Reposted by Seán FinnanSeán Clancy @seanlclancy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Don’t pass the picket from your kitchen table 💪🏻 021
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026While. needless to say, under the influence of a particularly ripe pinger in the immoratal words of @eoin-murray.bsky.social 010
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026DDR is 10 years old today. I buried my grandfather the day before the station's launch party and then met someone whose parents were at the funeral and knew from that moment we had stumbled into building a community radio station. Here's to ten more years listen.dublindigitalradio.com/homelisten.dublindigitalradio.comDublin Digital RadioDublin Digital Radio is an online digital radio station dedicated to providing a quality platform for the various communities striving to create a socially and culturally progressive city. 1120
Reposted by Seán FinnanPádraig Mac Oscair 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 @pmacoscair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Irish-Palestinian solidarity was built over several decades by the hard work of pro-Palestine advocates, many of whom toiled in obscurity. Delighted to have had this published in @ancloganmag.bsky.social to draw attention to their efforts from 1967 onwards. www.anclogan.ie/from-belfast...anclogan.ieFrom Belfast to Bethlehem: A Short History of Irish-Palestinian Solidarity, 1967-2023Irish support for Palestine was neither automatic nor inevitable. Pádraig Mac Oscair traces six decades of patient organising up to our present moment, where historically high solidarity meets histori... 0128
Reposted by Seán FinnanGary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame 3234100
Reposted by Seán FinnanIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#StopTheGame #BoycottIsrael #ShameOnFAI Statement by Irish Sport For Palestine: 17436
Reposted by Seán FinnanIgor Mortis @munizreplacement.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Developments with Ireland: My understanding is that Gavin Bazunu has indicated that he doesn't want to play in the game - a view expressed in meeting last night. And there are other players now deliberating over coming with him. Training delayed. [Daniel McDonnell] 085
Reposted by Seán FinnanSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Press release from the family of Irishman Daniel Tatlow-Devally, who has been imprisoned in Germany since a Gaza-related protest at an Elbit Systems site in Ulm. "On 8 September, Daniel will have spent one full year in German pre-trial detention, in 23-hour daily lock up, without a verdict." 12624
Reposted by Seán FinnanDean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The great Jess Kav on the soul-searching (or lack thereof) in the Irish music scene over the last week or soopen.substack.comAngel At The TableThe thicket of un-grooming and the Irish music industry 39845
Reposted by Seán FinnanMarc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Today's sad news brought me back to this Irish Studies Review article by Martin McLoone, which used Kevin Keegan as jumping-off point to discuss Irish surnames, Englishness, assimilation and who gets included in the popular image of the Irish in Britain. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...tandfonline.comWhy didn't Kevin Keegan play for Ireland? Contrasting narratives of the Irish in BritainThis article considers a range of contrasting narratives about the Irish in Britain that are sometimes overlapping and sometimes contradictory. These narratives reflect the complexity of the Irish ... 151
Reposted by Seán FinnanJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Nice argument, but it’s too late. I’ve already depicted myself as the calm under pressure, cheerful, and suave Pico Lopes while you are the shocked and fearful Lionel Messi 045178
Reposted by Seán FinnanLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/06/2026When an immigrant stabbed a man in Belfast a few weeks ago, the image of that attack was on the front page of most of the UK papers. Jeffrey Donaldson is not on the front page of the Times, Telegraph, Express, Mirror, Star, Metro, Morning Star, i paper, Guardian, Herald, Journal, or National 8336129
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026www.thejournal.ie/readme/music...thejournal.ieBeyond the decks: The movement that opened up Irish electronic musicIreland’s dance music scene looks very different today thanks to the community organisers and artists who helped to make it more inclusive. 020
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Tonight's the night. Jane Deasy's The Warm Up opens tonight at Cork School of Music. You can listen back to the radio show below to get you warmed up :) www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...mixcloud.comTime Slip W/Jane Deasy (The Warm Up Special) 000
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...irishtimes.comJustine McCarthy: Ireland’s refusal to say sorry to men convicted of Sallins train robbery is shamefulThe men wrongfully convicted have suffered physical and psychological consequences from the injustice done to them 001
Reposted by Seán FinnanWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We used to call them ‘race riots’ now we call them ‘anti-immigration protests’. 25998323
Reposted by Seán FinnanSimon @simonxix.com · 09/06/2026The incident is racist neo-Nazis wandering around in a pack and attacking anyone they decide looks like an immigrant. 171405555
Reposted by Seán FinnanJan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 09/06/2026All week, I’ve seen the best of Belfast at the Book Festival- welcoming, inclusive, creative, joyful- tonight we’re making sure all our lovely guest writers can get home safely through riots and burnt out vehicles and outpouring of hatred. It is such a shame. We are much better than this. 210514
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Glasgow city centre had an edge tonight that felt scarier than the Dublin riots a few years back. Police everywhere and the aftermath of random attacks on non white folks and delivery cyclists on Glasgow Bridge. 020
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"Four performers prepare to go on stage. The same routine. Night after night after night." Put together a mix with Jane Deasy and the cast of The Warm Up for Éist tonight at 6pm. It's a sonic sketchbook of music and influences that have inspired the show. www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/the...corkmidsummer.comThe Warm Up | Cork Midsummer Festival | 12 – 21 June 2026A music theatre performance based on a live recording of actors warming up before the opening night of a show. 041
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026If you're in Cork this weekend don't miss this show! www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/the...corkmidsummer.comThe Warm Up | Cork Midsummer Festival | 12 – 21 June 2026A music theatre performance based on a live recording of actors warming up before the opening night of a show. 020
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Slowly coming back to after Open Ear. Hearing Legion of One's dubby sludge on the beach was probably this year's highlight. Sunday was one hit after another. frontendsynthetics.bandcamp.com/album/of-dubfrontendsynthetics.bandcamp.comOF DUB, by LEGION OF ONE10 track album 020
Reposted by Seán FinnanFrank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Well done Revolutionary Housing League lreland Longterm empty buildings are vandalism Time for "use it or lose it" 23910
Reposted by Seán FinnanDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026INAR statement, including some description of the video referenced in the report. I have seen the video and the description is accurate. it was in the street, in broad daylight, and there were loads of people standing around watching, filming, talking, etc. 43627
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026At least the Healy Rae's allowed their dynasty to be rewilded into nature's own kingdom 020
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Carlow has been taken over by the jackeens fleeing the brutal regime of the Calle. 110
Reposted by Seán FinnanEoin Murray @eoin-murray.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Anois, Os Ard is back, just in time for yr long weekend. Wrote about dreamestate indie-pop, folk-horror soundscapes, notes on becoming and the apocalypse, ‘90s internet star ambience, a breakthrough rap masterclass, some drone stuff, some club stuff, all sorts! open.substack.com/pub/anoisosa... 0113
Reposted by Seán FinnanStan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I'll be in Trinity next Weds giving a guest lecture, a mere 46 years after leaving midway through second year of my degree to pursue something or other. Talk about the long way around. Do come along if you're in Dublin. bit.ly/4dYIHMfbit.lyEvent - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin 13412
Reposted by Seán FinnanChris Jones @chrisjonesbelfast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Wtf this is horrifying. 001
Reposted by Seán FinnanShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 14/03/2026"He seemed to believe... that to abandon his work meant giving in to what fascism wanted for him: an existence so devoid of value + meaning that it would be indistinguishable from death. He held on to his briefcase not until it was too late but because it was too late."newyorker.comWhat Walter Benjamin KnewA new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience. 113138
Reposted by Seán FinnanDes Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 09/03/2026BBC Verify confirms that the United States killed 110 young children, in their school, on just the first day of this war. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUS missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis showsA US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows. 145
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026www.dublininquirer.com/new-film-doc...dublininquirer.comNew film documents Dubliners’ resistance to subordination of social life to profit“The market is a monster,” says filmmaker James Redmond. “It turns living spaces into dead space.” 010
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026That show is fire. I listen back to this one regularly. www.nts.live/shows/circui...nts.liveCircuits w/ Olly Chubb - Anthony Shakir Special 12th October 2021Playing Detroit Techno. Connections in electronic music: the history of house and techno as presented to you by the wonderful Olly Chubb. 111
