Simply Sorcha

08/09/2026

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🏳️‍🌈🚴 Gay Cycling Club No. 5 Cycle
We’re getting out together again before the weather changes.
Join Gay Cycling Club, supported by Arcane Cycling Team, on Sunday 20 September for a relaxed community cycle from Outhouse LGBT Centre with coffee, conversation and plenty of time to enjoy the ride.

This isn’t a race. It’s about visibility, inclusion, friendship and the simple joy of cycling together. Beginners and experienced riders are equally welcome.

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026
🕚 11am–approximately 2pm
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ people, friends and allies welcome
🚲 Bring a roadworthy bike and helmet

Register for the Pride Cycle Dublin 2026 with Arcane Cycling Team and Gay Cycling Club. Ride from Raheny to Phoenix Park and support Outhouse LGBT Community Centre.

03/09/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/trump-ireland-protest-no-welcome-feminist-action/
Donald Trump is coming to Ireland, and we intend to make it clear that the politics he represents are not welcome here. At our latest ROSA Socialist Feminist Movement meeting, we discussed the mobilisation against Trump's visit and why feminists need to put misogyny and sexual violence firmly at the centre of that resistance.

On Thursday 10 September at 5.30pm, join us at O'Connell Bridge, Heineken sign side, for ROSA's Trump Is a Ra**st: Feminist Action, including a feminist stunt, stickering and a banner-drop tour of Dublin. Then on Saturday 12 September, we take to the streets as part of the wider No Welcome for Trump mobilisation.

Trump's politics attack women, migrants, trans people, Palestinians and minority communities while emboldening the international far right. These struggles are not identical, but solidarity means refusing to allow those targeted to be divided from one another.

The Irish establishment can roll out the red carpet. We'll be in the streets.

Trump’s Ireland visit will be met with resistance. Join ROSA’s feminist action on 10 September ahead of the wider No Welcome for Trump protest on 12 September.

20/08/2026

A little look inside my workshop at Bicycle Design Centre in Naas, Co. Kildare.

Frame and fork repairs, restoration, alignment and traditional framebuilding work. From damaged or tired frames to bikes worth keeping on the road, the workshop is very much alive and working.

Repairs and enquiries through Sorcha’s Cycling Shop:

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19/08/2026

Frames with history, forks worth saving, and a few rather special pieces.

Sorcha’s Cycling Shop currently has a growing collection of vintage and modern frames and forks, including Peugeot, Raleigh, Mercian, Pendleton and Arcane. From restoration projects and period-correct steel to carbon and handbuilt racing frames, these are parts for people who still enjoy building bicycles properly.

Browse Frames & Forks:
https://simply-sorcha.com/product-category/frames-forks/
Sorcha’s Cycling Shop – Frames & Forks

Discover our selection of vintage bicycle frames and forks, from vintage steel classics to modern Arcane custom builds. This category brings together the heart of every bicycle,

09/08/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/intersex-advocacy-feminism-lgbtqia-events-ireland-2026/

Over the coming months, I’ll be taking part in a series of events covering many of the issues at the heart of my advocacy: intersex visibility, LGBTQIA+ organising, socialist feminism, anti-fascism, trans liberation, healthcare, ageing and bodily autonomy.

It starts this week with the All-Island LGBTQIA+ Forum in Derry/L’Derry, followed immediately by Solidarity Summer School in Glendalough.

Then in October I’ll be at UCD’s Literary & Historical Society, speaking for the proposition on the motion “This House Believes That Capitalism is Incompatible with Feminism”, before joining two important discussions on LGBTQI+ ageing, inclusive residential care and future research.

Read about where I’ll be over the coming months:

Sorcha Rosa returns to public advocacy with upcoming events on intersex rights, LGBTQIA+ organising, socialist feminism, ageing and equality across Ireland.

16/07/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/graham-linehan-hatred-defined-legacy/

Updated: My long-form opinion piece on Graham Linehan has now been expanded with new sections examining his public online persona, recurring themes throughout his comedy, his post-television career, and how anti-trans activism has come to define his public legacy.

Graham Linehan once helped create some of the most successful sitcoms of his generation. Today, his public legacy is increasingly defined by anti-trans activism, legal controversy and culture-war campaigning. This opinion piece examines that transformation.

15/07/2026

Shaun Crowe was once one of the most recognisable faces of the Coolock protests. Today, his former allies have fractured, political factions have moved on, and his latest burst of online activity raises questions about whether he is attempting to reclaim the influence he once held.

I've updated my analysis to include:
• The fallout with Malachy Steenson.
• His split from sections of the Irish Freedom Party.
• The controversy surrounding Belfast and British unionist optics.
• His arrest and the Stanley knife court case.
• His attacks on Conor McGregor.
• His recent attempts to relaunch under the "Dublin Says No" banner.

Read the updated article:
https://simply-sorcha.com/fall-of-shaun-crowe-coolock-protests/

An analysis of Shaun Crowe’s rise and fall within Ireland’s anti-immigration protest movement, from Coolock protests to political isolation as factions of the Irish far right turned on their former frontman.

14/07/2026

Róisín Michaux appeared on Ireland's gender-critical scene in 2022 and, within months, had become a regular voice in international anti-trans publications. I wanted to know where she came from, how she emerged so quickly, and what the public record actually tells us.

I've spent months researching her writing, her background and her role within the wider gender-critical movement. The result is my latest investigation on Simply-Sorcha.com.

The link is in the video.

14/07/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/roisin-michaux-curious-rise/

Over the past few years, I've researched many of the figures behind Ireland's gender-critical movement. One name kept appearing: Róisín Michaux.

like many, she seemed to emerge almost overnight in 2022 with a fully formed platform, an international publishing network and a singular focus on transgender people.

I examined her published work, professional background, public record and the rapid rise of her career. I also looked at her writing on intersex people, her links to Irish and international gender-critical networks, and the contrast between the transparency she demands from others and the limited independently verifiable information about her own background.

This article follows the evidence, the timeline and the publications that shaped her public profile.

Read the full investigation now on Simply-Sorcha.com.

Róisín Michaux has become one of the most recognisable voices within the international gender-critical movement. This article examines her rapid emergence in 2022, the limited public record that preceded it, her connections to Irish and international activists, and why her work has become almost e...

08/07/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/bullying-victim-to-bully-niall-boylan-transgender/
I used to listen to The Niall Boylan Show out of sheer disbelief at some of the opinions expressed by callers. Boylan himself fascinated me. He struck me as a deeply flawed but compelling broadcaster, someone whose show would regularly disappear for unexplained periods before returning as though nothing had happened.

I've been researching this article for a long time. It has sat in my notes for months, repeatedly postponed because every time I thought I had enough material, Boylan would return to the same subject yet again. Over the years, I watched what seemed to be a gradual transformation: from a conventional shock jock chasing controversy wherever he could find it, into a broadcaster whose output became increasingly dominated by one subject - transgender women.

This article is not a reaction to one interview, one podcast or one tweet. It is the product of years of observation. Even now, I suspect it is unfinished. I have no doubt I will revisit it in the future because I believe there is considerably more to examine about Boylan's role in Ireland's growing anti-trans movement.

Read the full article now on Simply Sorcha.

An examination of how Niall Boylan has made transgender people a recurring target, turning culture war rhetoric into a defining feature of his public profile.