Cian Ó Concubhair
@cianoconcubhair.bsky.social
Lectures criminal law, policing & criminology @ Maynooth University
Research: policing, media, crime, legitimacy & trust, power & resistance
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https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/cian-concubhair
Research: policing, media, crime, legitimacy & trust, power & resistance
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https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/cian-concubhair
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Just joined this as alternatives to the hell site thus far are very unsatisfactory
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It remains the case that escooters make up a small fraction of road fatalities, incl deaths of children
The overwhelming majority of road fatalities are homicides caused by collisions involving cars & large motor vehicles (e.g. lorries)
The media coverage doesn't reflect this
The overwhelming majority of road fatalities are homicides caused by collisions involving cars & large motor vehicles (e.g. lorries)
The media coverage doesn't reflect this
‘Escooters are more dangerous than knives or guns'
Is a line I just heard on our national broadcaster
Is a line I just heard on our national broadcaster
October 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
It remains the case that escooters make up a small fraction of road fatalities, incl deaths of children
The overwhelming majority of road fatalities are homicides caused by collisions involving cars & large motor vehicles (e.g. lorries)
The media coverage doesn't reflect this
The overwhelming majority of road fatalities are homicides caused by collisions involving cars & large motor vehicles (e.g. lorries)
The media coverage doesn't reflect this
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Given that Irish government TDs have cited Sweden's decision to introduce a language test for citizenship as justification for Ireland introducing one, it seems relevant that Sweden is finding it difficult to actually do it
October 2, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Given that Irish government TDs have cited Sweden's decision to introduce a language test for citizenship as justification for Ireland introducing one, it seems relevant that Sweden is finding it difficult to actually do it
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One Irish person was refused citizenship recently over the language test after a six-year process despite doing the whole thing in Swedish. The same person teaches at university level in Swedish, and has published academic texts in the language.
Given that Irish government TDs have cited Sweden's decision to introduce a language test for citizenship as justification for Ireland introducing one, it seems relevant that Sweden is finding it difficult to actually do it
October 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
One Irish person was refused citizenship recently over the language test after a six-year process despite doing the whole thing in Swedish. The same person teaches at university level in Swedish, and has published academic texts in the language.
‘Escooters are more dangerous than knives or guns'
Is a line I just heard on our national broadcaster
Is a line I just heard on our national broadcaster
October 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM
‘Escooters are more dangerous than knives or guns'
Is a line I just heard on our national broadcaster
Is a line I just heard on our national broadcaster
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Every piece of Government advice is telling them to Stop the Fare Hikes
The Just Transition Commission is urging public transport fares to be maintained at an affordable level to reduce the National Carbon Footprint
Please Email your TD’s!! 📧
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
The Just Transition Commission is urging public transport fares to be maintained at an affordable level to reduce the National Carbon Footprint
Please Email your TD’s!! 📧
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Coalition urged to scrap public transport fare hikes as €100m-a-month fuel excise cuts continue
The Government is being urged to halt planned public transport fare hikes amid warnings that climate action and the cost of living should not be pitted against each other.
www.independent.ie
September 29, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Every piece of Government advice is telling them to Stop the Fare Hikes
The Just Transition Commission is urging public transport fares to be maintained at an affordable level to reduce the National Carbon Footprint
Please Email your TD’s!! 📧
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
The Just Transition Commission is urging public transport fares to be maintained at an affordable level to reduce the National Carbon Footprint
Please Email your TD’s!! 📧
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
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we really don't talk enough about the utter contempt certain quarters of the southern political and media establishment have for northern nationalists. not in a subtle way, not in an "if you think about it" way, just open disgust and disdain for people they would rather didn't exist
September 27, 2026 at 9:31 AM
we really don't talk enough about the utter contempt certain quarters of the southern political and media establishment have for northern nationalists. not in a subtle way, not in an "if you think about it" way, just open disgust and disdain for people they would rather didn't exist
This is disgraceful
No doubt he will be on the Brendan O'Connor consensus hour today to share his contempt for northern nationalists
No doubt he will be on the Brendan O'Connor consensus hour today to share his contempt for northern nationalists
September 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This is disgraceful
No doubt he will be on the Brendan O'Connor consensus hour today to share his contempt for northern nationalists
No doubt he will be on the Brendan O'Connor consensus hour today to share his contempt for northern nationalists
Dlúphairtíocht le pobal Bhóthar Gharbh Achaidh ar mhaidin seo.
September 27, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Dlúphairtíocht le pobal Bhóthar Gharbh Achaidh ar mhaidin seo.
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Proud to stand in solidarity with the residents of Garvaghy Road in Belfast today.
September 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Proud to stand in solidarity with the residents of Garvaghy Road in Belfast today.
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Irish President, Catherine Connolly, welcomed Gazan students to Ireland at her official residence Áras an Uachtaráin. She called out the horror affecting their country.
September 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Irish President, Catherine Connolly, welcomed Gazan students to Ireland at her official residence Áras an Uachtaráin. She called out the horror affecting their country.
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Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story.
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
September 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story.
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Dlúphairtíocht le Gavin Bazunu!
September 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Dlúphairtíocht le Gavin Bazunu!
Reminds me of the disgrace that was EUROCRIM AGM 2025 where a vote on the genocide was blocked by the Board
During the meeting an 'eminent & distinguished' colleague went on stage to criticise calls for a vote by noting there wasn't a boycott of Nazi universities (& this failure was good actually)
During the meeting an 'eminent & distinguished' colleague went on stage to criticise calls for a vote by noting there wasn't a boycott of Nazi universities (& this failure was good actually)
Another Israeli voice asks why did Ireland play Nazi Germany in 1936.
September 26, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Reminds me of the disgrace that was EUROCRIM AGM 2025 where a vote on the genocide was blocked by the Board
During the meeting an 'eminent & distinguished' colleague went on stage to criticise calls for a vote by noting there wasn't a boycott of Nazi universities (& this failure was good actually)
During the meeting an 'eminent & distinguished' colleague went on stage to criticise calls for a vote by noting there wasn't a boycott of Nazi universities (& this failure was good actually)
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This some Ed Sheeran style bullshit
The Ireland players intend to wear black armbands for “all lives lost in the conflict”; the players and FAI will make charity donations (including a portion of the Austria gate revenue next Thursday), and some elements of pre-match formalities will not go ahead
September 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This some Ed Sheeran style bullshit
Never forget
The deaths of your children, friends and family
Must always come second to avoiding any inconvenience against motorists
The only road deaths that should be examined with great effort are the small minority caused by e-scooters
The deaths of your children, friends and family
Must always come second to avoiding any inconvenience against motorists
The only road deaths that should be examined with great effort are the small minority caused by e-scooters
While you, the average punter, might ask yourself
"Well an obvious and relevant question to ask here is has the camera resulted in fewer deaths on this road?"
You might be surprised to learn that none of the media coverage asks that obvious and relevant question
"Well an obvious and relevant question to ask here is has the camera resulted in fewer deaths on this road?"
You might be surprised to learn that none of the media coverage asks that obvious and relevant question
Quite remarkable that this piece does not mention how many people have died on this stretch of road....
September 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Never forget
The deaths of your children, friends and family
Must always come second to avoiding any inconvenience against motorists
The only road deaths that should be examined with great effort are the small minority caused by e-scooters
The deaths of your children, friends and family
Must always come second to avoiding any inconvenience against motorists
The only road deaths that should be examined with great effort are the small minority caused by e-scooters
While you, the average punter, might ask yourself
"Well an obvious and relevant question to ask here is has the camera resulted in fewer deaths on this road?"
You might be surprised to learn that none of the media coverage asks that obvious and relevant question
"Well an obvious and relevant question to ask here is has the camera resulted in fewer deaths on this road?"
You might be surprised to learn that none of the media coverage asks that obvious and relevant question
Quite remarkable that this piece does not mention how many people have died on this stretch of road....
September 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
While you, the average punter, might ask yourself
"Well an obvious and relevant question to ask here is has the camera resulted in fewer deaths on this road?"
You might be surprised to learn that none of the media coverage asks that obvious and relevant question
"Well an obvious and relevant question to ask here is has the camera resulted in fewer deaths on this road?"
You might be surprised to learn that none of the media coverage asks that obvious and relevant question
Quite remarkable that this piece does not mention how many people have died on this stretch of road....
September 26, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Quite remarkable that this piece does not mention how many people have died on this stretch of road....
September 26, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Quite remarkable that this piece does not mention how many people have died on this stretch of road....
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It is quite funny to think that there has never been a single thinkpiece asking what form of unity would be acceptable to nationalists in the six counties
Small minority would consider new flag or anthem to make Irish unity acceptable to unionists
Small minority would consider new flag or anthem to make Irish unity acceptable to unionists
Irish Times/Ipsos B&A also asked about attitudes to immigration, with a small majority of voters seeing it, on balance, as a positive
www.irishtimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
It is quite funny to think that there has never been a single thinkpiece asking what form of unity would be acceptable to nationalists in the six counties
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When your proposed changes to Irish citizenship laws are too draconian for Michael McDowell
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Exempt migrants with Irish citizen in family from proposed residency rule, says McDowell
Independent senator Michael McDowell warned of “injustices” for families where an individual is denied citizenship “unnecessarily" under proposed new rules.
www.irishexaminer.com
September 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM
When your proposed changes to Irish citizenship laws are too draconian for Michael McDowell
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Can wait for the paper of record's resident unionism interpreter to lecture Garvaghy Road residents on their need to make symbolic concessions to unionism...
September 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Can wait for the paper of record's resident unionism interpreter to lecture Garvaghy Road residents on their need to make symbolic concessions to unionism...
I watched the RTÉ Investigates report tonight
A commendable piece of work by @ritaoreilly.bsky.social
I will leave my Robocop reflections for another time
1st thing to say, is that the issues examined in the story are extraordinarily serious
2nd, I am not hugely surprised by them
A commendable piece of work by @ritaoreilly.bsky.social
I will leave my Robocop reflections for another time
1st thing to say, is that the issues examined in the story are extraordinarily serious
2nd, I am not hugely surprised by them
September 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I watched the RTÉ Investigates report tonight
A commendable piece of work by @ritaoreilly.bsky.social
I will leave my Robocop reflections for another time
1st thing to say, is that the issues examined in the story are extraordinarily serious
2nd, I am not hugely surprised by them
A commendable piece of work by @ritaoreilly.bsky.social
I will leave my Robocop reflections for another time
1st thing to say, is that the issues examined in the story are extraordinarily serious
2nd, I am not hugely surprised by them
Great piece Paulie Doyle in @wereontheditch.bsky.social on the Raytheon 9
Excellent reflection on the hypocrisy of Ireland's political & media elite around our complicity in imperialist wars & genocide, & towards citizens who seek to enforce basic moral standards
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
Excellent reflection on the hypocrisy of Ireland's political & media elite around our complicity in imperialist wars & genocide, & towards citizens who seek to enforce basic moral standards
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
The Raytheon 9, the northern arms industry and ‘moving on’
Ordinary people sitting in judgement will choose humanity over barbarism.
www.ontheditch.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Great piece Paulie Doyle in @wereontheditch.bsky.social on the Raytheon 9
Excellent reflection on the hypocrisy of Ireland's political & media elite around our complicity in imperialist wars & genocide, & towards citizens who seek to enforce basic moral standards
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
Excellent reflection on the hypocrisy of Ireland's political & media elite around our complicity in imperialist wars & genocide, & towards citizens who seek to enforce basic moral standards
www.ontheditch.com/comment-the-...
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Commuters urged to contact their TDs over 15-35% public transport fare hikes
Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares....
Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares....
Commuters urged to contact their TDs over 15-35% public transport fare hikes
Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares. The National Transport Authority recently announced that fares for public obligation services would jump 15-35% from the start of 2027, in the same week that Government confirmed it would extend fuel subsidies for motorists.
irishcycle.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Commuters urged to contact their TDs over 15-35% public transport fare hikes
Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares....
Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares....