Grainne Boyle @boyleg4

This is who I am!! Louth, Ireland Joined October 2011

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Grainne Boyle @boyleg4

a year ago

@VirginMediaIE broadband down in Dundalk since last night? Is there an outage? Timeframe for when it will be back?

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@VirginMediaIE ported my number over on Wednesday and haven’t been able to receive calls since the port complete yesterday morning at 9:30?! Absolutely no help information on when this will be resolved on the many phone calls with Virgin!!

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

9) This is one of the reasons why women stay. Leaving a relationship with children means that despite known violence, the perpetrator will in most cases,continue to have access to and at times, full custody of the children. Leaving is often less safe for mothers than staying.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

8) In the meantime, please don't use a decision not to prosecute or a custody decision as a reason to decide a woman is lying about domestic violence. I have known many women, beaten to a pulp, who lost custody of their kids and never saw their cases get to court.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

7) Perpetrators are so skilled at grooming professionals.I have heard gardai & social workers use the exact language of the perpetrator to describe the woman 'troubled, unfit, incapable.' Professionals need much more support & training to manage perpetrator behaviour & influence.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

6) As our knowledge of the serious impact of domestic violence on children who witness it improves, this may change. For now, perpetrators can continue to groom professionals to exert as much control as they can over family life.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

5) Gaining custody of the kids in NO way means that a man has not perpetrated violence against a woman. I can think of multiple cases where a man explained away, minimised, denied or admitted violence to police, courts and social workers and still got custody of his children.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

4) It was essentially a trade-off led by social workers with limited education in coercive control and the impact on kids. Kids were essentially deemed safer with father who abused their mother than with their mother who had addiction.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

3) Mothers feared leaving their relationship as the perpetrator told them they would lose their kids. Their fears were valid. I provided medical evidence of assault in many cases & children were still placed with the perpetrator at the point of separation.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

2) I was an Emergency Dept social worker for many years. I routinely worked with women who experienced brutal levels of violence. Many had addiction issues which developed as a coping strategy to survive the relentless emotional and physical abuse.

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Sinéad McGarry @Sineadmcgar

3 years ago

1) I have no knowledge of the Rory Gallagher or his family life but some dangerous narratives are emerging around domestic violence, the role of social work, the police and the courts which should be challenged.

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TheIrishFeminist @irish_feminist

3 years ago

Keep an eye on anyone defending Rory Gallagher, they’re showing you who they really are.

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Sinéad Rua [email protected] @sineadnics

3 years ago

@Corco_90 Sheila Maguire, wife of Stephen Maguire, former Fermanagh teammate of Rory Gallagher

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Grainne Boyle @boyleg4

3 years ago

@cailtemac @ah_here1 @pobrollaigh @EwanMacKenna And to keep in his position of authority is a slap in the face of all victims of domestic violence, current or historic!!!

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Ireland’s Border is the Beach💙 @IreneMohan

3 years ago

@EwanMacKenna @joannehill741 @drorfh @EwanMacKenna due process hasn’t worked for Nicola Gallagher. Her post was the last resort of a desperate and brave woman. People with lived experience of DV and how the system gets it terribly wrong at times, all understand this.

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Claire Higgins @ClarNiUigin

3 years ago

That Rory Gallagher statement should be in the dictionary as the definition for "gaslighting".

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PDC Darts @OfficialPDC

4 years ago

THE BEST LEG OF ALL TIME! 🤯🔥 MICHAEL VAN GERWEN MISSES D12 FOR A NINE-DARTER, AND THEN SMITH PINS A PERFECT LEG HIMSELF! ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS YOU'LL EVER SEE IN SPORT.

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Grainne Boyle @boyleg4

4 years ago

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Zara King @ZaraKing

4 years ago

#NEW #Creeslough victims named James O Flaherty-48 Jessica Gallagher-24 Martin McGill-49 Catherine O Donnell-39 and her son James Monaghan-13 Hugh Kelly-59 Martina Martin-49 Robert Garwe-50 and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe-5 Leona Harper-14 @VirginMediaNews #RIP

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Grainne Boyle @boyleg4

4 years ago

@ADubInDerry @GTLynnie gofund.me/12d20770

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Stephen Murphy @SMurphyTV

4 years ago

Siobhan Carr and her tireless staff at The Coffee Pod in #Creeslough have been doling out mountains of free food and drinks to emergency workers for over 24 hours now - they’re still going as I write. They also refuse payment from journalists sheepish at the Donegal hospitality