#Irish Citizen

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1914 – Cumann na mBan, Irish women’s Republican movement, was founded.

Ní saoirse go saoirse na mban. Over 100 women gathered in Dublin to discuss the role of women in the lead-up to revolution. The meeting, at Wynn’s Hotel, was presided over by Agnes O’Farrelly. The first provisional committee of Cumann na mBan included Agnes MacNeill, Nancy O’Rahilly, Mary Colum, Jenny Wyse Power, Louise Gavan Duffy and Elizabeth Bloxham. They adopted a constitution which stated…

[suntails]

THEY’RE HERE!!!!!

[tanadrin]

You've criticised nationalism a lot recently — don't worry, I'm not going to start insulting you or anyone, but could you tell me what your definition thereof is? Because in conversations with other people I have realised not everyone actually thinks it's the same thing (e.g. my mother seems to consider it the same as patriotism, ergo "being proud/glad to be part of your people group" — I doubt this is your definition, but as an example of how far-flung these may be)

i mean. i'd say a few things to this. one, uh. i realize this is annoying but. discourse objects do not have definitions--or rather, they may have definitions which are useful guides to how people use the word, but what discourse objects actually are is constructed by usage, and so will vary depending on how different users of those concepts divide the semantic field, and even depending on the context in which they are used. so, like, be aware of that pitfall

and having laid down that marker, i would then go on to say i don't think nationalism is strongly differentiated from patriotism, either in terms of how it's usually defined or how it's used in practice. i think patriotism is often used as, like. a synonym for a lighter, fluffier form of nationalism. i don't find compelling the idea that patriotism is inherently a virtue. and i think a lot of manifestations of patriotism are also manifestations of nationalism. like the dictionary definition of nationalism is probably going to be something like "preference for one's own nation and its interests especially vs other nations and their interests" and i think that covers a lot of expressions of patriotism, too.

indulging our tribalistic affinity for Us vs Them thinking is cute when it's something that doesn't matter at all, like sports, or which way the toilet paper faces, but i think as a style of thinking it ought to be resisted strongly when it comes to politics. the relevant virtue ought to be solidarity and humanistic feelings that encompass as many people as possible--ideally the whole human race--and not a sufficiently nice form of political or ethnic chauvanism

[nirvanaida]

“if you don’t vote blue our democracy will be destroyed” literally what democracy. the united states can barely be called democratic atp.

[madqueenalanna]

i've thought it over and i think the funniest part of "the terror" (book) is in franklin's pov when gore's group is heading out and goodsir wants to join and franklin's thinking to himself like "he's skinny and has ridiculous sideburns and has an effeminate air about him. kinda faggy. i don't like him. hope he dies out there"

[elvenmoans]

People be normal about family members of different races challenge: impossible

[taamlok]

random muireann lore: her ship is named the wave sweeper, which is taken from irish mythology. lugh, a member of the tuatha dé danann, led a war against the fomorians to secure their freedom. while preparing for one battle, he famously individually asked each member of his army what unique skills they brought to the table which seemed perfect inspiration for a rook. i was actually originally going to name her lugh, but it was too similar to lucanis so instead i went with muireann (mur-in or myur-in) which means "sea white, sea fair"! i kept the name of his ship to honour her roots 🫡

[vyorei]

All eyes on foreign hostages while the dual citizens in Gaza are ignored and trapped.

Blinken met with Netanyahu in the first week and enquired about extracting Palestinian-Americans, also asked for water to be turned back on.

Blinken left, the 600 or so American-Palestinians had a vague command to go to Rafah, they were not extracted, the water wasn't turned back on.

Then the second week, Biden shows up, all about Hamas and the hostages. Not a word about his citizens trapped in the strip, and still nothing. Entirely hostage and Hamas focused, to the point he ignored the bomb threat on Al-Quds Hospital

Dual citizens or not, it seems like no one with power actually gives a shit about the Palestinians in any way

[jewishbarbies]

I’m truly sorry your humanity is so far gone that you genuinely believe genocide is not only justified but should be the moral response to any perceived oppression but literally no one asked you and we don’t fucking care.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1892 – Birth of revolutionary and feminist, Margaret Skinnider, in Coatbridge, Scotland. She fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.

‘Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country.’ –Margaret Skinnider Margaret Skinnider was born to immigrant parents from Co Monaghan. She became a mathematics teacher in Scotland and was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She also joined the Glasgow branches of the Irish Volunteers and Cumann na mBan in 1914; she also joined the women’s rifle club, becoming a first class shot. She was…

[coochiequeens]

The Irish Examiner reported in March that the DFA also issued warnings about a high level of miscarriages, premature babies, and children being born in poor nutritional circumstances in Ukraine." If you're so dead set on having a biological child you're willing to have it develop in a war zone being carried by a woman undergoing external stress and poor nutrition maybe you should ask your why you are OK with that in the first place.

