Nicola Carr
nicolacarr.bsky.social
Nicola Carr
@nicolacarr.bsky.social

Academic | Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work | Trinity College Dublin📍🇮🇪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Political science 32%
Sociology 28%

This is spot on: Life Under a Clicktatorship, What happens to government when everything is content?
New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Life Under a Clicktatorship
What happens to government when everything is content?
donmoynihan.substack.com
I tried to turn my rage yesterday into something that brings us some light. For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about how 2020 prepared Minneapolis for the current crisis of Trump's DHS. newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Minneapolis Knows How to Resist This Violence
From George Floyd to Renee Good, the city has become all too familiar with fatal violence by law enforcement—and it knows exactly how to respond.
newrepublic.com
New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Life Under a Clicktatorship
What happens to government when everything is content?
donmoynihan.substack.com

Slán 2025 agus Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Daoibh

Chasing sunlight in the winter fields

Hard to see how anyone can continue to support this barbaric practice.
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin oppose Bill to ban fox hunting

www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin oppose Bill to ban fox hunting
Réada Cronin says she will continue trying to persuade Sinn Féin ardfheis to ban ‘abhorrent, cruel, barbaric’ activity
www.irishtimes.com

Gorgeous!

Community Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, they remain underutilised. This article with Niamh Maguire explores why: www.pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Irish Probation Journal Volume 22 - Community Service Orders in Ireland: Implementation, Impact and Judicial Perspectives
Nicola Carr and Niamh MaguireCommunity Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, most notably the Criminal Jus...
www.pbni.org.uk

Winter light

Fantastic documentary.

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Looking forward to this
This Wednesday 12 November at @qubcriminology.bsky.social and @ICCJ we have📣 @nicolacarr.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.

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This Wednesday 12 November at @qubcriminology.bsky.social and @ICCJ we have📣 @nicolacarr.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Irish Supreme Court contraception case

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
www.irishtimes.com

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Seems appropriate to post the final chapter of Irish Women’s Speeches @ucdpress.bsky.social today. Powerful speech by @catherinegalway.bsky.social on the Mother & Baby home report Jan 2021.

Democratic duty done #Aras2025

Thanks for the invite and for a really interesting discussion.

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We were delighted to host @nicolacarr.bsky.social for our first Criminology Salon of the academic year this week. Nicola discussed her new book Parole Futures (co-edited with @harryannison.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney) & the evolving landscape of parole. Many thanks to Nicola & all who joined us!

RTE really nailing it with the programming this evening. Obituary showing after this presidential debate. RIP FG #Aras25

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The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition
Presidential candidates clash over Special Criminal Court
The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition.
www.rte.ie
History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

Take down the posters lads #President2025
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk

Come work with a great team: Assistant Professor in Social Work post in TCD School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin closing date 17th November 2025: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
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Not sure what the news story is here, apart from barrister did her job: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash
Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’
www.irishtimes.com

Legend - Patti Smith #Horses50thanniversary
#art by Sliman Mansour

Temporary escape, oil on canvas, 2018

#Palestine

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There will be many heavy hearts around Cork & beyond

An incredible human

Thinking of all who loved & knew him

Rest easy Don ❤️

www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Don O'Leary, former director of Cork Life Centre, dies aged 68
Mr O'Leary, who was a former member of Cork City Council, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021.
www.irishexaminer.com

Hard to get over this 🤯

Congratulations - you will be missed.