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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 4d

Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 7d

Catherine Connolly, Oct 2020: I actually feel nauseated by language being turned on its head. It's time to stop talking about the vulnerable women. They weren't vulnerable, they were strong, vivacious women who were made vulnerable by the system, who were demonised by the system.

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Orlaith Darling @darlingorlaith.bsky.social · 7d

Send in your abstracts for the Sadness + Gender conference we're holding in June 2026! We have some fantastic keynote speakers and specialist panels lined up and would love to see you all in Dublin! #cfp @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social

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Mark O’Halloran @markohalloran.bsky.social · 8d

I really like the fact that the Presidential campaign is low key and boring. #aras25

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Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social · 9d

Wrote about the Trump/RFK paracetamol/autism stuff this weekend. Sorry it's paywalled. Some snips of the more philosophical bits below...

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Clare Moriarty: Trump’s ‘tough it out’ message to pregnant women is dangerous

His claims about a link between paracetamol and autism are not just anti-science, they’re anti-woman

www.irishtimes.com

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Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) @feministphilosophy.bsky.social · 12d

Please register for our hybrid conference Oct. 16–19 on "Feminist Accountability and Transformative Justice"!

Grad student & independent rates are very low if you register before Oct 6!

The great abolitionist thinker Beth E. Richie will be our keynote.

Info here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Beth E. Richie and her book, Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation

"Resistance of the Heart against Business as Usual" woodblock print from Bread & Puppet

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superboreen @superboreen.bsky.social · 11d

Oh no you weren't .
#aras25 #aras2025

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 11d

I was painted as a ‘pantomime villainess’: Maria Steen reflects on failed bid for presidency

In an exclusive interview, the barrister, conservative campaigner and stay-at-home mother talks about falling short in her attempt to get her name on the presidential ballot

www.irishtimes.com

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 13d

Our friend, poet and activist Sarah Clancy, is on the Spectre, one of the boats on the Flotilla which was attacked last night. Contact the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to demand protection, there must be safe passage for all trying to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza. #LiftTheSiege

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Feminist Miscarriage Project @miscarriageproject.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted to be launching the Feminist Miscarriage Project! Please see our new website and we'll be updating on news and events soon: feministmiscarriageproject.org

The Feminist Miscarriage Project

A new collaboration led by two feminist academics, Victoria Browne and Susie Kilshaw, promoting intersectional approaches to miscarriage, grounded in bodily autonomy, social justice, and solidarity ac...

feministmiscarriageproject.org

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · 14d

2:30pm Sunday, Sep 28th
Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
Architecture at the Edge Festival
Rún Project - Panel Discussion

Rún is Ireland’s first-ever survey charting the scale & condition of potential “sites of social conscience” across Ireland.

www.eventbrite.com/e/run-irelan...

Rún – Ireland’s (In)visible Buildings Project - Panel Discussion

Denise Murray, CoLab, Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley, Seamus Ruttledge, Teresa O’ Sullivan, Ethna Rose O’Regan in conversation with Maeve O_Rourke (C

www.eventbrite.com

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · 14d

“Your Mother’s Comfort” movie and Q&A with Red Umbrella Éireann. RUE is a collective of current & former sex workers campaigning for decriminalisation. The movie follows Brazilian Trans sex worker & politician Indianara Siqueira.

Thurs 2nd Oct 6pm Room CG04, DCU Glasnevin Henry Grattan Bldg

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 15d

The Irish government has released a report on the benefits of the pilot for a Basic Income for the Arts, and in a total shocker, it seems like it was good for the country as well as the artists.

Nobody could have seen this coming.

#SpeirGorm #UBI

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Basic Income for the Arts pilot produced over €100 million in Social and Economic Benefits

www.gov.ie

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · 15d

jfmresearch.com/press-releas...

Justice for Magdalenes Research statement in support of the industrial school hunger strikers.

