Wonderful poem.

What this doesn’t say - and it’s important- that managing all this for older people often (not always) falls to women. And privacy and data rules also make this very difficult (for good reason)

I like the way both cats are accessorising their owners’ outfits

lady Anne Clifford’s cat is less cross - possibly because she paid someone to mind him when she went jaunting about to other castles

Doireann Ní Ghríofa born in Galway; Nuala Ní Chonchúir lives in Galway; Elaine Feeney. Nearly a football team

Apple health has tailored workouts -

Yes we team teach most large lecture modules; it works very well but requires good communication and organisation. I actually enjoy the many conversations we have about the material, how to teach and how to assess. It’s a rare moment of collective effort in a hyper individualised model of work

Yes I am an old fashioned person who doesn’t comment on the basis of headlines!!

Maybe; I read the report as asserting quite strongly that current ucd has little to do with Catholicism

Tbf it’s up there now www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

But nice people don’t make enough noise. Racist commentary is now endemic and more effort needs to be made to combat it. It’s vile and horrible and dangerous

And the comments on social media are horrific. The things people feel entitled to say are so awful. Racism is embedded and rampant

and for online bookstation.ie is Irish owned

Ha ha I can only imagine. They are often shocked that I talk about things like politics and empire 😂

And nor should you. I work on early modern women and with a very few honourable exceptions, male scholars aren’t interested

@sonyalcronin.bsky.social

Lots of interviewees on BBC News/newsnight

Just that Connolly seemed to have a wide ranging set of connections with people - I’m not necessarily saying how genuine they are - which seemed to me to fit her well for the role. HH seems like a more private person who might not enjoy the gladhanding that much

Of course not!