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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22d

An independent United Nations commission said that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

The commission found indications of intentions to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group — which it said amount to genocide.

U.N. commission finds that Israel committed genocide in Gaza

Israel rejected the conclusions, which echo those of a growing group of governments and human rights organizations.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 22d

Professor Shane Darcy of the Irish Centre for Human Rights spoke to RTÉ’s News at One about how an independent UN commission reached its conclusion that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

How did UN commission reach its genocide conclusion?

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · 22d

Unlikely at this stage, the continued silence merely upholds the original smears and inaccurate reading of the situation

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Anne Logan @annefhlogan.bsky.social · 22d

Looking forward to @caitbeaumont.bsky.social ‘s talk this evening, held on the WI’s 110th birthday.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25d

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit

Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture

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John Borgonovo @drjohnborgonovo.bsky.social · 27d

the second session of the CUP symposium, ‘Claire Connolly ‘the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, vols 4 and 5’

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · 26d

It was a pleasure to speak at the @corkup.bsky.social symposium yesterday

John Borgonovo @drjohnborgonovo.bsky.social · 27d

Session 4, Linda Connolly, ‘Attic Press’

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 26d

The 35th Irish Conference of Historians is kicking off shortly with opening remarks from Prof. Ian Speller and @petergray47.bsky.social. Looking forward to hearing about fascinating research across a wide range of topics and time periods. @irishhistorians.bsky.social

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Cork University Press @corkup.bsky.social · 28d

Our Symposium is tomorrow – we can’t wait to see you!
📘 Session 4 features Linda Connolly on Attic Press, Thomas McCarthy on Irish Review, Fergal Keane on the Atlas Series + a new series announcement
📝 a few tickets remaining
🔗 Registration & Full programme: bit.ly/CUPSymposium

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Sep 2

No place for genocide denial/deniers now www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say

International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted

www.theguardian.com

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · Aug 28

Our new School of Nursing will welcome its first students in September, following official approval by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

The first intake of 30 students will commence their undergraduate studies in September.

www.kildarenow.com/news/local-n...

Kildare university’s new School of Nursing to welcome first students

Applications for BSc in General Nursing open August 28 under CAO ‘Available Places’ facility and first student intake to start studies at Ireland’s newest School of Nursing in September

www.kildarenow.com

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 25

Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts - •Double-tap• strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Aug 25

The scale of the evidence and the consensus in the scholarship is as inconvertible as it is horrifying. At the very least, our colleagues in Palestine, who continue to teach and write in the midst of a genocide, deserve that we speak the truth.

Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 25

245 journalists killed by Israel in 22 months including 5 today in Nasser Hospital. Unprecedented murder of members of the press + targeting of areas where there is disproportionate risk to civilians. Still stand over the statement you disagree there is a genocide + tarnishing of those who named it?

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 25

Genocide denial statements remain on the public record at a time when continued silence about this should provoke some soul searching - as well as greater respect for the human rights/violence scholars who both named what this was and verifiably condemned the despicable violence of October 7th

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 25

…which will achieve nothing

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Aug 25

BREAKING: Award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested after wearing a T-shirt reading 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action'

Police arrested the I, Daniel Blake writer in Edinburgh this morning

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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · Aug 25

"The suspension of the ISS is a political instrument, not a punishment. It is not directed at individual scholars in Israel, but rather at organisations involved in, or failing to distance themselves from, the genocide in Gaza.

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 25

245 journalists killed by Israel in 22 months including 5 today in Nasser Hospital. Unprecedented murder of members of the press + targeting of areas where there is disproportionate risk to civilians. Still stand over the statement you disagree there is a genocide + tarnishing of those who named it?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 22

More than half a million people in Gaza City are experiencing famine after almost two years of war, displacement and harsh Israeli restrictions on food and other aid, a new report says.

Famine confirmed in Gaza City region, global hunger monitor says

More than half a million people in and around Gaza City are facing catastrophic conditions “characterized by starvation, destitution and death,” the IPC said.

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 19

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UCLA's Jewish community unites against Trump's $1-billion demand: 'misguided and punitive'

UCLA's Jewish faculty united around a letter conveying anger over a potential $1-billion settlement between the university and the Trump administration over alleged campus antisemitism.

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MU Department of Education @maynootheducation.bsky.social · Aug 19

Listen to Dr Catriona O'Toole, on Radio 1 discussing her research on school avoidance. You can listen back to her insightful discussion here-
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @catrionaotoole.bsky.social @majelladempsey.bsky.social @georginasherlock.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

School Avoidance & Book Tips

Association Professor of Psychology in Education Dr Catriona O’Toole advises on how to manage school avoidance, and librarian Darina Molloy has book tips for school avoiders and school starters.

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 19

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza, Ahmed Kamal Junina ‘…solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter’ ⁦‪@guardian‬⁩ www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Aug 10

Interesting reflections by Fergal Keane on what it means to be Irish in Britain & to be 'culturally Irish' + input from @lindaconnolly.bsky.social. In my case it is pretty simple. Despite moving to UK in 1991, I am just 'Irish' & my 3 kids born in London, feel the same.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025

Ed Sheeran grew up in England but described himself as 'culturally Irish,' prompting debate about what that really means

www.bbc.co.uk

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Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · Aug 11

Originally from The Wirral near Liverpool, Prof Rob Kitchin began his career in England before moving to @maynoothuniversity.ie, where his research into data and society has thrived for almost three decades. Read more about his research career journey: www.researchireland.ie/news/profess...

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 11

@robkitchin.bsky.social our great colleague featured in this piece @mu-ssi.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · Aug 11

Originally from The Wirral near Liverpool, Prof Rob Kitchin began his career in England before moving to @maynoothuniversity.ie, where his research into data and society has thrived for almost three decades. Read more about his research career journey: www.researchireland.ie/news/profess...

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · Aug 11

Another topic to write about, Cait?!

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