Justice for Magdalenes Research supports Industrial School survivors’ campaign; urges Government to provide proper health and social supports before it is too late

Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) supports the demands of residential school survivors who began a hunger strike outside the Dáil on Monday 22 September. The survivors are campaigning for the …

jfmresearch.com

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · 16d

Good on you @patriciac.bsky.social

www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

Concerns raised as abuse survivors begin hunger strike

The Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse has expressed concern over a hunger strike by Survivors of Industrial Schools and Reformatory Institutions, which commenced at midnight last n...

www.rte.ie

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Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes @cmcgettrick.bsky.social · 17d

1) We founded JFM in 2003 when we learned about anomalies at the High Park graves, exposed by Mary Raftery. 22 yrs later, the Srs of Our Lady of Charity (OLC) say they’ve rectified errors & omissions at their Glasnevin graves. A few initial observations:

goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...?

Press Release – Good Shepherd Sisters

goodshepherdsisters.ie

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · 22d

Prejudiced & objectionable editorialising in this Guardian report: “The decision will raise questions about [RTÉ’s] duty to be impartial as a public service news organisation.”
Protesting genocide is a failure of impartiality?

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

RTÉ says Ireland will boycott Eurovision if Israel is allowed to compete

National broadcaster joins Slovenia in making participation next year conditional amid war in Gaza

www.theguardian.com

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El Espectro 👻 🎃 @telescoper.bsky.social · 28d

So my bank is setting up a service called Zippay provided by the Italian company Nexi. This involves my personal data being given to this company to sell on to advertisers.

Naturally, I've opted out.

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Society for Women in Philosophy Ireland @swip-i.bsky.social · 29d

A weekly reminder that our Annual Conference is still open for submission.

Send us your abstract before the 15th of September.

All the info at: www.swip-ireland.com/events

Events — SWIP Ireland

www.swip-ireland.com

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · Sep 8

“The Ireland we knew hasn’t gone anywhere. Complacency caught us out, but we can each take our country back by just being what we know we can be: fierce sound people.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan

People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan

www.theguardian.com

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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · Sep 8

a single billionaire is asking for the same amount of money it costs the irish state annually to fund 2000 artists on its basic income pilot scheme so that he can host a golf event

*turns slowly to look at camera*

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

JP McManus to seek an extra €30m in taxpayer funds for 2027 Ryder Cup

Billionaire businessman has already received €58m in public money towards Adare Manor event

www.irishtimes.com

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Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) @feministphilosophy.bsky.social · Sep 7

Listen up! Submit your abstract for the 2026 Beauvoir Society conference on "Beauvoir & Reproduction: Politics, Labour, Biology, Lived Experience"🔥

Proposal abstracts are due **September 22, 2025**
Conference is May 2026 in Klagenfurt, Austria

Keynotes: Sylvie Chaperon & Stella Sandford

2026 Conference

Pour la version française , choisir le drapeau français en haut à gauche du site !

beauvoir.weebly.com

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · Sep 2

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... “There’s more money put into three anti-LGBT organisations in the States than is put into the entire LGBT movement globally” an insightful & uplifting interview with Michael Barron

‘It was all about hurling... Being gay, ultimately, you were not masculine enough’

Cofounder of the LGBTQ+ youth organisation Belong To discusses the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric across the world

www.irishtimes.com

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Katherine O’Donnell @ka-od.bsky.social · Sep 1

www.thejournal.ie/process-of-i...

Process of the public inquiry into the 'Grace' case condemned by new report

Inclusion Ireland is calling for a complete overhaul of how Ireland designs and delivers public inquiries involving disabled people.

www.thejournal.ie

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · Aug 31

Just love how the Indo is trying to blame the homeless(16K) & social house waiting-listers (>115K) when the fact is landlords scooped 79% of all new houses in Dublin last year. Don't watch that! Watch this! Absolute scum bag "reporting"

Irish Independent @independent.ie · Aug 31

Revealed: How the State is squeezing out first-time buyers

www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...

Revealed: How the State is squeezing out first-time buyers

Thousands of first-time buyers are being squeezed out of the housing market by state-backed social housing providers and charities, an investigation by the Sunday Independent shows.

www.independent.ie

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UCD School of Philosophy @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Applications are invited for the post of temporary 48-month Postdoctoral Research Associate within #UCD School of #Philosophy. Further details, along with a link to apply, may be found at www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n.... #PhilJobs #PhilSky #MoralPhilosophy #HistoryOfPhilosophy #BMoral #IrishResearch

ERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Philosophy

www.ucd.ie

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