Dr Aileen O'Carroll

@Camilla_Fitzs @aioshaug My colleagues and I collected oral histories of repeal campaigners - they, and our project reports, can be found here repository.dri.ie/catalog/kk91v7…

Commercial plants in 1809: coffee, flax, cinnamon, indigo and tobacco. From John Payne's 'Universal Geography', printed down the road from us in the Coombe.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Apply for the #CIJLyraMcKee Bursary Scheme 2026. Run by @cijournalism, it provides investigative journalism training and mentoring for people underrepresented in UK media. Residents of the UK & Rep of Ireland only. Deadline: 6 April 2026 👇 tcij.org/initiative/lyr…

@n_hold Ah bless

I think I assumed without really realizing it that a job as a professor would mean time and resources for learning and thinking and intellectual community.

🇮🇱🇨🇭 This Swiss commentator has balls of steel. While the Israeli bobsleigh team was racing, he kept reminding viewers of the war crimes the pilot has openly supported. Absolute legend!

Unreal sized crowd for the There Is No Ceasefire @ipsc48 Dublin Regional March. Considering it's a rainy January I'm so impressed with the passion that people have #FreePalestine

@Bubblenoma So sorry for your loss and your poor broken heart. ❤️

I'm really devastated to tell ye that on Friday Freddie was put to sleep. He has been sick all over Christmas and it was his time. I've been crying since Wednesday about it all. I was with him in his final moments. He was so silly and fluffy. He was truly the best boy.

As to the unsubstantiated claim that there are members of our Jewish community, 'whose families have been in Ireland since the 1600s', here's a brief overview. It is possible there were some Jews in early medieval Ireland, or at least Irish trained: Virgilius Maro Grammaticus ...

(1) A true hero. Yesterday, I attended Pauleen's funeral. She was the last surviving woman from a group in the 1960s who courageously and secretly sheltered children rescued by a Dublin docker from Ireland's notorious industrial schools. Here is a photo of my brother visiting

A year has passed since the detention of my father, In this white coat, he walked alone amidst death, destruction, and in front of tanks—not because he was fearless, but because his oath and his humanity were greater than any fear. He refused to abandon the children and the wounded at Hospital , and for that, he was detained. This image is a testament to the courage of the man who was the last line of defense for life, and it is the very same scene that ended with his unjust arrest. A full year of injustice has passed. Today, we ask for nothing but his freedom. Please share his story to keep his voice alive.

It is worrying to hear from older people and families that the HSE has again cancelled homecare visits on key dates this December. This is a recurring issue each year. For many, these aren't just "check-ins" they are essential for medication, hygiene, and basic safety. If you have been told your care is being cut and you have no other support, you do not have to just accept it, try and fight it. If the loss of care puts you or a loved one at risk, contact your Local HSE Home Support Office immediately. State clearly that you cannot safely manage without support. Request that the HSE provides "Agency Cover" if their own staff are unavailable. Be Persistent, Use words like "High Risk" or "Unsafe Discharge" if applicable. Because this is an essential care need, I am requesting that the HSE source an Approved External Provider for these specific dates." Without this visit, the patient is at risk of [Falls / Medication Error / Hospital Readmission] Follow up in Writing Send an email to the office or use the "Your Service Your Say" online portal to create a paper trail of your request. Contact HSE Live: If you can't reach your local office, call HSE Live at 1800 700 700 to log your concern If your town isnt listed below you can call HSE Live at 1800 700 700 (Monday–Friday, 8am–8pm; Saturday, 9am–5pm) and they will direct you to your local coordinator. Region / County Office Phone Number Cavan / Monaghan 049 435 2421 / 047 304 00 (Opt 5) Dublin North 01 895 3740 / 01 895 3753 Dublin North West 01 897 5170 / 01 897 5122 Dublin South East 01 268 0570 Dublin South West 01 921 4718 Cork (North/Lee) 021 492 3959 Galway 091 748 474 / 091 546 062 Limerick 061 492 131 / 061 492 129 Kildare / West Wicklow 01 921 4708 / 045 920 420 Donegal 074 910 4775 Mayo 094 904 9177 Waterford 051 848 936 / 051 848 940 Wexford 053 916 0262 #HSEIreland #HomeCare #Carechampionsireland #FamilyCarers #ChristmasAdvocacy

If you haven't already read @kavita_krishnan's piece on what Noam Chomsky’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein says about progressive politics, now is the time to read it scroll.in/article/108902…

Irish words of Norse origin: "Fuinneog" (window) from the Norse "Vindauga", literally "wind eye". #Gaeilge #Irish

Met him once in the Ha’penny Inn pub in Dublin. After a Socialist Worker meeting. He was with an A&R guy I vaguely knew from TCD. I saw him looking at the copies of SW in my hand & we started chatting. He bought a copy off me & said he sold it back in the day. A gent. RIP Mani.

Reading a book, 'The Londonderry Plantation'. Then English view of native Irish has parallels with dehumanisation of Palestinians/ethnic minorities today. The Irish were "generally denounced as barbarians, ignorant, superstitious, depraved, inveterate enemies of social order."

“Researchers deserve more than short-term contracts. They deserve security, dignity, and a voice.” Inspiring words from IFUT’s Miriam Hamilton on the urgent need to transform researcher working conditions in Irish HE. 📖 Read more: ucc.ie/en/rsa/newssem… #Precarity #ResearchersRights #IFUT #HigherEd #AcademicUnion

A group of Cork nurses with long covid gave a presentation to Oireachtas members and staff in the Dáil recently, as their pay is set to be cut from the end of this year. echolive.ie/corknews/arid-…

7/11 I'm resuming this thread, because the Seanad Committee Stage of the #Defamation (Amendment) Bill resumed today oireachtas.ie/en/debates/deb… Senator Joe Conway and Minister @OCallaghanJim referred to online defamation and @SenatorMcDowell picked up the baton:

Discrimination against Travellers doesn’t just harm our community — it harms society. Racism anywhere is injustice everywhere.

This Yom Kippur of 5786, we at Jews for Palestine Ireland cry out for justice.