Patrick Bresnihan
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
Lecturer Geography // climate, land + energy // political ecology, environmental justice // From the Bog to the Cloud (2025)
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I really hope so.
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
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'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
This Friday in the County Museum Dundalk.
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This Friday in the County Museum Dundalk.
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
Join us today, 5.30pm at the Dáil to support the left opposition motion and to demand the government enact the full, undiluted #OccupiedTerritoriesBill, services included now.
Don't forget to email the government TDs too ➡️
www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
#EndIsraeliImpunity
Don't forget to email the government TDs too ➡️
www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
#EndIsraeliImpunity
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Join us today, 5.30pm at the Dáil to support the left opposition motion and to demand the government enact the full, undiluted #OccupiedTerritoriesBill, services included now.
Don't forget to email the government TDs too ➡️
www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
#EndIsraeliImpunity
Don't forget to email the government TDs too ➡️
www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...
#EndIsraeliImpunity
Quite unbelievable that @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social would propose this.
'The Taoiseach should also express concern about the recent rule change allowing 18- to 22-year-old men to leave Ukraine, while the economy and war effort require them.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
'The Taoiseach should also express concern about the recent rule change allowing 18- to 22-year-old men to leave Ukraine, while the economy and war effort require them.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Barry Andrews: At the front, it's clear Ireland must continue to support Ukraine
If cuts to Ukrainian supports here are necessary, due to the accommodation crisis in Ireland, then we should make up that support in other ways, writes MEP Barry Andrews
www.irishexaminer.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Quite unbelievable that @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social would propose this.
'The Taoiseach should also express concern about the recent rule change allowing 18- to 22-year-old men to leave Ukraine, while the economy and war effort require them.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
'The Taoiseach should also express concern about the recent rule change allowing 18- to 22-year-old men to leave Ukraine, while the economy and war effort require them.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
'Micheal Martin said that some people believe that Ireland's standing internationally is based on "how loud we speak," but the truth is that it is based on "countless hours building relationships".'
Building relationships with the World Bank for €600k a year jobs?
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Building relationships with the World Bank for €600k a year jobs?
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Donohoe resigns from Government for World Bank role
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has resigned from his role in Government to take up a position at the World Bank.
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
'Micheal Martin said that some people believe that Ireland's standing internationally is based on "how loud we speak," but the truth is that it is based on "countless hours building relationships".'
Building relationships with the World Bank for €600k a year jobs?
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Building relationships with the World Bank for €600k a year jobs?
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Government TDs have been eager to praise the EU as the greatest peace project in history.
Worth remembering that besides arming and enabling genocide in Gaza, the EU is engaged in neocolonial 'peace-enforcement missions' in Africa.
www.rundale.org/2025/07/31/t...
Worth remembering that besides arming and enabling genocide in Gaza, the EU is engaged in neocolonial 'peace-enforcement missions' in Africa.
www.rundale.org/2025/07/31/t...
The Triple Lock and the Case of Ireland in Mali - Rundale
The EU-led neo-colonial war in Mali and the Sahel is a stark example of why the Triple Lock should be strengthened if we are to preserve meaningful neutrality heading into an uncertain future.
www.rundale.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Government TDs have been eager to praise the EU as the greatest peace project in history.
Worth remembering that besides arming and enabling genocide in Gaza, the EU is engaged in neocolonial 'peace-enforcement missions' in Africa.
www.rundale.org/2025/07/31/t...
Worth remembering that besides arming and enabling genocide in Gaza, the EU is engaged in neocolonial 'peace-enforcement missions' in Africa.
www.rundale.org/2025/07/31/t...
Excellent as always from @iliasalami.bsky.social and a conclusion that is deeply resonant in Ireland.
'We must categorically reject ever-encompassing notions of national security, which are justified to extend the empire of state and capital over our lives.'
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
'We must categorically reject ever-encompassing notions of national security, which are justified to extend the empire of state and capital over our lives.'
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
Imperial State Capitalism
A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.
transitionsecurity.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Excellent as always from @iliasalami.bsky.social and a conclusion that is deeply resonant in Ireland.
'We must categorically reject ever-encompassing notions of national security, which are justified to extend the empire of state and capital over our lives.'
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
'We must categorically reject ever-encompassing notions of national security, which are justified to extend the empire of state and capital over our lives.'
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
30 years ago this month Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 9 were executed for protesting oil extraction by Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta.
This poem written for Sister Majella McCarron connecting the anti-colonial 'hunger for justice and peace' from Ireland to Nigeria.
This poem written for Sister Majella McCarron connecting the anti-colonial 'hunger for justice and peace' from Ireland to Nigeria.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
30 years ago this month Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 9 were executed for protesting oil extraction by Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta.
This poem written for Sister Majella McCarron connecting the anti-colonial 'hunger for justice and peace' from Ireland to Nigeria.
