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[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@AXS_UK Hi I'm still experiencing serious issues with my account, I have just sent a DM with all the details. Thank you

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@AXS_UK Tried live chat got no where. Ha e sent dm.

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@AXS_UK I've tried to dm you but for some reason I can't. I've been locked out of my account for months, have changed password, still can't access it. Please help.

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@OliviaH54478600 @axs Did you have any luck? Just curious how it worked out for you as I am in the same position.

[Queenie ✌🏾🎀🇯🇲🇬🇧🇪🇸 @Queenie_2312]

When I see tweets like this, I know they’re too young to know about Jade Goody.

Diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2008 and died March 2009 aged 27.

Go and get your smear test!

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

On this day in 1984 a terrified, freezing 15- year-old schoolgirl called Ann Lovett was crouched in the fetal position, in agony, at the grotto of the Virgin Mary in Granard, Co. Longford.

But whilst this child is certainly innocent and worthy of help, and this is a place where pious people come to seek assistance from Our Lady, her desperate prayers will not be answered that lonely night.

Amid the darkness and cold, Ann will give birth to a stillborn baby. Compounding that unimaginable tragedy which occurred in this dreary garden of Gethsemane, just hours later the teenage mother will also perish in Mullingar hospital.

Although barbaric scenes like this have played out countless times in "modern" Ireland, this instance captured the country's imagination. The 80s were a more media-savvy age than ever and with the added symbolic poignancy of the grotto was impossible to ignore.

The town of Granard, then only a rural village of 1,285 souls reacted in a variety of ways to these horrific events. Ireland, let alone rural Ireland, in 1984 was practically a religious theocracy. The Catholic Church and conservative outlooks born of generations of poverty strangled the lives of people in general but women and girls in particular.

Some locals were aware of Ann's pregnancy. Gardaí have never revealed how a visibly pregnant schoolgirl could leave a classroom on a freezing rainy winter's day. Everyone had failed this girl and baby boy, from the nuclear family unit all the way up to Leinster House.

Four months before that fateful night, two-thirds of the country had voted in an abortion referendum to enshrine the "right to life" of the unborn in the constitution, without adequately clarifying what happened when this clashed with the constitutional "right to life" of the mother. Ann's deceased infant boy was posthumously baptised Pat. The two innocents, the child, and her child, were buried together in the same coffin.

It was obvious this very homegrown horror story would become a religious and political football for parties on both sides who didn't give a damn about women or babies. But when the handful of female TDs and activists attempted to speak out for victims, they were roundly ignored in favour of a soundbite from a bishop, or a geriatric male politician.

Despite Minister of State for Women's Affairs and Family Law Nuala Fennell making a passionate plea in the Dáil for an inquiry, none materialised. However, amid the sanctimonious accusations and assignations of blame real social progress took root.

The closest Irish society came to openly dissecting the issue was on The Gay Byrne Hour radio show.
Hundreds of people, mostly women, wrote in to talk about their experiences and their hopes for change.

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@ThreeCare Got it going, have just dm you

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@ThreeCare Hi there I want to DM you for support but for some reason it wont allow me.

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@byrne_padraig Just come across a very bad accident on the little bridge between Livewater Ballycogley and the parting roads in Wexford I'd avoid at all costs.

[THAT SOUTHERN DUDE @TSDmemes]

No celebrity outrage.
No kneeling politicians.
No gold casket.
No statues in her honor.

Only silence.

[Rosita Díaz @RositaDaz48]

Today, during a casual conversation, an elderly lady shared something that deeply moved me. She told me that her husband had recently passed away, but they had decided together not to have a funeral. The reason? Their family always had an excuse not to visit or even call. So, they chose not to "burden" their busy lives by making them attend a funeral.

But what truly shocked me was when she revealed that she hadn’t even notified the family of his passing. I asked how they would react when they eventually found out, and after a brief pause, she firmly said:

"If they didn’t care enough to see or speak to him while he was here, I refuse to let them see or speak about him now that he’s gone."

She explained that her husband was an excellent cook and always invited them to dinner. But the response was always the same: "I’m busy," or worse, complete silence. Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries… always ignored.

After much prayer, she made a bold decision: she sold their home and belongings, moved to a small apartment in the city, and started anew.

Then, she looked me in the eyes and said something I will never forget:

"Darling, when you realize you are no longer important to someone – even family – you have to make yourself the most important thing."

At that moment, my heart broke, but I also realized I had just met the most courageous person I have ever known.

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@ThreeCare My plan was also affected by this, I paid €30 and it only gave me 16 days what the hell?

[Dr. Eoin Lenihan @EoinLenihan]

Ashling Murphy represented the best of Ireland. A talented musician, sportswoman & teacher, she should have flourished, had her own family & grown old in peace & safety.

Instead, three years ago today, her young life was brutally ended because of government malpractice.

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

This is heartwarming.

Praying for everyone and every living creature in California.🙏

[The Late Late Show @RTELateLateShow]

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[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@poldicia3 @thescript @glenofthepower @TheScript_Danny Great photos may I ask what time the show ended?

[Daily Harry Potter @TheDailyHPotter]

For the lovey Dame Maggie Smith 🥹

[Mary @MaryDoyle18]

@talktoBOI Hi! issue with online banking have sent DM

[Black Edge @BlackEdgeFund]

This quote will change your life:

[Ministress of Enjoyments @LaCienegaBlvdss]

Zoologists believe foxes are currently trying to become domesticated.

They’re taking on cat/dog like behaviors hoping humans will take on the burden of feeding and caring for them because they’re tired of the wild.