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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · 13h

‘Mon the Town!

Dundalk Football Club @dundalkfc.bsky.social · 22h

BACK WHERE WE BELONG 🏁

#Cmonthetown | #DLK2025

Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait to go to this. Please spread the word among younger adults who might be interested.

JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · 2d

🌍 The Economy of Francesco Global Event 2025
Nov 28–30 | Castel Gandolfo (Rome) 🇮🇹

For too long, the economy has run on exhaustion of people, time, and the planet. Join young changemakers building a just, inclusive, sustainable future.

💶 €120 incl. meals (travel/lodging separate)

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are excited to welcome @nlsj.bsky.social as JCFJ's new director. His experience in the Church, Community & knowledge of social justice issues will be an excellent guide in the coming years!

More here: www.jcfj.ie/2025/09/04/j

JCFJ Has a New Director - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland

The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice is delighted to announce the appointment of Fr Niall Leahy SJ as its new Director. The appointment marks a further investment by the Irish Jesuits in the missio...

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Webowop @webowop.bsky.social · Aug 28

"The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin. We sacralize death's instruments and then are surprised that death uses them." - Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, TX

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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hope and humility in a time of environmental crisis — the theme of my homily yesterday at Knock on Day 7 of the National Novena to Our Lady of Knock. VERY ENCOURAGED by how warmly the message was received. #Laudatosi youtu.be/wzvaRo0nqzE?...

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YouTube video by Knock Shrine

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just another example of the many things continuing to feed our housing crisis

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · Aug 20

And in Dublin - particularly stark on properties registered by owners of 10+ properties.

(Many of which will be apartments in blocks built to rent)

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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · Aug 14

JCFJ’s new housing policy advocate @alexiacobrien.bsky.social is not only educating me about #housing policy but also about new Irish pop music.

JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.jcfj.ie/2025/08/14/c...

What can CMAT's most recent single teach us about the housing Crisis in Ireland? How have the decisions made by past governments influenced our current situation?

Check out our new Housing Advocate, Alexia O'Brien's first blog!

#euro-country

CMAT, the Celtic Tiger, and Christianity: what an unlikely trio can teach us about Irish housing - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland

Irish country-pop singer, CMAT, recently released a new song “Euro-Country” in which she depicts life in Ireland since the Celtic Tiger and the Crash. The song is beautiful and haunting, reminding us ...

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Aug 7

www.jcfj.ie/2025/08/07/p...

@nlsj.bsky.social helps us explore what localism looks like in his 3rd in the three part blog series on localism different parts of society, encouraging us to challenge what we see as normal:

Pope Francis' Love for the Local - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland

If you do a search for the word ‘local’ in Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ letter on the care of our common home, you will discover that the document is peppered with references to all sorts of local conce...

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Aug 6

Let us introduce you to Daniel O’Connell, the Liberator. A🧵

Born on this day 250 years ago, he won Catholic emancipation in 1829 without violence, proving that mass political mobilisation could change British policy in Ireland. /1

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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · Aug 2

Jesuits from across Europe reflect on what it means to find God in all things youtu.be/Yo-jrk-b7Hw?...

Finding God in All Things: Jesuits across Europe reflect on Ignatian Spirituality

YouTube video by Jesuits in Britain

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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Government rollback on commitments to reduce road speeds is quite simply shocking!

30kph speeds have been proven to reduce road accidents, injuries and fatalities but will now be left up to local Councils

We’re calling on them to recommit to #Love30

www.dublincommuters.ie/post/combine...

Combined call on the Dept. of Transport to recommit to the introduction of a 30 km/h default speed limit in urban areas

The Dublin Commuter Coalition, along with other transport, safety, health and environmental groups, urge the Dept. of Transport to recommit to their original plan of reducing urban speed limits from…

www.dublincommuters.ie

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · Jul 29

So delighted to commend this book from my friend and colleague Matthew Whelan:
"Christianity and Agroecology"
cambridge.org/core/element...
It’s available to download free of charge until August 4th.
An amazing resource.

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Kevin Hargaden @kevinhargaden.bsky.social · Jul 28

I wrote about the revolutionary failure of the proto-bicycle and how we risk repeating that error

JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Jul 28

www.jcfj.ie/2025/07/27/t...

It's important we remember our history.

'The first bike was born out of crisis. In the wake of Mount Tambora’s eruption, old routines were no longer sustainable. Karl von Drais responded not by retreating into nostalgia but by inventing a new way of moving forward.'

The Prophetic Origins of the Bicycle - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland

In April 1815, the Mount Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted with a force unmatched in recorded history. A massive plume of ash and gas reached the stratosphere, darkening the skies. The year before,...

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Jul 28

www.jcfj.ie/2025/07/27/t...

It's important we remember our history.

'The first bike was born out of crisis. In the wake of Mount Tambora’s eruption, old routines were no longer sustainable. Karl von Drais responded not by retreating into nostalgia but by inventing a new way of moving forward.'

The Prophetic Origins of the Bicycle - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland

In April 1815, the Mount Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted with a force unmatched in recorded history. A massive plume of ash and gas reached the stratosphere, darkening the skies. The year before,...

www.jcfj.ie

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · Jul 28

Jesuits from four continents unite in the UK for Ecological Formation and Global Collaboration 2025

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@campionhall.bsky.social @jesuitsbritain.bsky.social @jesuits.bsky.social @jesuitsglobal.bsky.social

Jesuits from Four Continents Unite in the UK for Ecological Formation and Global Collaboration — Integral Ecology Summer School 2025

Participants were selected for their pastoral, academic, or professional engagement with ecological issues—ranging from scientific research and theological enquiry to hands-on projects with vulnerable...

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Jul 11

'The most obvious difference between doughnut economies and modern economies is the voluntary acceptance of a limit to production and consumption.'

The second in a three-part blog series introducing localsism by @nlsj.bsky.social l

www.jcfj.ie/2025/07/11/t...

The Urban Localists: Kate Raworth and the Doughnut - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland

My last post focused on localism as practiced by small farmers, but localism is as much an urban phenomenon as a rural one.

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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · Jun 16

Left the house (Dublin) at 6.40 am and got to London Euston at 14.37 — under 7 hours. Lots of time for reading and two naps! Next stop…Paris.

JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're off to Lyon!! A 🧵

Le Châtelard - eco-spiritual centre🌿

A time to gather and reflect with other Jesuit centres across Europe on 10 years of implementing Laudato sí and discussing a strategy for the years ahead around the ecological crisis. /1

#slowtravel #Irishferries #IrelandtoFrance

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Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review @studiesirishreview.bsky.social · Jun 16

Ahead of the launch of Studies Summer 2025 later this week, a selection of featured articles showcasing what can be expected from 'Undoing the Order of Things: Trump's Second Term'

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're off to Lyon!! A 🧵

Le Châtelard - eco-spiritual centre🌿

A time to gather and reflect with other Jesuit centres across Europe on 10 years of implementing Laudato sí and discussing a strategy for the years ahead around the ecological crisis. /1

#slowtravel #Irishferries #IrelandtoFrance

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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · May 11

If you’re interested in #localism I recommend the Doomer Optimism podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6hLd...

DO 266 - Ashley, Chris, and Jason

Doomer Optimism · Episode

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · May 8

Word on the street: Leo is a climate guy!

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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · Apr 11

Green light for Strand Road cycle path as High Court rulling overturned by the Court of Appeal

A High Court judgment which blocked a proposed 6-month trial of a cycle route on Strand Road in Sandymount in Dublin has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The project included making the road…

Green light for Strand Road cycle path as High Court rulling overturned by the Court of Appeal

A High Court judgment which blocked a proposed 6-month trial of a cycle route on Strand Road in Sandymount in Dublin has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The project included making the road one-way for cars. The judgment was delivered today after a long wait when the Court of Appeal reserved judgment in February 2023. The High Court ruling, which was appealed by Dublin City Council, had been in favour of Peter Carvill, of the Serpentine Avenue, Tritonville and Claremont Roads (STC) group, and Cllr Mannix Flynn (independent).

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JCFJustice @jcfjustice.bsky.social · Apr 11

🚲 Victory for Sustainable Transport!
The Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court's decision, clearing the path for the trial of the Strand Road cycle route in Sandymount. A celebratory group cycle organised by @ibike.ie will gather at Grand Canal Square tonight at 6pm.🚲

A sample of the route for the cycle lane, which is not particularly ambitious or disruptive - it should not have been so contentious! - but is an important spoke in a wider network for active travel in Dublin.

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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · Feb 24

Philosophy of science aside, his presentation of medical cases of people suffering from mental and neurological illness is sensitising me to how scary or disorienting the world can be for them, particularly those with schizophrenia and right hemisphere strokes. They suffer so much.

Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · Feb 21

I once took a Philosophy of Science class with Louis Caruana SJ at Heythrop College and got as far as asking “are things or relations more fundamental?” Now I am enjoying Dr Iain McGilchrist’s mind-opening answer to that question. What a book.