Disability advocate, Founder and former CEO of Spinal Injuries Ireland. Martial arts instructor. Life and Business Coach. UNESCO speaker on martial arts.
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Colm Whooley retweeted
14 Oct 2025
“Ireland is now the only country in the entire world that invests public money in a greyhound racing industry that is so barbaric it has virtually disappeared everywhere else.” Such a great piece by
@fergusfinlay in @irishexaminer
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Colm Whooley retweeted
1 Oct 2025
Never mind a bigger printer… I’ll need a bigger office! 😅 Huge thanks to everyone who’s ordered the Rory & Shane print already — shipping ASAP! You can order yours here 👉 caricatures.ie/portfolio/ror… #RyderCup2025 #ShaneLowry #RoryMcIlroy #RyderCup #Golf
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Colm Whooley retweeted
30 Sep 2025
We’re going to need a bigger printer! Shane & Rory just broke all my sales records—can’t keep up! #RyderCup2025 #ShaneLowry #RoryMcIlroy #RyderCup
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Colm Whooley retweeted
29 Sep 2025
Couldn’t resist drawing Rory McIlroy after that Ryder Cup win — pity the abuse overshadows the golf. As always, a reshare or follow goes a long way, I don’t get much else out of doing these!🥰
#rydercupeurope #RoryMcIlroy #RyderCup
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The EU disability employment gap is growing while billions fund sheltered workshops that rarely lead to real jobs & breach the UN CRPD 💸
ENIL calls for EU reform.
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#DisabilityRights #Employment #Inclusion #UNCRPD
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Colm Whooley retweeted
19 Aug 2025
“Welcome and thank you to our new followers. Your support means so much ❤️💪”
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Colm Whooley retweeted
19 Aug 2025
HELP PLEASE. We need more followers to share our Thalidomide story. Only about 40 survivors left in Ireland and we’ve being campaigning for justice for over 60 years. Will you ask for us 🙏 we are running on empty. Main photo @bradshawphotos
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Colm Whooley retweeted
9 Aug 2025
White tailed eagles officially now classed as being successfully reintroduced to Ireland. 150 established birds now in the country. Amazing news!
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Here’s female B released in 2020 on Lough Derg.
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Colm Whooley retweeted
22 Jul 2025
41% of the racing greyhounds born in 2021 still on the island of lreland, are dead/unaccounted for. The oldest of those dogs would be 4.5! Nothing has changed since the Preferred Results Report's findings were exposed in 2019. Meanwhile, public funding has increased year on year!
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Colm Whooley retweeted
17 Jul 2025
I first flew in 1986. On that flight i was dropped injuring myself & my wheelchair was broken. The last time I flew I was dropped, breaking my leg & my wheelchair was broken too. I decided to stop flying at that point, shrinking my world & career. #RightsOnFlights
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Colm Whooley retweeted
16 Jul 2025
I'm back in court today fighting the legality of overgrazing on Dartmoor .
0.1% of protected sites across the park are in favourable environmental condition , yet we still spend millions in taxpayer cash propping up loss-making , destructive sheep farming .
It has to change .
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Colm Whooley retweeted
15 Jul 2025
“There’s a longstanding practice in UK politics to force disabled people to fight for basic rights – a kind of gladiatorial scrap in which the Colosseum is replaced by the set of Good Morning Britain.”
Today’s col. on the fallout of more ‘welfare reform.’ theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Colm Whooley retweeted
15 Jul 2025
“When the political and media class wish to leave disabled people hungry and dirty, the disabled community must explain why we should be allowed to eat and be clean.”
Today’s col. reflects on a tough month and what it all means for disability in the U.K. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Colm Whooley retweeted
15 Jul 2025
“The State has treated these survivors appallingly” today’s @irishexaminer Editorial
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Colm Whooley retweeted
14 Jul 2025
An excellent summation of why greyhound racing should be consigned to the history books.
14 Jul 2025
For an alleged nation of animal lovers, we are slow to end the horror of greyhound racing banbloodsports.wordpress.com… #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanGreyhoundRacing #BanHareCoursing
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