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Prof David Farrell, UCD
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Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account. .. more

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David M. Farrell is a political scientist. He was appointed to the Chair of Politics at University College Dublin in 2009, having returned to Ireland after two decades working at the University of Manchester, where from 2006-09 he was Head of the School of Social Sciences. A specialist in the study of electoral systems, elections and parties, he has published 15 books and over 90 articles and book chapters. His most recent books include: Political Parties and Democratic Linkage (2011), which was awarded the GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Scholarship, and Electoral Systems. He is the founding co-editor of Party Politics, the President of the Political Studies Association of Ireland and the Speaker of the Council of the European Consortium for Political Research. In 2013 he was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. In March 2019 he and Dr Jane Suiter were awarded the Brown Democracy Medal for the Irish Citizens' Assembly Project. .. more

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 8h
Sums it up perfectly

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 1d
And we’re up 😊

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 1d
Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee in a bookstore
and waiting for something I want to show you soon.

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UCD Politics and International Relations @ucdpolitics.bsky.social · 1d
UCD SPIRe Receives Fáilte Ireland ‘Conference Ambassador Award’🏆

Congratulations to the committee members: David Farrell (Chair) @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social , Caitriona Dowd, Johan Dornschneider-Elkink, Alexander Dukalskis and the administrator, Joseph Dillon!

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UCD SPIRe Receive Fáilte Ireland ‘Conference Ambassador Award’
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 1d
In me glad rags

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UCD SPIRe Receive Fáilte Ireland ‘Conference Ambassador Award’
www.ucd.ie

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 2d
Oooh. Need one of those invites

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Francesco Nicoli

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d
In the European Parliament, the interpreter and some of the audience could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.

On December 10, Roman came to Brussels for a presentation of documentaries about Ukrainian children to tell his story to MEPs

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Stefan Müller

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Yuko @yuko-in-dublin.bsky.social · 2d
New UCD O’Connor Centre for Learning. All classrooms are for active learning. Lots of study space. Very swanky.

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 2d
Awful

www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
Ireland’s ‘shameful reputation’ as puppy farm capital of Europe raised in Dáil
Dog breeding ‘a profit model gone absolutely mad’, TD says when introducing Bill to regulate €200 million industry
www.irishtimes.com

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 3d
Good, at least that this is finally happening, but this drip, drip, drip, last minute, inch-by-inch, bit-by-scraping-bit approach to shoring up the gaping holes in our national defence “system” is beyond embarrassing. It’s literally indefensible.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
New €19m anti-drone capability to be available to Defence Forces for EU presidency
McEntee to launch €1.7bn expenditure on defence projects with military radar programme set as main priority
www.irishtimes.com

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 3d
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology, writes prof Cas Mudde.

Trump regime "believes that its national security is best served by destruction of liberal democracy in Europe."

#DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU

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The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 4d
Beat me to it again
Cat

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 4d
"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people are calling for clean water, but our voices are being drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. And the thing is, you can’t drink politics"

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

#nitratesderogation

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Jacob T. Levy

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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 4d
. @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social and I wrote about this in the Irish Times four years ago warning about our university’s entanglement with China.

IMO not much has changed. If anything in many ways we’re more in on China now than we were then.

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/ucd-...
UCD risks being a pawn in China’s bigger game
There are worrying signs of the potential erosion of academic freedom in Ireland
www.irishtimes.com

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Michael Kenny @michaelkenny.bsky.social · 5d
Come and work with us at the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk ! Brand-new 2 year researcher position - details here www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance. The Bennett School of Public Policy invites applications for a Research Assistant. This is an exciting opportunity
www.cam.ac.uk

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 5d
Congratulations Duncan. Great to see this published

Reposted by Cas Mudde, David M. Farrell, Kai Arzheimer , and 2 more

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 6d
🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social:

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The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century
The idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the …
www.sciencedirect.com

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 7d
Job done

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 7d
Certainly the doggies were happy

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 7d
So true, Will. Government and its agencies should exit that toxic site.
drjennings.bsky.social Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 7d
Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 7d
Gotta love that mud

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 7d
Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 7d
It’s now officially the Xmas period

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 8d
Many congratulations to my @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social colleague, @niamhmcherry.bsky.social who won the 'Sustainability Spotlight Award' from @failte-ireland.bsky.social for organising the 35th International Geographical Congress in 2024 www.failteireland.ie/Utility/News...
Fáilte Ireland | National Tourism Development Authority
Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, provides a range of practical support and advice to Irish tourism businesses.
www.failteireland.ie

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 8d
Just ordered my copy, and copies also for our library
michaelgtcd.bsky.social Michael Gallagher @michaelgtcd.bsky.social · 9d
How Ireland Voted 2024 now available (in full colour printing) from all good bookshops and probably some bad ones too. Full of outstanding analysis and fascinating facts. 13 chapters, 6 Appendices, 33 Tables, 41 Figures, 19 pages of great photos.

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Peter Thorne, Edgar Morgenroth

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 8d
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita. The broken grey line is the path required for 2030 targets. Ireland is miles wide of it. The nearest neighbours are crushing it.
#climate

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Stefan Müller

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Michael Gallagher @michaelgtcd.bsky.social · 9d
How Ireland Voted 2024 now available (in full colour printing) from all good bookshops and probably some bad ones too. Full of outstanding analysis and fascinating facts. 13 chapters, 6 Appendices, 33 Tables, 41 Figures, 19 pages of great photos.

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 9d
It’s hard to believe how terrified this girl was just 10 days ago.

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Ben Tonra @bentonra.bsky.social · 9d
What kind of catastrophe was avoided… purely by chance!?

Is this a ‘defence’ worthy of the name?
bentonra.bsky.social Ben Tonra @bentonra.bsky.social · 9d
“Ireland’s security services have found that the drones at Dublin Airport were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack.”

From which we are undefended.

www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 9d
💙💛 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has presented representatives of UCD’s Ukraine Trauma Project with the Golden Heart Award, in recognition of the life saving medical training it has provided to first responders in Ukraine.