Brian Tobin
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Associate Professor in Law @UniofGalwayLaw . Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Déise Abú! 🏋♂️
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Left: a cancer-ravaged me in 2003.
Right: Me today.
I know times are tough for us now, but keep the faith, because remember, YOU'RE AMAZING. ❤
#WorldCancerDay
#LiFraumeni
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My COVID-19 swab was negative!! Tears of joy here! Looks like I'm immunocompromised due to previous cancers/brain tumour but at least I don't have COVID-19. 🙏 I'm one of the lucky ones, & thank you all for your ❤ - now let's get behind those battling this most cruel disease ❤
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Quite possibly the hardest week of my entire life. Diagnosed with a genetic predisposition to rare cancers on Monday, followed by a malignant brain tumour on Tuesday. TRULY DEVASTATED. So hard to leave my
@NUIGLaw
friends, colleagues & students today for the foreseeable future 🤕
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1/2 My parents engaged some hardworking members of the travelling community to do some work on the exterior of our house. No sooner had the lads started work when the Gardaí arrived because a neighbour had reported 'suspicious activity' at our address. I am utterly disgusted...
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I've bn moved to the fabulous new Dunmore Wing
@UHW_Waterford
. State of the art isolation facility where all 'suspected' COVID-19 cases are sent. Until that swab result comes back later today I will settle for being a 'suspected' case. Nonetheless, I feel utterly dreadful. 😔 🙏
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2/2 ...at the racism that exists towards these people. Their business was registered and they worked like trojans, for which we were very grateful. The Gardaí were respectful to them. Fantastic work was done and we will be glad to have the lads back.
#IAmATravellerAlly
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So wait, Season 3 of
#StarTrekPicard
features the entire
@StarTrek
:TNG cast PLUS
@JeriLRyan
's Seven of Nine? This sounds like the movie I wanted to see in 2002 🤩 Make it so!
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Delighted to announce that myself and
@ferguswryan
have been engaged by
@DeptJusticeIRL
to carry out a review of the law concerning the
#guardianship
rights of unmarried parents.
We look forward to getting started!
@NUIGLaw
@MaynoothLaw
#familylaw
#researchproject
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Anyone else at all concerned that hordes of Irish people (and many cheeky businesses) are treating Phase 1 of
#ReopeningIreland
as though it's Phase 5? 😬
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The Royal Irish Academy has no idea how much it has just made my week by awarding me a Charlemont Grant to spend the summer researching surrogacy and the law
@camfamilylaw
at the University of Cambridge! 🤩🤩 I really, really hope I can go! 🙈🤞
@RIAdawson
#loveirishresearch
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I'm delighted to have just signed a contract with
@hartpublishing
to publish my first academic book!
The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond...coming 2022...
#familylaw
👬 👪 🌈
@NUIGLaw
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1/2 My book is out! The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond (Oxford: Hart, 2023) is now yours to own. 🏳️🌈
20 years ago, the very sick kid on the right would never have dreamed this possible - today is an indescribable gift. ❤
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Job done! Malignant tumour removed and the nerve function in my right arm has been preserved. Very pleased right now! 💪💪💕💕
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1/2 I can only speak for the hospital I'm currently in, but
@UHW_Waterford
excellent measures have been put in place to treat and protect all emergency/seriously ill patients during
#COVID19
. I won't bore you all with much of the detail - suffice to say I admire the planning...
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Diagnosed with
#cancer
(again!) today, but relieved to learn that it's a small soft tissue tumour entirely treatable by surgery.
2nd soft tissue tumour in 4 years, & 5th cancer overall (others include bone/skin/brain cancer). No secondaries. 🙌 Brief hiatus & I'll be back! 💪❤
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Something beautiful just arrived
@UniofGalwayLaw
... 🤩 Thank you
@hartpublishing
for these glorious hardback
#authorcopies
! 🙌 🌈
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Sincere thanks to Mr Justice Gerard Hogan of the Irish Supreme Court for launching my book, The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond (Oxford: Hart, 2023)
@uniofgalway
on Friday last.
@UniofGalwayLaw
🌈
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I've just had my promotion to Associate Professor (AP) confirmed by the President
@uniofgalway
. This makes me 1 of 4 APs
@UniofGalwayLaw
, & the youngest
@UniofGalwayLaw
academic to be promoted to AP via the current (rigorous!)
@uniofgalway
Academic Promotions Scheme.
#APT
🎉 🥂
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Delighted to get good news from the nice people at Beaumont today - my annual
#brain
MRI scan shows no change at all. 😌 So no change in condition since the tumour's discovery this time two years ago.
#ThankfulTuesday
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Very pleased to learn that I am the recipient of the
@uniofgalway
CBPPL's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning 2023, & so grateful to my wonderful students who saw fit to nominate me! 🙌
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Bone cancer in 2002, skin cancer in 2014, and currently battling soft tissue cancer. Somehow managed to complete 3 degrees
@tcddublin
, write a lot of sh*te and teach a lot of wonderful students
@nuigalway
along the way. Hope springs eternal.
#WorldCancerDay
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Radiotherapy COMPLETED! Huge thanks to all the therapeutic radiographers
@uclh
. These hardworking women greeted me with beaming smiles every day and created the most positive, supportive environment in which to undergo treatment. Emotional day!
#endofpartone
#gettingthere
👊💪
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Last month, I was honoured to have my PhD supervisor, William Binchy, at the launch of my book, The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond (Oxford: Hart, 2023).
Pictured: a gentleman and a scholar (and me on the left). 😊
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Best Wednesday morning of 2023. At 9 a.m. I learned that my recent surgery was a success & the soft tissue
#cancer
is completely gone, & now I've been shortlisted as a
#finalist
in the category of Legal Educator of the Year
@IrishLawAwards
2023! 🤩 🙌
@UniofGalwayLaw
@uniofgalway
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A lovely get well card from my Equity I & II students
@NUIGLaw
which has pride of place among about a zillion (equally lovely) mass bouquets - thanks all ❤ ❤
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Delighted to be a recipient of the Dean's Award for Inclusive Teaching 2021 at the College of Business, Public Policy and Law
@nuigalway
.
Well done also to the other two awardees! 🎉
#diversity
#inclusion
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Really pleased that, in addition to being presented
@SLSConference
in September, my paper 'The (D)evolving Nature of Guardianship Rights for Unmarried Fathers under Irish Law?' will be published in the September edition of the Child and Family Law Quarterly.
#CFLQ
#FathersRights
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I am most honoured to have been awarded funding from the Society of Legal Scholars (
@legalscholars
) to hold a Family & Child Law conference on 'Contemporary Parent-Child Relationships and the Law'
@uniofgalway
on 1st April 2023. Details soon...
#surrogacy
#guardianship
👩👩👦👶🤰👨👦
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#tumour
surgery tomorrow 🙏 Should anything go awry, please remember that I was this fabulous on 29/3/2023. 😊
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@ClaireByrneLive
Thought through?!
@ClaireByrneLive
the country has 38 available ICU beds ffs
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Well done to all
@NUIGLaw
students who received their exam results today, and best wishes for the future to final year students! 🙌
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Despite being terribly ill
@UHW_Waterford
A&E dept 3 weeks ago, I shall forever remember the triage nurse who told me I looked 'fierce young' to be a lecturer. If you know her, tell her the offer of marriage still stands.
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My article in today's
@irishexaminer
discusses the progressive child & family law provisions that were (finally) commenced yesterday, but argues that many contemporary family forms are still left behind. Please share ❤
@equalchildren
@IrishGayDads
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Part of the awesome 'surrogacy wall' (okay, yes, the part featuring me) at the Future Directions in Surrogacy Law conference
@IALS_law
in London today.
#InternationalIssues
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Absolutely delighted to be awarded a PhD Scholarship by
@NUIGLaw
to recruit a PhD student in
#FamilyLaw
.
The PhD scholarship includes full fees plus €18,500 per year for 4 years & is a fantastic, funded PhD opportunity not to be missed. I'll be advertising later this week...
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13/25 radiotherapy sessions completed. Passed the halfway mark. Happy New Year, everyone!
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Surprisingly, I'll remember 2021 quite positively. Signed contracts to write my 1st book/buy my 1st home, stayed fit & healthy, won a Dean's Award for Inclusive Teaching
@nuigalway
& led an exciting research project for
@DeptJusticeIRL
.
Wishing you all a prosperous 2022!🥂🎉🥳❤
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1st pic is a VERY young moi undergoing chemotherapy in 2002. 2nd pic is moi just the other week. As you can see, my hair never grew back much after treatment but a small price to pay for 18 years I almost never had. Here's to the next 18+ cancer-free years!
#WorldCancerDay2020
❤
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Delighted to have an article accepted for publication in the next edition of the Irish Jurist. Always a pleasure to publish in this excellent journal. Look out for 'Assisted Reproductive Techniques and Irish Law - No Child Left Behind?'
#familylaw
#ART
@NUIGLaw
@UCDLawSchool
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2003 v 2023: photos taken almost 20 years apart, & I overcame 3 different
#cancers
in the interim. Currently having another 'anomaly' investigated, but feeling hopeful 💪
#WorldCancerDay
🎗
#osteosarcoma
#melanoma
#leiomyosarcoma
#lifraumenisyndrome
#benjaminbutton
⏬ 😊
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It is probably tragic on Valentine's Day to have two glasses of red wine, a bath, and then to fall asleep alone watching a repeat of Emmerdale. 😂 Yes, that was me, and I don't care as it was just the kind of space and comfort I needed. ❤
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2/2
@HSELive
@SimonHarrisTD
@CMOIreland
etc put into rapidly preparing our health service for this evolving situation, and the thoughtful measures adopted by management and staff
@UHW_Waterford
to keep everyone needing urgent treatments safe in these truly extraordinary times. ❤
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Really pleased that my paper has been accepted for presentation at
@SLSConference
- I look forward to discussing 'The (D)evolving Nature of Guardianship Rights for Unmarried Fathers under Irish Law?' online in September.
@legalscholars
#SLSVirtual20
#FathersRights
#FamilyLaw
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@RyanTheSoapking
It was a perfect ending for Chrissie and Jake. I think this week is intended to bring her story to a close, just like they did with Jane Beale a few months back. Shame, because Chrissie & Jake have so much potential.
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@ConorUCCLaw
It's everywhere Conor, and unacceptable in cases involving adults (although a tiny minority may not be able to wear headphones for valid reasons).
It's our increasingly ugly society, where individuals do what they want and to hell with common courtesy/respect for others.
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And we're off! My research team and I are looking to speak to unmarried parents about the law on
#guardianship
. See advert below.
If you're eligible please get in touch!
@TREOIR
@1familyireland
@equalchildren
@LGBTIreland
@NUIGLaw
@MaynoothLaw
@ferguswryan
@DeebeeH
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I'm so relieved to finally have been able to book a private online consultation with a leading consultant neurosurgeon
@HarleyStreetcom
for Thursday next, 9th April🙂
#COVID
ー19 is causing lengthy delays in accessing crucial healthcare for those with serious medical conditions😫
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1/2 Thank you all for your support & kindness on here the past few days. I'm not a major twitter user so I was overwhelmed by the level of response to my tweet regarding the double diagnosis. For those who are politely enquiring, I was diagnosed with Li Fraumeni syndrome on Mon..
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@ClaireByrneLive
And we wouldn't be here at all if not for unrestricted international travel, no Garda presence to enforce restrictions, and so on. This government cares more about Ryanair's profits than the people of Ireland. Disgusting.
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1/2 I am absolutely honoured to be 1 of 3 legal scholars shortlisted for the
@legalscholars
2024 Margaret Brazier Prizes for Outstanding Mid-Career Scholarship! The winner & runner-up will be announced in September at the
@SLSConference
in Bristol, U.K.
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Nice to see this one in print in the Irish Jurist just in time for Christmas🎄
#AssistedReproductiveTechniques
#DAHR
#Surrogacy
#ChildrensRights
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@mr_sjpatterson
The quality of the episodes of late is akin to late 90's/early 00's
@bbceastenders
, and that is such a good thing. 🙌
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Insightful, eloquent, powerful presentations from the representatives of
@IrishFamiliesTS
@equalchildren
@IrishGayDads
and others before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy this morning. Totally distracted me from work 😬 but well done to all! 👏
#Equality
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It was a pleasure to give evidence to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy at Leinster House this morning. Thanks to
@SeeryKearney
@SenLynnRuane
@WhitmoreJen
for making me feel welcome & at ease when I arrived. Great questions from all TDs & Senators present.
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@skeletalfinger
If a new producer were to come in I imagine the first thing they'd do is axe Cindy, fake Elaine and every last Knight. The focus on this lot is killing the show.
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Here's to 2023, a year that started with a 4th
#cancer
diagnosis, successful treatment for same, teaching-related achievements by summer, & the launch of my first book & a promotion to Associate Professor in Law
@uniofgalway
before year's end! Quite the year! Here's to 2024! 🎉🥂
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#D
éise folk will know where I'm keeping a
#SocialDistance
at today. The sound of the sea is so soothing, even moreso after descending 80 steps to listen to it 😊
#KeepCalm
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@olivercallan
Well I'm genuinely angry that
@LeoVaradkar
reopened so swiftly before handing over to Grandpa Stutters - he ignored NPHET advice long before now. Let's hope those 38 ICU beds don't fill up too fast...
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Register now for this topical
#familylaw
conference
@UniofGalwayLaw
. Speakers include
@ConorUCCLaw
,
@khorsey
,
@SeeryKearney
,
@surrogacyreform
,
@dralanbrownlaw
,
@PhilipBremner
,
@ferguswryan
&
@DrBrianTobin
. Supported by
@legalscholars
& CBPPL
@uniofgalway
. 👪👨👩👧👦👶🤰
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Just received an appointment for my 1st dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Wed at 11.30 🤩 I shall refrain from criticism of
@MichealMartinTD
and co. for a little while at least 😂
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Absolute highlight of my Christmas Day was reading
@peppapig
to my little cousin James. He's very precious to us, and always smiling - give him a like! ❤
#cousinsatchristmas
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Thanks to the nice people
@LexisNexis
&
@JPFamilyLaw
for the gratis copy of the special 'surrogacy' issue of
#CFLQ
in which my work appears🙂
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Many thanks to
@LouiseCrowley2
for inviting me to speak to the LL.M (Children's Rights and Family Law) class
@LawUCC
this afternoon. Thoughtful questions on
#surrogacyandthelaw
from a very engaged group! 🙌
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My article critically appraising Ireland's proposed law on
#surrogacy
has just been published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law:
An appraisal of Ireland’s current legislative proposals for regulating domestic surrogacy arrangements
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Delighted to have been formally accepted as a Visiting Researcher at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London from September 2018-June 2019!
@KCL_Law
#top20lawschool
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Thinking of studying
#familylaw
or
#equity1
(or maybe they are compulsory subjects for you) as part of your degree
@NUIGLaw
this coming year? Well, bear with me as I'm modifying these modules so that they will be just as engaging in the (largely) virtual world as in the real one!
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I have no family history of cancer, let alone rare
#lifraumeni
cancers, so my geneticist concludes that the pathogenic variant has occurred for the 1st time in myself.
She says this is a 'textbook' case, & very bad luck. Devastation & disbelief have become one now. Wake me. 😩😟
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I miss
@SimonHarrisTD
as Minister for Health as he addressed the public and was wonderful at reassuring us during this crisis. Where is
@DonnellyStephen
as tourists arrive to undo all our hard work and infect us and our families? Beyond useless.
@fiannafailparty
are back, baby 🙈
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I've cast my votes in
#Ref24
. Neither side was being entirely honest and there was sloppily written rubbish being published that added to all the confusion.
#Referendum2024
probably deserves to fail, so that we can all 'strive' for something much better.
#familylife
👨👩👧👦👨👦
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Ordinarily only one to protest from the ivory tower, but happy to get behind
@ranaevonmeding
's
@equalchildren
campaign today
@roinnslainte
. The group's objectives won't be easy to achieve, but it's time to kickstart the discussion surrounding
#parentalrights
for LGBT+ persons. 🌈
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@wattspanesar
If Dor doesn't turn up on the Square the instant she's released I'll stop watching. There was a really warm, authentic bond between her and Sharon.
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My article in today's
@irishexaminer
discussing unmarried fathers and current guardianship laws:
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I've just bn diagnosed with cancer for the third time - leiomyosarcoma. I've had osteosarcoma, melanoma and now this one. Signing off twitter for a while to undergo intensive radiotherapy treatment
@uclh
. Utterly devastated...but hopeful!
#illbeback
🙂
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The invigilator who told me 'young man, you can't leave the exam hall before the first hour' made a rubbish week so much brighter. I told him I was an academic &, after a momentary look of disbelief, he apologised profusely & let me pass. I may have skipped out of the hall... 🥰
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Delighted to be invited, as national expert for Ireland, to contribute to a study aimed at assisting the
@EU_Commission
in the preparation of a possible EU legislative proposal on the recognition of
#parenthood
between Member States.
#familylaw
#childrensrights
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Delighted to welcome Senator Mary
@SeeryKearney
& former Special Rapporteur for Child Protection, Prof Conor O'Mahony
@ConorUCCLaw
to
@uniofgalway
today for my conference, Contemporary Parent-Child Relationships and the Law. Fascinating presentations by both.
@UniofGalwayLaw
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Received fabulous sample cover art for my forthcoming book from
@hartpublishing
today - it's starting to feel very real!
The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond is on the way!
#FamilyLaw
🏳️🌈
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Just want to wish my Family Law students the very best for my Family Law exam tomorrow morning. Loads of choice on the exam paper - you've got this! 🙌
#childandfamilylaw
#endofyearexam
👨👩👦👪🤰👶👨👦👩👦
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Extremely excited to be returning to
@KCL_Law
tomorrow after a traumatic few months of treatment.
#sabbaticalresumed
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Well done to
@NUIGLaw
student Anna Lee Dowling for sharing an inspiring personal story on the
#RayDarcy
show on
@RTERadio1
just now.
Very proud
#FamilyLaw
lecturer here!
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Excellent, insightful first day at our workshop on Feminism, Fertility and Reproduction
@nuigalway
- roll on day two! Many thanks to today's wonderful speakers, and colleagues
@R_A_Barr
@SarahAnneBuckle
@MaryMcAuliffe4
@lorraine_grimes
#LoveIrishResearch
@IrishResearch
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OMG look who turns up at the end of the trailer!! 😮
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I received some delightful news on the professional front earlier today. Those who know me will know that I'm dying to share 🙈 I need to cross a few t's & dot a few i's first though!
That said, I'm very excited right now!
#emergingfamilies
🏳️🌈
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Delighted that Colm Meaney recalled 'Past Tense' when asked about his time on Star Trek on the
#TommyTiernanShow
last night. This episode was a quarter of a century ahead of its time and is an intelligent sci-fi masterpiece by
@IraStevenBehr
&
@writergeekrhw
. Highly recommended.
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