Patrick Bresnihan
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
Lecturer Geography // climate, land + energy // political ecology, environmental justice // From the Bog to the Cloud (2025)
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Patrick Bresnihan
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
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Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in September w/
@brisunipress.bsky.social
Started with data centres and energy and turned into a story about monopoly tech, empire and Ireland's (under)development in the capitalist world system.
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Started with data centres and energy and turned into a story about monopoly tech, empire and Ireland's (under)development in the capitalist world system.
So glad for this article by Paulie Doyle on the 'Serious Guys' who flood our media with their repetitive and vacuous arguments in support of EU militarisation, ending Irish neutrality, US FDI and developer-led policy at all costs.
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
Comment: Taking things Seriously
Seriousness’s function in the media: setting the boundaries of acceptable opinion
www.ontheditch.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
So glad for this article by Paulie Doyle on the 'Serious Guys' who flood our media with their repetitive and vacuous arguments in support of EU militarisation, ending Irish neutrality, US FDI and developer-led policy at all costs.
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
Kerala is first Indian state to eradicate extreme poverty.
'The elimination of extreme poverty is part of a much longer trajectory of socialist construction in Kerala, which began with radical land reforms instituted by communist forces in the late 1960s.'
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
'The elimination of extreme poverty is part of a much longer trajectory of socialist construction in Kerala, which began with radical land reforms instituted by communist forces in the late 1960s.'
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
PI Briefing | No. 40 | Kerala ends extreme poverty
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) announces that Kerala has become the first Indian state to end extreme poverty.
progressive.international
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Kerala is first Indian state to eradicate extreme poverty.
'The elimination of extreme poverty is part of a much longer trajectory of socialist construction in Kerala, which began with radical land reforms instituted by communist forces in the late 1960s.'
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
'The elimination of extreme poverty is part of a much longer trajectory of socialist construction in Kerala, which began with radical land reforms instituted by communist forces in the late 1960s.'
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
This Wednesday in Sligo - the 'peacemongers' are out again fighting to preserve Irish neutrality.
12.30-2pm in ATU.
12.30-2pm in ATU.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This Wednesday in Sligo - the 'peacemongers' are out again fighting to preserve Irish neutrality.
12.30-2pm in ATU.
12.30-2pm in ATU.
In discussions about Ireland's infrastructure deficits, the focus on 'inefficiencies' in the planning system completely detracts from the more fundamental contradiction between for-profit, developer-led planning and planning for social needs within ecological limits. 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In discussions about Ireland's infrastructure deficits, the focus on 'inefficiencies' in the planning system completely detracts from the more fundamental contradiction between for-profit, developer-led planning and planning for social needs within ecological limits. 🧵
This is what the Taoiseach and a chorus of supporters inside and outside Government mean when they talk about 'removing red tape' and 'unblocking the planning system'.
The State, uniquely, is in a position to react differently. Instead of making better decisions, they just decide they'll make it too hard to sue them, and then they carry on breaking the law exactly the way they were beforehand.
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is what the Taoiseach and a chorus of supporters inside and outside Government mean when they talk about 'removing red tape' and 'unblocking the planning system'.
We don't have warships because we don't engage in war.
The greatest risk to our security is the continuing slide away from active neutrality that FF/FG are intent on pursuing.
The greatest risk to our security is the continuing slide away from active neutrality that FF/FG are intent on pursuing.
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We don't have warships because we don't engage in war.
The greatest risk to our security is the continuing slide away from active neutrality that FF/FG are intent on pursuing.
The greatest risk to our security is the continuing slide away from active neutrality that FF/FG are intent on pursuing.
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
Any Op Ed insisting that Ireland should integrate militarily with the EU, and that avoids confronting EU complicity in genocide in Palestine, can only be seen as propaganda.
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Any Op Ed insisting that Ireland should integrate militarily with the EU, and that avoids confronting EU complicity in genocide in Palestine, can only be seen as propaganda.
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
Worth acknowledging the fundamentally anti-democratic posture of so much of the mainstream commentariat in Ireland - far more concerned with what the US, UK and EU political elite think, than with what Irish people value and support.
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Worth acknowledging the fundamentally anti-democratic posture of so much of the mainstream commentariat in Ireland - far more concerned with what the US, UK and EU political elite think, than with what Irish people value and support.
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
TALK: From the Bog to the Cloud: A Critical Conversation on Ireland’s Green Transition. Join a thought-provoking evening with the authors. How does Ireland’s green transition intersect with monopoly tech, digital infrastructure, and postcolonial politics?
