Colm O’Dwyer
@colmodwyer.bsky.social
Barrister (Senior Counsel). Human Rights, International Protection, Public law 🇮🇪
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A very eye-opening follow-up: the account owner openly admits they were posting hateful content simply to develop, and monetise, a big TikTok account bsky.app/profile/jim....
This is an *exceptional* piece of work, and ought to be borne in mind when looking at literally any online ragebait in future.
A TikTok account that professed to be highlighting how 'illegal immigrants get free housing in London' was… well, not that at all.
www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
A TikTok account that professed to be highlighting how 'illegal immigrants get free housing in London' was… well, not that at all.
www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
February 8, 2026 at 8:02 AM
A very eye-opening follow-up: the account owner openly admits they were posting hateful content simply to develop, and monetise, a big TikTok account bsky.app/profile/jim....
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The National Museum of Ireland - Natural History has 350 custom display cases from 1850s to 1910s that are part of the major conservation of the building www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
@nmireland.bsky.social @archiseek.bsky.social #SpeirGorm
@nmireland.bsky.social @archiseek.bsky.social #SpeirGorm
Reviving the Past: Restoring Historic Display Cases for a New Generation | National Museum of Ireland
Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions
www.museum.ie
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The National Museum of Ireland - Natural History has 350 custom display cases from 1850s to 1910s that are part of the major conservation of the building www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
@nmireland.bsky.social @archiseek.bsky.social #SpeirGorm
@nmireland.bsky.social @archiseek.bsky.social #SpeirGorm
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Another landmark judgement by @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social that applies to many member states: even in cases of a sudden surge in arrivals, basic reception conditions must be provided. So will the @ec.europa.eu finally launch infringement proceedings against all (many) member states in breach?
CJEU, asylum law
New judgment: Ireland cannot avoid liability for insufficient support for asylum-seekers
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
New judgment: Ireland cannot avoid liability for insufficient support for asylum-seekers
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
CURIA - Documents
curia.europa.eu
August 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another landmark judgement by @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social that applies to many member states: even in cases of a sudden surge in arrivals, basic reception conditions must be provided. So will the @ec.europa.eu finally launch infringement proceedings against all (many) member states in breach?
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Helicopters were air dropping animal feed to farmers in Australia stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's southeast
Australia airdrops supplies to farmers stranded by floods
www.rte.ie
May 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Helicopters were air dropping animal feed to farmers in Australia stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's southeast
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Quite a lot of grumbling about NIMBYism etc in the replies to this, but I think it’s pretty exclusionary that some London councils now fence off large areas of public parks for several of the best weeks of summer so that private companies can hold expensive ticketed events.
MASSIVE legal verdict just in for festivals in London parks.... Questions over whether Mighty Hoopla and Field Day and can go ahead this month.... residents won legal challenge arguing they need planning permission... implications for all other London parks.
www.londoncentric.media/p/mighty-hoo...
www.londoncentric.media/p/mighty-hoo...
Mighty Hoopla: Victory for anti-festival campaigners
Plus: The Italian businessman ordered to fill his Mayfair basement with concrete and the messy battle over LTNs in the capital.
www.londoncentric.media
May 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Quite a lot of grumbling about NIMBYism etc in the replies to this, but I think it’s pretty exclusionary that some London councils now fence off large areas of public parks for several of the best weeks of summer so that private companies can hold expensive ticketed events.
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The population in Gaza is being subjected to "forced starvation" where hunger is being used as "an instrument of war", President Michael D Higgins tells the National Famine Commemoration in Kilmallock, Co Limerick.
Gazans subjected to 'forced starvation', says President
President Michael D Higgins has said the population in Gaza is being subjected to "forced starvation" where hunger is being used as "an instrument of war".
www.rte.ie
May 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The population in Gaza is being subjected to "forced starvation" where hunger is being used as "an instrument of war", President Michael D Higgins tells the National Famine Commemoration in Kilmallock, Co Limerick.
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Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says
Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says
Significant legal opinion says key legal argument advanced by Government cannot be used
www.irishtimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says
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Don't miss the latest episodes in our acclaimed @EmpirePodUK series on how Ireland won it's freedom:
YEATS' CULTURAL REVOLUTION
THE EASTER RISING... and
THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
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YEATS' CULTURAL REVOLUTION
THE EASTER RISING... and
THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
March 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Don't miss the latest episodes in our acclaimed @EmpirePodUK series on how Ireland won it's freedom:
YEATS' CULTURAL REVOLUTION
THE EASTER RISING... and
THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
YEATS' CULTURAL REVOLUTION
THE EASTER RISING... and
THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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Government has sent a clear message to the far right: arson and violence work
Government has sent a clear message to the far right: arson and violence work
It may be that the decision to stop locating accommodation centres in parts of the country takes the heat out of anti-migrant protests. But given the victory they have just been handed, I wouldn’t bet on it
www.irishtimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Government has sent a clear message to the far right: arson and violence work
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What does European #humanrights law have to say about the #costofliving? Find out with this short podcast on the @coe.int European Committee of #SocialRights review on the #costofliving #crisis
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#housing #work #socialprotection #energy #food #poverty #participation
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#housing #work #socialprotection #energy #food #poverty #participation
March 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
What does European #humanrights law have to say about the #costofliving? Find out with this short podcast on the @coe.int European Committee of #SocialRights review on the #costofliving #crisis
www.linkedin.com/safety/go?ur...
