "alright Sammy Sosa" at any minute. The walking home with a packet of toilet paper feeling, you know what I mean.
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thinking about how the burden to stop climate change is put so heavily on individuals that people with periods are literally changing the products they put into their bodies to minimise landfill waste while major corps responsible for environmental damage continue on as normal
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Absolutely over the moon to be joining the BBC! Beyond excited - the power of a granny’s candle works every time! ✨✨✨
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“We oppose open borders”…. your party literally operates across one?
Sinn Féin opposes open borders and advocates for a fair, efficient, and enforced immigration system that respects the human rights of those fleeing conflict and persecution.
This is why we have voted against much of the EU migration pact.
@Donnchadhol
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Not one for dishing out Simon Harris praise, but this is a belter of a line.
Asked about the Israeli ambassador saying Ireland was on the wrong side of history, Harris said:
“You’ll excuse me for finding it a little bit hard to hear the representative of the Netanyahu government talking about being on the wrong side"
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Nevada election officials opening their doors tomorrow to hand out their 6 electoral college votes
#Elections2020
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My mum turned 60 on Friday and my boyfriend got her a spa voucher for The Merchant.
I’ve been unwell lately, and went up to my room to find this hidden in my bed - a spa voucher of my very own.
Yis can’t have him, he’s mine 💛
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as a culture, I don’t think we talk enough about the creative decision by the casting team behind The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe to make Aslan come from Ballymena
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my ancestors: survived famine, poverty, conflict. hardy Irish breeding genetics. dockers, labourers, farmers. tough as nails.
me: tummy hurt if drink milk.
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Not only will Derry not have a unionist mayor over the next four years but once again it doesn't have a single unionist councillor on the city's West Bank:
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me liking and retweeting everyone’s silly little Toy Show memes about the most precious and random kids in the country
#LateLateToyShow
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There wouldn’t have been a Good Friday Agreement without women. We have these powerhouses to thank for peace.
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Cher is the new Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
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It’s not just the flag of a friendly neighbour. It’s the flag of a massive chunk of the north’s population.
I’m Irish. That doesn’t detract from my neighbours’ Britishness. They can co-exist.
But it’s my flag, and every year I watch it burn en masse in the city I was born in.
Burning the National flag of a friendly neighbour & its head of government is gratuitously offensive & unacceptable. Such naked sectarianism has no place on the challenging path to peace, stability & reconciliation & must be condemned by all democrats.
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What do rioting kids in Lanark Way have in common with rioting kids in Creggan?
They’re both from areas of extreme deprivation.
But sure, we’ll just keep cutting funding to their community groups and resource centres! We won’t invest in their areas! Great idea!
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throwing a bin at a band parade = stupid and wrong.
band parade smashing windows and attacking house of person who threw the bin = dangerous and wrong.
everyone involved is a spoon.
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“Irish is a dead language.”
An Irish language film is nominated for an Oscar. This line of argument can’t ever be used again.
“The tie between the Irish language & the glitz & glamour of Hollywood was something that people really couldn’t have imagined, so it’s had a huge impact on the status of the language in Ireland & that’s what we were setting out to do.”
- Alan Esslemont.
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Went for a fun little drive tonight just to see how many bonfires in and around the Belfast/North Down area have tricolours and posters of nationalist politicians on them.
The answer was lots.
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Bercow a remainer? In other news, the sky is blue and water is wet.
"I'm no longer the Speaker. I don't have to remain impartial now... Brexit is the biggest foreign policy mistake in the post-war period"
Former Commons Speaker John Bercow speaks his mind on Brexit
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the Good Friday Agreement after an Irish film wins outstanding British film at the BAFTAs
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DUP and Sinn Féin
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BREAKING: Leo Varadkar to step down as Taoiseach and take up a new role as The Unknown in the Glasgow Willy Wonka experience.
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the people on that bus didn’t do anything wrong.
they didn’t sell their community down the river.
that bus driver wasn’t responsible for EU trade negotiations.
take your anger to the ballot box, not out on an innocent Translink employee and your own community!
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imagine trying to explain this tweet to an English person
Three cheers for Polly Protestant, star of the night so far
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so excited to finally announce that I’ve been selected as the female UN Youth Delegate for Ireland 2020-21!
I’m so honoured to represent Ireland on the international stage, and even more proud to be the first person from the north selected for this role 🇺🇳🇮🇪
Ireland's UN Youth Delegates for 2020-21 are Tara Grace Connolly and Conn McCarrick 🇺🇳🇮🇪
Minister
@simoncoveney
met with the Youth Delegates today to hear their views on the range of global issues being discussed at
#UNGA75
More info👉
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just going to keep churning out Belfast Bernie memes here
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Completed what felt like a long overdue pilgrimage to Celtic Park today to see the brick with my granda’s name on it.
He’d have been 90 next week. He founded St Peter’s Celtic Supporters Club on the Falls Road, and is buried in his Celtic scarf. Such a special day 💚
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Obsessed with Greta taking the teenage darling of the UN to professional public nuisance (non-derogatory, complimentary) pipeline
Activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested by Dutch police at a climate protest in The Hague.
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she could absolutely disagree with us - we met and talked to loads of MPs who were Brexiteers and flatly disagreed with us, but conversed with us and treated us with respect. Penny was one of very few who used our age as an excuse to not engage.
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@oldenoughtosay
@LushLtd
Hi! I used to work at Lush for 4 years. Unless your dog has a specific allergy to certain essential oils/extracts, then you should be good! It may dry out the skin/fur ever so slightly, but not to any noticeable extent - and depending on the bath bomb, it could be hydrating!
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Israel is slaughtering children and civilians in Gaza - who are not Hamas terrorists! It is wholesale murder and a war crime which USA and U.K. are supporting!!
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And yes, I did turn my comments off, as is my right. Much like freedom of speech is a right. Take it up with Elon if you have a problem with it x
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Rihanna in the New Lodge will always win
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the artist behind the Salmon of Knowledge thing in Belfast
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I present to you, the world’s best Valentine’s present - THE DRESS 🖤
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A man groped me in broad daylight in the city centre as I stood beside my mum while she got money out of the ATM. I was 13.
How dare this man tell anyone that we “fantasised” about adult men assaulting us.
AOC claiming the men were hitting on her when she was 11, 12 or 13.
That's pure bullshit. At that age, 304's like her are literally lying awake at night fantasizing that they are so sexually powerful that men are hitting on them. They use it as a pretense to rub out.
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using big words that other people don’t understand just to prove you’re smart doesn’t actually make you smart.
it means you’re not communicating in a way that works for most people. if you need big difficult words to make a point, you’re not making it well.
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Emma Little-Pengelly to the staff in the Stormont security hut
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the situation in Sandy Row tonight didn’t come out of nowhere. it is the result of political leadership using dangerous rhetoric to stir up tensions in their community bases. I genuinely feel sorry for working class loyalists, whose leaders have led them so astray.
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Happy International Women's Day to the following:
women of colour
queer women
working class women
women in direct provision
refugee/migrant women
homeless women
women living in povety
women living in fear of abuse
#IWD2021
does not belong to corporations. it belongs to women.
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