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Bríd McGrath

@bridmcgrath.bsky.social
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Historian of #earlyModern #Irish #parliaments and towns & palaeography. #Gaeilge agus fáilte. #Cyclist. Fellow Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.bsky.social ORCID ID 0000-0003-0636-0499

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The world will remember how the EU and its member states respond to this catastrophic tragedy. Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitutes complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its states claim to uphold www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Former EU ambassadors warn: Europe’s silence on Gaza is complicity
In an open letter, 58 former EU envoys urge the bloc to end arms exports, sanction Israel, and stop atrocity crimes.
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Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
#BREAKING International Court of Justice issues a ground-breaking judgement affirming legal obligations on States to take action on climate. #ICJ #ClimateJustice Live stream here: go.icj-cij.org/4f3KGgM
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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Request for Tenders: EU Presidency Advocacy Support. The Environmental Pillar has planned a specific workstream in relation to the Irish EU Presidency and is seeking additional capacity to support in the development and implementation of our workplan environmentalpillar.ie/request-for-...
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History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
#History #SkyStorians Giving our Research Bursary scheme another plug! Deadline 15 August.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Gaza is being starved by Israel. Aid is available but the Israelis are refusing to allow access to those who need it. Time is running out fast. If you’re based in Ireland, please email your TD now to demand the government takes action to ensure the aid gets in. action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ga...
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Gaza needs food - not words
I just emailed my local TDs demanding the government does all it can to let food into Gaza. Will you do the same?
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
"Do we really believe that this is going to be limited to Palestine and the Middle East?" ― UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenparty.ie · 22/07/2025
The new National Development Plan proposals released today represent yet another retreat from real #ClimateAction by the government greenparty.ie/news/governm... #NDP @hazelchu.bsky.social @rodericogorman.bsky.social @pidgeon.ie
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Government's abandonment of climate ambition can be seen in revised NDP allocations | Green Party
A huge bait-and-switch: Government's abandonment of climate ambition can be seen in revised NDP allocations
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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 22/07/2025
€22bn allocated for transport in the NDP of which €2bn we know is for MetroLink. There's zero reference to where the other €20bn will go.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
25 foreign ministries have made a joint statement calling for "the war in Gaza to end now", including the UK, much of the EU [not Hungary], Canada, Japan, Norway, Switzerland www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Occupied Palestinian Territories: joint statement, 21 July 2025
The UK and 28 international partners gave a joint statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Gaza is now officially in IPC Phase 5, the final stage of hunger. Designated as 'catastrophe'. A further 67 of the starving were killed by IDF soldiers yesterday trying to access food. Witnesses say the victims had their hands held in the air. One day, everyone will have always been against this.
A Palestinian girl cries out for food with her hands held out at a charity kitchen amid the famine in Gaza. She is surrounded by other young, anguished children. This photo was taken on Thurs July 11, 2025 after at least 10 children were killed by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point. More Palestinians have now been killed just waiting for food than the number of victims killed in the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7.
Photograph credit is to Ebrahim Hajjaj of Reuters
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 21/07/2025
In Lebanon, over 200,000 Palestine Refugees depend on UNRWA for essential services including education, healthcare, and humanitarian assistance. Amid the crises and increasing needs, #UNRWAworks to uphold dignity, and critical access to services. 📄 Learn more: www.unrwa.org/resources/fa...
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Tóchar Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Loved this special - #bogs #peatlands @npwsireland.bsky.social and looking forward to hearing @janeclarke.bsky.social read in @nlireland.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social event on Saturday - we've a few late release tickets - message us if you want to put your name on one #IntBogDay
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 21/07/2025
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues. Food prices have increased 40 fold. UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza. Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
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Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Fears of a Russian invasion are palpable in the Baltic states. My views at #MacGill25 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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‘Almost impossible’ for Irish people to understand Baltic fear of Russian invasion, says ex-MEP
Ciarán Cuffe says Germany and Austria find it very difficult to recognise magnitude of human slaughter in Palestine
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
If you read one thing today - make it this by @andrimagnason.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o... gift share #climate change is everything change
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Opinion | The Icelandic Landscape Is Changing, and It’s Changing Us
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Bríd McGrath @bridmcgrath.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Oh God that’s all we need.
