Currently on the Irish Rail commuter and I really appreciated the announcements about: NO VAPING OR SMOKE USE EARPHONES 😀 NO ALCOHOL RESPECT EACH OTHER'S SPACE Thank you Mr Driver

🏠 New paper! 'Co-creating sustainable innovations in Irish social housing through participatory research' 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... In this study we explore how participatory research can meaningfully shape technological innovation in Irish social housing @shineprojectie.bsky.social

I find this blame migrants' rhetoric very concerning and now widespread in the Irish government Ministers in this article talk as if international students are doing something wrong by finding a job, which is ALLOWED by their visa www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

When you accidentally write “no worries et al.” instead of “no worries at all” in an email reply because you’re an academic. 😆🫠

My new post @ecprtheloop.bsky.social about the need for genuine co-design at the local level. I also speak a little but about my new @researchireland.ie project THRIVE which focus on improving democratic urban governance: thrive-project.lovable.app @dcuresearch.bsky.social 👇👇👇👇

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

'Elon Musk ... He’s an idiot, very wealthy, but he’s still an idiot,” first time I agree with O’Leary on something > www.politico.eu/article/elon...

Very interesting new paper about the extreme housing precarity and evictions in Dublin's private rental sector by Anushka @radicalhousing.bsky.social 👉 research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/277...

So if anyone challenge the bloody and violence (32 people died in Ice custody so far) you have to be left-wing activist. Anyone with a minimal notion of right/wrong and respect for life will reject this criminal and racist anti-migration policy

This Bushman is not funny or cleaver >> I's not performance art. It's just harassment for clicks. There’s a big difference between actual street theatre and this kind of ambush nonsense. Real performers bring something to the city. This is just jump-scares for ad money www.reddit.com/r/Dublin/com...

Despite all the negative fuss, the EU + Mercosur trade deal was approved. This is a big development as this negotiation took 25 yrs and a it's a big win for Lula, who is seeking reelection. The deal will now need to be ratified by a majority of MEPs tho www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

What is happening in Venezuela is a fragrant violation of international law. It's about regime change and exploitation of the country's natural resources: www.bbc.com/news/article...

CfP The Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies invites papers for the conference: 'Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes' at DCU (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) in 2026 More info: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...

CfP The Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies invites papers for the conference: 'Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes' at DCU (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) in 2026 More info: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...

What a great day 🙌 #BolsonaroNaCadeia #GrandeDia

“We don’t want them to grow on that fear. It is not right.” >> Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

'The idea that X (Twitter) is some kind of counterpoint to consensus or a place for any kind of useful discourse or a spot to hang out in which is to be challenged healthily, is a complete nonsense' via @unamullally.bsky.social That's why we are leavin X en masse www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

When the Headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” Gets It Wrong: Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is. 👇👇👇 msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...

Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration 'For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’, It just wants to point and shout, “Over there! Don’t look at us! Look at them!' >> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Fire at Drogheda Ipas centre was ‘started deliberately’ The minister of justice comments made it ‘seem like an accident. It’s very important that the people in that position give the correct information’ Khmabule said. jrnl.ie/6862570

I took part in this interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social and it was great to speak the new research on challenges of residential licensees in Ireland The full report can be read here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...

On the show today: @valescal.bsky.social on unprotected renters; What do horror films tell us?; @mhallsworth.bsky.social on hypocrisy; Dating markets; The autism myth; World news; Translating Plato..

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's activist Maria Corina Machado, 'for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy" www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Call for the 6th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies @fluchtforschung.bsky.social : "Eroding Solidarity? Forced Migration, Protection, and Inclusion in a World Beyond Order", September 28 – 30, 2026 | University of Hildesheim | Germany www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/zbi/nwff2...

Today I launched with Threshold Charity a new report on Ireland’s Residential Licence Sector — a hidden part of the rental market 🟠 Licencees = renters without RTA protections 🟠 Vulnerable to eviction with little/no notice 🟠 No deposit protection Full report here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...

Extreme deregulation of the energy sector means electricity companies can increase prices as much as they want. Ireland’s free-market approach to energy companies is clearly not working: prices are going up and not down and there’s no real competition www.dublininquirer.com/as-profitabl...

📢 The International Review of Public Policy is now on Bluesky! A huge thank you to our editors, authors, reviewers, and the IPPA community for helping IRPP grow. 🌏All our issues are available online in open access: bit.ly/3VS9iQW We’d love to connect with fellow #PublicPolicy scholars — join us!

UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATORS have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, becoming the latest in a growing group of experts, scholars, states and NGOs to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing the crime of crimes jrnl.ie/6818101

'Somewhere along the way, the real human needs of home, family, and community, and the government imperatives of sustainable development and value for money have been lost to the unreal demands of real estate' www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Brilliant news: Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup. Sentence to be decide by the STF soon “Grande dia! 👍” www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you have a platform, use it to speak for those whose voices are not heard. Society is a better place when we stand up to be counted. It is heartening, in these days of wall-to-wall televised breathlessness for the politics of hate, to see ordinary folk voting for inclusion #GaryLineker

Every year I see several of my students making HUGE efforts to attend lecture and university events, commuting long distance at least 4 days a week. It is so unfair to anyone in this situation The student housing needs to be addressed properly www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

Constraints in the construction labour market significantly impact Ireland’s ability to meet housing demand targets. Policymakers can ease these through targeted measures aimed at increasing the construction workforce and adding to the existing housing stock www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parli...

No one likes to live in arrangements like this, but vulnerable tenants are often unaware of their rights and lack of options so they are easily coerced into stressful and precarious situations. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous... #housing #Ireland #eviction

"The destruction of Gaza is Israeli policy" @irishtimes.com : Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel 👉 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social. 💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations. 👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y

Why are bosses turning against remote work? Short answer: it’s easier to control, monitor and perhaps exploit workers in the physical office The Explainer - @thejournal.ie 👉 www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

The UN Statistics Division published the annual 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development report - According to the section about Goal #11 More than 1 billion individuals live in slums or informal settlements, experiencing homelessness & lacking basic services 👉 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...

‘Revenge is not a policy’: dissenting Israeli voices begin to penetrate silence over Gaza

On predatory academic journals and conferences patthomson.net/2025/07/16/o... via @patthomson Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences (Full Report in English): www.interacademies.org/sites/defaul...

Congratulations to SHINE's Dr @valescal.bsky.social for this feature at the Housing Agency's Spotlight on Housing Research. More info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/housin...

I was reading this new report on housing, political parties & the far right in Ireland It brings together some things already known about the anti-migration rhetoric fueling racism, but it's interesting to see the analysis of how political parties have responded to it 👉 www.ui.se/globalassets...

Announcing the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2025/07/09/a...

Woman left ‘shaken’ and ‘in tears’ after alleged racist incident on Bus Éireann bus Bus Éireann says it is taking the complaint ‘very seriously’ and has launched an investigation - let's see what will come out of this www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...

Israeli newspaper's reveals IDF' shoot-to-kill policy in Gaza - Investigation by left-leaning 'Haaretz' journalists revealed both soldiers and army officers were, in their words, 'ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza' www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

🚨 Exciting news! The SHINE project’s extended abstract about IAQ in Irish social housing is now published in the Data for Policy 2025 Conference book! The conference was held at Leiden University in The Hague on June 12-13. Read more about it here (pp. 104-107): zenodo.org/records/1573... 📚✨

If those split deals or similar practices are common, then the officially reported housing prices might indeed be lower than the true prices buyers are actually paying www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

New Irish housing legislation wants to tackle a problem that doesn't exist. No evidence of social housing going to those without rights, and existing policy already covers this (Cir.41). This risks worsening homelessness and distracts from real issues www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...