Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful

Solidarity with workers in schools #PensionParity

Want a way to support the School Secretaries and Caretakers Strike? Join them on their 1st day of strike outside the Dept of Public Expenditure for a HUGE rally. Thursday 28th August, 11am, Merrion Square. See you there! #PensionParity

Absolutely ridiculous that this is still an issue! Pension parity now and solidarity with workers going on strike tomorrow - their work is vital to our schools #pensionparity #solidarity #joinaunion

The annual school transport issues in the news again

Fair play to whoever this is holding up a Palestinian flag with “Let the aid in” on it right behind Micheál Martin as the Sam Maguire is presented 🇵🇸❤️

Killarney For Palestine are organising a vigil to coincide with the Fourth of July parade there - they're looking for as many people as possible to join them, and if you can play a drum or other loud percussion instrument and bring it with you, even better. www.instagram.com/p/DLmSBWuNNh...

🚨ALERT🚨 Thiago Ávila and Rima Hassan are now held in solitary confinement under punitive and inhumane conditions: Thiago was placed in isolation in Ayalon Prison due to his ongoing hunger and thirst strike, which he began two days ago. ...2/

Back in my day, seizing a boat and abducting passengers was called piracy, and doing it for ideological reasons was called terrorism.

The BBC saying that the flotilla has been “diverted” is as sickening as the *kidnapping* itself tbh

I've just launched a survey exploring the experiences of Britons living in the EU, EEA, EFTA of accessing and securing their post-Brexit rights, five years on. Open to Brits of all ages across the EU - please share widely! #Brexit #BritsinEU lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

All eyes on deck #AllEyesOnDeck #ProtectMadleen #BreakTheSiege #spéirghorm #Mayo #Gaza

Fucking hell

Excellent (albeit depressing) read in the Irish Times about the poor treatment of PhD Researchers in Ireland and the undermining of ideas of research and education for the public good. | We are PhD researchers with advice for US colleagues: Don’t come to Ireland www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

5 people died on our roads over the weekend and The Irish Times comes out today swinging at mot-oh - oh, no, wait a second, no, they're after cyclists for some reason. Firing out daily hit pieces on cyclists it seems.

1/ Many people involved in Holocaust awareness for years and/or with family members involved in the resistance to the Nazis, have held this view for a very long time and it is good to see others now step forward in this way. This a genocide not a war, it must end www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

I signed. You should too unless you live on Strand Road and think you’re better than me

We’ve hit 500 responses – help us reach 1,000. IFUT’s national survey on academic work is live. We’re gathering voices from across Higher Education to campaign for job security, fair workloads & better conditions. www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWJKQDH Have your say. Share widely #HigherEd #UnionStrong

7 years ago, we voted to remove the 8th amendment from the Constitution. This allows the government to create legislation regulating abortion provision. Since then we've had Marie O’Shea’s review recommendations published, but not implemented.

The colonialism of British TERFs is through the roof. Again. This open letter from Irish feminists to British transphobes in 2018 remains relevant. Where was JK Rowling's money for #RepealThe8th? But she has it to spread British Anti-LGBT hate in Ireland? #Spéirgorm feministire.com/2018/01/22/a...

Call for Participants - Abortion Care in Ireland (Please share widely)

The route of our National Demonstration for Palestine tomorrow. Join us. All out for Palestine! #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Letter in today's Irish Times. Boycott the Eurovision.

Both @ifut.bsky.social and @siptu.bsky.social have condemned as hypocrisy the Government proposing to pay additional monies to overseas academics and university lecturers in an attempt to attract them to Ireland while workers in the sector struggle with precarious work practices and understaffing.

At which point she will have spent nearly two months behind bars for the crime of writing an op-ed.

