Excellent opinion piece by Emmanuelle Schon-Quinlivan in today's @irishexaminer about the current situation in France, linked to the presidential prospects of Marine Le Pen. irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…

It's fantastic to have you on board, Cónal. The book is coming along nicely and - all going well - we will be in a position to launch this time next year 🤞. #TheChain #LordMayor @market1788 @JohnGer60 @echolivecork @CLRGUCC @NorthMonHistory

If you have 5 minutes to spare and are interested in the official opening of Cork City Hall 90 years ago ... then here is my contribution to the Lord Mayor's Community and Heritage Concert last Saturday night.

Great honour to take part in the Lord Mayor's Community and Heritage Concert 2026 in City Hall next Saturday night. Following a recent @echolivecork article with @JohnGer60 I will be describing the grand opening of City Hall 90 years ago. Fab night ahead - and I won't be singing.

Difficult to believe that 'de book' is now 20 years old! A real pleasure today to go to Farranferris and talk about Philip Monahan and his life and times. Thanks to Anne Twomey for the invitation and the students for engaging so enthusiastically. #AManApart @corkcitycouncil.

The Farranferris Education and Training Campus is the place to be tomorrow for my lecture about the legendary Philip Monahan. #AManApart

Always happy to talk about Philip Monahan 😁. Looking forward to my visit to Farranferris Education and Training Campus on Thursday 👍.

Emmanuelle and Trish knocking it out of the park at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth 👌.

Fantastic interview. Thanks to @pjcoogan and well done to our students who are wonderful ambassadors for the BSc Government and Political Science at UCC. They are living the dream in New York.

Our BSc Government and Political Science third year student, Aoife Lynch, with Governor Kathy Hochul and Senator Brian Kavanagh. Albany work placements have been a key part of our degree since 2002. 🇮🇪 🇺🇲 #CK122

Proud to see our BSc Government and Political Science Year 3 students - Aoife Lynch and Robyn Murphy - excelling at the New York State Senate Model Legislative Session last Friday in Albany. What an opportunity! #CK122 🇮🇪 🇺🇲 @GovUCC @ElecCommIRL @fergalbarry @echolivecork

Remembering Philip Monahan who died 43 years ago today. He served as City Commissioner and then City Manager in Cork from 1924 to 1959. He was noted for being flexible in method, but constant in principle - suaviter in modo, fortiter in re. @corkcitycouncil @FergalDennehy

Great to see our BSc Government and Political Science students thrive on work placement in the New York State Assembly and Senate. Two students, Robyn and Aoife, even met @NYCMayor on St. Patrick's Day. If interested in our degree (CK122) e-mail [email protected] 🇮🇪 🇺🇲. @GovUCC.

Issue 87 of GOVERNMENT TIMES, by students and staff of UCC's Dept of Government and Politics, is available at the link 👇. Read about @KeytotheEU, Limerick Mayoral Model, European Commission appointment, Nicola Sturgeon, Mary McAleese & @GarretKelleher. ucc.ie/en/government-and-pol…

#OnThisDay in 2019 the Government published 'Detailed Policy Proposals' in advance of the DEM plebiscites in Cork city, Waterford and Limerick. Despite the title, details were sadly lacking and there was much vagueness. We are seeing the result of that now in Limerick.

#OnThisDay in 2019, talking to a Joint Oireachtas Committee about restoring Town Councils. What will the current Local Democracy Taskforce recommend? Is the report imminent? @AILGIRE @LocalGovIre @COECongress @LGiU @CLRGUCC @GovUCC.

My opinion piece in today's @irishexaminer about the Limerick Mayoral model. What are the issues? Cautious legislation, a failure to build relationships and the weakness of Irish local government. @AILGIRE @CLRGUCC @LGiU irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…