Deirdre and Marie

After 2 days training in Antrim had such a gorgeous soul fuelling weekend driving around the coast of Northern Ireland w my fab friend- @connectedforlife we were super lucky with the sun & bright blue skies too! A lot of fun, food, exploring, & endless chatting. Now in Ireland ready for a conference. Thanks Deirdre you are a🌟

@suzannezeedyk Can't believe it is 5 years! RIP Tina, her legacy indeed lives on ❤️🙏

ACEs Campaigner Tina Hendry died 5 years ago this month. I think so often of her tenacity, of her legacy. I start today #grateful that I knew her.

@juliehealy8 Way too long. We are due a wee reunion soon!

@connectedfrlife Thank you 😊 Hope you are both well, it's been ages!

Celebrated my 200th Parkrun this morning 🎉 so thankful for all the volunteers who make this possible every week 🙌 #loveparkrun

@pinkprincesses3 @easyJet Hope you get sorted Karen. What a nightmare!

Beyond myself with @easyJet travelled to Amsterdam & adhered to baggage sizes which I have validated in photos. Bags pulled in Belfast & charged £48 each. Bag pulled in Amsterdam, however fitted into the metal rack. @easyJet now saying it may been over weight but never weighed

What a privilege to spend a wk in Kildare with @insync_ie training 15 amazing new #StartfromtheHeartParentsGp facilitators. They join facilitators in Laois, Offaly, Longford & Westmeath @CypscLw @CYPSC_LOY. Look forward 2 continuing the journey with r growing facilitators network

@connectedfrlife @suzannezeedyk @DocResilience @HendryTina @JohnCarnochan @karynmccluskey Your NI story is part of ours in Scotland. Glad more people know now. Proud to be partners to the vision! #RipplingOut

You can download the Booklet form of #ScotlandsACEsJourney from the @connectedbaby website, on this link: connectedbaby.net/scotlands-aces…

Sorry we couldn't make last night @suzannezeedyk. Glad to hear it was fab (of course!). Thank you for featuring the 2017 NI @DocResilience screenings as part of ur journey. Well done to u, @connectedbaby, the late @HendryTina @JohnCarnochan, @karynmccluskey & everyone involved!

@stephenbosley See you there Stephen ❤️

@PKellagher @Actn4ChildrenNI Good luck in your new venture Paul 🙏

@Prev_Justice Amazing!

Heading to the UNICEF Conference in Bogotá to speak at the first Global Ministerial Conference on “Ending Violence Against Children”. Absolutely delighted to contribute in a small way to a subject so close to my heart. #Prevention #SmartJustice …violenceagainstchildrenconference.org

@dr_treisman Oh my goodness. So sorry to hear this. Hope you’re ok. Sending love and healing ❤️🤗

In a huge amount of pain from car accident and struggling and in shock but pleased still making it to the Just conference on sex trafficking. Over 1000 people here and enjoyed first 2 sessions

@janehmul @REPPP4 @UL @PolicingAuthIRL @probation_irl Congratulations on your new post Jane. Well done and good luck ❤️👏

I'm sad to leave @REPPP4 @UL at the end of October after 4 years work on the #Greentown Programme, & the amazing @PolicingAuthIRL after 18 months. However, I'm excited to join the #socialinclusion unit at @probation_irl & look 4ward to collaborating 4 a safer, fairer society.

It is shocking but as long as the society of NI does not address the underlying misogyny in every sphere - education/employment/sport/ arts/leisure people believe they have the right to treat women abusively & the @niassembly must invest in the multiagency approach to ending DV

Delighted to annouce new call for papers for Special Issue of JCAT on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Postnatal Adversity: link.springer.com/journal/40653/… Guest editors: Dr Alan Price, Dr Jack Purrington, Professor Raja Mukherjee and Dr. Ned Chandler-Mather. Publication - June 2025

Four women have been murdered by men in six weeks. This is atrocious. This means that Northern Ireland per head of population is one of the most dangerous places in Europe to be a woman. This is an epidemic that requires immediate action. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@Prev_Justice Huge congratulations pal 🎉

Recovery is like mining for diamonds, except you cannot keep the treasure. You have to give it all away. Celebrated 15yrs today 🙏🏼 Keep being the blessing …