Bernie Linnane 🏳️⚧️
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General Nuisance. Frequently profane. @Leitrim4Choice She/Her #FeckOffIona #BackAwayBishops #SeparateChurchAndState
Lovely Leitrim
Joined April 2010
Any organisation, like Gianna "Care", which targets people in crisis pregnancies for the purpose of obstructing their access to a legal right, can only be considered a #RogueAgency. Regulation is urgently required @DonnellyStephen!.For safe help, contact .
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Gender-neutral toilets also installed in most new houses. I've had them in mine for years.
Gender-neutral toilets installed in most new healthcare settings, says HSE
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In the end, it wasn’t Conor McGregor who showed the world what it means to be a fighter. It was Nikita Hand. #ConorMcGregorIsARapist .
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Daughter's religion class was asked the names of the two main groups in the ruling class of Jews at the time of Jesus. She answered: Judean People's Front and People's Front of Judea, Love that girl.
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On this day 21 years ago, I gave birth to a stillborn baby boy, and not a day since has passed that I haven't thought about him, and wondered what might have been. They say time heals all wounds but that's not really true. You just learn to live with the scars. Marking the day.
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He was Neil Armstrong and Christiaan Barnard, Muhammad Ali and Audie Murphy to me. He was Joe Cooley and Luke Kelly. He was Pelé, Einstein, Kennedy. He was my hero from the day he first took my hand in his. He was my father, John (Jack) Linnane, 28 May 1931 - 14 September 2022.
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Today, my Dad tested positive for Covid. He is almost 91, has dementia and is very frail. He is now facing into ten days of isolation, which he simply will not understand. I don't mind telling you, I'm frightened. This thing has not gone away. Please wear your masks.
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19 years ago today, my son was stillborn in the National Maternity Hospital. A nun there told us that a Catholic funeral would not be allowed for an unbaptised baby. It broke his grandparents' hearts. Keep religious "ethos" well away from the new hospital. #MakeNMHOurs.
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You'd imagine such a wealthy woman might have owned a name. 🙄
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To all you ghouls who couldn't wait to share the news that the attacker was a foreign national: you made Dublin burn tonight. My daughter is terrified and under lockdown in her uni. Shamefully, one of my neighbours is complicit in this. We will have words.
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There are more of us standing in Dublin for love than could ever fly in for hate. Go home, Posie. #LoveWins
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Right. I'm off out to march for love, acceptance, kindness, tolerance, understanding, and more love. What are you doing to #ProtectTransKids?.#LoveWins
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When all this is over and the dust settles, I believe we need to ask why the Iona "Institute", self-appointed guardian of the nation's morals, has been allowed to insinuate itself into politics and media in this country at the highest levels.
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Yesterday, in a pub after #DublinPride, there was a massive queue for the women's toilets. A chap came out of the men's and said there was a free cubicle. A woman left the queue and used it. She reappeared afterwards. Magic!.(no terfs were harmed in the making of this tweet).
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Just happened to hear Ryan Tubridy emoting his "concern" for #GretaThunberg - "she's a child" etc. Ryan, at her age I had finished my Leaving Cert and left school. Greta has something to say. Shut up and listen to a voice other than your own, for a change.
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I can only conclude that Ciara does not tolerate questions. Especially when she's made a total and utter cock-up. What a disappointment she has turned out to be, for one who must have had the interests of the public at heart at some stage in her career.
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Visited my Dad in the nursing home yesterday. He is frail, like all the other residents. The staff said the virus could wipe out 80% of them if it gets in. I kissed Dad, told him I loved him. I'll be staying away for a while now. His safety - their safety, comes first. #COVID19.
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When a man is convicted of sexually assaulting children, his character has already been established. If you give him a reference, so has yours.
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Being called a childless elderly lesbian on my wedding anniversary is so tickling. My husband and daughter think it funny too.
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Nine years for a mother who not only abused her children but also allowed other people to abuse her children? I am so tired of being angry. So fucking tired.
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A man speaks. To tell us women we're doing feminism all wrong. Go to your room, Graham, and don't come out until you've thought about your behaviour. #LoveWins
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To the publican who compared shutting his pub to losing a child - I hope you never find out how it actually feels to lose a child. #SixOne.
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Transphobes all upset that non-binary people are to have their own category in the Dublin Marathon. Is there a more spiteful bunch on earth? How does this affect them in any way? .
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Excellent evening in Sligo. We ran the racists. No room for that nonsense. #RefugeesWelcome.
