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Nicola Carr

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Academic | Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work | Trinity College Dublin📍🇮🇪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 21h

The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition

Presidential candidates clash over Special Criminal Court

The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition.

www.rte.ie

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 1d

Take down the posters lads #President2025

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Aoife Nolan @aoifenolan.bsky.social · 2d

Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 5d

Come work with a great team: Assistant Professor in Social Work post in TCD School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin closing date 17th November 2025: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 6d

Not sure what the news story is here, apart from barrister did her job: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 8d

Legend - Patti Smith #Horses50thanniversary

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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 10d

#art by Sliman Mansour

Temporary escape, oil on canvas, 2018

#Palestine

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 11d

There will be many heavy hearts around Cork & beyond

An incredible human

Thinking of all who loved & knew him

Rest easy Don ❤️

www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Don O'Leary, former director of Cork Life Centre, dies aged 68

Mr O'Leary, who was a former member of Cork City Council, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021.

www.irishexaminer.com

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 17d

Hard to get over this 🤯

Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations - you will be missed.

Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 21d

Sorry to see the departure of these two stellar presenters from Morning Ireland - Mary Wilson and Áine Lawlor sign off from Morning Ireland www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Mary Wilson and Áine Lawlor sign off from Morning Ireland

Broadcasters Mary Wilson and Áine Lawlor will sign off on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1 for the final time this morning.

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UCD Criminology and Criminal Justice @ucdcrim.bsky.social · 28d

Join us at the next UCD Criminology Salon on Mon 20 Oct. @nicolacarr.bsky.social will discuss her recent book book co-edited with @harryannison.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices. All welcome! Please register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-crimin...

UCD Institute of Criminology and Criminal JusticeCriminology Salon: Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and PracticesMonday 20 October 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 Harty Boardroom, Sutherland School of Law, Belfield, Dublin 4 Professor Nicola Carr, Chair of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College DublinJoin us at our next Criminology Salon where Professor Nicola Carr will discuss her recent book co-edited with Harry Annison and Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices, published by Bloomsbury. This book brings together a range of academic and practice perspectives to analyse the ideas, institutions and practices of contemporary parole. At a time when many parole systems are strained, this collection aims to encourage systematic reflection on parole’s rationalities, institutions, and practices and to pose ambitious “what if” questions about the possible futures of parole and prison release.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 28d

Full report www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 29d

Textbook Launch Event🚀

Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

Register your place now 👇
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The launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook

This event offers an opportunity to bring a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · Sep 14

Many shocking things about the last 24 hours; but the contrast between the Labour government’s response to peaceful protest against genocide, and its non-response to violent racist protest against liberal democracy, is high on the list.

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Sep 13

The government should have left X after the riots last year. It must do now.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 13

Can anyone explain why the Government is still doing most of its communications through a website whose owner is now openly rallying the far right to trigger a violent insurrection on our streets?

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James Windle @jameswindle.bsky.social · Sep 12

New job alert - Criminology lectureship (3 years) - University College Cork, Department of Sociology and Criminology - all specialisations and interests welcome my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 12

Sharing this generous and insightful article from Conor Gearty. Terrible news about his untimely passing. Sincere condolences to his family and friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.

Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!

Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is such a pernicious message about the purpose of research and academic enquiry - www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · Sep 12

For Dublin-based folks: I’m giving an afternoon talk next month (15 Oct) at Trinity about my forthcoming book (available for preorder for twenty quid).

www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation

A lecture by Dr Tom Hulme (Queens University Belfast) as part of the Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series.

www.tcd.ie

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 11

RTÉ says it will withdraw from Eurovision if Israel participates

www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/0...

RTÉ says it will withdraw from Eurovision if Israel participates

Israel’s participation in the annual song contest has been a source of criticism

www.irishtimes.com

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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · Sep 6

#ESC European Society of Criminology's general meeting in Athens - overwhelming majority in support of the motion in favour of boycotting Israeli institutions complicit in war crimes - with no effect
Comments in link below

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 5

Gaza: UN experts urge General Assembly to respond to famine and genocide

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Gaza

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 5

Good point!

Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 5

Even more extraordinary given that Mahmood as Justice
Secretary published Sentencing Bill to implement Sentencing Review this week.

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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · Sep 5

David Lammy is the new Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. #reshuffle #Probation #Prison #Criminology

The average tenure of a Justice Secretary in UK Government continues to be ~12-14 months. Lammy is the 12th Justice Secretary in the period since 2015 (* Raab had two turns in that period)

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 3

This factsheet accompanying the Sentencing Bill in England and Wales contains really concerning plans to publish the names and photos of people undertaking unpaid work. This is a punitive and retrograde step. More invidiously practitioners are supposed to arbitrate whose details are published.

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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Sep 2

The European Society of Criminology should take the principled lead of the World Archaeological Congress in relation to the participation of delegates from Ariel University #EuroCrim2025 worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/blog/world-a...

World Archaeological Congress Statement on Exclusion of Ariel University Affiliated Scholar from WAC-10 – World Archaeological Congress

worldarchaeologicalcongress.com

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