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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology. I write on feminism and conflict, state violence, gender and social movements, and academic precarity. Cork by way of Dublin, Belfast and Newfoundland. She/her. 🍉
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Excited to share that our Women of the Borderlands archive is now available. It's the 1st to preserve the voices of women and the gendered complexities of life in and around the UK/Irish borderlands. We are so grateful to our research participants and the IQDA for making this happen.
New Collection in DRI – Women of the Borderlands: Gender, Conflict and Cross-Border Mobilities Along the UK/Irish Border - Digital Repository of Ireland
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to announce that a new collection – Women of the Borderlands: Gender, Conflict and Cross-Border Mobilities Along the UK/Irish Border – has been pub...
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This is the rage of the far right-in a spoiled ballot paper. Complaining about rape while nominating a man found liable for rape.So it’s not about rape at all, it’s about racism and misogyny-& homo/trans phobia in support of she of the holy handbag who is conveniently anti LGBTI - #aras25 #speirgorm
October 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Excited to share that our Women of the Borderlands archive is now available. It's the 1st to preserve the voices of women and the gendered complexities of life in and around the UK/Irish borderlands. We are so grateful to our research participants and the IQDA for making this happen.
New Collection in DRI – Women of the Borderlands: Gender, Conflict and Cross-Border Mobilities Along the UK/Irish Border - Digital Repository of Ireland
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to announce that a new collection – Women of the Borderlands: Gender, Conflict and Cross-Border Mobilities Along the UK/Irish Border – has been pub...
dri.ie
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm I always annoyed with this argument that inevitably pops up during elections. You don't live here but there are many immigrants who have lived here for years (ie directly affected by election outcomes) who are denied the right to vote because they don't have citizenship ( which is expensive!).
Ireland may be voting for a new president today, but Irish citizens who have moved abroad can't cast a ballot.

Writing from Canada, Cáit Caden argues that Irish people abroad should be able to vote, especially in presidential elections.

jrnl.ie/6852421
Opinion: Irish abroad should have the right to vote for their president
Irish people abroad should be able to vote, especially in presidential elections due to the significance of the role for international relations, writes Cáit Caden.
jrnl.ie
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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The leader of the DUP posted a picture of the parachute regiment emblem, in case anybody is wondering
Not a good day to be on NI twitter I imagine. Plenty bound to be claiming it as a big win
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Some people on this island are voting to elect their head of state
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Not that surprising a result
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Solidarity with the Bloody Sunday families forever.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha uaisle.
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Disgusting but not surprising.
Former British paratrooper Soldier F has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry
Soldier F cleared of two murders on Bloody Sunday
A former British paratrooper has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry.
www.rte.ie
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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The European Union still supports this man's government. It is an outrage that offends against the law, integrity and human decency.
Breaking | Far right Israeli Minister Itamar Ben Gvir storms Israeli prisons once again, calling for the execution of Palestinian detainees.

“Will there be a death penalty for ‘terrorists’?”
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
October 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"His reporting, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, shaped how the Troubles were seen and understood, both at home and abroad."
Ed Moloney: The fearless journalist who became known for uncompromising reporting on the Troubles
Across four decades in journalism, Edmund ‘Ed’ Moloney – who died in New York at the weekend aged 77 – became known for his uncompromising reporting and determination to expose the hidden and uncomfo...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Israeli attacks persists in Gaza after ceasefire agreement announced
<article data-history-node-id="429862" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-persists-gaza-after-ceasefire-agreement-announced" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-persists-gaza-after-ceasefire-agreement-announced" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks persists in Gaza after ceasefire agreement announced</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;attacks have continued in the Gaza Strip despite an announcement by mediators on Thursday that a ceasefire had been reached to end the two-year war on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;enclave.</p> <p>Heavy air strikes and artillery shelling were reported in Gaza City and Khan Younis overnight, according to local media.</p> <p>Israeli quadcopters were also reported to have dropped bombs on civilians in Gaza City.</p> <p>At least one person was killed in the attacks.</p> <p>The renewed strikes came after US, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators announced early Thursday that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas to end the war.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-attacks-persists-gaza-after-ceasefire-agreement-announced">Israeli attacks persists in Gaza after ceasefire agreement announced</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A Palestinian woman walks near rubble after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 9 October 2025 (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="677bc73d-0148-434b-b232-689dfbe07e65" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/2025-10-09T051316Z_2140033739_RC238HAVDS7X_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA%20%281%29.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="A Palestinian woman walks near rubble after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 9 October 2025 (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian woman walks near rubble after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 9 October 2025 (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>
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October 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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This has been an ongoing problem which is courtesy of a Luxembourg investment fund that owns thousands of houses in Ireland. These are rented out through one of the dozens of subsidiary companies that the fund uses to obscure its ownership.

www.dublininquirer.com/why-is-one-o...
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"Much of this material [amplified by the media] consisted of outright falsehoods — for instance, the widely circulated animation alleging that Hamas operated a command centre beneath Al-Shifa Hospital. No such facility was found, but was used to destroy almost the entire healthcare system in Gaza.”
How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda
An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.
www.972mag.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Not entirely sure the minister for justice has really thought thru putting himself front and center of a leaked Garda vetting story given how few people would have access to that information
The Justice Minister has said he believes presidential candidate Catherine Connolly did not follow Leinster House security rules when she signed a woman who was convicted of a gun crime offence into Leinster House on a daily basis.
http://jrnl.ie/6838830t
Justice Minister says Connolly broke rules by signing Ní Shionnáin in daily at Leinster House
Jim O’Callaghan was speaking at a press conference today in which he criticised Connolly for, what he said, was a failure to follow Oireachtas rules.
jrnl.ie
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?
October 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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“I’d rather risk myself on a boat, no matter what happens, than risk living in a world where genocide is enabled.”
TD Barry Heneghan quoting @naoisedolan.bsky.social hours before they were both abducted in international waters by Israel.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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We fear what Israel will do to us if they seize our ship. But we are not turning back | Naoise Dolan
We fear what Israel will do to us if they seize our ship. But we are not turning back | Naoise Dolan
Our captured flotilla colleagues have been subjected to violence and degrading conditions in an Israeli prison. This has only made us more determined, says Irish writer Naoise Dolan
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM