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@eilymay.bsky.social
PhD student researching neurodiversity and criminal justice. Yapping into the void. Sharing passing thoughts on books (mostly fantasy, mostly queer) and, from time to time, law.
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Artist, member of Cumann na mBan, revolutionary and an Irish Jewish woman - rename that park after the wonderful Estella Solomons #speirgorm jewishmuseum.ie/jews-of-irel...
Estella Solomons – Irish Jewish Museum
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jewishmuseum.ie
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Artist, member of Cumann na mBan, revolutionary and an Irish Jewish woman - rename that park after the wonderful Estella Solomons #speirgorm jewishmuseum.ie/jews-of-irel...
Going to give this a go!
I am currently trying to wrap up my PhD on neurodiversity and criminal responsibility. Research interests generally are disability, neurodiversity, human rights and international law.
#ResearchAdvent
I am currently trying to wrap up my PhD on neurodiversity and criminal responsibility. Research interests generally are disability, neurodiversity, human rights and international law.
#ResearchAdvent
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Going to give this a go!
I am currently trying to wrap up my PhD on neurodiversity and criminal responsibility. Research interests generally are disability, neurodiversity, human rights and international law.
#ResearchAdvent
I am currently trying to wrap up my PhD on neurodiversity and criminal responsibility. Research interests generally are disability, neurodiversity, human rights and international law.
#ResearchAdvent
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Hardiman PhD Scholarship. 📝 These generous scholarships are funded for four years, with a stipend of €25,000 p.a. plus tuition fee covered.
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Hardiman PhD Scholarship. 📝 These generous scholarships are funded for four years, with a stipend of €25,000 p.a. plus tuition fee covered.
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
So @frankiegolucky.bsky.social and I have deep dived on a lot of crunchy grifters. But the Free Birth Society might be the most horrific.
Honestly, I'm surprised Saldaya and Norris-Clarke aren't in jail (although Norris-Clarke has "fled" to Nicaragua to escape the Canadian nanny state, so...)
Honestly, I'm surprised Saldaya and Norris-Clarke aren't in jail (although Norris-Clarke has "fled" to Nicaragua to escape the Canadian nanny state, so...)
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So @frankiegolucky.bsky.social and I have deep dived on a lot of crunchy grifters. But the Free Birth Society might be the most horrific.
Honestly, I'm surprised Saldaya and Norris-Clarke aren't in jail (although Norris-Clarke has "fled" to Nicaragua to escape the Canadian nanny state, so...)
Honestly, I'm surprised Saldaya and Norris-Clarke aren't in jail (although Norris-Clarke has "fled" to Nicaragua to escape the Canadian nanny state, so...)
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You would think that someone with a degree in history would understand that renaming a park cannot and will not erase any history of any community or group, similarly to how the taking down statues of slavers has not erased the history of slavery! #speirgorm
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
You would think that someone with a degree in history would understand that renaming a park cannot and will not erase any history of any community or group, similarly to how the taking down statues of slavers has not erased the history of slavery! #speirgorm
I supported the renaming of the park before this statement. But the complete over-reach by the Taoiseach and the President of Israel on a matter for the representatives of the people of Dublin has me raging.
Recognising the history of Irish Jews doesn't have to equate with honouring Zionists.
Recognising the history of Irish Jews doesn't have to equate with honouring Zionists.
A statement like this by the Taoiseach sustains my concerns about how ‘heritage’ in Ireland is often uncritically conceived and has not evolved by claims of positive, nationalist & shrug. The belated naming (and potential renaming) of a park is political and can change for various reasons.
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I supported the renaming of the park before this statement. But the complete over-reach by the Taoiseach and the President of Israel on a matter for the representatives of the people of Dublin has me raging.
Recognising the history of Irish Jews doesn't have to equate with honouring Zionists.
Recognising the history of Irish Jews doesn't have to equate with honouring Zionists.
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#Homelessness quick fixes
-enforce law on rental properties operating as holiday lets without planning permission
-prioritise bringing vacant property back to use, address barriers to scaling up this sector
-fix the regulatory burden for ‘over the shop’, Minister can do this at stroke of a pen
-enforce law on rental properties operating as holiday lets without planning permission
-prioritise bringing vacant property back to use, address barriers to scaling up this sector
-fix the regulatory burden for ‘over the shop’, Minister can do this at stroke of a pen
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#Homelessness quick fixes
-enforce law on rental properties operating as holiday lets without planning permission
-prioritise bringing vacant property back to use, address barriers to scaling up this sector
-fix the regulatory burden for ‘over the shop’, Minister can do this at stroke of a pen
-enforce law on rental properties operating as holiday lets without planning permission
-prioritise bringing vacant property back to use, address barriers to scaling up this sector
-fix the regulatory burden for ‘over the shop’, Minister can do this at stroke of a pen
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John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Why is Black Friday now 12-13 days?? Did the stores get the date wrong thinking it was yesterday rather than next week, and then had to switch it up and make it work out some how?
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Why is Black Friday now 12-13 days?? Did the stores get the date wrong thinking it was yesterday rather than next week, and then had to switch it up and make it work out some how?
Harrowing, heartbreaking. An essential watch.
The pain and suffering these women and children went through is unfathomable.
The ways in which justice continues to be denied to them compound it.
youtu.be/HgEkKgFSlf0?...
The pain and suffering these women and children went through is unfathomable.
The ways in which justice continues to be denied to them compound it.
youtu.be/HgEkKgFSlf0?...
Testimony Trailer 2025
YouTube video by Rocliffe Productions
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November 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Harrowing, heartbreaking. An essential watch.
The pain and suffering these women and children went through is unfathomable.
The ways in which justice continues to be denied to them compound it.
youtu.be/HgEkKgFSlf0?...
The pain and suffering these women and children went through is unfathomable.
The ways in which justice continues to be denied to them compound it.
youtu.be/HgEkKgFSlf0?...
Scarlet indeed.
But, also, I feel they fail to account for the degree to which we can be a nation of awkward f**ckers when someone gets our back up. And I think Progress Ireland might just have done that.
But, also, I feel they fail to account for the degree to which we can be a nation of awkward f**ckers when someone gets our back up. And I think Progress Ireland might just have done that.
like, would you not be scarlet to read that Progress Ireland thought it would be this easy to influence your opinion, that they could just show up, present themselves as Serious People and get immediate credibility, and for them to be completely right?
![Progress Ireland’s pitch to prospective funders (kudos Lois Kapila in the Dublin Inquirer) sets out its stall clearly: “[T]he Irish [think tank] scene is wide open, with no real competitors,” we are told. “Ireland is highly conformist and is more prone to deference to elite or expert consensus than our British counterparts”. Bit rude, but go on.
“[T]here are few organised voices for growth, abundance, and optimism in the political landscape [in Ireland]”, “We believe growth goes a long way to solving most public policy problems”. OK, growth, abundance, got it. Small ‘a’ abundance is “our North Star”, according to Progress Ireland’s Executive Director.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fvqtpn5xua5sobf2s4nr2jf3/bafkreibumfabt3nz7si3iduus2kupwbmzbpa7dnst2eqgjijaijn4afbma@jpeg)
![Anyway, back to Progress Ireland’s pitch: “Ireland is a small place – politicians are relatively accessible, and there are few other orgs like ours competing for their attention”; “We will align and curate our pitches to present win-win proposals to politicians. […] We will produce work that advances their goals”; “We will pressure politicians via the media. Sometimes this will be at their request”; “Officials can’t enact ideas but they can slowly kill them”; “We will socially de-risk ourselves with officials by appearing as friendly faces at department conferences, policy launches, and speaker events”. “How will you avoid getting pigeonholed as right wing tech bros?” they ask. “Branding” is the first answer (though in fairness they also include “Policy choices” and “Funders” in their list). Et cetera.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fvqtpn5xua5sobf2s4nr2jf3/bafkreict6svvl6xwu3gpixd7odn5tczaohpyqqqn3wnim7ypbozfrll24a@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Scarlet indeed.