An Irish mother who traveled to Ukraine for the birth of her surrogate daughters has revealed that she is trapped in the war-torn country due to problems obtaining Irish passports for her newborn daughters. 

Cathy Wynne and her husband Paul recently told the Irish Independent how they've spent the last 10 years investing in fertility programs in a bid to grow their family.

The couple traveled to Ukraine for the birth of their twin daughters Chloe and Lily, who arrived roughly four weeks premature in July.

However, the twin girls, who were born via surrogacy, have no legal relationship with their mother due to a lack of regulations surrounding international surrogacy programs. 

Cathy and Paul have spent the last five weeks trying to secure emergency passports in order to get their daughters out of Ukraine but have been unable to secure Irish passports since Cathy is not legally recognized as their mother. 

Paul is legally recognized as the father of the newborn twins, but the UK Government has terminated its emergency passport scheme for children born via surrogacy in Ukraine. 

Consequently, the family now faces an agonizing 13-week wait before they can secure UK passports for the two girls and return to Ireland. 

Cathy told the Irish Independent that she has rented an apartment in Kyiv along with her husband while trying to sort out the issue, adding that it has been difficult to bond with her children in such a stressful situation. 

"Any time we get on our own, it’s either worrying about bomb warnings, or seeing news flashes coming from the president asking you to take cover. Then you’re trying to fit in all the admin around trying to get them out of the country," Cathy told the Irish Independent. 

The couple said they began attempting to have children via surrogacy programs in Ukraine shortly before Russia invaded the country in February 2022. 

Cathy said Chloe and Lily are not legally recognized as her children, according to Irish law, which states that the surrogate mother is the legal mother because she gave birth to the child. Cathy can apply to adopt Lily and Chloe, but this process can take up to two years. 

"The law in Ireland states that as the mother of a child born through surrogacy, I have no rights. My twin girls, Lily and Chloe, legally they’re not my children. And until the laws in Ireland change, they never will be." 

Cathy and Paul have been married for over 10 years and lived together in Ireland for five years before their wedding and Cathy believes that the Irish Government should "break a bit of red tape" and provide assistance in getting their children back to Ireland. 

"We both live in Ireland. I’m Irish, born and bred. Paul’s lived with me for 10 years, probably five more before we got married. We have a house in Ireland. The girls are going to live in Ireland." 

She told the Irish Independent that the complications regarding Lily and Chloe's passports have caused a lot of "tears and stress."

She added that she and her husband spend most of their time printing off documents and meeting with solicitors, leaving them little time to bond with their newborn children. 

They urged the Irish Government to act and provide assistance with their return to Ireland. Otherwise, they will have to wait until November before Chloe and Lily have obtained their UK passports. It would take roughly three weeks to secure an emergency Irish passport. 

The Irish Government has previously warned Irish couples using a surrogate mother in Ukraine not to travel to the wartorn country. 

In a statement issued in March, the Department of Foreign Affairs said it "strongly advises" against any travel to Ukraine, "for any purpose."

"The Department is aware of and concerned about a number of citizens who continue to enter Ukraine for the purpose of engaging in surrogacy arrangements," the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement in March. 

"The situation across Ukraine remains extremely dangerous and the Department strongly advises against entering into surrogacy arrangements in Ukraine." 

The statement said the warning has been in place since November last year, adding that the Department's capacity to provide consular assistance in Ukraine is "extremely limited."

The Irish Examiner reported in March that the DFA also issued warnings about a high level of miscarriages, premature babies, and children being born in poor nutritional circumstances in Ukraine.

However, IVMED Family in Kyiv - a surrogacy clinic in Ukraine - told the Examiner that a number of Irish families are still using its services despite the outbreak of the war. 

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

i'm sorry to the storygraph librarians for all the book tickets i keep submitting but none of the irish-language books are importing correctly and i cannot let my stats continue to believe they're in finnish

[dirjoh-blog]

Irish killed or abducted by Palestinians backed terrorists.

This post is to highlight the hypocrisy of Irish left wing political parties, particularly Sinn Fein and People Before Profit. They demanded the Israeli ambassador to Ireland to be expelled. However they did not demand this for the Palestinian ambassador, nor did they condemn the terror attack by Hamas on October 7,2023 where Irish citizens were murdered and abducted. Nor did they condemn…

[middleagedmanyaoi]

im not religious at all really but i WILL go on a rant about how much i hate protestant christianity at any given moment based on shit that has little to nothing to do with actual christian values. possessed by my ancestors giving me the conviction but im gay and dont go to church so i do not have any of the knowledge .

[wellpresseddaisy]

My dad just got super excited about the concept of a Celtic Republic.

Tumblr just made an 81-year-old man's day.