To suggest that a country as wet and flood-prone as Ireland shouldn't have established mechanisms in place for rapid delivery of flood relief is absolutely nuts. This isn't a surprise act of God. It's common. Disaster preparedness should be a basic aspect of any government's portfolio. #Spéirgorm

You have until 5.30 today to write in to the government consultation on these fees. They're trying to price people out of protecting our land and water. While on the other hand they're trying to give corporations an entirely new secret court to sue Ireland through CETA

Still time to apply to the #ECSR2026 conference at Trinity College Dublin on June 15-17 @tcddublin.bsky.social organised by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie Abstract submission deadline: January 11! Submit an abstract: www.ecsr2026.net

This petition to ban fox hunting on horseback with packs of dogs is almost at 30,000 signatures ahead of tomorrow's Dáil debate

📣One more #tenuretrack Assistant Professor job going at TCD Sociology! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW155/a... Closing date: January 26 @tcdsociology.bsky.social @isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social

New year, new job? Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. The post is open to candidates from different areas of empirical specialisation and at different levels of experience. Please consider applying! closes Jan 5th. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/associ...

Couldn’t be prouder of our Sociology students!

Come over to the Exams Hall to meet Sociology students and staff during #TrinityOpenDay

I’ll be speaking about Sociology at Trinity at 14.45 #TrinityOpenDay

Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.

Excellent news in the UK #Budget2025 today! So many people and organisations have campaigned for abolishing the two child limit that should not have existed in the first place.

The fight to end child poverty goes on. But today we must celebrate. It will make a real, lasting difference to families the breadth of the UK and I’m so grateful to everyone in @changingrealities.bsky.social & @cpaguk.bsky.social who have advocated tirelessly for its full abolition

"Girls already know what they want. They’re not waiting for permission to dream big; they’re waiting for the world to catch up." On World Children's Day, Gillian Barnett write that girls everywhere are growing up in systems that were never built for them. jrnl.ie/6870030

Time to abolish the #twochildlimit. It hurts the poorest large families the most. See our Open Access paper with Jonathan Bradshaw showing how regressive the policy is: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology. 👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a... 👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a... @tcdsociology.bsky.social @isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social

'You've got to treat children equally… You don't tell a child who's the third child, you're gonna have half the time at school. You don't tell them that the fourth child is going to have a third of the time.' - Gordon Brown on scrapping the two-child limit for all kids.

What excellent news that Labour may finally be abolishing the regressive #twochildlimit that punishes children for having siblings www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.

Looking forward to our seminar with Dr Larissa Meier later today. 👏 Read more about our seminar series: tinyurl.com/bdhrsjx2

Looking forward to our seminar later today with our own Prof Richard Layte entitled "When do socio-economic inequalities in non-cognitive skills emerge in childhood and what does this tell us?". Read more about this term's series here ➡️https://tinyurl.com/bdhrsjx2

Well done Chloe O’Hanlon (PhD student at @tcdsociology.bsky.social) on presenting her capstone project on child poverty at the Growing Up in Ireland conference today.

'There's more than 5,100 children going to be spending Halloween in emergency accommodation. 'Families should be planning fun activities this weekend, not counting how many nights they have left in an emergency bed.' jrnl.ie/6860518

Join our own Dr Phil Mullen for a fascinating conversation with broadcaster Afua Hirsch as part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social More details and book your free ticket here: tinyurl.com/55zrkjsx @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

It's an honour to be joining the jury for the CoE Development Bank Award for Social Cohesion. award.coebank.org/en/ Social entrepreneurs and social economy organisations in the CEB’s member countries compete for the €45,000 prize, with another two shortlisted projects to receive €5,000 each.

Looking forward to Ilyar's presentation of our paper from @learnineq.bsky.social at next week's Growing Up in Ireland conference.

I’m lucky to have become an Irish citizen just in time to vote #1 Catherine Connolly.

What kind of country puts its pensioners ahead of children in poverty? | Polly Toynbee

Well done Chloe O’Hanlon (PhD student at @tcdsociology.bsky.social) on presenting her project on a new measure of child poverty for Ireland at a round table at Pobal yesterday. A fascinating level of engagement from policy stakeholders at such an early stage in the project (incl DCED, DSP, CSO).

Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay, so we’re sharing this Essay from the Aeon archive which explores how peer support can help with the mental health care crisis

Excellent points by Fintan O'Toole

It was great to see a talk by Dr Ilyar Barardehi at @tcdsociology.bsky.social weekly research seminar on social inequalities in Irish children’s exam subject difficulty levels - findings from #LEARNINEQ

Looking forward to an exciting #europeanresearchersnight. Two of our newest colleagues have highlighted their research interests so you can #meettheresearchers. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @trinityresearch.bsky.social

The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie! Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026 www.ecsr2026.net #ECSR2026 Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026

📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover). Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...

New study on #poverty and #inequality in Ireland by @esri.ie and @communityfoundirl.bsky.social, by @barratree.bsky.social et al Full report: www.esri.ie/publications... www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

📢NEW Vacancy📢 Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social Specialising in quantitative sociology ⏰Deadline: 6 October Maternity cover MORE INFO: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a... APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

Very insightful take on the role of AI in expanding equity in higher education by Trinity College Dublin's Orla Sheils www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

🥳 NEW book just out! JUST CLIMATE FUTURES by @luciemidd.bsky.social and @prof-carolynsnell.bsky.social with contributions from me and others, by @brisunipress.bsky.social! BLOG www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/08/12/a... 📖 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/just-climate...

New publication: an #OpenAccess #SystematicReview by @learnineq.bsky.social "A Metareview of Research on Educational Inequality and Socioeconomic Disadvantage" www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

🚨#OpenAccess online🚨 My chapter: "Child poverty and pro-elderly bias in social protection spending" 👇 www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...

🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce” 📌 €25,000/year + fees 📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed 📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025 👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... #PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs

🚨#PhDopportunity Alert🚨 Apply or circulate: A fully funded #PhDposition in #Sociology with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at @tcdsociology.bsky.social to study "The Economics of Late-Life Divorce in High-Income Countries" Deadline: July 21 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Midsummer reading. This or Elizabeth Strout, Sally Rooney or Richard Powers? A fine outcome of @sustageable.fi @strateginen.bsky.social project with a great team.

What causes intergenerational #poverty and how can we can halt it? @abigailmcknight.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social reviews new evidence and finds that the family stress caused by poverty can impede children’s development and educational attainment on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

My colleague in @tcdsociology.bsky.social Dr David Landy has published an op-ed in the @irishtimes.com: "Why academic institutions are cutting ties with Israel" www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

🌞What better way to kick off the summer than sitting in the sun with a good book?📔 Even better when that book is the fascinating "Fragments of Victory: The Contemporary Irish Left" from our own Dr David Landy. An exciting start to the summer reads series from @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

New publication: an #OpenAccess #SystematicReview by @learnineq.bsky.social "A Metareview of Research on Educational Inequality and Socioeconomic Disadvantage" www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...