Patrick Bresnihan
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
Lecturer Geography // climate, land + energy // political ecology, environmental justice // From the Bog to the Cloud (2025)
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.
Meanwhile, venture capital is flowing into the arms industry because the it is a profitable sector with massive political and financial backing by the EU. We need to be downscaling this kind of anti-social, ecologically destructive investment, not facilitating it. 3/4
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meanwhile, venture capital is flowing into the arms industry because the it is a profitable sector with massive political and financial backing by the EU. We need to be downscaling this kind of anti-social, ecologically destructive investment, not facilitating it. 3/4
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.
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.
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.
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.
Since Catherine Connolly's election, the anti-democratic rhetoric from UK and EU commentators concerning Irish foreign policy has spiked.
Today the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, think tank for the centre-right European People’s Party.
www.politico.eu/article/angl...
Today the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, think tank for the centre-right European People’s Party.
www.politico.eu/article/angl...
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Since Catherine Connolly's election, the anti-democratic rhetoric from UK and EU commentators concerning Irish foreign policy has spiked.
Today the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, think tank for the centre-right European People’s Party.
www.politico.eu/article/angl...
Today the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, think tank for the centre-right European People’s Party.
www.politico.eu/article/angl...
By removing the Triple Lock, the Irish Govnt will not only erode our neutrality but also undermine the UN at a time of escalating militarism and conflict.
This short book by a former UN diplomat and MEP is good for explaining why this is wrong.
ipb.org/new-publicat...
This short book by a former UN diplomat and MEP is good for explaining why this is wrong.
ipb.org/new-publicat...
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
By removing the Triple Lock, the Irish Govnt will not only erode our neutrality but also undermine the UN at a time of escalating militarism and conflict.
This short book by a former UN diplomat and MEP is good for explaining why this is wrong.
ipb.org/new-publicat...
This short book by a former UN diplomat and MEP is good for explaining why this is wrong.
ipb.org/new-publicat...
@catherinegalway.bsky.social won the election because she expresses values held by the majority of Irish people which have been ignored by the Government. Neutrality is central to that.
Follow this link and email FF TDs telling them this. It takes 2 mins.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ff...
Follow this link and email FF TDs telling them this. It takes 2 mins.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ff...
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
@catherinegalway.bsky.social won the election because she expresses values held by the majority of Irish people which have been ignored by the Government. Neutrality is central to that.
Follow this link and email FF TDs telling them this. It takes 2 mins.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ff...
Follow this link and email FF TDs telling them this. It takes 2 mins.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ff...
Two days after @catherinegalway.bsky.social landslide Presidential victory, this article is published by RUSI, a UK defence and security think tank, advising Brussels and UK to 'accelerate planning for a SF-led Government' and then concludes with this chilling line.
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Two days after @catherinegalway.bsky.social landslide Presidential victory, this article is published by RUSI, a UK defence and security think tank, advising Brussels and UK to 'accelerate planning for a SF-led Government' and then concludes with this chilling line.
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
V useful interactive map showing the extent of Chinese energy projects across Africa - main takeaway being that the vast majority are wind, solar, hydro and biomass.
africaenergy.chinaglobalsouth.com
africaenergy.chinaglobalsouth.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
V useful interactive map showing the extent of Chinese energy projects across Africa - main takeaway being that the vast majority are wind, solar, hydro and biomass.
africaenergy.chinaglobalsouth.com
africaenergy.chinaglobalsouth.com
Paulie Doyle, Pat Brodie and me have written a report for @uplift.ie for their Neutrality Files project.
In it, we explain why there is such a gap between consistent public support for Palestine and the absence of any material actions taken by the Irish Government against Israel? 🧵
In it, we explain why there is such a gap between consistent public support for Palestine and the absence of any material actions taken by the Irish Government against Israel? 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Paulie Doyle, Pat Brodie and me have written a report for @uplift.ie for their Neutrality Files project.
In it, we explain why there is such a gap between consistent public support for Palestine and the absence of any material actions taken by the Irish Government against Israel? 🧵
In it, we explain why there is such a gap between consistent public support for Palestine and the absence of any material actions taken by the Irish Government against Israel? 🧵
This headline is from The Guardian and it repeats a tired line we've seen in our own broadsheets.
If any of these journalists had been at the Ceol for Connolly last night they'd have found a packed Vicar St made up of a young, diverse audience hopeful for a new Republic.
If any of these journalists had been at the Ceol for Connolly last night they'd have found a packed Vicar St made up of a young, diverse audience hopeful for a new Republic.
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This headline is from The Guardian and it repeats a tired line we've seen in our own broadsheets.
If any of these journalists had been at the Ceol for Connolly last night they'd have found a packed Vicar St made up of a young, diverse audience hopeful for a new Republic.
If any of these journalists had been at the Ceol for Connolly last night they'd have found a packed Vicar St made up of a young, diverse audience hopeful for a new Republic.
This report published by Amnesty in 2002 already highlighted the role that Ireland played in the arms industry through the export of 'dual use' technology - including through trade w/ Israel. We are much more embedded in this war economy today and the Govnt only wants to advance that.