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
From the Bog to the Cloud - In Conversation with Authors Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie
From the Bog to the Cloud - In Conversation with Authors Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie
www.tudublin.ie
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
TALK: From the Bog to the Cloud: A Critical Conversation on Ireland’s Green Transition. Join a thought-provoking evening with the authors. How does Ireland’s green transition intersect with monopoly tech, digital infrastructure, and postcolonial politics?
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
We actually have quite a few socially owned shops in Ireland already. We just need more of them, better supported by the state.
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We actually have quite a few socially owned shops in Ireland already. We just need more of them, better supported by the state.
This short film was produced by NATO's Strategic Warfare Development Command. It offers a chilling vision of the future that NATO is not just preparing for but actively making.
'The human mind will be a battle space in its own right'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUeO...
'The human mind will be a battle space in its own right'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUeO...
NATO from Foresight to Warfight
YouTube video by NATODefenseCollege
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This short film was produced by NATO's Strategic Warfare Development Command. It offers a chilling vision of the future that NATO is not just preparing for but actively making.
'The human mind will be a battle space in its own right'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUeO...
'The human mind will be a battle space in its own right'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUeO...
Now that Mamdani has been elected Mayor in NY, maybe we can have a serious look at introducing socially owned, state supported grocery stores in Ireland.
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Now that Mamdani has been elected Mayor in NY, maybe we can have a serious look at introducing socially owned, state supported grocery stores in Ireland.
Department of Agriculture and Teagasc are partners on an EU funded project with Israel to develop digital technologies for agriculture.
€34m EU funds. Two years of genocide.
Ireland doesn't need EU approval to refuse participation in such projects.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
€34m EU funds. Two years of genocide.
Ireland doesn't need EU approval to refuse participation in such projects.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
Ireland teams up with agency promoting Israel's drones
Dublin's defense of Palestinian rights rings hollow.
electronicintifada.net
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Department of Agriculture and Teagasc are partners on an EU funded project with Israel to develop digital technologies for agriculture.
€34m EU funds. Two years of genocide.
Ireland doesn't need EU approval to refuse participation in such projects.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
€34m EU funds. Two years of genocide.
Ireland doesn't need EU approval to refuse participation in such projects.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
The Collison brothers were early investors in 'California Forever', a tech-utopian city project.
When the democratic process blocked the development, they threw millions of dollars into subverting it. That's the Ireland James Collison envisages.
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
When the democratic process blocked the development, they threw millions of dollars into subverting it. That's the Ireland James Collison envisages.
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The California Forever debate moves underground - High Country News
A billionaire-backed company will continue sowing support, while residents weigh their options.
www.hcn.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Collison brothers were early investors in 'California Forever', a tech-utopian city project.
When the democratic process blocked the development, they threw millions of dollars into subverting it. That's the Ireland James Collison envisages.
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
When the democratic process blocked the development, they threw millions of dollars into subverting it. That's the Ireland James Collison envisages.
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
We face the measurable and certain catastrophic effects of climate change and yet funding is not available to invest in early warning or emergency response capacity.
This is where investment in defence and security should be prioritised, not fighter jets.
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
This is where investment in defence and security should be prioritised, not fighter jets.
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
Climate projects too small to secure funding, says report
Finance for climate adaptation projects is below what is required to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, according to a new report.
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We face the measurable and certain catastrophic effects of climate change and yet funding is not available to invest in early warning or emergency response capacity.
This is where investment in defence and security should be prioritised, not fighter jets.
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
This is where investment in defence and security should be prioritised, not fighter jets.
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
Next Thursday (13th) for anyone who is around Dublin - in conversation with the brilliant Sinéad Mercier. Register at link below.
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
From the Bog to the Cloud - In Conversation with Authors Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie
From the Bog to the Cloud - In Conversation with Authors Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie
www.tudublin.ie
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Next Thursday (13th) for anyone who is around Dublin - in conversation with the brilliant Sinéad Mercier. Register at link below.
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
The Caiseal Mara Hotel in Donegal was set on fire in 2018 - it was supposed to house asylum seekers. There have been dozens of arson attacks since, and only now a security review?
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack
A security review of all IPAS centres will take place speedily in the wake of an arson attack on a facility in Drogheda, the Minister of State for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has said.
rte.ie
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Caiseal Mara Hotel in Donegal was set on fire in 2018 - it was supposed to house asylum seekers. There have been dozens of arson attacks since, and only now a security review?
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Security review of all IPAS centres after arson attack rte.ie/news/ireland...
Grateful for this woman's emotion and clarity.
'Everyone deserves to have a safe home, no matter what country you come from.'
www.rte.ie/video/id/288...
'Everyone deserves to have a safe home, no matter what country you come from.'
www.rte.ie/video/id/288...
Drogheda resident: How can anyone just be so cruel?
www.rte.ie
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Grateful for this woman's emotion and clarity.
'Everyone deserves to have a safe home, no matter what country you come from.'
www.rte.ie/video/id/288...
'Everyone deserves to have a safe home, no matter what country you come from.'
www.rte.ie/video/id/288...
The elephant in the room is the impossibility of mainstream media to fathom the possibility of a movement of hope built on values of neutrality, peace and social justice against the deep alienation from politics that so many feel in this country.
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
Size of spoiled vote the elephant in the room of election
A total of 213,738 people spoiled their vote in the recent Presidential Election, and questions remain as to why so many people chose to do so.
www.rte.ie
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The elephant in the room is the impossibility of mainstream media to fathom the possibility of a movement of hope built on values of neutrality, peace and social justice against the deep alienation from politics that so many feel in this country.
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
'Our poet President, Michael D. Higgins, set the bar high, but Catherine Connolly may well prove to be the finest President Ireland has produced.'
Bernadette McAliskey
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2557515...
Bernadette McAliskey
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2557515...
'Catherine Connolly may prove to be the finest President Ireland has produced'
Catherine Connolly is the incoming President of Ireland. She has been directly mandated to represent the people of Ireland in this role.
www.impartialreporter.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
'Our poet President, Michael D. Higgins, set the bar high, but Catherine Connolly may well prove to be the finest President Ireland has produced.'
Bernadette McAliskey
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2557515...
Bernadette McAliskey
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2557515...
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
This is another example of bad faith conflation of the issue of neutrality with the issue of what the correct level of funding for the DF is.
The people who have set the funding for the DF for the last several decades are not lefties, hippies and peaceniks, they are Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
The people who have set the funding for the DF for the last several decades are not lefties, hippies and peaceniks, they are Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
Another day, another Op-Ed full of lazy tropes admonishing the Irish public for continuing to support our long-standing policy of neutrality.
Decades of this patronising cant - it doesn't work.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Decades of this patronising cant - it doesn't work.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Stephen Collins: Ireland’s neutrality is widely regarded as a joke. It’s time to get real
Government leaders should spell out what they mean by traditional neutrality
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is another example of bad faith conflation of the issue of neutrality with the issue of what the correct level of funding for the DF is.
The people who have set the funding for the DF for the last several decades are not lefties, hippies and peaceniks, they are Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
The people who have set the funding for the DF for the last several decades are not lefties, hippies and peaceniks, they are Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
Stephen Collins actually wrote the exact same piece in February. Aren't we lucky to have such sharp and rigorous journalists.
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Stephen Collins actually wrote the exact same piece in February. Aren't we lucky to have such sharp and rigorous journalists.
Irish neutrality is about sovereignty - the ability to stay out of imperialist wars and to advance the sovereign rights of smaller nations in the face of imperialist influence and aggression.
The idea of deepening 'security' pacts with the EU or UK is totally at odds with this.
The idea of deepening 'security' pacts with the EU or UK is totally at odds with this.
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Irish neutrality is about sovereignty - the ability to stay out of imperialist wars and to advance the sovereign rights of smaller nations in the face of imperialist influence and aggression.
The idea of deepening 'security' pacts with the EU or UK is totally at odds with this.
The idea of deepening 'security' pacts with the EU or UK is totally at odds with this.
Long read but worth it on intellectual history of the EU - a long tradition of anti-politics.
'Democratic systems have effective oppositions that may one day govern. The European Union is organised in such a way that it does not.'
The European Coup www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
'Democratic systems have effective oppositions that may one day govern. The European Union is organised in such a way that it does not.'
The European Coup www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Perry Anderson · The European Coup
The EU of today is neither the creation of a revolution, nor does it enjoy any homogeneity of culture or language, nor...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Long read but worth it on intellectual history of the EU - a long tradition of anti-politics.
'Democratic systems have effective oppositions that may one day govern. The European Union is organised in such a way that it does not.'
The European Coup www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
'Democratic systems have effective oppositions that may one day govern. The European Union is organised in such a way that it does not.'
The European Coup www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...