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Clíona Ó Gallchoir

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Lecturer in UCC. Interested in literature and culture, especially Irish and C18th. Labhair Gaeilge liom!

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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...

28.01.2026 11:32 👍 1691 🔁 1167 💬 87 📌 177
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What's behind the 'feral & unhinged' reaction to Heated Rivalry? The lack of mainstream interest in popular romance explains why many were clearly surprised by the huge success of Heated Rivalry

What's behind the 'feral and unhinged' reaction to Heated Rivalry? The lack of mainstream interest in popular romance explains why many were clearly surprised by the huge success of the hit TV show, writes @clionaog.bsky.social @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

27.01.2026 12:38 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A message to America: we are not your enemy Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

24.12.2025 11:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Nerve We've got it. Do you?

We're launched! In my newsletter this week, I write about our new female-founded media collective
@thenerve.news,
the fuck you energy that's fuelling it & why the mainstream media's laundering of Tony Blair is *exactly* why you need to read it 👊👊👊
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-nerve

06.10.2025 09:28 👍 369 🔁 148 💬 3 📌 6

Why is everyone so down on this show? I really enjoyed the first episode.

01.10.2025 09:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE HOLY LAND'S DARK MESSIAH As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

this new @carolecadwalla.bsky.social stuff is terrifying

30.09.2025 21:34 👍 94 🔁 49 💬 2 📌 2
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The free press fights back... Introducing the Nerve. From the wreckage of my old newspaper, comes a new all-women, journalist-owned, independent publication. Join us!

Right. A bit more about what we’re up to.

Would love feedback, do stick a comment at the end. And do please consider signing up to find out more www.thenerve.news

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

28.09.2025 21:36 👍 448 🔁 173 💬 21 📌 11
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Dutch public broadcaster joins RTÉ in saying it will boycott Eurovision if Israel takes part The broadcaster pointed to the ban on journalists entering Gaza and the many reporters killed there.

In a statement, AVROTROS said that it could no longer justify Israel's participation in Eurovision "given the ongoing and severe human suffering in Gaza" and the "serious erosion of press freedom".
http://jrnl.ie/6814901

12.09.2025 11:02 👍 19 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
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RTÉ Statement: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest  – About RTÉ RTÉ Statement: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest “At the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in July, a number of EBU members raised concerns about the participation of Israel in the ...

About time!
about.rte.ie/2025/09/11/r...

11.09.2025 20:56 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI

We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. We see it as our responsibility to resist AI

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

04.09.2025 06:42 👍 47 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2
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Labour must act to close asylum hotels or face Reform poll gains, ex-minister warns Charlie Falconer says government was right to challenge Epping hotel ruling but now has to ‘move forward’

No, Lord Falconer. Labour should stop pandering to this nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

30.08.2025 14:15 👍 1375 🔁 305 💬 83 📌 17
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‘It was all about hurling... Being gay, ultimately, you were not masculine enough’ Cofounder of the LGBTQ+ youth organisation Belong To discusses the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric across the world

23 years ago when me and my friend Paul were devising silly musical schemes, Paul's flatmate Mick was in the next room organising Belong To & starting an LGBTQI+ youth movement. Mick Barron is a legend. I interviewed him about his new book on LGBTQI+ youth activism www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

30.08.2025 14:46 👍 34 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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#HomeToVote — Annie West Created to commemorate the marriage equality referendum 2015. Dimensions approx 25 x 25 cm. Image copyright Annie West

This beautiful illustration was drawn by Annie West to commemorate the Marriage Equality Referendum, 10 years ago this month.

The All-Ireland vibe reminds we may well see a referendum soon on reunification. Another massive moment for Ireland.

That got a little closer this week.

quick 🧵

04.05.2025 14:01 👍 53 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 16

quick thread on why the political drive to leave the ECHR is gathering pace in england, as it infects Labour now too, pushing forward reunification in Ireland. 👆

@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
@profjacob.bsky.social
@edwinhayward.com
@kathylove.bsky.social

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04.05.2025 14:01 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0
26.08.2025 08:10 👍 3254 🔁 844 💬 19 📌 8
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The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City “We understand these are our last days.”

Pls stop what you are doing and read this entire report on Israel's murder of journalist Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues in Gaza City.

"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."

It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...

11.08.2025 21:19 👍 801 🔁 387 💬 13 📌 21

3/Other religious leaders in Wilson’s orbit join in the video to explain to reporters that the man is the head of the household and the wife’s job is to submit. Then they delve into their belief that women shouldn’t be able to vote, with one pastor saying he supports repeal of the 19th Amendment.

11.08.2025 20:16 👍 237 🔁 60 💬 10 📌 4
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Data centre operator successfully challenges decision to refuse it planning permission for two new centres | BreakingNews.ie EdgeConneX Ireland said that it was not within the remit of South Dublin County Council to determine whether there was sufficient capacity on the national grid.

New data centre secures planning permission in Dublin, absurdly arguing that being powered mainly by on-site gas turbines means it will “play a part in Ireland’s decarbonisation strategy” - it’s the most deceitful yet common argument thrown out there.

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/data...

09.08.2025 21:39 👍 155 🔁 67 💬 5 📌 8
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Sign the petition - stop genocide now!

Over 54,000 people in Gaza killed. The EU still rewards Israel with a 16B€/year trade deal. We can help suspend it — sign the petition now! share.myvoice-mychoice.org/s/mz99X6Cw

15.07.2025 12:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pressure grows on Yvette Cooper to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warn that proscribing group would conflate protest and terrorism The home secretary is coming under increasing pressure to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action, as UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warned that proscribing the group would conflate protest and terrorism. In two separate letters to Yvette Cooper, the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) lawyers’ group and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers said that proscribing the group would set a dangerous precedent. Continue reading...

Pressure grows on Yvette Cooper to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action

01.07.2025 17:37 👍 190 🔁 53 💬 12 📌 11
'Body parts flying everywhere': Israeli forces killed at least 67 people across Gaza today
One strike on a café in Gaza City, which was crowded with women and children, killed at least 30 people.

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A man carries the body of a child who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

'Body parts flying everywhere': Israeli forces killed at least 67 people across Gaza today One strike on a café in Gaza City, which was crowded with women and children, killed at least 30 people. Image caption: A man carries the body of a child who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

Day after day - scores murdered by these war criminals.

Today a cafe bombed with over 30 dead mostly women and children.

Yet still Western media and governments rush to give them cover.

30.06.2025 20:06 👍 441 🔁 185 💬 12 📌 10

No rioting in Donaghadee tonight? Interesting.

29.06.2025 20:40 👍 69 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 0
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Do they want him shot dead in Kilmainham while tied to his chair?

30.06.2025 11:17 👍 89 🔁 24 💬 6 📌 5

JFC.

11.06.2025 21:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Profoundly depressing account of attitudes underlying the riots in Ballymena.

11.06.2025 15:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference 2025 The 40th annual conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society at the Trinity Long Room Hub 5-6 June 2025

Looking forward to the 40th annual conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society, which is taking place next week at the @tlrhub.bsky.social on the 5-6 June 2025. Brilliant keynote speakers and an excellent programme, for tickets see the link below.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/eighteenth...

29.05.2025 20:26 👍 14 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
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The west’s shameful silence on Gaza The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu

"... the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity"

www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

07.05.2025 06:48 👍 21 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 2

I’m glad to see this article but it’s after 24 hours of unchallenged corporate guff dominating the news cycle. Tony Blair is a tech lobbyist who is literally writing naive, venal & dangerous policy for Starmer’s government. Call it out.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

30.04.2025 20:29 👍 982 🔁 357 💬 30 📌 18
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An absolute masterclass in how the UK media platforms and normalises far right politics. This is how Farage wins.

05.05.2025 08:37 👍 2879 🔁 936 💬 183 📌 65
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Springtime for Hitler It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.

It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.

To normalise Nigel Farage, is to normalise Donald Trump.

We, the media, have to wise up fast.

broligarchy.substack.com/p/springtime...

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