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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 3d
The staff at the School of Law and Criminology would like to wish our students and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Please note our offices will close on Tuesday 23, December and will re-open on Friday 2 January.

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 10d
Just in time for Christmas, a detailed look at the possible remedies for breaches of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework. Launched today and ft. @aoifemod.bsky.social @colinmurray.bsky.social, @sylviademars.me, Eleni Frantziou and me. A great gift for the whole family 😊

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Publication - Research: 'Windsor Framework Article 2: Enforcement and Remedies’ | Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Research: 'Windsor Framework Article 2: Enforcement and Remedies’- The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) is a national human rights institution with A status accreditation from the Unit...
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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 10d
The real threats to social cohesion are poverty, inequality, social exclusion and inadequate provision of public services, not asylum seekers. To suggest that it’s the latter is to deflect attention from chronic governmental failure. It’s also deeply cynical and self-serving.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 13d
Isn’t it amazing that China leaves Europe in the dust on EVs yet the EU policy response is to be more lenient on regulating combustion engine car emissions?

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Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · 16d
Bahnschrift.

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 16d
Ich ärgere mich derzeit enorm über die EU. Mit der Abschaffung oder Verschiebung von Umweltregeln sägt sie an den eigenen Grundlagen. Der gestern veröffentlichte globale Umweltbericht unterstreicht das. Kommentar für den DLF.
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Kommentar zu globalem Umweltbericht: Milliardenkosten durch zu wenig Naturschutz
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 17d
@sineadring.bsky.social has written a really lovely piece for The Morrigan blog on the new documentary Testimony (2025) and the continued fight for justice for survivors & those affected by Mother & Baby Homes & Magdalene Laundries

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Testimony: The fight for justice by survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby Homes - Doing Feminist Legal Work
There are many striking moments in Testimony, the recently-released documentary from director Aoife Moore, that centres the voices and experiences of people
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 21d
Here, I wrote something.

"It is incumbent on the Irish government and the Irish public to fulfil the promise of the nation and to continue to fight any transphobic and neocolonial encroachment on Irish shores."

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Trans-rights, neocolonialism & condemning transphobia - Doing Feminist Legal Work
Fine Gael Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill spoke in the Dáil on December 3rd on the subject of transphobia, which she definitively and
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David Kenny @dkennytcd.bsky.social · 21d
Just in time for the Christmas, you can preorder the paperback copy of my book! It won’t arrive until after Christmas, which I know will disappoint many, but a printout of a preorder is often an even better stocking filler than a book. 20% off with code below!
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 22d
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie

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UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 22d
Eleni Frantziou and Anurag Deb: Direct Effect, Disapplication, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Still Together in Northern Ireland after Dillon? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/04/e...
Eleni Frantziou and Anurag Deb: Direct Effect, Disapplication, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Still Together in Northern Ireland after Dillon?
Between 14 and 16 October 2025, the UK Supreme Court heard the appeal of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (‘SOSNI’) against the Dillon decision of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (‘…
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 25d
I recently completed an article for a special issue of the European Law Review on the fundamentals of EU law revisited (for ELRev's 50th birthday). "Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked". Delighted to be able to post my author's copy on here via SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked
The phrase "ever closer union" has been present in what are now the EU Treaties since 1957. This article presents a diagnosis of its role within the f
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Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · 26d
Or with EU law - right to an effective remedy - given that many planning JRs have an EU law angle…

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Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 27d
Great workshop on the Irish Political Constitution today, co-organised with @laurcah.bsky.social and @alangreene.bsky.social Some great papers, planning on a special issue of the Irish Jurist in 2026. Thanks to @maynoothlaw.bsky.social and the NUI for their support.
Three academics innfront of a Maynooth School of Law and Criminology sign

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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 28d
Dr David Mangan has co-authored with Professor Frank Hendrickx (Director of KU Leuven’s Institute for Labour Law) a chapter commentary on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its work implications.

See: tinyurl.com/3jksdkyd

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 29d
France carried out decades of nuclear testing in the Pacific - yet hundreds of thousands of EU citizens still wait for compensation for radiation exposure.

IGNACIO PORTELA GIRÁLDEZ explains why France must address this unresolved nuclear legacy:

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Only with a fairer and more effective compensation system in place can France and Europe restore their ties with Pacific Islanders.

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Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · 29d
Congrats!

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 29d
‘What passes for post-liberalism today is either pernicious or impotent.’

@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on post-liberal political theory: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jan-Werner Müller · Caesar wept: Trolling the Libs
All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power...
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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · Nov 26
DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.

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Conor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social · Nov 25
New vacancy (Junior Research Fellowship) working on the Northern Ireland Peace Process at the Quill Project in Oxford!

Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.

See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Junior Research Fellowship in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (Quill Project)
Pembroke College wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow in the History of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The appointment will be from early 2026 until 31 July 2027. The post is full-time and ...
www.pmb.ox.ac.uk

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Philipp Osten @osten.bsky.social · Nov 24
Der Verband der Familienunternehmer möchte mit der AfD "ins Gespräch kommen".
Ein flüchtiger Blick auf die Liste der im Präsidium vertretenen Unternehmen offenbart:
Kontakte zu Nazis sind Familientradition, vom Propagandisten der Judenverfolgung Hermann Röchling bis zu Himmlers Freund Dr. Oetker.
links: Screenshot von der Website familienunternehmer.eu/ueber-uns/praesidium-gremien/praesidium.html rechts daneben: Familienmitglieder in der NS-Zeit.

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David Phinnemore @dphinnemore.bsky.social · Nov 24
On the Windsor Framework and the NI Assembly's 2024 Democratic Consent vote...

With @politicalquarterly.bsky.social

Open access via:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Research Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg | FAU CHREN @humanrights-fau.bsky.social · Nov 24
💼 Call for Applications: Up to 5 Postdoc Positions for Cluster of Excellence „Transforming Human Rights“
↗️Apply now: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/11/17/s...

@fau.de @dfg.de #exc #fau #humanrights #HumanRightsFAU

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Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · Nov 24
The game is on. The next (and third) CJEU opinion on EU accession to the ECHR will be known as Opinion 1/25.
stevepeers.bsky.social Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Nov 24
EU and ECHR

Looks like the EU Commission's request for the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the latest attempt for the EU to sign up to the ECHR is compatible with EU was finally registered with the Court on Friday - curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
CURIA - Case information
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Nov 24
EU and ECHR

Looks like the EU Commission's request for the EU Court of Justice to rule on whether the latest attempt for the EU to sign up to the ECHR is compatible with EU was finally registered with the Court on Friday - curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
CURIA - Case information
curia.europa.eu

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Nov 19
With dizzying power imbalances at "prestigious" institutions and frightening levels of precarity for junior scholars, UK academia is rife with these stories:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Nov 18
Rarely spotted job fairy alert! A specific public law senior lecturer/reader post (and a few other positions - including in environmental law - to boot). Please spread the word! Happy to discuss with anyone who is tempted to come join us in Newcastle:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...
Senior Lecturer/Reader in Public Law at Newcastle University
Apply now for the Senior Lecturer/Reader in Public Law role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk

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Seán Rainford @seanrainford.bsky.social · Nov 17
Join us at DCU's St Pats campus for an evening seminar comparing the Irish and Indian constitutions, hosted by the Ireland India Institute, next Wed 26 Nov.

Some leading constitutional lawyers and historians will explore shared influences and challenges between 🇮🇳 and 🇮🇪. All welcome
The DCU Ireland India Institute invited you for an evening of conversation. Historical Echoes – Constitutional Connections in Ireland and India. Speakers: Donal Coffey, Aoife O'Donoghue, Suryapratim Roy, and Martin O'Donoghue. Discussant: Seán Rainford.