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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh
@drmuireann.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Social Work at University College Dublin
Teaching and research interests: Refugees; separated children; anti-racism in social work

https://people.ucd.ie/muireann.niraghallaigh
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · Jan 27
A long time in the making but delighted to have this article finally published! So much learning from writing it but also from discussions about race and racism with Black and ethnic minority social work students over many years. 🙏

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Navigating the challenges of teaching about racism: reflections on adopting a ‘Students as Partners’ approach: Social Work Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
We’re here to help
www.tandfonline.com
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profprosperatedam.bsky.social
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With @drmuireann.bsky.social & Dr Joanne Kelleher @ucdspswsj.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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drhelenkara.bsky.social
Are you, might you become, or do you know a transnational scholar from the Global South? Or do you work with one or more? If so, this insightful, creatively written book will be of interest. It's part of the series I co-edit with @patthomson.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Insider-Guid...
August 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
First day today of our new micro-credential on Working with People of Refugee Background.

A great day, with great people!

And fantastic to be partnering with the @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social
Sign that says working with refugees micro-credential with logo of ucd and Irish refugee council and a blue arrow pointing upwards
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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profprosperatedam.bsky.social
Delighted that this special issue on SW in Schools has been published journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...
@tinyiry.bsky.social @drleticia.bsky.social @marelizev.bsky.social
Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Social Work in Schools (SWiS) Advance | The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning
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September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Working with refugees or international protection applicants and want to upskill?

A small number of spaces left on our new micro-credential at UCD!

50% subsidies available for eligible learners
www.ucd.ie/microcredent...
Working with People of Refugee Background - UCD Micro-credentials
This is an introductory module, aimed at people who are relatively new to working with people of refugee background.
www.ucd.ie
August 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
"More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict."

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians
Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Love the part where the author tells us that when the rain arrived the anti immigrant protestors sheltered in the Brazilian cafe and Korean restaurant 🤦🏻‍♀️
August 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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lizcarolan.com
Israel is storing recordings of Palestinians daily phone calls - millions of them - that they analyse to plan airstrikes / kill people - in Irish data centres

Sweet Jesus

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
Please join both if you can 💚✊️
July 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
Another protest against the horrific assault on the innocent Indian man in Tallaght last Saturday. This is the earlier one on Friday 25th July, 3pm at Dept of Justice, St Stephen's Green.

Please join all/any if you are in a position to do so. Let's all fight back against hate.
July 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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sineadmcnally.bsky.social
*First post on Bluesky* Delighted to share a new study with Christina O'Keeffe on children's views of play.

Conducted in consultation with 49 children, our scoping review highlights children's play priorities and their advice for researchers.

Open access 👉 rdcu.be/ewW5Q

@dcuresearch.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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leafiaye.bsky.social
🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
A picture of the toronto skyline
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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dublininquirer.com
Most asylum shelters are not subject to HIQA inspections. Instead, they are inspected by IPAS staff or an inspections company – but is that working? www.dublininquirer.c...
Most asylum shelters are not subject to HIQA inspections
Instead, they are inspected by IPAS staff or an inspections company – but is that working?
www.dublininquirer.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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deepashah.bsky.social
The impact of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers’ mental health: a mixed methods study
By Janelle Spira, Hannah Wright, Kemi Komolafe & Christina Kushnir
*Free to access in the International Journal of Human Rights*
doi.org/10.1080/1364...
The impact of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers’ mental health: a mixed methods study
Due to increasing numbers of asylum seekers and backlogs in processing asylum applications in the UK, the Home Office is increasingly housing asylum seekers long-term in accommodation that was inte...
doi.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Working or volunteering with people of refugee background or considering doing so in the future?

Our new online flexible learning opportunity in @ucdspswsj.bsky.social might be for you!

www.ucd.ie/microcredent...
Working with People of Refugee Background - UCD Micro-credentials
This is an introductory module, aimed at people who are relatively new to working with people of refugee background.
www.ucd.ie
July 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Great to be receiving applications - from those working with separated children; local authority integration workers; education professionals; IPAS Centre staff, amongst others - for our course on working with people of refugee background, designed & delivered with the @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social
drmuireann.bsky.social Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · Jun 25
Applications now open for our new micro-credential in Working with People of Refugee Background, commencing September 4th 2025. This has been developed in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council

Further info at this link:

www.ucd.ie/microcredent...
Working with People of Refugee Background - UCD Micro-credentials
This is an introductory module, aimed at people who are relatively new to working with people of refugee background.
www.ucd.ie
July 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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irishrefugeeco.bsky.social
The Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) will be holding an All-Island Housing Demonstration this #Saturday. Join us and many others in marching for affordable homes for all.

🗓️July 5 ⏰1pm📍#Dublin, Garden of Remembrance.

#HousingForAll #HousingRights #HumanRights
July 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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profprosperatedam.bsky.social
editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/int... Handbook of Social Work with our chapter @martinwebber.bsky.social
International Handbook of Social WorkEditorial Tirant Lo Blanch - Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch
The INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL WORK brings together historical perspectives on the profession and the academic field related to Social Work. Teachers, professionals and students interested in re...
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July 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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news.rte.ie
Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory
Gaza rescuers say over 50 killed in Israeli attacks
Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.
www.rte.ie
July 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Very grim
June 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Is Mise Éire Eile, a play based around protests against international protection accommodation, has one date left in its current tour- July 2nd in Naas. It’s really worth seeing.

www.crookedhouse.ie/project/is-m...
Is Mise Éire Eile: I am another Ireland | Crooked House
About On a rainy evening in autumn 2023 the staff of a small guesthouse in Newbridge prepared to welcome 100 international protection applicants. As buses with men seeking asylum pulled into the new d...
www.crookedhouse.ie
June 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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casmudde.bsky.social
The calmness and strength of this mother in the face of state terror is absolutely amazing. May she soon be released. 💔
dharmalee3.bsky.social dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · Jun 23
They shattered her car window. They cuffed her in front of her daughter. With no warrant. No charges. No evidence. No due process. We must demand Noemi’s release. #DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump
June 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Applications now open for our new micro-credential in Working with People of Refugee Background, commencing September 4th 2025. This has been developed in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council

Further info at this link:

www.ucd.ie/microcredent...
Working with People of Refugee Background - UCD Micro-credentials
This is an introductory module, aimed at people who are relatively new to working with people of refugee background.
www.ucd.ie
June 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
#WorldRefugeeDay
irishrefugeeco.bsky.social Irish Refugee Council @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social · Jun 20
Refugees face many challenges yet many still rise with courage to share their stories, bridge gaps, push for change, dignity & a better Ireland for all.

Today, we honour their strength!
🔗 Learn more: www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/Listing/Cate...

#WorldRefugeeDay #CommunityAsASuperpower
June 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
drmuireann.bsky.social
Looks like a fantastic special edition
lauriewroe.bsky.social Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her @lauriewroe.bsky.social · Feb 25
Myself and @drleona.bsky.social have edited a new Special Collection for Critical and Radical Social Work:

'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'

- now available online!

Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9

Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇
Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety
"Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety" published on 24 Feb 2025 by Policy Press.
shorturl.at
June 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM