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Lucy Gaffney Maguire
@lucy28maguire
Media/Telecoms • Recent Grad TCD MPhil Inter. Peace Studies. Board Member #WomensRights#genderbasedviolence#feminist •Views my own •
Dublin City, IrelandJoined February 2021

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I’m sorry but how has this happened to such a proud nation,1 that has sought refuge from oppression over the years in every corner of the world,& have been welcomed. Now when we are called upon we close our doors to women & children fleeing a vicious winter war on our doorstep
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So, interviewed Theresa May in Dublin today.She had the only plausible Brexit plan; was a pioneer in diversity (but as Home Sec compromised on immigration) and led on climate action as a geographer before it was popular. And seems a thoroughly decent Centrist. I liked her!
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A powerful experience today, working with incredibly engaged trainee solicitors on the importance of recognising and challenging unacceptable behaviour in the workplace.Thanks to for the invitation to deliver this bespoke #BystanderIntervention workshop.
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We are delighted to have @LouiseCrowley2 from @LawUCC with us today for the Bystander Intervention Workshop, with 90 trainees in attendance.
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There’s been a lot of misplaced criticism of this decision to stop singing ‘Delilah’ The song depicts the murder of a woman by a jealous partner For context, approx 2 women a week are murdered by a partner or ex-partner It’s time to sing something else
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“Our two Deputy Commissioners are female and 50% of our Senior Leadership Team are now women. “We have women heading up many of our operational and administrative functions, and we have one of the highest percentages of female police officers in Europe.” - Commissioner Harris.
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We are honoured that our police service has been named today as the 300th member of the @30percentclub in Ireland. While An Garda Síochána has improved gender diversity at every level, we recognise that there is more for us to do.
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Gardaí say white Irish male, not a migrant, involved in alleged sexual assault. The claims that male refugees or black men carried out the attack have fuelled and heightened anti-refugee protests in Finglas in recent days
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The festival - Dublin Celebrating Women - kicks off this Wed so watch out for range of events dublin.ie/whats-on/brigi running lunchtime event 1st Feb featuring 4 amazing entrepreneurs facilitated by , opened by
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Don't miss this special @Brigit_Dublin lunchtime event on 1st February for women in business in Dublin opened by @LordMayorDublin, panel discussion moderated by @AineKerr with @anitaemma, @DaisyMauhay, @WebDesignerLucy and @MadeleineBlaine localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Sta @LEODublinCity
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"There are times when the conduct of some members of the family is completely shorn of the kind of moral stance that one would assume was a basic tenet of any religion. The most egregious example of this was the inquest into the death of Sally Maaz."
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The country ignored by the world #Haiti #iati. Faced with gangs, Doctors Without Borders announces a reduction in its activities The NGO does not plan to leave the country but is withdrawing from a hospital near Port-au-Prince after armed men took out a patient to kill him.
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#Haïti : face aux gangs, Médecins sans frontières annonce une réduction de ses activités L’ONG n’envisage pas de quitter le pays mais se retire d’un hôpital situé près de Port-au-Prince après que des hommes armés ont sorti un patient pour le tuer. lemonde.fr/international/
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