Powerful words from Mike Ryan - we are complicit in this genocide when we stand by and say nothing, do nothing #Stopthegenocide #Ceasefirenow

Are you interested in historical meteorological observations and climate change? I will be delivering a public lecture 'Historical early meteorological observations from Ireland in the archives of the Royal Irish Academy (1783 – 1854)' at the @ria.ie on the 22nd of May. @maynoothuniversity.ie

We are celebrating 50 years of 'Milieu' at the launch of this year's edition @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of Geography #AcademicSky

This excellent event, the first Irish festival of trans and non binary cinema, starts today tite.ie and runs until Sunday at the Light House cinema in Dublin

Mahmoud Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, has been held in an ICE detention center for over a month but has still not been charged with a crime.

Today, we mark Yom HaShoah and remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust alongside the millions of Roma, Sinti, queer people, disabled people, political dissidents, and others massacred by the Nazi regime. 🧵

A really useful guide that points to both the usefulness and the pitfalls of using GenAI with specific information on different platforms. I still believe that to really use AI effectively to minimise time spent on routine tasks you need to know how to do the tasks & spot errors in AI output.

A strong recommend: @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social I feel yourself and JD @onthereg.bsky.social would have lots of feelpinions on this one.

This book from Dr Roberta Hawkins and Dr Leslie Kern is a must read for anyone who cares about making Universities better places.

Michael O'Brien, the child sexual abuse survivor who spoke powerfully of his experiences on an episode of RTÉ’s Questions and Answers in 2009, has died

I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut." www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Great way to spend May Day (evening). The first of Rundale's public conversations with Phil Lawton + Lois Kapila of @dublininquirer.com. 'Unpacking Urbanist Fantasies, Memes, and Power Plays in Dublin and Beyond'.

A longish read but well worth it: insightful overview of the recent UKSC decision juxtaposed against a recent CJEU decision that affirms trans rights in context of GDPR. Neatly finishes with a call for SF to decolonize their binary colonial thinking (or at least that's my interpretation)

@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu End European Union's unconditional support to the Israeli regime & start to follow international law, ICJ-CIJ rulings & UN resolutions. bsky.app/profile/unrw... #BoycottIsrael

Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral. Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law. 📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...

I am not defined by biology. Feminists have fought against being defined by biology for over 100 years. Defining people by biology is also part of a eugenic view of the world. This is an atrocious ruling.

No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days. Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.

Increased stop-and-search powers do not reduce knife crime. Even more importantly they erode trust, undermine community policing & disproportionatly impact minority groups due to racism, prejudice etc but yeah sure let's ignore the research and go with the gut feeling of the Minister on this one 🤨

Yesterday I went to Franz Josef - and the glacier I walked up to about 16 years ago is, um, gone. Can’t even SEE it from the walkway. As far as situations go, this seems far from ideal.

Overheard in my house this morning. 4yo: Daddy, I love your new toy Him: what toy? 4yo: the carpet cleaner Him: It's a complicated cleaning machine I'll have you know, not a toy. 4yo: are you sure? 😄😄

FAO any scholars interested in judicial studies - I am hoping to establish an Irish Judicial Studies Network to develop this area of legal studies in Ireland and to create opportunities for research collaboration. If interested - or if you know anyone who might be interested - please let me know!

When we tell you to pay attention to the queer histories the Nazis sought to violently erase, it's not because we want to "feel special" or convince you we're Truly Oppressed. It's because this is a cycle. The pattern will recur until people realize they worship a God whose time is long past.

Tomorrow! Come along on 10th April for our fundraiser pub quiz The Teacher’s Club/Club na Múinteoirí. Cost of entry is €10 per person, with teams of 4 maximum. Great prizes and raffle on the night. Join us for a night of craic and a friendly battle of wits #FreePalestine #SolidarityIsAVerb 🇵🇸

“No one should be forced to seek abortion care outside the state” - Clare O’Brien, IFPA Women in Ireland continue to encounter bureaucratic hurdles that force them to travel for abortions. Our latest article by @orlaryan.bsky.social examines why and how women still have to travel:

Removing the three-day wait was one recommendation of a review of Ireland’s abortion services by barrister Marie O’Shea BL She told @investigates.thejournal.ie this wait means some people are “deprived of care – care that they have a statutory right to receive”. #ExportingAbortion