Loves life and all it has to offer!
Dublin, Ireland
Joined April 2010
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Mary McManus retweeted
A Russian strike against the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. A rescue operation is underway: crews are putting out the fire and searching for people who may have been trapped inside. All services are deployed. Today in Kyiv, a pharmaceutical company and gas stations were also attacked; in Dnipro, a business center; and in other cities and regions, civilian facilities, businesses, and communications infrastructure were targeted as well. Sadly, people have been killed… My condolences to their families and loved ones. Russia will definitely face a response to this. And every one of Ukraine’s partners must see from this terror, from these strikes, that supporting Ukraine means truly supporting people’s lives – supporting the principle that terror must never be normalized, anywhere. Russia must be held accountable for all of this and face real consequences. I thank everyone who helps Ukraine!
Mary McManus retweeted
I’ve just subscribed to help Niall raise the funds for the hospital. If there any of my followers who follow Niall, please think about subscribing or do a one off donation to help ease the stress for him or just by sharing his post would help. Niall is a Guardian Angel to all those wonderful dogs and always puts them before his own wellbeing, he shouldn’t have to run 120k to raise funds for the hospital 😔
Mary McManus retweeted
An Irishman, Chris, sings the Ukrainian national anthem by the Russian Embassy in Dublin every day. He has been coming to the embassy since the first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Thank you! 🇮🇪🇺🇦
📹: ivavovk / TikTok
Mary McManus retweeted
While many cannot visit Kyiv,
and perhaps not everyone will be able to even after the war,
I’m honored to be your eyes into my beloved city and country.
It lives.
Save this place for the future (or the present): Kitchen & Garden
instagram.com/kitchen.garden…
Mary McManus retweeted
🌟 Animal Welfare Hero 🌟
@NiallHarbison and his wonderful team feeds, rescues and rehomes thousands of dogs in Thailand every year.
Niall, you and your fabulous team deserve a massive THANK YOU for caring 🙏.
Mary McManus retweeted
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States — thank you for your support. Light will prevail.
Mary McManus retweeted
Did you ever question everything? I do.
I was sitting in the beach just after sunrise this morning with my 2 dogs and I came across a man taking his buffalo swimming and bathing him. He loved that animal and the 2 of them had a deep bond as they spent 30 minutes in the water. He has the same bond I had with Hank and Chance beside me.
It’s my favorite time of the week. Most people are hungover in bed. The tourists aren’t up yet. After working all week I give myself 30 minutes to think before the dog madness continues.
Lately I’ve been feeling a bit down looking at the world. Everything seems to be about money. Every human is trying to amass power, wealth or fame at the expense of everything else. People don’t even look at each other any more instead preferring their phones. Image and status is everything. The world seems driven by anger, consumption and a total disregard for others. We’ve crossed the rubicon in many worrying areas globally as a society.
I think I’m just at the sharp end of it in Samui as the island gets taken over by tourists and people building villas. I see everything tossed out from rubbish and local customs to the dogs I try to help. Humans care so little for the world we live in and it’s really starting to show.
My mission is to help the world’s street dogs and I’ll need to use the technology, capital and systems of the modern world to do that but it pains me to live in that world. I’ll only do it for the sake of the street dogs. AI is 100% taking most of the jobs no matter what anybody says, the wealth divide is growing and the unfortunate creatures like the dogs will continue to suffer most.
As I sat watching the man washing his buffalo and the sun rising I just longed for a simpler life. A life where humans and animals lived together peacefully and respected the land rather than chasing meaningless paper wealth and fake status.
All I can try and do is build a small corner of kindness and compassion with wonderful people to help as many dogs as possible. No matter how helpless some of us feel in life the street dogs really have no voice and very few humans on their side.
Be kind to each other ❤️
Mary McManus retweeted
This is who is depicted on Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet.
