Prof David Farrell, UCD
@davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social
Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.
Can we have a petition to make @johncreedon.bsky.social compulsory listening to every evening, please? Fake mikes are out!
A lovely review of what have been an incredible funeral to witness Glen Hansard funeral: A wicker coffin, a grieving widow and a son too young to be there www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Glen Hansard funeral: A wicker coffin, a grieving widow and a son too young to be there
The service for the Ballymun musician felt more like a party where he was the only one missing from the celebrations
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Looking forward to participating in this event in a few weeks. Free online registration here events.unil.ch/register/729
Public Roundtable “Open Constitutional Democracy: Reconciling Deliberation and Constitutional Democracy”
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Oh good Donald Trump expected to visit Dublin and Clare during trip to Ireland next month www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Donald Trump expected to visit Dublin and Clare during trip to Ireland next month
US president to attend Irish Open at his resort in Doonbeg and likely to meet Taoiseach in Dublin
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Lovely walk around @savethehellfire.bsky.social and Massey this morning though shame to see that some fools had lit a fire recently.
Checking some dud photos from our recent hols and spotted this. Musk?
Absolutely ridiculous that they don’t provide details on the first count results in the Manchester mayoral election.
In this short paper, I reflect on the demise of citizens' assemblies in Ireland and propose a new role for deliberative mini-publics in working with the Electoral Commission to 'support' the referendum process in Ireland publications-prairial.fr/droit-public...
Ireland: Back to the deliberative drawing board? – Droit Public Comparé
This paper examines Ireland’s decade of deliberative democracy (2013-2023), during which six deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) produced 335 recommendations leading to landmark reforms including the leg...
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Bruce Springsteen accepts the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports — and performs "Streets of Minneapolis" — at the ACLU Biennial Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
Bruce Springsteen Accepts the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award
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Listening back to the womderful tribute to Glen Hansard by @johncreedon.bsky.social last night. And of course the Auld Triangle stood out. At 1.43. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The John Creedon Show
A mix of contemporary, Irish and international tracks to take you on a melodic journey into the evening.
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2 weeks away and great to be back with these guys. No seagull this time. The barrier of choice is an orange chimp. Kind of appropriate
I've been off socials for 2 years, but have to speak up. Utter madness to defund this flagship institution of UK science + education. International research, UNESCO-level heritage, training physicists (inc. me in 2000), inspiring public w/ visitor centre and bluedot festival. We must #SaveJodrell
Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · last wk.Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unbelievably, there are *two* academic jobs at Cardiff University. One in British politics (seemingly broadly defined) cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/53... One in political behaviour/opinion 🙌 cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/52...
Lecturer in Politics - Teaching and Research in Law Building | Internal & External Website
View details and apply for this Lecturer in Politics - Teaching and Research vacancy in Law Building. Lecturer in Politics - Teaching & Research School of Law and Politics The School of Law a...
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The Irish Times view on Aughinish Alumina report: evasion dressed up as due process www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
The Irish Times view on Aughinish Alumina report: evasion dressed up as due process
Worrying gap between Minister’s statement and what is actually in report
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The morning air carries the rich, sweet perfume of the wild thistle. #sunrise #goodmorning #wildflowers #nature
Interesting piece on the Epstein files and one of his associates by @naomiohreally.bsky.social so many questions remain about who else is responsible for what happened to those women & girls Another key Epstein associate takes crucial answers to the grave www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Another key Epstein associate takes crucial answers to the grave
As investigators closed in, records shed light on Daniel Siad’s activities within the Epstein network. What evidence died with him?
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Aughinish report is thin gruel as Russian demands for Irish alumina ramp up www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Edward Burke: Report ‘cannot rule out’ Irish aluminium ending up in Russian weapons. This is thin gruel
Government’s grinding evasion over Aughinish contrasts with Australia’s clear-eyed reasoning
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Did an AI agent 'go rogue', or did engineers fail to appropriately contain an automated experiment? By their own reporting on OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face, it looks like it was the latter, as I explained to Matt Cooper this week.
“The Netherlands, Iceland and Norway all stopped doing business with the Limerick refinery due to its Russian ownership. Russia simply picked up the spare product. It is not a great look for Ireland or Aughinish.” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Intriguing details but few answers in Government’s Aughinish Alumina report
After four months of investigating, officials have found no evidence to prove alumina is being used by Moscow’s military machine. By the same token, they can’t rule it out
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A banned song in Germany has become a rallying cry against a far-right surge www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
A banned song in Germany has become a rallying cry against a far-right surge
Surge in support for far-right AfD leaves young woman from a village in former East Germany ‘very, very afraid’
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