Naoise Dolan
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· Oct 16
Naoise Dolan | ‘You’re here now’
The steel handcuffs the Israeli guard locked on me were ‘Tri-Max Made in England’. Clanking mine to the beat, I sang...
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I wrote about my five days in Israeli prison for the LRB. Remember with every paragraph that this is the cosseted version of the experience; it is infinitely worse for Palestinians www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
I wrote on Substack about how to draft a book piece by piece when you don’t have much time, like I’m currently doing for my first Irish-language novel naoise.substack.com/p/just-write...
Just write 250 words
On drafting a novel piece by piece
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January 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I wrote on Substack about how to draft a book piece by piece when you don’t have much time, like I’m currently doing for my first Irish-language novel naoise.substack.com/p/just-write...
As the New Year rings in, Palestine Action prison hunger striker Heba Muraisi will cross over into her 60th day without food. This is often the threshold where sudden death becomes imminent. Her government knows and is wilfully proceeding, just as it has with the genocide in Gaza
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As the New Year rings in, Palestine Action prison hunger striker Heba Muraisi will cross over into her 60th day without food. This is often the threshold where sudden death becomes imminent. Her government knows and is wilfully proceeding, just as it has with the genocide in Gaza
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cuireann sé frustrachas orm nach aistrítear sleachta Béarla go Gaeilge agus an Ghaeilge mar theanga oibre in aistí srl., mar sin déanfaidh mé mo sheacht ndícheall ~ @naoisedolan.bsky.social
Rud inmholta!
cuireann sé frustrachas orm nach aistrítear sleachta Béarla go Gaeilge agus an Ghaeilge mar theanga oibre in aistí srl., mar sin déanfaidh mé mo sheacht ndícheall ~ @naoisedolan.bsky.social
Rud inmholta!
An Gallantach
Smaointe faoi Mavis Gallant
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December 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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cuireann sé frustrachas orm nach aistrítear sleachta Béarla go Gaeilge agus an Ghaeilge mar theanga oibre in aistí srl., mar sin déanfaidh mé mo sheacht ndícheall ~ @naoisedolan.bsky.social
Rud inmholta!
cuireann sé frustrachas orm nach aistrítear sleachta Béarla go Gaeilge agus an Ghaeilge mar theanga oibre in aistí srl., mar sin déanfaidh mé mo sheacht ndícheall ~ @naoisedolan.bsky.social
Rud inmholta!
Mo chuid smaointe faoin scríbhneoir Ceanadach Mavis Gallant, a bhí an-dian maidir le caighdeáin aistriúcháin (rud is annamh) naoise2.substack.com/p/an-gallant...
An Gallantach
Smaointe faoi Mavis Gallant
naoise2.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Mo chuid smaointe faoin scríbhneoir Ceanadach Mavis Gallant, a bhí an-dian maidir le caighdeáin aistriúcháin (rud is annamh) naoise2.substack.com/p/an-gallant...
My last Substack of 2025 naoise.substack.com/p/assorted-m...
Assorted minor things I’m changing in 2026
If not sooner
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December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My last Substack of 2025 naoise.substack.com/p/assorted-m...
Letting hunger strikers die, arresting Greta Thunberg — this is not incompetence or even indifference. The UK state is deliberately making examples of people to ramp up the crushing of basic civil liberties and silence opposition to genocide
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Letting hunger strikers die, arresting Greta Thunberg — this is not incompetence or even indifference. The UK state is deliberately making examples of people to ramp up the crushing of basic civil liberties and silence opposition to genocide
‘There are young people dying in British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: ‘There are young people dying in British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring
It was late in the night when Kneecap began speaking about the Palestine Action hunger strike. The concert was last Tuesday at the 3Arena and with thousands of us packed in, I was to the right of the...
m.independent.ie
December 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
‘There are young people dying in British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
‘How do you know someone used to live in Berlin? They’ll tell you — though I would never be so gauche as to bring up that time I got into Berghain on a guestlist without queuing.’ This week’s Sunday Independent column m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: Aontú gives us an early Christmas gift with Winter Lights gripes. Peadar, you really shouldn’t have!
Loyal readers of this paper might recollect that I hate summer. “Is there literally anything this relentless curmudgeon does enjoy,” you may ask. The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind — the mo...
m.independent.ie
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
‘How do you know someone used to live in Berlin? They’ll tell you — though I would never be so gauche as to bring up that time I got into Berghain on a guestlist without queuing.’ This week’s Sunday Independent column m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Trí dhán faoi Bhleá Cliath a léigh mé os ard aréir ar ócáid Aerach Aiteach Gaelach naoise2.substack.com/p/tri-dhan-b...
