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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Excellent article by @paddyzemia.bsky.social exposing the obstacles that still exist in finding out the whole truth behind the murder of Pat Finucane.

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Excellent article by @paddyzemia.bsky.social exposing the obstacles that still exist in finding out the whole truth behind the murder of Pat Finucane.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

‘The plaque recognises Sarah Doherty's significant contribution to workers' rights, trade unionism and social justice during her lifetime from 1884 – 1947, a transformative period in the city's history’. www.derrystrabane.com/news/blue-pl...

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Derry City & Strabane - Blue Plaque to honour activist and shirt factory worker unveiled

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Paddy Hillyard @paddyzemia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Beyond the Pale Books @btpbooks.bsky.social have made available a Pdf of ‘Garvaghy: A community Under Siege’ published in 1999. It is highly recommended, esp for the NIO and PSNI to understand the community’s trauma and the extent of violence associated with past Orange Order marches in Portadown.

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Dublin South-West PBP @pbpdublinsouthwest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Garvaghy Road: There Are Not Two Sides. The mainstream media present the standoff on Garvaghy Road as a clash between 'two sides' and urge 'calm'. Here Eamonn McCann disputes the 'two communities' approach and explains why the Orange Order is a deeply sectarian organisation. Link to read in comment

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Garvaghy Road: There Are Not Two Sides - REBEL

The clashes in Portadown between Orange marchers and nationalist residents have widely…

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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What an enthralling evening! Philippe Sands is an extraordinary raconteur with an enviable ability to explain legal concepts. He was so generous with his time. I hope he got his plane ok!

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Luke Butterly @lukejbutterly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is being prevented from access to millions of intelligence documents. Government funding for a secure computer system has yet to be agreed, more than two years after the investigation was first announced.

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Finucane inquiry blocked from secret files over funding delay

The inquiry is still waiting for secure infrastructure to handle sensitive intelligence documents

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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Spent the afternoon with friends on the Garvaghy Road, listening to stories of local people’s grief and trauma from the last time around. This is no way to live. Love and solidarity, peace and progress to all. We have come so far. We are one society, one community. We cannot go back.

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Ashley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · 27/09/2026

Today's Labour party would have supported Mosley's fascist march through Jewish areas of London and condemned the anti-fascist coalition who stood in their way.

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh Leeann I’m so very sorry. You had such a bond with little Lola. I understand your heartbreak and my thoughts are with you 💔💔

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

‘All acts of sedition originate in Beal Feirste’ - fantastic t shirt designed by @saraoneill.bsky.social of Eadach fame. My outfit for the panel discussion on Fianna Fáil, Festival of History, Mansion House, Dublin on Sunday at 3 with @mcculld.bsky.social & others. It’s online too!

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Paddy Hillyard @paddyzemia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Pat Finucane Inquiry heard today that it will investigate "the extent to which his killers were encouraged, assisted, protected or directed by the British state". It will also consider the role of state agents in MI5's counter insurgency strategy. For more details see my book: Decades of Deceit

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Statement from President Connolly: We are in a world facing the existential threat posed by war and climate change, both of which are inextricably interlinked. I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.

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Alex Pigot @alexpigotireland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Do you want to protest any welcome being given to Donald Trump in Ireland this weekend? Well then here are some options (pictured below): (And do stay safe peaceful and happy. We want frightened USA citizens to know we stand with them against Trump.) #TrumpsNotWelcomeInIreland

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For those who weren’t able to attend a video of the ‘Women in Revolution‘ webinar is now live on YouTube (link below). Many thanks to @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, @earner.bsky.social, and Catriona Kennedy for taking part. Very grateful to our partners as well.

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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today’s Irish News article on how ambiguous wording has allowed British governments to trick Irish nationalists in the past and could do so again with the Border Poll clause in the Good Friday Agreement, www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Impossible to overstate how important Gloria Steinem was to women of my generation. One of our first role models who became an icon to so many in the succeeding decades.

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Such a great memory Leeann! Nothing would have persuaded us to spend the night there but a few drinks helped us to cope with rain and mud!

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just finished Maggie O’Farrell’s masterpiece and feeling bereft. Such wonderful descriptions of the land and the centuries of change endured by conquest and climate change so beautifully interwoven with the story of a family ✍️⭐️

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tim was very helpful to me when researching Rebel Women, including the family looking in their archives and providing many photos of Cassie. At one time Cassie had McKelvey’s uniform, given to her after his funeral.

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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The arrogance of a British PM who didn't get a single vote in Ireland, telling Irish people in Ireland that an instrument of international law is 'off the table'. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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British PM Andy Burnham says border poll on united Ireland ‘off the table’

‘I see how referenda can really take you backwards because it turns people in on themselves,’ Burnham says in Belfast

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Mobeena @mobeena.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don’t know what the library equivalent of dimming our lights is but whatever it is, we should be doing it for Dolly because what that woman did for literacy deserves so much more recognition than it got

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

An extraordinary woman. We are all the poorer for her loss but hopefully her philanthropic work will continue.

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One minute silence for Roger Casement at the annual Commemoration ceremony held at Murlough Bay. The campaign to have his remains returned to Murlough, in accordance with his wishes, is gaining pace #rogercasement

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CMJohnston @cmjohnston.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

*Shares appreciated* Dear BlueSky, our drinking water comes from just beside here (Lough Neagh, County Antrim) Otters, kingfishers, swans, cormorants and more call this home Due to a near-collapsed local government there are few solutions Please raise awareness @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This “silence breaking” book, long in the making, is entering the world. Preorder here: www.routledge.com/Women-Violen...

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Great research. They were terrible times. Women everywhere faced indifference by the Pensions Board. Many lost their jobs and could not find other work. Single women had no entitlements by the state. Their heroic contributions ignored. My research on Country Antrim reveals a similar picture.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

‘I have just returned from my first visit to the West Bank since 2023. What I saw then was deeply disturbing, but today the situation is far worse. It is now an emboldened and aggressive process of Israeli annexation of Palestinian land unfolding in plain sight’. theelders.org/news/what-we...

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What we saw in the West Bank: Palestine is disappearing

Mary Robinson reflects on her recent trip to the Middle East and the realities she witnessed in the West Bank

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

With welcome recognition of the work of women in Belfast.

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Joe O’Brien @pnamblath.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Powerful from #Fleadh26 on @tg4.bsky.social “My heart is low,my heart is so low As only a mother's heart can be" Róisín El Cherif, Leen, Áine Tyrrell, Aoife Scott, Gráinne Holland, Sive, Aziz Abushark & Mothers Against Genocide Choir ag casadh 'A Mother's Heart for Palestine' #Gaza #FreePalestine

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

After 10 years at the helm of Irish Studies at QUB, with various ups and downs over the last decade, I’m handing over to our new leadership team from Monday. Many thanks to Peter and @siobhraaiken.bsky.social for stepping up to take forward Irish Studies in Belfast! www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

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New Irish Studies Leadership

After 10 years as Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, Prof Peter Gray is handing over to a new leadership team from the start of August 2026.

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The happy lundays! Well done @clairemitchell.bsky.social for all your courage and good humour. May there be many more happy lundays to join you as we work together for a better and shared future.

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

So sorry to hear this Cait. That is brutal. What is going to be left of academia in the future?? But I know you will continue to make important contributions to women’s history. 🫶✍️💪💪

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The stunning portrait of Glen Hansard by Colin Davidson sums up the grief I feel hearing the tragic news of the musician’s untimely death. He has made such an important contribution to Irish culture and will be badly missed. My deepest condolences to his family. RIP Glen 💔

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

MAYO!!! My cousins in Crossmolina are going to have one hell of a night. So long in the waiting and so well deserved! 👏

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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

WELL DONE SPAIN. Trump insulted you - and now he has to hand you the World Cup trophy. GO SPAIN!!!

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 17/07/2026

#DIBLives 'Tell them I have done my duty.' General of Antrim & Commander-in-Chief of the United Irish army of the north, Henry Joy McCracken was court-martialled & sentenced to death. He was executed #OTD 1798 having refused to name other leaders in exchange for clemency. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It’s hard to be shocked these days but this is a whole new level of misogyny and depravity.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 12/07/2026

Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian men's team are paid the same as the women's team. In 2017, they took a voluntary pay cut to allow the women's pay to be increased. The move came from the players' union, not management.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Irish Labour History Society and the Women’s History Association of Ireland are hosting a conference, 24/25 July, Lissadell, Sligo to mark the centenary of the death of Eva Gore-Booth. Early booking is advised for what will be a gathering of historians & feminists to consider Eva’s legacy. 👇🏼

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Driving home without realising there was about to be a march. Duh. Traffic chaos. Every bloody year the roads are taken over by endless marching bands either ‘practicing’ or parading where they are not wanted. And the bonfires get higher. Loathe this time of year.

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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I really don't love how now the Jeffrey Donaldson headlines are "he had sex with men!!!!!" and not "he abused children, sexually assaulted at least one woman, and is a gigantic hypocrite".

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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I love him! He always does the right thing, and with such coolness. 😍

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