Wild Looking but Fine offers a new perspective on 1930s Ireland, on the treatment of women at the Abbey Theatre & in Hollywood. It charts an internationalism in Irish acting & directing, connecting it with the work of feminist artists worldwide.

In bookshops nationwide this June

Masters fees at Trinity College Dublin are becoming unsustainably high and the college is refuses to negotiate on them - please help by signing this position:

my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop…

This week on The Magdalenes and I podcast, I talk about the public reaction to the film The Forgotten Maggies Galway Film Fleadh festival in 2009, meeting the Minister for Justice and how one news report by Teresa Mannion changed everything for one Magdalene survivor. Please continue to

What amazing speakers! #femaleactivism across borders Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network Arts and Humanities Research Council London South Bank University - LSBU National Museum of Ireland Prof Caitríona Beaumont Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS ReginaDunneLaois Dr Sorcha O'Brien Dr Deirdre Foley Dr Ruth Davidson

Paying respect to Frank Sheehy Skeffington at Cahal Brugha barracks, scene of his execution OTD April 1916. Pacifist, feminist, fighter for social justice & beloved husband of Hanna ⁦Micheline Sheehy Skeffington⁩ ⁦BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine⁩

We have a cracker of a roundtable to kick-start our Arts and Humanities Research Council Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network @lsbu network Workshop 2 on #womensgrassrootsactivism in the morning National Museum of Ireland with Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS Dr Sorcha O'Brien @reginaDLaois Dr Deirdre Foley Dr Ruth Davidson Susie Deedigan & me & Prof Lindsey Earner Byrne as chair.

A Dutch academic hired during the Covid-19 pandemic and then fired after telling UCC that he was having trouble moving to Ireland to teach in person because of the housing crisis has won €300,000 for unfair dismissal.

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Post-show discussion week: How does Ireland remember and redress its history of secrecy, silence and shame with a great group of historians, activists, and writers Noelle Brown Conall Ó Fátharta Dr Deirdre Foley and chair by Mark Coen from UCD Sutherland School of Law Tix here smockalley.com/the-ireland-we…

I was thrown out with excessive force from Nancy Pelosi's honorary doctorate of law University College Dublin earlier today for representing the views of students as UCD Students' Union President. Why does UCD continue to platform Zionist warmongers whilst silencing students?

State apologies are ultimately meaningless unless backed up by real tangible redress measures. The State has spent the years since the Magdalene Laundries apology walking it back and shafting women trying to access redress or worse denying it.

Ahead of Arts and Humanities Research Council Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network Workshop at
National Museum of Ireland next week I am writing about cross borders activism led by Irish Countrywomen's Association & Women's Institute & SIGBI & reminded of blog I wrote in 2015 on
Mothers' Union & its role in this activism. fournationshistory.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/the……
4 Nations History

Dr Leeann Lane speaking on Daniel Corkery’s profound influence on Mary and Terence McSwiney and the revolutionary generation in Cork.

#Corkery100 Dr Leeann Lane DCU History & Geog

Just found this article now. 490 staff members at Trinity College Dublin earn six figure sums, while at the other end of the scale, hourly-paid lecturers can earn less than €7000/year for what the university considers a full teaching load.

Make it make sense.

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What a magnificent photo of Stardust survivor Antoinette Keegan, who lost her two sisters Mary and Martina. 🙏
I salute her and all the others who fought for *FOUR* decades for the verdict of unlawful killing delivered today.
Justice should not be this hard.
Pic: Brian Lawless

The families of victims who died in the Stardust nightclub fire in 1981 march as You'll Never Walk Alone plays. Cormac Fitzgerald

My first academic article is out now with The Irish Economic and Social History Journal! Extremely happy to have published with them and very grateful for everyone involved in the editing process - the article is open access, here is the link : journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…….

Thank you to Vox Nicole Narea for interviewing me for this well researched piece; Dr. Shannon Withycombe is providing especially expert context here. vox.com/politics/24128…

A lot of people yesterday very adamant about this man’s ideology are very quiet now that it’s revealed to be misogyny - something they’re happy to ignore

Over the years I've had two interviewees that made everyone say 'ooooh what were they like??' One was Kevin from Strictly, the other was Marian Keyes ✨we had a cup of tea and talked about everything from literary snobbery to Gen Z

(FYI she was fabulous)
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3 x Daphne Jackson Fellowships at Queen's University Belfast 🎓

It's for returning researchers to their careers following a break of two years or more taken for a family, caring or health reason.

More details here jobs.ac.uk/job/DHA762/3-x…