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Seán Finnan
@seanfinnan.bsky.social
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PhD candidate & Research Ireland scholar @tudublin Interested in DIY online radio, algorithmic culture, alternative & community media. Radiomaker & writer https://shorturl.at/OzmaR
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Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · Oct 20
Wrote about the continued evolution of community radio for RTÉ Brainstorm and the lessons that we can learn from community media.

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
What role can online community radio play in Ireland?
Transformations in the technologies we use to listen to radio are breathing new life into a medium which has existed for well over a century
www.rte.ie
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7d
BREAKING: Union in Italy has announced a general strike on October 3, as per their promise if the Gaza flotilla was attacked, as it has been now.
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 20d
When the dust settles, I hope we remember that on the precise evening Trump (a) pulled his cultural critics off TV and (b) designated his political enemies as terrorists, the UK was giving him every honour imaginable, and glorying in its "special relationship" with his regime.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · Aug 10
Why has Gazans’ hunger attained the status of ‘moral crisis’ when Israel’s genocidal slaughter did not?

Another great piece by Mark O’Connell.
Why has Gazans’ hunger attained the status of ‘moral crisis’ when Israel’s genocidal slaughter did not?
No one understands the hollowness of its facilitators’ changed rhetoric better than the Israeli government
www.irishtimes.com
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Aug 6
"[Microsoft Azure] has facilitated the preparation of deadly airstrikes and has shaped military operations in Gaza and the West Bank" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Microsoft continues to aid genocide
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Jul 30
Louise Fitzgerald & I are hiring an 18 month postdoc and 18 month research assistant (no PhD required) for a project on the political ecology of land ownership in Ireland. 2 weeks to apply. DM for any questions. 🧵

Link to DCU website: www.dcu.ie/people/jobs
Jobs - Open Vacancies at DCU | DCU People
Want to advance your career and work at Dublin City University? Find all of our job vacancies here, from teaching positions to administrative positions.
www.dcu.ie
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · Jul 10
Please sign and share this petition calling on the government to overturn its disgraceful refusal and to issue visas to the children from GAA Palestine for their trip to Ireland. #FreeGAAPalestine
my.uplift.ie/petitions/le...
Let Them Play
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine
my.uplift.ie
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No Place Like Drone @noplacelikedrone.bsky.social · Jul 9
New show tonight!
We're back with another drone and ambient webinar at 9pm. with usic from @k8carr.bsky.social and @dvddnh.bsky.social, @colonialskyway.bsky.social, @isolatedcommunity.bsky.social, @dunksunk.bsky.social + releases from @quietdetails.bsky.social, @auralcanyon.bsky.social and more!
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Jul 9
It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
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Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’
zeteo.com
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Dean @ordersson.bsky.social · Jul 3
You'd be pressed to name a more crucial individual in this silly music thing, both in the foreground and background. Such a warm and generous man, absolutely fucking brutal news today
A message from Keith (JD Twitch)
A message from Keith (JD Twitch)
www.jdtwitch.com
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Jun 4
'Understanding Ireland’s dependency as a defining feature of Irish economic development allows us to see how the State’s undemocratic actions to support global extractive industries, erode our neutrality, and fail on Palestine are part of the same political economic matrix.'
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Jun 4
Article with Pat Brodie in Examiner today.

