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Nicola Carr
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Academic | Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work | Trinity College Dublin📍🇮🇪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 3h
Gorgeous!

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 4h
Community Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, they remain underutilised. This article with Niamh Maguire explores why: www.pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Irish Probation Journal Volume 22 - Community Service Orders in Ireland: Implementation, Impact and Judicial Perspectives
Nicola Carr and Niamh MaguireCommunity Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, most notably the Criminal Jus...
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 1d
Winter light

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 2d
Fantastic documentary.

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Harry Annison @harryannison.bsky.social · 10d
Some lessons from Probation Service reform www.russellwebster.com/lessons-from... might be of interest to @probinst2.bsky.social @nicolacarr.bsky.social @matthew-millings.bsky.social @demos-uk.bsky.social @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Lessons from Probation Service Reform
Harry Annison on the lessons from repeated probation service reform
www.russellwebster.com

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 19d
Looking forward to this
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This Wednesday 12 November at @qubcriminology.bsky.social and @ICCJ we have📣 @nicolacarr.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.

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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 20d
This Wednesday 12 November at @qubcriminology.bsky.social and @ICCJ we have📣 @nicolacarr.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · Oct 28
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Irish Supreme Court contraception case

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
www.irishtimes.com

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Sonja Tiernan @sonjatiernan.bsky.social · Oct 24
Seems appropriate to post the final chapter of Irish Women’s Speeches @ucdpress.bsky.social today. Powerful speech by @catherinegalway.bsky.social on the Mother & Baby home report Jan 2021.

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Oct 24
Democratic duty done #Aras2025

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Oct 22
Thanks for the invite and for a really interesting discussion.

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UCD Criminology and Criminal Justice @ucdcrim.bsky.social · Oct 22
We were delighted to host @nicolacarr.bsky.social for our first Criminology Salon of the academic year this week. Nicola discussed her new book Parole Futures (co-edited with @harryannison.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney) & the evolving landscape of parole. Many thanks to Nicola & all who joined us!
Photograph of Nicola, standing beside a roll up banner for the UCD Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, holding her recently published book, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices.

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Oct 21
RTE really nailing it with the programming this evening. Obituary showing after this presidential debate. RIP FG #Aras25

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Oct 14
The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition
Presidential candidates clash over Special Criminal Court
The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition.
www.rte.ie

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Oct 14
History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Oct 13
Take down the posters lads #President2025

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Aoife Nolan @aoifenolan.bsky.social · Oct 12
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Oct 9
Come work with a great team: Assistant Professor in Social Work post in TCD School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin closing date 17th November 2025: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Oct 8
Not sure what the news story is here, apart from barrister did her job: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash
Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’
www.irishtimes.com

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Oct 6
Legend - Patti Smith #Horses50thanniversary

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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · Oct 4
#art by Sliman Mansour

Temporary escape, oil on canvas, 2018

#Palestine

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · Oct 3
There will be many heavy hearts around Cork & beyond

An incredible human

Thinking of all who loved & knew him

Rest easy Don ❤️

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Don O'Leary, former director of Cork Life Centre, dies aged 68
Mr O'Leary, who was a former member of Cork City Council, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021.
www.irishexaminer.com

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 27
Hard to get over this 🤯

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 24
Congratulations - you will be missed.

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 24
Sorry to see the departure of these two stellar presenters from Morning Ireland - Mary Wilson and Áine Lawlor sign off from Morning Ireland www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Mary Wilson and Áine Lawlor sign off from Morning Ireland
Broadcasters Mary Wilson and Áine Lawlor will sign off on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1 for the final time this morning.
www.rte.ie

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UCD Criminology and Criminal Justice @ucdcrim.bsky.social · Sep 16
Join us at the next UCD Criminology Salon on Mon 20 Oct. @nicolacarr.bsky.social will discuss her recent book book co-edited with @harryannison.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices. All welcome! Please register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-crimin...
UCD Institute of Criminology and Criminal JusticeCriminology Salon: Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and PracticesMonday 20 October 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 Harty Boardroom, Sutherland School of Law, Belfield, Dublin 4 Professor Nicola Carr, Chair of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College DublinJoin us at our next Criminology Salon where Professor Nicola Carr will discuss her recent book co-edited with Harry Annison and Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices, published by Bloomsbury. This book brings together a range of academic and practice perspectives to analyse the ideas, institutions and practices of contemporary parole. At a time when many parole systems are strained, this collection aims to encourage systematic reflection on parole’s rationalities, institutions, and practices and to pose ambitious “what if” questions about the possible futures of parole and prison release.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Sep 16
Full report www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 16
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
www.bbc.com

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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · Sep 15
Textbook Launch Event🚀

Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

Register your place now 👇
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The launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook
This event offers an opportunity to bring a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.
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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · Sep 14
Many shocking things about the last 24 hours; but the contrast between the Labour government’s response to peaceful protest against genocide, and its non-response to violent racist protest against liberal democracy, is high on the list.