A chairde,Thank you so much to everyone who came to our Killer Robots Panel, and thank you so much to the panel – Niamh Ní Bhriain, Kelly Earley, Patrick Bresnihan and Paulie Doyle!
A big thank you as well to Dr Áine Phillips who led our banner-making workshop over the summer and well done to all who were involved in putting together the absolutely amazing banner!
We’re so excited to be kicking off again for the autumn in two weeks with our new In Defence of Housing sessions, which we are running in collaboration with the wonderful, wonderful CATU!
The sessions will be drop-in and there’s not expectation that you will attend all five meetings, but we are asking that if you are interested in attending to please sign up here: Saints & Scholars x CATU sign up form. It’ll just give us a better picture of numbers so don’t worry about coming along if you didn’t manage to fill out the form.
The following week our amazing Militarism & Neutrality group will be back and discussing Ireland and the EU Presidency! Newcomers are very welcome, and in fact, ENCOURAGED!! xx
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
Wed 9 September 7PM – CATU x S&S @ Kirkos
Tue 15 September 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷
CATU v S&S reading group – In Defence of Housing
Wednesday 9 September 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Kirkos, Little Green Street, Dublin 7
Against the Commodification of Housing
Readings:
- Book Chapter: ‘Chapter 1 – Against the Commodification of Housing’, in David Madden & Peter Marcuse, In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis (Verso, 2016), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Intro-Chapter-1.pdf
- Article: Colin Gannon, Ireland’s Housing Crisis Is an Indictment of Irish Capitalism (6 May 2023), available at: https://archive.is/20231125152722/https://jacobin.com/2023/05/ireland-housing-crisis-policy-financialization
- Manifesto: People’s Land Policy, A Manifesto for Land Justice (3rd edn, July 2025), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/manifesto_low-res_d-2.pdf
- Song: Gender Chores, Night in the Woods (23 March 2021), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kisafuMYlSw&list=RDkisafuMYlSw&start_radio=1
Militarism & Neutrality
Tuesday 15 September 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex Street East, Dublin 2
Ireland and the EU Presidency
Core reading:
- Éire 2026, Irish Presidency 2026 Priorities: Security, available at: https://irish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/programme/priority-security/
- Emmet Foley & Christian Kaunert, Ireland and European intelligence: trust and mistrust in Europe’s weak link? (3 August 2026), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Ireland-and-European-intelligence-trust-and-mistrust-in-Europe-s-weak-link-.pdf
- Patrick Bresnihan, Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security (11 August 2026), available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/11/opinion-europe-needs-to-start-treating-the-climate-emergency-as-a-threat-to-our-national-security/
Further reading: (Optional!)
- RTE, Enhanced security planned for EU Presidency, gardaí say (24 June 2026), available at: https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0624/1580009-ireland-eu-presidency/
- Irish Times, Drone wars: Irish Defence Forces watching the skies as EU presidency set to begin (26 May 2026), available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/26/drone-wars-irish-defence-forces-watching-the-skies-as-eu-presidency-set-to-begin/
- Irish Times, ‘Considerable’ concern Ireland lacks means to defend itself ahead of EU presidency role (11 December 2025), available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/12/11/considerable-concern-ireland-lacks-means-to-defend-itself-ahead-of-eu-presidency-role