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Professor Ursula Kilkelly

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Law Professor and VP Global at University College Cork. Passionate about #childrights #justice #leadership #sport #music and all things #Mayo 💚❤️ https://research.ucc.ie/profiles/B012/ukilkelly

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Jan 10

Combining my passion for sport and children's rights and my collaboration with the wonderful Jonathan Todres, here is our latest piece.. open access 😊

Sport as a space for human rights education and children’s rights www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sport as a space for human rights education and children’s rights

Children’s participation in sport presents a key opportunity for the advancement of human rights education. Human rights education is recognised as vital to the realisation of human rights. However...

www.tandfonline.com

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · 26d

Great to be back running the #halfmarathon and where better than #ClewBay #Mayo

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 16

🎉Love sports?
🎉Passionate about securing #childrights?
🎉 @ursulak.bsky.social & @jtodres.bsky.social discuss how sports provide key setting for #HumanRightsEducation
🎉This & all 14 articles & 9 book reviews in HRER 8(1) free to download
@tandfonline.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sport as a space for human rights education and children’s rights

www.tandfonline.com

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Apr 14

Brilliance. Resilience. The Extraordinary Rory McIlroy. Masters Champion.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Rory McIlroy secures career grand slam with dramatic Masters playoff win over Justin Rose

Rory McIlroy defeated Justin Rose at the first playoff hole to win his first Masters title after a remarkable topsy-turvy final round

www.theguardian.com

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Apr 7

Great piece from San Francisco Mayor Lurie on the importance of the SF relationship with Cork and with Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

San Francisco's bond with Cork is more than just symbolic

International connections, whether business and cultural, are more important now than ever, writes newly appointed San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie

www.irishexaminer.com

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Apr 6

Today in Focus from @TheGuardian routinely offers fresh and important perspectives on the issues of the day...like this one
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast

Boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers about the pressures and joys they experience

www.theguardian.com

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Apr 1

I've found nothing as good as BBC Sounds unfortunately

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Apr 1

#BBCsounds was a game changing app for listeners to the BBC. I listen to it around the clock and honestly don't know what I'll do without it. 😔

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Blocking Irish listeners from BBC Sounds app a ‘slap in the face’

Broadcaster is making the change to boost its commercial income

www.irishtimes.com

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Mar 19

Loved catching up with the wonderful Prof Ann Skelton at @unileiden.bsky.social today. And engaging with the Advanced Masters in Children's Rights on all matters of #UNCRC Incorporation of course!

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John O’Halloran @joh2024.bsky.social · Mar 14

St Patrick’s day breakfast celebrations starting off in Chicago! With Irish American partnership address by Minister Jennifer Carroll Macneill @ucc.ie @ursulak.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thanks for the welcome Chicago. Looking forward to a week of networking, deepening collaboration and celebration of all things #Cork #Ireland @ucc.ie

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · Mar 10

👩‍🎓✨ Incredible scenes! Congratulations to former UCD Ad Astra scholar Sarah Healy on winning gold in the 3,000m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships - making her the first Irish woman ever to claim the top medal at a senior European Indoor event.

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Mar 9

Wonderful to meet these inspirational women (Suzanne Rice, Ruth Cotter and Mareese Keane) at the Ireland Funds Gala Dinner in San Francisco this weekend.. @ucc.ie graduates all, they are blazing a trail in tech, leading on EDI and so much more 🌟

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Mar 3

At @ucc.ie we are fortunate to have experts like Prof Andrew Cottey to help us make sense of what is happening in the world. Listen back to Andrew on Radio 1 today.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Donald Trump to meet with senior security officials to consider relationship with Ukraine

Patrick Reevell, International reporter for ABC News and Prof. Andrew Cottey, Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Government and Politics at UCC on the relationship between the United States and Ukraine.

www.rte.ie

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Mar 2

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Fontaines D.C. win BRIT award for the second time

Fontaines D.C. have won International Group of the Year at the Brit Awards for the second time.

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 26

www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

UCC hosts visit by new German ambassador

For more than a century, UCC has provided a bridge between Germany and Ireland

www.echolive.ie

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Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · Feb 22

“This is how authoritarianism works—not just through direct government action but through the creation of an environment where speaking up feels too costly.” newrepublic.com/article/1906...

The Price of Speaking Up in Trump’s America

A bishop asked the president to show mercy to immigrants and scared children. The response tells us everything about the next four years.

newrepublic.com

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 22

Armagh and Mayo cannot be separated in thriller at Athletic Grounds

www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

Armagh and Mayo cannot be separated in thriller at Athletic Grounds

Mayo launch comeback in second half and almost snatch the victory

www.irishtimes.com

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 22

Dr Lydia Foy: ‘I never got an apology actually. It would be nice to get one’.

A lovely, important piece.

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Dr Lydia Foy: ‘I never got an apology actually. It would be nice to get one’

The trans activist who fought the State for years for the right to change her gender on her birth cert would prefer to ‘talk about me as a person rather than all the baloney with the courts’

www.irishtimes.com

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 22

Great interview from Liam Herrick Chief Commissioner of @ihrec.bsky.social on Ireland's legal obligations to asylum seekers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

IHREC on how the state is treating migrants

Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice; Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon–Galway; Peadar Tóibín, Aontú leader; Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Right...

www.rte.ie

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 21

Gutted for Ireland U20 but very chuffed for Eoghan Smyth scoring a TRY in the first half👏👏👏

Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 21

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Experience: I sailed alone around the world aged 16

My parents weren’t thrilled with the idea, but they knew I’d do it anyway

www.theguardian.com

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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · Feb 14

Some news, team! 🎙️

I’m so excited to make my broadcasting debut for BBC Radio 4 next week.

‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ is a 10 episode behind-the-scenes peek at (and love letter to) the criminal justice system.

Join me, Mon-Fri at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds 🧡

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · Feb 12

Doing this on March 4 in Dublin with @iccl.bsky.social / Irish Refugee Council: www.eventbrite.ie/e/panel-disc...

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is brilliant from the Guardian's Today in Focus on an extraordinary story.

open.spotify.com/episode/3UDi...

Lucy Letby and the medical experts who believe she is innocent

Today in Focus · Episode

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Professor Ursula Kilkelly @ursulak.bsky.social · Feb 12

Whatever about Man City's demise, you should never bet against Real Madrid n the Champion's League😁

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Real Madrid’s Bellingham settles thriller to leave Manchester City on ropes

Jude Bellingham put Real Madrid 3-2 ahead with the last kick of the game to give his side an advantage in the Champions League playoff against Manchester City