Niamh Kirk
@niamhkirk.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Social Media and Data Communication. Sci-fi and fantasy nerd, impatient gardener, dog worshiper. Sharing my thoughts at theharrier.ie. Portfolio at niamhkirk.com
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Niamh Kirk
@niamhkirk.bsky.social
· Jun 18
The wild anti-colonial boys: 'Kneecap represent the new symbols and soundtrack of Irish anti-colonial resistance for a generation that aren't actually evoking violent nationalism'. By @niamhkirk.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Kneecap have become poster boys for Irish anti-colonialism
'They represent the new symbols and soundtrack of Irish anti-colonial resistance for a generation that aren't actually evoking violent nationalism'
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Controversies surrounding Kneecap reflects deeper cultural tensions between post-colonial forgetting and anti-colonial remembering in Irish society.
Their rise coincides with a broader anti-colonial sentiment emerging among communities who reject sanitised, elite narratives of Ireland’s past.
Their rise coincides with a broader anti-colonial sentiment emerging among communities who reject sanitised, elite narratives of Ireland’s past.
Ivan just gave a solid argument for an investigation into Irish media for conflicts of interest. He just threw himself and every other Irish journalist under the bus. The public should know who else is double dealing.
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
‘Golden rule’ - Ivan Yates cites client confidentiality as reason he didn’t disclose media training of presidential candidate Jim Gavin
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Client confidentiality reason for non-disclosure - Yates
Former broadcaster Ivan Yates has said client confidentiality was the reason he did not disclose the fact that he gave media training to former presidential candidate Jim Gavin.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ivan just gave a solid argument for an investigation into Irish media for conflicts of interest. He just threw himself and every other Irish journalist under the bus. The public should know who else is double dealing.
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
It's a question of the trustworthiness of Irish journalism
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The Irish Times has a “think-piece” written by a registered Arms Industry lobbyist without mentioning that he’s an arms industry lobbyist. #BuyAPaper
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Irish Times has a “think-piece” written by a registered Arms Industry lobbyist without mentioning that he’s an arms industry lobbyist. #BuyAPaper
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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October 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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I’m just a girl, standing in front of a national media, asking it to please please not hyperfocus on spoiled votes today.
Spoiled votes, like their voters, should be ignored. At best a footnote.
Spoiled votes, like their voters, should be ignored. At best a footnote.
October 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I’m just a girl, standing in front of a national media, asking it to please please not hyperfocus on spoiled votes today.
Spoiled votes, like their voters, should be ignored. At best a footnote.
Spoiled votes, like their voters, should be ignored. At best a footnote.
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Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has cast her her vote in the presidential election before pedalling off from her Co Galway polling station.
Get the latest polling day updates at The Journal.
Get the latest polling day updates at The Journal.
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has cast her her vote in the presidential election before pedalling off from her Co Galway polling station.
Get the latest polling day updates at The Journal.
Get the latest polling day updates at The Journal.
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For one, the whole smear that led to the broader 'cab rank' discussion...
So, your point is that your opponent does the hard thing when required and right, setting aside personal issues.
Fair play, guys. Gooaal 🥳
So, your point is that your opponent does the hard thing when required and right, setting aside personal issues.
Fair play, guys. Gooaal 🥳
October 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For one, the whole smear that led to the broader 'cab rank' discussion...
So, your point is that your opponent does the hard thing when required and right, setting aside personal issues.
Fair play, guys. Gooaal 🥳
So, your point is that your opponent does the hard thing when required and right, setting aside personal issues.
Fair play, guys. Gooaal 🥳
I dunno about Humphreys strategy of are having a go at the banking sector and the legal profession.
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I dunno about Humphreys strategy of are having a go at the banking sector and the legal profession.
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My advice to early career researchers: Don’t do stuff for free and don’t work with assholes.
The entire academic publishing industry is built on volunteer editors, it is mad
October 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My advice to early career researchers: Don’t do stuff for free and don’t work with assholes.
Just like folks respectfully overlook editors and journalists married to politicians...because although it seems there is a conflict of interest...we give people the benefit of the doubt that they will perform their jobs well. 🧐 www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Fionnán Sheahan: Don’t mention the banks –the left is unified in ignoring Catherine Connolly’s repossession cases
Back when Ted Kennedy challenged the then sitting US president Jimmy Carter for the 1980 Democratic ticket, his campaign faltered for two reasons. The first was a failure on Kennedy’s part to explain ...
www.independent.ie
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Just like folks respectfully overlook editors and journalists married to politicians...because although it seems there is a conflict of interest...we give people the benefit of the doubt that they will perform their jobs well. 🧐 www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Spoiling a vote is not an act of protest.
People might feel like it is but it's never treated as a unified message to government.
When the count comes in, the X% of spoiled votes are understood as the folks who can't figure out order of preference. It comes to nothing in the end...
People might feel like it is but it's never treated as a unified message to government.
When the count comes in, the X% of spoiled votes are understood as the folks who can't figure out order of preference. It comes to nothing in the end...
A campaign encouraging people to spoil their vote in the upcoming Presidential Election has been launched in Dublin city centre
Campaign to spoil presidential vote launched in Dublin
A campaign encouraging people to spoil their vote in the upcoming Presidential Election has been launched in Dublin city centre.
www.rte.ie
October 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Spoiling a vote is not an act of protest.
People might feel like it is but it's never treated as a unified message to government.