But, also, I feel they fail to account for the degree to which we can be a nation of awkward f**ckers when someone gets our back up. And I think Progress Ireland might just have done that.
But, also, I feel they fail to account for the degree to which we can be a nation of awkward f**ckers when someone gets our back up. And I think Progress Ireland might just have done that.
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Excellent piece by Andrew Jackson, UCD Law School:
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Excellent piece by Andrew Jackson, UCD Law School:
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
My feelings around this are... Duh? But then again, some people think that small, dark apartments are apparently the solution to the housing crisis.
The Lancet: Architecture of mental health
Substandard housing is a significant public health
issue—insufficient space, restrictive layouts, low levels of sunlight & natural ventilation & inability to control privacy adversely impact quality of life & mental health www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
Substandard housing is a significant public health
issue—insufficient space, restrictive layouts, low levels of sunlight & natural ventilation & inability to control privacy adversely impact quality of life & mental health www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My feelings around this are... Duh? But then again, some people think that small, dark apartments are apparently the solution to the housing crisis.
Pushers, written by and starring Rosie Jones, is some of the best TV I've watched in ages.
Genuine laugh-out-loud comedy with some really important messages about disabled community.
The crips help crips scene = perfection.
youtu.be/_pqKGw6xOD4?...
Genuine laugh-out-loud comedy with some really important messages about disabled community.
The crips help crips scene = perfection.
youtu.be/_pqKGw6xOD4?...
Rosie Jones - Pushers trailer
YouTube video by Off The Kerb Productions
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Pushers, written by and starring Rosie Jones, is some of the best TV I've watched in ages.
Genuine laugh-out-loud comedy with some really important messages about disabled community.
The crips help crips scene = perfection.
youtu.be/_pqKGw6xOD4?...
Genuine laugh-out-loud comedy with some really important messages about disabled community.
The crips help crips scene = perfection.
youtu.be/_pqKGw6xOD4?...
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I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
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When disabled activists say that our disability doesn't exist just in our bodyminds but in society's failure to accomodate them, we aren't just describing how we think disability works, we are making a demand for a world that treats people better.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When disabled activists say that our disability doesn't exist just in our bodyminds but in society's failure to accomodate them, we aren't just describing how we think disability works, we are making a demand for a world that treats people better.
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"The research is so flawed and inconclusive that ECT would have absolutely no chance of obtaining MHRA approval in the UK, or FDA approval in the USA, if it were introduced today."
Users and survivors of psychiatry have been talking about their experiences of ECT for years. But we needed a study...
Users and survivors of psychiatry have been talking about their experiences of ECT for years. But we needed a study...
Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought
Study calls for depression treatment to be suspended for more research after reports of heart problems and emotional blunting
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"The research is so flawed and inconclusive that ECT would have absolutely no chance of obtaining MHRA approval in the UK, or FDA approval in the USA, if it were introduced today."
Users and survivors of psychiatry have been talking about their experiences of ECT for years. But we needed a study...
Users and survivors of psychiatry have been talking about their experiences of ECT for years. But we needed a study...
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The couple have been in a relationship for *two decades* but had to suffer this indignity. Glad the application was dismissed, but concerning to see the Court proposing a test that many of us would not be able to pass. Not sure I knew the ‘potential consequences’ of marriage when I headed into mine.
Couple with intellectual disabilities allowed to marry
A couple with intellectual disabilities will be able to marry following a decision of a judge in the Circuit Civil Court.
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The couple have been in a relationship for *two decades* but had to suffer this indignity. Glad the application was dismissed, but concerning to see the Court proposing a test that many of us would not be able to pass. Not sure I knew the ‘potential consequences’ of marriage when I headed into mine.
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Really sad to hear that Alice Wong has died. A brilliant activist and writer who made the world a better place.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Really sad to hear that Alice Wong has died. A brilliant activist and writer who made the world a better place.
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Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
“...people are being held three or even four to a cell, little bigger than a car parking space, with one sleeping on a mattress on the floor.
All of them confined in this space next to an open toilet... for up to 23 hours a day.
This is inhuman, degrading, and unworthy of Ireland in 2025.”
All of them confined in this space next to an open toilet... for up to 23 hours a day.
This is inhuman, degrading, and unworthy of Ireland in 2025.”
Ireland’s prison and detention systems remain in breach of basic human rights standards, according to the Council of Europe’s anti-torture watchdog. @coe.int
Prisons branded ‘inhuman, degrading and unworthy of Ireland in 2025’
Ireland’s prison and detention systems remain in breach of basic human rights standards, according to the Council of Europe’s anti-torture watchdog.
www.irishlegal.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“...people are being held three or even four to a cell, little bigger than a car parking space, with one sleeping on a mattress on the floor.
All of them confined in this space next to an open toilet... for up to 23 hours a day.
This is inhuman, degrading, and unworthy of Ireland in 2025.”
All of them confined in this space next to an open toilet... for up to 23 hours a day.
This is inhuman, degrading, and unworthy of Ireland in 2025.”
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Dóchas go scaipfidh sampla an Chéad Saoránaigh i leith na Gaeilge ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí. Meastar go bhféadfadh an tUachtarán nua dearcadh níos dearfaí i leith na teanga a spreagadh ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí
tuairisc.ie/dochas-go-sc...
tuairisc.ie/dochas-go-sc...
Dóchas go scaipfidh sampla an Chéad Saoránaigh i leith na Gaeilge ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí
Meastar go bhféadfadh an tUachtarán nua dearcadh níos dearfaí i leith na teanga a spreagadh ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí
tuairisc.ie
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Dóchas go scaipfidh sampla an Chéad Saoránaigh i leith na Gaeilge ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí. Meastar go bhféadfadh an tUachtarán nua dearcadh níos dearfaí i leith na teanga a spreagadh ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí
tuairisc.ie/dochas-go-sc...
tuairisc.ie/dochas-go-sc...
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‘Given our history, the normalisation of war and genocide has never been and will never be acceptable to us.’
- From the inauguration speech of the tenth president of Ireland.
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- From the inauguration speech of the tenth president of Ireland.
president.ie/en/media-lib...
Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly | President of Ireland
A Thaoisigh, A Phríomhbhreithimh, Airí, Baill Chomhairle an Stáit, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasadóirí, Ceannairí Eaglaise, agus dhaoine...
president.ie
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
‘Given our history, the normalisation of war and genocide has never been and will never be acceptable to us.’
- From the inauguration speech of the tenth president of Ireland.
president.ie/en/media-lib...
- From the inauguration speech of the tenth president of Ireland.
president.ie/en/media-lib...
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"The housing crisis will end when steps are taken to end it. It will end when entire streets’ worth of houses can’t be bought up by vulture funds, it will end when short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are banned or heavily restricted, .."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"The housing crisis will end when steps are taken to end it. It will end when entire streets’ worth of houses can’t be bought up by vulture funds, it will end when short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are banned or heavily restricted, .."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
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I see the 2021 scandal around Kate Clanchy's book "Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me" is back in the news as Clanchy receives an apology from the publisher of that book. Here's a reminder of the racism, Islamophobia, anti-LGBT comments, and fat shaming from the book.
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I see the 2021 scandal around Kate Clanchy's book "Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me" is back in the news as Clanchy receives an apology from the publisher of that book. Here's a reminder of the racism, Islamophobia, anti-LGBT comments, and fat shaming from the book.