Prof David Farrell, UCD
@davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social
Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.
What do Hotel California, the Catholic Church, and LinkedIn have in common?
.... You can never leave them!
.... You can never leave them!
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What do Hotel California, the Catholic Church, and LinkedIn have in common?
.... You can never leave them!
.... You can never leave them!
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Hon Degree Recipients:
🔹 Emer Cooke – Doctor of Science (DSc)
🔹 Claire Keegan – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann – Doctor of Music (DMus)
🔹 Patricia O’Donovan – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Professor Robert Savage – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
🔹 Emer Cooke – Doctor of Science (DSc)
🔹 Claire Keegan – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann – Doctor of Music (DMus)
🔹 Patricia O’Donovan – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Professor Robert Savage – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hon Degree Recipients:
🔹 Emer Cooke – Doctor of Science (DSc)
🔹 Claire Keegan – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann – Doctor of Music (DMus)
🔹 Patricia O’Donovan – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Professor Robert Savage – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
🔹 Emer Cooke – Doctor of Science (DSc)
🔹 Claire Keegan – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
🔹 Dr Maurice Manning – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Aibhlín McCrann – Doctor of Music (DMus)
🔹 Patricia O’Donovan – Doctor of Laws (LLD)
🔹 Professor Robert Savage – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)
Gorgeous Dodder morning
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Gorgeous Dodder morning
Baxter’s taken occupancy of The Chair
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Baxter’s taken occupancy of The Chair
The magic of Ticknock at this time of the year
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The magic of Ticknock at this time of the year
It was wonderful to have been able to do the honours as 'introducer' for my former lecturer and old friend @ucddublin.bsky.social
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National University of Ireland Awards an Honorary Doctorate to Maurice Manning
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November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It was wonderful to have been able to do the honours as 'introducer' for my former lecturer and old friend @ucddublin.bsky.social
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🎓 Curious about publishing in the social sciences? Got a project in the works or just thinking about it? Join us for an inspiring morning hosted by the @sciencespo.bsky.social Library on Thursday, November 20, in the Saint-Thomas Salon Scientifique. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social
Matinée jeunes chercheurs 2025
Matinée jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses (3ème édition), le jeudi 20 novembre 2025 de 9h15 à 12h30
Tout savoir (ou presque !) sur la publication en sciences sociales.
www.sciencespo.fr
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🎓 Curious about publishing in the social sciences? Got a project in the works or just thinking about it? Join us for an inspiring morning hosted by the @sciencespo.bsky.social Library on Thursday, November 20, in the Saint-Thomas Salon Scientifique. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social
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Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
Events
European Consortium for Political Research
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November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
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Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
Oh that’s so deserved. Congratulations @johncreedon.bsky.social
Honouring Dr John Creedon, a true voice of Ireland
It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Oh that’s so deserved. Congratulations @johncreedon.bsky.social
It’s right of @simonharrisireland.bsky.social to propose this. Why not set up a hybrid citizens assembly (like the Const’l Convention) comprising a random selection of citizens & Oireachtas members with the aim of producing cross-party agreement & citizen buy-in?
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Simon Harris calls for ‘rational, calm, informed debate’ on immigration
Tánaiste stands by comments that number of migrants coming into Ireland is ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s right of @simonharrisireland.bsky.social to propose this. Why not set up a hybrid citizens assembly (like the Const’l Convention) comprising a random selection of citizens & Oireachtas members with the aim of producing cross-party agreement & citizen buy-in?
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
That looks like a fun event
@robertsaunders.bsky.social was joined by @qmulsse.bsky.social's own @philipjcowley.bsky.social, Baroness Finn, the Conservative peer and deputy chief-of-staff to the prime minister from 2021 to 2022, and Baroness Shephard, a minister in the Thatcher government who is a Fellow of @qmul.bsky.social.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
That looks like a fun event
Good on you taking a stand, @profpech.bsky.social
A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform “fake judges and pseudo experts” linked to Poland’s rule of law crisis.
Irish academic withdraws from rule of law summit over ‘fake judges’
A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform “fake judges and pseudo experts” linked to Poland’s rule of law crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good on you taking a stand, @profpech.bsky.social
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Thanks so much for having us - it was a great conversation!
🎙️ In our new podcast, @alexdukalskis.bsky.social and
@cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social argue that the project to spread liberalism around the world has caused a snapback, in which authoritarian regimes aim to capture and repurpose the actors, tools, and norms.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/aa6cs3vz
@cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social argue that the project to spread liberalism around the world has caused a snapback, in which authoritarian regimes aim to capture and repurpose the actors, tools, and norms.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/aa6cs3vz
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thanks so much for having us - it was a great conversation!
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Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026.
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
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Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026.
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants
👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Nice colour too. Though I imagine the camera person may not have been too happy with all the dots
Delivering on an election promise by handing over my 2008-2025 election night tie to the Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House, Canberra. When I paid $20 for it in 2008, never thought it would end up in a museum.
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Nice colour too. Though I imagine the camera person may not have been too happy with all the dots
I second this
I again pay tribute to @ria.ie for ceasing to use ‘X’ www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter) - Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. Therefor...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I second this
An empty Bull Island beach. Divine
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
An empty Bull Island beach. Divine
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‘Van de democratie rest enkel de buitenkant, zo luidt de consensus van het democratisch pessimisme: aanvaringen tussen politici, breed uitgemeten in de media. De debatten zijn fel, maar gaan in feite nergens over.’
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Politicoloog Peter Mair waarschuwde voor het verdwijnen van harde ideologische tegenstellingen. Heeft de kiezer wel wat te kiezen?
Het politieke midden liep vanaf het begin van deze eeuw langzaam leeg, constateerde de Ierse cult-intellectueel Peter Mair (1951-2010). Kan het zich ook weer vullen?
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November 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
‘Van de democratie rest enkel de buitenkant, zo luidt de consensus van het democratisch pessimisme: aanvaringen tussen politici, breed uitgemeten in de media. De debatten zijn fel, maar gaan in feite nergens over.’
www.groene.nl/artikel/heer... @casperthomas.bsky.social
www.groene.nl/artikel/heer... @casperthomas.bsky.social
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My parents rescued a new friend today (saved from a bad backyard breeding situation). Meet Molly!
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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The worst night of the year for some of us will soon be over
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The worst night of the year for some of us will soon be over
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We just crossed it. Yay! Congrats everyone and Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We just crossed it. Yay! Congrats everyone and Happy Halloween!
I can definitely attest to this. Regular PSA tests certainly saved my life.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I can definitely attest to this. Regular PSA tests certainly saved my life.
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I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future.
kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
An initial analysis
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October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future.
kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
This is very important analysis by @kevcunningham.bsky.social Bottom line: the disaffected voters trending far right are becoming less apathetic and more active. It’s only a matter of time.
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
open.substack.com/pub/kevcunni...
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
open.substack.com/pub/kevcunni...
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
An initial analysis
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is very important analysis by @kevcunningham.bsky.social Bottom line: the disaffected voters trending far right are becoming less apathetic and more active. It’s only a matter of time.
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
open.substack.com/pub/kevcunni...
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
open.substack.com/pub/kevcunni...