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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉

@treesaw.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology. I write on feminism and conflict, state violence, gender and social movements, and academic precarity. She/her. 🍉

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 10h
Brendan Behan: "I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse”.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Retracing the steps back, from the Cornell 7 in 🇺🇸.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"I repeat and call for the use of the pagers we have distributed throughout Ireland.” - Israeli comedian.
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Israeli comedian calls to ‘activate the pagers we scattered in Ireland’ following Nations League defeat
Ivgeni Zarubinski made his comments in response to ‘incitement against Israel’ and ‘anti-semitism’
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bet he hasn't read a single book on the Troubles.
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
I cannot ever forget how the marching bands refused to be silent, as requested, going past the house where the mother of those three murdered boys took refuge in the weeks after her unthinkable loss. A small detail that exposes everything this march is for.
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The more things change, the more it remains the same.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s important to remember that Unionism is making Dumcree an issue again to try to distract people from the fact that they systematically tried to hide the fact that Jeffrey Donaldson was a rapist pedophile for decades.
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That this man is courted as a serious academic just confounds me.
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Needs re-sharing as the violence associated with these parades is often conveniently denied in some sections of media and political elite.
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People have started to form a line, standing on the road, arm in arm. You can see MPs and MLAs, too. If the Orange Order was as legitimate and respectful as they say they are, they would have left.
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We committed in 1998 for our children. And we are now back to having to do this again. In 1998, three brothers - Jason (8), Mark (9), and Richard (10) Quinn were killed on the 12th of July as a petrol bomb set their house on fire. The RUC linked the murders to the Garvaghy Road dispute. Today:
A woman holding a sign “for the sake of our children - there is no going back” on the Garvaghy Road, Portadown
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sinn Fein should have called for the resignation of the entire parades commission and listened to the people telling them that the high court case would likely result in a parade being allowed. There was also a mess over mediation.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu Hero Who Refused To Be Complicit In Genocide, Stood With Humanity And Paid The Price ✊ Don't Back Down - You've Done The Right Thing And History WILL Remember Your Bravery 🇵🇸
Gavin Bazunu
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 27/09/2026
The waiting list has grown by almost 80% for addiction treatment at Mountjoy since last year. "I think the public do understand that prison isn't addressing the underlying issues for those people who are committing minor offences."
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Waiting list has grown by almost 80% for addiction treatment at Mountjoy since last year
"I think the public do understand that prison isn't addressing the underlying issues for those people who are committing minor offences but can't get the help that they need to stop that cycle."
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'Between 2024 and May of this year, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia opted out of competitive fixtures when drawn against Belarus in qualifiers. Their punishments were 3-0 defeats and, in one case, a small fine of €5,000.' www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...
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Baltic boycotts expose holes in FAI case for playing Israel
Between 2024 and May of this year, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia opted out of competitive fixtures when drawn against Belarus in qualifiers. Their punishments were 3-0 defeats and, in one case, a smal...
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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fucking disgraceful. Both that it's going ahead at all, and that people protesting this shit in their community could be arrested for it. None of this needs to be happening.
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The crowd on Garvaghy is comprised of folks from the Palestine solidarity movement, human rights organisations, and even elected officials. People were put up in residents’ homes for the night and the community centre remained open for those who didn’t have shelters. There are more on the way.
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wallace Thompson on Twitter (former DUP man) summed it up for me
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Cllr. Séamas de Faoite @seamasbelfast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Political Unionism, at the behest of Bryson et al, has picked at the sorest sectarian scab of the last 30 years, to create a festering wound. Utterly depressing considering the glimpse of the future we had during the Fleadh. They only wish to drag us back. Solidarity with the residents of Garvaghy.
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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Surely a boycott of the FAI now has to be in peoples' minds, considering their refusal to represent our country, our culture and our solidarity on the world stage. #ireland #spéirghorm #stopthegame #FAIlures
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Laura @takeithandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The respect I have for Gavin Bazunu is immense. 24 years old with his career ahead of him and he made a decision that every other person in safer positions of power above him failed to have the courage to make themselves. A true representative of Irish people everywhere
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can someone explain to me how the FAI suddenly became the Israel Football Association? #stopthegame
Irish football team's press conference with Israel Football Association branding.
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That this came down to a vote amongst the players (no doubt under strong pressure from the FAI), up to 7 players voted against playing the game, and yet it is still being played. Shambolic. And the 1 player who has withdrawn is a hero we need to protect. www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...
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Ireland players vote to play against Israel - recap
The Republic of Ireland press conference will take place at 2.30pm after the squad spent the morning deliberating whether to fulfil tomorrow's UEFA Nations League game against Israel. Follow the lates...
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How very Ed Sheeran of them. "Both sides" 🙄. Also, which charities?
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Micheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just to say what complete scumbags the FAI and Micheál Martin are for putting Irish players in this position.
Tweet from Daniel Lambert, September 26th: Hearing from several sources around Ireland hotel that agents are telling players you must play our you'll never play for a US owned team in the UK.