▪️Alina Perehudova – 14 years old
▪️Karina Dyachenko – 11 years old
▪️Viktoriia Ivashko – 9 years old
▪️Maria Lebid – 15 years old
▪️Nazar Zuy – 13 years old
▪️Volodymyr Androshchuk – 22 years old
▪️Oleksii Khabarov – 31 years old
▪️Yevhen Malyshev – 19 years old
▪️Dmytro Sharpar – 25 years old
▪️Pavlo Ishchenko – 33 years old
▪️Maksym Halinichev – 22 years old
▪️Andrii Kutsenko – 34 years old
▪️Oleksii Lohinov – 23 years old
▪️Karina Bakhur – 17 years old
▪️Mykyta Kozubenko – 31 years old
▪️Roman Polishchuk – 29 years old
▪️Andrii Yaremenko – 25 years old
▪️Taras Shpuk – 34 years old
▪️Kateryna Troyan – 32 years old
▪️Fedir Epifanov – 19 years old
▪️Daria Kurdel – 20 years old
▪️Ivan Kononenko – 42 years old
They are not just names — lives taken, stories ended.
They will not be forgotten; no IOC bans will make us forget or forgive russia for all the evil they brought to our land.
Mary McManus retweeted
🇺🇦 President Zelenskyy has awarded Vladyslav Heraskevych the Order of Freedom.
“For his selfless service to the Ukrainian people, his civic courage, and patriotism in defending the ideals of freedom and democratic values,” the presidential decree states.
Mary McManus retweeted
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has been formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, submitted Professor Dag Oistein Endsjo.
Amazing news❤️🫡🇺🇦
Mary McManus retweeted
Greetings from Kyiv,
that survived another russian night attack.
2,600 high-rise buildings are now without heating
(in addition to the 1,100 that will remain without it this season).
We still have some.
In a few days, frosts will return.
I don’t know how to make the world listen.
Mary McManus retweeted
Greetings from Kyiv
Morning here.
Had a warcoffee, the EcoFlow barista made it.
No power, and no idea when it’ll return. russia launched a large-scale strike on Ukraine’s power grid, damaging major thermal plants and high-voltage lines.
Are you still here? Still listening to the story of genocide?
Mary McManus retweeted
Today, Russia struck a passenger train in the Kharkiv region with attack drones. In any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be regarded in the same way – purely as an act of terrorism. There would be no doubt about the classification, neither in Europe, nor in America, nor in the Arab world, nor in China, nor anywhere else. There is, and can be, no military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage. In particular, over 200 people were on the train, and 18 were in the carriage hit by one of the Russian drones. Overall, this attack involving three drones has so far resulted in four confirmed deaths. My condolences to all the families and loved ones. Rescue teams are still searching for four more people, and two others have been injured.
Russia must be held accountable for what it is doing. And this means responsibility not only for strikes against our people, against our life, but for the very ability to carry out such attacks. The Russians have significantly increased their capacity to kill, their capacity to terrorize. They are investing in the progress of terror. And our task – and this should unite all decent people around the world – is to ensure progress in the protection of life. This is possible through pressure on Russia. This is possible by punishing Russia for its actions. This is possible through support for Ukraine. I thank everyone who does not remain silent when they see what Russian terrorists are doing.
Mary McManus retweeted
I open the door to life in Kyiv.
These diaries are written for the future.
I don’t teach or preach. I record what it is like to live in Kyiv during the war.
Sunday Letter from Ukraine
patreon.com/posts/sunday-let…
Mary McManus retweeted
I want the world to listen.
What russia is doing now by attacking Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure in the middle of winter is an attempt to break us, to make us give up and to erase us as a nation.
But no.
We stand.
It’s cold. It’s dark.
We are not heroes.
We stand.
Mary McManus retweeted
I just read such a sad article
In Kyiv, emergency workers died from overexertion and frostbite
I have prepared the translation for you
💔💔💔
ua.news/ua/capital/u-kiievi-…
