paucull also find me at @ppcull.bsky.social

Professor Sociology Maynooth University.

[patrick bresnihan @PBresnihan]

How is it that data centres use 22% of electricity on the grid (next closest country is 7%)? The over & underdevelopment of infrastructure in Ireland is tied to a longer history of FDI-led development. A story Pat Brodie and I try to tell in our book.

https://t.co/UJfxQGtRcb

[paucull also find me at @ppcull.bsky.social @paucull]

@BriKi Indeed.

[Laura Bambrick @drbambrick]

Why isn’t this front page news??? There’s no gender pay gap! It’s just a lot of hocus pocus and individual choices. Could it be because to reach this conclusion you have to ignore minor details like what and who the GPG is actually measuring?

[Laura Bambrick @drbambrick]

Two months tomorrow, new EU law ending much of the secrecy around pay comes into force. Government has yet to publish the necessary legislation to bring Irish law up to standard.

“Call me a cynic,” says Bambrick “but I think we’ll still be talking about this in a year’s time.”

[Laura Bambrick @drbambrick]

Ibec out early with its women’s day greetings:

Equal Pay for Equal Work at a Later Date🫶

[Brian Killoran @BriKi]

There were 18,560 applications for International Protection in 2024. In a country of 5.15 million people, that represents 0.36% of the population. To claim this represents a threat to social cohesion is in itself a bigger threat to social cohesion than any migrant or refugee.

[Brian Killoran @BriKi]

In 2025, Ireland's International Protection system saw a significant drop in new applications (38% fewer by Q3 compared to 2024). There is no threat to social cohesion from refugees, the threat to social cohesion is an inability to respond and a desire to blame them for it.

[Cianan Brennan @ciananbrennan]

And some analysis... If you're hearing about the Govt looking to do away with judicial reviews for the 'common good', have a read of this

Kilkenny couple did the public an enormous service in bringing State to heel over phone mast decision

https://t.co/IdPAfv3aC4

[Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission @_IHREC]

Commission calls on employers to open up opportunities for Travellers and Roma

Our new Traveller and Roma Inclusive Employment - Employer Guide shows employers how to ‘get informed, get active and get support’
Press release: https://t.co/StK1pY9ZBc
Guide:https://t.co/bpLAbrQD4c

[Mick Caul @caulmick]

New figures obtained by RTÉ News show that up to August this year, children in Dublin were waiting up to 13 years to be seen by a primary care psychologist. - Aisling Kenny

The Primary Care Psychology Service is the first step for children after they present to their GP with mild to moderate mental health issues

https://t.co/CWmIJpWnBS

[Laura Bambrick @drbambrick]

The average employee in Dublin earns €49,500. A newly qualified teacher earns under €42,500. A nurse just over €37,000 and a garda less than €39,000, if not doing shift work. None of them meet the (€56,000) minimum salary requirement
for a one-bedroom ‘affordable’ apartment.

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

How is the @EPPGroup-led EU Parliament selecting experts to its public hearings and seminars?

@EPInstitutional first disinvited me from a public hearing on EU electoral law, and then created the conditions for Prof Pech to step back from Rule of Law seminar aimed at whitewashing illegally appointed judges. Read more https://t.co/APDHUUhDcs

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.

She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.

[Laura Bambrick @drbambrick]

Out of the €8m written off last year, €4.5m related to the State pension. While overpayments (money going to people not entitled to it) at any level are unacceptable, overpayments represent less than 0.5% of DSP’s annual budget, the vast bulk of which is recouped.

[TG4 @TG4TV]

Comhghairdeas le Stiofán Ó Cualáin ó Chontae na Gaillimhe 👏

An chéad áit - Sean-Nós na bhFear ✨ #OnaS25 🌟

[Nessan Vaughan @baldoyle55]

The authors of the Who Chooses Science? study warn the situation is “reinforcing social and gender inequalities in science participation”.

[Sally Hayden @sallyhayd]

My photo from the Sudan/South Sudan border on this devastating @HumAngle_ editorial: https://t.co/wXPhPybNhk

[patrick bresnihan @PBresnihan]

Very well put.

[Laura Bambrick @drbambrick]

Re the policy impact of s.68 of the Finance Bill

[Kathryn Dane @KathrynDane2]

Published yesterday in @_JSAMS ✅

⭐️the number, type and focus of tackle safety guidance (inc concussion RTP) varies significantly across rugby organisations
🎯Future work should prioritise the implementation and evaluation of tackle safety strategies in underserved groups 🚺