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Prof David Farrell, UCD

@davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social
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Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 11h
After a gruelling few days on the road it’s great to be back in the nest with my desk assistants
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The splendour of St Andrews on a balmy Autumn evening
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Posted without comment
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A relic of an awful bygone era. May that era please remain bygone.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Potato beer. Now why didn’t we think of that?!
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A lovely encounter on a late September afternoon
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tilty head
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We’re way beyond 🎶10 is a girl…
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just hanging out
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A glorious morning up Ticknock
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our wee Toffee went to kitty heaven this morning after almost 17 years of crazy madness
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hard to believe this wee cherub could cause such chaos on a doggy walk
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Great opening session of our @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social seminar series with my colleagues @karendublin.bsky.social James Cross, @bentonra.bsky.social and @dawnwalsh.bsky.social Lots of home truths about Ireland’s EU presidency
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Waiting for coffee after a lovely @savethehellfire.bsky.social walk
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Where’s the ball?
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
End of day 5 vigil with poor wee Toffee. Her 17 years are starting to show.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Two tired woofers
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Big trees in Powerscourt
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Spent another lovely afternoon in Prosperous where there is the most wonderful dog trainer. It’s crazy that there is no sign noting the significance of this place as the birthplace of Planxty.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Spotted this yesterday while visiting UL. So fitting that something finally was named after this great philantrophist. A footnote in his story was the funding we received to support our work promoting citizens’ assemblies in 2011. Wouldn’t have happened without Chuck.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Looking for a table sitting
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Today we had the most perfect Sandymount strand/Pigeon House walk
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
One of my brother’s took these photos in Bilbao.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Best I could do with a sideways photo but this was about as much eclipse as we encountered in south Dublin
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The only way to watch an eclipse
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Drinking a yummy red we picked up at Bodega Mota a few weeks ago. There are great wineries in Lanzarote but this is the most extraordinary one I’ve ever visited: a winery & a museum. They’re so small scale they don’t have labels but my goodness it’s great wine www.instagram.com/bodegamota/?...
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
As are these guys
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Waiting for coffee
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Lovely walk around @savethehellfire.bsky.social and Massey this morning though shame to see that some fools had lit a fire recently.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Checking some dud photos from our recent hols and spotted this. Musk?
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Last night of holliers
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A lovely view for dinner
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Glorious dodder this morning
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Waiting for brekkie
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What a beautiful evening
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Having a quiet drink for an old friend who passed away.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Weekend is here at last
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A lovely afternoon in a cool room catching up with this wee classic by my old friend Ken Carty.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Again with the seagull
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Only a seagull separates them
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The cubs always get first dibs
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Djouce wood faced the full Tilly experience today
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A lovely evening outside with The Cure wafting away at Marley in the background
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Finally cool
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A photo from our immediate neighbour (shared hedge) this morning
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Gorgeous summer’s evening
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Foxy family feed
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Sure enough
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Every night the first thing he does is grab an egg to take back to the den. Then he returns for more and usually with the full pack
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