Cian Ó Concubhair
@cianoconcubhair.bsky.social
Lectures criminal law, policing & criminology @ Maynooth University
Research: policing, media, crime, legitimacy & trust, power & resistance
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Dublin via da Banner
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/cian-concubhair
Research: policing, media, crime, legitimacy & trust, power & resistance
Views personal
Sé/é
Dublin via da Banner
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/cian-concubhair
This trial is very interesting
eg today it highlighted in detail the curious and extraordinarily expansive definition of 'discretion' which is being thrown around in policing circles in Ireland
Some of what's been described is not discretion
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
eg today it highlighted in detail the curious and extraordinarily expansive definition of 'discretion' which is being thrown around in policing circles in Ireland
Some of what's been described is not discretion
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Texts between gardaí about GAA player shown in trial
Text messages sent between gardaí about a GAA player who was stopped for an alleged speeding offence were shown to a jury in the trial of a retired superintendent and four gardaí at Limerick Circuit C...
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This trial is very interesting
eg today it highlighted in detail the curious and extraordinarily expansive definition of 'discretion' which is being thrown around in policing circles in Ireland
Some of what's been described is not discretion
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
eg today it highlighted in detail the curious and extraordinarily expansive definition of 'discretion' which is being thrown around in policing circles in Ireland
Some of what's been described is not discretion
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Only morons would argue for cyclists to seek 'greater visibility' in broad fucking daylight
You think motorists who are blind to cyclists in broad daylight are going to see an extra bit of high-viz kit?
Extraordinary these campaigns are still running
You think motorists who are blind to cyclists in broad daylight are going to see an extra bit of high-viz kit?
Extraordinary these campaigns are still running
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Only morons would argue for cyclists to seek 'greater visibility' in broad fucking daylight
You think motorists who are blind to cyclists in broad daylight are going to see an extra bit of high-viz kit?
Extraordinary these campaigns are still running
You think motorists who are blind to cyclists in broad daylight are going to see an extra bit of high-viz kit?
Extraordinary these campaigns are still running
Another example of the extraordinary example of the generosity of spirit shown by Irish courts to motorists who commit homicide
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Woman given suspended sentence over cyclist's death
A woman whose husband was killed whilst out for a Sunday cycle on the Malahide Road in Dublin last year, has said no words can ever change how brutal it has been since she lost him.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Another example of the extraordinary example of the generosity of spirit shown by Irish courts to motorists who commit homicide
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Not a regular taxi user by any stretch
But I feel like taxi drivers have not been happy with any app since the demise of Halo – which while flawed, seemed to have quite high levels of satisfaction
It was also nowhere near as expensive
But I feel like taxi drivers have not been happy with any app since the demise of Halo – which while flawed, seemed to have quite high levels of satisfaction
It was also nowhere near as expensive
People Before Profit have today called on the National Transport Authority to set up its own "not-for-profit" taxi app in response to the 'Uberisation' of the sector.
jrnl.ie/6885242t
jrnl.ie/6885242t
TD calls for NTA to set up its own taxi app to fight back against 'Uberisation' of sector
It comes after taxi drivers staged a large protest in Dublin earlier this month.
jrnl.ie
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Not a regular taxi user by any stretch
But I feel like taxi drivers have not been happy with any app since the demise of Halo – which while flawed, seemed to have quite high levels of satisfaction
It was also nowhere near as expensive
But I feel like taxi drivers have not been happy with any app since the demise of Halo – which while flawed, seemed to have quite high levels of satisfaction
It was also nowhere near as expensive
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This stinks. At the very least, it appears to stink.
And that's a problem for judicial independence and the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
And that's a problem for judicial independence and the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This stinks. At the very least, it appears to stink.
And that's a problem for judicial independence and the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
And that's a problem for judicial independence and the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It'll be about five minutes before Jim O'Callaghan starts muttering about how we'd better abolish trial by jury because the Brits are doing it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers
David Lammy is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years to tackle court backlog
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It'll be about five minutes before Jim O'Callaghan starts muttering about how we'd better abolish trial by jury because the Brits are doing it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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It looks like every Irish outlet (that I've seen so far) has just transcribed a wire services report about the Linehan trial that is *dripping* with anti trans bias, misgendering the victim, calling the teenage victim an "activist" but not Linehan, and eliding the fact that the victim was a child
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It looks like every Irish outlet (that I've seen so far) has just transcribed a wire services report about the Linehan trial that is *dripping* with anti trans bias, misgendering the victim, calling the teenage victim an "activist" but not Linehan, and eliding the fact that the victim was a child
"I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death"
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death"
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1. Family reunification is ALREADY limited to "close family"
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
New: major overhaul of immigration laws to see citizenship denied to those who got welfare, or are in debt. Family reunification only for close family, tighter rules around self sufficiency. Changes to revoke residency for those who commit serious crimes
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
No Irish citizenship for refugees on welfare benefits
Ministers to crack down on migration after UK review of asylum-seeking rules
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1. Family reunification is ALREADY limited to "close family"
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
2. Forcing people to avoid claiming benefits they are entitled to and need under threat of being refused citizenship is horrifically cruel. That was the policy under Michael McDowell and it caused great hardship to the most vulnerable.
Is this Revenge of the Economists who got it in the neck for 10 years for cheerleading the great Celtic property bubble?
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Is this Revenge of the Economists who got it in the neck for 10 years for cheerleading the great Celtic property bubble?
One of the most interesting things about the highly effective entryism of certain stickies into Irish news media
Is that it was never problematised by those on the political right
And what this implies about those stickies
Is that it was never problematised by those on the political right
And what this implies about those stickies
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
One of the most interesting things about the highly effective entryism of certain stickies into Irish news media
Is that it was never problematised by those on the political right
And what this implies about those stickies
Is that it was never problematised by those on the political right
And what this implies about those stickies
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"At least the far right don't have anyone in the Dáil ..."
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New: major overhaul of immigration laws to see citizenship denied to those who got welfare, or are in debt. Family reunification only for close family, tighter rules around self sufficiency. Changes to revoke residency for those who commit serious crimes
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
No Irish citizenship for refugees on welfare benefits
Ministers to crack down on migration after UK review of asylum-seeking rules
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"At least the far right don't have anyone in the Dáil ..."
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How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
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I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
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Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.
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When you ask for one thing and get another...
"In 2023, a study was carried out on behalf of Cork City Council’s Climate Action Unit which found 92% of participants wanted more parks, biodiversity, and green spaces in Cork City: 89% wanted more trees on city streets."
"In 2023, a study was carried out on behalf of Cork City Council’s Climate Action Unit which found 92% of participants wanted more parks, biodiversity, and green spaces in Cork City: 89% wanted more trees on city streets."
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
When you ask for one thing and get another...
"In 2023, a study was carried out on behalf of Cork City Council’s Climate Action Unit which found 92% of participants wanted more parks, biodiversity, and green spaces in Cork City: 89% wanted more trees on city streets."
"In 2023, a study was carried out on behalf of Cork City Council’s Climate Action Unit which found 92% of participants wanted more parks, biodiversity, and green spaces in Cork City: 89% wanted more trees on city streets."
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“Groups engaging in far-right rhetoric and discourse .. have grown increasingly emboldened in Ireland to the point they gather and sometimes march openly in military fatigues in our cities.“
- James Carr
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- James Carr
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Lack of action on hate speech contributing to racist violence
The far-right have been emboldened by lack of action to curtail them. It's beyond time to act
www.irishexaminer.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“Groups engaging in far-right rhetoric and discourse .. have grown increasingly emboldened in Ireland to the point they gather and sometimes march openly in military fatigues in our cities.“
- James Carr
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- James Carr
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Peadar was vocally behind the "spoil the vote" campaign, but I guess it's mature to be writing "hang traitors" on the ballot and colouring in a handbag.
Incredible that it’s always the parties that you could count their youth vote on your fingers that have this position.
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Peadar was vocally behind the "spoil the vote" campaign, but I guess it's mature to be writing "hang traitors" on the ballot and colouring in a handbag.
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‘They surround our car’: Families at Citywest IPAS centre tell of ongoing ‘harassment’ People fleeing war, poverty, insecurity are being abused daily by local racist gobsh*tes, desecrating the tricolour as they harass women, children & men. Shameful! #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
‘They surround our car’: Families at Citywest IPAS centre tell of ongoing ‘harassment’
‘Intimidation’ includes children being told ‘go home’ and witnessing parents being called derogatory names
www.irishtimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
‘They surround our car’: Families at Citywest IPAS centre tell of ongoing ‘harassment’ People fleeing war, poverty, insecurity are being abused daily by local racist gobsh*tes, desecrating the tricolour as they harass women, children & men. Shameful! #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Car broke down on a blind junction and stuck in Park mode
Tow truck took an hour
Feeling guilty while I waited about the minor confusion the car was causing
I perhaps foolishly took it upon myself to direct cars safely around
Take away: about 30% of motorists are psychopathic
Tow truck took an hour
Feeling guilty while I waited about the minor confusion the car was causing
I perhaps foolishly took it upon myself to direct cars safely around
Take away: about 30% of motorists are psychopathic
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Car broke down on a blind junction and stuck in Park mode
Tow truck took an hour
Feeling guilty while I waited about the minor confusion the car was causing
I perhaps foolishly took it upon myself to direct cars safely around
Take away: about 30% of motorists are psychopathic
Tow truck took an hour
Feeling guilty while I waited about the minor confusion the car was causing
I perhaps foolishly took it upon myself to direct cars safely around
Take away: about 30% of motorists are psychopathic