Orla Egan she/her

10th March 1924: British composer Angela Morley is born. A transgender woman, Morley publicly came out in 1972. One of her most famous scores is 1978's Watership Down. She was the first openly transgender woman to be nominated for an Academy Award. #OnThisDay #Queerstory

#Irish President Catherine Connolly advocating for peace & international law: "The violations of international law we are witnessing are shocking and numbing...They are deliberate assaults on international law...We must name them as such, without euphemism and without equivocation" #SpéirGhorm

The Alpenpost: A Girl's Guide to Fighting Hitler and Stalin Podcast Episode · Illuminated · 8 March · 32m

Just in time for your morning coffee, my radio doc "The Alpenpost: A Girl's Guide to Fighting Hitler and Stalin" is now available wherever you get your podcasts.

I would love if you gave it a listen 🙏

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Happy international women’s day to all

Happy international women’s day to all - especially my feminist comrades still fighting the good fight. #internationalwomensday2026

Taoiseach Michel Martin statement on Lebanon I strongly condemn the reckless strike on a UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon that has left a number of Ghanaian peacekeepers seriously injured. The role of peacekeepers is sacrosanct, and all should go above and beyond to prevent them from coming into harm's way. I would like to pay tribute to the courage, resilience, and professionalism of the Irish peacekeepers who came to the aid of their Ghanaian colleagues today. I have been briefed on the latest situation, and all Irish personnel serving in Lebanon remain safe and accounted for. Michel Martin Taoiseach na hÉireann

Who I wonder launched this ‘reckless strike’ against UNIFIL peacekeepers, because this statement would seem to indicate it came from an unknown source or is a known ‘unknown’, eh!! Someone should really inform the Taoiseach! #nameandshame #weallknowwhodidit

Great to hear Prof Jeffrey Sachs on @news.rte.ie talking about the barbarism of the US and Israel's attack on Iranian people (as well as mentioning the genocide of Palestinians)
- nice contrast to how @news.rte.ie usually just parrots the US and Israeli propaganda #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

Coming up this SUNDAY! A true story of family, love and anti-Nazi resistance — researched and presented by yours truly. Live on BBC Radio 4 or listen later on BBC Sounds.

Sign the Petition Arthur Leahy Bridge

Petition to name new Cork bridge after the amazing activist Arthur Leahy c.org/G9jPzJTZYb. #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

Can hardly see the phone shops for the phone boxes

Draft National Drugs Strategy: Public Consultation

📢 Public Consultation Open

The Draft National Drugs Strategy from the Department of Health is now open for public submissions.
🗓️ Closes: 10 April 2026

Have your say on the future of drug policy in Ireland. Your voice matters

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

#drugsky #DrugPolicy #Ireland #SpeirGorm

The pic features the Iranian author Sahar Delijani who is looking at the camera. Her words appear next to her on the picture and they read: I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

Sahar Delijani on brand

Ireland used to respect the UN Sec Gen. Now she pretends not to hear him.

Thank you Sunday Independent for publishing our letter today

There is nobody on earth more expert than a parent who is worried about their child so we would be delighted to chat with anyone who has questions about how to support their child and keep them safe, loved and well.

Love always wins ❤️

Statement by Irish President Connolly following strikes on Iran.
(Alt-Text on image)

#spéirghorm
#Iran #Alt

'I didn't grow up wanting to be a politician, I'm a plumber'

The green Party's Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton, with Reform in second and Labour finished third

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.

They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

GO DONATE.

tcpipeline.org

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

Looking forward to reading this #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

I think it's because so much of the policy is about optics rather than treatment or prevention. As long as addicts are kept out of sight then nobody wants to think too much about them.

I met Zhanar in Lesvos a few years ago - an amazing lesbian activist from Kazakhstan

#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm Fabulous history talk for anyone in or near Belfast

The only people put in prison over Irish State complicity in lawbreaking at Shannon Airport have been those protesting against it.

I'm looking forward to screening my LOAFERS documentary at The Outing Festival in Ennis this weekend
@corklgbtarchive.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

Remember if you watch this show or buy this merch, no trans person will like or trust you ever again. Sorry but those are the rules.

Cork LGBT Archive | Online Fundraising Cork LGBT Archive online charity fundraising on iDonate for charities, good causes, and crowdfunders in Ireland

Radio interview I did this morning about the forthcoming Permanent LGBT Exhibition in Cork #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
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#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

Hup!! We need just 39 more signatures and then we've done it, Ireland will have passed her threshold.

PLEASE SIGN!!!

🇵🇸🙏✊🇮🇪

#JusticeForPalestine #Ireland #FreePalestine #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm #IrishSky

Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...

Petition to stop scraping of huge quantities of seaweed from West of Ireland coast #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie

Shannon airport has long been put at the disposal of the US military by Irish authorities.

Now it is facilitating ICE deportations which may amount to human trafficking or even crimes against humanity.

For a country that speaks loudly in support of the rights of Palestinians, this is shameful.