Bravo to Olwen Fouéré and Margo Harkin, who turned down honorary doctorates from the University of Galway over its ties to Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology which works closely with the apartheid state's "defense industries", key to its genocide of the Palestinian people. #BDS

I think much of the media underestimated how many of us have been Catherine Connolly fans for years 💚 The power of Left unity was also wildly underestimated ✨ #PresidentConnolly #Áras2025 #Aras2025

On a day which included a TV debate and Jim Gavin’s surprise Áras drop-out, Catherine Connolly still found time to impress the public with her football skills. Read more: jrnl.ie/6836588

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

President Michael D. Higgins has sent a message to all those celebrating Pride today and across the summer

Join the Cork branch of the IPSC tomorrow, 1pm, Grand Parade. Stand together for Palestine, against racism, bigotry and the far right.#FreePalestine 🇵🇸

10 years ago. As we waited for the #MarRef results at Cork HQ. I’ll never forget that weekend. ❤️🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪

Oh my god, I bawled my way through that hashtag ten years ago 😭❤️

Using this as an example to students next academic year on how AI can’t do hands (ie can neither think critically nor check its own sources) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Una Mullally today on the hope of the #MarRef moment - “Ten years ago, when we came together, when empathy was expressed, the movement became broad and porous… If we can tap into that again, who knows what kind of society we could be?” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Ireland (and France) still with above average cinema attendance, a fact I like to see, despite global decrease last year 🎟️🍿 amp.rte.ie/amp/1513629/

Our President calling out apartheid Israel's forced starvation of Palestinians #GazaGenocide #SanctionsNow

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

Ralph Fiennes and Yorgos Lanthimos were among over 350 artists to sign an open letter denouncing the industry’s silence in response to Cannes film subject, Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona.

It has been over 9 weeks of siege on #Gaza, with the State of Israel banning the entry of all humanitarian aid, medical, and commercial supplies. UNRWA has thousands of trucks ready to enter and our teams in Gaza are ready to scale up the delivery. The siege must be lifted.

Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a

I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCIN AT THE

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

🇵🇸 Events in solidarity with the Palestinian people around the country this weekend. All out for Palestine! #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

“TERF stands for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, but there is nothing radical or feminist about othering and excluding, about making another person a non-being.” www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Finnish artist Tove Jansson’s #mother, illustrator Signe Hammarsten-Jansson's self portrait, 1910. She had a huge influence on her daughter, including encouraging Tove to draw #womensart

Ooh.

“If we accept that war is inevitable, that inequality is inevitable, that environmental destruction is a necessary cost of progress, then we abandon the possibilities of transformation..” President Michael D Higgins What’ll we do without him?

WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People": "In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."

The utter ridiculousness of fox news exemplified in 20 seconds. MM a socialist, jesus wept

Hundreds of academic staff and other university workers have signed a letter expressing alarm at Cabinet's decision to remove the Triple Lock. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

NO OTHER LAND yes! 🇵🇸 Everyone should see this film. #oscars #freepalestine

Is “men being prats to women” a theme of the night or something? #oscars

Week 73, Cork.

Seachtain na Gaeilge Mí na Gaeilge Bliain na Gaeilge Tír na Gaeilge Domhan na Gaeilge Grian na Gaeilge Gealach na Gaeilge Jupiter na Gaeilge Saturn na Gaeilge Universe na Gaeilge Galaxy na Gaeilge

Any Irish Taoiseach or politician making the journey to that bully of a US president and his bully sidekick on St Patrick’s Day is not representing Ireland and its people.

If anyone knows a way to collectively mute the orange man and his swarm of daddy-issue lap-boys from all my feeds for the next four years, please lmk

It’s very cute that Aurora is new in the top 100 in a year where the northern lights were visible so many times - northern lights babies 💫🌟

Cork film winning big at Berlinale 👏🏼 www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

The tenants' union CATU has compiled a list of Ireland's Top Evictors, which really should be a spin-off RTE show like Ireland's Fittest Families: topevictors.ie

Gender Pay gap at Irish universities (2024, Median hourly pay gap) ATU: 12.6% DCU: 8.3% Maynooth: 8.86% MTU: 8.5% SETU: 24.3% TCD: 11.0% TUD: 18.25% TUS: 6.7% UCC: 11.56% UCD: 2.66% UG: 14.4% UL: 8.6% Source: @paygap.bsky.social paygap.ie/companies

New issue of Alphaville 👇🏼

What a speech from Lola Petticrew at the IFTA Awards, winning Best Actress in a Drama for SAY NOTHING. 👏🏻✊🏻

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index. The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe. #journalism #democracy #freepress rsf.org/en/index

Triskel Arts Centre, in association with the British Film Institute, is delighted to present five features from the celebrated director Chantal Akerman 22-26 Feb triskelartscentre.ie/special-even...

“DEI is a racist dogwhistle … this is the weaponization of a three-letter term to denigrate Black people and pretend the political and economic advancement of minority communities over the past 60 years was a mistake”

Everything Lucy Dacus is releasing is just perfect ❤️

News in pics.

All the awful things about FF policy in one article. Christ. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

The NMI are developing an LGBTQ+ tour for National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks & are seeking a researcher to work on drafting a script for the tour. Deadline for applications Fri 14th Feb - #speirgorm #queerhistory #irishhistory #history www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

Film & Screen Media research seminar next Tuesday 4 Feb with guest speaker @jessshinecork.bsky.social 16:15 Kane Building UCC, all welcome! @uccfilmscreenmedia.bsky.social

Bring it in to academia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Film & Screen Media research seminar next Tuesday 4 Feb with guest speaker @jessshinecork.bsky.social 16:15 Kane Building UCC, all welcome! @uccfilmscreenmedia.bsky.social