Mary Gilmartin
@marygilmartin.bsky.social
Geographer, Sligo Rovers fan, writes books, union member
Solidarity with all colleagues under threat in Dundee.
Day 2 of our strike action.Heres some photos from yesterday’s action.
Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee.
#SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE
Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee.
#SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Solidarity with all colleagues under threat in Dundee.
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Irish house, winter edition
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Irish house, winter edition
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Amazing how different Sean Bean looks in real life to the movies
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Amazing how different Sean Bean looks in real life to the movies
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
Shocking how academic staff in Leicester are being scapegoated for management failures. Human Geography at Leicester has always been an exceptional department. Any decent university management would be fighting to keep them.
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Shocking how academic staff in Leicester are being scapegoated for management failures. Human Geography at Leicester has always been an exceptional department. Any decent university management would be fighting to keep them.
Solidarity with the brilliant geographers and all other staff at risk in Leicester and elsewhere. The willful destruction of livelihoods and cultures of knowledge is shameful.
Solidarity to colleagues at Leicester Uni:
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
University of Leicester confirms formal redundancy consultation
The University and College Union's local branch says staff are planning strike action.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Solidarity with the brilliant geographers and all other staff at risk in Leicester and elsewhere. The willful destruction of livelihoods and cultures of knowledge is shameful.
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Big shout out to the 100+ British Library members out on the picket line today, on strike over pay.
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
October 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Big shout out to the 100+ British Library members out on the picket line today, on strike over pay.
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
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Look to the many faith-based groups to boost integration in inner-city, a new report advises council. Almost 50 faith-based groups play a big role in helping people navigate civic life in the north inner-city, it says – and the council should tap into them, it says.
Look to the many faith-based groups to boost integration in inner-city, a new report advises council
Almost 50 faith-based groups play a big role in helping people navigate civic life in the north inner-city, it says – and the council should tap into them, it says.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Look to the many faith-based groups to boost integration in inner-city, a new report advises council. Almost 50 faith-based groups play a big role in helping people navigate civic life in the north inner-city, it says – and the council should tap into them, it says.
Can anyone make Alan's dream come true?
October 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Can anyone make Alan's dream come true?
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At some point in your thirties you’ll lose the ability to sleep past daybreak, so sleep in every chance you get.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
At some point in your thirties you’ll lose the ability to sleep past daybreak, so sleep in every chance you get.
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Interview with Caoimhe Butterly on the legal observe boat here at the start
The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1 rteradioapp.page.link/NHTERJtC2HjM...
The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1 rteradioapp.page.link/NHTERJtC2HjM...
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Interview with Caoimhe Butterly on the legal observe boat here at the start
The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1 rteradioapp.page.link/NHTERJtC2HjM...
The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1 rteradioapp.page.link/NHTERJtC2HjM...
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Just arrived:
Debt Trap Nation
by @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki
“A compelling call to action... shows how reimagining policy could deliver economic justice.” - @nicolajanesharp.bsky.social
Author royalties will be donated to @seacharity.bsky.social
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Debt Trap Nation
by @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki
“A compelling call to action... shows how reimagining policy could deliver economic justice.” - @nicolajanesharp.bsky.social
Author royalties will be donated to @seacharity.bsky.social
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Just arrived:
Debt Trap Nation
by @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki
“A compelling call to action... shows how reimagining policy could deliver economic justice.” - @nicolajanesharp.bsky.social
Author royalties will be donated to @seacharity.bsky.social
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Debt Trap Nation
by @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki
“A compelling call to action... shows how reimagining policy could deliver economic justice.” - @nicolajanesharp.bsky.social
Author royalties will be donated to @seacharity.bsky.social
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
I spoke to Dublin Inquirer about this issue, which seems to have been going on since May.
Some prepaid commuters on Dublin’s public transport are finding they have to pay again. Their Leap Cards charged up through the TaxSaver scheme aren’t working.
Some prepaid commuters on Dublin’s public transport are finding they have to pay again
Their Leap Cards charged up through the TaxSaver scheme aren’t working.
www.dublininquirer.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I spoke to Dublin Inquirer about this issue, which seems to have been going on since May.
