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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · 2d

Constitutional law academic here 🙋‍♂️ A lot of media outlets seem to have missed that, constitutionally speaking, all 6 of Dublin's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship wins between 2015 and 2020 are now void. The 2013 win stands. 🧵1/

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 9d

66 people were arrested outside the Labour Conference yesterday for peacefully holding signs with “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” written on them.

Hundreds of police officers were used to try to enforce Labour’s absurd ban. They failed to arrest everyone.

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · 12d

Far more important legal and political aspects to this whole story aside, Kneecap being the Roadrunner to the Crown Prosecution Service's Wile E Coyote is an endless source of amusement to me.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12d

If the authorities are using counter terrorism powers against influential performers with effective legal teams, it's a really good idea not to clown yourselves getting muddled up with procedural technicalities. The UK Govt are Kneecap's best publicity machine:

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out

Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that ‘proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null’

www.theguardian.com

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12d

If the authorities are using counter terrorism powers against influential performers with effective legal teams, it's a really good idea not to clown yourselves getting muddled up with procedural technicalities. The UK Govt are Kneecap's best publicity machine:

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out

Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that ‘proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null’

www.theguardian.com

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · 14d

Over 1600 people have now been arrested for offences like "wearing or displaying clothing" that arouses suspicion that they support Palestine Action. Impossible to overstate how repressive this is.

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Aug 28

I had a great time reading and reviewing this book. Thanks to @stingingfly.bsky.social for running it on their website.

The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW on our website | Conor Crummey reviews ‘The Bureau’ by Eoin McNamee, published by @hachetteuk.bsky.social

“ McNamee’s narrators tend to place you at the scene of a violent event, then show you the myth being made in real time.”

stingingfly.org/review/the-b...

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Jun 23

I have an important deadline this week, which means I am locked in, focused, and un-distractible.

In totally unrelated news, I lacto-fermented some mushrooms, marinaded them in maple syrup and covered them in chocolate then repaired a washing machine motor.

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Jun 17

The academic talking to relatives over the summer cycle:

- Resent being asked if it's great having the summer off.
- Sound a bit pompous and defensive explaining that you don't have the summer off.
- Resent being made to sound pompous and defensive.

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Jun 13

Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · May 30

Almost *5000* children.

Reminder that 25% of TDs are landlords with a direct monetary interest in not enacting the policies that would fix this.

Homelessness reaches another record high, with more than 15,500 in emergency accommodation

Figures from Department of Housing include 4,775 homeless children

www.irishtimes.com

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · May 29

Some lovely fiction news. Very grateful to have been shortlisted for the Mairtín Crawford Award <3

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · May 28

Over 200 lawyers, academic and practising, signed the following letter to the UK Govt and parliamentary committees (Westminster and devolved) expressing our concerns over the FWS decision, its implications for trans rights in the UK, and the EHRC approach to it:

www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · May 27

Very excited to have a story appearing on the The Prompt, a wonderful new @rteradio1.bsky.social series presented by @zoecomyns.bsky.social. Doubly thrilled that the story was chosen by the great @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social.

My story will be broadcast on the final episode in the series, on 13 July

RTÉ Radio 1 presents The Prompt - A new eight-part series showcasing fresh Irish writing, curated by Ireland’s leading literary voices – About RTÉ

Featuring guest writers Edel Coffey, Mike McCormack, Sinéad Moriarty, Dave Rudden, Caoilinn Hughes, Lucy Caldwell, Belinda McKeon and Wendy Erskine Sunday 25 May at 7.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1 This Sunday ...

about.rte.ie

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · May 23

For any west of Ireland-based folks, my friend and omni-talent Treasa O'Brien's new exhibition opens tonight in the Galway Arts Centre. It runs until the end of June and looks absolutely wonderful.

Love, Rage & Solidarity | Galway Arts Centre

Cultural hub with gallery for Irish and international contemporary art plus classes and workshops.

www.galwayartscentre.ie

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · May 22

DO WE NOT HAVE OUR OWN CRUMMEYS WE COULD BE GIVING LITERARY AWARDS TO INSTEAD OF CANADIAN ONES

Canadian author wins 2025 Dublin Literary Award

Canadian author Michael Crummey has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award for his book 'The Adversary'.

www.rte.ie

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Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · May 22

Just over a week to the deadline, so I'll bump this up for anyone who was interested but got lost in the marking melee...

Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · May 2

Am co-organising a symposium on the Irish Political Constitution with @alangreene.bsky.social and @laurcah.bsky.social Call for papers is currently live. If you have any interesting ideas on the topic, or know anyone who does, please do submit an abstract.

CALL FOR PAPERS
THE IRISH POLITICAL CONSTITUTION
FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MERRION SQUARE, DUBLIN
Constitutions are designed to allocate and limit state power. However, no single document can seek
to comprehensively convey the array of means through which a state gives effect to these functions.
While the text of Bunreacht na hÉireann and judicial pronouncements regarding its interpretation
form the elemental basis of Irish constitutionalism, political forces and actors also play a pivotal role
in shaping Ireland’s constitutional culture. From questions as to the constitutionality of junior
ministers and the role of the Ceann Comhairle and allocation of Dáil speaking time, to referendum
campaigns and debates concerning the appropriate function of the presidency, the form and function
of the Irish political constitution is more salient than ever.
The aim of this symposium is to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars to discuss the
contours of the Irish political constitution. To what extent does Ireland rely on political as distinct from
legal constraints to allocate and limit state power? How does the lived political reality differ from that
implied by Bunreacht na hÉireann? And how do these political and legal controls shape and interact
with each other to produce a uniquely Irish form of parliamentary democracy?
Proposed topics include but are not limited to:
• Historical and comparative perspectives on the Irish political constitution;
• Political conventions, including conventions surrounding the presidency;
• Judicial understandings of the political constitution;
• Parliamentary privilege, Oireachtas committees, and judicial oversight;
• The political constitution and the separation of powers;
• The composition of the executive;
• The constitutional role of political parties;
• The role of the Ceann Comhairle, the ordering of Dáil business, and political conventions;
• The interse…

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UK Labour Law Blog @labourblog.bsky.social · May 7

New Blog Post:

The UK Supreme Court Judgment Has Brought Much Needed Confusion: Why For Women Scotland Did Not Change UK Discrimination Law - by George Letsas

uklabourlawblog.com/2025/05/07/t...

The UK Supreme Court Judgment Has Brought Much Needed Confusion: Why For Women Scotland Did Not Change UK Discrimination Law

What did the Supreme Court decide in For Women Scotland? The case concerned quotas in the representation of women in public boards in Scotland, under the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Sco…

uklabourlawblog.com

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · May 7

Suggestions welcome for this extremely important list I'm putting together

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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · Apr 30

Me, @colinmurray.bsky.social , @anuragdeb.bsky.social & @sylviademars.me on the FWS judgment and the limits of its reach in Northern Ireland

administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/l...

Limits to the UK Supreme Court’s Reach: Northern Ireland, the Windsor Framework and Trans Rights

Introduction The judgment in For Women Scotland (FWS) Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 (‘FWS’) has sent a great many sectors across the UK scrambling to find out what, exactly, they are …

administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com

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Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · May 1

Happy International Workers' Day! If you can, join a union.

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Apr 30

I'd also recommend this piece to any legal academics who want to treat the UKSC decision as a discrete piece of statutory interpretation. It's impossible to separate that decision from the broader context of the horrifying political and media climate in which trans people have to live.

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Apr 30

Great piece. Anyone hoping to understand UK politics right now should give it a read - I think it is hard to convey the sheer extent to which the UK media environment is unusually bad. Everyone thinks they have an annoying press corp, but the UK stands out even against the low baseline....

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Apr 30

Do join us today in TCD Law School today at 4pm for the final Irish Jurisprudence Society event of the academic year: a symposium on @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social's book, 'The Collaborative Constitution'

Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · Apr 21

Huge thanks to Dr @conorcrummey.bsky.social & Dr Hilary Hogan of the Irish Jurisprudence Society for organising this great symposium on The Collaborative Constitution on April 30th 4pm in Trinity Law School, supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social.

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Apr 25

Insightful stuff as always from Tanzil

UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · Apr 7

Tanzil Chowdhury: The British government’s military support for Israel and the weakening of constitutional controls on military interventions ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/04/07/t...

Tanzil Chowdhury: The British government’s military support for Israel and the weakening of constitutional controls on military interventions

From Arthur Balfour to Keir Starmer, British political leaders of all stripes have pledged, albeit of varying degrees, overall support for (then, a Jewish homeland and now) Israel. On the 26th Janu…

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Conor Crummey @conorcrummey.bsky.social · Apr 25

The Hollywood Reporter quoting Mo Chara from Kneecap as just "Chara" as though that's his surname name is cracking me up.

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