Dr Laura Watson
@lauracwatson.bsky.social
Musicologist/Associate Professor, Maynooth University | BOOKS: Paul Dukas: Composer and Critic (2019); Dukas: Legacies of a French Musician (2019); Women and Music in Ireland (2022) | Sounding the Feminists | Memoirs | she/her
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So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
Might be of interest, @ipsc.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Might be of interest, @ipsc.bsky.social
I suggest that the censoring of Kneecap and other Irish pro-Palestinian artists has precedent in how Sinéad O'Connor was treated when she protested injustices.
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I suggest that the censoring of Kneecap and other Irish pro-Palestinian artists has precedent in how Sinéad O'Connor was treated when she protested injustices.