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Count Cormacula @cormacos.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Aslan can’t be played by a woman! How can one woman play five lads from the Finglas/Ballymun area of Dublin?!

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One of the things I miss about Twitter is seeing some interesting academic type on the telly and being able to find and follow them there. Lot of nerds here, but not enough. We may need to start hunting and trapping PhDs

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We have been in the local Woolworths and the pound shop, and had a nice meal of lasagne in Wetherspoons.

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This year, we have demonstrated a deep commitment to public engagement, bridging academic research with advocacy, media, and policy influence. Read about this and more on our annual report here ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Snippets from Peter Robinson's pamhplet 'The North Answers Back' (1969): He is writing at a time when 'the Ulster Loyalist gasps for breath', in a period of 'the poison of Papist propaganda' (nice bit of alliteration there). In the wake of the '69 'Uprising' which he deems a 'Plot'. ...

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Saw this on the temporarily renamed Dawson Street yesterday.

A new street sign placed over the Dawson Street signage in Dublin 2. New sign reads Madeleine Ffrench-Mullen Street in both English and Irish.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

oh my god and I thought Andy Burnham was a shoo-in

Screenshot of the BBC coverage, with the caption “Bellingham starts at number 10”.

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It brilliant to have Crime and Punishment in Irish History out now in the new Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History, shepherded through by Gautham, and thank you to the amazing Eleanor - an opportunity to do a bit of rereading and put together this guide: doi-org.may.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/9780...

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

When all sides signed up to ceasefires, the Good Friday Agreement and paramilitary disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR), loyalist paramilitary groups kept recruiting and tightening control. In 2020, the UDA was estimated to have 5000 members and the UVF, around 7,500. [2/n]

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Loyalist paramilitary groups in NI 'have 12,500 members'

Briefings, based on PSNI and MI5 intelligence, have been obtained by BBC NI's Spotlight.

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The New IRA's no-star review for Disclosure Day was a bit harsh.

A billboard for Disclosure Day, with an image of Emily Blunt, and graffiti of 'New "IRA"' scrawled on the bottom.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 24/06/2026

It was an emotional report launch for the Oireachtas joint committee on drug use, who called to decriminalise possession for personal use. "This is why I ran," Senator Lynn Ruane said. "While this committee was sitting, I lost more friends." jrnl.ie/7080292

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'I've lost friends during this': Emotional scenes as committee backs radical drug law change

‘This is why I ran’ Senator Ruane said of the report’s recommendations.

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Following the 2026 Belfast pogroms, End Deportations Belfast were invited to write for the @ppr-org.bsky.social : We R.I.S.E. Together campaign. Our piece, ‘Pogroms, Paramilitarism and Policing’ offers analysis on years of abject failure to keep communities safe.

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Pogroms, paramilitarism and policing | R.I.S.E

The PSNI are failing in their duties of detecting and investigating crime online from known extremists, even when they lead to intimidation, violence and threats on life.

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

‘Sad day for Ireland’s future’: In a letter to Higher Education Minister, 2,300 academics criticise Research Ireland’s strategy, saying it is an assault on Ireland’s research ecosystem, with too much focus on industry interests www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...

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‘Sad day for Ireland’s future’: Academics and Research Ireland row over how to spend €4.55bn of taxpayers’ money

In a letter to Higher Education Minister, 2,300 academics criticise state agency’s strategy, saying it was an assault on Ireland’s research ecosystem, with too much focus on industry interests

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Sharp criticism of BBC NI from an ex-insider: He says it has "sucked money away from" in-depth journalism to online stuff, much of which is "news generated from pressure groups...producing the ever-present headline of 'X has called on the Executive to’."

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I once caused a ‘tumbleweed’ moment at a BBC NI strategy meeting... but now it’s time chiefs saw reality over future

Savings aren’t the answer, it’s the funding model that needs to change

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Treasure trove of these in Stokes Books, George's Arcade @historyireland.bsky.social, going back to at least 1999 (party like it's).

Stack of back issues of the popular magazine History Ireland in a second-hand bookstore, Dublin.

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This is so timely. 'Within the heightened politicization of the 2020s debate on immigration, the role of non-state actors is clear... campaigning groups calling for the borders to be closed and equally in the role of activists in attempting to document and disrupt crossborder racial proling.'

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

"This entire kitchen suite, hand crafted from ancient oak, could be yours for only £1,299 excluding VAT and installation."

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We need more mid-budget 90s style thrillers with titles like "Arousing Suspicion" or "Hostile Witness" where the female lawyers all talk like they're narrating an M&S Food ad and there's a judge who raises his eyebrow during testimony and Ashley Judd is in it and the soundtrack has saxophone

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Dr Maria A. Deiana @drdeiana.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Dance first, think later? This is a project I have been working on for a while. If you have journeyed through clubs, raves, dancefloors, sounds and crowds of 1990s/early 2000s Northern Ireland I would love to chat!

The image contains a disco ball in a purple & yellow background and states If you have tales from the dancefloor, clubs, rave and the spaces in between I would love to hear from you for my research on dance culture in Northern Ireland contact dr Maria A. Deiana Queen’s University Belfast m.deiana@qub.ac.uk

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Our key note speaker prof Sarah Richardson speaking now - on women and state and its challenges @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

How has there not been an Irish horror film with this title yet

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Thank you to Eoghan McNeill of @wereontheditch.bsky.social for speaking with humour and insight at our event on border violence this week AND for validating my life choices!

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who took part, who came along to speak and listen, and thank you to @niamhkeady-tabbal.bsky.social and @mu-ssi.bsky.social @maynoothlaw.bsky.social for making it possible.

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The Ditch’s Eoghan McNeill speaks at Maynooth University tomorrow, 20 May, at the event Ireland's Hidden Border Violence. From 12pm. More information here: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

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Ireland’s Hidden Border Violence

The border on the island of Ireland is often described as

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Luke Butterly @lukejbutterly.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I will be speaking at Maynooth University tomorrow, 20 May, at the event Ireland's Hidden Border Violence. From 12pm. More information here: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

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Ireland’s Hidden Border Violence

The border on the island of Ireland is often described as

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

End Deportations Belfast will be on a panel at this very important event at @maynoothuniversity.ie on May 20th 2026. 28 years on from the Good Friday Agreement, the imposition of border controls undermines peace progress and the very idea of a shared island.

Ireland's Hidden Border Violence May 20th 2026 Maynooth

The border on the island of Ireland is often described as "soft" or "invisible" — yet for migrants, asylum seekers and racialised communities

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Britain, 2335: The budget ceremony begins with the traditional Announcement of the Fuel Duty Rise. Two months later, there will be the traditional Postponement of the Fuel Duty Rise, continuing a ritual begun centuries earlier by Chancellors in the Fossil Fuel era

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David Phinnemore @dphinnemore.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Out today: latest report by @katyhayward.bsky.social and me on the views of voters in Northern Ireland on Brexit, the Windsor Framework and UK-EU Relations. Some key findings 👇 Full report available via @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/post-b...

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matthewcr @matthewcr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

make her feel divine make her feel desired makerfield by-election

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I am hugely looking forward to events tomorrow: Small symposium on "Ogham - the earliest written Irish" in the Lismore Heritage Centre (Co. Waterford), plus a visit to the ogham stones around Dungarvan. ...and you can expect a surprise announcement.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 14/05/2026

Andy Burnham will force Keir Starmer to quit as PM by standing in by-election after by-election until Labour loses its majority.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It’s mortifying to be scrambling to fill a bookstore event but that’s the reality. I’m in Scotland and England next week. There are tix left for these events. The London one will be cancelled if I don’t sell some tickets soon so all pre-bookings and help with getting the word out is appreciated.

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Ulster Folk Museum @ulsterfolkmuseum.org · 12/05/2026

Druid is a touring theatre company based in the west of Ireland. For those of us who experienced a wonderful and baffling few minutes thinking that the University of Galway was hiring a druid.

A postcard from the early 1900s. A man holds his head in one hand, baffled, as if to say, 'How could I have thought the University of Galway was hiring a druid?'

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 12/05/2026

DKIT is to be renamed Dundalk University College as part of its "all-island university" partnership with Queen's University Belfast.

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DKIT to be renamed Dundalk University College

DKIT is to be renamed Dundalk University College as part of its "all-island university" partnership with Queen's University Belfast.

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

For all the budding legal historians, the Irish Legal History Society's essay prize deadline has been extended to 2nd June (something about a bank holiday and my unrealistic expectations of how people should spend it): www.irishlegalhistorysociety.org?page_id=1464

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Student Essay Competition – Irish Legal History Society

Undergraduates and postgraduates are invited to submit essays on any period of Irish legal history to compete for the Irish Legal History Society Student Essay Competition, now in its fifth year.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I disgraced myself.