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Dr Pauline McGonagle

@pgmcgonagle.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Mod Lit, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Donegalian. AHRC PhD at Exeter/BL on archive of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.@unigroningen@bsky.social

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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 6h
palestinewillbefree.substack.com/p/israel-vio...
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Israel violates Gaza ‘ceasefire’ 5,147 times, kills 1,421 Palestinians as Smotrich reiterates genocide plans
In the absence of any concerted effort to stop the Israelis, the killings continue with total impunity, with no end in sight.
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 25/09/2026
At the UN General Assembly Ministerial Meeting on UNRWA, Commissioner-General a.i. Christian Saunders called on Member States to advocate for the Agency’s ability to operate. Continued financial support is essential to sustain services for #Palestine Refugees. www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Please find the ENSFR Events Programme below. ENSFR Events Programme - Autumn 2026 ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/09/19/e...
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ENSFR Events Programme – Autumn 2026
Links to the individual events: ENSFR General Meeting: September 28 @ 18 h 00 min – 19 h 00 min The Short Story Salon: October 19 @ 18 h 00 min – 19 h 00 min Short Story Anthologies Rou…
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Diplomats reveal how Australia withdrew from sanctions talks at 11th hour
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
irishexaminer.com
Letters to the Editor: Ireland's subjugation should inform us about reality of Palestine
'There is something rotten in the state of Ireland’s democracy. The Government’s handling of the Occupied Territories Bill, between 2020 and 2026, has had critical consequences'
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a genuinely incredible post: comparing slavery to the liberation of the Netherlands during WWII effectively reduces Britain's centuries-long involvement in slavery and the slave trade to the act of abolition. The real problem about the legacies of empire is apparently a lack of gratitude 🫪
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Israel’s settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-state solution www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
Worldview: Israel’s settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-State solution
Netanyahu boasted in 2025 that ‘we are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state.’
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gazan student says visa refusal ‘worst feeling I have ever experienced’ www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
irishtimes.com
Gazan student says visa refusal ‘worst feeling I have ever experienced’
Applicant one of three to be awarded full scholarship but all refused visas in July
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Palestinian students suffer academic 'apartheid' in Israeli academia Palestinian students discriminated against in Israeli higher education, new report from human rights legal centre, Adalah, exposes
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Palestinian students suffer academic 'apartheid' in Israeli institutions
Palestinian students discriminated against in Israeli higher education, new report from human rights legal centre, Adalah, exposes
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Will someone at Fruugo like @lizzycscott.bsky.social (non exec Dir) help me please. Your company is impossible to get help from. Appalling service so far on @fruugo,com
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/fruu... Has anyone ordered items through these. Impossible to get help or speak to a human.
bsky.app
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Widespread Poverty in Gaza Is Forcing Children to Become Breadwinners truthout.org/articles/wid...
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Widespread Poverty in Gaza Is Forcing Children to Become Breadwinners
“Here I am, thousands of miles away from my dreams,” said one 14-year-old.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They Told the World the War Was Over—Gaza Knows Better www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza...
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They Told the World the War Was Over—Gaza Knows Better | Common Dreams
A ceasefire cannot mean peace when people are still being killed, buried under rubble, and denied the basic conditions for rebuilding their lives.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Student from Gaza shares experience of studying in Ireland
Podcast Episode · Moncrieff · 8 September · 22min
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."
nicklowles.substack.com
Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My brother in law one of these guys. Well done Eunan Doherty.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'Despite posting losses, five of the seven Russell Group universities increased spending on executive pay the same year – while the number of staff with £100,000 salaries rose at six of them. Leeds had the biggest rise in executive pay at 7.6 per cent, paying senior leaders a total of £3.4m.' Hmm
inews.co.uk
The seven elite universities losing millions of pounds… while bosses' pay rises
Russell Group universities are axing jobs and cutting courses as the sector faces a financial crisis fuelled by a drop in international students
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Are these the Irish values that we will soon be testing potential citizens on?
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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As a relatively new Irish Citizen, this is so disappointing. It smacks of some surface-level attempt to look tough on immigration. If you haven't a parent or grandparent, getting citizenship is difficult, time consuming and often very expensive already. This is lousy politics.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What an excellent film ‘Steve’ is. Anyone read the novella ‘Shy’?
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Why would any country not want to boycott the criminal proceeds of murder, theft, arson ... "Ireland's Senate approved legislation to boycott products made in Israeli settlements ... the first by a country in the European Union" 'Ireland stands in solidarity with Palestine ' meme via Steve Price
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Palestine News @palestinenews.smitsky.nl · 05/09/2026
UN: No Place or Person Is Safe in Gaza | Safa News Agency - English Edition #palestine #safa
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UN: No Place or Person Is Safe in Gaza | Safa News Agency - English Edition
SAFA — Nearly a year after a ceasefire was declared in Gaza, Palestinians continue to face deadly threats from Israeli attacks, with the United Nations warning Friday that “no place or person is safe”
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An evacuation to Ireland anniversary told with skill. Deserves more attention. Please see his Substack articles. @maynoothenglish.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @ipsc.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @rteone.rte.ie @unhcr.org @refugeecouncil.bsky.social @wearenotnumbers.bsky.social
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Glen Campbell @glenkcampbell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We are recruiting an Irish Language Editor at the EU Publications Office! ⁣⁣📍 Location: Luxembourg ⁣ 📌 Grade: AST 1, AST 2, AST 3 📅 Deadline: 11 September 2026, 12:00 (Brussels time) ⁣ 🔎 Read the notice on: link.europa.eu/cRFqNR @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social @naomiohreally.bsky.social
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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today, one year ago, Alaa Alqaisi fled Gaza. In this incisive new essay, she reflects on the thin border between freedom and captivity Available today as an eBook from our website: skeinpress.com/product/the-...
