1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) settler in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í
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Siobhán McElduff
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Passer by pleads with police to let a woman go free “she’s frail... can you let her go?... just from holding up a placard!” outside Woolwich Crown Court as hundreds join protest against sentencing of Filton 4 as terrorists despite not being charged or convicted as terrorists.
Sidenote: I'd really appreciate it if you repost this, if only because getting the damn thing to display on Bsky with a decent alt text was something of a labour of love. And also because, obviously, I want everyone in the universe to know this is coming.
Always a thrill to see my byline in @fangoria.bsky.social. My article about 1980s vampire movies is in this new themed special issue.
TBF exporting our politically awkward issues to a different country is the dictionary definition of “An Irish solution to an Irish problem”.
Burned out twice because of fascist Loyalists.
The first time the "Oirish Paytriots" traitors joined the Loyalists in the mayhem, even celebrating Loyalist massacres of Catholics with them.
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Deportation, exile, for a crime that shouldn’t be a crime. Her murder by the Nazis, as thread says, is later, a mere 83 years ago. May her memory be for a blessing.
So much/little has changed.
💥 Govan Book Festival 💥
📚 Treasures of the Vikings book launch, 4:30pm, Sat 13th June
🗣 Interview-style chat with Dr Tom Horne, followed by a Q&A and signing!
🎼 Clamour of Rooks will luteing leading up to the chat
⛏️ Govan Heritage Trust will be digging in our 1,500-year-old kirkyard beforehand
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Budget cuts have left the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada struggling to do its job even as the number of species at risk of extinction in the country steadily climbs. @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports.
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Jim "Humpty" O'Callaghan genuinely told @aliceeire.bsky.social that he could decide what words mean, even though the EU has already defined what he was doing.
This Bill is racing through the Oireachtas at warp speed, trying to carve out uh-uh powers for the police.
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Defend Our Juries
Dan Whitehead
The Govan Stones
Aidan O’Brien
Joe Gordon
Ireland against Fascism
The Tyee
www.middleeasteye.net
Mohammed and Sultan fled Syria to build a new life in Northern Ireland. But for a second time in two years their shop has been destroyed
#Breaking The Republic of Ireland's home UEFA Nations League fixture with Israel will be moved to a neutral venue and be played behind closed doors, the FAI have confirmed
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One commissioner said it’s like ‘providing a fire department with garden hoses for three-alarm fires.’
June 11, 1926: The police raid a lesbian-friendly cafe in New York City’s Greenwich Village and arrest its owner, Eva Kotchever. Eve’s Hangout is a discreet hole in the wall where avant-garde poetry is read, sexual topics are freely discussed and a sign reads: “Men are admitted but not welcome.” 1/3
