Stephen Moreau

[The Scoliosis Advocacy Network #BackUs @scolionetwork]

Still not published …

@CarrollJennifer

@MaryLouMcDonald @davidcullinane @TomClonan @PadraigRice @ivanabacik @Toibin1 @paulmurphy_TD @SenatorMcDowell @JMcGuinnessTD

[Gillian Sherratt @GillSherratt23]

This was due back in November @CarrollJennifer where is it now?

[Maria McAlinden @mariamariamca]

Skyclarys- the medicine that Paudie needs- is available in the United States, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and all European Union (EU) member states. But FGFF refuses to supply it to kids in Ireland! 💔@MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD @CarrollJennifer

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

A Yorkshire pudding was originally called a dripping pudding because the batter was placed in a tin underneath the roast as it turned on the spit. Beef fat dripped down. The batter caught it. The result puffed enormous and crisp and was eaten first, with gravy, to take the edge off the appetite before the meat arrived.

That is no longer how anyone makes Yorkshire pudding.

Most modern recipes now reach for sunflower or rapeseed oil, because someone decided the fat that built the dish was dangerous. The pudding comes out flatter, paler, and sadder, and the physics tells you why: dripping smokes hot enough to shock the batter skyward, seed oil does not. We swapped the fat that works for the fat that was advertised at us, and the pudding has been collapsing ever since.

The recipe:

- Plain flour, 140g.
- Eggs, 4 large.
- Whole milk, 200ml.
- A pinch of salt.

Whisk smooth. Rest in the fridge overnight if you can be bothered.

Heat a muffin tin in the oven at 230C with a generous tablespoon of beef dripping in each well. Wait until the dripping is smoking.

Pour in the batter. Do not open the oven for 20 minutes.

They will rise like cathedrals.

Your grandmother knew this without a thermometer or a single word of food science. We have both and produce worse puddings. Use the dripping.

[Katiesfighttokeepwalking @Katiesfight24]

Today I start my Leaving Cert.

Most people see exams.
I see another day I have to fight my own body before I even get to the paper.

This morning started like so many others — pain, painkillers, heat packs, and trying to get myself ready while my hip reminds me that nothing about this is easy.

I have cerebral palsy, a dysplastic hip, a twisted femur, a retroverted pelvis and a labral tear. But today, I’m still showing up.

I might not be starting this day the way other students are. I might be tired before I even begin. I might be sore, scared and overwhelmed.

But I’m here.

And that matters.

To everyone sitting their Leaving Cert today, I hope you know how strong you are too. We all have different battles walking into that exam hall, some visible and some not.

Good luck to everyone starting today.

Love,
Katie ❤️

https://t.co/gZkOc1Q9PE

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

Powerful letter by Brigid O’Mahony following a meeting organised by Before We Die.

"I am the mother of a 28-year-old man with intellectual disability"

"We are being left by default caring into our 70s, 80s, and 90s. There is also no plan to have a plan and no political will to look after us"

"I also learned that without any policy in place, the Government’s default position is to let us live our lives, sometimes without respite, looking after our adult children with an intellectual disability until we drop"

"Then when we die, our adult children will be put out to tender to providers who make profit from their care"

I have to say as a 64-year-old carer, now caring for nearly 30 years, the full reality is clear. There is no way out of this, we are on our own. Shame on the politicians, shame on the Government. This is more than neglect, it’s barbaric"

#BeforeWeDie

https://t.co/XxIxEHq1YT

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

The principal of one of the largest schools in Co. Wexford has vowed to take to the streets after the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) denied extra support for 54 high-needs pupils, including a blind child and 36 students with autism.

Frank Murphy, principal of St Aidan's primary school in Enniscorthy has voiced frustration on behalf of himself, his staff, parents, and children in the school at the lack of support or willingness to discuss issues by the NCSE

"It is like pulling a piece of skin and holes opening. We are taking from children in order to give to other children who are more in need. They are going without literacy and numeracy support because the teacher is trying to manage other students that need to be regulated. It is not right,” he added.

#SNA #RightToEducation #Disability #Autism #Wexford

https://t.co/Dt5vMCDsrm

[Deirdre Nugent (Minister) @deirdrenugent4]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
This is the number of patients waiting for beds in #UHL They are left on trolleys today.
No privacy.
No dignity.
No adequate treatment.
This is not healthcare.
This is not good enough.
@CarrollJennifer @MichealMartinTD @HSELive @roinnslainte @SimonHarrisTD

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

Please take a minute to sign and share this petition. We all may need care at some point and are entitled to safe quality care, where concerns are welcomed and acted upon..

A recent Journal investigates report highlighted how families who raised concerns over the level of care provided to their loved one, were then threatened with eviction. This leads to an imbalance of power, where the nursing home has control over a persons place within the system. That imbalance of power needs to be corrected and it needs to be done now.

