Thank you Marcella Leonard for a deeply impactful day exploring healthy and harmful sexual behaviour, and technology-assisted child abuse. Over 300 multiagency and cross-sectoral staff have attended these learning events so far, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly excellent.

Take heart all you that are powerless/ don’t have your electricity back after the storm - think about … The power of the powerless - Vaclav Havel 💥

Only 3 Days Left to Vote! Brian Dalton highlights why Ann Marie Flanagan’s expertise is crucial for the Seanad. Voting closes 11am Thursday—don’t wait! TDs, Councillors & Senators: Vote #1 Ann Marie Flanagan for the Administrative Panel. #Flanagan4Seanad #SeanadElection2025

Thank you for your support Ruth Coppinger 🙏❤️

Looking forward to this inaugural shared Island event at 📚 Ennis Book Club Festival | March 7-9 2025 📚 on 7th March.

Use it or lose it These should be homes Parnell Place, Cork City centre #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland

💖 "Even in the most dreary times, there is hope. There is a rainbow in the clouds." – Maya Angelou Black joy is resistance. From jazz to literature, our history isn’t just struggle—it’s love, creativity, and celebration. Joy carries us forward. ☀️✨ #28DaysofMaya #BlackJoy

Recent analysis has revealed that a mysterious ancient bog body uncovered by peat harvesters in 2023 in northern Ireland and dated to between the 4th and 1st century B.C. is not a man, as originally thought, but a woman who may have been sacrificed. archaeology.org/news/2025/02/2…

There have been many words spoken about Bishop Willie Walsh’s pastoral and sporting achievements, but he was also a supporter of both Clare Haven Services (domestic abuse refuge and intervention services) and Haven Horizons (prevention and education) from day one. (1/7)

We have a packed house for the ‘5 Books that Could Save Your Life’ event @EBCF The five books being discussed are: Invisible Chains, Operation Lighthouse, Brutally Honest, Dangerous Relationships And How They End In Murder, & What Is To Be Done About Violence Against Women

These five books were selected from the 75 books that Haven Horizons’ has donated to @librariesIRE Technological University of the Shannon Libraries Ireland Libraries NI Women's Aid NI

This project runs throughout 2025 and is supported by the Shared Island Civic Society Fund, Dpt. of Foreign Affairs. There will be 2 Events in Belfast, one in Dublin and a closing webinar with the authors on 20 November - bit.ly/41v3GhW

Heading to the ‘10 Books That You Should Read’ @EBCF with Oliver Callan in Glor after participating in the ‘5 Books That Could Save Your Life’ yesterday.

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Are you mad? Put your child’s name and image on the towel they are using on a beach … really!

Melanie’s outline looks like the Grim Reaper

"Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working to create something beautiful." - Assata Shakur Rest In Power.

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And how many of our local issues are caused by men who want to stay in the 1970s - where men had all the power and all the control #CoerciveControl Sarah Harte

Is this posing ‘concerns’ to encourage ‘lone wolf/bad actor’ incidents which will be used to justify ramping up spending on defence in a country with record numbers of homeless individuals/families, where most people can’t afford to buy a house? We’ve seen this playbook before.