Máiréad Enright
@maireadenright.bsky.social
Irish academic (@lawatloughborough.bsky.social) living in Birmingham. Working on women, law, religion (Catholicism mostly) and reproduction broadly understood. Often legal history, sometimes just law.
Pinned
The @irishlegal.com report on this case (DE (A Minor)) is a bit clearer than the irishtimes report. www.irishlegal.com/articles/hig.... The judgment is also available at courts.ie (In the matter of DE (A Minor) [2025] IEHC 604). As others have noted, there are some points of concern here:
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Do you work on #domesticabuse #divorce #economicabuse #childcustody in the third sector/policy? Then we have the workshop for you! 'Archives to Action' is a free 1-day workshop exploring the important role archival research can play in policy reform. Details 👇
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November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Do you work on #domesticabuse #divorce #economicabuse #childcustody in the third sector/policy? Then we have the workshop for you! 'Archives to Action' is a free 1-day workshop exploring the important role archival research can play in policy reform. Details 👇
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
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Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Now if only the op-ed pages considered the implications of this for their declining circulation numbers
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Now if only the op-ed pages considered the implications of this for their declining circulation numbers
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Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
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When tributes roll in for Margaretta D'Arcy, remember she was an incredible ally to sex workers. Rest in Peace Margaretta
Last night, we attended the Women's 24-hour Vigil outside the Dáil. We joined Galway legend Margaretta D'Arcy, Raging Grannies, Red Umbrella Éireann, Street Workers Collective of Ireland, and Global Women's Strike.
Ireland needs to invest in care, not in military spending!
Ireland needs to invest in care, not in military spending!
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When tributes roll in for Margaretta D'Arcy, remember she was an incredible ally to sex workers. Rest in Peace Margaretta
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I was reading a book the other day and the author threw in a passing mention to a bridge in Cork, Ireland which I’m pretty sure was a gift to me personally because what do you mean the locals have called it The Shakey Bridge for so long that recent conservation works were forced to retain the wobble
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I was reading a book the other day and the author threw in a passing mention to a bridge in Cork, Ireland which I’m pretty sure was a gift to me personally because what do you mean the locals have called it The Shakey Bridge for so long that recent conservation works were forced to retain the wobble
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✨ TODAY ✨
✨ ALL OUT FOR UNITY – JOIN THE PROCESSION OF LIGHT! ✊🏽
Bring your lanterns, torches, and banners 💜❤️🤍🧡💗
Sunday 23 Nov 2025 – 5pm
St Martin’s Square, (by the Christmas Tree)
#AllOutForUnity #TogetherWeRise #EndViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #StandUpToRacism #UnityInDiversity #SolidarityNotHate
Bring your lanterns, torches, and banners 💜❤️🤍🧡💗
Sunday 23 Nov 2025 – 5pm
St Martin’s Square, (by the Christmas Tree)
#AllOutForUnity #TogetherWeRise #EndViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #StandUpToRacism #UnityInDiversity #SolidarityNotHate
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
✨ TODAY ✨
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Couldn’t be happier for all involved. Darraghs firm is exemplary to work with
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Couldn’t be happier for all involved. Darraghs firm is exemplary to work with
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My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
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Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
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Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
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🔖 Must read
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🔖 Must read
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
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I often wonder if my kids & I should be counted in these statistics. When I couldn't find anywhere to rent my kids had to move in with their grandparents & I moved into a friend's spare room as a temporary measure. I'm still here over a year later - because there's nowhere affordable to rent
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I often wonder if my kids & I should be counted in these statistics. When I couldn't find anywhere to rent my kids had to move in with their grandparents & I moved into a friend's spare room as a temporary measure. I'm still here over a year later - because there's nowhere affordable to rent
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New post from @maireadenright.bsky.social on the Doing Feminist Legal Work blog The Morrigan where she asks
'What might a useful feminist litigation strategy look like, in the face of determined Irish neoliberal authoritarianism?'
dflw.ie/neoliberalis...
'What might a useful feminist litigation strategy look like, in the face of determined Irish neoliberal authoritarianism?'
dflw.ie/neoliberalis...
Neoliberalism, Feminist Resistance and Litigation in Ireland - Doing Feminist Legal Work
This blog is adapted from my shorter response to Gerry Whyte’s keynote at the recent excellent conference on Public Interest Litigation and Access to Justice
dflw.ie
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New post from @maireadenright.bsky.social on the Doing Feminist Legal Work blog The Morrigan where she asks
'What might a useful feminist litigation strategy look like, in the face of determined Irish neoliberal authoritarianism?'
dflw.ie/neoliberalis...
'What might a useful feminist litigation strategy look like, in the face of determined Irish neoliberal authoritarianism?'
dflw.ie/neoliberalis...
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While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
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www.eldiario.es/opinion/50-a...
Caoga bliain dar gcionn
Fear ag uaigh Franco:
Tá daoine a chreideann go raibh níos mó saoirse acu fútsa.
Franco:
Daoine atá réidh seafóid ar bith a chreidiúint.
Bravo, mar sin a thosaíonn sé!
Caoga bliain dar gcionn
Fear ag uaigh Franco:
Tá daoine a chreideann go raibh níos mó saoirse acu fútsa.
Franco:
Daoine atá réidh seafóid ar bith a chreidiúint.
Bravo, mar sin a thosaíonn sé!
50 años después
Sin Franco, 50 años de paz
www.eldiario.es
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
www.eldiario.es/opinion/50-a...
Caoga bliain dar gcionn
Fear ag uaigh Franco:
Tá daoine a chreideann go raibh níos mó saoirse acu fútsa.
Franco:
Daoine atá réidh seafóid ar bith a chreidiúint.
Bravo, mar sin a thosaíonn sé!
Caoga bliain dar gcionn
Fear ag uaigh Franco:
Tá daoine a chreideann go raibh níos mó saoirse acu fútsa.
Franco:
Daoine atá réidh seafóid ar bith a chreidiúint.
Bravo, mar sin a thosaíonn sé!
The @irishlegal.com report on this case (DE (A Minor)) is a bit clearer than the irishtimes report. www.irishlegal.com/articles/hig.... The judgment is also available at courts.ie (In the matter of DE (A Minor) [2025] IEHC 604). As others have noted, there are some points of concern here:
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The @irishlegal.com report on this case (DE (A Minor)) is a bit clearer than the irishtimes report. www.irishlegal.com/articles/hig.... The judgment is also available at courts.ie (In the matter of DE (A Minor) [2025] IEHC 604). As others have noted, there are some points of concern here:
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Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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The misinformation and lies about access to justice extends to criticising an access to information case about a wind farm whose planning permission was allowed expire by Coillte. Yet another article where lies are presented as facts and the people involved ignored
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The misinformation and lies about access to justice extends to criticising an access to information case about a wind farm whose planning permission was allowed expire by Coillte. Yet another article where lies are presented as facts and the people involved ignored
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
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We need to get rid of the 12 week limit to abortion access for many reasons. But forcing a teenage asylum seeker who is having mental health problems, possibly due to being pregnant, to go to court to access care is abhorrent
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
High Court sanctions termination of 15-year-old girl’s pregnancy
Girl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permitted
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We need to get rid of the 12 week limit to abortion access for many reasons. But forcing a teenage asylum seeker who is having mental health problems, possibly due to being pregnant, to go to court to access care is abhorrent
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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"no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
Fleeing From The North
Fleeing the North of Ireland across the border in times of conflict.
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm