Became a Dad at 15 while in Care, no JC or LC. She gave me purpose, focus & love that anchored my life. Today I hold a BA, BA Hons & MSW, working 5 yrs as a social worker. This weekend, my daughter turned 18. Kind, brilliant & strong, she changed my life’s course forever. ❤️

If chaos in childhood persists into adulthood, real love & consistency can feel unfamiliar, even unsafe. Without awareness, you may push it away, sabotage it, or run from love not because you don’t want it, but because your body doesn’t feel safe. Healing breaks the cycle ♻️.

Delighted to share my proposal for an oral presentation at the National Child Protection & Welfare Social Work Conference 2025 at @UCC in October has been accepted✅. Confirmed last week, honoured to bring both lived experience & professional insight to the stage 🎤 #SWCONF25.

RT @Sineadmcgar: Thomas is one of the most inspiring people you could follow on social media. He writes about some of the most important is….

This.

It costs €84,000 a year to keep someone in prison. A child in crisis isn’t a future criminal unless we fail them. Support, mentorship & care cost a fraction. Cork’s data is clear: Early Help Changes Lives.

RT @IAmMyBestToday: Unhealed wounds and buried shame often show up as blame. When we don’t own our choices, we tend to deflect, deny, or at….

A survivor’s counselling notes are not a courtroom weapon. Tearing open private healing retraumatizes, it doesn’t serve justice, it shreds it. Survivors deserve protection, not cross-examination of the sexual abuse they endured.

RT @AfsaRosette: If you really want to someone’s emotional depth confront them about something that hurt you. Not with blame, just like “Th….

RT @GarNob: There is a very clear perception emerging that Tulsa’s special care committee are making findings that children do not require….

RT @gerrydiamond71: A home with a frustrated dysregulated angry adult, the parents internal storm becomes a home storm, their chaos becomes….

68% of our most vulnerable children are left without a Social Worker -- no one consistently looking out for their for their safety, needs & rights. This is not just neglect; it’s a national disgrace. A truly damning indictment of our care system. @NormaFoleyTD1.

RT @GarNob: Over 12,000 children waiting for first contact from disability teams via @breakingnewsie.

RT @gerrydiamond71: When you grow up in up in a abnormal, harsh psychological environment where your needs aren't met,your brain & body are….

RT @garethkthomas: Children with early-life trauma don’t need miracles. What they need is simple, predictable, and repeatable. https://t.c….

RT @BenjaminPerks: ‘Some of us are born with the safety net of privilege, others with the trapdoor of poverty’. Lyrical & purposeful writin….

RT @B_Lifethology: Not being allowed to cry, rage or speak up as a child?. Now you wonder why you feel numb, anxious and struggle in relati….

🚨 We’re becoming so desensitized. 15,580 homeless, 4,775 of them children, each with a name, a story, a dream. All paying the price for systemic failure. We must refuse to accept this as normal. Housing is a right, not a privilege.

I’m humbled by the response to my recent article in the @irishexaminer on inequality & privilege. The conversations remind me how important it is to amplify voices so often unheard. Looking forward to contributing more publicly on these issues. 🔗

RT @Sineadmcgar: Everyone should read this. I mean everyone. A searing piece on the lack of social justice in our society - one which dism….