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How does the immensely wealthy Catholic Church never seem able to find the money to pay adequate and overdue redress to survivors of its punitive institutions? .The IRA doesn't own our schools. #FeckOffIona
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My father and uncles were unvetted, single, military-aged men when they went to England in search of a better life in the 1950s. My grandfather and his brothers were unvetted and single when they went to the USA in the 1900s, like most of the undocumented Irish there today.
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I used this bathroom in Athlone yesterday. It was one of several, each of which was equipped with a toilet and washbasin. There was also a mirror so you could check before leaving that you hadn't been erased.
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In the case of 100% of women accessing abortions, their marital status is none of your business. #FeckOffIona
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My trans sisters have never threatened my womanhood. Why would I allow anyone to threaten theirs? #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransWomenareWomen.
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Some people were upset by yesterday's breakfast picture, en route to Malta, so here's this morning's, in Valletta.
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You told your six year-old about the crucifixion - nails, crown of thorns etc. Now you're afraid they might be damaged by the sight of a man in pink heels. Do me a favour. Away with you and say a prayer for yourself.
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There is a man I know, who lives locally. We are 20 minutes from #Sligo. I blocked him on here for posting anti-trans hate. Yesterday on Facebook, he was claiming homophobia is "makey uppy". Today, he's playing the racist angle. Prejudices are all inter-connected. Hate is hate.
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What kind of people set fire to a building rather than let vulnerable human beings seek shelter there? .#RefugeesWelcome
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Thank you to the Examiner for printing my letter in full.
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I read "This Book Is Gay" last night and, as an aul' one who left school in the 1970s, I wasn't terribly shocked by any of the content. I can't help feeling that much of the outrage is coming from people whose own sex education was sorely lacking. Visit the library - and read!
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Don't send tampons to Ciara Kelly for her stunt. Don't let Newstalk weaponise your anger for free advertising. Your local Direct Provision Centre or homeless shelter will always be happy to receive donations. #EndPeriodPoverty.
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Today, as the face of a lovely young trans girl is all over Twitter because she was killed by hate, I will not laugh at the antics of a transphobic schoolteacher and his equally bigoted family. Transphobia kills. Religious fundamentalism kills. Bigotry kills. #ProtectTransKids.
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The people who gave character references for gang rapists should now be publicly named. If nothing else, they are unfit to hold positions of authority.
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Irish Independent this morning. (Again, I wish they wouldn't edit my sentences)
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Mick and Maeve, our lovely neighbours for almost 20 years, moved out at the end of 2022. We will miss them. New people moved in a little while ago. We have no idea who they are or where they came from. We were not consulted. Probably because it's none of our business.
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Ireland has had Self-ID for Gender Recognition Certs for 8 years with no reports of harm to anyone. That doesn't sit well with UK terfs & transphobes who need a moral panic to oppose the introduction of Self-ID there. What's happening now is imported transphobia. Don't buy it.
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Why are pubs, hairdressers and, now, churches treating the official roadmap for exiting #Lockdown as if it's some sort of negotiating document? There's huge medical risk involved here. Do as you're told ffs! Buy cans, cut your own hair and say your prayers at home.
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I should nearly have my own seat at this stage. Dublin, stand by. General nuisance returns. #TransAndIntersexPride
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Give Catherine Corless the freedom of every city and town in Ireland. Villages too. #Hero #TuamBabies.
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Let's call it as it is. The Sisters of "Charity" operated an extortion racket and a child trafficking operation. It's time to bring in The Criminal Assets Bureau. #RTEInvestigates.
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Just hanging around Dublin making a general nuisance of myself while I wait for the Limerick crew. Spotted a youngster with blue hair as I got off the train. The way their face lit up when they saw my shirt was worth the whole journey. #TransAndIntersexPrideDublin
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"Shocked". "Deeply Offensive". "Outrageous". All words used by the Catholic Primate of All Ireland as he denounced a TV sketch. Nothing and no one was denounced today. #BackAwayArchbishop.
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Most of the public know full well that if #Savita had been granted an abortion the first time she requested it she would be alive today and we'd never have known her name. #NeverAgain.#FeckOffIona
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I'm thinking of Elaine O'Hara this afternoon. She matters. He does not. Justice has been served.
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Today, Ciara Kelly proves she has abandoned any pretence at decency. Among digs at immigrants and trans people. this:."We tell the story of Mother and Baby Homes entirely from the POV of the poor women who gave up their babies — never from the families delighted to adopt them.".
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Dear Dublin hotels,.The last loaf of bread in our local supermarket costs the same price as the first one. Have you considered not gouging your customers?.
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Been on the train home for one hour. Just finished blocking all the terfs who were so upset by the sheer fabulousness of #DublinPride that they had to post utter bollox on my timeline. Outclassed, lads. Ye were outglittered, outflounced and outloved today.
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We have so many huge, empty churches in this country. Why does anyone have to sleep on the streets?.
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Herself (17) has a positive antigen result. We'll book a PCR. I'm negative and so is her Dad. So how do we get her to the PCR test without one of us becoming infected? Roof rack?.
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This is the pint I'm having to celebrate the Press Council decision to uphold my complaint against Gript Media, finding it breached principles of truth and accuracy. Full details later. Cheers!
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When I was 23 the body of a baby boy was discovered on a beach in Kerry. Subsequent events caused untold trauma and pain to many. Please think carefully about comments and judgements you make today.
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How about, instead of religion classes, we teach every schoolchild in Ireland to swim? #SeparateChurchAndState.
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Delighted to confirm that I am the new Local Area Representative for @Labour in Leitrim. Our county council has only three women out of 18 councillors. Leitrim needs more women. Wish me luck! #SeeHerElected .
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I watched Reeling In The Years this evening and realised that I was 30 years old when the Virgin Megastore ended up in court for selling condoms. 29 years later, a Tampax ad was banned. Grow up, Ireland.
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Profoundly saddening to walk into my local primary school and see a Nazi at the top of a ballot paper. Get out and vote today, people. It really does matter. #Elections2024 #UseYourVote.
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Let's be honest. The reason there are separate sporting categories for women (often deemed "ladies") is that men didn't want us joining in their games in the first place. It wasn't about safety, or fairness. It was always about exclusion. It still is. #IRFU.
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Someone posted on a Facebook group that 60 unvetted single men were to be housed in Bundoran. Then it became 70, then 80, then 90. They claimed the men were Somalian. Turned out they were actually imaginary. Stop frightening yourselves, people. Stop and think. #RefugeesWelcome.
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On a human level I almost feel sorry for Enoch Burke as his current situation has to be extremely uncomfortable. Then I remember that this all began with his unwillingness, as a teacher, to avoid making a vulnerable child feel extremely uncomfortable.
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The Iona "Institute" is a grouping of half a dozen religious fundamentalists with no mandate to represent anyone, yet it has three national newspaper columns and nobody at our national broadcaster seems to be able to break wind without consulting it. All very odd.
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My body, my choice! . scream men who campaigned for the State to control my daughter's uterus. #FeckOffIona
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Donor eggs are, quite obviously, donated. Philomena's son was stolen. Probably sold. By nuns. But hey - Look over there! #FeckOffIona
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This woman's bravery in taking her case was remarkable. I am delighted that she has been vindicated. Nikita Hand, you are a hero.
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Can we please have no more pictures of Graham Dwyer? The sight of him gives me the creeps.
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I did a Companies Office search on Gript Media. The Annual Return was filed by one of the directors, Íde O'Hara, nee Nic Mhathuna, with a phone no given as 018730463. I did a search on the phone no and guess what?
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So many single men left this country in years gone by and supported families here with the remittances they sent back. How quickly some forget. #RefugeesWelcome .
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I'll probably be shot for this but if you need government advice to decide whether you should let your children out in gangs, knocking on strangers' doors, collecting stuff, during a pandemic, you may not be the best person to have kids in the first place.
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This is one of the saddest things I've ever read. What is wrong with us? .
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They succeeded in killing the Olympic dream for trans children everywhere. Now they want to push out women who do not meet their arbitrary standard of womanhood. Society has no need for gender police. It’s time we say, “no more.”.
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I can call myself a woman, a mother, and anything else I want. Inclusive language in legislation won't change that. It will just make life a bit easier for people who don't fit neatly into the pigeonholes and boxes our society creates. I am not reduced or erased in any way. 1/6.
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The rapist McGregor says he "can't go back" but neither can we. We can't unhear the evidence of the vicious rape committed by a vile thug. We know him for what he is. Nikita Hand remains a true fighter. McGregor remains a cowardly rapist. #ConorMcGregorIsARapist.
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Disappointing shortage of tea and sandwiches at the count centre today. Apparently all the women are busy.
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