Conor J. Kelly
@conorjkelly.bsky.social
Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies at Balliol College, University of Oxford | Researching Irish, UK, & EU politics focusing on Northern Ireland | Usual disclaimer
From Donegal. Profile: https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/conor-j-kelly
From Donegal. Profile: https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/conor-j-kelly
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My wife died but Virgin Media seems unable to transfer account to my name
My wife died but Virgin Media seems unable to transfer account to my name
Transferring names and moving to a cheaper deal should not require the bereaved to repeatedly explain a death
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
My wife died but Virgin Media seems unable to transfer account to my name
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The Senate is expected to vote around 5 p.m. to approve the shutdown deal.
@jordainc.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Senate is expected to vote around 5 p.m. to approve the shutdown deal.
@jordainc.bsky.social
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@jordainc.bsky.social
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Forty years on from the Anglo-Irish Agreement, our latest #BehindTheHeadlines gathered leading voices in diplomacy, history, and journalism to reflect on its legacy and ongoing relevance.
Read now: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
#HubMatters
Read now: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
#HubMatters
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Forty years on from the Anglo-Irish Agreement, our latest #BehindTheHeadlines gathered leading voices in diplomacy, history, and journalism to reflect on its legacy and ongoing relevance.
Read now: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
#HubMatters
Read now: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
#HubMatters
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🧵 The government was defeated in the House of Lords once yesterday, 5 November 2025.
The government was defeated 161 to 144 votes on amendment 35 to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill at report stage.
👉 votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
The government was defeated 161 to 144 votes on amendment 35 to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill at report stage.
👉 votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🧵 The government was defeated in the House of Lords once yesterday, 5 November 2025.
The government was defeated 161 to 144 votes on amendment 35 to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill at report stage.
👉 votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
The government was defeated 161 to 144 votes on amendment 35 to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill at report stage.
👉 votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
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Fianna Fáil has signalled that an independent review into its failed presidential campaign may not be finalised by the agreed deadline of next Wednesday
Delay to review of Fianna Fáil's presidential campaign
Fianna Fáil has signalled that an independent review into its failed presidential campaign may not be finalised by the agreed deadline of next Wednesday.
www.rte.ie
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fianna Fáil has signalled that an independent review into its failed presidential campaign may not be finalised by the agreed deadline of next Wednesday
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Not ideal, but important context beyond the headline:
“11 November is Remembrance Day in the UK”
“I wish Catherine Connolly well as she takes up the office, recognising that this is undoubtedly a significant personal honour for her and I hope to speak to her personally in the next number of days.”
“11 November is Remembrance Day in the UK”
“I wish Catherine Connolly well as she takes up the office, recognising that this is undoubtedly a significant personal honour for her and I hope to speak to her personally in the next number of days.”
DUP Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has turned down an invitation to attend Catherine Connolly’s inauguration as Irish president.
It will be the first time since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that a serving first or deputy first minister has not attended.
jrnl.ie/6867988
It will be the first time since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that a serving first or deputy first minister has not attended.
jrnl.ie/6867988
DUP's Deputy First Minister turns down invitation to attend Catherine Connolly's inauguration
NI’s first and deputy first ministers have attended all presidential inaugurations since the Good Friday Agreement.
jrnl.ie
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Not ideal, but important context beyond the headline:
“11 November is Remembrance Day in the UK”
“I wish Catherine Connolly well as she takes up the office, recognising that this is undoubtedly a significant personal honour for her and I hope to speak to her personally in the next number of days.”
“11 November is Remembrance Day in the UK”
“I wish Catherine Connolly well as she takes up the office, recognising that this is undoubtedly a significant personal honour for her and I hope to speak to her personally in the next number of days.”
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Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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“The scandal at the heart of this controversy is not a political one. It is a media scandal.”
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
☕️🥐
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
☕️🥐
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
“The scandal at the heart of this controversy is not a political one. It is a media scandal.”
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
☕️🥐
~Justine McCarthy
The Irish Times
☕️🥐
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, has announced that it has agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators.
Sudan's RSF agrees to mediators' humanitarian truce
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, has announced that it has agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators.
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, has announced that it has agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators.
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Do we still live in Thatcher's Britain?
I was joined at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social by Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn and @philipjcowley.bsky.social to discuss the Thatcher legacy, 100 years after her birth.
