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Anne Matthews
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Full Professor of Nursing, Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning, Faculty of Science & Health at Dublin City University
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I love the #paperback cover for #theseventhbody - coming in #august from @hodderbooks.bsky.social @hachette.bsky.social #crimefiction #thrillerbooks #booksky
July 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Pleased that Cabinet has agreed to bring forward the 'Right to be Forgotten' Bill.

This is vital step towards ending discrimination against cancer survivors when it comes to receiving mortgage protection has been long advocated for by Catherine Ardagh.

@fiannafailparty.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Three lawsuits against #Meta in #Kenya expose the digital governance gap in Africa

Mumbi Kiragu for the @africaatlse.bsky.social blog 👉https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2025/06/26/three-lawsuits-against-meta-in-kenya-expose-the-digital-governance-gap-in-africa/

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July 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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💯"Ultimately, a sector-wide problem demands a sector-wide solution, whose formulation properly falls to those...whose job it is to come up with sector-wide solutions. But, until their verdict is delivered, I will stick with recommending in-person exams." www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/have-c...
Have chatbots killed the student essay?
This year’s marking season has confirmed for many academics that, less than three years since the launch of ChatGPT, AI use by students has become so rife that their submitted writing is no longer a r...
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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micheal-martin.bsky.social
Useful and impactful Competitiveness Summit today in Government Buildings, covering key areas including innovation, boosting FDI, critical infrastructure investment and the global trade situation.
July 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... justice work only possible due to long slow and relentless work of victims families and advocates
Man kidnapped by Argentina’s military regime as baby is reunited with relatives
Forty-nine-year-old is 140th child found by Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who search for people ‘disappeared’ under 1976-83 dictatorship
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July 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Ireland has a proud history of opposing anti-Semitism

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fintan O'Toole highlights how the experience of oppression can either cause a people to develop a massive sense of entitlement or a lively sense of compassion. With obvious implications…
Ireland has a proud history of opposing anti-Semitism
Outrage at the collective torture of Gaza is linked to our historical opposition to oppression
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July 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Slavery reparations group takes fight to Westminster and Brussels
Lobbying effort by independent delegation follows Jamaica’s move to ask King Charles to request legal advice
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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New research from @rcsipophealth.bsky.social highlights significant inequalities in diabetes prevalence across Ireland, linked to differences in socio-economic status, age and education levels.

www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...

@researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social
RCSI study finds diabetes rates in Ireland tied to social and economic inequality
New research from RCSI highlights significant inequalities in diabetes prevalence across Ireland, linked to differences in socio-economic status, age and education levels.
www.rcsi.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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dublincityuni.bsky.social
Do you suffer from hay fever or asthma?
Dr David O'Connor, Associate Professor in the DCU School of Chemical Sciences, said "basically anyone" can have the symptoms of hay fever.
Read more on @news.rte.ie: launch.dcu.ie/44sEg68
Dr David O'Connor
July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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New special tribunal for Ukraine will pave the way for holding Russian leaders to account for the invasion.
Piece by DCU's Dr Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4lyWwSn
Dr Andrew Forde
July 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Another @irishtimes.com article flogging the services of private schools. Research shows NO academic "added-value" from them. Want your child to succeed? Read & talk to them as much as possible, as young as possible. Be a parent, not an investor. #SpeirGorm #edusky
www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
School fees: how to save €50,000 to pay for children’s school or college costs
When should you start saving? ‘When a child is born’
www.irishtimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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dublincityuni.bsky.social
Could fast fashion clothes be used to insulate your house?
Piece by Dr Urbain Ndagano, Postdoctoral Researcher on the PUreTex project in the DCU School of Chemical Sciences, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4nz7lps
#RTEBrainstorm
Dr Urbain Ndagano
July 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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jamesgallen.bsky.social
A new report estimates it would cost nearly C$663m (£353m) over five years to the fund repatriation for all 204 First Nations in British Columbia. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After 150 years, a prized box returns to an Indigenous nation in Canada: ‘I felt like royalty traveling with it’
The unlikely return of the bentwood box underscores the challenges facing Indigenous communities working to reclaim items raided from their lands
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July 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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jamesgallen.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Further evidence that the need to address child sexual abuse in the Catholic church is an ongoing global issue that needs national and Vatican level changes in law policy and practice to meet survivor justice needs.
‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France
Legal complaints filed by former pupils accuse priests and staff of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... An important step in justice for survivors in this case
George Gibney arrested in US on foot of extradition request
Gardaí seek extradition of former swimming coach after investigation into alleged child sex abuse
www.irishtimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Glad to support survivors in pursuit of meaningful investigation of the systemic failures related to Michael Shine's decades of abuse: www.thejournal.ie/michael-shin...
Victims of paedophile Michael Shine outline what inquiry into his abuse would look like
It follows a recent meeting with the Health Minister, during which she asked the victims to return with a list of their key demands.
www.thejournal.ie
July 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
annematthewsdub.bsky.social
Our beautiful porch cucumber plant 🙏🏻
June 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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lseblogs.bsky.social
Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity.

Michael Aldous & @profjohnturner.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social draw on a new book @universitypress.cambridge.org for @lsebr.bsky.social
British CEOs earn 100 times what they pay employees - LSE Business Review
Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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We officially left Twitter this week after 16 years on the platform. For those of you who followed us there during the good times (or for anyone who likes a good meme), we've compiled a video of our favourite Twitter moments. We're looking forward to finding friends old and new on Bluesky.
June 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Excellent #bookevent in @dubraybooks.bsky.social Patrick Street #Cork last night where @irishexaminer.bsky.social columnist @sarahharte.bsky.social interviewed Fintan Drury about his new #book Catastrophe (about the ongoing situation in #Gaza and #Palestine and the historical context) #booksky
June 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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rcsipophealth.bsky.social
Clinical Lead at the National Medication Safety Programme, HSE National Quality and Patient Safety, @ckirke.bsky.social spoke at today's conference, saying: "We have a high and increasing proportion of the population living with polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy."
June 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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.... a mere 15 years after it was introduced in London, a city with nearly 14 million trips on public transport per day. What possible excuse is there for the delay in introducing this in a relatively small city like Dublin? It is genuinely bewildering. www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
Dublin commuters won’t be able to fully use contactless on public transport until 2029, says Minister
Initial testing to start in two years’ time within ‘controlled area’ for bus, rail and Luas services
www.irishtimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Everybody within the European Union is focused on arriving at a negotiated settlement with the United States.

Europe doesn’t want tariffs, but we have to deal with the situation that is before us.
June 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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lseblogs.bsky.social
#Trump’s move to withdraw the #US from the #WHO (again) has left a $1.3bn hole in the global health agency’s budget.

The WHO will survive, but its capacity to protect the world from future pandemics will be undermined writes @hassandamluji.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social‬ @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social‬
Can the World Health Organization survive Donald Trump’s presidency?
The World Health Organization will survive Donald Trump's presidency, but its ability to tackle health threats will be constrained by the loss of US funding.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM