It is National Infertility Awareness week - a week to acknowledge the impact of infertility on millions of people around the world. An appropriate time to share the programme for the Locating Loss conference, which will take place @unioflimerick.bsky.social on 27 May
Let’s see who’s getting the largest amount of investment.
Hmm. I see.
(As always, I highly recommend a print subscription to the Dublin Inquirer. It is shocking good value, and a great read on things that would otherwise never be reported.)
www.dublininquirer.com/membership/
Ballymun and Finglas are to get the least council investment in projects in the coming years. The area has been allocated just 2 percent of the pot of capital funding – not including housing – over the next three years.
A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
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You might as well attempt to string 60,000 words together because what else do you have going on?
“Another institutional abuse”:
survivor of Irish mother and baby institutions, who lives in London, can’t afford to accept compensation.
Read more about my client Rosemary Adaser & the c. 13,000 survivors still waiting for action by the UK Government:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Dyer Straits – S01E04 – ‘Hormuz Innit’
Danny shares his no-nonsense take on the strategic focal point of global geopolitics.
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'Cross-border higher education collaboration: building research capacity beyond the centre'
The RIA's North-South Standing Committee is partnering with @ulsteruni.bsky.social to host an event examining collaboration across Higher Education and how we can expand it beyond the centre.
Library tip of the week:
Don't use momma's sewing scissors. Like, at all.
Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in the past week. More here: www.instagram.com/p/DW9f6buDhW...
"As AI systems take over cognitive tasks, uniquely human skills of interpersonal communication, empathy, ethical reasoning and adaptability will become more valuable.... Rather than defend the humanities... define and articulate their evolving value clearly." bit.ly/4vhhHOl
Excited to announce that my journal article on women printsellers in early nineteenth-century Dublin has been published in @eshsi.bsky.social It explores the gendered dynamics of the family print shop and how labour was divided in these domestic and commercial spaces.
A circular design of three salmon fish on a gold background.
Nominations for the 2027 RIA Gold Medals are now open!
In 2027, one RIA Gold Medal will be awarded in the Humanities & one will be awarded in the Chemical, Mathematical & Physical Sciences.
For more information on criteria and eligibility, visit the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2026/04/07/2...
🗣️"More than one million scholarly articles were cited by policymakers between 2019 and 2024"
#EvidenceForPolicy #EvidenceBasedPolicy
Happy BIRTHDAY to PUNCTUM!
WE'RE 15! punctum books, a SCHOLAR-led & QUEER-led press, was founded on April 1, 2011 and we’ve been fighting for the weird & #OpenAccess in scholarly publishing ever since. 550+ books and counting!
Help us celebrate by becoming a subscriber!
punctumbooks.com/support/
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Mark Shearman MBE (@AthleticsImages). The text of the post reads: "After today's excellent decision by the IOC.,if the Rio 2016 women's 800m. was held today, the 3 medallists in my photo. Wambui, Niyonsaba & Semenya would be barred and the medals would go to Canada's Melissa Bishop, Poland's Joanna Jozwik & GB's Lynsey Sharp @AthleticsWeekly" Below the text is a photograph of several female track athletes running a race on a blue track. Prominently featured in the front pack are runners wearing race bibs that say Wambui (wearing a red Kenya uniform), Niyonsaba (wearing a green, white, and red Burundi uniform), and Semenya (wearing a green and yellow South Africa uniform). Several other runners, including one with the name Arzamasova, are visible trailing slightly behind them.
The push for sex verification tests is rooted in racism and they're explicit about it. Not a surprise they want to eliminate the 3 Black women in this photo.
Factors influencing the adoption of open access to longform publications in regional and national contexts | Knowledge Equity Network https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/239567/
Such a short-sighted (polite version!) move on so many levels. And, as you point out: isn’t the free entry usually the reason given for retaining possession of lots of these objects?
Interesting insights from our colleague Emma Rothwell with @rialibrary.bsky.social on how she balances traditional curation and outreach demands at the A&SL Conference 2026. @aslibraries.bsky.social
In honour of #WorldTuberculosisDay read all about Dr Noel Browne, who lost his father, mother and older brother to TB, and who spent months in hospital suffering from the disease. As Minister for Health he launched a campaign to eradicate TB from Ireland. www.dib.ie/biography/br...
Really important work from Clodagh Finn in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social - she has this verified diary of a woman living near Tehran of what is happening there as Trump and Israel’s war wreaks havoc. Continued throughout the week:
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
The 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction is now approaching its nomination deadline, with submissions closing at midnight on 31 March 2026.
Readers, publishers and authors are all invited to submit nominations online: form.jotform.com/220372960158...
Thanks so much to everyone who attended the launch of the MORPHSS catalogue of open research practices in AHSS yesterday (catalogue.morphss.work) and to our fantastic panel members for a thought-provoking discussion on openness in AHSS. We'll be sharing the recording once it's ready.
For and against a united Ireland wins Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.
This recognition highlights the book’s impact as a model for constructive dialogue and as a significant contribution to ongoing conversations about the future of the island of Ireland.
Len Deighton's obit, portrait of a different age: son of servants, gets art degree on basis that national service is a social benefit paid back with an education grant, w/ bonus that a book cover designer writes spy fiction that in turn benefits another working-class kid, Michael Caine. Imagine!
A Sligo archaeologist has identified previously unrecorded burial grounds used for babies who were stillborn, miscarried or who died soon after birth without being baptised
New from @rluk.ac.uk: "Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models", with direct mention of @oapenbooks.bsky.social, @doabooks.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social & Thoth as prime examples 🌞 www.rluk.ac.uk/shared-princ...
#OAbooks #OpenInfras
The location of the remains of almost 900 women and children who died in Bessborough is unknown.
Instead of facilitating the building of 140 apartments on the site, the State should put in place a framework for exhumations and for a site of conscience at Bessborough.
www.iccl.ie/news/bessbor...
Covers of six books from the ladybird Well loved tales series, translated into Irish. The titles include the Irish versions of Snow White and the seven dwarfs and sleeping beauty
On St Patrick's Day.
Ladybird books were published in many different languages - including Irish
(Artists: Eric Winter and Robert Lumley)