The full video is available here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJK...
I was joined at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social by Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn and @philipjcowley.bsky.social to discuss the Thatcher legacy, 100 years after her birth.
The full video is available here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJK...
Still "Thatcher's Britain"? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025
YouTube video by Mile End Institute
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Do we still live in Thatcher's Britain?
I was joined at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social by Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn and @philipjcowley.bsky.social to discuss the Thatcher legacy, 100 years after her birth.
The full video is available here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJK...
I was joined at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social by Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn and @philipjcowley.bsky.social to discuss the Thatcher legacy, 100 years after her birth.
The full video is available here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLJK...
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I've a new paper out in the Discrimination Law Association's Briefings on the distinct Windsor Framework's rights/equality arrangements applicable to Northern Ireland law, which give ongoing significance of a broad sweep of EU protections even after Brexit:
discriminationlaw.org.uk/assets/docum...
discriminationlaw.org.uk/assets/docum...
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've a new paper out in the Discrimination Law Association's Briefings on the distinct Windsor Framework's rights/equality arrangements applicable to Northern Ireland law, which give ongoing significance of a broad sweep of EU protections even after Brexit:
discriminationlaw.org.uk/assets/docum...
discriminationlaw.org.uk/assets/docum...
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As my graphs the other day show the attitudes of Labour and Lib Dem on both material and cultural dimensions are extremely extremely similar now.
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
As my graphs the other day show the attitudes of Labour and Lib Dem on both material and cultural dimensions are extremely extremely similar now.
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Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
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I’m enjoying reading this, and was particularly struck by this passage from Sam McBride. I think it applies as much to the unity debate as it does to debates around reforming how politics works in Northern Ireland within the Union @ria.ie @arinsproject.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’m enjoying reading this, and was particularly struck by this passage from Sam McBride. I think it applies as much to the unity debate as it does to debates around reforming how politics works in Northern Ireland within the Union @ria.ie @arinsproject.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social
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Egypt has officially opened to the public the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism.
The museum was designed by Irish architecture firm Heneghan Peng Architects
jrnl.ie/6862657
The museum was designed by Irish architecture firm Heneghan Peng Architects
jrnl.ie/6862657
Egypt opens grand museum designed by Irish firm to the public
The museum was designed by Irish architecture firm Heneghan Peng Architects.
jrnl.ie
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Egypt has officially opened to the public the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism.
The museum was designed by Irish architecture firm Heneghan Peng Architects
jrnl.ie/6862657
The museum was designed by Irish architecture firm Heneghan Peng Architects
jrnl.ie/6862657
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This is worse than even the initial reports and statement from the Justice Minister suggested.
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This is worse than even the initial reports and statement from the Justice Minister suggested.
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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Help shape Oxford’s new MSc in Global Challenges!
We’re seeking input from those interested in politics, climate change, or global inequalities.
Share your views in a 5-minute survey to help design impactful learning opportunities: forms.office.com/Pag...
We’re seeking input from those interested in politics, climate change, or global inequalities.
Share your views in a 5-minute survey to help design impactful learning opportunities: forms.office.com/Pag...
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Help shape Oxford’s new MSc in Global Challenges!
We’re seeking input from those interested in politics, climate change, or global inequalities.
Share your views in a 5-minute survey to help design impactful learning opportunities: forms.office.com/Pag...
We’re seeking input from those interested in politics, climate change, or global inequalities.
Share your views in a 5-minute survey to help design impactful learning opportunities: forms.office.com/Pag...
“President-elect plans to ‘bring in Irish from the margins’ alongside other priorities including disability”
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Catherine Connolly wants to make Irish working language of Áras when she takes office
President-elect plans to ‘bring in Irish from the margins’ amid other priorities including disability
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“President-elect plans to ‘bring in Irish from the margins’ alongside other priorities including disability”
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Israeli strikes in Gaza last night killed at least 91 people, including dozens of children, according to hospital reports. It was the deadliest day since the ceasefire began, though Donald Trump insists the deal will survive.
More on #VMNews
More on #VMNews
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Israeli strikes in Gaza last night killed at least 91 people, including dozens of children, according to hospital reports. It was the deadliest day since the ceasefire began, though Donald Trump insists the deal will survive.
More on #VMNews
More on #VMNews
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Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Irish Supreme Court contraception case
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Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
www.irishtimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Irish Supreme Court contraception case
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