Militant optimist and mam. PhD researcher at UCD Law School PROPERTY [IN]JUSTICE project on decolonising international energy law. Rarely online. More at: https://sineadmercier.com - Gaeilge agus fáilte.https://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3mluypborwc22The Silk Road Café is a place our family goes to nearly every Sunday. Lovely, kind staff & one of the few spots in the city centre that's a welcoming place for babies & kids. The place is a core part of Dublin's cosmopolitan life. Appalling to treat them like this. https://www.thejournal.ie/silk-road-cafe-dublin-castle-closure-7037559-May2026/15 May 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluypborwc22https://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3mlpypawzys2dSame with turf. The blue-greens never understood that the whole point of turf-cutting and access to the bog was to be energy sufficient in a context of the remaining tree cover on the island being privately owned by the Big House. What was offered in place had to be a form of energy sovereignty. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpypawzys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3mkpdvtrdw22dA real pleasure, as always, to attend the annual Law & Environment Conference at @lawucc.bsky.social - it's the highlight of Ireland's environment and climate law and policy social calendar. Congratulations to Owen again for a wonderful event. Honoured to have been part of this panel. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpdvtrdw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3mjywwvb7js2cSo kind Aoife, thank you. Thank you too to @ancloganmag.bsky.social for publishing the original and kindly allowing the repost. I feel very lucky to have had a place to write about Irish republicanism, constitutional theory, ecofeminism, David Graeber & Irish myth all at once! #TheMorrigan is right! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjywwvb7js2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3mfomzbc62c2sFeeling like King Canute [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfomzbc62c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3me7bl6rblc2moverjoyed to see that government has decided to publish a massive amount of its new energy legislation in the final month of my energy law phd. words cannot describe.06 Feb 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7bl6rblc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3mca2acgbgk24Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mca2acgbgk24https://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3m7hxil6mjk2nCongratulations to the brilliant and lovely Dr. Raphael Ng'etich - watch this space he's already making waves! 🌳🍃🌊 His research is fascinating. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Dec 2025 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hxil6mjk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3m5jcdcffrk2nLooking forward to facilitating this discussion on the launch of Patrick Bresnihan and Pat Brodie's fascinating new book 'From the Bog to the Cloud'. This evening at TU Dublin, 6:30-8pm. See you there! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jcdcffrk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sineadmercier.bsky.social/post/3m4iqslkisk2wA beautiful heartfelt essay by my mom Anne Gately Mercier aired on RTE's Sunday Miscellany last weekend. Outing the family as turf-cutters - but change is afoot where we once footed turf. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22554975/31 Oct 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:b2sl76tcedbgo3e3f2tpd6ht/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4iqslkisk2w