I’ll be at the UCC’s Postgrad Fair this Wednesday (29th) from 1-4PM – drop by for a chat if you’re interested in our MA Criminology. More information here www.ucc.ie/en/pg-expo/

Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Terrifying that Wes Streeting continues to try and pressurise hospitals into giving patient data to Palantir. Take action here: goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...

HSE warns of dangerously high-strength MDMA circulating this Christmas. Some tablets contain over 300mg, highest ever seen in Ireland. csalert.ie/4pBaohn

Woo! It's been a long wait but my new article is now published in @socmovstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is being sentenced for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign

In Cork this Saturday.

My fantastic colleague Prof Claire Hamilton is recruiting a research assistant for her project FEELING POLITICAL, which looks at populist politics, emotions and feelings of in/security in Europe. Details here, closing 2nd Nov and position is for 23 months: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

👀A Rutgers professor who teaches an anti-fascism class was blocked from leaving the US hours > Trump’s “Antifa” roundtable w/ Jack Posobiec who has called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor.” TPUSA at Rutgers has called him an “antifa member,” a claim he denies. He’s received death threats. 1/

The dark meaning behind Nirvana's In Utero angel. The band were often associated with superficial themes like teenage angst, but the In Utero album and imagery are much darker than that, writes Myles Balfe @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

NO TO RACISM! I encourage everyone available to join us for this counter-protest against the far-right next Saturday. This is a country of love and peace. There is no place for hate! There is no place for the Far Right! Saturday 11th October, 12pm, Grand Parade.

Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland) Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...

Just published with Joan Cronin in @deppjournal.bsky.social - a critical policy analysis of 30 years of Ireland’s alcohol & drug strategies @criminologyucc.bsky.social part of wider project funded by @researchireland.ie Free copies here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/A9T6M...

Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland) Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...

New job alert - Criminology lectureship (3 years) - University College Cork, Department of Sociology and Criminology - all specialisations and interests welcome my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

Nigel Farage’s party is scrapping green initiatives in local authorities across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...

❗The biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade is coming to Great Yarmouth and we need your help to stop it. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

School secretaries and caretakers are on strike - demanding fair pay and conditions - show solidarity by signing the petition - they do so much for our children chng.it/24DjVLKSr7

Wow. In under 24 hours, 200,000 people have signed up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war. Something special is happening - be part of it at yourparty.uk.

That’s one hell of an article title. And one hell of an image in the article. “Call to drop Range Rover sponsorship of Wimbledon as SUVs 82% more likely to kill children.” Good idea. www.londondaily.news/call-to-drop...

'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.' time.com/7295195/ai-c...

I, along with many of my #SOCQUB sociology colleagues, have just signed this petition opposing the awful and unnecessary redundancies threatened at Newcastle. Please do the same here: chng.it/kQgkMtHSDD

📌 Call for interview participants 📌 We (me and @louisebrangan.bsky.social) are looking to interview people who have worked as prison officers in Irish prisons at any point during 1970-2010. See further info in poster image. If you're interested in taking part, please consider getting in touch.

Lets hope, but history of Dublin suggests this might take tad more than a year

🔎 Special Issue Alert 🔍 This Special Issue seeks to provide ways in which we can understand drug-related violence. Submission Deadline is September, 15th, 2025. Link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... #InternationalDrugPolicy #DrugRelatedViolence

Thanks to @researchireland.ie for funding to conduct a study, supported by Tabor Group, on how women living with addiction have experienced harm reduction and treatment services - with brilliant colleague Joan Cronin (not on Bluesky) @ucc.ie

JOB: Research Fellow, a part-time post at University of Nottingham. Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt. #Criminology #Probation #Job www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...

Really looking forward to the Annual SAI Conference tomorrow at @ucc.ie, some really interesting papers being presented

Calling all postdocs in mental health/addiction research - I'd really recommend applying for this excellent development programme - lots of support and networking, and run by lovely people! Details here:

Still time to register for this interesting seminar, or just drop by today at 12 if your in Cork

Per Europol, violence-as-a-service = outsourcing of violent acts to criminal service providers—often involve use of young perpetrators to carry out threats/assaults/killings for a fee. Acts often orchestrated remotely, with youth recruited & instructed online. www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/...

Many thanks to @rteradio1.bsky.social Claire Byrne for covering yesterdays Inside-Out graduation in Cork Prison - where students from Cork Prison & @ucc.ie learn side-by-side within the Prison classroom. @katharinaswirak.bsky.social List at 1.19 here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The 16th (who knew!) North South Criminology Conference is this June at @maynoothuniversity.ie with the depressingly relevant theme 'Criminology in Polarised Times'. You can submit your abstracts here #MaynoothCrimCon: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Seminar alert - Niamh Maguire, @nicolacarr.bsky.social & Gerry McNally will be talking about the reasons for over-use of short prison sentences & underutilisation of Community Service Orders in Ireland. Register here lnkd.in/eV6ts9sQ @maggieoneill.bsky.social @katharinaswirak.bsky.social @ucc.ie

1-year lectureship in criminology with a focus on alcohol and other drug research, at Manchester Metropolitan University. @manmetcrimsoc.bsky.social manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

Really interesting piece by Gema Kloppe-Santamaría @ucc.ie Why so many Latino voters supported Donald Trump theconversation.com/why-so-many-...

Media Studies Meet Drug Research: call for tentative chapter abstracts and expressions of interest for a new edited collection exploring the intersections between media studies and critical approaches to drugs. drugsproject.pl/wp-content/u...

We are hiring! @perilresearch.bsky.social is making some big hires this year, starting with a new Executive Director to co-lead our growth alongside me. Competitive salary, fantastic benefits, amazing team. Please circulate! american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AU/job...

For this price, we could build over 6,000 affordable homes. That’s 4.5 homes per prisoner place. Which choice would make Scotland fairer and safer? New Barlinnie prison costs double to almost £1bn www.bbc.com/news/article...

@katharinaswirak.bsky.social - deals with a lot of themes we discussed on Tuesday

How extensive is human trafficking for criminal activities in Ireland? Analysis by @jameswindle.bsky.social Kevin Sweeney & @kevinhosford.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

💥🌍 #DrugPolicy folk - please spread the word about #ISSDP2025 🌏💥 The call for abstracts for the 18th International Society for Study of Drug Policy Conference in #Manchester, UK from June 11-13, 2025 is now open! We have scholarships too. ⏰ Abstracts due 31 Jan www.issdp.org/conferences-...

HSE confirms no sign of 'extra risky' drug batch being sold in Cork city www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...

Please could academic folks bring this to the attention of final yr UGs and MA students in criminology, sociology and pol sci (etc.) please? The PhD studentship is to study the extent of electoral fraud in Britain, working with BMG Research, Dr Siim Trumm and myself. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL511/p...

Some great opportunities for lecturers at the University of Bath. My understanding is that they're very keen to attract applications from those with expertise in 'addiction' research to join their Addiction and Mental Health group. @lindseyahines.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...