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He might be right. On the other hand, he might just possibly be wrong. But it didn't really matter much.
September 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
He might be right. On the other hand, he might just possibly be wrong. But it didn't really matter much.
A thoughtful and considered article; worth a read.
For my latest dispatch from Ireland for America Magazine, I talked to 2 bone fide legends, Sr Lena Deevy and Michael O'Sullivan, to investigate how, if you start to scratch, Irish attitudes to immigration aren't that far away from MAGAland. www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...
Migration and Irish identity—in the era of Trump deportations
Just about no one in Ireland would say that Irish citizens living in the U.S. are being treated as badly as immigrant residents from Latin America or Africa. But consternation is on the rise about esc...
www.americamagazine.org
August 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A thoughtful and considered article; worth a read.
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Still recruiting!
Born in Ireland?
Parents who migrated here?
Grew up in Limerick or the Mid-West?
I'm doing a research project on second-generation identity and would love to chat with you.
Please share with anyone who might be interested - it would mean a lot 🙏
Born in Ireland?
Parents who migrated here?
Grew up in Limerick or the Mid-West?
I'm doing a research project on second-generation identity and would love to chat with you.
Please share with anyone who might be interested - it would mean a lot 🙏
August 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Still recruiting!
Born in Ireland?
Parents who migrated here?
Grew up in Limerick or the Mid-West?
I'm doing a research project on second-generation identity and would love to chat with you.
Please share with anyone who might be interested - it would mean a lot 🙏
Born in Ireland?
Parents who migrated here?
Grew up in Limerick or the Mid-West?
I'm doing a research project on second-generation identity and would love to chat with you.
Please share with anyone who might be interested - it would mean a lot 🙏
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"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
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The Trump administration’s deportation machine has made women invisible targets.
If you’ve ever wondered, like me, what happens to all the women ICE detains:
If you’ve ever wondered, like me, what happens to all the women ICE detains:
The People Being Arrested By ICE That No One’s Talking About
The Trump administration’s deportation machine is detaining immigrant women at record numbers — and they've become invisible targets.
www.huffpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Trump administration’s deportation machine has made women invisible targets.
If you’ve ever wondered, like me, what happens to all the women ICE detains:
If you’ve ever wondered, like me, what happens to all the women ICE detains:
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The #famine in #Gaza is entirely man-made. Responding with air drops is both unnecessary and dangerous.
The UN, including UNRWA, must be allowed to do its work so that aid can safely reach those who need it the most, including 1 million hungry children.
Let our 6,000 trucks into Gaza.
The UN, including UNRWA, must be allowed to do its work so that aid can safely reach those who need it the most, including 1 million hungry children.
Let our 6,000 trucks into Gaza.
July 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
'Feminist City' by Leslie Kern is a great read: accessible, political, provocative. Ideal for showing why geography matters and, if you're in Ireland, available in public libraries around the country.
July 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
'Feminist City' by Leslie Kern is a great read: accessible, political, provocative. Ideal for showing why geography matters and, if you're in Ireland, available in public libraries around the country.
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The hallmark of Irish summer is walking through a cloud of the unmistakable lingering odor of someone's GAA jersey in 28°C heat
July 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The hallmark of Irish summer is walking through a cloud of the unmistakable lingering odor of someone's GAA jersey in 28°C heat
My department (Geography, Maynooth University) is looking to appoint an Assistant Lecturer in Human Geography for a 25-month contract starting Jan 2026. Apply by 17 August 2025. Details here: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
July 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My department (Geography, Maynooth University) is looking to appoint an Assistant Lecturer in Human Geography for a 25-month contract starting Jan 2026. Apply by 17 August 2025. Details here: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
July 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
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☀️ SUMMER SALE ENDS TOMORROW ☀️
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June 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
☀️ SUMMER SALE ENDS TOMORROW ☀️
We’re running a summer sale on our website until 10.00 a.m. BST on 23 June, with a 30 per cent discount across everything on our website using the code ‘SUMMER30’ at checkout. Shop now: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/
We’re running a summer sale on our website until 10.00 a.m. BST on 23 June, with a 30 per cent discount across everything on our website using the code ‘SUMMER30’ at checkout. Shop now: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/