Garrett Donnelly
garrettdonnelly.bsky.social
Garrett Donnelly
@garrettdonnelly.bsky.social
Migrating from @garrettdonnelly account on twitter. Dublin born, Mayo resident.

Politics, economics, history, science and the environment. Specific interests in Irish, and European current affairs. QUB and DCU graduate.
Dick Spring went on to be leader of the Irish Labour Party and Tanaiste or deputy leader of the country.
February 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Dick Spring bone cruncher on Hignell. McKibbin looks on. I was in the Upper West Stand in 1979...
February 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Musk was supporting Conor McGregor for Irish President during the Irish General Election. You have to get nominated for President and the election isn't until next year. No one in their right mind would nominate McGregor.
December 28, 2024 at 5:27 PM
He gives himself the title of "moral historian" when he's just an apologist for Empire. Britain has partly ended up with this ridiculous Brexit due to the superiority complex engendered by his kind of false narrative. He excuses away the appalling treatment of aboriginal Australia, India, Kenya etc.
December 26, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Reposted by Garrett Donnelly
Finland have introduced critical thinking into the primary school curriculum with the expressed purpose of protecting their democracy.

edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
December 21, 2024 at 7:33 AM
I'm currently reading "The Burgundians" by Bart van Loo. More violence and intrigue from Brabant and Hainaut.
December 15, 2024 at 11:58 AM