Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine

@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️‍⚧️ www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

In honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance, today we are posting Dylan is Ainm Dom... by Stephen Doyle, which is thought to be the first artwork in the national collection that openly addresses transgender identity. #CrawfordArtGallery #TransgenderDayOfRememberance

Excellent letter in The Irish Times about proposed new restrictions on judicial review and access to justice…

Israel continues to attack Lebanon on a near-daily basis in violation of a yearlong ceasefire with Hezbollah.

The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.

perhaps we’ll see argument re. CJEU judgement from 13 March that recognising, recording & processing a person's gender identity is an issue of data protection and a person should be empowered to be the primary author of their own life. www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan... @tupped.bsky.social

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

Ireland joins calls to ban Israel from European football - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ireland-joins-calls-ban-israel-european-football

In partnership with the Heritage Council, the #ChesterBeatty is pleased to offer a 12-month internship in book and paper conservation: ow.ly/LJNb50XlIKo #ConservationInternship #BookandPaperConservation #DublinJobs

If you’re out here wringing your hands writing articles about why a bloke who thinks immigrants get free cars wrote “cunt” on his ballot paper, instead of writing articles about the well funded fascists who ran a campaign aimed at that guy, then you have no business pretending to be a journalist

That’s DOCTOR Magdalene Survivor to you! Elizabeth Riordan Coppin awarded a doctorate from SETU www.setu.ie/news/olympic...

Israel's genocide in Gaza never stopped. But UK media have enabled this latest lie - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-genocide-gaza-never-stopped-uk-media-have-enabled-latest-lie

Trans people face exclusion when rights are treated as a zero-sum game, @commissionerhr.coe.int warns the UK gov. What does this mean? My article for @humanrightsjournal.bsky.social offers an explanation that also shows the coloniality of this approach to rights. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

for those who may have missed this news: What Will Academia.edu Do with Its New Rights to Your Name, Likeness, and Voice? dailynous.com/2025/09/22/w...

2. “…Bibi would call me so many times—“Can you get me this weapon? That weapon? That weapon?” Some of them I never even heard of. But we’d get them there, wouldn’t we? And they are the best. They are the best…and you obviously used them very well.”

1. President Trump received a standing ovation in the Knesset when he acknowledged giving weapons to the Israeli military.

Catherine Connolly skipped parts of Ulysses #Smearthebejaysus #Smearthebejaysis

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Peter Dunne, Emily Grabham and I have edited a special section of feminists@law on the Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland. You can find our editorial about this below. The special section has some brilliant critical and feminist takes on the decision journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/fe...

Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

Send in your abstracts for the Sadness + Gender conference we're holding in June 2026! We have some fantastic keynote speakers and specialist panels lined up and would love to see you all in Dublin! #cfp @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social

I really like the fact that the Presidential campaign is low key and boring. #aras25

Wrote about the Trump/RFK paracetamol/autism stuff this weekend. Sorry it's paywalled. Some snips of the more philosophical bits below... www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Please register for our hybrid conference Oct. 16–19 on "Feminist Accountability and Transformative Justice"! Grad student & independent rates are very low if you register before Oct 6! The great abolitionist thinker Beth E. Richie will be our keynote. Info here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Oh no you weren't . #aras25 #aras2025

Our friend, poet and activist Sarah Clancy, is on the Spectre, one of the boats on the Flotilla which was attacked last night. Contact the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to demand protection, there must be safe passage for all trying to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza. #LiftTheSiege

Delighted to be launching the Feminist Miscarriage Project! Please see our new website and we'll be updating on news and events soon: feministmiscarriageproject.org

2:30pm Sunday, Sep 28th Mick Lally Theatre, Galway Architecture at the Edge Festival Rún Project - Panel Discussion Rún is Ireland’s first-ever survey charting the scale & condition of potential “sites of social conscience” across Ireland. www.eventbrite.com/e/run-irelan...

“Your Mother’s Comfort” movie and Q&A with Red Umbrella Éireann. RUE is a collective of current & former sex workers campaigning for decriminalisation. The movie follows Brazilian Trans sex worker & politician Indianara Siqueira. Thurs 2nd Oct 6pm Room CG04, DCU Glasnevin Henry Grattan Bldg

The Irish government has released a report on the benefits of the pilot for a Basic Income for the Arts, and in a total shocker, it seems like it was good for the country as well as the artists. Nobody could have seen this coming. #SpeirGorm #UBI www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

jfmresearch.com/press-releas... Justice for Magdalenes Research statement in support of the industrial school hunger strikers.

Good on you @patriciac.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

1) We founded JFM in 2003 when we learned about anomalies at the High Park graves, exposed by Mary Raftery. 22 yrs later, the Srs of Our Lady of Charity (OLC) say they’ve rectified errors & omissions at their Glasnevin graves. A few initial observations: goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...?

Prejudiced & objectionable editorialising in this Guardian report: “The decision will raise questions about [RTÉ’s] duty to be impartial as a public service news organisation.” Protesting genocide is a failure of impartiality? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

So my bank is setting up a service called Zippay provided by the Italian company Nexi. This involves my personal data being given to this company to sell on to advertisers. Naturally, I've opted out.

A weekly reminder that our Annual Conference is still open for submission. Send us your abstract before the 15th of September. All the info at: www.swip-ireland.com/events

“The Ireland we knew hasn’t gone anywhere. Complacency caught us out, but we can each take our country back by just being what we know we can be: fierce sound people.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

a single billionaire is asking for the same amount of money it costs the irish state annually to fund 2000 artists on its basic income pilot scheme so that he can host a golf event *turns slowly to look at camera* www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Listen up! Submit your abstract for the 2026 Beauvoir Society conference on "Beauvoir & Reproduction: Politics, Labour, Biology, Lived Experience"🔥 Proposal abstracts are due **September 22, 2025** Conference is May 2026 in Klagenfurt, Austria Keynotes: Sylvie Chaperon & Stella Sandford

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... “There’s more money put into three anti-LGBT organisations in the States than is put into the entire LGBT movement globally” an insightful & uplifting interview with Michael Barron

Just love how the Indo is trying to blame the homeless(16K) & social house waiting-listers (>115K) when the fact is landlords scooped 79% of all new houses in Dublin last year. Don't watch that! Watch this! Absolute scum bag "reporting"

Applications are invited for the post of temporary 48-month Postdoctoral Research Associate within #UCD School of #Philosophy. Further details, along with a link to apply, may be found at www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n.... #PhilJobs #PhilSky #MoralPhilosophy #HistoryOfPhilosophy #BMoral #IrishResearch

My new article addresses the claim that the rights of trans women 'clash' with the rights of cis women. I examine the coloniality of the concept of rights underpinning this idea, exploring the erotics of sacrificial feminism and zero-sum politics in general... 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The weekend will include sessions on queer and Black experiences, ageing, speed dating and much more! #GCNnews

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