Báirbre F Maolán Proud Catholic.🇮🇪

@ThomasDKersting ……..!!!!

I have been thinking a lot about death in the context of Heidegger's Being and Time. How it hems us in and forces us to face the stark reality that we are finite. We can live in avoidance of that reality or we can embrace it and make the best choices we can to lead an authentic life. But...what I have been thinking about specifically today is a bit different. It's facing death from a distance and not when it is immediately upon us. A globalised and consumerist state avoids thinking and talking about death at all costs. Death is the mortal enemy of consumerism with its feel-good vibes, buy this product, that distraction, you're going to live forever so have a "X brand" beer, put your feet up on "X brand" couch and watch the game on "X brand flat screen TV". But our ancestors found a way to make room for the inevitability of death in everyday life. Our Neolithic ancestors most stunningly used their monuments which have lasted millennia as places for the dead and powerful statements of their civilisations. They projected the complexity of their civilisations into the future. It made me think about everyday examples how one deals with the inevitability of death in a manner that shows you lived better because of its inevitability. I thought of my grandmother who had saved her pension for some time before her death - which was sudden, not predicted, meaning she had stored away funds consciously, free of the knowledge death was on its way. She made sure to cover all her burial expenses but also, most importantly to her, she made sure to put aside enough for a dinner at a local hotel for everyone coming to her funeral. She ensured a 'good funeral' for everyone mourning her. The disappearance of religion from the forefront of Irish society has allowed the inevitability of death to be hidden, and with it both meditation on (making peace with the fact) and the ability to be inspired to lead a fulfilling life by it.

@EoinLenihan I loved reading this …… May your grandmother rest in eternal peace 🙏

@TheMandyGall Dear Mrs Mc…. It is right for Irish people to fly their flag 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 as it represents their national identity heritage and pride🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 just as any nation has the right to display its symbols🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 Tá bratach na hÉireann álainn agus tumtha i stair🥂

Go home Mary, you've had enough

@PadrepioSaint Amen

• St. Padre Pio says: "The Rosary is the weapon for these times." Pray your Rosary everyday! 😇

@MichaelPTKelly @DermotKearney3 That list ….. Forever in the History books Protect the unborn always and unapologetically

I see people who voted for abortion saying "THIS is not what I voted for" - I'm sorry, it is. When you vote that some lives are worthless, you ultimately make all lives worthless.

‘Why Deny the Obvious Child?’ Today, in the Seanad, I regretted the negative leadership coming from the Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD, the Tánaiste @SimonHarrisTD and the Minister for Health @CarrollJennifer who are supporting Sinn Féin’s @sinnfeinireland move to get rid of the three-day reflection period before abortions. They are doing nothing to try and lower the number of abortions - only supporting a move that will increase the number of lives lost and leave more women with abortion regret. It’s lamentable.

@RonanMullen @MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD @CarrollJennifer @sinnfeinireland That list ……. Fight for the innocent Always and unapologetically Cosain ár bpáistí uilig💕

@DermotKearney3 @altme123 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 ag seasamh leat i gcónaí, a chara🙏💕

@MaolanF @altme123 @JuJu4dignity @MJRobinson1571 Go raibh maith agat a Bháirbre 💛

This is devastating news. My thoughts tonight are with the vulnerable people who will hear this and feel less safe, less valued and more alone because of it. The true measure of a society is how it treats those who depend on others. We should be building a culture of care, not one that normalises helping people to die. They deserve better. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@tristanever1201 @claregarry6 @Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS 💔

@MaolanF @claregarry6 @Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS This what perplexed me. She said she advocates women then turned Elrond and was super insulting to women.

These barbaric monsters like @melanieselwood who advocate for baby torture and murder are exposed by this bill. There is no reason for a late term abortion. Ever. It is monstrously cruel to the baby and it does not fix a single health problem for the mother that could not be fixed by inducing a live delivery early. The sole reason for feticide in a late term abortion is to kill the child. 75% of late term abortions in SA kill perfectly healthy children and unlike Melanie, I don't think we should be killing the disabled children either. Help us defeat the evil Greens and pass the first prolife bill in Australian history next Wednesday as we seek to ban third trimester abortion👇 SA RALLY FOR BABIES | Wednesday 17 June | 5.30-6.30PM North Terrace, outside SA Parliament | We need you ❤️

@Bdhital84 @claregarry6 @tristanever1201 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS Agree totally 💔

@claregarry6 @tristanever1201 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @MaolanF @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS That’s crude abuse, not an argument. But more importantly, it proves exactly what I’ve been saying: you demonstrate both an unjustified hatred of men and a disdain for women. You have no problem speaking this way—(1)

@claregarry6 @tristanever1201 @Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS Why are you so angry ? Your language is disgusting…. A women talking about another women in that vilest way possible I only feel pity for you at your age being so angry 🙏

@tristanever1201 @Bdhital84 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @MaolanF @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS Why doubt you go and eat out her cunt if you think she is so marvellous?

@Bdhital84 @claregarry6 @tristanever1201 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS Correct

@claregarry6 @tristanever1201 @DermotKearney3 @rjpark @MaolanF @Kimber9mmUC @alex_kobylarz @colmod99 @ProfJoannaHowe @melanieselwood @FLOTUS @POTUS calling people sexual insults and insulting others in this manner—which suggests you don’t really care about women at all. If you cared about women, you wouldn’t degrade yourself by using this kind of language. You’re not defending women; you’re just being hateful. (2)

@griptmedia @maxbiaggi30 Publish it ……🥂

Tánaiste Simon Harris rejected calls to publish the nationalities of social housing recipients, describing claims that foreign nationals are being prioritised over Irish applicants as "disinformation" during a media exchange this week: gript.ie/harris-rejects…