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This report published by Amnesty in 2002 already highlighted the role that Ireland played in the arms industry through the export of 'dual use' technology - including through trade w/ Israel. We are much more embedded in this war economy today and the Govnt only wants to advance that.
In 1957, Frank Aiken supported a motion to discuss the inclusion of the People's Republic of China to the UN. He also called for the withdrawal of Russian and United States forces from Europe.
He was attacked by Fine Gael, the Church and a conservative media for being a Communist sympathiser.
He was attacked by Fine Gael, the Church and a conservative media for being a Communist sympathiser.
October 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In 1957, Frank Aiken supported a motion to discuss the inclusion of the People's Republic of China to the UN. He also called for the withdrawal of Russian and United States forces from Europe.
He was attacked by Fine Gael, the Church and a conservative media for being a Communist sympathiser.
He was attacked by Fine Gael, the Church and a conservative media for being a Communist sympathiser.
If you are in London, or know someone who is, Pat Brodie and I are having a book launch event in the AA Bookshop this Wednesday 22nd.
Ireland, data centres, bogs, postcolonial development, imperialism, anti-colonial struggles....something for everyone.
Ireland, data centres, bogs, postcolonial development, imperialism, anti-colonial struggles....something for everyone.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If you are in London, or know someone who is, Pat Brodie and I are having a book launch event in the AA Bookshop this Wednesday 22nd.
Ireland, data centres, bogs, postcolonial development, imperialism, anti-colonial struggles....something for everyone.
Ireland, data centres, bogs, postcolonial development, imperialism, anti-colonial struggles....something for everyone.
When @catherinegalway.bsky.social speaks about the dangers of EU militarisation this is what she is talking about.
Kallas and others in the EU are preparing for a forever war.
www.rte.ie/news/europe/...
Kallas and others in the EU are preparing for a forever war.
www.rte.ie/news/europe/...
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
When @catherinegalway.bsky.social speaks about the dangers of EU militarisation this is what she is talking about.
Kallas and others in the EU are preparing for a forever war.
www.rte.ie/news/europe/...
Kallas and others in the EU are preparing for a forever war.
www.rte.ie/news/europe/...
Ireland in the 1980s, even Bono was against US imperialism.
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ireland in the 1980s, even Bono was against US imperialism.
Landlords with more 100+ tenancies now own 26% of rental properties in Dublin. The narrative is that they are more 'professional' and have the capital to invest in improving & retrofitting their properties. The evidence suggests otherwise: mu.ie/justhousing
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Landlords with more 100+ tenancies now own 26% of rental properties in Dublin. The narrative is that they are more 'professional' and have the capital to invest in improving & retrofitting their properties. The evidence suggests otherwise: mu.ie/justhousing
Protest against the Irish Government's decision to join NATO's Partnership for Peace in 1999. Fianna Fáil reneged on their election manifesto not to join the PfP.
The drawing - first step PfP, then EU military integration, then NATO, then the end. The erosion of our neutrality.
The drawing - first step PfP, then EU military integration, then NATO, then the end. The erosion of our neutrality.
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Protest against the Irish Government's decision to join NATO's Partnership for Peace in 1999. Fianna Fáil reneged on their election manifesto not to join the PfP.
The drawing - first step PfP, then EU military integration, then NATO, then the end. The erosion of our neutrality.
The drawing - first step PfP, then EU military integration, then NATO, then the end. The erosion of our neutrality.
If the tiny circle of political journalists that dominate our broadsheets and airwaves left their bubble for a moment, they'd find 14,000 signed up volunteers knocking on doors, holding fundraisers, and talking to people about why
@catherinegalway.bsky.social is the only candidate.
@catherinegalway.bsky.social is the only candidate.
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If the tiny circle of political journalists that dominate our broadsheets and airwaves left their bubble for a moment, they'd find 14,000 signed up volunteers knocking on doors, holding fundraisers, and talking to people about why
@catherinegalway.bsky.social is the only candidate.
@catherinegalway.bsky.social is the only candidate.
Statement by Michael D. Higgins, then Labour spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, just 2 weeks after 9/11.
As the US set off to bomb Afghanistan & Iraq (enabled by the Irish Govnt via Shannon), here was a principled anti-war voice that we hear today in @catherinegalway.bsky.social.
As the US set off to bomb Afghanistan & Iraq (enabled by the Irish Govnt via Shannon), here was a principled anti-war voice that we hear today in @catherinegalway.bsky.social.
October 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Statement by Michael D. Higgins, then Labour spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, just 2 weeks after 9/11.
As the US set off to bomb Afghanistan & Iraq (enabled by the Irish Govnt via Shannon), here was a principled anti-war voice that we hear today in @catherinegalway.bsky.social.
As the US set off to bomb Afghanistan & Iraq (enabled by the Irish Govnt via Shannon), here was a principled anti-war voice that we hear today in @catherinegalway.bsky.social.
Before the Green Party sold out and became Fine Gael lite ('beyond left and right'), they were fairly radical. In the 1990s, they were part of the 'Campaign against US Foreign Policy', linking US imperialism with ecological issues.
October 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Before the Green Party sold out and became Fine Gael lite ('beyond left and right'), they were fairly radical. In the 1990s, they were part of the 'Campaign against US Foreign Policy', linking US imperialism with ecological issues.