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Anne Matthews

@annematthewsdub.bsky.social
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Full Professor of Nursing, Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning, Faculty of Science & Health at Dublin City University

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Catherine Kirwan Books @catherinekirwanbks.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I love the #paperback cover for #theseventhbody - coming in #august from @hodderbooks.bsky.social @hachette.bsky.social #crimefiction #thrillerbooks #booksky
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Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Pleased that Cabinet has agreed to bring forward the 'Right to be Forgotten' Bill. This is vital step towards ending discrimination against cancer survivors when it comes to receiving mortgage protection has been long advocated for by Catherine Ardagh. @fiannafailparty.bsky.social
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Three lawsuits against #Meta in #Kenya expose the digital governance gap in Africa Mumbi Kiragu for the @africaatlse.bsky.social blog 👉https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2025/06/26/three-lawsuits-against-meta-in-kenya-expose-the-digital-governance-gap-in-africa/ Image credit: Shutterstock
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Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
💯"Ultimately, a sector-wide problem demands a sector-wide solution, whose formulation properly falls to those...whose job it is to come up with sector-wide solutions. But, until their verdict is delivered, I will stick with recommending in-person exams." www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/have-c...
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Have chatbots killed the student essay?
This year’s marking season has confirmed for many academics that, less than three years since the launch of ChatGPT, AI use by students has become so rife that their submitted writing is no longer a r...
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Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Useful and impactful Competitiveness Summit today in Government Buildings, covering key areas including innovation, boosting FDI, critical infrastructure investment and the global trade situation.
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James Gallen @jamesgallen.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... justice work only possible due to long slow and relentless work of victims families and advocates
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Man kidnapped by Argentina’s military regime as baby is reunited with relatives
Forty-nine-year-old is 140th child found by Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who search for people ‘disappeared’ under 1976-83 dictatorship
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Rónán @rmconroy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Ireland has a proud history of opposing anti-Semitism www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... Fintan O'Toole highlights how the experience of oppression can either cause a people to develop a massive sense of entitlement or a lively sense of compassion. With obvious implications…
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Ireland has a proud history of opposing anti-Semitism
Outrage at the collective torture of Gaza is linked to our historical opposition to oppression
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James Gallen @jamesgallen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Slavery reparations group takes fight to Westminster and Brussels
Lobbying effort by independent delegation follows Jamaica’s move to ask King Charles to request legal advice
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RCSI School of Population Health @rcsipophealth.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
New research from @rcsipophealth.bsky.social highlights significant inequalities in diabetes prevalence across Ireland, linked to differences in socio-economic status, age and education levels. www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-... @researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social
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RCSI study finds diabetes rates in Ireland tied to social and economic inequality
New research from RCSI highlights significant inequalities in diabetes prevalence across Ireland, linked to differences in socio-economic status, age and education levels.
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Do you suffer from hay fever or asthma? Dr David O'Connor, Associate Professor in the DCU School of Chemical Sciences, said "basically anyone" can have the symptoms of hay fever. Read more on @news.rte.ie: launch.dcu.ie/44sEg68
Dr David O'Connor
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New special tribunal for Ukraine will pave the way for holding Russian leaders to account for the invasion. Piece by DCU's Dr Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4lyWwSn
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Another @irishtimes.com article flogging the services of private schools. Research shows NO academic "added-value" from them. Want your child to succeed? Read & talk to them as much as possible, as young as possible. Be a parent, not an investor. #SpeirGorm #edusky www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
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School fees: how to save €50,000 to pay for children’s school or college costs
When should you start saving? ‘When a child is born’
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Could fast fashion clothes be used to insulate your house? Piece by Dr Urbain Ndagano, Postdoctoral Researcher on the PUreTex project in the DCU School of Chemical Sciences, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4nz7lps #RTEBrainstorm
Dr Urbain Ndagano
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James Gallen @jamesgallen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A new report estimates it would cost nearly C$663m (£353m) over five years to the fund repatriation for all 204 First Nations in British Columbia. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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After 150 years, a prized box returns to an Indigenous nation in Canada: ‘I felt like royalty traveling with it’
The unlikely return of the bentwood box underscores the challenges facing Indigenous communities working to reclaim items raided from their lands
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James Gallen @jamesgallen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Further evidence that the need to address child sexual abuse in the Catholic church is an ongoing global issue that needs national and Vatican level changes in law policy and practice to meet survivor justice needs.
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‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France
Legal complaints filed by former pupils accuse priests and staff of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004
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James Gallen @jamesgallen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... An important step in justice for survivors in this case
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George Gibney arrested in US on foot of extradition request
Gardaí seek extradition of former swimming coach after investigation into alleged child sex abuse
