Professor of Law & Democracy @newcastleuni.bsky.social Constitutional Law | Human Rights | Brexit | Devolution | Political Violence | Colonialism | Other Assorted Dourness He/Him
Important for public understanding of the importance of judicial review in Ireland by @cathalmalone.bsky.social. Worth noting this has been UK Govts' playbook for years, and that arguably courts have adjusted behaviour (inc on standing) to head off criticisms: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
When anti-trans groups have access to more money than God, you end up with the launch of this sort of outlandish judicial review which stretches the credibility of the concept of a public body in crazy directions and that no other group could dream of bringing: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Women’s Rights Network claims ‘breach of contract’ in Féile event cancellationThe judicial review case will now be heard on Wednesday at the High Court in Belfastwww.irishnews.comNew from @ethanshattock.bsky.social and me! Even if the UK authorities hadn't messed up the process in the Kneecap case, there is plenty to suggest that the prosecution would fall foul of Art10 ECHR freedom of expression. S13 TA 2000 is a really problematic offence: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Was it a mishearing, or do folk outside of NI just not know their dissies?
The JournalA mishearing in a courtroom led to reports a bomb suspect had spent years in "Syria". She actually had been in Saoradh, a political group named after the Irish word for liberation. jrnl.ie/7114590
I really did naively hope that the weekend papers might see some attention towards the clerical child abuse Reports in NI, but no. Folk who shout loudly about the supposed threat of "alien cultures" have little interest in live safeguarding risks to kids in faith settings: dflw.ie/clerical-chi...
This film never fails to make me smile. My children watch it as their favorite adventure. Straight up go and watch Honour Amongst Thieves. Yes, I did spend an hour and a half yesterday evening unable to effectively complete a single basic action in D&D. This film review is independent of that fact.
Stephen BushSuch a shame this film didn’t do better. Suspect it would have been better served being called “Baldur’s Gate: The Movie”. Gained nothing from a title that made it seem more involved that it actually is, while it captures the *feel* of a D&D session perfectly it isn’t at all preoccupied with D&D.
This was not the fawning interview about being a tech genius that Musk was expecting, and he's taking that fact well.
Quinn SlobodianWow "traitor to the west," strong words, Elon, who are we talking about here... ah the editor-in-chief of The Economist
We should be consumed with societal introspection at decades of abuse in faith settings in NI and urgently plugging safeguarding gaps. We should be focused on victims and survivors. But that seems hard, so minister hope you ignore these reports and let them rant about Féile: dflw.ie/clerical-chi...
Clerical Child Abuse: The Scandal that Stormont chooses not to confront - Doing Feminist Legal WorkIf you didn’t notice the announcement of the three Clerical Child Abuse reports by the Northern Ireland Executive yesterday, that’s okay, because you weren’tdflw.ieI wholeheartedly endorse this review of The Odyssey (having watched it at The Odyssey in Belfast for double immersive effect). Woke is now some tokenistic casting... time.com/article/2026...
'The Odyssey' Is Just Another Reason for DespairChristopher Nolan's latest is a testament to the filmmaker’s solemn dedication to the hallowed tradition of filmmaking, but a movie still needs to add up to something you actually want to watch.time.comThere is almost no space to discuss the clerical abuse reports released by the NI Executive on radio shows and, as Tony says, apparently endless space to discuss Féile. It's almost as if all the supposed focus on safeguarding runs about as deep as a culture war punchline...
Tony - Pod Guy - GrovesI have no expertise in this area, but I can state with 100% certainty that Féile an Phobail were categorically wrong to do what was absolutely the right thing. Please have me on the radio to discuss this matter. DM’s open.
Waiting for someone in the media to stop copying out the NI Executive's press releases and ask why the Clerical Abuse reports have been sat on for a year and what is going to be done. I'm sure ministers would like us all not to be interested, but this really matters: share.google/PXih7PSgaw8y...
Abuse at historical clerical institutions unveiled in long-awaited reportshare.googleThe NI Executive have been sitting on the Historical Clerical Child Abuse research for a full year. They've just released the reports in the middle of the summer when they will get as little attention as possible - survivors deserve better than this: www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/publications...
Historical Clerical Child Abuse Research ReportsThe reports from the three research studies that were commissioned into Historical Clerical Child Abuse.www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.ukAislinn Fanning of @research-nulawuk.bsky.social laying down some vital home truths following months of upheaval in NI. Law and the authorities' focus on an Orange/Green lens gets in the way of racism and misogyny being addressed and civil society has to pick up the pieces: dflw.ie/the-law-wont...
The law won’t save us now: pushing back against extreme misogyny in Northern Ireland - Doing Feminist Legal WorkGisèle Pelicot, in September 2024, waived her right to anonymity during the trial of her husband (Dominique Pelicot), who was found guilty of all chargesdflw.ieThe inevitable consequence of ever bigger bonfires built on land close to houses. Also the inevitable consequence of no unionist politician having an interest in getting to grip with this... www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/houses-...
Houses destroyed in blaze near bonfire on Eleventh nightThe Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said there was increase in demand for emergency response last nightwww.belfasttelegraph.co.ukSomewhere between Cnut amid the waves and Caligula's Horse, here's hoping that in centuries to come the only thing any school kid knows about Nigel Farage is that he got himself into a "deadly serious" fight with a bin...
Tim BaleEven the Mail's now taking the p*ss.
Another major settlement by UK authorities over collusion and inadequate investigation. The legal barriers to pushing these cases to judgment are prohibitive and huge sums encourage settlement. But it also means these outcomes don't stop "lawfare" narratives in GB: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
UVF collusion case settlement a ‘victory’ for victimsPSNI and MoD pay out millions of pounds over 1992 Co Down bar gun attackwww.irishnews.com