Caroline
@carolinejs.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @tcddublin | Disability Rights in Humanitarian Action | Communication Disability | Ac. lead Trinity-WFP partnership (2020-2024) | Human Rights | just finished an LL.M
Pinned
Caroline
@carolinejs.bsky.social
· May 29
Healthcare professional associations silence / inaction on genocide. Who spoke early, who remains silent? What actions are possible for our associations in Ireland?
Some receipts from Ireland.
criticalstudycommunicationdisability.org/index.php/jc...
Some receipts from Ireland.
criticalstudycommunicationdisability.org/index.php/jc...
Reposted by Caroline
"What’s important is for disabled people to understand that their situation is political, and for caregivers to understand that their situation is political, and that the same system of ableism that’s entrenched in every care policy we have is entrapping both people." – @lauramauldin.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"What’s important is for disabled people to understand that their situation is political, and for caregivers to understand that their situation is political, and that the same system of ableism that’s entrenched in every care policy we have is entrapping both people." – @lauramauldin.bsky.social
Reposted by Caroline
Irish Times: US aircraft carrying out secretive deportations to Africa and the Middle East have landed in Shannon Airport on 10 occasions in the last year. Deportees are kept in chains on the aircraft.
Our Govt does not want to know.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026... @gbrockell.bsky.social
Our Govt does not want to know.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026... @gbrockell.bsky.social
Shannon Airport used for refuelling Ice deportation flights 10 times in past year
The controversial agency chartered small private aircraft for the removal operations
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Irish Times: US aircraft carrying out secretive deportations to Africa and the Middle East have landed in Shannon Airport on 10 occasions in the last year. Deportees are kept in chains on the aircraft.
Our Govt does not want to know.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026... @gbrockell.bsky.social
Our Govt does not want to know.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026... @gbrockell.bsky.social
Reposted by Caroline
❝ A large group of soldiers walks around him or stands nearby, sometimes less than a meter away (3 feet). At times they glance at him, but usually stand close without looking, as if an object rather than a human being were lying on the ground. ❞
— AMIRA HASS
archive.md/I8LBE
— AMIRA HASS
archive.md/I8LBE
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
❝ A large group of soldiers walks around him or stands nearby, sometimes less than a meter away (3 feet). At times they glance at him, but usually stand close without looking, as if an object rather than a human being were lying on the ground. ❞
— AMIRA HASS
archive.md/I8LBE
— AMIRA HASS
archive.md/I8LBE
Reposted by Caroline
Essential reading on Irish media.
'The media perennially demands open and honest conversations about issues of importance like immigration, housing or defence. But for such conversations to take place we need to know who is participating in them.'
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
'The media perennially demands open and honest conversations about issues of importance like immigration, housing or defence. But for such conversations to take place we need to know who is participating in them.'
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
Comment: The trouble with Experts
Whatever the topic, however serious or frivolous, an Expert is available.
www.ontheditch.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Essential reading on Irish media.
'The media perennially demands open and honest conversations about issues of importance like immigration, housing or defence. But for such conversations to take place we need to know who is participating in them.'
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
'The media perennially demands open and honest conversations about issues of importance like immigration, housing or defence. But for such conversations to take place we need to know who is participating in them.'
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
Reposted by Caroline
In war, childhood is reshaped by violence.
When schools turn into shelters, classrooms fall silent, and education is replaced by survival.
This is the reality of war for civilians, and it should never be a childhood.
When schools turn into shelters, classrooms fall silent, and education is replaced by survival.
This is the reality of war for civilians, and it should never be a childhood.
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 AM
In war, childhood is reshaped by violence.
When schools turn into shelters, classrooms fall silent, and education is replaced by survival.
This is the reality of war for civilians, and it should never be a childhood.
When schools turn into shelters, classrooms fall silent, and education is replaced by survival.
This is the reality of war for civilians, and it should never be a childhood.
Reposted by Caroline
Children are naturally curious. They explore. They play. They follow sound and light.
But when explosive weapons are used in populated areas, that curiosity can cost them their childhood.
Civilians must be protected.
But when explosive weapons are used in populated areas, that curiosity can cost them their childhood.
Civilians must be protected.
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Children are naturally curious. They explore. They play. They follow sound and light.
But when explosive weapons are used in populated areas, that curiosity can cost them their childhood.
Civilians must be protected.
But when explosive weapons are used in populated areas, that curiosity can cost them their childhood.
Civilians must be protected.
Reposted by Caroline
In 2024, we documented 284.4 K cases of missing people in almost 100 countries affected by armed conflict and/or armed violence, and the number is likely far higher.
Behind every missing person is a family looking for answers. They deserve to know.
Behind every missing person is a family looking for answers. They deserve to know.
January 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
In 2024, we documented 284.4 K cases of missing people in almost 100 countries affected by armed conflict and/or armed violence, and the number is likely far higher.
Behind every missing person is a family looking for answers. They deserve to know.
Behind every missing person is a family looking for answers. They deserve to know.
Reposted by Caroline
Conflicts affect all, but persons with disabilities face unique risks.
Accessible shelters, evacuation plans, and aid aren't just legal obligations; they are humanitarian imperatives.
Parties to armed conflicts must respect and protect people with disabilities.
Accessible shelters, evacuation plans, and aid aren't just legal obligations; they are humanitarian imperatives.
Parties to armed conflicts must respect and protect people with disabilities.
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Conflicts affect all, but persons with disabilities face unique risks.
Accessible shelters, evacuation plans, and aid aren't just legal obligations; they are humanitarian imperatives.
Parties to armed conflicts must respect and protect people with disabilities.
Accessible shelters, evacuation plans, and aid aren't just legal obligations; they are humanitarian imperatives.