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James Gallen @jamesgallen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Glad to support survivors in pursuit of meaningful investigation of the systemic failures related to Michael Shine's decades of abuse: www.thejournal.ie/michael-shin...
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Victims of paedophile Michael Shine outline what inquiry into his abuse would look like
It follows a recent meeting with the Health Minister, during which she asked the victims to return with a list of their key demands.
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Anne Matthews @annematthewsdub.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Our beautiful porch cucumber plant 🙏🏻
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity. Michael Aldous & @profjohnturner.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social draw on a new book @universitypress.cambridge.org for @lsebr.bsky.social
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British CEOs earn 100 times what they pay employees - LSE Business Review
Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity.
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Haunted DCU Library 👻 @dculibrary.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We officially left Twitter this week after 16 years on the platform. For those of you who followed us there during the good times (or for anyone who likes a good meme), we've compiled a video of our favourite Twitter moments. We're looking forward to finding friends old and new on Bluesky.
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Catherine Kirwan Books @catherinekirwanbks.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Excellent #bookevent in @dubraybooks.bsky.social Patrick Street #Cork last night where @irishexaminer.bsky.social columnist @sarahharte.bsky.social interviewed Fintan Drury about his new #book Catastrophe (about the ongoing situation in #Gaza and #Palestine and the historical context) #booksky
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RCSI School of Population Health @rcsipophealth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Clinical Lead at the National Medication Safety Programme, HSE National Quality and Patient Safety, @ckirke.bsky.social spoke at today's conference, saying: "We have a high and increasing proportion of the population living with polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy."
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Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
.... a mere 15 years after it was introduced in London, a city with nearly 14 million trips on public transport per day. What possible excuse is there for the delay in introducing this in a relatively small city like Dublin? It is genuinely bewildering. www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
irishtimes.com
Dublin commuters won’t be able to fully use contactless on public transport until 2029, says Minister
Initial testing to start in two years’ time within ‘controlled area’ for bus, rail and Luas services
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Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Everybody within the European Union is focused on arriving at a negotiated settlement with the United States. Europe doesn’t want tariffs, but we have to deal with the situation that is before us.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
#Trump’s move to withdraw the #US from the #WHO (again) has left a $1.3bn hole in the global health agency’s budget. The WHO will survive, but its capacity to protect the world from future pandemics will be undermined writes @hassandamluji.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social‬ @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social‬
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Can the World Health Organization survive Donald Trump’s presidency?
The World Health Organization will survive Donald Trump's presidency, but its ability to tackle health threats will be constrained by the loss of US funding.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Northeast #Syria, once the nation's bread basket, now faces a #climate-driven crisis. Drought & conflict have shattered livelihoods, with women bearing the brunt through lost income, early marriage & exploitation. Salam Khanjar & Sara Mehryar @granthamlse.bsky.social‬ @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social
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Climate Change and Women in Northeast Syria: The Story No One Tells - Middle East Centre
by Salam Khanjar Northeast Syria under Kurdish self-administration, often referred to as Syria’s ‘food basket’, holds strategic importance, not only for its oil reserves, but also for its rich…
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Andrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Unambiguous message from Council of Europe Secretary General that the ECHR is the bedrock of Europe's human rights system and the "Letter of Nine" is problematic and misguided.
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Valesca Lima @valescal.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Fintan O'Toole: Nuclear weapons have been in the Middle East for decades – not in Iran, but in Israel www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Fintan O'Toole: Nuclear weapons have been in the Middle East for decades – not in Iran, but in Israel
Israel successfully created a reality distortion field in which the possible (Iran might get nuclear weapons) obscures the actual (Israel already has them)
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RCSI School of Population Health @rcsipophealth.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
There's just 1 week left to apply for an exciting, PhD scholarship in the health economics of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. PI: Dr @jonathanbriody.bsky.social Funded by @researchireland.ie To apply visit: www.sphereprogramme.ie/research-ire... @sphereprogramme.bsky.social
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RCSI COMPASS Study @compassproject.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
On June 24th, Lead PI of the COMPASS project, Professor Frank Doyle will present a full oral presentation at the World Conference on Tobacco Control, entitled: “Mixed methods evaluation of a community co-designed financial incentive intervention for Smoking Cessation in Ireland.” 🇮🇪 #WCTC2025
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Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
There is an urgent need for de-escalation, dialogue & diplomacy in the Middle East. Iran should unequivocally disavow the development of nuclear weapons. A negotiated solution is the way forward. We remain in close contact with international partners ahead of the EU Council.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Multinational Corporations’ complex ownership structures allow them to reallocate activities that hurt their #ESG performance to locations with laxer rules. Stefano Cascino and Maria Correia write on‪ @lsebr.bsky.social‬ we need to close the gaps in #regulation to achieve real ESG compliance.
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ESG needs global regulation - LSE Business Review
Global ESG performance can only achieve meaningful improvements through coordinated efforts that close the regulatory gaps between countries.
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Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Statement by Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the EU-Israel Association Agreement
Statement by Taoiseach Micheál Martin
on the EU-Israel Association Agreement
 
I very much welcome the substantive and important report of the EU’s High Representative for Human Rights on Israel’s compliance with its human rights obligations under the EU Israel Association Agreement.

Bringing together the reports and analysis of serious, credible and reliable sources - including the International Court of Justice, the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and others - it paints a clear and grim picture of a sustained and deliberate failure by Israel to adhere to its international obligations, especially in Gaza but also in the West Bank.

It highlights a continued restriction of food, medicines, medical equipment, and other vital supplies into Gaza that amount to collective punishment of the civilian population that amounts to the use of starvation as a method of war.

It describes an unprecedented level of killing and injury of civilians in Gaza resulting from indiscriminate attacks without proportion or precaution as well as attacks on hospitals, forced mass displacements and the killing of journalists. All of this with a persistent lack of accountability.


In the West Bank it reports sustained oppression of the Palestinian population including through state and settler violence, the appropriation of land and the use of detention as a form of collective punishment.

Ireland has long argued that clauses on human rights contained in the EU’s international agreement have to be respected and that there must be serious consequences when they are not observed.

We will now work with partners to follow up on this important report with concrete steps and I will be discussing it with my colleagues in the European Council when we meet next week.
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
How a Gulf nuclear incident could disrupt world's energy supply. A nuclear incident in the Arabian Gulf during the current Israeli strikes against Iran could have devastating consequences worldwide. Piece by DCU's Dr Jenny Lawler for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3SVOjLM
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RCSI School of Population Health @rcsipophealth.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Achieving the SDGs requires more than scientific discovery – it calls for meaningful communication that connects research with real-world change. In a recent workshop, @rcsipophealth.bsky.social researchers explored how storytelling techniques can bring science to life. www.rcsi.com/impact/detai...
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Storytelling in research communication
RCSI recognises that tackling today’s most urgent health and development challenges means telling the story of research in ways that resonate. More ...
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RCSI School of Population Health @rcsipophealth.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
'Women’s health has been underrepresented in Irl’s research agenda for far too long,' acc to Dr Angela Flynn, who spoke to @margareteward.bsky.social in @irishtimes.com. 'A long-term investment strategy is needed to secure dedicated funding from national agencies' www.irishtimes.com/business/wor...
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Health takes a back seat when working and raising young children. We just get on with it
Women’s health in work: When you are working and raising young children, you have little time to think about your own health or your physical and mental needs
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
A new technology makes it possible to transform skin cells into stem cells which in turn can develop into human organs, tissue and even embryos. Emily Jackson argues on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social ‬ that public consultation to consider the potential benefits and risks is needed.
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The role of the public in regulating organoids and embryo models - British Politics and Policy at LSE
A new technology makes it possible to transform skin cells into stem cells which in turn can develop into human organs, tissue and even embryos. Despite its ability to revolutionise medical research a...
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Ken McDonagh @kenmcdonagh.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I agree with this, in-person exams are not the panacea for AI-cheating, it's the Bunny Colvin solution - just moving the problem outside the area we police...
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a man in a uniform says actually i elected to ignore them
Alt: a man in a uniform, Bunny Colvin from the Wire, says actually i elected to ignore them
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James Gallen @jamesgallen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci... This would not have happened without the tireless work of Catherine Corless, survivors, families, advocates and the international scrutiny that the truth brought on Ireland. Necessary, painstaking work ahead.
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Work to excavate Tuam mother and baby home site to begin
Catherine Corless says the 796 children kept her going during ‘painful’ fight for justice
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Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
ICYMI, up to 90% of Meta's risk assessments will soon be automated, which means stuff like critical updates to algorithms, new safety features & changes to how content is allowed to be shared across Meta's platforms will be mostly approved by a system powered by AI... www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...
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Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks
Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#Homelessness is not just a social ill, it costs the state huge sums of money. A new tool helps track its cost when coupled with drug #addiction across public services and shows the need for early intervention and investment. Michela Tinelli @cpeclse.bsky.social‬ on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social‬
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Helping the homeless tackle addiction can save the state millions - British Politics and Policy at LSE
A new digital tool helps track the cost of homelessness when coupled with drug addiction, making the case for investment in addiction recovery of the homeless.
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Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Bots "often tried to convince him that they were licensed human therapists and encouraged him to cancel appointments with actual psychologists. They also crossed the line into sexual territory, with one bot suggesting an intimate date as an 'intervention' for violent urges." time.com/7291048/ai-c...
time.com
What Happened When a Doctor Posed As a Teen for AI Therapy
A psychiatrist recently pretended to be a troubled teen and asked chatbots for help. They dispensed worrying advice.
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
#Opinion: After Leas Cross and Aras Attracta, how are we still failing people in nursing homes? There are many urgent lessons to be learned from RTÉ’s nursing home care exposé, writes DCU's Prof Amanda Phelan. Read in @thejournal.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4jQpLi6
Photo by Cecilie_Arcurs on iStock
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Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Statement by Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the airstrikes on Iran.
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Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A senior garda said the far-right is “huge concern” and "that they have counter terror detectives dedicated solely to investigating violent political extremism...[T]hey have put significant resources into investigating the online activities of these groups." www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...
independent.ie
Far-right causing ‘huge concern’ as counter terror detectives dedicated to probe violent political extremism
The senior garda overseeing national security has said that the far-right is a “huge concern” and that they have counter terror detectives dedicated solely to investigating violent political extremism...
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RCSI Institute of Global Surgery @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
For results from the abstract by @p-pieterse.bsky.social please visit: tinyurl.com/29oaabvg #globalsurgery #ICNCongress #ICN2025 @rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @rcsipophealth.bsky.social
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This morning in Helsinki, at #ICN2025, Dr Pieternella Pieterse (Ph.D) presented on her abstract, "Nursing in a resource constrained country; highlighting the phenomena of ‘payroll inclusion defer...
This morning in Helsinki, at #ICN2025, Dr Pieternella Pieterse (Ph.D) presented on her abstract, "Nursing in a resource constrained country; highlighting the phenomena of ‘payroll inclusion defer...
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RCSI Institute of Global Surgery @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This morning in Helsinki, at #ICN2025, Dr Pieternella Pieterse presented her abstract, "Nursing in a resource constrained country; highlighting the phenomena of ‘payroll inclusion deferral’ - A Sierra Leone case study." icncongress.org #ICNCongress @rcsi.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
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Anne Matthews @annematthewsdub.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Full house for Professor Philip Dawson @dublincityuni.bsky.social lots of food for thought already!
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Talk of Trump’s #tariffs has focused on trade wars & inflation, less on how they may drive #automation & undermine #industrialisation that has uplifted millions in developing countries – @vietecon.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social‬ @lseinequalities.bsky.social‬ 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
Automatic robots in the industrial factory for assembly automotive products, automotive concept
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RCSI School of Population Health @rcsipophealth.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Prof @fdoyle4.bsky.social will deliver the @sphereprogramme.bsky.social Network online symposium on combining behavioural science theory & community participation to inform financial incentives in smoking cessation services. 📆 1-2pm, 18 June Register: www.sphereprogramme.ie/5915-2/
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| The SPHeRE Programme | Structured Population and Health-services Research Education
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