My mother with her #Camogie team mates. 1931/32. She was good at the tennis too. St Louis, Kilkeel, Co Down. #SpéirGhorm The picture credit is "Keogh Bros" which may the company in this catalogue entry in the @nlireland.bsky.social catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/v...

"There’s no way I could be alone in this — the way he planned it, his approach, his arrogance, I really don’t think this was his first time." How many knew? www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

'Some things are bigger than football': Pico Lopes says Israel-Ireland games shouldn't go ahead jrnl.ie/7093581

Iolra, Morra More's 2026 away day at Queen's University Belfast in the company of Commissioner for Irish Language Pól Deeds, and Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition Lee Reynolds. To know more about us: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/iolra-...

DR Congo takes the lead, Brian Cipenga with the goal

Notable that there was no attempt to collectively blame a community of people for the crimes of Jeffrey Donaldson last night, and portray them as an existential threat requiring surveillance. Can’t possibly think why.

They didn't even have it on the main headline intro of the ITV UK-wide news last night. Guess that's what happens when a knighted Privy-Council and former government member is a convicted paedophile?

When an immigrant stabbed a man in Belfast a few weeks ago, the image of that attack was on the front page of most of the UK papers. Jeffrey Donaldson is not on the front page of the Times, Telegraph, Express, Mirror, Star, Metro, Morning Star, i paper, Guardian, Herald, Journal, or National

So did the loyalist gangs go out rounding up men who look like Jeffrey Donaldson last night or...?

Actually welling up at the Donaldson verdict, I didn't dare to hope. Those women are incredible.

PSNI Stand Down Riot Units As Loyalist Gangs Not Bothered By Donaldson Guilty Verdict https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/06/22/psni-stand-down-riot-units-as-loyalist-gangs-not-bothered-by-donaldson-guilty-verdict/

Can confirm that no trouble is expected this evening in Belfast after Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting two children.

We should recognise that unionism is not to blame for Donaldson; sociopaths are very good at infiltrating, at hiding their true selves. We should also recognise that unionism has weaponised crimes by individual black and brown people to demonise entire communities. They need to think about this.

Apart from anything else, unionist conspiracy theorists suggesting Donaldson was blackmailed, by the state, into doing a deal on the Protocol ... they aren't exactly selling the Union, are they?

There are a number of issues with this but foremost to my mind is that the Catholic in the sacred heart poncho has his left hand on backwards

Extremely distressing video on Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir's X account, showing Irish activist Catriona Graham being assaulted & dragged away, & the treatment of those who were on the sumud flotilla. I know Catriona since we were teenagers. New Irish gov statement here: x.com/itamarbengvi...

This is Irish activist Catriona Graham. The Irish government have protested (though as usual no concrete action to follow). bsky.app/profile/sall...

Israeli fascist and minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video of himself on Twitter abusing the illegally kidnaped and detained members of the Global Sumud Flotilla while yelling “Welcome to Israel, we are the owners of the house".

New research shows that more people abandoned Labour because they were too tough on immigration - and because of their support for Israel - than because they were too soft on immigration.

***Reminder: 'Notions' will be launched tomorrow at 2.30pm, QUB, in 6 College Park (Sociology Building): www.accessable.co.uk/queen-s-univ... There'll be wine and a chat from Professor Scraton!

Dr @siobhraaiken.bsky.social speaking at Queen's at the launch of Róisín Nic Liam's important report, 'A United Ireland: A Transformative Opportunity for the Irish Language and Gaeltacht'. Comhghairdeas Róisín agus gach duine a cabhraigh leis an taighde tábhachtach seo.

PSNI charged three times more 'terror' display cases relating to Palestine Action - a group only banned last year - than they have for loyalist paramilitaries in over 25 years. Amnesty NI said using terror law against peaceful protest was 'absurd'

Great to get hands on the first print copies of our new book, the product of many "notions", edited by @ionaburnellreilly.bsky.social @stephenbaker.bsky.social and yours truly. Official launch 8 May at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

“They found that teens who used cannabis tended to have slower growth in all areas of cognitive development. This cohort actually tended to score just as well as or even better than their peers prior to cannabis use. But once cannabis had become part of their lives, their progress waned.”🧪🛟

Launch in a couple of weeks at Queen's.

Trump abruptly wraps up the event before he gets any questions about Iran

Kennedy has not been able to find a competent director to lead the CDC. The last one was Susan Monarez, whom he fired. The courts ruled against his chosen ACIP panel. Casey Means does not have enough votes to be confirmed as Surgeon General. It's not looking good. 🧪 archive.today/2iSrz

So, not the Blair route, then; joining the International Board of Peace (Endless War)?

Barely retired from parliament, fmr Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has found a new cause - and a great one it is: She has joined Safe Passage International as Chair of its Board of Trustees. Safe Passage Int. defends safe routes for refugees and every family's right to be together.

The U.S. killed five more people in two strikes on April 11. The total number of people killed by strikes in the Pacific and Caribbean is now 168.

Great to have Yousef Aljamal speaking at Queen's today. A powerful talk on the writing of Refaat Alareer and the battle for knowledge and truth in Palestine. Maith thú, Yousef!

Tomorrow in Queen's.

We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war. Art of the deal, baby.

This should be an excellent event on Monday at Queen’s, on the writing of Palestinian Refaat Alareer, who was murdered by Israel two years ago.

Iran continues to mock Trump: We are writing to you from the Stone Age and we control the Strait of Hormuz.

My great uncle Cyril signed up underage in WWII. When he was 17, his ship was sunk mid-Atlantic, and he clung to debris for 14 hours overnight. He was one of only a handful of survivors I think about that when I read this account of the US sinking the Iranian vessel thewalrus.ca/the-us-torpe...

"The notion that violence against women is the result of individual 'exceptions' is not only disproved by data — it serves to deny the scale of a pervasive issue, which cannot be explained away as a few bad apples." www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comment/were...

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

The speech - now posted on the university’s website - is worth reading in full: www.bg.ac.rs/speech-of-th...

I was on holiday in Belgrade last week and accidentally found myself at a huge student-led protest after the police - seemingly on government orders - entered the university (on flimsy pretenses) to search computers and offices. #thread

2 planes, 1 day U.S. loses F-15 and A-10 Warthog after Trump crows that Iran has "no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100 percent annihilated" theintercept.com/2026/04/03/i...

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Hannity and Lindsey Graham are straight up cheerleading war crimes against the civilian population of Iran

Comhghairdeas Colin agus Linda! And great to see QUB represented on the Council of State. belfastmedia.com/linda-ervine...

No Kings protest sign for Commander Bone Spurs.

This was a fantastic project to be part of and the book a pleasure to help edit with @michaelpierse.bsky.social & @ionaburnellreilly.bsky.social. I'll say more about it soon. For now, working with and meeting contributors, and being given an insight into their rich and varied lives was a privilege.

1. bilingual signage'd be lawful since Irish is an official language of Northern Ireland, 2. countries around the world have such policies to save minority languages. 3. there is no right to be outraged to undermine others'. 4. 5K QUB student votes=exceptional. www.newsletter.co.uk/education/fo...