Lisa Godson
@lisagdub.bsky.social
Historian of architecture & material culture; Programme Leader MA Design History Material Culture, NCAD, Dublin. Researching architectural-material history of Royal Hospital Kilmainham [also: tropical modern architecture; Catholicism; medical instruments]
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
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November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
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The Irish language is in an all-time underfunding crisis, with Gaeltacht housing ever more unaffordable and record secondary school exemptions. Rather than lowering our expectations, we need to fight for Irish and for everyone’s chance to access it m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
Naoise Dolan: We need to create an Ireland where everyone can become fluent in Irish
On a grassroots level, it could not be clearer: Irish people want to learn Irish. An island-wide Údarás na Gaeltachta study found last year that 74pc wish to improve their level.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Irish language is in an all-time underfunding crisis, with Gaeltacht housing ever more unaffordable and record secondary school exemptions. Rather than lowering our expectations, we need to fight for Irish and for everyone’s chance to access it m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...
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There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
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I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
RIP Sister Stan, founder of Focus Ireland, and tireless advocate of permanent homes as a human right
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
A Day In The Life Of Sister Stan
A day spent with Sister Stan learning about her research work with homeless women in Dublin.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
RIP Sister Stan, founder of Focus Ireland, and tireless advocate of permanent homes as a human right
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
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Vacancy Watch: The council has been sitting on the disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city. Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
Vacancy Watch: Council sits on disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city
Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Vacancy Watch: The council has been sitting on the disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city. Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
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From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer has been growing a global audience. In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer grows a global audience
In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer has been growing a global audience. In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
Catherine Connolly commissioned a young designer to create meaningful work...Declan Ganley boasted that he spent a teeny amount on the spoil the vote campaign, complete with AI-generated schlock imagery
Selling the left’s message in the digital age is an art – Ireland’s new president mastered it | Una Mullally
Selling the left’s message in the digital age is an art – Ireland’s new president mastered it | Una Mullally
From Mamdani-style visual branding to basketball clips, Catherine Connolly found her audience and spoke in a language they understood, says journalist Una Mullally
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October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Catherine Connolly commissioned a young designer to create meaningful work...Declan Ganley boasted that he spent a teeny amount on the spoil the vote campaign, complete with AI-generated schlock imagery
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Schools in Europe were social spaces of learning and teaching, and above all, schools were a paper world: contact zones for pupils with papers of all sorts. Let's have a look at this 1670 painting by Jan Steen. A thread for #PaperHistory and #BookHistory #earlymodern #skystorians #BlueLZ
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September 16, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Schools in Europe were social spaces of learning and teaching, and above all, schools were a paper world: contact zones for pupils with papers of all sorts. Let's have a look at this 1670 painting by Jan Steen. A thread for #PaperHistory and #BookHistory #earlymodern #skystorians #BlueLZ
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As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
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Researchers at ICARUS, Maynooth University’s climate research centre, have launched a new citizen science project, seeking help to rescue African weather data that is vital for research about a part of the world that is very vulnerable to climate change.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Researchers at ICARUS, Maynooth University’s climate research centre, have launched a new citizen science project, seeking help to rescue African weather data that is vital for research about a part of the world that is very vulnerable to climate change.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
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Krasznahorkai -94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín
Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín | London Review Bookshop
Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend László Krasznahorkai. Described by the Guardian as a ‘visionary writer’,…
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October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Krasznahorkai -94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín
Annie Fletcher of Irish Museum of Modern Art being presented with the award of European Art Museum of the year in by the European Museum Academy in Budapest. Fantastic citation mentioning IMMA’s ‘pioneering, inclusive, and socially engaged approach to contemporary museology’. Brava!
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Annie Fletcher of Irish Museum of Modern Art being presented with the award of European Art Museum of the year in by the European Museum Academy in Budapest. Fantastic citation mentioning IMMA’s ‘pioneering, inclusive, and socially engaged approach to contemporary museology’. Brava!
I ❤️ this part of the OHouseNY programme & would ❤️ more people to see & understand more of Dublin's civic infrastructure. Link to brilliant essay on bollards that Jess Majekodunmi wrote for a module on Dublin 8 when studying @NCAD MA Design History & Material Culture: www.ncad.ie/files/pg_fil...
September 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I ❤️ this part of the OHouseNY programme & would ❤️ more people to see & understand more of Dublin's civic infrastructure. Link to brilliant essay on bollards that Jess Majekodunmi wrote for a module on Dublin 8 when studying @NCAD MA Design History & Material Culture: www.ncad.ie/files/pg_fil...
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August 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays
A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
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George Morrison RIP. My interview from 2008 when he was a fesity 85. www.irishtimes.com/culture/reel...
George Morrison: reel hero of Irish history
No Irish film-maker has shed more light for less money on Ireland's history than George Morrison, writes Martin Doyle
www.irishtimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
George Morrison RIP. My interview from 2008 when he was a fesity 85. www.irishtimes.com/culture/reel...
Thank you Royal Irish Academy for funding my project on the (long, ambiguous) transfer of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham to the Irish state aka 'We are all Paddies here'
Image: Veteran March Past at Royal Hospital Dublin (Irish Pictorial Card Company, early Twentieth Century)
Image: Veteran March Past at Royal Hospital Dublin (Irish Pictorial Card Company, early Twentieth Century)
June 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thank you Royal Irish Academy for funding my project on the (long, ambiguous) transfer of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham to the Irish state aka 'We are all Paddies here'
Image: Veteran March Past at Royal Hospital Dublin (Irish Pictorial Card Company, early Twentieth Century)
Image: Veteran March Past at Royal Hospital Dublin (Irish Pictorial Card Company, early Twentieth Century)
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'A Report of the Debate in the House of Commons ... on the Subject of an Union', is now up @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. Use the link below to explore two key debates on the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The debates took place in Jan. and Feb. 1800.
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Virtual Treasury
Virtual Treasury
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June 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
'A Report of the Debate in the House of Commons ... on the Subject of an Union', is now up @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. Use the link below to explore two key debates on the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The debates took place in Jan. and Feb. 1800.
virtualtreasury.ie/item/PUB-PAR...
virtualtreasury.ie/item/PUB-PAR...
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We're delighted to say that the new excavations.ie website, the national database of archaeological excavation reports in Ireland, is now live. Have a browse!
With thanks to the National Monuments Service, the Dept of Housing, Local Govt & Heritage and The Wordwell Group.
With thanks to the National Monuments Service, the Dept of Housing, Local Govt & Heritage and The Wordwell Group.
Home - Excavations.ie
Advanced Search Submit Reports Map We are delighted to announce our new excavations.ie website has been launched! While it has been extensively tested, should you spot any errors or omissions, please ...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We're delighted to say that the new excavations.ie website, the national database of archaeological excavation reports in Ireland, is now live. Have a browse!
With thanks to the National Monuments Service, the Dept of Housing, Local Govt & Heritage and The Wordwell Group.
With thanks to the National Monuments Service, the Dept of Housing, Local Govt & Heritage and The Wordwell Group.
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Thank you, Dr. Carla Hayden, for your leadership and commitment to ensuring access to knowledge for all. Your service as Librarian of Congress has inspired a generation of librarians, archivists, and readers.
Photo: Dr. Hayden meets with Internet Archive founder @brewster.kahle.org, 2017.
Photo: Dr. Hayden meets with Internet Archive founder @brewster.kahle.org, 2017.
May 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thank you, Dr. Carla Hayden, for your leadership and commitment to ensuring access to knowledge for all. Your service as Librarian of Congress has inspired a generation of librarians, archivists, and readers.
Photo: Dr. Hayden meets with Internet Archive founder @brewster.kahle.org, 2017.
Photo: Dr. Hayden meets with Internet Archive founder @brewster.kahle.org, 2017.
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Thanks to Dr Rosaleen McDonagh for writing this piece for us about the Grace scandal, our framing of disability and vulnerability, and remembering at the heart of this story is a citizen whose essential human rights have been disregarded.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Grace is not a victim of unfortunate oversight, but a citizen whose rights were repeatedly violated
Grace is not a singular failure but a symbol of systemic neglect
www.irishexaminer.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Thanks to Dr Rosaleen McDonagh for writing this piece for us about the Grace scandal, our framing of disability and vulnerability, and remembering at the heart of this story is a citizen whose essential human rights have been disregarded.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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You can get anything on Capel St: dildos, fireplaces, overseas Chinese police stations.
Required reading today, one suggests
China exerts control from a nondescript office on Dublin’s Capel Street
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China exerts control from a nondescript office on Dublin’s Capel Street
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China exerts control from a nondescript office on Dublin’s Capel Street
Running an authoritarian state means constantly having to ‘maintain tentacles everywhere’, said one China watcher
www.irishtimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
You can get anything on Capel St: dildos, fireplaces, overseas Chinese police stations.