Aoife O'Donoghue
@aoifemod.bsky.social
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Aoife O'Donoghue
@aoifemod.bsky.social
· Nov 12
On Tyranny and the Global Legal Order
Cambridge Core - Jurisprudence - On Tyranny and the Global Legal Order
www.cambridge.org
My monograph On Tyranny and the Global Legal Order (2021) considers that as the global legal order gathers ever more power to itself, it becomes imperative to ask whether tyranny lurks at the global scale?
Discusses tyrannicide & tyrannophobia - bit too relevant
www.cambridge.org/core/books/o...
Discusses tyrannicide & tyrannophobia - bit too relevant
www.cambridge.org/core/books/o...
Any interesting examples of division and/or checks on power that is not tripartite or is otherwise interesting in any constitutions/public law/federal etc., systems out there?
I've found Taiwan
(& I don't mean the administrative branch or Comptroller Generals etc.,)
I've found Taiwan
(& I don't mean the administrative branch or Comptroller Generals etc.,)
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Any interesting examples of division and/or checks on power that is not tripartite or is otherwise interesting in any constitutions/public law/federal etc., systems out there?
I've found Taiwan
(& I don't mean the administrative branch or Comptroller Generals etc.,)
I've found Taiwan
(& I don't mean the administrative branch or Comptroller Generals etc.,)
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A reminder, with apologies to those who have read it before, that I wrote a short Gist in 2023 on the current AG’s arguments against individual citizens’ rights to compensation from the State, even where they have been wronged.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A reminder, with apologies to those who have read it before, that I wrote a short Gist in 2023 on the current AG’s arguments against individual citizens’ rights to compensation from the State, even where they have been wronged.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-exe...
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#Breaking Catherine Connolly has signed the Declaration of Office at St Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle to formally become the tenth President of Ireland | Follow Live
Connolly inaugurated as 10th President of Ireland
Follow live updates as Catherine Connolly is officially sworn in as the tenth President of Ireland.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Book Review of 3 amazing books on #MagdelaneLaundries, & Mother&BabyHomes #MBH @flsjournal.bsky.social out.
No way to sum up the ways in which survivors & affected people are continuily let down by the Govs on island of Ireland & religious institutions but these books try 1/3
bit.ly/3JKSngT
No way to sum up the ways in which survivors & affected people are continuily let down by the Govs on island of Ireland & religious institutions but these books try 1/3
bit.ly/3JKSngT
Claire McGettrick, Katherine O’Donnell, Maeve O’Rourke, James M Smith, Mari Steed: Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice. Bloomsbury, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-7556-1748-7 (HB). Katherin...
Feminist Legal Studies -
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Book Review of 3 amazing books on #MagdelaneLaundries, & Mother&BabyHomes #MBH @flsjournal.bsky.social out.
No way to sum up the ways in which survivors & affected people are continuily let down by the Govs on island of Ireland & religious institutions but these books try 1/3
bit.ly/3JKSngT
No way to sum up the ways in which survivors & affected people are continuily let down by the Govs on island of Ireland & religious institutions but these books try 1/3
bit.ly/3JKSngT
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“The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza,”
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
www.ohchr.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza,”
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Coming out later this month, the Research Handbook on Global Governance edited by me, @aoifemod.bsky.social snd Cher Weixia Chen
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Research Handbook on Global Governance
‘The literature on global governance, while extensive, lacks one key element: it is rarely truly global. Whether it is focused on how great powers govern or how international institutions regulate, gl...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Coming out later this month, the Research Handbook on Global Governance edited by me, @aoifemod.bsky.social snd Cher Weixia Chen
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Our next blog on #UNSecurityCouncil Resolution #1325 on Women Peace & Security #WPS comes from Catherine O'Rourke @dublincityuni.bsky.social
'this is no longer the United Nations SC of the early 2000s, this is also not the same transnational feminist movement'.
dflw.ie/the-many-liv...
'this is no longer the United Nations SC of the early 2000s, this is also not the same transnational feminist movement'.
dflw.ie/the-many-liv...
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our next blog on #UNSecurityCouncil Resolution #1325 on Women Peace & Security #WPS comes from Catherine O'Rourke @dublincityuni.bsky.social
'this is no longer the United Nations SC of the early 2000s, this is also not the same transnational feminist movement'.
dflw.ie/the-many-liv...
'this is no longer the United Nations SC of the early 2000s, this is also not the same transnational feminist movement'.
dflw.ie/the-many-liv...
Our next blog in the series is on the Anniversary of #UNSCR1325 is from @aislingswaine.bsky.social
dflw.ie/recognising-...
critiques of the post-conflict focus of the WPS agenda... has shown that it has moved little past advancing the idea of peacebuilding as a performative role for women.
#WPS
dflw.ie/recognising-...
critiques of the post-conflict focus of the WPS agenda... has shown that it has moved little past advancing the idea of peacebuilding as a performative role for women.
#WPS
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Our next blog in the series is on the Anniversary of #UNSCR1325 is from @aislingswaine.bsky.social
dflw.ie/recognising-...
critiques of the post-conflict focus of the WPS agenda... has shown that it has moved little past advancing the idea of peacebuilding as a performative role for women.
#WPS
dflw.ie/recognising-...
critiques of the post-conflict focus of the WPS agenda... has shown that it has moved little past advancing the idea of peacebuilding as a performative role for women.
#WPS
Our next post is from @maireadenright.bsky.social
The upshot is that this approach to human rights law inevitably misrecognises reproductive violence. It invisibilises forms of serious, if depressingly everyday, harm which are produced, intentionally or unintentionally...
dflw.ie/obstetric-vi...
The upshot is that this approach to human rights law inevitably misrecognises reproductive violence. It invisibilises forms of serious, if depressingly everyday, harm which are produced, intentionally or unintentionally...
dflw.ie/obstetric-vi...
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Our next post is from @maireadenright.bsky.social
The upshot is that this approach to human rights law inevitably misrecognises reproductive violence. It invisibilises forms of serious, if depressingly everyday, harm which are produced, intentionally or unintentionally...
dflw.ie/obstetric-vi...
The upshot is that this approach to human rights law inevitably misrecognises reproductive violence. It invisibilises forms of serious, if depressingly everyday, harm which are produced, intentionally or unintentionally...
dflw.ie/obstetric-vi...
Over the next week at The Morrigan Blog we will be publishing pieces on 25 years of #UNSCR1325 - Women Peace and Security #WPS dflw.ie/women-peace-...
1st up is @niaolainf.bsky.social on the protection of maternity in wartime
dflw.ie/centering-th...
1st up is @niaolainf.bsky.social on the protection of maternity in wartime
dflw.ie/centering-th...
Centering the Protection of Maternity in Advocacy for Gendered Protections in Wartime - Doing Feminist Legal Work
In recent years, attacks on maternity hospitals, fertility clinics, and women’s medical centers in sites of armed conflict are visible and undulating. In
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October 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Over the next week at The Morrigan Blog we will be publishing pieces on 25 years of #UNSCR1325 - Women Peace and Security #WPS dflw.ie/women-peace-...
1st up is @niaolainf.bsky.social on the protection of maternity in wartime
dflw.ie/centering-th...
1st up is @niaolainf.bsky.social on the protection of maternity in wartime
dflw.ie/centering-th...
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Houston, we have a problem.
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Houston, we have a problem.
This piece is very good - blaming women for dissent into #tyranny while also saying that women in power are always #tyrants & should be deposed is long established from Ancient Greece -
but as this piece also mentions John Knox's the Monstrous Regiment of Women is one its most vindictive takes.
but as this piece also mentions John Knox's the Monstrous Regiment of Women is one its most vindictive takes.
"The piece is the modern-day equivalent of sixteenth-century Scottish preacher John Knox’s celebrated polemic, The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women."
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-gran...
www.thebulwark.com/p/right-gran...
The Right’s New Grand Unified Theory: Blame Women for Everything
Helen Andrews’s latest screed is short on rational facts, long on mushy feelings of misogyny.
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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BREAKING: Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency in Gaza to supply aid to the war-torn territory
The top United Nations court is set to give an opinion Wednesday on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Top UN court to rule on Israel's obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians
The United Nations court is set to give an opinion on Israel's legal obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The U.N.
apnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
BREAKING: Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency in Gaza to supply aid to the war-torn territory
During Brexit - me & @colinmurray.bsky.social made this argument repeatedly - to the DFA & more widely.
Good chaps is not to be relied upon. The Irish Gov eventually changed their advice & told people to register but the initial advice was that Irish citizens didn't have to - this was bad advice👇
Good chaps is not to be relied upon. The Irish Gov eventually changed their advice & told people to register but the initial advice was that Irish citizens didn't have to - this was bad advice👇
The insanity that is the Tories' new immigration policy is exactly why the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK needs to be enshrined in a treaty.
Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
During Brexit - me & @colinmurray.bsky.social made this argument repeatedly - to the DFA & more widely.
Good chaps is not to be relied upon. The Irish Gov eventually changed their advice & told people to register but the initial advice was that Irish citizens didn't have to - this was bad advice👇
Good chaps is not to be relied upon. The Irish Gov eventually changed their advice & told people to register but the initial advice was that Irish citizens didn't have to - this was bad advice👇
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We've had such fun curating the Utopias Reading Group - @aoifemod.bsky.social. Now you can see the list of utopias we've discussed:
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/nu-cusp/utop...
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/nu-cusp/utop...
Utopias Reading Group | NU Cluster for Utopian, Speculative and Prefigurative Research
blogs.ncl.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We've had such fun curating the Utopias Reading Group - @aoifemod.bsky.social. Now you can see the list of utopias we've discussed:
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/nu-cusp/utop...
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/nu-cusp/utop...
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Did a new one
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did a new one
Still time to sign up for 👇
📢ICON GBIE, TRICON, QUB Webinar:
Familiarity, Culture & Expertise: The Future of Referendums in Ireland & the UK
Oct 17th 10:00-13:00 Online
To register follow the link below:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0d55a0...
1/3 👇
Familiarity, Culture & Expertise: The Future of Referendums in Ireland & the UK
Oct 17th 10:00-13:00 Online
To register follow the link below:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0d55a0...
1/3 👇
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Still time to sign up for 👇
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Still time to register for our upcoming event on the plethora of referendums that have taken places across Britain and Ireland over the past few decades - diversity of topics, forms, outcomes & maybe some complacency in some quarters
📢ICON GBIE, TRICON, QUB Webinar:
Familiarity, Culture & Expertise: The Future of Referendums in Ireland & the UK
Oct 17th 10:00-13:00 Online
To register follow the link below:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0d55a0...
1/3 👇
Familiarity, Culture & Expertise: The Future of Referendums in Ireland & the UK
Oct 17th 10:00-13:00 Online
To register follow the link below:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0d55a0...
1/3 👇
October 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Still time to register for our upcoming event on the plethora of referendums that have taken places across Britain and Ireland over the past few decades - diversity of topics, forms, outcomes & maybe some complacency in some quarters
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The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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This is going to be an excellent event with speakers including @maireadenright.bsky.social @conorkelly.bsky.social
@dkennytcd.bsky.social @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @aileenmcharg.bsky.social @danielwincott.bsky.social @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social 📢
@dkennytcd.bsky.social @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @aileenmcharg.bsky.social @danielwincott.bsky.social @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social 📢
📢ICON GBIE, TRICON, QUB Webinar:
Familiarity, Culture & Expertise: The Future of Referendums in Ireland & the UK
Oct 17th 10:00-13:00 Online
To register follow the link below:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0d55a0...
1/3 👇
Familiarity, Culture & Expertise: The Future of Referendums in Ireland & the UK
Oct 17th 10:00-13:00 Online
To register follow the link below:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0d55a0...
1/3 👇
September 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is going to be an excellent event with speakers including @maireadenright.bsky.social @conorkelly.bsky.social
@dkennytcd.bsky.social @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @aileenmcharg.bsky.social @danielwincott.bsky.social @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social 📢
@dkennytcd.bsky.social @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @aileenmcharg.bsky.social @danielwincott.bsky.social @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social 📢
Reminded me of this great book on Specultive Whiteness by @jordanscarroll.bsky.social -
well worth a read particularly if you need to navigate between the use of specultive fiction as a site of feminist hope, activism & imaginary & downright racism
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
well worth a read particularly if you need to navigate between the use of specultive fiction as a site of feminist hope, activism & imaginary & downright racism
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
October 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Reminded me of this great book on Specultive Whiteness by @jordanscarroll.bsky.social -
well worth a read particularly if you need to navigate between the use of specultive fiction as a site of feminist hope, activism & imaginary & downright racism
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
well worth a read particularly if you need to navigate between the use of specultive fiction as a site of feminist hope, activism & imaginary & downright racism
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791708...
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I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.