Moved to: https://xitter.cf/t.co/IDpwa2YnBx; Sociologist at UL; researching hate, hostility, stigmatisation and representation. She/her. Personal account.
Limerick, Ireland
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If you missed last week’s launch of the Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice research report on Travellers’ relationships with the police and the courts, you can watch it back in full here: fb.watch/dRi7gEpiIL/
The report is available online here: ulir.ul.ie/handle/10344/1120… #ITAJ
Still in shock about the passing of #SineadOConnor, I have been reading this beautiful piece by my friend and colleague @aileen_dillane which describes her distinctly Irish feminism and the costs of her Cassandra-like prescience. researchgate.net/publication…
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Another new first for UL as our own and so much loved @SindyLJoyce will be speaking next week at #glastonbury2023
Dr Joyce’s research is bringing real positive change increasing Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice - ul.ie/artsoc/news/irish-trav…
With preparations well under way, the Vardo now stands tall and proud in the @theatre_circus field, ready to welcome you to #Glastonbury2023!
Make sure to stop by and hear from speakers Dr @SindyLJoyce, @mwillersqc, @DamianLeBas, @johnhenry185, @TravellerLGBT and many others!
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Great to see this piece by Leanne McDonagh @RHAGallery annual exhibition. Runs til end of July.
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ITM's Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme is offering €2,000 to employers who take on Traveller apprenticeships, combining their learning in a training institution with on-the-job learning in a company.
Applications are OPEN!
linktr.ee/travellerapprentic…
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We’re looking for a 4th LGBTQI young person to join our paid Anti-Racism Task Force! #OpenCall 🔎
📝 Read our full call and apply by 26 April 2023 at 23:59 CEST: iglyo.com/artf-2023-call/
ALT Visual with the caption “Open Call: Join IGLYO’s Anti-Racism Task Force. Deadline: 26 April 2023.” On the right is a collage of a pastel 3D rubik’s cube with spheres and cubes on the edges. The logo of IGLYO and the European Union are at the bottom left.
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Pre-trial legal aid is an essential right, but to be eligible for legal aid at a Garda station you must receive social welfare or earn under €20,316/year (gross).
This is less than the average minimum wage salary & excludes many people. This threshold must be urgently removed.
Access to legal aid is key to ensuring access to justice.
People experiencing poverty are disproportionately represented in criminal justice systems around the EU. One of the key hurdles to an effective defence is the cost ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=eG41xAaP…
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Upon release of the National Action Plan Against Racism, the Commission says Accountability needed from State to Combat Racism #NAPAR ihrec.ie/accountability-need…
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Delighted to be there to welcome the launch of #NAPAR today on #AntiRacismDay. Looking forward to #Traveller org involvement in monitoring and implementation. See our full statement bit.ly/3nckk5n #TogetherAgainstRacism
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A powerful piece of poetry and art from domestic violence survivor and advocate Susan McCrudden. Susan recently spoke with us as part of our #InternationalWomensDay panel. Please retweet if you can. #IWD2023 #Poetry #Art #Ireland
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Margaret Collins of @NTWFIRL speaks about #TravellerWomen in the Dochas Women's Prison-
"We are concerned that Traveller women are in prison for minor offences"
#TravellerRights #IWD2023 #IWD23
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Deirdre Moore @CourtsServiceIE spoke about the reliance on bureaucratic systems @NTWFIRL conference on #TravellerWomen in the Criminal Justice System
"We have learned to rely on bureaucratic systems that work for the system rather than the people and women within system" #IDW23
Congratulations to colleagues at @MICLimerick for organizing a really meaningful marking of #InternationalWomensDay with @SaraNAhmed inspiring Limerick's feminist killjoys.
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We would also highlight the fantastic research that Dr Joyce has been involved with, particularly the Irish Travellers' Access to Justice report
Find out more about this groundbreaking study:
ul.ie/artsoc/news/irish-trav…
#Research #StudyatUL
ALT A photograph of five women standing outdoors. They are all dressed smartly in work suits or dressed. The three women in the middle are holding a copy of a blue research report. Behind them are tall buildings and trees
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A history of Irish women in 50 objects
We're proud to see UL's Dr @SindyLJoyce's doctorate on this list
In 2019, Dr Joyce became the first Mincéir/Traveller in Ireland to be awarded a doctorate & later became Ireland's first full time Mincéir lecturer
irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…
ALT A photograph of Dr Sindy Jouce, lecturer in sociology at the University of Limerick. She is seen in a white-walled room sat in a pale green chair. She is wearing red, black and yellow formal graduation gowns and is holding a wooden cylinder upon her doctorate graduation
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To mark #InternationalWomensDay2023 the Houses of the Oireachtas, working with Women for Election, welcomed women from diverse, disability and minority groups countrywide, into the Dáil chamber to engage with the Women’s Caucus on the theme ‘Gender equality in politics’ #IWD2023
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Ask the Irish government to join the European Commission's case against Hungary's ‘anti-LGBT propaganda law’ which bans the depiction of LGBTIQ+ people and the promotion of LGBTIQ+ topics.
Sign the petition today and say ‘Enough’ to Viktor Orbán.
forbidden-colours.com/2023/0…
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We're hiring! We're looking for a Communications and Campaigns Officer and a Policing and Justice Policy Officer to join our team.
If you think you'd be right for one of these roles, then we want to hear from you.
Closing date is 5pm on Monday 20 March.
iccl.ie/news/were-looking-fo…
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