When the count comes in, the X% of spoiled votes are understood as the folks who can't figure out order of preference. It comes to nothing in the end...
People might feel like it is but it's never treated as a unified message to government.
When the count comes in, the X% of spoiled votes are understood as the folks who can't figure out order of preference. It comes to nothing in the end...
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this is wild
What is ball lightning? Rare weather phenomenon caught on camera in Alberta
YouTube video by Global News
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October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
this is wild
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It's not a great look, in all honesty. Given that Connolly opponents are worried she will burn bridges, it's a bit ironic. I guess we all have our weak spots and Heather's is the Left.
It bears repeating that if you can't get through a campaign without getting sued for defamation, then an office demanding subtle diplomacy may not be for you.
www.thejournal.ie/paul-murphy-...
www.thejournal.ie/paul-murphy-...
Paul Murphy is suing Heather Humphreys for defamation over debate remarks
The case concerns remarks made by the Áras hopeful during a debate on RTÉ Radio’s This Week show on Sunday.
www.thejournal.ie
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It's not a great look, in all honesty. Given that Connolly opponents are worried she will burn bridges, it's a bit ironic. I guess we all have our weak spots and Heather's is the Left.
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Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.
Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.
Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.
Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.
Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.
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Belfast-based Irish News is restructuring around video, newsletters, and events, I read in @niemanlab.org, via @pressgazette.co.uk. While print isn’t going away, editor-in-chief Chris Sherrard says it’s going from 70% of the newsroom’s primary focus to 'nobody’s primary focus'."
Irish News adds jobs in digital-focused restructure
Top selling regional daily focusing on video, newsletters and events.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Belfast-based Irish News is restructuring around video, newsletters, and events, I read in @niemanlab.org, via @pressgazette.co.uk. While print isn’t going away, editor-in-chief Chris Sherrard says it’s going from 70% of the newsroom’s primary focus to 'nobody’s primary focus'."
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A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
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The Great Atomic Power
YouTube video by The Louvin Brothers - Topic
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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'A source of evil of the first magnitude': the Catholic Church's prolonged campign against the dance hall and for a licensing system for dancing led to the 1935 Public Dance Halls Act. Analysis by Daniel Carey @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
'A source of evil': the Catholic Chuch vs the Irish dance hall
A campaign by the Catholic Church to bring in a licensing system for dancing saw the enactment of the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935
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August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
'A source of evil of the first magnitude': the Catholic Church's prolonged campign against the dance hall and for a licensing system for dancing led to the 1935 Public Dance Halls Act. Analysis by Daniel Carey @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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My article on the Catholic Standard's criticism of dance halls in the 1920s and 1930s, part of my @researchireland.ie funded research @dublincityuni.bsky.social is now available to read @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
'A source of evil of the first magnitude': the Catholic Church's prolonged campign against the dance hall and for a licensing system for dancing led to the 1935 Public Dance Halls Act. Analysis by Daniel Carey @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
'A source of evil': the Catholic Chuch vs the Irish dance hall
A campaign by the Catholic Church to bring in a licensing system for dancing saw the enactment of the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935
www.rte.ie
August 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
My article on the Catholic Standard's criticism of dance halls in the 1920s and 1930s, part of my @researchireland.ie funded research @dublincityuni.bsky.social is now available to read @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
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Almost 100 pages masquerading as online Irish stores have attempted to scam shoppers using more than 50,000 Meta ads, according to a new investigation by @investigates.thejournal.ie
The Journal Investigates
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investigates.thejournal.ie
August 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Almost 100 pages masquerading as online Irish stores have attempted to scam shoppers using more than 50,000 Meta ads, according to a new investigation by @investigates.thejournal.ie
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Online Safety Act was botched from the start | The Times
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114434
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpn
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114434
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpn
Online Safety Act was botched from the start | The Times
[the…] secretary of state … expressed “concern” that the legislation might whack sites such as Amazon instead of Pornhub. In response, officials explained that the regulation in question was “not p…
alecmuffett.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Online Safety Act was botched from the start | The Times
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114434
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpn
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114434
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpn
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This is one of the councillors who Gareth Sheridan has support from. #SpeirGorm
August 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is one of the councillors who Gareth Sheridan has support from. #SpeirGorm
Another reason to rebrand this type of AI as scabtech @jclarkpowers.bsky.social
Saying this with as much love as possible, but please stop using AI generated graphics for activism. Plenty of artists willingly donate their time and work designing for activists, and always have. It's not necessary to step on an increasingly struggling group in order to promote worthy causes.
July 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Another reason to rebrand this type of AI as scabtech @jclarkpowers.bsky.social
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New from my colleague @disinfozo.bsky.social at @isdglobal.org examining the emerging alliances between Irish far-right groups (so called "nationalists") south of the border with Northern Irish loyalists and the British far-right:
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
Emerging cross-border dynamics in Ireland's anti-migrant mobilisation
Anti-migrant sentiments have united former foes on both sides of the Irish border. Northern Irish Loyalists and Irish Republicans have voiced online support for each other and crossed the Irish border...
www.isdglobal.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New from my colleague @disinfozo.bsky.social at @isdglobal.org examining the emerging alliances between Irish far-right groups (so called "nationalists") south of the border with Northern Irish loyalists and the British far-right:
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
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The world's loosest shackles 🏠
July 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The world's loosest shackles 🏠