Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh

Are you, might you become, or do you know a transnational scholar from the Global South? Or do you work with one or more? If so, this insightful, creatively written book will be of interest. It's part of the series I co-edit with @patthomson.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Insider-Guid...

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First day today of our new micro-credential on Working with People of Refugee Background.

A great day, with great people!

And fantastic to be partnering with the @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social

Delighted that this special issue on SW in Schools has been published journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...
@tinyiry.bsky.social @drleticia.bsky.social @marelizev.bsky.social

Working with refugees or international protection applicants and want to upskill?

A small number of spaces left on our new micro-credential at UCD!

50% subsidies available for eligible learners
www.ucd.ie/microcredent...

The comments are horrible. I’m sorry. You have my solidarity.

Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates

"More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict."

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Love the part where the author tells us that when the rain arrived the anti immigrant protestors sheltered in the Brazilian cafe and Korean restaurant 🤦🏻‍♀️

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

Israel is storing recordings of Palestinians daily phone calls - millions of them - that they analyse to plan airstrikes / kill people - in Irish data centres

Sweet Jesus

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Please join both if you can 💚✊️

Another protest against the horrific assault on the innocent Indian man in Tallaght last Saturday. This is the earlier one on Friday 25th July, 3pm at Dept of Justice, St Stephen's Green.

Please join all/any if you are in a position to do so. Let's all fight back against hate.

It really is

*First post on Bluesky* Delighted to share a new study with Christina O'Keeffe on children's views of play.

Conducted in consultation with 49 children, our scoping review highlights children's play priorities and their advice for researchers.

Open access 👉 rdcu.be/ewW5Q

@dcuresearch.bsky.social

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🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky

Most asylum shelters are not subject to HIQA inspections Instead, they are inspected by IPAS staff or an inspections company – but is that working?

Most asylum shelters are not subject to HIQA inspections. Instead, they are inspected by IPAS staff or an inspections company – but is that working? www.dublininquirer.c...

The impact of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers’ mental health: a mixed methods study Due to increasing numbers of asylum seekers and backlogs in processing asylum applications in the UK, the Home Office is increasingly housing asylum seekers long-term in accommodation that was inte...

The impact of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers’ mental health: a mixed methods study
By Janelle Spira, Hannah Wright, Kemi Komolafe & Christina Kushnir
*Free to access in the International Journal of Human Rights*
doi.org/10.1080/1364...

Let me know if you have any questions!

Working or volunteering with people of refugee background or considering doing so in the future?

Our new online flexible learning opportunity in @ucdspswsj.bsky.social might be for you!

www.ucd.ie/microcredent...

Great to be receiving applications - from those working with separated children; local authority integration workers; education professionals; IPAS Centre staff, amongst others - for our course on working with people of refugee background, designed & delivered with the @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social

The Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) will be holding an All-Island Housing Demonstration this #Saturday. Join us and many others in marching for affordable homes for all.

🗓️July 5 ⏰1pm📍#Dublin, Garden of Remembrance.

#HousingForAll #HousingRights #HumanRights

editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/int... Handbook of Social Work with our chapter @martinwebber.bsky.social

Gaza rescuers say over 50 killed in Israeli attacks Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.

Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory

Very grim

Is Mise Éire Eile: I am another Ireland | Crooked House About On a rainy evening in autumn 2023 the staff of a small guesthouse in Newbridge prepared to welcome 100 international protection applicants. As buses with men seeking asylum pulled into the new d...

Is Mise Éire Eile, a play based around protests against international protection accommodation, has one date left in its current tour- July 2nd in Naas. It’s really worth seeing.

www.crookedhouse.ie/project/is-m...

The calmness and strength of this mother in the face of state terror is absolutely amazing. May she soon be released. 💔

Applications now open for our new micro-credential in Working with People of Refugee Background, commencing September 4th 2025. This has been developed in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council

Further info at this link:

www.ucd.ie/microcredent...

#WorldRefugeeDay

Looks like a fantastic special edition

This looks like a fantastic special edition. Congrats to all involved. I look forward to reading

CSO: 22% of adults felt discriminated against last year A Central Statistics Office survey has found 22% of people aged 18 or over say they felt discriminated against in the two years before 2024 compared to 18% in 2019.

‘The next most common ground was socio-economic background such address, accent, education or employment.’

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Refugees welcome sign

Belfast.