Short piece on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social from our @researchireland.ie funded project on how to improve addiction services for women in Ireland www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How to improve addiction services for women in Ireland

Women experience substance use and addiction differently to men, but their specific needs have been historically neglected

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So on foot of today's news from the Vatican: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... It's opportune to remind people that they have been active in Cork City and west Cork for a long time now: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities. Almost 2,000 sign open letter criticising Research Ireland for favouring industry and commercial interests. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities

Letter to Min Higher Ed

irishtimes.com

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

politico.eu

With the UK economy predicted to be hit hardest by Trump's war, remember who supported it.

Call for abstracts - 17th North South Criminology Conference (23rd & 24th June) in Cork. Hosted by Dep of Sociology & Criminology at University College Cork & supported by Collective Social Futures lnkd.in/dyiTAptN

Final couple of days to submit an abstract for this journal special issue - gendering postcolonial punishment! Guest edited by Lucia Bracco and me! Give me a shout if you have any questions.

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy@crimjustjournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🔊Call for Abstracts for a special issue 🔸Gendering Postcolonial Punishment – Guest Editors @lynseyblack.bsky.social Lucia Bracco #prisons #incarceration #patriarchy #gender #sexuality#GlobalSouth #criminology 🔸Abstract submission deadline: 30 March 2026 www.crimejusticejournal.com/genderingpos...

Article alert! In this new article we explore how "drug market exploitation" of young people and vulnerable adults is framed as a policy problems across six European spaces. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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New open access paper with Joan Cronin – ‘I don’t really want to speak up because they’re on a different level to me’: The stigma of not engaging in trauma talk www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... - with thanks to @researchireland.ie

‘I don’t really want to speak up because they’re on a different level to me’: The stigma of not engaging in trauma talk

The stigma attached to substance use disorder (SUD) can prevent entry into, and engagement with, treatment services. This paper provides an initial ex…

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Call for abstracts - 17th North South Criminology Conference (23rd & 24th June) in Cork. Hosted by Dep of Sociology & Criminology at University College Cork & supported by Collective Social Futures lnkd.in/dyiTAptN

I’ll be at the UCC’s Postgrad Fair this Wednesday (29th) from 1-4PM – drop by for a chat if you’re interested in our MA Criminology. More information here www.ucc.ie/en/pg-expo/

Postgrad Expo | University College Cork

Every year UCC hosts a Postgraduate Expo to showcase our postgraduate options

ucc.ie

Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield

The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action

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Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 7mo ago

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

HSE warns of dangerously high-strength MDMA circulating this Christmas. Some tablets contain over 300mg, highest ever seen in Ireland. csalert.ie/4pBaohn

HSE Warns of Dangerously High-Strength MDMA Circulating This Christmas

Some tablets contain over 300mg, highest ever seen in Ireland.

csalert.ie

Woo! It's been a long wait but my new article is now published in @socmovstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Anti-leftism as an aesthetic in white power punk

White Power music scenes embrace both White Supremacy and the music cultures they situate themselves in. For White Power punk scenes, there is a reliance on the shaping and utilization of punk aest...

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Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is being sentenced for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign

Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes

Nathan Gill, who led Reform UK in Wales, has pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery.

bbc.co.uk

In Cork this Saturday.

My fantastic colleague Prof Claire Hamilton is recruiting a research assistant for her project FEELING POLITICAL, which looks at populist politics, emotions and feelings of in/security in Europe. Details here, closing 2nd Nov and position is for 23 months: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

👀A Rutgers professor who teaches an anti-fascism class was blocked from leaving the US hours > Trump’s “Antifa” roundtable w/ Jack Posobiec who has called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor.” TPUSA at Rutgers has called him an “antifa member,” a claim he denies. He’s received death threats. 1/

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

theguardian.com

The dark meaning behind Nirvana's In Utero angel. The band were often associated with superficial themes like teenage angst, but the In Utero album and imagery are much darker than that, writes Myles Balfe @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The dark meaning behind Nirvana's In Utero angel

Nirvana were often associated with superficial themes like teenage angst, but the In Utero album and imagery are much darker than that

rte.ie

NO TO RACISM! I encourage everyone available to join us for this counter-protest against the far-right next Saturday. This is a country of love and peace. There is no place for hate! There is no place for the Far Right! Saturday 11th October, 12pm, Grand Parade.

Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland) Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...

Lecturer in Criminology | University College Cork

UCC wishes to appoint an academic to the role of lecturer in Criminology.

ucc.ie

Just published with Joan Cronin in @deppjournal.bsky.social - a critical policy analysis of 30 years of Ireland’s alcohol & drug strategies @criminologyucc.bsky.social part of wider project funded by @researchireland.ie Free copies here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/A9T6M...

From denial to pregnancy and motherhood to 'gender informed'? Women and Ireland's alcohol and drug strategies, 1996-2025

Women compose a sizable percentage of individuals who consume alcohol and drugs problematically in the Republic of Ireland, and much research supports the need for gender sensitive drug policies an...

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Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland) Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...

Lecturer in Criminology | University College Cork

UCC wishes to appoint an academic to the role of lecturer in Criminology.

ucc.ie

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...

Nigel Farage’s party is scrapping green initiatives in local authorities across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...

Reform UK Accused of 'Betraying Residents' for Benefit of Fossil Fuel Donors as More Net Zero Targets Scrapped

Nigel Farage's party is scrapping green initiatives in local authorities across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests

bylinetimes.com

❗The biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade is coming to Great Yarmouth and we need your help to stop it. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate

Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...

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