Reposted by Tobias LockColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 25/09/2026These campuses have been tried for decades by UK institutions and they are almost always either a distraction or a full on curse. The current Irish Government is now so immigration-obsessed that effective higher education policy doesn't get a look in... 0103
Reposted by Tobias LockPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It feels like Britain and ireland needs to start talking about the mass scale of cocaine usage that seems to be happening Just got off train to bunch of lads outside station playing techno and snorting lines. But seen similar in rural ireland And that’s before get to the ‘patriots’ 4745695
Reposted by Tobias LockColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We're through the looking glass... 1103
Reposted by Tobias LockAndrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 22/09/2026Interesting: “Whenever a case concerning immigration or linked to Islam arrives at the European Court of Human Rights, ‘engineers of chaos’ appear who distort the reality of the decisions taken”👇 🔗 www.nouvelobs.com/opinions/202... via @nouvelobs.com (FR) Not exclusively a British thing, then.nouvelobs.comLa Cour européenne des Droits de l’Homme et la polygamie, itinéraire d’une nouvelle fake newsDès qu’une affaire concernant l’immigration ou une pratique religieuse en lien avec l’islam arrive à la Cour européenne des Droits de l’Homme, apparaissent des « ingénieurs du chaos » qui déforment la... 0159
Reposted by Tobias LockAnna Katharina Mangold @feministconlaw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ein wie immer toller Text von Martin Rath über "furchtbare Juristen", die nach dem Ende der Nazi-Zeit nicht etwa verschwunden waren. (Jedenfalls nicht alle.) 0146
Reposted by Tobias LockJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is insanity. Irish Presidency's draft text of amendments to the GDPR allows training & operation of any AI without safeguards & tough legal basis (under "legitimate interest" a company claims what it is doing is OK. Up to you to find out and challenge in court). This is a free pass for US Tech. 8193119
Reposted by Tobias LockMaynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The National Moot Court Competition 2026 takes place on 14 November at the Criminal Courts of Justice. The problem question will be released on the School of Law and Criminology’s website on 2 October! Registration deadline 19 October. Please email your queries to national.moot.comp@gmail.com 001
Reposted by Tobias LockMU LIbrary Cat @mulibrarycat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ok, so - halfway through the orientation week. Some stats: # of photos: 1,243 # of times I have been rubbed or tickled: 2,478.5 (the .5 is when someone went to, then got nervous - don't be nervous!) # of names given me: Seamus: 42% Paddy: 26% Library Cat: 31% "Sir Paw McMiaowington the third:" 1% 183
Reposted by Tobias LockDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I got this t-shirt today. Not everyone in @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social will love it... 🤣🤣🤣 3243
Reposted by Tobias LockEU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026🚀 Launch your EU career now 👉 curia.europa.eu/traineeships #Traineeships #EUCareers #ApplyNowcuria.europa.euTraineeships 012
Reposted by Tobias LockColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Months of work on FWS & the problem of making it fit with NI law alongside @sylviademars.me and @aoifemod.bsky.social is finally ready to see daylight. Short answer, it doesn't fit. Yes, the situation is so serious that it warranted the Mean Girls quote in the title. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com'She Doesn't Even Go Here!': For Women Scotland and Northern Ireland LawThe UK Supreme Court's For Women Scotland (FWS) decision has caused considerable and controversial impact upon equality law's protections for trans people in Gr 321945
Reposted by Tobias LockPaul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Lecturer in Commercial Law - University of Glasgow School of Law www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSW303/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Commercial Law at University of GlasgowSearching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Commercial Law opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs. 022
Reposted by Tobias LockDonal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We are launching the Research Centre for Legal Historyon 16.09.26. I am delighted to say that we have a great line up of incredible speakers. We have a very limited number of spaces in the room, but wanted to open it up to the wider legal history community www.eventbrite.com/e/2000181837...eventbrite.comResearch Centre for Legal History LaunchThis event is the launch the Mayooth University School of Law and Criminology's newly established Research Centre for Legal History. 01414
Reposted by Tobias LockMaynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026COME WORK WITH US! We are hiring a University Tutor in Criminology The University Tutor assists & supports students to further develop their understanding of key course topics & to draw out key learning points from course materials. Closing date for applications- 11 Oct See: tinyurl.com/ja297x6x 101
Reposted by Tobias LockDan Martin @danmartin7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Writing is thinking and much more than a skill. Writing and writing knowledge are methods for thinking through ideas and storing insights so we can return to them later. Writing allows someone to build their ideas & imagination into reality. 14920
Reposted by Tobias LockConor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I'd take these arguments a lot more seriously if they didn't spell defence with an S 5263
Reposted by Tobias LockTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Troublemaker* @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social is back on the tortoise shack talking Policing, Journalism, Democracy and more *criminal law lecturer www.patreon.com/tortoiseshac... 042
Reposted by Tobias LockMaynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Applications for the Professional Certificate in Whistleblowing Law, Practice and Policy close on 31st August. Don't miss out on this opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to confidently deal with protected disclosures. Apply today: tinyurl.com/5ert88vj For more information see mu.ie/law 001
Reposted by Tobias LockDonal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026PSA: Irish judges have started putting their extra-judicial speeches online: www.supremecourt.ie/supreme-cour... It may prove to be a useful research tool for scholars.supremecourt.ieSpeech Archive 022
Reposted by Tobias LockMaynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The REVEL Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence based at the School of Law and Criminology has released the second issue of its quarterly Rule of Law Newsletter. See: tinyurl.com/449f49v2 001
Reposted by Tobias LockMaynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 13/08/2026Yesterday's stunning partial solar eclipse captured by our own Daniel Balteanu 🌔 #SolarEclipse #MaynoothUni 0195
Reposted by Tobias LockDonncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Fears over ‘legal deserts’ grow as 479 of 581 trainee solicitors choose contracts in Dublin - this is potentially calamitous for the administration of justice … www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...independent.ieFears over ‘legal deserts’ grow as 479 of 581 trainee solicitors choose contracts in DublinFears about the potential emergence of “legal deserts” – large areas where there is limited or no access to legal services – are set to intensify after new figures showed several counties had no train... 126
Reposted by Tobias LockMaynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026📣Application deadline extension! Applications for the September 2026 postgraduate intake at the School of Law and Criminology will close on 31st August 2026. Apply now: tinyurl.com/5ert88vj Learn more: tinyurl.com/solcpg 002
Reposted by Tobias LockCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff! 251639390
Reposted by Tobias LockDermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Hey can #speirgorm #spéirgorm #spéirghorm help July 23rd 044
Reposted by Tobias LockMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026'Transcribe Bentham began in 2010, and another 20,000 or so manuscript pages require transcription. We’d like to invite your readers to help us complete the project and to explore the writings and correspondence of a figure of enormous historical importance.' #Skystorianstheguardian.comJoin the crowd digitising Jeremy Bentham | LetterLetter: Dr Tim Causer invites readers to help complete a transcription project and to explore the writings and correspondence of the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham 29474
Reposted by Tobias LockFrankfurt Law Review e. V. @frankfurtlawreview.bsky.social · 06/08/2026📢 Calling for your Papers📢 Noch bis Sonntag nehmen wir Einsendungen aus allen Rechtsgebieten für die Ausgabe 02/26 an einsendung@frankfurtlawreview.de entgegen 🫶🏻 Solltest Du Fragen haben, melde dich jederzeit – ob auf Social Media, via DM oder per Mail. Wir freuen uns auf Dich! #frankfurtlawreview 012
Reposted by Tobias LockSarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Over on Twitter, Allison is kicking ass in her replies but they are targeting the hell out of her 3277
Reposted by Tobias LockDonal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is an attack on the Rule of Law. 25231
Reposted by Tobias LockNI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Call for papers! See here for a clickable version www.cambridge.org/core/service... 014
Reposted by Tobias LockCian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Listening to wall-to-wall coverage about escooters this week While I don't think this is a textbook moral panic as there is a real health risk But the leading cause of trauma deaths of children is motor car collisions & I've never seen comparable coverage of that catastrophe 3369
Reposted by Tobias LockDavid Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Anyone looking for a room to rent very soon in Maynooth? Please DM me and I will put you in contact with the relevant person. 012
Reposted by Tobias LockDonncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Dr Ian Marder: What now for the war on people who use drugs in Ireland? www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...thejournal.ieDr Ian Marder: What now for the war on people who use drugs in Ireland?Criminalising the people who use drugs does more harm than good, and the Oireachtas committee’s recommendations should now be acted upon. 021
Reposted by Tobias LockThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in EU Law and Politics at @delorsberlin.bsky.social! You will be working closely with Mark Dawson in the DFG research group Reconfiguring Europe. Deadline for application is 14 August. More info here: hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...hertie-school.dvinci-easy.comPostdoctoral Researcher – European Union Law and Politics (gn) full-time (40 hours/week) 01419
Reposted by Tobias LockDavid McCann @dmcbfs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Delighted to publish this report today with @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social, Jonny Byrne & @mairebraniff.bsky.social through @ulsteruni.bsky.social on how we conduct and engage with the constitutional debate in NI. Read the report in full here: pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publicati... 032
