Patricia Conboy
@patriciaconboy.bsky.social
Policy on ageing & older people in Ireland & globally • Also politics, media, international affairs • Previously HelpAge International, Older & Bolder • Now Irish Centre Social Gerontology, University of Galway.
Welcome article on issue crying out for greater attention & understanding - on.ft.com/4hZDDYh via @FT
A parent’s fear: the mother in hiding from her son
What happens when the person you gave life to, wants to take yours
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Welcome article on issue crying out for greater attention & understanding - on.ft.com/4hZDDYh via @FT
RTE news : President Catherine Connolly says she will ensure 'all voices are valued'
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
President says she will ensure 'all voices are valued'
Follow live updates following Catherine Connolly's inauguration as the tenth President of Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
RTE news : President Catherine Connolly says she will ensure 'all voices are valued'
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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To President Michael D. Higgins, on your last day as President of Ireland, we say thank you for your service.
#Ireland #Politics #President
#Ireland #Politics #President
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
To President Michael D. Higgins, on your last day as President of Ireland, we say thank you for your service.
#Ireland #Politics #President
#Ireland #Politics #President
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Nailed by @fotoole.bsky.social. Deflect to distract from govt failures on housing etc
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Nailed by @fotoole.bsky.social. Deflect to distract from govt failures on housing etc
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Among those actively advocating for reforms are members of the Vietnamese diaspora who are concerned about their homeland and are eager to study their heritage.
How civil society groups and activists are planning to reclaim civic space in Vietnam
In the international community, Vietnam's authoritarian status is relatively unknown compared to other places such as China and North Korea.
globalvoices.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Among those actively advocating for reforms are members of the Vietnamese diaspora who are concerned about their homeland and are eager to study their heritage.
Funding challenges @who.int - on.ft.com/4ojfvSE via @FT
Gates Foundation skews global health agenda after US retreat, study says
World Health Organization’s priorities tilted by reliance on charitable foundation, according to research
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Funding challenges @who.int - on.ft.com/4ojfvSE via @FT
Maintain control when you access internet & social media platforms
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Enshittification: the word that sums up how we live now
It seems to convey a sense of promises broken, not just in technology but in culture and politics too
www.irishtimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Maintain control when you access internet & social media platforms
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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this is a fearless, clear, alarming explainer by @edwardluce.bsky.social on how Trump is trampling over democratic norms in the USA
www.ft.com/content/1377...
www.ft.com/content/1377...
The Trump Supremacy
Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
this is a fearless, clear, alarming explainer by @edwardluce.bsky.social on how Trump is trampling over democratic norms in the USA
www.ft.com/content/1377...
www.ft.com/content/1377...
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Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Last year, Nash Colundalur interviewed Machado, who is in exile, for Prospect: “Is there a risk that I could be put in prison? Yes, certainly.”
Last year, Nash Colundalur interviewed Machado, who is in exile, for Prospect: “Is there a risk that I could be put in prison? Yes, certainly.”
Venezuela’s opposition leader: ‘The main challenge is to stay alive’
From hiding, María Corina Machado still believes the fight for Venezuelan democracy and freedom is making progress
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Last year, Nash Colundalur interviewed Machado, who is in exile, for Prospect: “Is there a risk that I could be put in prison? Yes, certainly.”
Last year, Nash Colundalur interviewed Machado, who is in exile, for Prospect: “Is there a risk that I could be put in prison? Yes, certainly.”
Well worth reading from @annpettifor.bsky.social.
Lisa Cook, the Fed and Full Employment. CBs Pt 3 open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
Lisa Cook, the Fed and Full Employment. CBs Pt 3 open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve, Full Employment & Civil Rights. CBs Pt 3
The Real Reason for Trumpist Attacks on a Black Fed Governor
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Well worth reading from @annpettifor.bsky.social.
Lisa Cook, the Fed and Full Employment. CBs Pt 3 open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
Lisa Cook, the Fed and Full Employment. CBs Pt 3 open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
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"No machine should decide who lives or dies”
open.substack.com/pub/stopkill...
open.substack.com/pub/stopkill...
"No machine should decide who lives or dies”
What states said about autonomous weapons and military AI at UN High Level week.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"No machine should decide who lives or dies”
open.substack.com/pub/stopkill...
open.substack.com/pub/stopkill...
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'Understanding the dynamics of research–policy fellowships: an evaluative analysis of barriers and blockages'
New from Evidence & Policy, by Matthew Flinders and Jessica Benson-Egglenton
Read with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
New from Evidence & Policy, by Matthew Flinders and Jessica Benson-Egglenton
Read with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
October 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
'Understanding the dynamics of research–policy fellowships: an evaluative analysis of barriers and blockages'
New from Evidence & Policy, by Matthew Flinders and Jessica Benson-Egglenton
Read with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
New from Evidence & Policy, by Matthew Flinders and Jessica Benson-Egglenton
Read with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
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👵👴 Today is the International Day of Older Persons!
We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.
👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...
#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination
We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.
👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...
#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination
October 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
👵👴 Today is the International Day of Older Persons!
We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.
👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...
#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination
We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.
👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...
#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination
From @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. Always worth reading, on.ft.com/42K00u3 via @FT
Did the political establishment pave the way for Trump and Farage?
New research suggests mainstream politicians created an opening for the populist right
on.ft.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
From @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. Always worth reading, on.ft.com/42K00u3 via @FT
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This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
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For the latest episode of our podcast series, Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with Managing Editor Anna Gawel and Global Development Reporter Ayenat Mersie to discuss the top global development stories of the week.
Trump’s plan for UNGA, and the impact of aid cuts on refugees in Malawi
Trump’s plan for UNGA, and the impact of aid cuts on refugees in Malawi
www.devex.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
For the latest episode of our podcast series, Senior Editor Rumbi Chakamba sits down with Managing Editor Anna Gawel and Global Development Reporter Ayenat Mersie to discuss the top global development stories of the week.
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🚨 Our latest #Substack is out!
It considers progress toward an #AutonomousWeapons treaty at the UN in Geneva amid the geopolitical shift toward normalising automated harm, rearmament, and an offensive approach to conflict. #CCWUN #StopKillerRobots
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/what-happe...
It considers progress toward an #AutonomousWeapons treaty at the UN in Geneva amid the geopolitical shift toward normalising automated harm, rearmament, and an offensive approach to conflict. #CCWUN #StopKillerRobots
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens in Geneva, doesn't stay in Geneva
Progress toward an autonomous weapons treaty at the UN in Geneva amid the geopolitical shift toward normalising automated harm, rearmament, and an offensive approach to conflict.
stopkillerrobots.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 Our latest #Substack is out!
It considers progress toward an #AutonomousWeapons treaty at the UN in Geneva amid the geopolitical shift toward normalising automated harm, rearmament, and an offensive approach to conflict. #CCWUN #StopKillerRobots
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/what-happe...
It considers progress toward an #AutonomousWeapons treaty at the UN in Geneva amid the geopolitical shift toward normalising automated harm, rearmament, and an offensive approach to conflict. #CCWUN #StopKillerRobots
stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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Today we released the World Alzheimer Report 2025. The report explores the important topic of dementia rehabilitation, examining how the concept is defined and implemented, and how to best adapt rehabilitation practices. alzint.org/resource/world…#WorldAlzReportrt
September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today we released the World Alzheimer Report 2025. The report explores the important topic of dementia rehabilitation, examining how the concept is defined and implemented, and how to best adapt rehabilitation practices. alzint.org/resource/world…#WorldAlzReportrt