Louise Sarsfield Collins
@lsarsfieldcollins.bsky.social
Geographer @ Maynooth University | Reader of books | Mum of one small human | Love the beach
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December 17th meet at Bohs 🏃
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
December 17th meet at Bohs 🏃
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We are highlighting a selection of e-books to support greater understanding of gender-based violence and its impact on this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 📚This day encourages us to learn, reflect and advocate for change. Explore now via LibrarySearch 🔎
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We are highlighting a selection of e-books to support greater understanding of gender-based violence and its impact on this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 📚This day encourages us to learn, reflect and advocate for change. Explore now via LibrarySearch 🔎
Latest post from @therealrw.bsky.social is interesting reading about Australian and New Zealand librarians efforts to promote open access to research publications and a call to action for academics to withdraw free labour to journals researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
Librarians versus the world
Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Latest post from @therealrw.bsky.social is interesting reading about Australian and New Zealand librarians efforts to promote open access to research publications and a call to action for academics to withdraw free labour to journals researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
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There is no "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
Breaking | Israeli occupation forces set fire to lands near the separation wall in the village of ‘Arbouna, east of Jenin.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There is no "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
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I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
Developing guidelines for supervising Neurodivergent HDR students
redcap.unisq.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
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SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful
Solidarity with workers in schools
#PensionParity
#PensionParity
PENSION PARITY NOW
What a crowd making its way to the Dept of Public Expenditure 🪧🪧
Unbelievable. Well done to all the school secretaries and caretakers taking over the streets of Dublin today.
#PensionParity
What a crowd making its way to the Dept of Public Expenditure 🪧🪧
Unbelievable. Well done to all the school secretaries and caretakers taking over the streets of Dublin today.
#PensionParity
August 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Solidarity with workers in schools
#PensionParity
#PensionParity
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Want a way to support the School Secretaries and Caretakers Strike?
Join them on their 1st day of strike outside the Dept of Public Expenditure for a HUGE rally.
Thursday 28th August, 11am, Merrion Square. See you there! #PensionParity
Join them on their 1st day of strike outside the Dept of Public Expenditure for a HUGE rally.
Thursday 28th August, 11am, Merrion Square. See you there! #PensionParity
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Want a way to support the School Secretaries and Caretakers Strike?
Join them on their 1st day of strike outside the Dept of Public Expenditure for a HUGE rally.
Thursday 28th August, 11am, Merrion Square. See you there! #PensionParity
Join them on their 1st day of strike outside the Dept of Public Expenditure for a HUGE rally.
Thursday 28th August, 11am, Merrion Square. See you there! #PensionParity
Absolutely ridiculous that this is still an issue! Pension parity now and solidarity with workers going on strike tomorrow - their work is vital to our schools #pensionparity #solidarity #joinaunion
⚡️Tomorrow is the day⚡️
For all the School Caretakers and Secretaries out there, a special message from two powerhouses - your Branch Chairpersons Luisa and Dave - ahead of your indefinite strike.
We'll see all you on the streets of Dublin tomorrow!
For all the School Caretakers and Secretaries out there, a special message from two powerhouses - your Branch Chairpersons Luisa and Dave - ahead of your indefinite strike.
We'll see all you on the streets of Dublin tomorrow!
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Absolutely ridiculous that this is still an issue! Pension parity now and solidarity with workers going on strike tomorrow - their work is vital to our schools #pensionparity #solidarity #joinaunion
The annual school transport issues in the news again
Bus Éireann tells some parents transport not in place for return to school
Bus Éireann tells some parents transport not in place for return to school
Service says it is ‘working intensively’ to ensure transport arrangements are in place soon
www.irishtimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The annual school transport issues in the news again
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Fair play to whoever this is holding up a Palestinian flag with “Let the aid in” on it right behind Micheál Martin as the Sam Maguire is presented 🇵🇸❤️
July 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Fair play to whoever this is holding up a Palestinian flag with “Let the aid in” on it right behind Micheál Martin as the Sam Maguire is presented 🇵🇸❤️
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Killarney For Palestine are organising a vigil to coincide with the Fourth of July parade there - they're looking for as many people as possible to join them, and if you can play a drum or other loud percussion instrument and bring it with you, even better. www.instagram.com/p/DLmSBWuNNh...
July 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Killarney For Palestine are organising a vigil to coincide with the Fourth of July parade there - they're looking for as many people as possible to join them, and if you can play a drum or other loud percussion instrument and bring it with you, even better. www.instagram.com/p/DLmSBWuNNh...
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🚨ALERT🚨
Thiago Ávila and Rima Hassan are now held in solitary confinement under punitive and inhumane conditions:
Thiago was placed in isolation in Ayalon Prison due to his ongoing hunger and thirst strike, which he began two days ago.
...2/
Thiago Ávila and Rima Hassan are now held in solitary confinement under punitive and inhumane conditions:
Thiago was placed in isolation in Ayalon Prison due to his ongoing hunger and thirst strike, which he began two days ago.
...2/
June 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🚨ALERT🚨
Thiago Ávila and Rima Hassan are now held in solitary confinement under punitive and inhumane conditions:
Thiago was placed in isolation in Ayalon Prison due to his ongoing hunger and thirst strike, which he began two days ago.
