Louise Sarsfield Collins

RITH DON PHALAISTÍN LE KNEECAP & CAIRDE Dé Céadaoin 17 Nollaig Cruinniú ag 1pm Dalymount Park, Dublin St Peter’s Road bealach isteach Bí linn le haghaidh Rith 10k ó Dalymount go dtí an Áras agus ar ais chun airgead a bhailliú do The Gaza Food & Play Project SÍNTIÚSÍ AG AN NASC/CÓD QR https://donorbox.org/food-parcels-for-gaza-1 (Logos at bottom: ACLAI, Irish Sport for Palestine, Dublin’s Original Bohemian Football Club Since 1890, Run for Palestine)

RUN FOR PALESTINE WITH KNEECAP & FRIENDS Wednesday 17th Dec. Meeting at 1pm Dalymount Park, Dublin St Peter’s Road entrance Join us for a 10k Run from Dalymount to the Áras and back to raise funds for The Gaza Food & Play Project DONATIONS VIA LINK / QR CODE https://donorbox.org/food-parcels-for-gaza-1 (Logos at bottom: ACLAI, Irish Sport for Palestine, Dublin’s Original Bohemian Football Club Since 1890, Run for Palestine)

December 17th meet at Bohs 🏃

We are highlighting a selection of e-books to support greater understanding of gender-based violence and its impact on this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 📚This day encourages us to learn, reflect and advocate for change. Explore now via LibrarySearch 🔎

Librarians versus the world Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…

Latest post from @therealrw.bsky.social is interesting reading about Australian and New Zealand librarians efforts to promote open access to research publications and a call to action for academics to withdraw free labour to journals researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...

There is no "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".

I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.

This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.

You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...

Congratulations Dr O'Brien 🍾

A link to a petition to save Geography, its staff, department and degree programmes at Leicester University, UK

SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share

www.change.org/p/save-geogr...

Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful

Solidarity with workers in schools
#PensionParity

Poster for Fórsa’s National Rally for Pension Parity. Large teal text reads: 'NATIONAL RALLY for Pension Parity.' Below in black and pink text: 'Join us in Dublin on Thursday 28th August at 11am outside the Department of Public Expenditure on Merrion Square.' At the bottom, a red banner states: 'PENSION PARITY NOW for School Secretaries and Caretakers.' The Fórsa logo is in the top right corner. A circular badge shows a stick figure holding balanced scales with the words 'Pension Parity in Schools' around the edge.

Want a way to support the School Secretaries and Caretakers Strike?

Join them on their 1st day of strike outside the Dept of Public Expenditure for a HUGE rally.

Thursday 28th August, 11am, Merrion Square. See you there! #PensionParity

Absolutely ridiculous that this is still an issue! Pension parity now and solidarity with workers going on strike tomorrow - their work is vital to our schools #pensionparity #solidarity #joinaunion

The annual school transport issues in the news again

Fair play to whoever this is holding up a Palestinian flag with “Let the aid in” on it right behind Micheál Martin as the Sam Maguire is presented 🇵🇸❤️

Instagram post explaining the Fourth Of July event in Killarney "IT'S NOT JUST A PARADE... THIS PARADE IS A DECLARATION AND CELEBRATION OF U.S. DOMINANCE OVER IRELAND AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. BEHIND THE COLOURFUL STARS AND STRIPES HIDES THE EXPLOITATION OF THE WORKING CLASS AND OPPRESSED PEOPLES. PROFITEERING FROM WAR... U.S. 40% OF ALL GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING. U.S. ARMS CORPORATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES PROFIT FROM WARS WORLDWIDE. THE U.S. MILITARY POLLUTES THE EQUIVALENT OF 51 METRIC TONS OF CO2 ANNUALLY. THE U.S. FUNDS GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE... THE U.S. HAS GIVEN OVER €10.5 BILLION IN DIRECT MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL SINCE OCTOBER 7TH TO FUND THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS. PARADING U.S. PATRIOTISM HELPS TO OVERLOOK THE ATROCITIES THAT THE U.S. IS ENGAGED IN. OUR MESSAGE... WE'RE NOT ANTI-AMERICAN -WE'RE ANTI-IMPERIALISM. WE STAND WITH PALESTINE AND OPPRESSED NATIONS. RESIST MILITARISM AND IMPERIALISM IN IRELAND. TOURIST BASED ECONOMICS CREATES AN UNSTABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR LOCAL WORKERS. STOP WAR"

Instagram post showing people waving Palestine flags, with the text "Peaceful Vigil For Palestine Killarney for Palestine invite you to a peaceful and family friendly vigil on Friday July 4th at 6.30pm at the Market Cross, Killarney (3F5R+P8) All are welcome to join us in peaceful solidarity and support for the people of Palestine"

Killarney For Palestine are organising a vigil to coincide with the Fourth of July parade there - they're looking for as many people as possible to join them, and if you can play a drum or other loud percussion instrument and bring it with you, even better. www.instagram.com/p/DLmSBWuNNh...

I did not know about the copy button, thank you for pointing it out and saving me typing time.

🚨ALERT🚨

Thiago Ávila and Rima Hassan are now held in solitary confinement under punitive and inhumane conditions:

Thiago was placed in isolation in Ayalon Prison due to his ongoing hunger and thirst strike, which he began two days ago.

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Back in my day, seizing a boat and abducting passengers was called piracy, and doing it for ideological reasons was called terrorism.

BBC News screenshot with the text: “Gaza aid ship with Greta Thunberg onboard diverted by Israeli forces Summary • Israeli forces have intercepted a yacht carrying activists and a small quantity of humanitarian aid that was trying to reach the Gaza Strip • Climate activist Greta Thunberg and a French lawmaker are among 12 people aboard the vessel, Thunberg says they have been "kidnapped"

The BBC saying that the flotilla has been “diverted” is as sickening as the *kidnapping* itself tbh

I've just launched a survey exploring the experiences of Britons living in the EU, EEA, EFTA of accessing and securing their post-Brexit rights, five years on. Open to Brits of all ages across the EU - please share widely! #Brexit #BritsinEU lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

All eyes on deck
#AllEyesOnDeck #ProtectMadleen #BreakTheSiege #spéirghorm #Mayo #Gaza

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time” Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...

Fucking hell

We are PhD researchers with advice for US colleagues: don’t come to Ireland Why would you do your PhD in Ireland when you can get decent pay, working conditions and dignity as a researcher in Germany or Sweden?

Excellent (albeit depressing) read in the Irish Times about the poor treatment of PhD Researchers in Ireland and the undermining of ideas of research and education for the public good. | We are PhD researchers with advice for US colleagues: Don’t come to Ireland

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

Oliver Sears: Seeing Israel use hunger as a weapon of war is monstrous to me as someone with a Holocaust legacy Deliberate starvation of an entire people is a monstrous strategy, openly endorsed by cabinet members - horrifying, illegal and counter to Jewish morality and collective memory

1/ Many people involved in Holocaust awareness for years and/or with family members involved in the resistance to the Nazis, have held this view for a very long time and it is good to see others now step forward in this way. This a genocide not a war, it must end www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too?

I signed. You should too unless you live on Strand Road and think you’re better than me

Academic Matters - What's changed? Thank you for taking our survey.

We’ve hit 500 responses – help us reach 1,000.

IFUT’s national survey on academic work is live. We’re gathering voices from across Higher Education to campaign for job security, fair workloads & better conditions.

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Photo taken of the front of the 2018 March for Choice. The people at the front of the crowd are holding a large horizontal banner that says Free Safe Legal in purple lettering. There's many banners, placards and flags receding into the distance and the street where the photo is taken is wedged with people. It's a very sunny day and everyone is smiling and cheering

7 years ago, we voted to remove the 8th amendment from the Constitution. This allows the government to create legislation regulating abortion provision.

Since then we've had Marie O’Shea’s review recommendations published, but not implemented.

The colonialism of British TERFs is through the roof. Again. This open letter from Irish feminists to British transphobes in 2018 remains relevant.

Where was JK Rowling's money for #RepealThe8th? But she has it to spread British Anti-LGBT hate in Ireland? #Spéirgorm

feministire.com/2018/01/22/a...

The route of our National Demonstration for Palestine tomorrow. Join us. All out for Palestine! #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine 🇵🇸