Margaret Malone

Wide range of interests particularly interesting people on Twitter! All comments/views expressed my own.

[Margaret Malone @MMalone5]

@TFIupdates @Luas Thank you

[Margaret Malone @MMalone5]

@TFIupdates @Luas Hi -nothing seems to be happening on Green line heading Broombridge direction-large crowds waiting at Dawson St stop & RTPI showing all trams due

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

Belarusian opposition politician Sergey Tikhanovsky—husband of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya—has been released from prison.

It follows the visit to Minsk of US President Donald Trump's special representative Keith Kellogg.

[UNICEF Lebanon @UNICEFLebanon]

In the aftermath of war, children and families in #Lebanon are struggling to recover from unimaginable trauma. UNICEF remains committed to helping them rebuild their lives and recover.

[The Jo Cox Foundation @JoCoxFoundation]

The vitriolic abuse directed at @jessphillips over the past few days is unwarranted and unacceptable.

It is an example of the culture of abuse and intimidation that has become commonplace in our political discourse, disproportionately impacting women and people of colour.

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[Serena @Serena_Partrick]

Boycott Afghanistan.

[Tracy Edwards @TracyEdwardsMBE]

What a total disgrace you are @Trotty Do the women in your life not matter? @cricketworldcup

[Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram @FinnClodagh]

#ThroughHerEyes
*Recalling the Curragh's 'colony of bush-women'*

Mention the wren at this time of year and anyone versed in Irish folklore is likely to think of the wren boys (girls too, of course) who parade happily and noisily on St Stephen’s Day. But I always think of the wrens of the Curragh, those incredibly hardy but reviled women who once lived in holes on the perimeter of the military camp in 19th-century Co Kildare.

In fact, every time I pass that expanse of green I think of the outcast community of 60 or so women who led a truly communal — if brutal — life, sheltering in furze-covered hollows that resembled nests, hence the nickname ‘wren’.

The domed huts, about 9ft by 7ft, were even given ‘house’ numbers and the women living in them shared all they had. They minded each other’s children, nursed each other when ill and welcomed any woman (harvesters weary of field work, ex-prisoners, abandoned lovers, domestic violence victims) who sought to join them.

As English journalist James Greenwood put it in 1867: “The ruling principle among the wrens evidently is to share each other’s fortunes and misfortunes, and in happy-go-lucky style.”

This week's Irishwoman's Diary in @irishexaminer

https://t.co/bPinlcBmEB

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

Three years ago today, my husband, Siarhei, was sentenced to 18 years—punished for standing up to dictatorship. He has been held incommunicado for more than 600 days. This fight is for him and for every political prisoner in #Belarus. We will not give up until everyone is free.

[Sara Wahedi @SaraWahedi]

The Taliban has just banned Afghan women from attending nursing school.

Imagine: you cannot pursue any education, even healthcare, because of the sole reason that you are a woman.

We are witnessing the erasure of women in real-time. It is beyond horror.

[Carlow Weather @CarlowWeather]

Thanks for all the messages and posts with information and reports over the last few days. If you would like to support what I do you can via the link.

https://t.co/OWLxg6LxWP

[Irish Enviro Network @IrishEnvNet]

Winner of the Biodiversity Photographer of the Year competition is Shy Poser by Declan Goulding. The judges were captivated by this beautiful portrait of an elusive hare. The poise of the hare and the apparent eye contact makes this an exceptionally beautiful image

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

“It is a threat to the rights of all women and girls around the world--because if the Taliban can do this with impunity, then who will be next?” https://t.co/KVg4aig1C3

[Roscommon Herald @RoscommonHerald]

A spectacular photo of the Gaelic Chieftain in Boyle #Roscommon taken under the Northern Lights tonight.

Pic: Eithne Gallagher Photos

#NorthernLights #Auroraborealis

[Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram @FinnClodagh]

#ThroughHerEyes
Here's a woman to celebrate on a Bank Holiday Monday: Josephine Cochran(e) (1839-1914), who invented, designed & constructed the first successful hand-powered dishwasher. I love that she was born on March 8 too, the day that would become International Women's Day.

[United Nations @UN]

“Children do not start wars,

and they cannot end them,

but they always pay the highest price.”

— @unicefchief

https://t.co/GqaW9Pecuv

[Sara Wahedi @SaraWahedi]

There is no more time for debate. This week, the Taliban announced that it is resuming public stoning of women as a death sentence. I have raised the alarm for three years that this day was inevitable.

Afghan women will not be the scapegoat for the failure of international diplomacy. They expect fundamental human rights to be protected and that any engagement with the Taliban ensures women’s prosperity and protections.

The entrenchment of gender apartheid as a prosecutable offence in international law is a first step.

We must not return to the horrors of their first regime. The Taliban never changed - they tricked the world.

[Dr Emma Lyons @ehlyons]

Delighted to speak about the history of the horse in Co. Wicklow to Roundwood Historical, Folklore and Archaeological Society ystr evening. Great audience with engaging discussion after the lecture.
@RoundwoodHistor @MMalone5

[Wicklow Uplands Council @WicklowUplands]

Workshop, if free join us. ‘UNDERSTANDING; Dog Ownership, Management, & Control’. Fostering positive outcomes, safeguard livestock, preserve natural habitats & ensure harmony among outdoor recreation users. #DogManagement #CommunityWorkshop #SustainableCoexistence #dogcontrol

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

We cannot, as a nation, be complicit in the starvation of children.