Cian Ó Concubhair
@cianoconcubhair.bsky.social
Lectures criminal law, policing & criminology @ Maynooth University
Research: policing, media, crime, legitimacy & trust, power & resistance
Views personal
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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
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
"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"
What I did not like
& could not agree with
Nor understand
Was Paul Rouse at the end
Someone who I've the height of respect for
Complaining about us sharing this wondrous image for our own amusement
Tho in fairness to Primetime – they showed it while he complained about it
& could not agree with
Nor understand
Was Paul Rouse at the end
Someone who I've the height of respect for
Complaining about us sharing this wondrous image for our own amusement
Tho in fairness to Primetime – they showed it while he complained about it
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What I did not like
& could not agree with
Nor understand
Was Paul Rouse at the end
Someone who I've the height of respect for
Complaining about us sharing this wondrous image for our own amusement
Tho in fairness to Primetime – they showed it while he complained about it
& could not agree with
Nor understand
Was Paul Rouse at the end
Someone who I've the height of respect for
Complaining about us sharing this wondrous image for our own amusement
Tho in fairness to Primetime – they showed it while he complained about it
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Strangely their being arseholes does not arise in this discussion.
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Strangely their being arseholes does not arise in this discussion.
Since when are journalists adopting British terminology to describe subversives?
AFAIK the only groups to use terror as a tactic in the 26 counties are the British and Loyalists
Some subversive groups have used terror, but not all subversives use it
AFAIK the only groups to use terror as a tactic in the 26 counties are the British and Loyalists
Some subversive groups have used terror, but not all subversives use it
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Since when are journalists adopting British terminology to describe subversives?
AFAIK the only groups to use terror as a tactic in the 26 counties are the British and Loyalists
Some subversive groups have used terror, but not all subversives use it
AFAIK the only groups to use terror as a tactic in the 26 counties are the British and Loyalists
Some subversive groups have used terror, but not all subversives use it
Never forget
That a sizeable proportion of the British establishment (both "liberal" & Tory)
Still views Ireland as a colonial object that's sole function is to serve Britain's narrow security interests
That's who our Gov want to abandoned neutrality for.
That a sizeable proportion of the British establishment (both "liberal" & Tory)
Still views Ireland as a colonial object that's sole function is to serve Britain's narrow security interests
That's who our Gov want to abandoned neutrality for.
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Never forget
That a sizeable proportion of the British establishment (both "liberal" & Tory)
Still views Ireland as a colonial object that's sole function is to serve Britain's narrow security interests
That's who our Gov want to abandoned neutrality for.
That a sizeable proportion of the British establishment (both "liberal" & Tory)
Still views Ireland as a colonial object that's sole function is to serve Britain's narrow security interests
That's who our Gov want to abandoned neutrality for.
Very curious how there is no mention of his employer's role in fomenting this particular 'populist' smear of Connolly
The cowardice of Irish liberalism...
The cowardice of Irish liberalism...
October 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very curious how there is no mention of his employer's role in fomenting this particular 'populist' smear of Connolly
The cowardice of Irish liberalism...
The cowardice of Irish liberalism...
RIP
An interesting, if (inevitably) flawed, participant in the politics of our island
Only the other day, I refreshed my memory about his take on Say Nothing (a piece of journalism I have my own reservations about)
Though this struck me as mostly petty
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/02/a...
An interesting, if (inevitably) flawed, participant in the politics of our island
Only the other day, I refreshed my memory about his take on Say Nothing (a piece of journalism I have my own reservations about)
Though this struck me as mostly petty
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/02/a...
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
RIP
An interesting, if (inevitably) flawed, participant in the politics of our island
Only the other day, I refreshed my memory about his take on Say Nothing (a piece of journalism I have my own reservations about)
Though this struck me as mostly petty
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/02/a...
An interesting, if (inevitably) flawed, participant in the politics of our island
Only the other day, I refreshed my memory about his take on Say Nothing (a piece of journalism I have my own reservations about)
Though this struck me as mostly petty
www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/02/a...
