Dr Pauline McGonagle
@pgmcgonagle.bsky.social
Lecturer in Mod Lit, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Donegalian. AHRC PhD at Exeter/BL on archive of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.@unigroningen@bsky.social
These are the dilapidated tents of Gaza's residents, sweltering ovens in this intense heat and without electricity. Gaza deserves to live in dignity.
@maynoothuniversity.ie @maynoothenglish.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulenglish.bsky.social @abdallahaljazzar.bsky.social @lujaynanan.bsky.social
Dr Mary McAuliffe@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 6d agoIf you work in any of the Irish HEIs please consider signing this letter openletter.earth/refusal-of-v...
Students from Gaza being denied visas to study here because they can't supply original bank statements or account for gaps in their education. Shameful. www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students
Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.
rte.ie
Ireland refuses visas for Gazan scholarship students. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
€1.2m gift for Gazan students in doubt over visa refusals
A foundation which manages philanthropic donations on behalf of UCD has written to a donor asking them to pause a gift to the college worth €1.2 million until it has certainty around the issuing of st...
rte.ie
Isræl: A Rogue State From Its Foundation Edward Saaid, the late Columbia University professor, said: “Isræl is a country without a constitution, and it’s the ONLY country in the world without declared borders.” Then he dropped the bømb: “So when you say Isræl is ‘the only democracy in the
Writing on books and trying to get the hang of substack. A piece I wrote yesterday.
Dr Pauline McGonagle@pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · last wk.Glen Hansard was Ireland’s band leader, something Bono or Geldof couldn’t be www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Glen Hansard was Ireland’s band leader, something Bono or Geldof couldn’t be
The Frames’ frontman was the still-yet-chaotic centre of an indie-folk storm, whose job was to hold it all together
irishtimes.com
Israel releases 60 Palestinian detainees as Red Cross facilitates Gaza transfer www.arabnews.pk/node/2652518...
Israel releases 60 Palestinian detainees as Red Cross facilitates Gaza transfer
LONDON: Israel on Monday released 60 Palestinian prisoners detained during its ongoing military campaign in Gaza. It was the single largest release of detainees since prisoner exchanges under a ceasef...
arabnews.pk
The UN said Israeli settlers have carried out more than 1,330 attacks in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2026, causing casualties and damage to Palestinian property. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260728-un-...
Reminder that the deadline for Birkbeck's Access to Postgraduate Study Scholarships is 31 July. A great scheme for studying on a master's degree programme at an ace institution. Wide range of eligibility criteria (see next post). Do encourage eligible applicants (or apply yourself). 1/2
Birkbeck Access to Postgraduate Study Scholarship - Birkbeck, University of London
The Birkbeck Access to Postgraduate Study Scholarships offer funding towards tuition fees for full-time and part-time taught postgraduate courses.
bbk.ac.uk
Our friend Talha Alali #FreePalestine "Palestinian children do not need to be taught resilience. They have already shown more resilience than most adults could imagine. What they need is protection, stability, dignity and the chance to grow up without fear." www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Trauma is ongoing for most children and families in Palestine. How can Ireland help?
Palestinian children need protection, stability, dignity and the chance to grow up without fear
irishtimes.com
So the ‘baby’ among my niblings of 14 (nieces and nephews) is 18 today. Where did that time go?
"Yes, I'm studying and living my life, but at the same time it feels like a dream. You feel like you have two different lives," said Dima RH Shamaly, an Electronic Engineering student at the UCD College of Engineering & Architecture, speaking to RTÉ News. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
President hails Gazan students in Ireland as 'inspiring'
President Catherine Connolly has paid tribute to students from Gaza who are studying in Ireland, telling them at a reception held in their honour that they have inspired the Irish people and given the...
rte.ie
Women stating the obvious and doing the work while men scratch their asses. Men in charge: get your shit together. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
'Palestine will disappear before our eyes': Calls for Israel to stop settlements
The two former world leaders are demanding the international community heap more pressure on Israel to change course.
abc.net.au
We're thrilled to announce our Brontës Season, six seminars over six months beginning this September. Discuss the lives and work of three of the greatest English writers of the early nineteenth century: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/brontes-season
The Gaza / Palestine experience is what is being built for Americans. Just wait until the drones are weaponised to deal with any dissenters. Americans have failed to stand up for themselves and meet their moment in history.
💢Marx Was Right.🕊@paulwalker44.bsky.social · 3mo agoTech billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison confesses a dystopian Al mass surveillance network designed to constantly track citizens. He confirms the administration plans to use #Al to monitor every camera, creating an inescapable dragnet over the entire nation and en by the 1%. The grid.
MSF is calling, in particular, for the release of Hussam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, who has been detained since December 2024. "Recently placed in solitary confinement," he is "subjected to degrading treatment and torture." www.lemonde.fr
lemonde.fr
Anne Brigaudeau@annebrigaudeau.bsky.social · 2w agoMSF réclame, notamment, la libération de Hussam Abu Safiya, pédiatre et directeur de l’hôpital Kamal Adwan, à Gaza, détenu depuis décembre 2024. « Récemment placé à l’isolement », ce dernier « subit des traitements dégradants et des actes de torture » www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Proud to say I was on these marches in 1984. Where are the global marches against trade with genocidal Israel?
Ireland against Fascism@irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 3w ago1️⃣ "On this day, 19 July 1984, the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike began in Dublin, Ireland. Shop worker Mary Manning refused to check out a customer's South African fruit, as members of her union, Idatu, had voted to not handle South African goods. Manning was then suspended, and she and 11 of
💙💛 President Catherine Connolly hosted a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin for students from Gaza who have come to study at universities in Ireland, including University College Dublin. @president.ie
The amazing, legendary Patti Smith rocked King John's Castle Limerick last night, took a Palestinian flag from the audience, talked about Ireland’s solidarity with the Palestinian people and wrapped herself in it. The crowd followed with chants of Free Palestine, special! #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
I might be wrong but I believe @rug.nl also teaming up with defence. Not comfortable with this either @eve.gd
Martin Paul Eve@eve.gd · 3w agoI am at least pleased to see that my university is not working to "bring together academia and the Armed Forces", as are 35 others. I mean, urgh. Military-industrial-education complex vibes made explicit, here. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Published in Irish Examiner. Another thought-provoking piece by @abdallahaljazzar.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/abdallah...
Why Gaza cannot be erased from the Mediterranean narrative
Abdallah Aljazzar's latest for the Irish Examiner
open.substack.com
Some days are really.,,, things can only get better.