✅️ Nationalist bloc stable and strong ✅️ Unionist bloc fragmented and disjointed ✅️ Middle-ground steady

This calls into question the democratic credentials of first-past-the-post. Time for a serious discussion around British electoral reform ...

Mary C. Murphy UK Labour winning c34%v, c64%s means disproportionality in region of 23.0 / 24.0 (LSq), higher than any other election in Europe. Exceptionally high for a democracy – assuming a country whose electoral system so distorts the voice of the people can be deemed a full democracy.

Just spoke with new UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy. There are many issues on our shared agenda, bilaterally & internationally. Looking forward to working together in partnership.   We agreed this is a significant opportunity for a reset of bilateral relations.

Good call with the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tonight. We both agreed to a reset in Anglo Irish relations and I intend to apply myself to this with energy and vigour as it matters to people across our islands

After 21 yrs, today I take my leave of UCC Ireland. I've had a wonderful two decades here! I'm very thankful for great students & colleagues & the many opportunities which UCC gave me. I will always look back with gratitude on my yrs here. Now it's on to the next chapter Boston College

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat! #BCIrishStudies looks forward to welcoming distinguished political scientist Mary C. Murphy as the Director of a rejuvenated Irish Institute IrishInstitute at BC & faculty member of the Political Science Dept. Boston College

.Mary C. Murphy has been appointed the new director of the IrishInstitute at BC. She is the former head of UCC Ireland's Department of Government and Politics and an expert on the complex relationship between Ireland, Northern Ireland, & Europe. on.bc.edu/MaryMurphy_BCII

Thank you Noelle O Connell 🙏 Looking forward to continued collaboration with European Movement Ireland on all things #Irish and #European.

Simon Coveney: ‘We all respect and like Britain, but we see them as an equal partner". Some interesting insights here on the Irish government's #Brexit priorities and positions. irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

Nell McCafferty obituary: Fierce and fearless journalist and campaigner with ‘lovely sense of divilment’ irishtimes.com/obituaries/202…

Former Taoseach Leo Varadkar at the #DNC2024 in #Chicago this evening. He is one of a number of international figures being inducted into the LGBTQ+ Hall of Fame yahoo.com/news/pete-butt…

A clear outline of how the outcome of the US Presidential election is consequential for Ireland's economic interests | What might the economic battle between Trump and Harris mean for Ireland? irishtimes.com/your-money/202…

A Presidential election in the US in November and possibly a general election in Ireland too | Opposition parties gearing up for November election, with posters ordered and manifestos nearing completion irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

Some thoughts from #Boston at the end of the first week of the semester here Boston College. Irish links, engagement and influences abound! linkedin.com/posts/mary-c-m…

Worth noting that Boston College, through the Irish Institute (established in 1997), went on to play a role in helping to support the peace process after the calling of the 1994 paramilitary ceasefires.

On this day 160 years ago, Boston College opened its doors on Harrison Avenue in Boston’s South End. Generations of Eagles later, these photos symbolize how BC continues to open doors today. Ever to Excel!

Boston College is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in 19th century US Immigration & Labor history. Area of specialization is open, but some preference for a scholar of the Irish diaspora who would contribute to BC's Irish Studies program h-net.org/jobs/job_displ…

Many thanks to Sighle Fitzgerald and the Consul General of Ireland Síghle FitzGerald team for the warm welcome. I'm excited to work with Irish and US colleagues here in Boston in my role as Director of Boston College's Irish Institute.

A joint The Irish Times op-ed by Simon Harris TD & Keir Starmer | ‘We are friends’: Taoiseach & British prime minister on Anglo-Irish ties | It includes a reference to Ireland & the UK working together, including with partners in the US & EU, to support NI. irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…