Parties to armed conflicts must respect and protect people with disabilities.
Reposted by Caroline
On this day we remember
where the story began
In Palestine
PALESTINE
that is the world
and through her
we continue to see the world
where the story began
In Palestine
PALESTINE
that is the world
and through her
we continue to see the world
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
On this day we remember
where the story began
In Palestine
PALESTINE
that is the world
and through her
we continue to see the world
where the story began
In Palestine
PALESTINE
that is the world
and through her
we continue to see the world
Reposted by Caroline
"Gaza remains in a man-made hunger crisis."
"1.6 million people (77% of the population [..]) faced high levels of acute food insecurity."
"[M]ore than half a million people in emergency (IPC Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (IPC Phase 5)."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Genocide
"1.6 million people (77% of the population [..]) faced high levels of acute food insecurity."
"[M]ore than half a million people in emergency (IPC Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (IPC Phase 5)."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Genocide
Gaza No Longer Officially Facing Famine—But 1.6 Million Palestinians Still in 'Man-Made Hunger Crisis'
A global tracking initiative said teh Gaza Strip no longer faces a formal famine, but critical food insecurity persists due to over two years of Israel's assault and blockade.
www.commondreams.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Gaza remains in a man-made hunger crisis."
"1.6 million people (77% of the population [..]) faced high levels of acute food insecurity."
"[M]ore than half a million people in emergency (IPC Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (IPC Phase 5)."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Genocide
"1.6 million people (77% of the population [..]) faced high levels of acute food insecurity."
"[M]ore than half a million people in emergency (IPC Phase 4) and over 100,000 people in catastrophe (IPC Phase 5)."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Genocide
Reposted by Caroline
"There is no basis in international law for differentiating between trade in goods and trade in services [as] proposed, and no international law justification for legislating for less than full compliance by Ireland with an international obligation articulated by the ICJ."
- Blinne ní Ghrálaigh KC
- Blinne ní Ghrálaigh KC
data.oireachtas.ie
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"There is no basis in international law for differentiating between trade in goods and trade in services [as] proposed, and no international law justification for legislating for less than full compliance by Ireland with an international obligation articulated by the ICJ."
- Blinne ní Ghrálaigh KC
- Blinne ní Ghrálaigh KC
Reposted by Caroline
"On the 77th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights We remember the years before the rights were named, and the people who are still denied them"
#Gaza #Palestine #HumanRightsDay
#Gaza #Palestine #HumanRightsDay
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"On the 77th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights We remember the years before the rights were named, and the people who are still denied them"
#Gaza #Palestine #HumanRightsDay
#Gaza #Palestine #HumanRightsDay
Reposted by Caroline
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Reposted by Caroline
Maybe your repost be part of rebuilding our destroyed life❤️🩹
I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Maybe your repost be part of rebuilding our destroyed life❤️🩹
Reposted by Caroline
Scholasticide is not the just the destruction of educational capacity; it is also the transformation of spaces of pedagogy and development into spaces of boundless trauma.
November 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Scholasticide is not the just the destruction of educational capacity; it is also the transformation of spaces of pedagogy and development into spaces of boundless trauma.
A future in which we survived this co-struggle shimmers in this poem by @khawlabadwan.bsky.social
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A future in which we survived this co-struggle shimmers in this poem by @khawlabadwan.bsky.social
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
Reposted by Caroline
READ: "A chance encounter with one of my past students at the Islamic University of Gaza highlighted the paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide: feeling joy in surviving the war and sorrow in witnessing what our survival has cost us." mondoweiss.net/2025/10/im-h...
‘I’m happy and sad to see you’: The paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide
A chance encounter with one of my past students at the Islamic University of Gaza highlighted the paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide: feeling joy in surviving the war and sorrow in witnessing…
mondoweiss.net
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
READ: "A chance encounter with one of my past students at the Islamic University of Gaza highlighted the paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide: feeling joy in surviving the war and sorrow in witnessing what our survival has cost us." mondoweiss.net/2025/10/im-h...
“A different world is possible”
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“A different world is possible”
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
Ireland’s road deaths are not inevitable, but a result of policy decisions (or a lack thereof). The data is stark!
Ireland is one of the few European countries where road deaths have risen since 2019.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ireland’s road deaths are not inevitable, but a result of policy decisions (or a lack thereof). The data is stark!
Reposted by Caroline
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Reposted by Caroline
Landlords with more 100+ tenancies now own 26% of rental properties in Dublin. The narrative is that they are more 'professional' and have the capital to invest in improving & retrofitting their properties. The evidence suggests otherwise: mu.ie/justhousing
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Landlords with more 100+ tenancies now own 26% of rental properties in Dublin. The narrative is that they are more 'professional' and have the capital to invest in improving & retrofitting their properties. The evidence suggests otherwise: mu.ie/justhousing
This resonates deeply. How we remake the work is in true community, investing in those around us. Ubuntu at work
I've watched a lot of people find their courage. They usually believed in something, but they also believed in each other. As co-strugglers, they depended on each other. They comforted and encouraged each other. They helped each other. That investment made them stronger, bolder, and more capable.
September 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This resonates deeply. How we remake the work is in true community, investing in those around us. Ubuntu at work
Reposted by Caroline
I've watched a lot of people find their courage. They usually believed in something, but they also believed in each other. As co-strugglers, they depended on each other. They comforted and encouraged each other. They helped each other. That investment made them stronger, bolder, and more capable.
September 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I've watched a lot of people find their courage. They usually believed in something, but they also believed in each other. As co-strugglers, they depended on each other. They comforted and encouraged each other. They helped each other. That investment made them stronger, bolder, and more capable.
Reposted by Caroline
In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.