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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 9h

Friends & Followers in Dublin! I'll be giving the annual Edmund Burke Lecture at TCD today 18:30, at the Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre. All most welcome (but do register)

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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire - Trinity Long Room Hub Annual Edmund Burke Lecture 2025

The Trinity Long Room Hub Annual Edmund Burke Lecture 2025 will be delivered by author and historian William Dalrymple.

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 1d

There has never been a more important time to elect a President who will be independent of Government.

A President who will speak out when it is required. In this election Catherine Connolly is that person.

Vótáil #1 Catherine Connolly on October 24.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly feel many people are sick of performatively confrontational presidential candidate debates.

The constant interruptions, prickly haranguing, random hypotheticals, repetitive dredging of controversy instead of hearing about values, character, vision.

We deserve smarter discourse.

#Aras25

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Save Lady's Island Lake @saveladyislandlake.bsky.social · 1d

We are swimming upstream and our national institutions, which are supposed to protect our lived environment, are failing us.

Lady's Island Lake is just one example, but maybe success in one can be a lesson for all.

Please sign our petition to help turn the tide: my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 2d

"Our Defence Forces embody the values of citizenship and service. Whether responding to emergencies, supporting peacekeeping missions abroad, or helping communities at home, their contribution is immeasurable.

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Clare O'Grady Walshe @clareogw.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread.

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 1d

I remember once talking with a legislative draftsperson who worked at a high level in government who told me that they voted against every constitutional amendment that they drafted. By the same token it is perfectly possible for someone who is ‘pro-European’ (whatever that is)…

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 2d

Israel's destruction of Gaza's agricultural sector has been a consistent goal of its occupations and blockades since 1956.

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Gaza was in antiquity an important trading place and port city for the incense trade. Today, amidst the horror of an ongoing blockade and closure, reoccurring wars, assaults, and suffocating restrictions, it has been evident that the occupation not only aims to cause havoc to the civilian population, their buildings and infrastructure, but also to destroy linkages they have to their land, traditional crops and water sources. Livelihoods that depend on natural resources have been systematically weakened and destroyed. This destruction has been used as a tool by the occupation to turn the working Palestinian population into a dependent group. Since the 1995 Oslo II Accords, Israel has set a ’security perimeter’, known infamously as the Access Restricted Area (ARA), which extends along the borders and is entrenched at least 300 meters from the green line. After the second intifada, the Israeli military gradually extended the ARA to reach up to 1500 meters into the land of the Gaza Strip. The restrictions in Gaza are stripping Palestinians of 35% of the total agricultural area of the Gaza Strip, which also happens to be the most fertile agricultural lands there. Many farmers have been fired at and killed in this no man’s land, many more have been injured and threatened, and crops uprooted and destroyed. Farmers in Gaza who have been struggling for decades to protect and farm their land in this infamous “buffer zone” are among the most vulnerable, alongside fishermen who face a constant threat to their lives when they go out into the small fishing zone, restricted by the Israeli naval blockade.

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 2d

🌱The good news? Solutions already exist.

#Agroecology and community-based food systems restore soils, recycle fertility, protect health & ensure food access – without fueling the climate crisis.

📖 Read more: ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...

#FossilFreeFood #GlobalFertilizerDay (3/3)

Agroecological practices that enhance soil fertility & eliminate the need for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 2d

🌍 This #GlobalFertilizerDay, let’s face the facts:

Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.

🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.

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Fertilizer production relies overwhelmingly on fossil fuels

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 2d

Every day, I have the privilege of meeting so many incredible people.

It was great to chat with this young man in Wexford on Saturday and hear about his upcoming speech next week. A wonderful achievement.

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Connecting Cabra @connectingcabra.bsky.social · 2d

Such a lovely community at event at our Apple Pressing Festival today! Thanks to Lord Mayor Ray McAdam for launching the day. Tks also to Seedsavers for the heritage apple tree and @communityfoundirl.bsky.social for funding this #CircularEconomy project.

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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 2d

The answer to most problems is “more community”.
Today’s Apple Pressing event brought together hundreds of our community to share food and drink and laughs. Brilliant!

Connecting Cabra @connectingcabra.bsky.social · 2d

Such a lovely community at event at our Apple Pressing Festival today! Thanks to Lord Mayor Ray McAdam for launching the day. Tks also to Seedsavers for the heritage apple tree and @communityfoundirl.bsky.social for funding this #CircularEconomy project.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 3d

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was abducted and detained after her aid flotilla was intercepted by the IDF.

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was earlier today abducted and detained by Israeli forces after the aid flotilla on which she was traveling to Gaza was intercep…

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 3d

“Tá glúin nua ag teacht in aois sa Tuaisceart – óg, bríomhar, muiníneach, agus réidh chun todhchaí a thógáil i gcoitinn.

Tá siad ceannródaíoch sna healaíona, sa teanga, agus i saol an phobail. Tá a lán acu ag féachaint ó Dheas don chuimsiú, meas agus ceannaireacht. Ní féidir linn iad a ligint síos.

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 3d

Mar Uachtarán, cinnteoidh mé go léiríonn an Uachtaránacht na rudaí go léir atá i gcoitinn againn – ár gcultúr, ár dtrua, agus ár ndaonnacht comhroinnte.”

Vótáil Catherine Connolly #1

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 3d

An appropriate time to remind ourselves of the vital benefits of trees: www.ucc.ie/en/tree-expl... @eoinlettice.bsky.social

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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 3d

This is what we're up against. People still removing woodlands when we've already lost so much

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 3d

What did Cork Harbour look like 15,000 years ago? New study digs deep to reveal all

Samples showed the area of mudflats around Harper’s Island was once a woodland of willow, alder and oak

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 4d

Fair play to #CatherineConnolly team who just sent a lovely reply to my request for info and a resource pack of her climate & environment interventions for students in my Climate Policy & Politics module. 🙌

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 3d

Fascinating to learn of Brian Friel’s Translations being staged in Senegal.

Ireland's iconic play 'Translations' hits Dakar stage • FRANCE 24 English

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 3d

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 3d

A cynical person might suggest that - just as with the recent huge ecocide on the river Blackwater - nobody will ever face consequences for this www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 3d

“My vision is of a new Ireland - one that is inclusive, progressive, creative and fair. It is not about victory for one side, but partnership between all. I want to use the Presidency to encourage inclusive discussion about the future – to create...

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