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Today in Glasgow a man is arrested for holding a sign reading "Genocide in Palestine. Time to take action" Meanwhile the head of the Israeli air force who has overseen the killing of thousands of Palestinians is welcomed to an RAF conference www.thenational.scot/news/2532523...
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UK welcome for Israeli military chief responsible for Gaza slaughter
AN Israeli military chief who has overseen the slaughter of thousands of Palestinians is visiting the UK.
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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
“Only god”, terror and fear in ICE detention www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
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“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
That's the question of our time.
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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We have now published the programme for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference at UCD on 21-22 August. All details can be found here: tudorstuartireland.com/2025-confere...
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2025 Conference (TSIXIII)
The 13th Annual Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference (TSIXIII) takes place in University College Dublin from 21-22 August 2025. Please register for the conference via Eventbrite here. Our confe…
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
An interesting development:
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Defending decency.
I regret the decision of the United States Government to impose sanctions on Ms. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Ms. Albanese was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Special Rapporteurs are an essential instrument of the Council in fulfilling its mandate to promote and protect all human rights worldwide. I call on all UN Member States to fully cooperate with the Special Rapporteurs and mandate holders of the Council and to refrain from any acts of intimidation or reprisal against them.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Looks like a full house in Kilkenny this evening for my talk titled #Climate and the Everything Emergency. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 16/07/2025
Two-year-old Laila Khatib was shot in the head by Israeli forces while inside her home in the occupied #WestBank. According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Israeli forces have repeatedly used unnecessary, disproportionate, and often lethal force against Palestinians.
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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Oireachtas committee hears the anti-semitism card played in support of Israel as Alan Shatter brazenly misrepresents the bill on trade with Israeli-backed settlements in the Occupied Territories as a ‘boycott Jews bill’. A charge that’s both unfair and false. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Sharp exchanges follow Alan Shatter’s comparison of occupied territories trade ban with 1930s Germany
Committee chair said it was ‘hurtful’ and ‘slanderous’ to claim bill was motivated by antisemitism
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Bríd McGrath @bridmcgrath.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
So much looking forward to not voting for Mairead McGuinness for president.
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marcus mac conghail @mainnena.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Thosnaigh sraith nua de 'Aistí ón Aer' ar Raidió na Gaeltachta Dé hAoine. Le clos sa gclár sin bhí píosaí le Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill, Billy Lynch, Úna Nic Cárthaigh, Aisling Nic an Bhaird, agus Aindriú de Paor. Is féidir éisteacht siar leis an gclár ag an nasc seo: www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/c...
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Aistí ón Aer Dé hAoine 11 Iúil 2025
Sraith ina gcloisfear aistí nua-scríofa ag réimse leathan scríbhneoirí ar iliomad ábhar.
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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Studying #earlymodern #bookhistory, #rarebooks, or print culture? Antwerp’s Museum Plantin-Moretus & the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library offer unmatched treasures. Apply for the Nottebohm Fellowship by October 1: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/fell...! 💙📚📜
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Fellowship Programme | Museum Plantin-Moretus
The Plantin-Moretus Museum and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for res...
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
From the current issue: “Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England” by John Walter (@phaisessex.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Shaking Hands and the Politics of Touch in Early Modern England*
ABSTRACT. Drawing on work in the social sciences on the handshake, this article examines the role of the handshake as a form of gestural communication and
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Trócaire @trocaire.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
CEO Recruitment: Trócaire are inviting applications for the position of Chief Executive Officer. The CEO of Trócaire leads the organisation, ensuring excellence in all aspects of the organisation’s work. For further information, and to apply, please visit: apply.workable.com/trocaire/j/7...
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CEO Recruitment 
Trocaire are inviting applications for the position of Chief Executive Officer 

The CEO of Trócaire leads the organisation, ensuring excellence in all aspects of work:
Development & implementation of organisational strategy
Governance, finance & funding
Risk management
Stakeholder engagement & organisational culture. 

Apply Now 
Deadline for Applications: 11 August
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
This story is horrifying. And it's just one of many. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 15/07/2025
DLR Connector: How well will it connect? Better than most projects, but not all if it doesn’t get the support it needs -- Connector project will bring a jump in safety, accessibility and enable activity. Comment & Analysis: This article takes an in-depth look at the details of the 8km DLR…
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DLR Connector: How well will it connect? Better than most projects, but not all if it doesn’t get the support it needs
-- Connector project will bring a jump in safety, accessibility and enable activity. Comment & Analysis: This article takes an in-depth look at the details of the 8km DLR Connector project. But if you support safer streets for people outside of cars in Dublin, you should act today and respond to the public consultation now. The non-statutory public consultation ends today, and regardless of any of the details outlined in this article, …
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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Wow, One of the biggest factors in ghg emissions, diet and food production, didn't even feature? Government survey finds majority of the public think it's doing a bad job on climate jrnl.ie/6740424 @thejournal.ie
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Government survey finds majority of the public think it's doing a bad job on climate
Just over one in seven people who responded to the survey believed that the Government is delivering a clear climate action plan.
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
A really important investigation. Is Irish dairy feeding the world, or is it putting small local African farmers out of business to sell a sub-standard reconstituted milk product with questionable health outcomes for the local population?
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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Irish dairy ‘feeding the world’ we are told. Sustainable, grass fed, green. Government funded. Meanwhile the industry is profiting from selling inferior milk product in West Africa. Insightful analysis from @desmog.com #SpeirGorm
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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
CETA and The Irish government's push to let companies sue the state for profit-damaging legislation, like environmental or social protection measures: Tomorrow an Oireachtas committee has been asked to waive scrutiny of a proposed bill aimed at ratifying CETA. Email them now: tinyurl.com/2ykaj45k
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Insist on Pre-legislative scrutiny
I just emailed Committee members asking them to reject Simon Harris's attempt to rush through the changes to the Arbitration Act that would allow him to fast track CETA ratification. Can you do the sa...
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/07/2025
The Royal Historical Society is a fellowship of professional historians. We welcome applications from historians working in education and many other sectors. Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding through research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
Image of crowd with text: 'Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship. Fellowship recognizes the scholarly contribution of historians working in all sectors of professional history. Next closing date: Monday 11 August 2025'
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 14/07/2025
There has been no respite for #PalestineRefugees in the occupied #WestBank. Israeli Forces have demolished dozens of buildings in the last few days. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said at the Caux Forum that “annexation is well underway.” This is a violation of international law.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13/07/2025
A medieval abbey in Hungary is battling a beetle infestation threatening its ancient book collection.
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Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation
A medieval abbey in Hungary is battling a beetle infestation threatening its ancient book collection.
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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The tenant in situ scheme really works as a means of preventing homelessness. To underfund it when homeless figures are so high is madness. I have a number of D15 constituents caught by this funding freeze. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
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‘The stress is inhumane’: Second Dublin council pauses scheme to buy homes of tenants at risk of homelessness
Fingal County Council has exhausted its budget for the scheme, having purchased 33 homes
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Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Absolutely barbaric. Ignoring the spirit of last wk’s deal with EU Foreign Policy chief @kajakallas.bsky.social who secured an agreement to improve humanitarian access. What’s point of getting food into Gaza if people are slaughtered trying to access it? And yet EU member states will ignore this..
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Daniel Mulhall @danmulhall.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
This really needs to stop. Hamas’s attack on Israel was horrendous & Israel was within its rights to hit back, but there has to be some limit to the scale & duration of the retaliation. It is not antisemitic to make that case. All hostages should of course be released. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, emergency officials say
The Israeli military has not yet commented on the strike, which witnesses said hit a crowd queuing to get water at a refugee camp.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Albanese: This reminds me of Mafia intimidation techniques. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Updates: Israel kills 45 in Gaza as UN says starvation ‘worse than ever’
These were the updates from Israel’s war on Gaza for July 11, 2025.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Mark the date: an incredible landmark as #solar power becomes EU's number one source of electricity in June 2025. Everything is impossible – until it's done. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Solar tops EU power mix for first time in June, Ember says
Solar power was the European Union's largest source of electricity for the first time in June, overtaking nuclear and wind while coal's contribution fell to an all-time low, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Thursday.
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Bríd McGrath @bridmcgrath.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
My first time on the Western Rail corridor- travelling to Ennis. We need more rail. #loveTrains
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 10/07/2025
“It’s been 640+ days on the ongoing ban of international media from entering #Gaza. A ban on the truth & independent reporting. A ban to further deepen the polarized narrative. A ban to cover up for the atrocities against civilians." — UNRWA Commissioner-General
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