Aishling Mc Morrow

What recent developments in Syria mean for the Kurds Kurdish forces suffered a major setback as the Damascus government seized northeast Syria and cemented its partnership with Washington — yet Kurdish cross-border solidarity has been renewed.

NEW from me for @chmenap.bsky.social: Syria's Kurds suffered a dramatic setback over the past month, but the response from ordinary Kurds and their leaders was remarkable as cross-border solidarity skyrocketed.
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Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.

It’s Friday. May I be blunt? F*ck this. www.bbc.com/news/article...

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

Trump's "medical advice" ties into a long history of mother blame and boosts the political capital of a presidency based on misogyny. My short piece for QPol: @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Even Jane Austen had to put up with Those Guys www.ft.com/content/bdcd...

I don't care whether it works or how it works. The reason AI is bad is because it's environmentally ruinous, socially devastating, and being pushed on us without consent by the worst people in the world.

When you're writing about Irish myth and folklore and a hare runs across your path. Okay then. If you know, you know.

Cork players will refuse to wear skorts in camogie final Cork camogie player Ashling Thompson has said Cork will wear shorts in Saturday's Munster senior camogie final and if they are asked to change to skorts they will refuse to do so, even if it risks the...

Cork camogie player Ashling Thompson has said Cork will wear shorts in Saturday's Munster senior camogie final and if they are asked to change to skorts they will refuse to do so, even if it risks the game being abandoned.

I have a very personal essay in today’s Irish Times about the grandfather I never met, the historian KH Connell

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Great to talk to @kurtisreid.bsky.social of the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk about how deeply embedded violent misogyny is in society.

Poetry is an ever-evolving medium—and over the past 25 years, authors have pursued astonishing new forms and reinvented old ones. The Atlantic’s editors compiled the best American poetry collections from the 21st century: theatln.tc/IdlTsUZQ

Violent Misogyny is both a Symptom and a Cause of Extremist Ideology - Queen's Policy Engagement We need to call violent misogyny exactly what it is: an extremist ideology that is already present and operating in society says Dr Aishling McMorrow.

I wrote a piece on how we need to call violent misogyny exactly what it is: an extremist ideology that is already present and operating in society.

Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 years after the atrocity There remain questions about how authorities in both Ireland and the UK handled the events around the 1998 bombing that killed 29 people.

There remain questions about how authorities in both Ireland and the UK handled the events around the 1998 bombing that killed 29 people.

Why Kurds Are Disappointed by Biden’s Legacy Biden’s pro-Kurdish track record in the Senate and vice presidency didn’t extend to his time in the White House.

As Biden's presidency comes to an end, his track record is underwhelming—littered with missed opportunities to support Kurds and Kurdish issues, Winthrop Rodgers writes.

White British people aren’t under threat from multicultural Britain – they are part of it | Kieran Connell Reform would have you believe that multiculturalism is an act of exclusion. In fact, the opposite is the case, says historian and writer Kieran Connell

I have a piece in today’s Guardian based on my book in which I argue for an expanded, more inclusive definition of multiculturalism as a way out of the culture wars

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Mc Morrow High Cross, 1923.