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Tobias Lock

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Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations!

Giuseppe Martinico @martinicogi.bsky.social · 6d

I’m thrilled to announce that as of 1 October 2025, the activities of my Jean Monnet Chair APEX (Adapting & Protecting European Constitutional Law in Times of Illiberal Populism) have officially started!

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Giuseppe Martinico @martinicogi.bsky.social · 6d

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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 8d

Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne has published a new article on internal displacement in International Journal of Refugee Law

See: tinyurl.com/yb68f8t3

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 10d

Was wäre, wenn...❓Im Thüringen-Projekt haben wir uns 1,5 Jahre lang damit beschäftigt, was passieren könnte, wenn autoritär-populistische Akteure staatliche Machtmittel in die Hand bekommen. 35 Blogposts aus dem Projekt haben wir jetzt als Sammelband veröffentlicht. Wie immer: Open Access! 🔓

Buchcover „Die vorbereitete Demokratie: Resilienz durch Antizipation im Thüringen-Projekt” , herausgegeben von Friedrich Zillessen. Oben eine Illustration des Thomas Kemmerich 2020 im Thüringer Landtag vor die Füße geschmissenen Blumenstraußes

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 14d

Breaking

Terror charges against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh THROWN OUT

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Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 15d

"Hey Maria, Michael McDowell here. just seeing I've a few missed calls from you. What's up?"

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 21d

It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive?
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5

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Maynooth University Graduate Research Academy @mu-gra25.bsky.social · 22d

Can you present your research to a broad audience clearly and concisely in just 3 minutes?

🥇 1st Place – €250 One4all Voucher
🥈 2nd Place – €200 One4all Voucher
🥉 3rd Place – €150 One4all Voucher

Research students register below & join us to showcase the research talent at Maynooth University!

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 23d

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:

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Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 26d

Irish 'patriots' present for Tommy Robinson's "Unite the Kingdom" rally in London. It takes all sorts (in this case, racist idiots)

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 29d

New tensions in Hungary’s judiciary 🇭🇺:

After intervening in the referral phase of Art. 267 TFEU, the Hungarian Supreme Court now seeks to influence how lower courts apply CJEU rulings.

ANNA MADARASI and TAMÁS KENDE on what's at stake.

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Quote from the piece by authors Anna Madarasi and Tamás Kende: “At stake is not merely a technical matter of judicial interpretation, but rather the fulfillment of the principle of sincere cooperation enshrined in Article 4(3) TEU.”

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Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · Sep 4

True that.

Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · Sep 4

Does he have his own app though? www.bbc.com/news/technol...

Matt Hancock bids 'fond farewell' to his app after five years - BBC News

The former health secretary tells users they will still be able keep up with him on TikTok.

www.bbc.com

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Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · Sep 1

There has been a lot of ink spilled about the substance of the Policy Exchange paper today. I just want to write a brief thread here on a point that I haven't seen mentioned today and what I think is likely to be a key target of the paper: the upcoming Supreme Court appeal in Dillon (UKSC/2025/0013)

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · Aug 27

Gary Gannon TD has taken a High Court action against the Central Bank approving Israel's bond prospectus. If you're interested in hearing the legal basis for this challenge, I will be outlining it as part of a Zoom webinar at 7pm today. You can register for it here.

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Central Bank on Trial. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Aug 27

The German Federal Constitutional Court has been asked to rule on whether the German constitution contradicts a CJEU judgment on religious discrimination.

Analysis by Jonas Seibold - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/holy...

Holy Orders or Higher Law? Praying for a Karlsruhe intervention

Jonas Siebold Photo credit : ReinhardHauke, via Wikimedia commons A lot is at stake for the Protestant Church in Germany. In the pend...

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Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · Aug 23

For context: amp.dw.com/en/what-is-g...

What is Germany's 'Reichsbürger' movement? – DW – 05/13/2025

The Reichsbürger are often radical and violent and do not recognize Germany as a legitimate state, and have increasingly drawn the attention of authorities. Who are they, and what kind of danger do th...

https://amp.dw.com/en/what-is-germanys-reichsbürger-movement/a-36094740

Tobias Lock @tobiaslock.bsky.social · Aug 23

Strong Reichsbürger vibes coming from this group.

Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · Aug 23

‘Serious concerns’ over conspiracy theory group, IRB, forming shadow system of county councils – The Irish Times

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

‘Serious concerns’ over conspiracy theory group forming shadow system of county councils

Organisation’s activities ‘risk misleading or exploiting citizens’, says elected Fianna Fáil figure

www.irishtimes.com

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · Aug 23

‘Serious concerns’ over conspiracy theory group, IRB, forming shadow system of county councils – The Irish Times

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

‘Serious concerns’ over conspiracy theory group forming shadow system of county councils

Organisation’s activities ‘risk misleading or exploiting citizens’, says elected Fianna Fáil figure

www.irishtimes.com

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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · Aug 21

Call for Proposals

A book series 'New Advances in Crime and Social Harm' co-edited by Prof Claire Hamilton welcomes submissions
Proposals from up-and-coming scholars seeking to extend the criminological gaze through a harms-based perspective are particularly welcome

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Charles @oscharles.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are hiring a 12 month Research Assistant position for our EU Horizon project Sustainable Wellbeing through Investment in Social Services (SWINS).

Closing date is September 19th.

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · Aug 19

Looking like Heather Humphreys is so popular with the Fine Gael parliamentary party that, if there were to be a full ballot, she would be unassailable - and that Sean Kelly may have a battle on his hands even to get the 20 signatures needed for a contest. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Fine Gael #aras25 endorsements (@gavreilly)

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · Aug 18

This little parable is a nice illustration of why it is important for mainstream parties to set and uphold clear, bright line anti-prejudice norms, and of why the failure of senior Conservatives to do so risks doing great harm to their party

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Markus Krajewski @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social · Aug 7

www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bund...
Der #CDUCSU gelingt eine einzigartige Beschädigung des #BVerfG und einer geschätzten Kollegin. Am rechten Rand der Republik knallen die Sektkorken. Wir gehen unruhigen Zeiten entgegen.