Great cheese pairings with the delicious chutneys from Folláin Preserves plus they are donating 50% of online sales revenue this Christmas to Simon Communities Ideal for gifts! A really lovely #pressdrop

Saw Souleymane’s Story at Cork International Film Festival a few week’s back. Humanises often dehumanised people struggling to survive amongst plenty. Powerful. Leading actor was asylum seeker while making the film so emotions very raw & real. Go see if you can.

So if CNBC and this Frank Luntz joker want to spread the lie that you can magically whip up a holiday meal for 10 people with $58, fine. I'm telling you - with knowledge hard-earned of what it is to be poor and hungry and desperate and ashamed - they are truly full of shit.

In Government the Social Democrats would strengthen workers’ rights and reduce economic inequality. Yesterday we launched our Workers’ Right Policy in Cork. The key proposals include: - Establishing a commission to research, trial and set out a pathway to the introduction of a

If it happened after January 1st 2019, coercive control is a criminal offence in Ireland. To find out more, please visit safeireland.ie/get-help/safet… via Safe Ireland #coercivecontrol #DomesticViolence

“I stand with the people of Palestine” - Sally Rooney wins Author of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and dedicates her win to the people of Palestine.

A powerful, devastating account from Gaza within in an article by Seymour Hersh describing a systematic genocide.. and the refugees in camps are paying with their lives for their resilience: “The conditions in the north of Gaza are holocaust conditions. We don’t use the word

And that’s a wrap! Since September we have knocked on 11,016 doors right across Cork South Central. Thank you to everyone who shared their hopes and concerns with us over the last 12 weeks. One thing is crystal clear people want to see change in relation to housing,

It was an absolute pleasure for the Boxing Clever Cork programme to be shortlisted for the Cork Life Long Learning Award. Congratulations to everyone that was nominated 👏 There is loads of fantastic work being done. #collabrateforrecovery Cork Drug & Alcohol Task Force ETBI RecoveryAcademyIre

This X TD is going to get a long sleep tonight - before I 😴 just to say Go Raibh Míle Míle Maith Agaibh go léir - you gave me your vote, your trust, your support over the years and I am proud to have been yours and People Before Profit TD - Go néirí linn amárach ✊ UpTheRebels n #GE24

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“Every day is a fresh start” - here’s hoping the next Dáil has lots of new voices. It would be an incredible honour to be one of those new TDs. This election is going to be incredibly close. I’ll need every No 1 vote I can get. If you haven’t voted yet please do so before polls

We should have known Holly’s little girl would want to get involved in the election! Everyone is so thrilled for Holly and her partner Barry, who welcomed their baby daughter earlier today 💜

The Irish band Kneecap have won a discrimination case against the UK government. The trio launched legal action after the former business secretary Kemi Badenoch withdrew their arts grant. Kneecap claimed this discriminated against them because of their political opinions.

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People see us like this because this is exactly what we are. I don't think I will ever understand how so many of our public services have been allowed to be so deficient for so long.

And yet drug, alcohol use & addiction not a priority issue in election. Let’s make it so for Programme for Government irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4152…

First count in for Cork South Central 🗳️ Huge thank you to the 5,368 people who came out on a rainy Friday to put a No 1 next to my name. I really appreciate the support! There are many more counts to go with many transfers to be distributed but I’m really encouraged by the

Gareth Noble Pádraig Rice Know first hand that Pádraig Rice is an impressive, decent young man who will be a force for progress in next Oireachtas. 🤞🤞🤞

Well delighted to see the various iterations of the Fash in Ireland being handed their arses in so many constituencies today. G'way with your aggressive, divisive, hate-filled rhetoric. You represent a minuscule % of the voting public. #GE24