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Sinéad Mercier

@sineadmercier.bsky.social

Militant optimist and mam. PhD researcher at UCD Law School PROPERTY [IN]JUSTICE project on decolonising international energy law. Rarely online. More at: https://sineadmercier.com - Gaeilge agus fáilte.

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Sinéad Mercier@sineadmercier.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Silk Road Café is a place our family goes to nearly every Sunday. Lovely, kind staff & one of the few spots in the city centre that's a welcoming place for babies & kids. The place is a core part of Dublin's cosmopolitan life. Appalling to treat them like this. www.thejournal.ie/silk-road-ca...

Owner 'furious' as busy café at Dublin Castle ordered to shut down for EU presidency

The Silk Road Café was looking forward to celebrating 25 years in business in July before it was told it must close for six months.

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Sinéad Mercier@sineadmercier.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Same with turf. The blue-greens never understood that the whole point of turf-cutting and access to the bog was to be energy sufficient in a context of the remaining tree cover on the island being privately owned by the Big House. What was offered in place had to be a form of energy sovereignty.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 4mo ago

There has been a massive push particularly from white centrist / ecomodernist circles to urge Asian countries to switch from unhealthy fuels like firewood to fossil gas. But now the price of gas is skyrocketing thanks to the actions of the US president.... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Sinéad Mercier@sineadmercier.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A real pleasure, as always, to attend the annual Law & Environment Conference at @lawucc.bsky.social - it's the highlight of Ireland's environment and climate law and policy social calendar. Congratulations to Owen again for a wonderful event. Honoured to have been part of this panel.

Property(In)Justice@property-injustice.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wonderful to present at the annual @lawucc.bsky.social Law and the Environment conf again this year alongside @sineadmercier.bsky.social @orlakelleher.bsky.social & Alessandra Accogli @dublincityuni.bsky.social. 🙏🙏 to @owenmcintyre.bsky.social & @lawucc.bsky.social for hosting this important forum.

Sinéad Mercier@sineadmercier.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So kind Aoife, thank you. Thank you too to @ancloganmag.bsky.social for publishing the original and kindly allowing the repost. I feel very lucky to have had a place to write about Irish republicanism, constitutional theory, ecofeminism, David Graeber & Irish myth all at once! #TheMorrigan is right!

Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 5mo ago

An amazing blog post from @sineadmercier.bsky.social on #TheMorrigan A fascinating reflection & call on what an #Eco-Feminist Republic Ireland could/should be. dflw.ie/fifty-shades...

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · 6mo ago

Underrated that the era of neoliberal globalism characterized by fierce defense of intellectual property as rents, patents, and copyrights gave way so quickly to a new paradigm marked by the blithe plunder of all human creativity for LLM training data.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Globally, mycorrhizal fungal communities move roughly a billion tons of carbon per year into Earth's soils, above all in old-growth forests. Wild, natural ecosystems are the bedrock of a healthy planet. It's time we started recognising and acting on that. share.google/afcBcyPH7lVc...

How an underground fungal map of the world's oldest, slowest-growing rainforest trees can boost Earth's resilience

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...

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Donncha O’Connell@donnchalaw.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Very good piece by Dr Cian Ó Concubhair on the new Garda powers bill - interestingly, when the Commission on the Future of Policing recommended codification of these powers it did so thinking the preparatory work would be done by the Law Reform Commission www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

New Garda powers bill could conceal abuses

Gardaí can consistently deny racial profiling because there is no data on who is stopped and searched — but the new powers bill doesn't allow this data to be collected. Why, asks Cian Ó Concubhair

irishexaminer.com

Saoirse McHugh@saoirsemc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The issue remains though. There should be no corporations given seaweed harvesting rights in Ireland my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...

Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast

There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...

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Saoirse McHugh@saoirsemc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Dept website has just yesterday evening changed the status of the massive arramara application from 'applied' to 'withdrawn' this is good news but both Arramara and Bioatlantis still have applications in for seaweed rights in mayo, galway, and kerry

Sinéad Mercier@sineadmercier.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Congratulations to the brilliant and lovely Dr. Raphael Ng'etich - watch this space he's already making waves! 🌳🍃🌊 His research is fascinating.

Property(In)Justice@property-injustice.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our second project PhD has officially graduated! Congratulations to Dr Raphael Ng'etich whose research analysed the impact of carbon credit schemes on the governance of unregistered community land in Northern Kenya! @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social @sonyacotton.bsky.social @sineadmercier.bsky.social

Seán Patrick Donlan@spdonlan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

'What we too rarely notice is how our legal education shapes the very categories through which we think. The result is not only that we produce different answers to similar questions, but that we often do not ask the same questions at all.' british-association-comparative-law.org/2025/11/28/r...

Reading Lists and Legal Traditions: Mapping How Legal Scholars Think Across Jurisdictions

A striking feature of legal education lies in the way it comes to feel natural to us. We easily forget that our training is rooted in a particular time and place. We know that law differs across th…

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Sinéad Mercier@sineadmercier.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Looking forward to facilitating this discussion on the launch of Patrick Bresnihan and Pat Brodie's fascinating new book 'From the Bog to the Cloud'. This evening at TU Dublin, 6:30-8pm. See you there!

TU Dublin Sustainability / OT Baile Átha Cliath Inbhuanaitheacht@tudublinsustain.bsky.social · 10mo ago

TALK: From the Bog to the Cloud: A Critical Conversation on Ireland’s Green Transition. Join a thought-provoking evening with the authors. How does Ireland’s green transition intersect with monopoly tech, digital infrastructure, and postcolonial politics? www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...