#NursingHome #Disability #Evictions #HumanRightsDoNotGrowOld #Uplift

https://t.co/LnFOxz0fBa

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

"You feel completely invisible." Sinéad’s 15-hour trolley ordeal at St. Vincent’s Hospital is a stark reminder that healthcare overcrowding isn't just a statistic, it’s a systemic failure stripping patients of their basic dignity.

#ED #HospOverCrowding #TrolleyCrisis #Dignity #StVincents

https://t.co/dqOwsRQb4e

[Gillian Sherratt @GillSherratt23]

This is appalling @IrishRail

[Mairin Nolan @MairinNolaczy1]

Just under two wks post surgery. Up going again. Off all pain meds starting PT sessions, of course smiling again. CHI wouldn’t even list her for this surgery said she wasn’t able. She may have a complex disability but that doesn’t mean she’s not strong.#scoliosis #spinehealth

[Stephen Moreau @daStevo]

@rte why am I watching coverage of the Eurovision song contest on the news if RTE are boycotting it?

[Stephen Moreau @daStevo]

The Double Cherry Magnum is amazeballs. Not easy to find but worth the hunt.

[Gillian Sherratt @GillSherratt23]

We fought for Harvey at 12 weeks pregnant when we got the diagnosis.
We fought for Harvey at 36 weeks pregnant when they suggested withdrawing medical care at birth.
We fought for Harvey when we found out he had severe scoliosis and had only been linked to an orthopaedic surgeon that deals with feet.
We fought for Harvey when they dismissed my concerns around allergies-later diagnosed as anaphylactic.
We fought for Harvey when they tried to provide a buggy instead of a wheelchair.
We fought for Harvey when he had delays getting a suitable hospital bed for home.
We fought for 5 years to get him a speech device so he could communicate.
We fought for him to get scoliosis surgery.
We fought for answers when we found out he was removed from the surgical list.
Harvey is now gone and we will continue to fight for him, and for the other children and families facing these unnecessary and cruel battles.
We fight because Harvey deserved better and we fight because that is what Harvey always did.
If government or CHI think we will ever be quiet and just accept what has been allowed happen, they simply haven’t been paying attention.
#JusticeForHarvey #NoChildWaiting #StatutoryInquiryNow

@CarrollJennifer @SimonHarrisTD @CHI_Ireland @MichealMartinTD @SBH_PAG @scolionetwork @Stephen63224725

[The Scoliosis Advocacy Network #BackUs @scolionetwork]

March 2025 → March 2026:
•Surgeries: 123 → 109 (-11%)
•Suspended: 40 → 52 (+30%)
•Pre-admit (with dates): 20 → 13 (-35%)
•Total list: 228 → 216 (-5%)

Children aren’t being treated faster.
They’re being moved between categories.
@CarrollJennifer @SimonHarrisTD

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Every February, 70% of the commercial honey bees in the United States, roughly two million colonies, are loaded onto lorries and driven to California. They are going to pollinate the almonds.

80% of the world's almonds come from one valley in California. Over 1.3 million acres of nothing but almond trees, blooming for three weeks in monoculture, requiring more pollinators than the state can produce on its own. So the bees are trucked in from every corner of the country. Florida. New York. Montana.

The bees are fed sugar water for the journey because their own honey has been removed to lighten the load.
They arrive in the Central Valley to a landscape that is, for three weeks, pink and white blossom, and for the other forty-nine weeks of the year, dead. Nothing to eat. No forage. No diversity. Just almond trees and bare dirt, sprayed regularly with fungicides and insecticides that were deemed bee-safe in adult bees but turn out to be lethal to larvae when combined.

In February 2025, commercial beekeepers reported the worst die-off on record. Around 60% of commercial honey bee colonies in the United States dead in a single pollination season. Financial losses estimated well over $139 million. Some beekeepers lost 90 to 100% of their colonies.

The almonds are marketed as plant-based. Clean. Ethical. The preferred alternative.

The preferred alternative requires the single largest managed pollination event in human history and it is quietly killing the pollinators faster than they can be replaced.

Every glass of almond milk is, statistically, a small contribution to the largest pollinator die-off on record.

This is not in the advertising.

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

The HSE has issued a formal apology to families in the South-East after it was revealed that children have been forced to wait up to seven years for vital orthodontic services.

The delay has been attributed to severe staffing shortages, with the service currently relying on a single consultant orthodontist and a dental nurse traveling from Waterford to Clonmel just a few days a month to conduct assessments.

#HSE #orthodontist #Apology

https://t.co/o1r8ZPle2g

[Stephen Moreau @daStevo]

@the_beeguy Is it feasible to provide a “bumble-bee nest box” like you would a bird box?

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

It’s that time of year - folks asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain.
Please #retweet!
Every queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce queen #bees for next year!
So important to #share!
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