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Dónal Hassett

@donalh.bsky.social

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Colonial Historian, Interested in colonial veterans and all things Algeria. Proud Dub .

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

If I never hear the names Ivan Yates or Joe Brolly again for the rest of my life, I will be much the happier for it

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 1d

Have just seen that Joe Brolly clip about Heather Humphreys. Despicable. Clear misogyny. We have two women running for the Presidency and this is how he intervenes in the debate. He should be mortified.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 1d

It was wonderful to welcome @susiedeedigan.bsky.social to Maynooth last night where she spoke to a full house about her fascinating research on women republican prisoners in the 1940s.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 1d

If you are going to invite someone who is not a specialist on Palestine Israel to commentate on the ceasefire as an expert, the least you can do is ask the about how they reacted to those who raised the alarm about the impending genocide back in late 2023. This matters.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 1d

Was planning to visit Brussels for archives next week and hoping to give this city I have never liked another chance. Now the archives have cancelled my reservations saying they can't access the colonial collections. It remains top of my list of worst European capital cities!

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 1d

The image of the Askari from the German Army as POWs will surely be of interest to @mahonmurphy.bsky.social

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 1d

Some fascinating images of the involvement of Belgian colonial subjects in the East Africa campaign of the First World War. These and other images are available to consult here uurl.kbr.be/bib/16923934

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

it is wild how much people just lie lol

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Jonathan Ashworth: "I've wanted to see a ceasefire for 2 years"

The collective position of the Labour shadow cabinet (which you were part of) for months after October 7th was to reject a ceasefire & Labour instructed its MPs not to vote for a ceasefire in Nov 2023.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 2d

This presidnetial election has shown us that the self-styled party of Law and Order seems to reject two fundamental principles of the legal order, rehabilitation and the right to representation.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 2d

It was stupid when they said this about Jim O'Callaghan and it's stupid when they are saying it about Catherine Connolly. The cab rank rule among barristers means you have to take whatever the case is + the journalists acknowledge this but completely bury the lede www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Catherine Connolly says she did represent banks in courts but fails to clarify whether it included home repossession cases

O’Reilly’s bar in Salthill faces out towards the choppy waters of Galway Bay, but it was the scene of a stormy exchange that Catherine Connolly described as “a cowardly personal attack”.

www.independent.ie

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 3d

I got Michel Houellebecq's Atomised as a present the year it won the IMPAC award when I was 13. Still scarred. Gave me a lifelong hatred of Houellebecq though and I have cherished that. Also ultimately led me to one of my favourite interviews I've ever read www.theguardian.com/books/2008/m...

Angelique Chrisafis talks to the mother of Michel Houellebecq: 'It was him that left me'

Michel Houellebecq's mother, foul-mouthed Lucie Ceccaldi, 83, grants her first British interview to Angelique Chrisafis

www.theguardian.com

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 3d

We are delighted to welcome @susiedeedigan.bsky.social to Maynooth tomorrow evening for a research seminar entitled '"Hardly serious”: the detention of republican women in wartime Ireland, 1939-45'. The seminar is open to the public and will take place in Roque Lab, Rhetoric House 17:00-18:00.

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 3d

Israeli historian Omer Bartov explains how he used to oppose an academic boycott of Israel, but has changed his mind in the last two years. From 00:58 onward.

Genozid-Forscher Omer Bartov über Gaza, Israel & den Westen - Jung & Naiv: Folge 784

YouTube video by Jung & Naiv

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder will we see any reckoning among European "liberal centrists" about the catastrophic failure of the man who was once their great white hope, Emmanuel Macron. He has wrought untold damage on confidence in politics and institutions in 🇫🇷 and has been an effective handmaiden for the far right.

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 4d

My sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the Global Sumud Flotilla. I'm home safe & will be followed by the other Irish people today. I'm just catching up and have much more to share but for now I am so so grateful for everyone's attempts to free us. Remember that Gaza is the story not us.

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine being that tenant, having tried every single avenue of contact over 16 years only to be ignored time and time again, and then be told the issue was buried somewhere in the recesses of his mind.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 4d

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said "very comprehensive due diligence" was done on presidential candidate Jim Gavin, but that an issue with a former tenant was "probably buried somewhere in the recesses of his mind".

Gavin was 'repeatedly asked' about tenant issue - Martin

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said "very comprehensive due diligence" was done on presidential candidate Jim Gavin, but that an issue with a former tenant was "probably buried somewhere in the rec...

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Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · 3d

important reflections on the colonial archive and how we might use it, from @camilleriana.bsky.social - makes me wonder how to get myself over to Eritrea!

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 4d

A great new post on researching the history of former Ascari in Eritrea by our own @camilleriana.bsky.social. colvet.eu/338-2/

Dr Nicola Camilleri, ‘Former Eritrean Soldiers in the Italian Colonial Army: Fragments of Life and Documentation’. | Colvet.eu

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed though every landlord legally was then as they are now required to declare a tenancy to the RTB and they knew he had tenants and seemingly never asked evidence for this. It would have been easily verifiable.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 3d

While it would have been hard for Fianna Fáil vetters to foresee the rent situation with Jim Gavin they could easily have asked for confirmation that he had registered tenancies with the RTB. Not doing so was a violation of the law. Should have raised flags.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 4d

But couldn't he just take the oath on election?

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not sure he would resign if he got in! Still, I think it's unlikely to happen.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 4d

Oh wow that looks so beautiful (and so chilly!) Proud and envious of you!

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 4d

A great new post on researching the history of former Ascari in Eritrea by our own @camilleriana.bsky.social. colvet.eu/338-2/

Dr Nicola Camilleri, ‘Former Eritrean Soldiers in the Italian Colonial Army: Fragments of Life and Documentation’. | Colvet.eu

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 4d

I should say my Dad, a bit of a floating Fianna Fáil voter, was outraged about it as are clearly many other older people but the visceral reaction is clearly stronger among younger cohorts.