Eoin Daly
@eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social
Law lecturer. Political theory, constitutions, republicanism, France. Dad of two. An 'autism parent'. Interested in athletics, politics, wine.
The idea everything begins and ends with Brexit is this faith-based politics; the trajectory of decline began with the austerity implemented under the liberal Democrat Conservative coalition but it would be awkward for some people to face up to that
As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The idea everything begins and ends with Brexit is this faith-based politics; the trajectory of decline began with the austerity implemented under the liberal Democrat Conservative coalition but it would be awkward for some people to face up to that
Probably about the most dissident thing you could say in a university is that you didn’t have much on, or were a bit idle
Academics telling each other how busy they are is so lame. Let’s tell each other we’re feeling indolent, or have ennui.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Probably about the most dissident thing you could say in a university is that you didn’t have much on, or were a bit idle
Makes u think
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Makes u think
Academics telling each other how busy they are is so lame. Let’s tell each other we’re feeling indolent, or have ennui.
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Academics telling each other how busy they are is so lame. Let’s tell each other we’re feeling indolent, or have ennui.
Not now, arctic air mass
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Not now, arctic air mass
Somehow both very Guardian-coded and Telegraph-coded at the same time www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Somehow both very Guardian-coded and Telegraph-coded at the same time www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
My article about Catherine Connolly’s inauguration speech, the symbolic power of the presidency, and its limits
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Catherine Connolly’s speech was surprisingly political. It doesn’t really matter
It would be difficult to argue that the eloquent speeches of Michael D Higgins had any material effect
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My article about Catherine Connolly’s inauguration speech, the symbolic power of the presidency, and its limits
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
‘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...
Dinner with a view. This is just where she likes to hang out
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dinner with a view. This is just where she likes to hang out
What’s your favourite low-effort costume? I wanted to go as a geography lecturer, though the 8 year old made me dress as the Mad Hatter match her Queen of Hearts
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
What’s your favourite low-effort costume? I wanted to go as a geography lecturer, though the 8 year old made me dress as the Mad Hatter match her Queen of Hearts
Ireland has a new president, who happens to be one of my local deputies (we have multi seat constituencies). I just published the short article about the office of President in Ireland. theconversation.com/catherine-co...
Catherine Connolly and the paradoxes of the Irish presidency
The role is the only national office directly elected by the people, yet it holds very little meaningful power.
theconversation.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ireland has a new president, who happens to be one of my local deputies (we have multi seat constituencies). I just published the short article about the office of President in Ireland. theconversation.com/catherine-co...
Maybe I am simple minded but I think a populist for whom the Other is the foreigner is ‘bad’, and a populist for whom it is say, oligarchs is at least potentially ‘good’.
‘Populism’ is a political style and strategy that can be put to different uses.
‘Populism’ is a political style and strategy that can be put to different uses.
why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Maybe I am simple minded but I think a populist for whom the Other is the foreigner is ‘bad’, and a populist for whom it is say, oligarchs is at least potentially ‘good’.
‘Populism’ is a political style and strategy that can be put to different uses.
‘Populism’ is a political style and strategy that can be put to different uses.
Have to show off my fussy precious little stuffed pasta
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Have to show off my fussy precious little stuffed pasta
Reposted by Eoin Daly
This is the context in which I and all my colleagues are being told that we must bring in a minimum of £25k in external funding per year. We get 100 hours of research time per year. The bid-writing process will take up most of it.
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is the context in which I and all my colleagues are being told that we must bring in a minimum of £25k in external funding per year. We get 100 hours of research time per year. The bid-writing process will take up most of it.
The funniest hypocrisy of the dominant rad Lib faction in academia is the contradiction between their generally egalitarian social critique, and their acquiescence in the careerism and hierarchy of academia itself
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The funniest hypocrisy of the dominant rad Lib faction in academia is the contradiction between their generally egalitarian social critique, and their acquiescence in the careerism and hierarchy of academia itself
I was able to visit the 6 year old’s classroom during the week and I discovered she has a special ‘processing chair’, a nice little armchair in the corner where she sits for ten minutes every morning to process her change of surroundings, before she starts any school work.
Isn’t she lucky
Isn’t she lucky
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I was able to visit the 6 year old’s classroom during the week and I discovered she has a special ‘processing chair’, a nice little armchair in the corner where she sits for ten minutes every morning to process her change of surroundings, before she starts any school work.
Isn’t she lucky
Isn’t she lucky
My party piece is having on average six strong coffees per day and still managing daytime naps
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My party piece is having on average six strong coffees per day and still managing daytime naps
The drive for rearmament in Europe comes from an ‘extreme centre’ that wants us to believe simultaneously that Russia weak enough to be defeated outright by Ukraine , yet strong enough to pose an invasion threat to EU/nato countries
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The drive for rearmament in Europe comes from an ‘extreme centre’ that wants us to believe simultaneously that Russia weak enough to be defeated outright by Ukraine , yet strong enough to pose an invasion threat to EU/nato countries
My daughter (8) told me she and her friends have a chant:
‘Girls go to college
to get more knowledge.
Boys go to Jupiter
to get more stupider.’
‘Girls go to college
to get more knowledge.
Boys go to Jupiter
to get more stupider.’
October 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My daughter (8) told me she and her friends have a chant:
‘Girls go to college
to get more knowledge.
Boys go to Jupiter
to get more stupider.’
‘Girls go to college
to get more knowledge.
Boys go to Jupiter
to get more stupider.’
A ceramic mug of hot coffee survived a 1km journey on the roof of my car this morning, which I am taking as a good omen
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A ceramic mug of hot coffee survived a 1km journey on the roof of my car this morning, which I am taking as a good omen
School pickup times are difficult for a congenitally neurotic person like myself when you see things like people parking on top of the little circle in the roundabout
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
School pickup times are difficult for a congenitally neurotic person like myself when you see things like people parking on top of the little circle in the roundabout
Academia is when you keep going back and forth apologising for not replying to each other’s emails, until someday you retire
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Academia is when you keep going back and forth apologising for not replying to each other’s emails, until someday you retire
Reposted by Eoin Daly
Deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean under what legal authority? The White House never stated one, but it leaked.
Apparently the answer is a lawyer wrote down something that amounts to drugs are weapons so the president can kill whoever he says is moving drugs, without evidence or review.
Apparently the answer is a lawyer wrote down something that amounts to drugs are weapons so the president can kill whoever he says is moving drugs, without evidence or review.
Head of OLC is a former Alito clerk
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...
www.cnn.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean under what legal authority? The White House never stated one, but it leaked.
Apparently the answer is a lawyer wrote down something that amounts to drugs are weapons so the president can kill whoever he says is moving drugs, without evidence or review.
Apparently the answer is a lawyer wrote down something that amounts to drugs are weapons so the president can kill whoever he says is moving drugs, without evidence or review.
I had a big birthday. My daughter (8) got me this specially made hat and said (affectionately) ‘it’ll help to hide your receding hairline’
October 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I had a big birthday. My daughter (8) got me this specially made hat and said (affectionately) ‘it’ll help to hide your receding hairline’
When literally nobody is trying to censor you:
September 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When literally nobody is trying to censor you: