Partnership between @DeptJusticeIrl and @SchoolofLawUL, contributing evidence to support decision making for youth crime policy, programmes and practice

University of Limerick Ireland
Joined August 2018
We have moved to BlueSky, you can find us at @reppp-ul.bsky.social
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🧭 How do we stop young people from being drawn into drug markets? This week, we officially kicked off our ‘Safe Futures’ project with the University of Limerick’s @REPPP4 team. ➡️ Read more in our news item: euda.europa.eu/news/2025/lau… #BreakTheCycle #BuildTheFuture
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Today, Ministers @naomi_long and @OCallaghanJim met in Dublin to review progress across areas of North-South cooperation, including Youth Justice, Victims’ Support, Public Protection, Forensic Science, Criminal Justice and Social Diversity. Read more: gov.ie/en/department-of-just…
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At this Ministerial Meeting today, we were delighted to be represented by @CNaugh2 with co-lead @colmw37 @QUBSSESW. They presented research from our @hea_irl funded @SLSShub. #NSRP @SeanRedmond20 @ULSchoolofLaw @ULResearch
Today, Ministers @naomi_long and @OCallaghanJim met in Dublin to review progress across areas of North-South cooperation, including Youth Justice, Victims’ Support, Public Protection, Forensic Science, Criminal Justice and Social Diversity. Read more: gov.ie/en/department-of-just…
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Delighted to be guest editing this special issue on youth violence & serious crime prevention with @SeanRedmond20 @REPPP4 Please consider submitting, esp. new conceptual framing, novel theory, innovations in practice, &/or advances in research methods. mdpi.com/journal/behavsci/sp…
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A great environment to present my research methodology amongst friendly, like minded scholars who were all so supportive @Cambridge_Uni Institute of Criminology, PhD conference @SLSSHub @qubcriminology @QUBSSESW @QUB_ICCJ
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Youth Dance Matters combines dance and social science research methods to explore the value of youth dance for young dancers on the island of Ireland. Learn more in this #NSRP video. #SharedIslandUnit #InternationalDanceDay @DeptofFHed @QUBelfast @ucddublin
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Practising ahead of tomorrow’s presentation at the Institute of Criminology, @Cambridge_Uni, PhD conference 😬 @SLSSHub @QUBSSESW @QUB_ICCJ #phdstudent
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💡In case you missed it: In collaboration with @ScoreNetwork, we recently released a comprehensive study analysing wastewater for illicit drugs from 128 European cities across 26 countries. 🗺️Explore our interactive map: euda.europa.eu/publications/… #DrugTrends #WastewaterAnalysis
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@REPPP4 Director Dr Seán Redmond speaks with James Leonard for the @DeptJusticeIRL funded CEART podcast (aimed at 16 – 24 year olds involved in the justice system). This episode ‘Youth Crime with Dr Seán Redmond’ can be found at open.spotify.com/episode/770…
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Deadline extended until 22nd April! #MaynoothCrimCon
Submit your abstracts for the North South Criminology Conference! You have one week left to get your panels/papers/selves organised! forms.office.com/pages/respo…
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Today is World Autism Awareness Day and as of today I can confirm 369 additional special education classes have been sanctioned for the coming year. @Education_Ire
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Excited to be presenting on my research’s methodology at the PhD conference - Criminology in an Interdisciplinary Age at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge on 28th -29th April @Cambridge_Uni @SLSSHub @QUBSSESW
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CALL FOR PAPERS! The 16th Irish North/South Criminology Conference takes place from 23 - 25 June Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday, 4 April For full details see northsouthcriminology.ie/sch…
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Dr Johnny Connolly of the School of Law at the University of Limerick responds to Conor McGregor's White House claims about crime in Dublin. rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/0… @REPPP4 @ULSchoolofLaw @ResearchArtsUL @RTE_PrimeTime
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We were delighted to welcome a group from the Dutch Prevention with Authority programme to UL today to share knowledge on working with children and young people involved in organised crime at policy, police, public prosecution, and practice levels. (1/4)
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4/4 Thanks to @DeptJusticeIRL who hosted the group @DeaglanS @SeanRedmond20 @CNaugh2 and #Nour and #Ben who gave informative presentations on the Irish and Dutch youth justice programmes #PreventionWithAuthority #Greentown @ULSchoolofLaw @ResearchArtsUL #policyledresearch
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Also to talked @SolasProject especially Amy @ashlinggolden Shauna and Adam who told the group about their work in Dublin 8 (3/4)
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We are thankful to Moyross Youth Academy who facilitated a site visit and shared their knowledge of working with this 'harder to engage' group (2/4)
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