...2/
Thiago Ávila and Rima Hassan are now held in solitary confinement under punitive and inhumane conditions:
Thiago was placed in isolation in Ayalon Prison due to his ongoing hunger and thirst strike, which he began two days ago.
...2/
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Back in my day, seizing a boat and abducting passengers was called piracy, and doing it for ideological reasons was called terrorism.
"Israeli forces divert boat"
BBC News describing Israel seizing a boat in international waters & abducting the people on board
BBC News describing Israel seizing a boat in international waters & abducting the people on board
June 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Back in my day, seizing a boat and abducting passengers was called piracy, and doing it for ideological reasons was called terrorism.
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The BBC saying that the flotilla has been “diverted” is as sickening as the *kidnapping* itself tbh
June 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The BBC saying that the flotilla has been “diverted” is as sickening as the *kidnapping* itself tbh
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I've just launched a survey exploring the experiences of Britons living in the EU, EEA, EFTA of accessing and securing their post-Brexit rights, five years on. Open to Brits of all ages across the EU - please share widely! #Brexit #BritsinEU lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Brexit, Citizen's Rights and British citizens in the EU, 5 years on
This online survey examines the extent and scope of the issues and challenges faced by the estimated 1.2 million Britons resident in the EU's 27 member states by the end of the Brexit transition perio...
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I've just launched a survey exploring the experiences of Britons living in the EU, EEA, EFTA of accessing and securing their post-Brexit rights, five years on. Open to Brits of all ages across the EU - please share widely! #Brexit #BritsinEU lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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June 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Fucking hell
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
May 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Fucking hell
Excellent (albeit depressing) read in the Irish Times about the poor treatment of PhD Researchers in Ireland and the undermining of ideas of research and education for the public good. | We are PhD researchers with advice for US colleagues: Don’t come to Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
We are PhD researchers with advice for US colleagues: don’t come to Ireland
Why would you do your PhD in Ireland when you can get decent pay, working conditions and dignity as a researcher in Germany or Sweden?
www.irishtimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Excellent (albeit depressing) read in the Irish Times about the poor treatment of PhD Researchers in Ireland and the undermining of ideas of research and education for the public good. | We are PhD researchers with advice for US colleagues: Don’t come to Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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5 people died on our roads over the weekend and The Irish Times comes out today swinging at mot-oh - oh, no, wait a second, no, they're after cyclists for some reason.
Firing out daily hit pieces on cyclists it seems.
Firing out daily hit pieces on cyclists it seems.
May 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
5 people died on our roads over the weekend and The Irish Times comes out today swinging at mot-oh - oh, no, wait a second, no, they're after cyclists for some reason.
Firing out daily hit pieces on cyclists it seems.
Firing out daily hit pieces on cyclists it seems.
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1/ Many people involved in Holocaust awareness for years and/or with family members involved in the resistance to the Nazis, have held this view for a very long time and it is good to see others now step forward in this way. This a genocide not a war, it must end www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Oliver Sears: Seeing Israel use hunger as a weapon of war is monstrous to me as someone with a Holocaust legacy
Deliberate starvation of an entire people is a monstrous strategy, openly endorsed by cabinet members - horrifying, illegal and counter to Jewish morality and collective memory
www.irishtimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
1/ Many people involved in Holocaust awareness for years and/or with family members involved in the resistance to the Nazis, have held this view for a very long time and it is good to see others now step forward in this way. This a genocide not a war, it must end www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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I signed. You should too unless you live on Strand Road and think you’re better than me
Trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months
I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
May 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I signed. You should too unless you live on Strand Road and think you’re better than me
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We’ve hit 500 responses – help us reach 1,000.
IFUT’s national survey on academic work is live. We’re gathering voices from across Higher Education to campaign for job security, fair workloads & better conditions.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWJKQDH
Have your say. Share widely
#HigherEd #UnionStrong
IFUT’s national survey on academic work is live. We’re gathering voices from across Higher Education to campaign for job security, fair workloads & better conditions.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWJKQDH
Have your say. Share widely
#HigherEd #UnionStrong
Academic Matters - What's changed?
Thank you for taking our survey.
www.surveymonkey.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We’ve hit 500 responses – help us reach 1,000.
IFUT’s national survey on academic work is live. We’re gathering voices from across Higher Education to campaign for job security, fair workloads & better conditions.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWJKQDH
Have your say. Share widely
#HigherEd #UnionStrong
IFUT’s national survey on academic work is live. We’re gathering voices from across Higher Education to campaign for job security, fair workloads & better conditions.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWJKQDH
Have your say. Share widely
#HigherEd #UnionStrong
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7 years ago, we voted to remove the 8th amendment from the Constitution. This allows the government to create legislation regulating abortion provision.
Since then we've had Marie O’Shea’s review recommendations published, but not implemented.
Since then we've had Marie O’Shea’s review recommendations published, but not implemented.
May 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
7 years ago, we voted to remove the 8th amendment from the Constitution. This allows the government to create legislation regulating abortion provision.
Since then we've had Marie O’Shea’s review recommendations published, but not implemented.
Since then we've had Marie O’Shea’s review recommendations published, but not implemented.