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To put this a little more directly: suggesting that "the world" has been "silent" carries the danger of depoliticising the crisis because it places the blame on *everyone*, when the ones we should be focusing on are the *few* who hold the levers of real power. 3/3

"No no no you don't understand. I told the racists where all the immigrants were BEFORE they went and set that place on fire.".

If every sexual offence reported last year resulted in a riot, there would have been 1,615. There weren't though. Were there?

WE'RE HIRING! Applications welcome for a three-year post with a focus on the 1970s/80s #jobfairy www.ria.ie/about/career...

I’m heartened to see that @ria.ie is funding up to four postdoctoral fellowships to encourage research into its historic links to colonial enterprises. Each fellowship is worth €5,000 and the deadline for applications is 9 June 2025. www.ria.ie/grants/colon...

Huge day for the parish launching @shannondevlin.bsky.social’s first book at Queen’s. Very much a full circle moment. Galileo loved it. @qubhistory.bsky.social

100% this. Can’t understand why these toxic campaigners choose to focus their energy and hatred towards a minority of people just trying to live their lives when it is cisgender men who are perpetrating violence against women on a daily basis. Solidarity with trans people now and always.

We're taking a couple of weeks break, and our next Irish Studies event will be a booklaunch of Shannon Devlin's 'Siblinghood and Sociability in 19th-Century Ulster' on Mon. 28 Apr. at 4.30 (in-person and online), with Prof. Diane Urquhart. All welcome. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Read more about ‘Faces of the Irish Diaspora’ - a project researched by our very own Dr Lucy Wray, and featuring some familiar faces. Go and see it for yourself on College Green until 31 March!

Declassified files reveal how key figures in De Valera's Ireland were privately thinking the unthinkable about Irish unity in 1969: Ditching the flag & anthem, ending neutrality, joining NATO, Terence O'Neill as Irish president...and buying The Irish News.

Why Irish Government called on UN to intervene in Troubles in 1969. Taoiseach Jack Lynch's request followed many such demands by nationalists for the UN's engagement in Northern Ireland, writes @melissabaird.bsky.social @difp-ria.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The latest vol. of @difp-ria.bsky.social is out. It's as immense as its size suggests (1200 pages!) Lots on the EEC, Biafra, etc, but I hope people will appreciate the blow-by-blow exchanges we included on the Troubles - especially the docs on Derry and Bloody Sunday. 🗃️ www.ria.ie/2025/02/10/d...

It's 1970 & the Irish army are plotting to invade Northern Ireland... Michael Kennedy @difp-ria.bsky.social on how plans for Irish army to make incursions into NI were mooted after violence & riots in 1969 - from Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. XIV: 1969-1973 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Volume X of DIFP is now free open access online at www.difp.ie/books/volume-10/

So excited that everyone can now read all about the fascinating networks Shannon’s uncovered! It’s been amazing to see how this research has evolved from hearing about these stories in our PhD office to seeing it in print only a few years later. I am so proud 🥹

Dining for Ireland: unconventional diplomat Con Howard used 1970s' London parties and soirees to befriend, charm & influence politicians, media moguls and journalists. By @kateom.bsky.social RIA - from Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. XIV: 1969-1973 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Our Spring 2025 #IrishStudies programme is now available at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Our spring 2025 History seminar is now available. Our first history seminar will be held on 22 January 2025 and delivered by Professor Deirdre Raftery (UCD) in collaboration with the Centre for the History of Religion. @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social

My first piece on the new volume of @difp-ria.bsky.social (&first Bluesky post!), and it’s all about Irish diplomacy during Bernadette Devlin McAliskey’s 1969 US tour: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

DIFP XIV has arrived. You can buy it here: shop.ria.ie/products/doc...

DIFP XIV (1969~1973) is arriving #imminent.

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