Connal Parr
@ParrConnal
Assistant Professor in History. Views my own. Book: Inventing the Myth: Political Passions and the Ulster Protestant Imagination
Delighted that my book arrived today. Now feels real @OUPHistory
Not all Jews are Zionists — Alan Shatter does not speak for me irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It sounds inconceivable. But it’s the truth. Israel is taking deliberate, coordinated action to destroy the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Explicit statements by Israeli officials, combined with a consistent policy of destructive attacks…
The EU - US deal is scandalous… a disaster…with not one concession from the American side…badly negotiated…
If Europeans were paying attention (or being told the truth), they should be beyond appalled by this "deal": bbc.com/news/articles/… It's nothing more than one of the most expensive imperial tributes in history. Just a massive one-way transfer of wealth with no reciprocal…
Trade Union leader Mick Lynch highlighted the use of famine and hunger as a weapon of genocide in Gaza, and historically in Ireland, at the Cork Council of Trade Unions Palestinian Solidarity Rally in Grand Parade, Cork City. siptu.ie/trade-union-le…
Tottenham and South Korea legend Heung-min Son has called for donations to the World Food Programme in order to provide critical support to Palestinians. Last year, he also expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people following an international game against the Palestine…
A silent protest by members of the Indian community in Ireland has been held at the Department of Justice, in a show of solidarity with the victim of a violent and unprovoked assault in Tallaght last weekend. rte.ie/news/2025/0725…
Hulk Hogan was an expression of our national decay, writes Dave Zirin. He was a racist, Trump-supporting, anti-union mass of steroids in spandex. thenation.com/article/societ…
The Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs is to “strongly recommend” that the government’s rewrite of the Occupied Territories Bill should be expanded to include banning trade in services from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The committee has concluded its…
"In 40 years, I've never seen such a minutely, precisely-targeted use of starvation." Prof Alex de Waal of the World Peace Foundation talks to @SkyYaldaHakim about children in Gaza who are dying of malnutrition. Read more ➡️ trib.al/1LxMgdI 📺 Sky 501 and Virgin 602
Breaking News: President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognize the state of Palestine, making it the first of the G7 nations to do so. nyti.ms/3GVjhkQ
A lot of Americans in Ireland, particularly those in business, can’t seem to comprehend why Ireland is so aghast at watching one country starve another. Read a history book.
Hulk Hogan passing away reminded me that this photo exists...
A new low for Trump, as the USS Donald Trump takes on a lot of water. His net approval has dropped 17 pt since January to -11 pt now. Underwater on all major issues from immigration (-5 pt) to Epstein (-37 pt). Only presidency with worse ratings at this point? Trump term 1.
BREAKING: Brazil is preparing submission to join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice
When I am 70 these pictures will be regarded as the height of evil in our century. I imagine myself in debates with people expressing their horror that I will remember as having enthusiastically supported as it happened
This picture
This is on you @YvetteCooperMP and all of the idiot MPs who voted for this obnoxious piece of legislation. It may be ok in North Korea, but not here. You need to rescind it quickly. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
US space surveillance was suggested as a way to verify the decommissioning weapons by the IRA during the peace process, according to newly-released government papers from the National Archives. bbc.in/3IILyLS
Viktor Gyokeres and his agents viewing Mikel Arteta’s trophy room at Arsenal: