Former CIA Director Leon Panetta calls Israel's explosive pager operation "terrorism" in an interview with CBS today: "I don't think there's any question it's a form of terrorism." "When you have terror going into the supply chain, it makes people ask the question: what the

From Big Tom to Brexit mockumentaries – our new digital archive captures the artistic legacy of Ireland's border. Borderculture.net was created by a cross-border project: myself and Dr Aisling Reid in Queen's University Belfast, and Professor Eve Patten and Orla Fitzpatrick

Really looking forward to returning to Edinburgh on 14 October to speak at the History of Christianity seminar School of Divinity! divinity.ed.ac.uk/news-events/sc…

You are very welcome to join us for this semester's seminar series! We have a great line up so it would be wonderful to see you - students and members of the public are particularly welcome. HAPP at Queen's UlsterHistFoundation Ulster Uni History St Mary’s University College Belfast Ulster Museum

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"This is a changed labour party that represents working people, not a party of protest" Reeves shouts as a young delegate is strangled & dragged out by security for shouting "stop arms sales to Israel". Working people have views on genocide you know. news.sky.com/story/hecklers…

Such a pleasure speaking with Dr. Aidan Beatty about my new book on the New Books in Irish Studies podcast. Link to listen below:

A terrifying day for Lebanese people with 80,000 suspected Israeli phone messages warning people to evacuate their homes; 100’s of airstrikes some 50km from border; mass exodus from south; hosps told to clear for emergencies, nearly 300 killed and rising

This is Irish Sign Language Awareness Week, a time to celebrate the importance of ISL which is the official third language of Ireland. Today Barry Gallagher went to Holy Family School for the Deaf in Dublin who were beginning their week long celebrations! Irish Deaf Society #ISL #IWDP24

Thrilled to have my copy of our ⁦Routledge Books⁩ History of Irish America. Thanks to ⁦costel kh⁩, our fab authors, and supporters in ⁦American Conference for Irish Studies⁩ ⁦Immigration and Ethnic History Society⁩ and ⁦Embassy of Ireland, USA⁩. See you at book launch at ⁦Glucksman Ireland House NYU⁩ in Feb 2025!!!

In just one day, Israel has killed 492 Lebanese civilians and wounded 1,645. This is not “self-defense”. This is terrorism.

As Ta-Nehisi Coates said, “I want to be a really decent person and a great writer. That’s what I want out of my life. And that’s not small, by the way. Like, being a decent person is not a small thing and it’s not an easy thing, by the way. It really, really isn’t.” Lock in.

Tough on the use of the words 'genocide' and 'apartheid' NOT tough on the causes of the words 'genocide' and 'apartheid'

Humanitarian organisations have projected “SUSPEND ALL ARMS TO ISRAEL” onto iconic buildings and mobile vans across Liverpool as thousands gather in the city for the annual Labour Party Conference.

"Hezbollah airstrikes which killed 400 in Lebanon". Well that's one way to completely elide who actually carried out the airstrikes - pretty infuriating from Politics at Jack and Sam's this morning.

n Still time to hit the eject button on Margot and Jacob for Wuthering Heights. We need actors who look like they’ve been emotionally cage-fighting in a thunderstorm, not on a Vogue coverr

Four days remaining to apply for the IASH/Traverse Theatre Creative Fellowship! £12,000 commission Private office at the Institute Full access to The University of Edinburgh libraries Dramaturgical support from Gareth Nicholls & the Traverse team Apply by 5pm on Friday: iash.ed.ac.uk/iashtraverse-c…

All she said was, "There are hungry children in Gaza, there are children without a home."

I say this in my upcoming bit on The Guardian but this is really not the way for Starmer to respond to pro-Gaza hecklers. Tens of thousands of people have died. Children are being blown up. A dismissive little laugh comes across at best, smug and at worst, cruelly indifferent.

So looking forward to discussing these books by my lovely colleagues, Kieran Connell & Maurice J Casey, at No Alibis Bookstore this Thursday. I thoroughly enjoyed both books which are jam packed with amazing characters, re-membered archives, & beautiful descriptions of past places.