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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wonderful jaunt to the Casimir Markievicz exhibition at @dublincastle.bsky.social - great insight into a generation of Irish artists and intellectuals. Love that photo of Constance and Althea Gyles smoking together! 👏🏻👏🏻 Great work @emilymfg.bsky.social and @katymilligan.bsky.social

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fantastic opportunity to catch up on a great gathering of essays on the many-faceted work of Eilis Ni Dhuibhne. Available until 1 August.

Irish University Review @irishunireview.bsky.social · Jul 17

📢Great news!📢 Our May 2024 special issue on Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is now an open-access special feature on EUP's website! Read all of our amazing articles about Ní Dhuibhne's contributions to Irish literature and culture at the following link: www.euppublishing.com/toc/iur/54/1

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Irish University Review @irishunireview.bsky.social · Jul 15

Huge congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on her appointment as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction! In May 2024, the IUR published a special issue dedicated to Ní Dhuibhne’s contributions to Irish literature and culture.

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · Jul 11

Very much enjoyed my conversation with Eoin McNamee at Cairde in sunny Sligo last night.

And thanks to a great audience.

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Jul 11

Not a bad sight to see when opening the UCD website… Great news from the Ireland Chair of Poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fulbright board members are resigning “rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we believe are impermissible under the law, compromise U.S. national interests and integrity, and undermine the mission"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference

The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

www.nytimes.com

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Nick Daly @nickdaly.bsky.social · Jun 11

Following international law on genocide is optional, but you _must_ follow banking guidelines.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Jun 11

The head of the Central Bank of Ireland claims it cannot refuse to approve the sale of Israeli war bonds. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Central Bank 'cannot impose sanctions' on Israel, Oireachtas committee to hear

Gabriel Makhlouf to tell politicians the bank's 'obligations are clear'

www.irishexaminer.com

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · May 30

🔔 UPDATE: The deadline to apply for the Poetry Ireland Librarian position has been EXTENDED to Sunday, June 8th at 5pm.

Poetry Ireland are seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to join their team!

✍️Learn more & apply: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...

#JobFairy @libraryjobs.bsky.social

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Lauren O’Donovan @laurenodonovanw.bsky.social · May 26

It’s the week of launches — 3 in 4 days! Very much looking forward to visiting Dublin on Thursday to launch Ben and Rafael’s pamphlets 🚀 hopefully see you there 🐺 @poetryireland.bsky.social

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · May 18

As people voted for the Israeli entry in the Eurovision, this is what the Israeli state was doing #boycotteurovision #endthegenocide #gazagenocide

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · May 18

At least 100 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight, Hamas-run health authorities said, as mediators hosted a new round of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

Israel airstrikes kill at least 100 in Gaza, medics say

At least 100 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight, Hamas-run health authorities said, as mediators hosted a new round of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

www.rte.ie

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Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · May 15

Below is how it started, but this is how it’s going: a punishment that includes exclusion from democratic participation, handed down because of disrupting democratic so-called decorum. The crime of possible intimidation is punished with actual disenfranchisement

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · May 4

Great review of @eireannmor.bsky.social’s new book with @carcanet.bsky.social - in less than a month we can get our hands on it! observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Poetry book of the month: Mind your language

Éireann Lorsung’s vibrant debut delights in the slipperiness of the world and the words we use to capture it

observer.co.uk

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · May 3

Jane Clarke (@janeclarke.bsky.social) will be reading alongside poet and Poetry Unbound podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social's Cork International Poetry Festival on Thursday 15 May, 10pm, at Cork Arts Theatre. #corkpoetryfest
www.corkpoetryfest.net/thursday.html

Munster Literature Centre @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social · May 3

Not long to wait until this years Cork International Poetry Festival - May 13th - 17th. Information on tickets and workshops along with the full programme on our website- www.munsterlit.ie #corkpoetryfest #cork #poets

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Dean Barker @deanbarker.bsky.social · Apr 18

Digitizing the archives of Emily Dickinson, arguably the United States' most celebrated poet, "no longer serves the interest of the United States."

h/t @pwallinga.bsky.social

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Apr 3

Please consider signing this #JusticeforPalestine: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...

Stop the Deportation, from Germany, of Two Irish Citizens for Palestine Solidarity

Roberta Murray and  Shane O’Brien are Irish activists facing deportation from Germany, ordered to leave by April 21, 2025. Two other activists, Cooper Longbottom (US) and Kasia Wlaszczyk (EU) hav...

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Mar 31

Good woman!! 🙌

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · Mar 30

I'm not a particularly fancy man, but I've been in academia a long time, and I don't recall "don't ever discuss material that's extraneous to the class" ever having been mentioned as a "core tenet" of academic freedom.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Mar 30

Could someone give me an example of a college course in which climate change is clearly not relevant?

Yet in the survey, nearly 55 percent of faculty members said they discuss climate change in their courses despite it not being a required topic. Climate change is an important issue. It should be discussed freely in courses to which it is relevant. But the claim that it is relevant to classes taught by so many college teachers is doubtful, which makes it probable that, in the name of academic freedom, many faculty members are violating one of its core tenets: the responsibility not to abuse the authority of the classroom by introducing extraneous material.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · Mar 29

bring us your poor, your tired, and your huddled masses so we can stuff them in an unmarked van and ship them to a slave labor camp in an undisclosed location

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Mar 27

And a very fine article it is too!

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UCD Digital Library @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social · Mar 26

As the UCD Digital Library team work on the new access platform, we are getting to revisit some of our most popular collections. First up is G. & T. Crampton and our favourite image of the Tayto factory. #CramptonBuilt

G. & T. Crampton Photograph Archive: Tayto factory

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Mar 24

‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes

www.irishtimes.com

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International Yeats Society @intyeatssociety.bsky.social · Mar 23

Join Dr. Rob Doggett and Dr. Barry Sheils for an engaging discussion about W.B. Yeats' poem "Lapis Lazuli!"

Looking for more episodes of Yeats Conversations? Consider subscribing to our Youtube channel today!

#Yeats #Poetry #IrishLiterature #SupportTheArts
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Yeats's "Lapis Luzuli" (with Barry Sheils)

YouTube video by DrRobDoggett

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Mar 22

I love this beautiful piece. If anything turns me into a cat person, this will… 💕 #SundayMiscellany @gagebybell.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Tamburlaine the Great, by Amanda Bell

Two decades with a beloved pet, whose various scrapes and escapades didn't diminish affections

www.rte.ie

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · Mar 20

Abundant Number vol.3 + bonus material, courtesy of @eireannmor.bsky.social. Includes teasers of exciting new things, including something that Éireann and I have planned for later this year

Abundant Number vol.3, a beautiful print, a flyer for Éireann Lorsung's forthcoming collection Pattern-Book (Carcanet, May 2025), and a flyer for the Dublin Small Press Fair 2025 (more info to come soon)

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Lucy Collins @lcollins232.bsky.social · Mar 18

That’s a lovely bit of news. Congratulations 🎊

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