This poem written for Sister Majella McCarron connecting the anti-colonial 'hunger for justice and peace' from Ireland to Nigeria.
The people don't want war.
'Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa.'
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
'Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa.'
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Ecuador voters reject return of US military bases in referendum
Voters in Ecuador appeared to have rejected the return of US military bases according to early results of a Sunday referendum, in a damaging blow to President Daniel Noboa, who is friendly with Donald...
www.lemonde.fr
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The people don't want war.
'Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa.'
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
'Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa.'
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Apparently what is behind 'anti-Americanism' in Ireland is not the US-backed genocide in Gaza but 'Third World Maoism'.
Maybe the most ridiculous take yet.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Maybe the most ridiculous take yet.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
David McWilliams: The US is Ireland’s best friend, so why are so many of us anti-American?
The Irish-American bond, our enduring and rewarding friendship, is bigger than any politician
www.irishtimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Apparently what is behind 'anti-Americanism' in Ireland is not the US-backed genocide in Gaza but 'Third World Maoism'.
Maybe the most ridiculous take yet.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Maybe the most ridiculous take yet.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Active neutrality is not about being passive, it is about actively working to stop war and genocide and to uphold international law.
The Government's inaction on the OTB is closely linked with its far more urgent action on removing the Triple Lock.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
The Government's inaction on the OTB is closely linked with its far more urgent action on removing the Triple Lock.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Calls for Government to enact Occupied Territories Bill
Opposition party leaders and Senator Frances Black have called on the Government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill before the end of the year.
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Active neutrality is not about being passive, it is about actively working to stop war and genocide and to uphold international law.
The Government's inaction on the OTB is closely linked with its far more urgent action on removing the Triple Lock.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
The Government's inaction on the OTB is closely linked with its far more urgent action on removing the Triple Lock.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
"We rarely see our neutrality framed in the media as a construct.....that provides a pathway to promote peace at a time of deepening global instability and the normalisation of genocide"
@pbresnihan.bsky.social @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
@pbresnihan.bsky.social @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Neutrality matters to Irish people - let’s stop deriding it
As the Government embraces escalating European militarisation, neutrality is being dismissed in media discussions
www.irishtimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"We rarely see our neutrality framed in the media as a construct.....that provides a pathway to promote peace at a time of deepening global instability and the normalisation of genocide"
@pbresnihan.bsky.social @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
@pbresnihan.bsky.social @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Not surprised but greatly heartened by the number of positive messages that we're received since this came out on Saturday.
There are many loud and prominent voices that continue to deride Irish neutrality, but there is a strong majority that quietly support it.
There are many loud and prominent voices that continue to deride Irish neutrality, but there is a strong majority that quietly support it.
Article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan in today's Irish Times - a response to the relentless media commentary deriding Ireland's neutrality.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Not surprised but greatly heartened by the number of positive messages that we're received since this came out on Saturday.
There are many loud and prominent voices that continue to deride Irish neutrality, but there is a strong majority that quietly support it.
There are many loud and prominent voices that continue to deride Irish neutrality, but there is a strong majority that quietly support it.
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... #TripleLock #Neutrality @pbresnihan.bsky.social Patrick Bresnihan Niamh Ní Bhriain and Rory Rowan
Opinion: Neutrality matters to Irish people - let’s stop deriding it
As the Government embraces escalating European militarisation, neutrality is being dismissed in media discussions
www.irishtimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... #TripleLock #Neutrality @pbresnihan.bsky.social Patrick Bresnihan Niamh Ní Bhriain and Rory Rowan
This article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social and Rory Rowan is now online.
Described by those who want rid of Irish neutrality as 'woeful', 'disingenuous', 'bizarre' and 'fantasist'. Both predictable and helpfully proving our point.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Described by those who want rid of Irish neutrality as 'woeful', 'disingenuous', 'bizarre' and 'fantasist'. Both predictable and helpfully proving our point.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Neutrality matters to Irish people - let’s stop deriding it
As the Government embraces escalating European militarisation, neutrality is being dismissed in media discussions
www.irishtimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social and Rory Rowan is now online.
Described by those who want rid of Irish neutrality as 'woeful', 'disingenuous', 'bizarre' and 'fantasist'. Both predictable and helpfully proving our point.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Described by those who want rid of Irish neutrality as 'woeful', 'disingenuous', 'bizarre' and 'fantasist'. Both predictable and helpfully proving our point.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
Excellent article. If you voted for Catherine Connolly for @president.ie then this excellent article will resonate.
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
Article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan in today's Irish Times - a response to the relentless media commentary deriding Ireland's neutrality.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Excellent article. If you voted for Catherine Connolly for @president.ie then this excellent article will resonate.
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
Reposted by Patrick Bresnihan
Our Triple Lock is what got the Lisbon Treaty passed, I do wonder if the Treaty is voided without it? Maybe they don’t care about the T&C but people do. Neutrality is integral to our sovereignty.
