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@t4rbh.bsky.social

I just heard Maria Steen on the Brendan O'Connor show say that conservatives are denied a voice in Irish society and media and I can't hear any more because of the sound of the clanging irony.
#IonaInstitute

February 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM

Dáiligh

@dailigh.eurosky.social

When you start to realise that the only people listening to your far right views are far right racists …….

David Quinn & @DavQuinn •4d
A lot of actual racist comments in response to this.
David Quinn • @DavQuinn •5d
Ireland is a country with racists in it. Some of them are anti-Indian, or anti-Semitic, or anti-African or every possible combination. But I do not believe we are a racist country per se.

David Quinn @ @DavQuinn • 23h
Ireland's terrible combination: more abortions and fewer births. (@ionainstitute blog).
Ireland's terrible combination: more abortions and fewer...

David Quinn @ @DavQuinn • 18h
It's not. Abortion rates are often higher among ethnic minorities.

Karen Ryan @toomelady • 18h
Data in England Wales suggests otherwise.. we don't have the data here but observing it ain't non Irish rushing to abortion clinics...

August 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM

Lughnasa Healy-Rae Nua

@t4rbh.bsky.social

#Steen claims the grassroots want someone who flaunts a handbag costing almost 50% of the median income (seriously - it's apparently €20,000 worth of a bag!) as their "in-touch with family values" president.

The #IonaInstitute is not for the likes of thee or me.

#IrishPresidentialElection #ffs