Reposted by Tobias LockJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Tomorrow, Ireland takes over as EU Council Presidency for six months, when the EU is renegotiating tech and tax rules. In The Guardian this morning I argue it must recuse itself from these discussions because it is so captured by big tech. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIreland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency | Johnny RyanThe country is dependent on the global giants that call Dublin home. Irish ministers can’t be trusted to chair vital European digital sovereignty talks, says Irish civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ry... 719296
Reposted by Tobias LockProf. Anna Catherine Hickey-Moody @annahm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026GEt YOUR TIX, FOLX - only 17 left! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 022
Reposted by Tobias LockDonal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This morning saw the launch of the Centre for Public Law at School of Law and Criminology Maynooth University The Centre was launched by Chief Justice O'Donnell and Prof Sergio Verdugo, and was followed by the launch by Oran Doyle of books written by Mariana Velasco Rivera and Conor Crummey. 0135
Reposted by Tobias LockAileen McHarg @aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I have a chapter in this book on the (constitutional) effect of Brexit on Scotland. I'm sure it will surprise no-one that I don't think it has been good: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...cambridge.orgThe Brexit Effect, 2016–2026Cambridge Core - British Government, Politics and Policy - The Brexit Effect, 2016–2026 02318
Reposted by Tobias LockPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026So why are British libel cases so expensive? Governments have promised comprehensive anti-Slapp legislation but it's not happened And at same time defendant libel laws have run a major lobbying campaign against reform... democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyer...democracyforsale.substack.comHow lawyers to the super-rich strangled Labour's Slapp billExclusive: A discreet lobbying campaign by lawyers who have acted for oligarchs and the super-rich told government that reforming England's libel laws was too difficult. 621558
Reposted by Tobias LockCharles @oscharles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026It was a pleasure to host Prof Sacha Garben (@collegeofeurope.bsky.social), Rebecca Gorman (INOU) and Prof Pauline Cullen (@maynoothuniversity.ie) to discuss differing perspectives on the EU’s ability to act on substantive equality @maynoothlaw.bsky.social on Tuesday 142
Reposted by Tobias LockHolger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The LG Munich granted injunctive relief against Google concerning a statement its AI-search mode made. It'll certainly be appealed - but it's fascinating. Here's the decision www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Docu...gesetze-bayern.deLG München I, Endurteil v. 28.05.2026 – 26 O 869/26 - Bürgerservice 022
Reposted by Tobias LockMaynooth University School of Law and Criminology @maynoothlaw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The School of Law and Criminology is delighted to launch the Postgraduate Scholarship once again for the 2026-27 academic year. This scholarship awards €2,000, which will be deducted from the recipient's course fees. For full details and how to apply please see: tinyurl.com/solcscholars... 012
Reposted by Tobias LockMair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 06/06/2026If anyone fancies a job in Welsh politics, there are lots of opportunities working for our new Members of the Senedd! senedd.wales/work-opportu...senedd.walesWork for a Member of the SeneddMembers of the Senedd are employers in their own right and usually employ people both in their constituency, and in Cardiff Bay. 024
Reposted by Tobias LockPeter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A date for your diaries... www.eventbrite.ie/e/solar-ecli...eventbrite.ieSolar Eclipse @ Maynooth University. General Admission Ticket. 5.30-8.30pmJoin Dept of Physics, Maynooth University, for a rare solar eclipse evening with talks, telescopes, planetarium fun & family activities. 183
Reposted by Tobias LockRalph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 30/05/2026EU lawyers reminiscing over the 2003 Schmidberger v Austria case right now 0113
Reposted by Tobias LockConor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Micheál Martin said yesterday sanctioning Aughinish would hurt Europe more then it hurts Russia. However new figures obtained by The Irish Times show that this year 83% (200,619 tonnes) of alumina exports went to Russia. The amount exported to EU countries was 149 tonnes (0.6%) 1114071
Reposted by Tobias LockNI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 28/05/2026We are delighted to announce that from 2027 the journal will be published by Cambridge University Press & Assessment. The journal will continue to sit within Queen's University Belfast - School of Law, where it will remain an independent generalist law journal. 013
Reposted by Tobias LockJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I spoke to @alejandrotauber.bsky.social of @euobserver.com about how Europe's "Ireland problem" could lead to tech disaster for our children, industry, and politics euobserver.com/218368/dubli...euobserver.comDublin ‘can’t trust itself to do the right thing’: Why Irish EU presidency should recuse itself from regulating Big TechOn 1 July this year, Ireland takes the rotating EU presidency and agenda powers on the crown jewels of EU tech laws: "That should make you worried," says activist Johnny Ryan. 12614