In which I explore how changes in state-level public higher ed governance during the neoliberal era opened space for more recent authoritarian crackdowns.

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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

Leave aside the Connolly campaign. Consider all the people who go through garda vetting. That is a significant bloc of the population- volunteer parents helping kids in sports, at scouts, in charities.

Will that police data leak if the Gardaí want to intervene in a political campaign in the future?

this is HUGE!!!

Tear gas is such a terrible chemical weapon it is banned in warfare. Many don't realise it comes in different strengths. If there are suffocation cases then this is likely CS in high concentrations, or CN. CN is the most intense & destructive tear gas. It chemically burns eyes & results in deaths

Delighted to have my work on affective tension monitoring and the internal security apparatus accepted in Social and Legal Studies. This is the pre-print version. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Delighted to have my work on affective tension monitoring and the internal security apparatus accepted in Social and Legal Studies. This is the pre-print version. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

If you are interested in submitting to the issue, please send an expression of interest including an abstract to the editors by Friday 31st October 2025.

Editors:

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As the videos of Defend our juries arrests over the civil disobedience against the proscription of Palestine action, this short explainer in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social might be helpful: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Brilliant new special issue of Law and Critique available on Memory Politics: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Well don't I feel stupid

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Folks it’s a bubble.

Kneecap's Mo Chara case has been dismissed! Massive blow to the government!

📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers

We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.

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My English wife was amazed the first time I turned to my (mixed-gender) family and said 'lads, should we get going?'

In Hiberno-English, the plural form "lads" is non-gender-specific, like "ils" in French.

Sometimes plural vs singular forms add valuable context as well as just indicating numbers: the way "I have to wash my hand" sounds worse than "I have to wash my hands", for example.

I’ve been pulled up on this so many times now, that it was all but gone from my vocab in England. It’s both had to explain that Hiberno-Irish is a thing, and that language moves and shifts across space.

Anyone with an interesting Postdoc idea related to critical legal theory, law/exception, public order, policing, strikes or critical engagements with human rights, drop me a line. The timeline is short on this (23rd of Oct) but its well worth applying: www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

On the incredibly sad news of Conor Gearty's passing: dflw.ie/on-the-passi...

Back to the grindstone - teaching starts this week in Galway.

Critical legal conference bound…

massive congrats!!

"Cycling alone isn’t going to remedy Ireland’s shocking happiness and mental and physical health scores, but the Dutch are getting plenty right, it seems."

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

Delighted to have Ricardo Sanin's latest piece, developing his philosophy in new directions, with a compelling engagement with Quentin Meillassoux's Hyper-chaos: criticallegalthinking.com/2025/08/28/f...