Article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan in today's Irish Times - a response to the relentless media commentary deriding Ireland's neutrality.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Our Triple Lock is what got the Lisbon Treaty passed, I do wonder if the Treaty is voided without it? Maybe they don’t care about the T&C but people do. Neutrality is integral to our sovereignty.
US threatens to take Greenland, forces Denmark to increase military spending to buy US fighter jets to defend itself.
NATO.
nordicdefencereview.com/denmark-boos...
NATO.
nordicdefencereview.com/denmark-boos...
Denmark Boosts Defence Spending Amid U.S. Pressure Over Greenland - Nordic Defence Review
Denmark has significantly enhanced its defence capabilities recently, particularly in the Arctic and North Atlantic regions. This move comes in response to escalating geopolitical tensions and renewed...
nordicdefencereview.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
US threatens to take Greenland, forces Denmark to increase military spending to buy US fighter jets to defend itself.
NATO.
nordicdefencereview.com/denmark-boos...
NATO.
nordicdefencereview.com/denmark-boos...
Catherine Connolly was attacked for talking about the threats of EU militarisation and the military-industrial complex.
She is of course absolutely correct - check out the
@transitionsec.bsky.social for excellent analysis and research on the nature and implications of these threats.
She is of course absolutely correct - check out the
@transitionsec.bsky.social for excellent analysis and research on the nature and implications of these threats.
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Catherine Connolly was attacked for talking about the threats of EU militarisation and the military-industrial complex.
She is of course absolutely correct - check out the
@transitionsec.bsky.social for excellent analysis and research on the nature and implications of these threats.
She is of course absolutely correct - check out the
@transitionsec.bsky.social for excellent analysis and research on the nature and implications of these threats.
Article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan in today's Irish Times - a response to the relentless media commentary deriding Ireland's neutrality.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan in today's Irish Times - a response to the relentless media commentary deriding Ireland's neutrality.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
Our President.
'As a sovereign independent nation with a long and cherished tradition of neutrality and an uninterrupted record of peacekeeping since 1958, Ireland is particularly well placed to lead and articulate alternative diplomatic solutions to conflict and war.'
president.ie/en/media-lib...
'As a sovereign independent nation with a long and cherished tradition of neutrality and an uninterrupted record of peacekeeping since 1958, Ireland is particularly well placed to lead and articulate alternative diplomatic solutions to conflict and war.'
president.ie/en/media-lib...
Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly | President of Ireland
A Thaoisigh, A Phríomhbhreithimh, Airí, Baill Chomhairle an Stáit, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasadóirí, Ceannairí Eaglaise, agus dhaoine...
president.ie
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our President.
'As a sovereign independent nation with a long and cherished tradition of neutrality and an uninterrupted record of peacekeeping since 1958, Ireland is particularly well placed to lead and articulate alternative diplomatic solutions to conflict and war.'
president.ie/en/media-lib...
'As a sovereign independent nation with a long and cherished tradition of neutrality and an uninterrupted record of peacekeeping since 1958, Ireland is particularly well placed to lead and articulate alternative diplomatic solutions to conflict and war.'
president.ie/en/media-lib...
I really hope so.
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I really hope so.
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
'The book is a key tool in the struggle for environmental justice framed by a vision of a better, fairer Ireland in a better, fairer world.’
Robbie McVeigh
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
Eoin Drea, senior researcher with the official think-tank of the European People’s Party (EPP) of which Fine Gael is a member, writing in today's Irish Times that the normalisation of genocide and the end of neutrality are 'necessary' for us to align with the EU.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Eoin Drea, senior researcher with the official think-tank of the European People’s Party (EPP) of which Fine Gael is a member, writing in today's Irish Times that the normalisation of genocide and the end of neutrality are 'necessary' for us to align with the EU.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968, Frank Aiken said it was 'a practical & vital step away from war and towards a peaceful and cooperative world that all people desire.'
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968, Frank Aiken said it was 'a practical & vital step away from war and towards a peaceful and cooperative world that all people desire.'
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
Book Launch for 'From The Bog To The Cloud' is in Connolly Books on Wednesday, November 26th.
Pat and I will be in conversation with Conor McCabe and Eugenia Siapera. Should be good!
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
Pat and I will be in conversation with Conor McCabe and Eugenia Siapera. Should be good!
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Book Launch for 'From The Bog To The Cloud' is in Connolly Books on Wednesday, November 26th.
Pat and I will be in conversation with Conor McCabe and Eugenia Siapera. Should be good!
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
Pat and I will be in conversation with Conor McCabe and Eugenia Siapera. Should be good!
www.connollybooks.org/product/from...
De Valera, speaking to us from 1945.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
De Valera, speaking to us from 1945.