Reposted by Seán FinnanDrew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026R.I.P. Éliane Radigue, one of the most innovative and radical composers of our century- if you haven’t heard her music yet, prepare for something simultaneously delicate and oceanic. I don’t love the word “genius” but she deserves it. 10390106
Reposted by Seán FinnanDaniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The second, final installment of my interview w/ historian Peter Linebaugh on @thedigradio.bsky.social: Luddites' machine-breaking revolt, the centrality of capital punishment in consolidation of capitalist state, remaking struggle against enclosure for 21st century. thedigradio.com/podcast/brea...thedigradio.comBreaking the Machine w/ Peter LinebaughFeaturing Peter Linebaugh on the Luddites’ machine-breaking revolt against the enclosure of handicraft production, the central role played by capital punishment in the consolidation of the capitalist ... 25425
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Big day out for the parish. Unfortunately I won't be in the parish. To find out why you'll need to watch this film 😉🍿 040
Reposted by Seán FinnanRashersT @rasherst.bsky.social · 15/02/2026All out this Tuesday, 6pm against #ThePoxtonHotel injunction! A British hotel group seeking to silence a neighbouring club. Izakaya isn’t noise pollution. It’s part of Dublin’s cultural fabric. Hotels rise. Rents climb. Venues close. The city dies. Image from Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin's Instagram. 145
Seán Finnan @seanfinnan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministersThousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal 010
Reposted by Seán FinnanScamp Media @scampmedia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Filmed over four years across kitchen tables, protests and public meetings, this documentary follows a city fighting for itself as a broken property market chews up its citizens for profit. Rooted in Dublin, it reveals global forces reshaping cities, where homes are assets and people are obstacles.youtu.beTRAILER: DISPLACE: THE BATTLE FOR DUBLINYouTube video by Scamp Media 01615
Reposted by Seán FinnanBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I know everyone means well with their 'scoop this reporter up immediately' endorsement posts but christ — who's doing the scooping? What's left? Thinking about our industry this way, like this is a momentary setback and there are ample open roles, obscures the truth about the rot at its core. 449077
Reposted by Seán FinnanRashersT @rasherst.bsky.social · 08/01/2026An analogy for this is research chemicals and synthetic drugs. Labs are well able to keep ahead of legislation. Yet politicians like this go all out in their condemnation and efforts to ban them. When it's X enabling CSAM? Ara shur look, each to their own -shur isn't technology mad lad... 001
Reposted by Seán FinnanStan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 19/12/2025These people are being held on remand as punishment. Bail is routinely offered for more serious offences. The Home Secretary is refusing to meet their representatives. Palestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warns | Prison News | Al Jazeera share.google/rXo7ju6GqlM2...share.googlePalestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warnsHundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene. 01613
Reposted by Seán Finnanoddfellows local 151 @oddfellows151.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Really sad to hear this, Asad was a total genius! Remembering this Black Panther movie which turns into both a meditation on Huey Newton's political thought and an appreciation of Detroit Techno act Drexciya.... One of a kind. RIP viewpointmag.com/2018/03/05/b...viewpointmag.comBlack Atlantis - Viewpoint MagazineLike Star Wars, Black Panther presents us not with science fiction but with myth, sharing with it what we might describe as “semi-feudal futurism” – a term far more appropriate for this film than “Afr... 001
Reposted by Seán FinnanDaryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 04/12/2025This is shite. The Complex serves so many artist tribes in Ireland. All artists need is a space, they'll do the rest because they've had to. It's so frustrating that €10m can be given to the NFL but Dublin CC can't open a basic event space for artists without trying to commercialise everything. 0127
Reposted by Seán FinnanCian O’Callaghan @ciantocallaghan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I wrote about The Complex’s first experience of eviction in this paper. In the years since they have clearly embedded themselves in this area of the city and contributed to its vibrancy. We need to protect cultural institutions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comVacancy as Precarious Property in Dublin's Temporary Urbanism MomentThis paper makes a case for viewing vacancy as “precarious property” (Blomley 2020; Antipode 52[1]:36–57), i.e. less a material object defined by absence of use than the property relation (understood... 095
