SilviaS56

[M.Sexton @XPCBirmingham]

19th August 2026.
Update with regards to the email sent earlier this morning to The Metropolitan Police Professional Standards Directorate.

This is the email @EthicalApproach has been referring to and made public earlier today, it’s also on his page as explained in the short video below.

Here’s a link to the email;

https://t.co/p1tR5TK8it

@pjhlaw

[Senator Rónán Mullen @RonanMullen]

Mass for Ann Widdecombe in St Teresa’s Church, Clarendon St, Dublin tomorrow, Wednesday 15th July at 12.45 p.m. All are welcome. Please forward.

Ann visited Leinster House in June 2015 at the invitation of the Oireachtas Human Dignity Group and addressed a number of TDs and Senators.

All who met her could only be taken by her honesty, integrity, wit and sense of fun.

May she rest in peace.

[Kirk_Loco @Polito_loco]

This is an absolutely shocking story being highlighted by @CareChampions2 - Please SHARE this post and TAG @wicklowcoco

This is 79-year-old Robert Thompson from Bray. Robert is completely blind, but until recently, he has managed to live a highly independent life with the help of his brilliant guide dog, Rhona.

But right now, Wicklow County Council is failing him, and the entire visually impaired community.

For years, the audible signals at pedestrian crossings across Bray have been faulty. Recently, things have gone from bad to worse. The critical audio signals that tell Robert where the crossing pole is (the "wait" sound) and when it is actually safe to cross (the "go" sound) have stopped working entirely on busy routes near his home.

"There’s no way I would cross that road without the sound," Robert says. "It’s just too dangerous."

To make matters worse, recent changes to the local Dublin bus network (replacing the old 145 route with the E1 spine) mean his usual handy bus stops are gone. Because the council has left the nearby pedestrian signals broken, Robert can no longer cross the street safely at his local stop.

Robert is now forced to get off the bus early and walk a massive, grueling 1.5 kilometers EACH WAY along a highly dangerous, busy stretch of road just to find a single working crossing.

Robert has contacted Wicklow County Council - @wicklowcoco repeatedly. They have acknowledged his complaints, but they have met him with absolute silence regarding any actual repairs.

Basic mobility and safety should be a right, not a luxury. By ignoring these broken signals for years, the council is effectively trapping vulnerable residents in their own towns and actively stripping away their independence.

Let’s get the word out and force Wicklow County Council to do their job, fix the audio signals in Bray, and restore safety and freedom to Robert and others who rely on them!

[SilviaS56 @S_y_l]

@paddymacc1 Welcome back Paddy. 😊

[SilviaS56 @S_y_l]

I just signed this petition, will you join me? https://t.co/cMyHjrBalB

[SilviaS56 @S_y_l]

@noshiteplease Good morning Joey. ☀️

[Dr. Marcus De Brun @indepdubnrth]

The case against me by the Irish Medical Council is to be concluded by the Council and its verdict will be issued at 9am next Thursday, June 4th . The Talbot Hotel Stilorgan Co Dublin.

Members of the Public are free to attend.

After an inquiry that has lasted almost 6yrs, myself and my family are looking forward to its conclusion.

Sincerest thanks for your encouragement, your prayers and your support over these years.

See you there!

Regardless of the verdict, myself and those colleagues who remain under investigation and subject to similar Hearings, will NOT desist in calling for justice for the Nursing Home dead, the withdrawl of genetic vaccines, and a public inquiry into Pandemic policies.

[Susanne Delaney @SuzieD755164]

ALEX COUGHLAN'S FAMILY asked me to share this beautiful, touching clip of him reading to his little nephew. It really conveys the type of person Alex was. If you would like to get to know who Alex was and how he lived his life, then please watch the duration of this short memorial video in his honour. Please also take part in what is asked at the end of the video, and also use these hashtags when sharing: #AlexCoughlan #RememberHim #SpeakHisName

Let's keep his name and face in the public eye. Make sure this memorial video reaches every person in this country and beyond. Share it with everyone you know. Share it the world over.
NEVER FORGET ALEX.

Unfortunately, it may be shadowbanned, so we all need to pull together on this one.

Just to say... Alex was a truly wonderful person by all accounts. It is important to keep this post and all comments about HIM. Please. For this one post. Do this in memory of Alex. Because one cruel and final indignity that is visited upon those who have had their lives stolen is the fact that the unforgivable act can end up defining that person in the public eye by that very act itself. Who the person was can be lost amidst the tragedy. Alex was someone I would have loved to know. I wish I'd had that great privilege and I know he comes from an amazing family. They will read these comments most likely. So please be mindful of that.

Thank you.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Why does Mary look younger than Jesus in Michelangelo's Pietà?

The answer is one of the most beautiful in art history...

Mary is holding the body of her 33 year old son, but she looks 20. Critics noticed it the moment the sculpture was unveiled in 1499. The mother of a man who has just been crucified would have been in her late forties or early fifties. Michelangelo had carved her as a girl.

His own biographer, Ascanio Condivi, was the one who finally asked him why. The answer Michelangelo gave is preserved in Condivi's Life of Michelangelo and has been repeated for centuries: "Do you not know that chaste women stay fresh much more than those who are not chaste? How much more in the case of the Virgin, who had never experienced the least lascivious desire that might change her body?"

Most modern critics treat this answer as a half-serious deflection. Michelangelo was famous for his sharp tongue and refused to explain himself to people he considered beneath his intellect.

The deeper answer is older, and it lies inside one of the greatest poems ever written. In the final canto of Dante's Paradiso, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux begins his prayer to the Virgin with one of the most extraordinary lines in Italian literature:

"Vergine madre, figlia del tuo figlio."
"Virgin mother, daughter of your own son."

Michelangelo, who knew Dante by heart, was carving that line into stone. Mary is younger than Jesus because Jesus is older than the universe... because she gave birth to her own creator.

But there is another reading, simpler than either of those, and it is the one I find myself thinking of today. Every mother who has held her child has held them at every age at once. The infant is still inside the toddler. The toddler is still inside the teenager. The young man on her lap, even dead, is also the boy she nursed and the baby she first carried home.

And maybe that's why Michelangelo did not carve Mary as the years had aged her. He carved her as love had kept her: outside of time, outside of grief, holding her son the way she had always held him...

Happy Mother's Day.

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[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

Irish freedom fighter Padraig Pearse was executed on the 3rd of May 1916. These were his final words to his mother after receiving Communion:

'I just received Holy Communion. I am happy, except for the great grief of parting from you. This is the death I should have asked if God had given me the choice of all deaths—to die a soldier’s death for Ireland and for freedom.

We have done right. People will say hard things of us now, but later on will praise us. Do not grieve for all this, but think of it as a sacrifice which God asked of me and of you. Good-bye again, dear mother. May God bless you for your great love for me and for your great faith, and may He remember all you have so bravely suffered. I hope soon to see papa, and in a little while we shall be all together again. I have not words to tell you of my love for you and how my heart yearns to you all

I will call to you in my heart at the last moment.

Your son,

Pat'

[Deacon Nick Donnelly @ProtecttheFaith]

Please pray for the Catholic hostages kidnapped by islamist terrorists in Nigeria

As their ransom demands have not been met, the terrorists have begun to execute women and children

No coverage in western media

Please RT so that the world knows about the inhuman crimes committed in Nigeria with the compliance of western politicians, religious leaders and media

[Stíofán Mc Con Midhe ☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🥊 @smcn1916]

Like and share if you agree 🇮🇪

[SilviaS56 @S_y_l]

@Leoyourleader All of the above.

[John Waters Unchained @johnwaters2024]

Ireland is now a Terrorist State!

[TheLiberal.ie @TheLiberal_ie]

@elonmusk make this stand out

[Deacon Nick Donnelly @ProtecttheFaith]

This is Enoch Burke, a Christian teacher, being manhandled in handcuffs as he's returned to Mountjoy Jail @EnochBurke

because he refuses to call a boy a 'girl'

Enoch has been imprison for almost 600 days in Ireland's most notorious prison

Please RT and tell the world about Ireland's prisoner of conscience

[Elaine Mullally ☘️ @mullallyelaine]

Breaking! You won’t see this on RTE!!

Indian police seized over 100,000 fake degrees from 22 universities, shedding light on the alarming scope of the issue.

Indian media reported that the authorities arrested 11 individuals involved in producing counterfeit degrees, which were being used to secure jobs in fields like medicine, nursing, and engineering.

How many are working in Ireland with fake documents.

[Rawan Osman روان عثمان @RawaneOsmane]

Share this to save his life.
If you make him famous, the Iranian regime might not execute him tomorrow.
#ErfanSoltani

[Ryan Williams @koreanscot]

MAKE HIM FAMOUS! Erfan Soltani is scheduled to be executed by the Islamic Regime in Iran tomorrow (14th of January). We know Iran collapses under international pressure. Let's scream this out loud so Trump hears this. He will send help. Please share Erfan Soltani videos and news!