Ian Walsh

Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community Local TD Peter Roche organised town meeting, where gardaí addressed small Bangladeshi community

What is happening to this country. This is so awful

Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community

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Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system A coalition of states is needed to stop the international legal order falling apart, a distinguished international academic has warned. Oona Hathaway, the president-elect of the American Society of International Law and a former Pentagon legal adviser, said the core of the postwar global order – the prohibition on taking land by force – was under unprecedented challenge in a “scary moment” for the world. Continue reading...

Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic

Ferdia Lennon awarded 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature Ferdia Lennon has been announced as the recipient of the 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.

Ferdia Lennon deserves this:

'Ferdia Lennon awarded 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature'
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.

Pope to be asked to settle Dublin's cathedral question Pope Leo XIV is to be asked to settle one of the outstanding issues of the Reformation that has affected Dublin for 500 years.

"Pope Leo to be asked to settle Dublin's cathedral question"
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary. “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening. Continue reading...

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians

Launch of Honoured the latest volume of Irish Legal History Society discourses, Confluences of Law and History, in Belfast on Friday, November 14th.

Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world. The detainees include at least two civilians who are being held without charge or trial: a nurse detained in his scrubs, and a young food seller, according to lawyers from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) who represent both men. Continue reading...

Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight

Snap!

Congratulations @leannecalvert.bsky.social - what a brilliant achievement; I can't wait to read it...and eventually watch the movie!

Siegfried Sassoon (1917)

Hi Hannah, I'm delighted you enjoyed it!

Anyone who still uses X (especially any MP in Westminster) must give their head a wobble! Just why would anyone still support X, a platform owned by this divisive, racist moron who constantly undermines this country & threatens the peace & stability of our communities? #ShutDownXNow

YouTube video by cello644 Elegie (Fauré) ／Yo-Yo Ma & Patricia Zander （1983）

God, I love the cello:
(Gabriel Faure's Elegy)
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It really is, Hannah. Some of these morons will claim they are protecting women and children, yet are happy to endanger those inside the centre.

Flag shagging racists really are the worst of us.

UL lecturer Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam. She is wearing a black top and black blazer. She has long black hair and is wearing black glasses. There are festoon lights in the background.

Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam from UL's School of History spoke to Tipperary Live about the Celtic roots of Halloween, and explains how over time the traditions of Halloween have diverged from their Samhain origins.

Watch: www.tipperarylive.ie/video/home/1...

#StudyAtUL @historiankarol.bsky.social

Every 31 October I look in the mirror and say to myself, "HelloIan".

"No one would risk their life at sea if there were a better way. But there's no alternative. That's why we risk our lives."

These are the words of a 15-year-old boy from Guinea rescued at sea by the Berlin-based NGO, @sos-humanity.bsky.social

The Archival Sources and the Administration of Criminal Justice: Using the Scottish Justiciary Court Records This article examines the records of Scotland's early modern criminal court, the justiciary court, which sat in Edinburgh. The focus is on the JC2, JC6, and JC1 series of records. While some of the...

Really excited this is officially out and published! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women ‘The women here are warriors,’ says a midwife in Joal, and contraception is key to their health and life chances. But now UK and US aid cuts threaten to undo years of progress

‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women

Screenshot of the Viabundus website.

A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.

#medievalsky

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@rachelmurphy.bsky.social

Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds Bacteria for paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever found in DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave When Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers died. Researchers now say they have identified two unexpected diseases among soldiers who died in the retreat – paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever – which provide fresh insights into their plight. Continue reading...

Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds

Booker Prize announces new prize for Children's fiction The Booker Prize is a prestigious literary award in Ireland and the UK for fiction announced annually.

The Booker Prize has launched its first award for children’s fiction.
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The crimewave sweeping Britain? Illegal houses in multiple occupation | Aditya Chakrabortty With private-sector villainy and public-sector complicity, what makes this HMO scandal so characteristic of modern Britain is how far the guilt spreads, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The crimewave sweeping Britain? Illegal houses in multiple occupation | Aditya Chakrabortty

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Fraudulent conveyance, imputed income & AI misuse collide in a complex family law case. Good discussion on AI-generated submissions with fake case law flagged as abuse of process (see para 91). X.L. v. Z.L. et al, 2025 ONSC 5880

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Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel. At the time, I didn't see gangs of angry people trying to burn down boxing rings or ban MMA fighters from entering the country. Maybe because the riots last night in Dublin weren't about the victim but about racism and right-wing nationalism.

22 Oct 2025 at 8am is the #DeathStudies #Postdoc meetup. Having been handed the reins of online meeting power by @asdsdeath.bsky.social I'll be guest hosting this month. Morning caffeine strongly recommended! register 👉https://deathandsociety.org/postdoctoral-support-group/ #ASDS #Deathies #ECR