Important to be clear about Ireland's economic dependency on the US if we are to understand - and challenge - Government inaction on Gaza.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Ireland is Israel's second biggest trading partner - we need to look at why
Ireland's dependency on the US is embedded in the State's DNA, and now makes us complicit in Israel's war crimes
www.irishexaminer.com
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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · May 25
Reading about the bitter scenes in 1958 when qualifying rounds were introduced for the fleadh and Kilfenora Céilí band sensationally fell at the provincial hurdle. Blur and Oasis style shenanigans. In this excellent book...
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · May 23
Once an massive illegal dump in Priorswood is cleared away, what should go on the site? The council met local residents Monday to talk about options. Previous ideas have included housing, sports facilities, and a Traveller resource centre. www.dublininquirer.c...
Once massive illegal dump in Priorswood is cleared away, what should go on the site?
The council met local residents Monday to talk about options. Previous ideas have included housing, sports facilities, and a Traveller resource centre.
www.dublininquirer.com
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Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · May 22
Delighted to read this. It's over six years since we reported on this @dublininquirer.com and it's a testament to the perseverance of the community that this is finally happening. A major victory against the council's antipathy and I hope they get the facilities they want on the remediated land.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · May 22
Removal of illegal north Dublin landfill begins at cost of €6m after years of dumping
Removal of illegal north Dublin landfill begins at cost of €6m after years of dumping
Dublin City Council to remove 40,000 tonnes of waste from illegal landfill over next four months
www.irishtimes.com
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · May 20
Trying to get my head round how this could make it to print. Many warning signs for all of us
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Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social · May 20
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · May 18
RIP Paul Durcan.

This was the first poem I read by him, and it absolutely broke me.
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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · May 15
Bumping this - if you're in Dublin next Weds, and you're interested in contemporary Irish music, politics and culture. I'd love to see you at my book launch. A book that's already a bargain will be available at an even more enticing price!
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Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · May 14
I'm in no way biased. This is definitely the show of the summer (even if it is in Cork) ❤️

www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/ope...
Opening Night | Cork Midsummer Festival 13–22 June 2025
Step inside the glittering ruins of performance.
www.corkmidsummer.com
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · May 14
A Dublin electronic artist moves on from frogs and Celtic futurism, to DIY bagpipes. Mel Keane took the stage Saturday as part of Dublin Digital Radio’s annual festival, Alternating Currents, at The Complex. www.dublininquirer.c...
A Dublin electronic artist moves on from frogs and Celtic futurism, to DIY bagpipes
Mel Keane took the stage Saturday as part of Dublin Digital Radio’s annual festival, Alternating Current, at The Complex.
www.dublininquirer.com
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · May 13
BREAKING: Israeli Forces Kill 12-Year-Old Eyewitness to Rafah Paramedic Massacre

Mohammed Bardawil, 12, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the Mawasi area of Gaza this week.
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · May 3
"Surely, the same Micheál Martin who was just a few weeks ago japing about Ireland’s housing crisis in the Oval Office with a bona fide fascist should have some empathy for statements made during a performance."

This week's Surrealing in the Years.
Surrealing in the Years: Kneecap are NOT the story. And yet.
It’s easier for powerful people to talk about Kneecap than it is for them to talk about Israel.
www.thejournal.ie
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · May 2
NAMA chief Brendan McDonagh’s north Dublin home – which The Ditch revealed was registered under the alias PB McDonnacha – is being advertised to rent on a short-term letting site for more than €10,000 a week.

He was to be government’s new housing tsar.

www.ontheditch.com/nama-chief-c...
NAMA chief charging tourists €10,000 a week for Cabra home
McDonagh was set to be appointed government’s new housing tsar.
www.ontheditch.com
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Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · May 2
Alternating Current's radio schedule kicking off this morning. Lock in below!

listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
Dublin Digital Radio
Dublin Digital Radio is an online digital radio station dedicated to providing a quality platform for the various communities striving to create a socially and culturally progressive city.
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Amanda Feery @amandafeery.bsky.social · May 1
Very excited that my new album, NEST, will be released on @krimkram.bsky.social in June! Also very excited that NEST’s launch gig will be on June 18th at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral as part of Cork Midsummer Festival, where I get to play the cathedral's brilliant, loud, and fierce organ!
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Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · Apr 30
Dublin Digital Radio is broadcasting a new work of sonic fiction from Jane Deasy and I this Sunday at 1pm as part of Alternating Current.

The line up is stacked. The full programme is below. Get your tickets and come celebrate Bealtaine together 🔥

listen.dublindigitalradio.com/alternating-...
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