Fergal Lenehan
@fergallenehan.bsky.social
Books on The European Idea and German images of Ireland. Co-ed Reclaiming the European Street by MDH. Contributor https://thecurrency.news Member @redico.eu www.redico.eu Join the research hub: hub.redico.eu
Nobody ever had to tell Glen Hansard to stop acting www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Hugh Linehan: Nobody ever had to tell Glen Hansard to stop acting
It is not an accident that The Frames made their first post-Island record with financial backing from Whelan’s, the venue at the heart of the Dublin scene Hansard did more than anyone to birth
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The wildfire in Tipperary covered 700 hectares. The smoke could be smelled 100km away at Cork Airport. Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael have spent the summer setting the climate act aside, saying it has been "weaponised" by NGOs.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.EU crisis chief urges tougher climate action amid France, Spain wildfires https://aje.news/eifpm5
Dozens of people from Gaza seeking visas to study in Ireland are denied entry. It was Haneen Eshraim's only “realistic opportunity at this stage to leave Gaza safely and continue my education”, she said. More here www.dublininquirer.com/dozens-of-pe...
Dozens of people from Gaza seeking visas to study in Ireland are denied entry
It was Haneen Eshraim's only “realistic opportunity at this stage to leave Gaza safely and continue my education”, she said.
dublininquirer.com
Cover Reveal! New cover for The Planter’s Daughter, long-listed for the Carousel Aware Prize 2026. The future is in peril. But the past won’t lie down.
This is short-sighted. There are many bright people in Gaza who have a lot to offer this country. This “not enough documentation” bullshit is pure gradgrind meanness.
Fergal Lenehan@fergallenehan.bsky.social · last wk.‘Studying in Ireland was the hope I was holding on to’: Palestinian teacher ‘dying inside’ since visa refused www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
‘Studying in Ireland was the hope I was holding on to’: Palestinian teacher ‘dying inside’ since visa refused www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
‘Studying in Ireland was the hope I was holding on to’: Palestinian teacher ‘dying inside’ since visa refused
Teacher of English was accepted onto Master’s programme at UCD’s Belfield campus starting in September
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We should be livid. The article says students are asked to do everything with originals via post (no email when there's no functioning post service?!) and failed for "insufficient evidence of strong obligations to return to your home country". What would that case look like in Gaza right now?!
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last wk.Sources within the universities say the refusal rate this year is in marked contrast to last year, when more than 80 Gazan students left Gaza in an evacuation organised by the Irish Government.
Is this a good time to mention that in college my History of Translation lecturer (Michael Cronin) told us that one of the first vernacular translations of The Illiad was into Irish, and the translator had to give the main characters dogs because in Gaelic society a free man had a dog
Back in 1988 John Healy published his memoir The Grass Arena about his life as a wino turned chessmaster. This August the sequel, The Glass Cage, is published. To coincide with this @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social screen my 2011 documentary about Healy. Please share if you can ifi.ie/film/from-th...
FROM THE VAULTS: BARBARIC GENIUS + Q&A - Irish Film Institute
SCREENING MONDAY 17th AUGUST Paul Duane’s intimate portrait charts the unpredictable life of John Healy – award-winning author, internationally distinguished chess player and erstwhile alcoholic vagra...
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From the LinkedIn of an academic I have a lot of respect for.
Yesterday afternoon 14:09 in Lacanau Océan in France. A pale red sun through the smoke tinged everything in Mars style orange. Welcome in the climate emergency! Despite all denial of the fossil fuel lobby, it’s scientific fact: CO2 emissions heat up Earth & make fires worse. 🔥🔥🔥
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
It is maddening how he has seen absolutely no impact in his career from the Amber Heard trial simply because she wasn't the perfect victim in the eyes of the public
USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 2w agoJohnny Depp surprised fans at Comic-Con by showing up unannounced at an unrelated panel in character as Ebenezer Scrooge.
let he who hasn’t ever gotten so carried away illegally impounding federal funds that they killed hundreds of thousands of people cast the first stone
Elon Musk says he got ‘carried away’ with Trump – but still holds on to contentious political views
In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should’ve ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions
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He never asked an actual human about this, though, I'm sure.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago‘Customers prefer AI chatbots to humans’ says British Gas boss as 1,300 call centre staff axed
Geschichte wiederholt sich ... und die Erinnerungen der Politiker verblassen... Was für ein gruseliges Trauerspiel... #afdverbotsverfahren #prüfen #prüfen #prüfen
Famous DR Congo fan Lumumba Vea - Michel Kuka Mboladinga - featured on the big screen during the World Cup final halftime show. He attended the tournament in Mexico but was denied entry to the United States for DR Congo's big games against Uzbekistan and England 🇨🇩
Precious moment when World Cup winner Nico Williams looks for his family in the stands to give his gold medal to his mother. 🥹
@conorgallagher.bsky.social is on a roll.
Conor Gallagher@conorgallagher.bsky.social · 3w agoMultiple Irish State agencies are using password software with deep links to a Russian technology company licensed by Moscow’s intelligence service, an Irish Times investigation has found. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Our Chief Executive, Hetan Shah, argues in the Financial Times that now is the moment to embrace the humanities, not retreat from them. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vxfGMQ
We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI
Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society
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This is why he’s the only captain who might snub the president handing out the trophy
Brett Coughlin@coughlinbrett.bsky.social · last mo.Kylian Mbappé #WorldCup
Been a while since they were serious but indeed… this is one for the history books. As Europe burns with the heat.
James Murray@james-bg.bsky.social · 4w agoA sad and not a little shameful day for a once serious party. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
On Saturday, Donnycarney remembered a trad music legend and the workshop that helped save uilleann piping. A crowd of about 40 people gathered for the unveiling of a plaque honouring Leo Rowsome, on a house where he used to live.
Donnycarney remembers a trad music legend and the workshop that helped save uilleann piping
A crowd of about 40 people gathered on Saturday for the unveiling of a plaque honouring Leo Rowsome, on a house where he used to live.
dublininquirer.com
Interesting read. The takeaway for me is that we're down among the least developed European economies when it comes to tenant security.
Teresa Collins@queen-crafty.bsky.social · 4w ago
They lied about killing Silverio Villegas González in Sept too. They think, with good reason, that it's easier to get away with summary executions of Mexican men. If you were enraged by the executions of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, you should be enraged by the execution of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 3/3
A Tragic Homecoming
After nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ...
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