Always interesting to compare how subs in different news organisations decide to frame the same story...
October 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Always interesting to compare how subs in different news organisations decide to frame the same story...
Jaysus
The first meaningful effort by a mainline RTÉ TV programme to acknowledge the existence of Northern Ireland and the whines are out
www.thejournal.ie/mario-rosens...
The first meaningful effort by a mainline RTÉ TV programme to acknowledge the existence of Northern Ireland and the whines are out
www.thejournal.ie/mario-rosens...
October 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Jaysus
The first meaningful effort by a mainline RTÉ TV programme to acknowledge the existence of Northern Ireland and the whines are out
www.thejournal.ie/mario-rosens...
The first meaningful effort by a mainline RTÉ TV programme to acknowledge the existence of Northern Ireland and the whines are out
www.thejournal.ie/mario-rosens...
I am more than a little late to do my own bit of promotion for this, but my book The Communicative Architecture of Policing was published by Routledge in August.
October 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I am more than a little late to do my own bit of promotion for this, but my book The Communicative Architecture of Policing was published by Routledge in August.
I guess the blueshirts have recent form here
Wonder will there be an intervention from the current Min for Justice?
Wonder will there be an intervention from the current Min for Justice?
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I guess the blueshirts have recent form here
Wonder will there be an intervention from the current Min for Justice?
Wonder will there be an intervention from the current Min for Justice?
So is it the position of the 'paper of record'?
That the cab-rank rule is bad?
And that Deputy Connolly should have ignored it?
And risked disciplining from Bar Council for breach of professional ethical obligations?
That the cab-rank rule is bad?
And that Deputy Connolly should have ignored it?
And risked disciplining from Bar Council for breach of professional ethical obligations?
October 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
So is it the position of the 'paper of record'?
That the cab-rank rule is bad?
And that Deputy Connolly should have ignored it?
And risked disciplining from Bar Council for breach of professional ethical obligations?
That the cab-rank rule is bad?
And that Deputy Connolly should have ignored it?
And risked disciplining from Bar Council for breach of professional ethical obligations?
I see the non-story writer has logged on
What is the paper of record suggesting here?
That @eirigi1916.bsky.social are an unlawful organisation?
FWIW I don't think Keena ever recovered from the personal shock of the acquittal of the Jobstown Six
archive.is/tYzy1
What is the paper of record suggesting here?
That @eirigi1916.bsky.social are an unlawful organisation?
FWIW I don't think Keena ever recovered from the personal shock of the acquittal of the Jobstown Six
archive.is/tYzy1
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I see the non-story writer has logged on
What is the paper of record suggesting here?
That @eirigi1916.bsky.social are an unlawful organisation?
FWIW I don't think Keena ever recovered from the personal shock of the acquittal of the Jobstown Six
archive.is/tYzy1
What is the paper of record suggesting here?
That @eirigi1916.bsky.social are an unlawful organisation?
FWIW I don't think Keena ever recovered from the personal shock of the acquittal of the Jobstown Six
archive.is/tYzy1
August 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Curious framing from the national broadcaster...
August 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Curious framing from the national broadcaster...
Pick your fighter
August 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Pick your fighter
Some week for the paper of record
August 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Some week for the paper of record
He thought this was the wisest way to start his argument, eh?
August 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
He thought this was the wisest way to start his argument, eh?
Man, nobody goes hard like the tabloids
This is absolutely epic
Maith thú
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
This is absolutely epic
Maith thú
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
August 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Man, nobody goes hard like the tabloids
This is absolutely epic
Maith thú
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
This is absolutely epic
Maith thú
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Ah I see you get a first class honours for playing the tried and tested racist dog whistle
I ask again, what is the purpose of 'the paper of record' now?
I ask again, what is the purpose of 'the paper of record' now?
August 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Ah I see you get a first class honours for playing the tried and tested racist dog whistle
I ask again, what is the purpose of 'the paper of record' now?
I ask again, what is the purpose of 'the paper of record' now?