Incredibly sad - lots of love to all her family and friends. She was brilliant.
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Patrick Bresnihan
Lecturer Geography // climate, land + energy // political ecology, environmental justice // From the Bog to the Cloud (2025)
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Students from Gaza being denied visas to study here because they can't supply original bank statements or account for gaps in their education. Shameful. www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan studentsConcern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.www.rte.ieBrendan O'Connor is host of a flagship RTÉ show and has a regular column. He should be asking questions of the EU defence and competitiveness agenda that is reversing climate action or why climate change isn't considered a priority security threat. www.independent.ie/comment/opin...
Brendan O’Connor: We just shrug our shoulders and carry on while the world burnsThe picture of the week was a couple sitting on a beach in Lacanau, near Bordeaux in France. His leg is cocked at a jaunty angle, while she holds her phone up, perhaps filming, perhaps doomscrolling.www.independent.ieI don't remember Microsoft having to engage a global supply chain auditor over allegations that it provided unlawful data processing for the IDF (facilitating war crimes) through its Irish-based data centres. www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Aughinish Alumina offers ‘third-party verification’ of its exports to Russia as State’s probe is inconclusivePeter Burke says Department of Enterprise could engage independent supply-chain auditorwww.independent.ieThanks for the links. The question was more rhetorical and does need more of an answer - specifically why no sustained analysis (e.g. books rather than articles or campaigns). Perry Anderson is one exception. www.versobooks.com/products/284...
Ever Closer Union?The European Union is a political order of peculiar stamp and continental scope, its polity of 446 million the third largest on the planet, though with famously little purchase on the conduct of its r...www.versobooks.comWith Europe on fire, I hope to see Ireland make good on this commitment. 'We will address Europe’s security in all its dimensions. We will work to enhance environmental security as an important element of the Irish Presidency’s agenda.' irish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/programme...
Programme of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European UnionIreland will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the eighth time, from 1 July to 31 December 2026. The Irish Presidency will take forward an ambitious agenda, focused on the...irish-presidency.consilium.europa.euImagine if, as it should be, climate change was considered the primary threat facing Europe. All the financial resources, planning efforts, research and technology that would be mobilised to positive social and environmental ends. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Live: France's A400M military plane completes first firefighting missionA military transport plane deployed by the French government on Saturday to help fight wildfires carried out its first firefighting mission. The A400M military aircraft, equipped with a dispensing kit...www.france24.comAs fires rage across Ireland and the rest of Europe, the Minister has the gall to say that climate law has been 'weaponised' by NGOs. This is Trumpian language and climate denial. www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...
Chambers claims climate law has been 'weaponised' by NGOs to halt infrastructure projectsFriends of the Earth have said disapplying climate laws sets ‘an alarming precedent’.www.thejournal.ieIreland should be doing everything it can to undo dependency on the US. 'The state department has promised “increased scrutiny of nations that refuse to reject the ICC’s false authority while relying on US assistance”.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve BloomfieldThe US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice, says Steve Bloomfield, former international edito...www.theguardian.com'If the Triple Lock is dismantled and we start operating outside of the UN mandate system, EU-led full-combat peace-enforcement missions will be the first port of call for future Irish military engagement abroad.' www.rundale.org/2025/07/31/t...
The Triple Lock and the Case of Ireland in Mali - RundaleThe 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.orgNearly three years and no let up. And still the EU supports Israel. "What is particularly alarming is that these warnings have been followed by attacks on the very areas where people have been told to flee,” al-Khalili said. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
Israel bombs Gaza after displacement orders, kills two PalestiniansHumanitarian situation in Gaza is 'desperate', UN official says, as Israeli violations of 'ceasefire' intensify.www.aljazeera.com'In 2026, the Green Wave is at a crossroads. It can keep functioning as soft power for a state that does not house its citizens, or it can refuse to function as cover.' Brian Coney on exported Irish culture. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/07/iris...
Irishness Is Not A BrandExported Irish culture is enjoying a renaissance. But who benefits?tribunemag.co.ukDevelopment, but only on our terms. 'Western leaders claim they want to fight climate change, cure cancer, and end poverty — but they cannot allow China to lead the way on any of them.' www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/the-proble...
The problems with the "China Shock 2.0" narrativeThe West welcomed Chinese exports for decades. Now it's angry that China listened.www.theglobalcurrents.com