Dr Ciarán Murphy
@ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social
49% Irish, 47% Mancunian (4% Welsh).
Social worker, researcher, academic. Trustee Association of Child Protection Professionals
Associate Editor Child Abuse Review.
Diversity is beautiful. Black lives matter. Hope not hate.
Social worker, researcher, academic. Trustee Association of Child Protection Professionals
Associate Editor Child Abuse Review.
Diversity is beautiful. Black lives matter. Hope not hate.
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A sad day with the passing pf Sly Dunbar. Heaven is in dub. ❤️💚💛
January 27, 2026 at 2:21 AM
A sad day with the passing pf Sly Dunbar. Heaven is in dub. ❤️💚💛
University application fees for care leavers to be scrapped by Ucas | The Independent share.google/C8ePnBS6Iby0...
University application fees for care leavers to be scrapped by Ucas
Those who have been in care who are applying to start university in autumn 2027 will have the fee waived
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January 25, 2026 at 10:16 AM
University application fees for care leavers to be scrapped by Ucas | The Independent share.google/C8ePnBS6Iby0...
A call to all UK child protection professionals. If you are in favour of a ban on smartphones in school (given the hugely detrimental impact they are having on our children), please sign this open letter to the Prime Minister calling for a statutory ban: www.generationfocus.org/open-letter-...
Open letter to government from child protection professionals – Generation Focus
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January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A call to all UK child protection professionals. If you are in favour of a ban on smartphones in school (given the hugely detrimental impact they are having on our children), please sign this open letter to the Prime Minister calling for a statutory ban: www.generationfocus.org/open-letter-...
BBC News - UK to ban deepfake AI 'nudification' apps
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UK to ban deepfake AI 'nudification' apps
A new offence looks to build on existing rules outlawing sexually explicit deepfakes and intimate image abuse.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BBC News - UK to ban deepfake AI 'nudification' apps
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Another hero with celebrating and shouting about: ‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter | Bondi beach terror attack | The Guardian share.google/eAPIXdwrJ7Qf...
‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter
Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack
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December 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Another hero with celebrating and shouting about: ‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter | Bondi beach terror attack | The Guardian share.google/eAPIXdwrJ7Qf...
BBC News - Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal' - Ofsted
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Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal' - Ofsted
The Children's Homes Association says there is no clear national plan and government must 'fix the system'.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
BBC News - Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal' - Ofsted
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After 50 Years of ‘Protocolization’, What Is the Progress Towards Munro's Image of a More Flexible, Innovative and ‘Child‐Centred’ English Child Protection System? - Murphy - Child & Family Social Work - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
After 50 Years of ‘Protocolization’, What Is the Progress Towards Munro's Image of a More Flexible, Innovative and ‘Child‐Centred’ English Child Protection System?
Fifty years after the formation of England's child protection system, the country continues to reel from new instances of high-profile child death tragedies where children have been harmed despite pr...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
After 50 Years of ‘Protocolization’, What Is the Progress Towards Munro's Image of a More Flexible, Innovative and ‘Child‐Centred’ English Child Protection System? - Murphy - Child & Family Social Work - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This is such an important initiative, and I'm proud to support it. Flossie and the other claimants need £500k to fund the legal challenge. They have started a crowdfunding page here www.crowdjustice.com/case/ban-sma... Please donate if you can and share widely youtu.be/n1pD25JOd5g?...
Should Phones Be Banned? Teen Takes Government to Court Over Phone Harms
YouTube video by Good Morning Britain
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November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is such an important initiative, and I'm proud to support it. Flossie and the other claimants need £500k to fund the legal challenge. They have started a crowdfunding page here www.crowdjustice.com/case/ban-sma... Please donate if you can and share widely youtu.be/n1pD25JOd5g?...
This is what a hero looks like. Thoughts and prayers with Samir and his family.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is what a hero looks like. Thoughts and prayers with Samir and his family.
Source: The Guardian
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Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says
Resolution Foundation says half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates
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October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Source: The Guardian
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The child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed | The Independent share.google/S78sbvEQv2mP...
Child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed
As the row surrounding the future Grooming Gang Inquiry deepens, Bryony Gooch reflects on the third anniversary of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, as those who were involved warn key ...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed | The Independent share.google/S78sbvEQv2mP...
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Dr Ciarán Murphy talking about his pathway into the “family business” of #childprotection #socialwork and his passion for this work
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Dr Ciarán Murphy talking about his pathway into the “family business” of #childprotection #socialwork and his passion for this work
Ricky Hatton Memorial: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002l4x4 via @bbciplayer
Ricky Hatton Memorial
Coverage of the procession as people pay their respects to Ricky Hatton.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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UK poverty crisis laid bare as 500,000 children living in families trapped in benefits debt cycle | The Independent share.google/2Tk1oV5MNlJt...
UK poverty crisis as 500,000 children in homes trapped in benefit debt cycle
Exclusive: Tens of thousands of families are forced to take out loans to cover the five-week wait until their first universal credit payment – but many struggle to pay it back
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October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
UK poverty crisis laid bare as 500,000 children living in families trapped in benefits debt cycle | The Independent share.google/2Tk1oV5MNlJt...
£500 million for first ever fair pay agreement for care workers - GOV.UK share.google/tAIV3GsjMBKF...
£500 million for first ever fair pay agreement for care workers
Government invests £500 million into first ever fair pay agreement in major milestone for care worker pay.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The Guardian view on child poverty: the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap can’t come soon enough | Editorial | The Guardian share.google/CeVJo6hjTzmM...
The Guardian view on child poverty: the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap can’t come soon enough | Editorial
Editorial: Extra services for poorer families are welcome, but real progress requires the raising of incomes
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October 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Guardian view on child poverty: the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap can’t come soon enough | Editorial | The Guardian share.google/CeVJo6hjTzmM...
Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’ | Covid inquiry | The Guardian share.google/8QIXieLTIxuZ...
Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’
Inquiry hears of children exposed to pornography and suffering ‘grievous’ harm without protection of schools
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September 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’ | Covid inquiry | The Guardian share.google/8QIXieLTIxuZ...
Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower | Internet safety | The Guardian share.google/adtPoecvBt9I...
Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower
Meta rejects review findings, which claim two-thirds of new features designed to protect young people are ‘woefully ineffective’
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September 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower | Internet safety | The Guardian share.google/adtPoecvBt9I...
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With a third of women who died during, or just after, pregnancy, known to social care, charity Birth Companions is looking to improve the care they get
'The high death rate of mothers involved with children's social care shows we need a new approach' - Community Care
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September 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
With a third of women who died during, or just after, pregnancy, known to social care, charity Birth Companions is looking to improve the care they get
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If you are interested in #socialwork and #socialworkeducation then you might like to read this article we wrote, with @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social, which was published in Community Care this week: www.geese.co.uk/news/article...
Article published in Community Care magazine - Geese Theatre Company
Our Artistic Director, Andy, discusses our training offer for social workers
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September 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you are interested in #socialwork and #socialworkeducation then you might like to read this article we wrote, with @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social, which was published in Community Care this week: www.geese.co.uk/news/article...