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Business Post @businesspost.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
European Commission to hit Google with fresh fines
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European Commission to hit Google with fresh fines
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An evacuation to Ireland anniversary told with skill. Deserves more attention. Please see his Substack articles. @maynoothenglish.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @ipsc.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @rteone.rte.ie @unhcr.org @refugeecouncil.bsky.social @wearenotnumbers.bsky.social
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Dekila Chungyalpa (བདེ་དཀྱིལ་) @dchungyalpa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As a Himalayan person, I want to name the relief I feel to hear it called what it is. This is a climate disaster - a GLOF outburst worsened by hydropower dams - now happening with such regularity and growing intensity that we can count on at least one large one in the region every single year.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Will Ireland continue to take TikTok’s money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
Will Ireland continue to take TikTok’s money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will
We are living off the immoral earnings generated by deliberately addictive and toxic content aimed at children
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now? my.uplift.ie/petitions/vi... @uplift.ie
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Visa for Gaza students
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
substack.com/@pauline1651...
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Pauline | Substack
An addiction to books is my problem.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
academicsforpalestinewa.substack.com/p/the-extrao...
academicsforpalestinewa.substack.com
The extraordinary judgment of Justice Fagan — key takeaways
Abraham Edwards
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Le'Hodia; All Happy Joyful News Links & Opinions! @hasidicyiddish.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Israel’s arrest of Ramallah’s ‘doctor of the poor’ shows Palestinians that no one is safe – Mondoweiss mondoweiss.net/2026/08/isra...
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Israel’s arrest of Ramallah’s ‘doctor of the poor’ shows Palestinians that no one is safe
The arrest and abuse of “doctor of the poor” Mazen Rantisi signal that no one is safe from Israel’s assault on Palestinian life in the West Bank. Rantisi’s daughter says he was targeted because he hel...
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Reconnecting with English environment in local park, communal garden and fish feeding duty in communal pond.
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
People my group have written to about the impact of mass redundancies on teaching quality, research and PhD supervision: VC; DVC for Education; DVC for Research; Dean; Head of School; Students’ Union President; Chair of Governors. People who have replied: 0.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Just as a matter of interest, *any* use of AI in scholarly writing is tantamount to plagiarism. You don’t know whose work the AI has trained on, so you can’t give them proper acknowledgment or make an appropriate citation.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A site created by his former students
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I found the racism of my black Irish childhood embarrassing. Now it has given way to fear. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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I found the racism of my black Irish childhood embarrassing. Now it has given way to fear
Growing up in Waterford, I naively believed Ireland might sidestep the entrenched divisions of its near neighbours
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For the record, the proportion of professors at Cambridge who are Black is 0.4%. The number of Black people in the UK population is 4%. So the number of Black professors at Cambridge is ONE TENTH of what you would expect in a meritocracy.
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 28/07/2026
‘We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone’ We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“For me the intention here is to fragment human thinking even further,” he said, “to make people question even more their critical thinking abilities.” A great report by Derek Scally about the pillaging of intellectuals resources. www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
irishtimes.com
A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
'Geography courses at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall campus have been shuttered, with staff and students only learning of the decision on A-level results day.' And it's not 'just' Geography. The week that 'doing an Exeter' entered the UK higher education lexicon. Don't do an Exeter.
timeshighereducation.com
Exeter shuts geography courses in Cornwall on A-level results day
University closes programmes just as applicants find out if they have gained a place, with students told to transfer to other courses or study 80 miles away
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our hopes are that @andyburnham.bsky.social will take a close at Palantir adoption and practices through UK orgs. Unethical.
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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We celebrate Women in Translation Month with Ramallah-based poet and playwright Dalia Taha's three poems that bear close witness to the occupation and genocide in Palestine. Originally written in Arabic, these poems are translated by Sara Elkamel. buff.ly/av5zm2G
Black and white photo of people gathered around small tables talking. Underneath is red and black text on a cream background. It reads: Three Poems by Dalia Taha, trans. by Sara Elkamel.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
@kimatiwagner.bsky.social and @profdanhicks.bsky.social . Thought of both of you.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#MarkkMuseumamRothenbaum in Hamburg is an Interesting museum of ethnography, even if lacking cohesion. Wonderful building with strange configuration. Highlight: the Benin Bronzes with updated provenance history now ‘on loan’ from Nigeria. @kimwagner.bsky.social @danielhicks.bsky.social
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
So some things are consistent…. The absolute mess of the German train system. “Stellwerk kaput”… at every juncture today.
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