It is a night to reread The Dead by James Joyce
'Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.'
1/7 in 2024 amid the celebration of the birth of babyJesus on Christmas morn the life of a homeless man existing on the margins of society in Sligo town was coming to an end. I don’t know his name nor his age; all I can surmise from limited information available is that he was
Crucial case for press freedom to be delivered tomorrow. Journalists @trevorbirney and @BarryBelfast70 McCaffrey have exposed a huge police covert surveillance scandal.
Tomorrow the Investigatory Powers Tribunal will rule for press freedom or for secret surveillance. -
out of 34,000 received and 3.310 applications fully processed with monies paid out. After decades of fighting is it any wonder we cannot trust the State?
Please read Susan O’Shea’s article below
https://t.co/z4KMI3lbyB
7/7
#LostBabies
An investigation by @itvnews#ITV has found that nearly 200 babies are buried in unmarked graves across England, amid allegations of neglect and poor treatment at church run homes for unmarried mothers in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
https://t.co/beMqs32Xg1
It’s that kind of night here in Cavan at the count centre for the Cavan Monaghan constituency. One was found in a Cavan box and one was found in a Monaghan box. #SSNSGE24#CAVANMONAGHAN
Tally now on last 10% of boxes in #CavanMonaghan mainly Cavan ones. @PaulineTullyTD & @cllrcathyb of SF watching party tally closely as @mattcarthy leads the way followed by Cathy Bennett then @SenRobGallagher & @davidmaxwell1 then Pauline Tully with @NiamhSmythTD in 6th #GE24
📸 The voting tally is now complete here in Cavan
#SSNSGE24#CAVANMONAGHAN
Listen live now: https://t.co/rzEEfsGeC1
For the latest as it happens https://t.co/JPUNOr8mUK
William was one of 923 children that were born in #Bessboro to die. It is a disgrace that the Govt are not willing to pursue the truth as to why so many died and why they weren’t humanely buried with their mothers present. Thank you @HollyCairnsTD for continuing to highlight.
A reminder of the previous excavation works on the site of the former Tuam #MotherAndBabyHome. I learned today another survivor of the “home” aged in his eighties has passed away. #RIP
We are losing them before they witness justice 💔
A failure of successive Irish Governments
29 years today, Jo Jo Dullard was just trying to get home. She never did get home that night and was never seen again. No answers for her family and friends. Her killer never brought to justice.
Jo Jo Dullard - No Answers. https://t.co/s76gePNf8Y via @YouTube