How grim and predictable from faceless agents who profit in the background.
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Things are stirring.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s not easy and it isn’t their fault. They didn’t want this. And now they’re just a bunch of young men left alone with their obligations and their consciences. And what a credit to them that their conscience weighs so heavy in the first place.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 25/09/2026
1️⃣7️⃣,8️⃣8️⃣5️⃣ Another new record for the number of people in emergency accommodation, as of the end of August. Includes 12,055 adults (+7% yoy) and 5,830 children (11% yoy). @virginmedianews.bsky.social
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
C'mon lads. 🙏🙏🙏 Do the right thing. #stopthegame
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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Dublin March for Choice is today Saturday 26th September! Read more about why this march is important in this press release from the Abortion Rights Campaign. www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/press-releas...
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu 💚⚪️🧡🇵🇸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 The time has come for the rest of the players to stand alongside him and refuse to face Israel.
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Auntie O'Grimacey @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's pure shite that it has come down the players though. The FAI should have backed them, and got them out of the game.
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At this stage, they can only be accused of actively following the path of destruction for UK higher ed in the hopes it will cause the same damage here.
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Faculty who teach gender and ethnic studies had to get special permission from the provost’s office to have their courses count toward the new core. The provost refused to allow all women’s gender and sexuality courses to be offered as part of core studies!
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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are the deaths connected to the parade route that got the go ahead today. Telling residents that they need to build bridges feels particularly perverse
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 24/09/2026
Simon Communities of Ireland has warned that single adults have been largely overlooked in housing policy and homelessness responses, despite being the dominant demographic living in emergency accommodation.
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Single homeless adults 'overlooked', warns charity
Single adults have been largely overlooked in housing policy and homelessness responses, a charity has said.
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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And where will the staff come from? Given the Governments increasingly unwelcoming & irrational approach to migration, how will we attract the health & social care staff we need? Why would they come here, when other countries offer a more welcoming and secure future? www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Ireland needs to prepare now for ageing population - NHI
Nursing Homes Ireland has said Ireland is running out of time to prepare for an ageing population, calling on the Government to convene a national dialogue on ageing "without delay".
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI) @mu-ssi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New report: How We All Pay for Big Tech examines the economic, social and environmental costs of data centre expansion in Ireland. By Seán Fearon, @pbresnihan.bsky.social & Patrick Brodie. Read more: bit.ly/4jlJ5ak #DataCentres #Research #Energy #DigitalInfrastructure
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No, not the US. Canada! The report also recommends that the three main granting agencies limit EDI considerations to the review of research project content, when appropriate, and “take steps to protect academic freedom and to promote viewpoint diversity” in funding programs.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The FAI and all workers must pull out of the games against apartheid Israel. This is the moment to stand with Palestine, to be on the right side of history. #StopTheGames www.instagram.com/reel/Ddmn_5-...
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IPSC on Instagram: "The FAI and all workers must pull out of the games against apartheid Israel. This is the moment to stand with Palestine, to be on the right side of history. #StopTheGames #BDS #Fre...
1 likes, 0 comments - irelandpsc on September 22, 2026: "The FAI and all workers must pull out of the games against apartheid Israel. This is the moment to stand with Palestine, to be on the right sid...
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why is the FAI worried about an unknown, likely exaggerated, punishment from UEFA for doing the right thing and yet the Israeli FA can throw out lies, insults and threats with no consequences? It is unthinkable that Ireland fulfils these games, the FAI must boycott, it's not too late #StopTheGames
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.” This is what Microsoft’s director of applied science had to say about training their AI model on copyrighted content from our newsroom and many others, according to new docs revealed during our lawsuit against the company.
motherjones.com
AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
A new network seeks to encourage Black and immigrant workers to join trade unions. read more here www.dublininquirer.com/a-new-networ...
dublininquirer.com
A new network seeks to encourage Black and immigrant workers to join trade unions
One of the most pressing issues continues to be the impact of Ireland's work-permit regime, which make it risky for employees to speak out if exploited.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026
Very common story across the world: construction of homes hitting a wall where data centres are sucking up resources. Also see: Australia www.brokernews.com.au/news/breakin... Anyway, great work abundance / yimby folks, you're doing a good job
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Data centre boom threatens to squeeze residential builders
CreditorWatch warns residential builders face rising risk as data centres compete for trades
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For the benefit of comrades unfamiliar with the reference www.independent.ie/comment/anal...
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'Cruelty men' colluded in the sanctified abuse of children
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Earlier today I was in a call discussing the massive volume of adverts on Meta for nudification apps which features actual CSAM, so it’s good to see Meta take action on the issue of… Feminist theatre…
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'll be calling Jim O'Callaghan the cruelty man from here on out.
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