If ever I have too much of reality I'll open an AI ap

‘Someone might die’ – Mother of Kildare girl (11) with rare bone cancer said fuel protests are putting lives at risk The mother of a young girl with a rare type of bone cancer has warned that “someone might die” as a result of the fuel protests.

‘Someone might die’ – Mother of Kildare girl (11) with rare bone cancer said fuel protests are putting lives at risk www.independent.ie/irish-news/s...

One of mine, secondhand, at Oxfam on Parliament Street Dublin

At the moment I am reading

It’s easy (more easy than accurate) to dismiss academic critics of generative AI as uninformed or emotive, which is often anyway code for “moralizing.” But it’s remarkable how much gen AI boosterism requires feigning ignorance that theft and impersonation are widely seen as wrong, for good reasons.

At the moment I am reading

At the moment I am reading

Like, "take an unexpected interruption, comment on it, weave it into what you were going to say anyway, continue unflustered" is a skill that most people with a teaching role pick up fairly quickly, out of necessity.

While impressive from a politician, it's not *supernatural* communication skills.

Dr manhatan from watchmen sitting on a rock

It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

A bunch of my books on sale in Chapters on Parnell Street

Inviting submissions for this Special Issue on ‘Preparing Social Workers For Global Practice’ , guest edited by Dr Beverly Wagner @umaine and I. Details can be found here www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...

'It all boils down to a simple credo: people should stay where they are, and who they are'.

1st in a series on far/populist right housing politics looks at the recent book Vanadalising Ireland @bryanfanning.bsky.social @hlinehan.bsky.social @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social

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Have this just out with @MUP
Migration and social policy in a changing world bridges the generally separate fields of social policy and migration studies. This book traces social policy responses to migration from the Industrial Revolution to today's era of globalisation and large-scale migration.

So I have a book out about the challenges and dilemmas arising from large-scale immigration. Of course I look at the benefits of integrating and incorporating migrants (and how social policy can help) but I also focus on the political obstacles that play out in many countries.

Cover design of 'Waterford and the Wider World, 1575-1825', featuring a painting entitled 'View of Waterford', by William van der Hagen, 1736.

Looking forward to the launch tonight of our first new book of 2026!

'Waterford and the Wider World', edited by John Breslin, David Dickson, Ivar McGrath, Thomas O'Connor and Rosemary Ryan.

Available now from The Book Centre, Waterford, and all good bookshops!

One week to the publication of my new book.

Four of my books with Manchester University Press. I have another with MUP out in the new year.

This is what is going to happen. There will be a thin top layer of non-digital universities — and all the tech billionaires will send their kids to those places.

My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.

Have an article on the role of faith-based supports for migrants and diasporas in the current issue of Studies: Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and evangelical Christian. It ties in with a book I have coming out in the new year.

Work by Eilis Fanning to see Friday 5 December to Sunday at the Spacecraft Gallery Limerick Eircode V94 HH 34

A delight to join colleagues from @UCDSocialPWJ to celebrate 10 years of an excellent School. Really encouraging opening remarks from President @OrlaFeely followed by an inspiring panel discussion with current students and alumni. Comhghairdeas gach duine!! 🎊🎉

Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.

TFW your extremely niche area of academic research is in the news! A 🧵 on some aspects of the building formerly known as the Pro-Cathedral (or the Metropolitan chapel as it was called first!) www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Thanks: want my 3rd year students to read it.

There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/

Later today, the @jcfjustice.bsky.social launch a report that demonstrates Irish society has moved decisively into a post-secular stage and it's past time for us all to leave our 20th century kneejerk nu-atheist tendencies behind

Kevin, can you email me link or include one the full report here. Can’t find it on the JRS site

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

Reliance on Chinese students and Chinese campus for university income creates strategic vulnerabilities which Chinese State is wiling to use to suppress academic freedom.

Who’d have thought it?!

Shocking. Not

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We are a f***ing class country, let it be said.

Faith in the North-East Inner-City - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland Introduction New research by the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice and ACET Ireland has identified almost fifty faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city of Dublin. A key aim of the resea...

My colleagues and I have launched a report looking at the religious diversity in Dublin's north-east inner-city, demonstrating beyond doubt that these communities are integral to the life of the city. It really presses DCC to stop overlooking religious practice
www.jcfj.ie/research/fai...