#housing #work #socialprotection #energy #food #poverty #participation
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#housing #work #socialprotection #energy #food #poverty #participation
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There was hardly an accusatory word that wasn't used as the much anticipated Web Summit case opened at the High Court on Tuesday, writes Vivienne Traynor.
Greed, manipulation allegations as ex-friends go to court
There was hardly an accusatory word that wasn't used as the much anticipated Web Summit case opened at the High Court on Tuesday, writes Vivienne Traynor.
www.rte.ie
March 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
There was hardly an accusatory word that wasn't used as the much anticipated Web Summit case opened at the High Court on Tuesday, writes Vivienne Traynor.
This is really good longer piece from yesterday’s IT.
I don’t think that ‘Irish Britons’ works culturally.
I don’t think that ‘Irish Britons’ works culturally.
‘I’m not a plastic Paddy’: We have Irish Americans, so why not Irish Britons?
‘I’m not a plastic Paddy’: We have Irish Americans, so why not Irish Britons?
The Irish identity of people born in Britain, where six million have at least one Irish grandparent, can be complex and personal...
www.irishtimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is really good longer piece from yesterday’s IT.
I don’t think that ‘Irish Britons’ works culturally.
I don’t think that ‘Irish Britons’ works culturally.
I thought Dry January had affected my eyesight
January 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I thought Dry January had affected my eyesight
Even if it were true that 1 in every 12 people in London is a migrant without a visa or permission, which it isn’t for reasons explained in this post, surely this would, to a large extent, be the fault of the previous government & Home Secretaries, supported enthusiastically by the Telegraph 🤔
I've now complained to @ipso.co.uk & expect in due course Telegraph will be forced to correct this BS.
They couldn’t even get London’s overall population right, let alone migration stats.
But what are the "right" numbers? [1/n]
They couldn’t even get London’s overall population right, let alone migration stats.
But what are the "right" numbers? [1/n]
January 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Even if it were true that 1 in every 12 people in London is a migrant without a visa or permission, which it isn’t for reasons explained in this post, surely this would, to a large extent, be the fault of the previous government & Home Secretaries, supported enthusiastically by the Telegraph 🤔
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Solving the puzzle of why Prince Harry's case against News Group Newspapers came to its sudden end
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at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
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January 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Solving the puzzle of why Prince Harry's case against News Group Newspapers came to its sudden end
By me
at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
My 'working out'
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/solving-th...
or
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/solv...
By me
at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
My 'working out'
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/solving-th...
or
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/solv...
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Former Trump advisor pledges to ‘take this guy down’ and kick him out of the Maga movement
www.irishtimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Colm Tóibín on the LA fires is an essential read www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín · In LA
A new fire started in Hollywood. It might have looked as though we were now surrounded on three sides by fires, but it...
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January 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Colm Tóibín on the LA fires is an essential read www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This is what happens in Ireland following a Constitutional challenge a number of years ago.
Excl: The government's top immigration adviser has urged ministers to lift the ban on asylum seekers working while they wait for their claim to be processed:
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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‘Let asylum seekers work if claim takes more than six months’
Professor Brian Bell, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, believes the move would save taxpayers money and help integration
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is what happens in Ireland following a Constitutional challenge a number of years ago.
While far from ideal, the on-street food services or ‘soup kitchens’ are obviously used and needed. You can’t help but think that the long queues are in fact the cause of embarrassment to people other than the users.
December 27, 2024 at 3:47 PM
While far from ideal, the on-street food services or ‘soup kitchens’ are obviously used and needed. You can’t help but think that the long queues are in fact the cause of embarrassment to people other than the users.
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This is very good www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Cillian Murphy's Limited Edition - Series 3 - Vol. 3: Cillian takes you on a sonic journey in this nocturnal mixtape - BBC Sounds
With music from Gil Scott Heron, Iggy Pop, DJ Shadow, Ana Roxanne and Lisa O’Neill.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM
This is very good www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Still in need of some festive history? Look no further than our episode on the empire built on frankincense and myrrh with the brilliant @bettanyhughes.bsky.social
By the time of Jesus’ birth, a mysterious empire had built its wealth through trading two of the gifts present at the Nativity...
By the time of Jesus’ birth, a mysterious empire had built its wealth through trading two of the gifts present at the Nativity...
December 27, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Still in need of some festive history? Look no further than our episode on the empire built on frankincense and myrrh with the brilliant @bettanyhughes.bsky.social
By the time of Jesus’ birth, a mysterious empire had built its wealth through trading two of the gifts present at the Nativity...
By the time of Jesus’ birth, a mysterious empire had built its wealth through trading two of the gifts present at the Nativity...