Eoin O’Dell
@cearta.bsky.social
Inefficient academic lawyer @tcddublin.bsky.social
Trying to write about Free Speech.
Also GDPR, IP, IT, Privacy, Private Law.
Thinking about Bach, books, chess, coffee, movies, music, screenplays, sport, theatre, whiskey
http://www.cearta.ie
Trying to write about Free Speech.
Also GDPR, IP, IT, Privacy, Private Law.
Thinking about Bach, books, chess, coffee, movies, music, screenplays, sport, theatre, whiskey
http://www.cearta.ie
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OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS...
The three cases concern how the European Commission applied its ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements when preparing legislative pro...
www.ombudsman.europa.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
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#ECJHighlights
⚖️ 02/12 (J): #Jurisdiction – #AppStore antitrust 🇳🇱 (C-34/24)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): E-commerce platforms as data controllers 🇷🇴 (C-492/23)
⚖️ 04/12 (J): #Copyright – utilitarian objects 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 (C-580/23, C-795/23)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): #Jurisdiction – #AppStore antitrust 🇳🇱 (C-34/24)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): E-commerce platforms as data controllers 🇷🇴 (C-492/23)
⚖️ 04/12 (J): #Copyright – utilitarian objects 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 (C-580/23, C-795/23)
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#ECJHighlights
⚖️ 02/12 (J): #Jurisdiction – #AppStore antitrust 🇳🇱 (C-34/24)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): E-commerce platforms as data controllers 🇷🇴 (C-492/23)
⚖️ 04/12 (J): #Copyright – utilitarian objects 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 (C-580/23, C-795/23)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): #Jurisdiction – #AppStore antitrust 🇳🇱 (C-34/24)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): E-commerce platforms as data controllers 🇷🇴 (C-492/23)
⚖️ 04/12 (J): #Copyright – utilitarian objects 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 (C-580/23, C-795/23)
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Ireland has been highly ranked in a new report for its implementation of judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Ireland ranked highly for implementation of European court judgments
Ireland has been highly ranked in a new report for its implementation of judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
www.irishlegal.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ireland has been highly ranked in a new report for its implementation of judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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New plan to allow customers to cancel mobile and broadband contracts penalty free if providers hike prices www.independent.ie/irish-news/n...
New plan to allow customers to cancel mobile and broadband contracts penalty free if providers hike prices
Automatic broadband, mobile or TV price hikes may become a thing of the past as the Government gets ready to introduce a law that would allow people to cancel their contracts if prices go up.
www.independent.ie
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New plan to allow customers to cancel mobile and broadband contracts penalty free if providers hike prices www.independent.ie/irish-news/n...
X’s new user-location feature finds Maga accounts based in Thailand, Nigeria and Bangladesh;
via @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
via @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
X’s new user-location feature finds Maga accounts based in Thailand, Nigeria and Bangladesh
Online sleuths found users posting about US politics in various countries, prompting scrutiny over accounts
www.irishtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
X’s new user-location feature finds Maga accounts based in Thailand, Nigeria and Bangladesh;
via @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
via @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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We're delighted to be announcing our interdisciplinary first event - In 2026 we will be hosting the @law-and-humanities.bsky.social Roundtable in Dublin on Friday 19 June 2026 at @tcddublin.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We're delighted to be announcing our interdisciplinary first event - In 2026 we will be hosting the @law-and-humanities.bsky.social Roundtable in Dublin on Friday 19 June 2026 at @tcddublin.bsky.social
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Gotthardt Kuehl - In the Coffeehouse 1915
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Gotthardt Kuehl - In the Coffeehouse 1915
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flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools
![“If you want to know how a model will behave, the only way of doing it is to run it,” Mensch also suggested. “You do need to have some empirical testing, what’s happening. Knowing the input data that has been used for training is not going to tell you whether your model is going to behave well in [a healthcare use-case], for instance. You don’t really care about what’s in the training data. You do care about the empirical behaviour of the model. So you don’t need knowledge of the training data. And if you had knowledge of the training data, it wouldn’t even teach you whether the model is going to behave well or not. So this is why I’m saying it’s neither necessary nor sufficient.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26hkfmtr7jrchexamh7hk6rz/bafkreibp7oaeovg7xt43dlk3qtmkft6irldgf44tz75sbaiqvoqdq4kpjy@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools
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Agree. My interest was first drawn to law&lit coming from literary theory and interpretive communities as of way of engaging postmodern ideas in a legal context. I think there’s huge potential in the discipline to explore big ideas. I think that’s why I find it very exciting to work in!
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Agree. My interest was first drawn to law&lit coming from literary theory and interpretive communities as of way of engaging postmodern ideas in a legal context. I think there’s huge potential in the discipline to explore big ideas. I think that’s why I find it very exciting to work in!
Art Detectives, Vermeer forgeries, and the slaveship Zong - my new blogpost www.cearta.ie/2025/11/art-...
Art Detectives, Vermeer forgeries, and the slaveship Zong – Cearta.ie
the Irish for rights
www.cearta.ie
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Art Detectives, Vermeer forgeries, and the slaveship Zong - my new blogpost www.cearta.ie/2025/11/art-...
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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Say a prayer, light a candle, make an offering or just hold May McGee in your thoughts for a moment tonight. Her action against the Irish state led to overturning of the ban on contraception in 1973 & huge social change thereafter. Deaf since birth, her tenacity & determination should be remembered
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
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
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Say a prayer, light a candle, make an offering or just hold May McGee in your thoughts for a moment tonight. Her action against the Irish state led to overturning of the ban on contraception in 1973 & huge social change thereafter. Deaf since birth, her tenacity & determination should be remembered
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January 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Art deco is the kind of lovely heritage only a heathen would disrespect, but we continue to do so
Art deco is the kind of lovely heritage only a heathen would disrespect, but we continue to do so
Centenary of interwar design style is a reminder of what we’ll lose if we let its gems decay
www.irishtimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Art deco is the kind of lovely heritage only a heathen would disrespect, but we continue to do so
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France has survived revolutions and wars: its crisis now is deep, but not terminal | David A Bell
France has survived revolutions and wars: its crisis now is deep, but not terminal | David A Bell
From the raid on the Louvre to the spectacle of Sarkozy in jail, it is tempting to think France is on a downward spiral. But history tells the tale of its resilience, says historian David A Bell
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
France has survived revolutions and wars: its crisis now is deep, but not terminal | David A Bell
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Another reminder that your ChatGPT conversations, even single prompts, can be read and used against you. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
OpenAI Ordered To Unmask ChatGPT User Behind 2 Prompts
First known warrant of its kind reveals the government can ask OpenAI to provide identifying information on anyone who enters specific prompts.
www.forbes.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Another reminder that your ChatGPT conversations, even single prompts, can be read and used against you. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
From @martylyricfm.bsky.social this morning: if you were eight when the song ‘Red Red Wine’ came out, U B 40 now!
October 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
From @martylyricfm.bsky.social this morning: if you were eight when the song ‘Red Red Wine’ came out, U B 40 now!
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Funded by Knowledge Rights and an Arcadia Grant, CREATe has conducted an extensive study of public and academic library of European and UK e-Lending.
…an evidence base of problematic practices is emerging.
www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/10...
…an evidence base of problematic practices is emerging.
www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/10...
Knowledge markets of dysfunction. Do libraries have a future? - CREATe
www.create.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Funded by Knowledge Rights and an Arcadia Grant, CREATe has conducted an extensive study of public and academic library of European and UK e-Lending.
…an evidence base of problematic practices is emerging.
www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/10...
…an evidence base of problematic practices is emerging.
www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/10...
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OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.
OpenAI blocks MLK Jr. videos on Sora after 'disrespectful depictions'
OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.
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Espresso yourself—have a latte fun! 🎉☕️
#CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer
#CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer
October 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Espresso yourself—have a latte fun! 🎉☕️
#CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer
#CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer
Jameson sales a bright spot for tariff-hit Pernod Ricard
Drinks giant sees US and Chinese slump amid depressed global alcohol market
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Drinks giant sees US and Chinese slump amid depressed global alcohol market
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Jameson sales a bright spot for tariff-hit Pernod Ricard
Drinks giant sees US and Chinese slump amid depressed global alcohol market
www.irishtimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Jameson sales a bright spot for tariff-hit Pernod Ricard
Drinks giant sees US and Chinese slump amid depressed global alcohol market
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Drinks giant sees US and Chinese slump amid depressed global alcohol market
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Important but arguably flawed ruling with rule of law implications as this is possibly the 1st time a non-EU body manifestly lacking characteristics of a court IMO - US Data Protection Review Court - is nonetheless recognised as a court within meaning of EU law...
www.politico.com/news/2024/01...
www.politico.com/news/2024/01...
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Important but arguably flawed ruling with rule of law implications as this is possibly the 1st time a non-EU body manifestly lacking characteristics of a court IMO - US Data Protection Review Court - is nonetheless recognised as a court within meaning of EU law...
www.politico.com/news/2024/01...
www.politico.com/news/2024/01...
Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/s...
Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/s...
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Professionals overwhelmingly prefer judges over juries in defamation cases, a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has found. @mhc.ie
Mason Hayes & Curran finds strong support for juryless defamation trials
Professionals overwhelmingly prefer judges over juries in defamation cases, a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has found.
www.irishlegal.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Professionals overwhelmingly prefer judges over juries in defamation cases, a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has found. @mhc.ie