Three girls murdered by a man at a dance class. Three women murdered by a man in their own home with a crossbow and butcher’s knife. What will it take before male violence against women and girls is a national emergency?

Today,yesterday & tomorrow we see 1200 students,mostly girls, mostly from DEIS schools,graduate from Maynooth University @stempassport We are about excellence, talent, opportunities-not charity. Super proud to lead this programme & grateful to Research Ireland Microsoft Ireland for support

🎙️ Welcome to this weeks episode of The FEMCAST #podcast - The Podcast That Breaks the Silence! 🚨 What we ignore in the workplace is fueling a far bigger crisis. 🚨 Listen now and be part of the change. 🎧youtube.com/watch?v=BFGER_…

Domestic abuse doesn’t stop when you leave. The perpetrator will gaslight, groom and exploit your support network, the court system, and any other service to disempower you. Their aim is to wear you down so you’ll give up and return back to the relationship.

Nearly five years on from the Govt’s VAWG strategy, yet real change is still missing. We need action, not words. Women & children deserve safety, not just promises. It’s time for a fully funded, accountable strategy to tackle VAWG. This is a national emergency—where’s the plan?

The final day of our STEM Passport for Inclusion graduations happened Microsoft Ireland today. It was a tearful day 4 years ago I had an idea...4 years later a total of 5000 DEIS students have graduated with a stem qualification & met a mentor. We are about supporting excellence, not charity!

He Said, She Said: Truth, Trauma and the Struggle for Justice in Family Court. Out 1 May 2025. Pre-order at Waterstones. Unfortunately, Amazon cancelled all the pre-orders. There was a glitch in the system. Please pre-order from other websites! 🙏 waterstones.com/book/he-said-s…

Men are having a “mental health crisis” because women call them weird—meanwhile, women have to survive rape, assault, and harassment on a daily basis. But sure, let’s talk about how damaging the ‘ick’ is.

We live in a world where male violence and misogyny is driving women’s trauma and crises, no one will even name the true cause, no one will hold men accountable, no one will accept the levels of trauma and distress in women and girls’ lives, instead increasingly diagnosing them

"I see no reason why somebody would need to read the therapy notes of a complainant in order to get a fair trial" Ruth Coppinger advocating for a ban on use of sexual violence survivor's counselling notes in court, pushing for a victim-centred approach thejournal.ie/policy-matters…

The cruelty of the State is repugnant. From challenging the rights of children to access mainstream education, to Hep C, to Joanne Hayes’s compensation for a misogynyistic crucifixion, to the Cervical Check women, and now to the Air Corps. None of this is in my name. #RTÉUpfront

Regretting working outside the home: ‘We’re told to parent like we don’t work. And work like we don’t parent’ Parenting Taboos: The creche was the same as our mortgage. When I look at it now I think, ‘Jesus, how did we buy into it?’ irishtimes.com/health/your-fa…

A headline doing the rounds today..... this one by Irish Examiner

'They were told not only did they not need the surgery, the child didn’t even have the condition. Didn’t even have the condition. Let that sink in. That is what is happening to the children of Ireland. And I say this: there is not enough urgency in government.'

The work of The Ditch in exposing scandal after scandal, including criminality at the very top of Irish society, leading to resignations and convictions, is simply astounding. The Ditch is a shinning example of the power of journalism to do good. They’re legends. ❤️

Gabor Maté dedicated his life to curing childhood trauma. He once said: "The attempt to escape from pain is what creates more pain." As a father and social worker with 17 years guiding transformation… Here are his 5 lessons to rewire your brain and save yourself🧵

Somatic Therapy is a revolutionary new method to reverse depression, anxiety and fatigue. It combines neuroscience, psychology and biology to rewire the brain. Here's what it is and how to do it: 🧵

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