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Dr Mary McAuliffe

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Historian, UCD Gender Studies - ‘woke, leftist academic’. Research-gendered & to sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine .. more

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Sep 16

Talking with Irish historians Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe about their views on Irish history-writing, their recent work and book and how they first became interested in gender studies #skystorians #irishhistory newbooksnetwork.com/jennifer-red...

Book cover - the Politics of Gender and Sexuality in modern Ireland

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 3h

I’ve heard Catherine Connolly pretends she’s not home when wren boys come calling on Stephenses Day #smearthebejaysus

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 4h

Why am I voting for Catherine? She’s an ambassador for an Ireland that would have brought me home sooner.

Her election feels like the beginning of a broader movement to build a better Ireland, one worth fighting for, worth canvassing for. It’s a vision that feels like home.

Katie Ryan
Kilrush

Photo of Catherine Connolly with reader’s letter - I’m not a very political person.

That’s a strange thing to admit as someone with two degrees in politics, but whatever enthusiasm I had for political engagement was quickly snuffed out as I graduated into an Ireland of austerity and dwindling opportunities.

I knew change was needed and I was excited to vote for it, but time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour — I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens — I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house prices. It was obvious there was no future for me in Ireland, so I took the same path as so many others before me and sought a better life in Australia.

I had no intention of coming back. Ireland had turned her back on me long before I turned my back on her. Covid forced me back home and I wasn’t happy about it. I met someone when I returned and we’ve done our best to build a life here, but Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22, my partner happened to be watching Catherine Connolly’s campaign launch and sitting beside him I felt something stir that I thought was long gone — hope.

Catherine Connolly and the people she shared that stage with shared a vision for Ireland’s future that had a place for me in it. I heard Holly Cairns express that the presidency can be a role that highlights who we want to be, not just accepting the shortcomings of who we are right now. I heard Mary Lou McDonald speak of an Ireland where the aspirations and wellbeing of the people come first. I heard Paul Murphy reassure us that there is indeed hope that the 100-year rule of Fine Fáil and Fine Gael can be ended.

Finally, when Catherine herself spoke, I saw why each of these leaders who took the stage had put t…

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 5h

The horror!!!

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 5h

I heard she takes bites out of milk tray chocolates and puts them back in the box

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 5h

Catherine Connolly always forgets to turn off the immersion 😱 #smearthebejaysis

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 5h

Ceol for Connolly - the Grand Social, Dublin (upstairs), 7.30pm, Tuesday Oct 14th #speirgorm #aras25 #connollyforpresident - tickets below 👇🏼 www.catherineconnollyforpresident.ie/ceol-for-con...

Ceol for Connolly - Dublin Central - Connolly for President

www.catherineconnollyforpresident.ie

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Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸 @karsugrue.bsky.social · 8h

Homophobia 🤝 transphobia

Growing up in the 70s, 80s, & 90s we heard the exact same stuff - word for word - being said about gays and lesbians.

#transrightsarehumanrights

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 22h

That’s not the point, they are all good communicators and presenters but it all male voices - #wherearethewomen

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

True

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

@rteradio1.bsky.social
refreshed its line up -9-11am it’s David McCullagh, 11-1pm it’s Oliver Callan, 1.45-3pm it’s Kieran Cuddihy-so except for news where there may be a woman presenter, between 9-3pm it’s man, man, man. How refreshing it that? #manel #speirgorm #missedoppertunity #sameoldsameold

RTÉ Radio 1 (@rteradio1.bsky.social)

The official Bluesky home of RTÉ Radio 1 ☘️ 📻

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Ah here, if you think Catherine Connolly is an extremist I’ve not idea why you follow me, our politics would be very similar

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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 1d

And from Holly Cairns:

Responding to comments made by Fine Gael Minister Jennifer Carrol MacNeill earlier, Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said:

"Minister Carroll MacNeill's statement should be seen for the desperate distraction attempt that it is.
"It is genuinely disappointing to see a senior government minister reduced to cheap negative campaigning.
"From my own experience of campaigning with Catherine in recent weeks, I know that her message of positivity, social justice and inclusion is really resonating with people all over the country and her campaign has huge momentum.
"Those of us supporting Catherine's bid for the presidency refuse to be distracted by baseless attacks from a Fine Gael party that is clearly lashing out and in panic mode."

Ends.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Someone’s going to have a total conniption!

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

He didn’t win

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

🚨 BREAKING: The Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado despite Donald Trump’s lobbying.

Read the story: ow.ly/x78S50X9BBt

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Good statement from @ivanabacik.bsky.social

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Irish Studies at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social · 1d

BC Ireland is now accepting applications for the Neenan Fellowship in Irish Studies!

Interested scholars should submit all necessary application materials to Professor Mike Cronin by November 17.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Well we are never going to agree, so ending the thread

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Ever heard of rehabilitation

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to be at the launch of Saothar 50: the journal of the Irish labour history society (ILHS),50 years in publication. A wonderful collection of essays on labour, class,women,etc. excited to see the new exhibit at the ILHS archives-the banner of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) #speirgorm

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Well this is just jawdropping - have a listen, the smear campaign by FG on Catherine Connolly is really their only tactic. Also has anyone (other than a niece/nephew) ever called Heather Humphreys ‘Auntie Heather’? #speirgorm #aras25

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently there a credible witness who saw her get off a bus without thanking the bus driver, sometime in 1997!

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

The barrister story is a nothing burger … barristers take all sorts of jobs … and the Syria story has been done over and over - nothing is sticking. I see panic rather than opinion / reportage driving these stories

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

No, I’d agree. But sometimes if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Next headline in the Irish Times or Irish Independent - shock, horror, Catherine Connelly refuses to share her last rollo.
Notice no real hit pieces on Humphreys and constant, daily sniping at Connolly - almost as if there was an agenda 🤔 #speirgorm #aras25

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Oh all the dude bro’s think empathy is a weakness don’tcha know!

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 2d

Postdoc in the History of Global North-south Public Health Cooperation
Utrecht University – Department of History and Art History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV157/p...

Postdoc in the History of Global North-south Public Health Cooperation at Utrecht University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2d

This is just nasty, and I hope the barrister TDs in other parties call it out.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

www.irishtimes.com

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