Trí dhán Bhleá Cliath
Ó ócaid Aerach Aiteach Gaelach
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December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Trí dhán faoi Bhleá Cliath a léigh mé os ard aréir ar ócáid Aerach Aiteach Gaelach naoise2.substack.com/p/tri-dhan-b...
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I may not be able to pronounce her name but I could read her all day.
@naoisedolan.bsky.social on marriage.
@naoisedolan.bsky.social on marriage.
What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery | Naoise Dolan
Survey data suggests more and more girls can’t imagine getting married, while their male counterparts are keener. That disparity holds a clue, says writer Naoise Dolan
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I may not be able to pronounce her name but I could read her all day.
@naoisedolan.bsky.social on marriage.
@naoisedolan.bsky.social on marriage.
Palestine campaigning in Ireland and the UK has badly needed more union action and collective support of workers. That’s where the most power is, not with celebrity activists; the murder machine relies on labour. Stand with this Tesco worker who refused to handle Israeli goods
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Palestine campaigning in Ireland and the UK has badly needed more union action and collective support of workers. That’s where the most power is, not with celebrity activists; the murder machine relies on labour. Stand with this Tesco worker who refused to handle Israeli goods
Jordan Devlin from Antrim is among the Palestine Action prisoners being horribly mistreated. His comrades’ hunger strike is now entering its fourth week, with dangerous negligence from authorities www.ontheditch.com/irishman-amo...
Irishman facing ‘inhumane’ trial and conditions in Britain
Though Jordan Devlin is an Irish citizen the Irish government hasn’t intervened.
www.ontheditch.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Jordan Devlin from Antrim is among the Palestine Action prisoners being horribly mistreated. His comrades’ hunger strike is now entering its fourth week, with dangerous negligence from authorities www.ontheditch.com/irishman-amo...
Palestine Action-linked prisoners have been on hunger strike for three weeks now, with hardly any media attention. We need to stand with them and amplify what’s happening m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: My hunger strike experience pales in comparison to Palestine Action activists’ plight
A co-ordinated prison hunger strike has been ongoing for three weeks and has gained hardly any media attention.
m.independent.ie
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Palestine Action-linked prisoners have been on hunger strike for three weeks now, with hardly any media attention. We need to stand with them and amplify what’s happening m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Israel has killed at least 280 people in Gaza since the ‘ceasefire’ took effect. ‘The fragile ceasefire’ is a hand-wringing euphemism. It’s not fragile. It’s broken.
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Israel has killed at least 280 people in Gaza since the ‘ceasefire’ took effect. ‘The fragile ceasefire’ is a hand-wringing euphemism. It’s not fragile. It’s broken.
Dlúthpháirtíocht ó Éirinn, is gá idirghabháil a dhéanamh i gcoinne cinedhíothaithe ⁊ ba cheart dúinn uilig a bheith buíoch go bhfuil daoine á dhéanamh
Six members of the proscribed 'terrorist' action group to be tried over attack on Israeli weapons group Elbit Systems.
Palestine Action trial begins in London – what we know
Six members of the proscribed 'terrorist' action group to be tried over attack on Israeli weapons group Elbit Systems.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Dlúthpháirtíocht ó Éirinn, is gá idirghabháil a dhéanamh i gcoinne cinedhíothaithe ⁊ ba cheart dúinn uilig a bheith buíoch go bhfuil daoine á dhéanamh
The class interests of billionaires are fundamentally opposed to climate justice. Until they and the politicians who support them are willing to betray those interests, climate conferences are mere theatre m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Naoise Dolan: Climate action needs more class traitors like Greta Thunberg
Cop30’s politicians, billionaires and bloviators claim they want to protect the Amazon. But in fact they are protecting Amazon, and countless other corporate interests.
m.independent.ie
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The class interests of billionaires are fundamentally opposed to climate justice. Until they and the politicians who support them are willing to betray those interests, climate conferences are mere theatre m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Palestine Action activists in the UK are coordinating what will soon be the largest rolling prisoners’ hunger strike since the 1981 Irish hunger strike led by Bobby Sands novaramedia.com/2025/11/11/p...
Palestine Action Prisoners’ Hunger Strike to Become Biggest Since Irish Republicans | Novara Media
Six Palestine Action prisoners are on hunger strike calling for all Israeli arms factories to be shut down and the end to what they call ‘systematic abuse’ in prison. Harriet Williamson reports.
novaramedia.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Palestine Action activists in the UK are coordinating what will soon be the largest rolling prisoners’ hunger strike since the 1981 Irish hunger strike led by Bobby Sands novaramedia.com/2025/11/11/p...
Reposted by Naoise Dolan
Anailís @naoisedolan.bsky.social , mar chléach: níl an rialtas ar tí aon rud suntasach a dhéanamh ar son na teanga gan a bheith fórsáilte. An rath is mó a bhí ar an ngluaiseacht na Gaeilge, tharla sé nuair a chruthaigh na Gaeil ... gan a bheith ag fanacht le cead
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Caithfimid ár rudaí (Gaelacha) féin a chruthú
Ní caoirigh muid
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Anailís @naoisedolan.bsky.social , mar chléach: níl an rialtas ar tí aon rud suntasach a dhéanamh ar son na teanga gan a bheith fórsáilte. An rath is mó a bhí ar an ngluaiseacht na Gaeilge, tharla sé nuair a chruthaigh na Gaeil ... gan a bheith ag fanacht le cead
open.substack.com/pub/naoise2/...
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Aistín nua ar mo Substack Gaeilge naoise2.substack.com/p/caithfimid...
Caithfimid ár rudaí (Gaelacha) féin a chruthú
Ní caoirigh muid
naoise2.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Aistín nua ar mo Substack Gaeilge naoise2.substack.com/p/caithfimid...
The Irish language is in an all-time underfunding crisis, with Gaeltacht housing ever more unaffordable and record secondary school exemptions. Rather than lowering our expectations, we need to fight for Irish and for everyone’s chance to access it m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: We need to create an Ireland where everyone can become fluent in Irish
On a grassroots level, it could not be clearer: Irish people want to learn Irish. An island-wide Údarás na Gaeltachta study found last year that 74pc wish to improve their level.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Irish language is in an all-time underfunding crisis, with Gaeltacht housing ever more unaffordable and record secondary school exemptions. Rather than lowering our expectations, we need to fight for Irish and for everyone’s chance to access it m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Apartheid, genocide and colonial occupation showed themselves out of the World Sailing Conference in Dún Laoghaire today due to the actions of ordinary people. We can win when we stop waiting for our useless government to stop supporting Israel and simply do it ourselves
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Apartheid, genocide and colonial occupation showed themselves out of the World Sailing Conference in Dún Laoghaire today due to the actions of ordinary people. We can win when we stop waiting for our useless government to stop supporting Israel and simply do it ourselves
Mí ó shin d’fhuadaigh Iosrael ó bhád mé, anois tá fáilte á cur roimhe go hÉirinn ag an gComhdháil Seoltóireachta Dhomhanda atá ar siúl i nDún Laoghaire. Scríobh mé faoi in Tuairisc tuairisc.ie/mi-o-shin-df...
Mí ó shin d’fhuadaigh fórsaí Iosrael ó bhád mé, anois tá fáilte á cur roimh an stát sin go dtí ócáid seoltóireachta in Éirinn
Mí i ndiaidh na n-ionsaithe ar rannpháirtithe agóid chabhlach Gaza tá fáilte á cur roimh Iosrael go hÉirinn ag an gComhdháil Seoltóireachta Dhomhanda atá ar siúl i nDún Laoghaire
tuairisc.ie
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Mí ó shin d’fhuadaigh Iosrael ó bhád mé, anois tá fáilte á cur roimhe go hÉirinn ag an gComhdháil Seoltóireachta Dhomhanda atá ar siúl i nDún Laoghaire. Scríobh mé faoi in Tuairisc tuairisc.ie/mi-o-shin-df...
Bíonn na daoine seo ag caint faoin nGaeilge mar a bheadh comhartha stádais inti. An fhírinne ná gur mionteanga í, agus nach bhfuil muid ag iarraidh ach na caighdeáin chéanna agus an meas céanna a thugtar d’aon teanga eile
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bíonn na daoine seo ag caint faoin nGaeilge mar a bheadh comhartha stádais inti. An fhírinne ná gur mionteanga í, agus nach bhfuil muid ag iarraidh ach na caighdeáin chéanna agus an meas céanna a thugtar d’aon teanga eile
Lots of flotilla people at today’s blocking of Dublin port. We sailed not as a once-off gesture, but to build on it with direct action at home. Israel does not care what we think; the only way to impact the situation is by directly challenging the blockade and disrupting the flow of money and arms
November 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Lots of flotilla people at today’s blocking of Dublin port. We sailed not as a once-off gesture, but to build on it with direct action at home. Israel does not care what we think; the only way to impact the situation is by directly challenging the blockade and disrupting the flow of money and arms
Pandering to the far-right is both dangerous and ineffective. We already know from Germany, France and the UK that it only legitimises fascists. We need a positive alternative vision instead m.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Naoise Dolan: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s lurch to the right on immigration will only create space for fascists to thrive
The message seemed clear from Catherine Connolly’s landslide presidential victory: ordinary Irish people want a robust new vision, not a bargain bin version of far-right talking points.
m.independent.ie
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pandering to the far-right is both dangerous and ineffective. We already know from Germany, France and the UK that it only legitimises fascists. We need a positive alternative vision instead m.independent.ie/irish-news/p...